(From Our own Correspondent.) Auckland.

Waikato Times, Volume VIII, Issue 475, 5 June 1875, Page 2

(From Our own Correspondent.) Auckland.

Captain Holmes and J. S. Macfarlane proceeded to Sydney to-day, on behalf of A.S.N". Company, to complete purchase of steamer, Llewellyn, which is being built there. If they are satisfied that she will meet requirements of the trade, she will replace Star of the South in the Fiji trade. In the case of George Thorne in Bankruptcy today, Mr Justice Gillies expressed his opinion that the accounts we re very clear and not open to any objection raised by opposing creditor. At the inquest held to-day on the body of Robert Savage, who wafiLfduna\.dead ink the oloset, the jury returned a 'Verdict of\"Bteafc<Nresulted from disease of the hearfc^" v ' 4 > r Telegrams from Wangarei report; disturbance at Ngungurui. Nothing definite has as yet been ascertained. Tomahawks are said to have been used. It is probably merely a drunken row. Tauranga. Rewi addressed the Ngaterangis yesterday. The meeting passed off quietly. Rewi has left the East Coast for the Waikato.

\ London, May 27. Mr Lowther Brand, Under-Secretary for the Colonies, in &lcjressi»sg - bis constituents^ declared that the present Government were thoroughly determined that under no circumstances would they countenance any dismemberment of the Empire. Considerable excitement prevails in Lancashire, owing to the extensive emigration from the mother country, promoted by the Labour League. On May 13fch a most exciting scene occurred in the House of Commons during a discussion on a question by Corn well .Lewis, that the London " Times " and " Daily News " had committed a breach of privilege by publishing evidence given before a select committee appointed to take evidence on foreign loans. The printers have been summoned to the bar of the House. The disclosures made are startling, and have .caused general consternation " ' - 1 The Excehequer receipts for the year are satisfactory. There will be an excess of nearly £500,000 over ,the estimated revenue for that period,