ARRIVAL OF THE RANGITOTO AT HOKITIKA, WITH THE SUEZ MAIL FOR SEPTEMBER.

Evening Star, Volume VII, Issue 2025, 1 November 1869, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE RANGITOTO AT HOKITIKA, WITH THE SUEZ MAIL FOR SEPTEMBER.

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) [A portion of the following was published by us as an “ Extra” to-day J Hokitika, Monday. The Rangitoto, with the English mails, arrived in the roadstead at 9.30 last night. The mails were landed at six o’clock this morning. MELBOURNE; Oct, 25. The A.S.N. Co.’s R.M. steamer Alexandra was signalled at Adeiaide on Sunday at 9 a.m., bringing English mails per Avoca, She had a line passage, and arrived two days I; of ore her proper tiflje, London, Sept, 11, Consols, 92£ and 92|. Discount, 2k. The third annual wool sales will conclude on the 2Dt ; the quantity catalogued was 137,410 bates. New Zealand wools ruled a halfpenny higher than at the June sales. The general tone of the market was much firmer, and the competition was more spirited than for some time Sydney wools are in good request. The question of holding rami bly wool sales is much agitated among buyers. South Australian copper is quoted at L 77. The July mails from Australia via Marseilles were delivered ou the 7th September, and those via Southampton on the 13th. The Queen left Windsor for Balm ral on the 19th August, where the Court is at present. The Queen, Princesses Lpuisa and Beatrice, visited the Trossacbs and vicinity. The Prince of Wales has returned from Germany and joined the Queen. They were present at the Braemar gathering on the 2nd September. The Princess of Wales remains at Wild bad for the benefit of the waters, which have improved her health. Prince Arthur left England for Canada, on the 14Jh August, to join the Rifle Brigade. He arrived there on the 22nd, ami was received with greatest cordiality by all classes.

The Oxford and Harvard University boat race was rowed on the 27th August, and created immense excitement. The Harvard crew won the toss for places, and took the Middlesex side, At the start they went away with the lead, which tfyey retained until Hammersmith Bridge was readied, under which they passed half a length ahead. After leaving there the Oxford crew gradually drew on them, and by the time they reached Chiswick Eyot Oxford put ou a magnificent spurt, and passed them. On reaching Barnes the Oxford boat was three clear boats’ lengths ahead, and finished the course in 22min. 4l£secs. The crowd lim4 hq£h banks of the river, but the enormous course on tjie river was kept vary clear, only two steamers containing umpires and other officials being allowed tp follow. The other steamers were kept some distance in the rear. The defeat of the Harvard crew caused much disappoint-

ment in America. The American papers admit that the race was contested in a perfectly fair manner. The failure of the Albert Insurance Company, reported last mail, caused great excitement among the policy holders. The collapse was caused by a reckless extension of the Company’s business. The Empemr Napoleon has been seriously ill. The event caused the greate-t excitement. The Paris Rentes fell with alarming rapidity. Ths Exchanges of Vienna, I’ranufort and Paris were seriously disturbed for some days. The alarm is now subsu.ing. The Emperor is reported to be recovering, and it is hoped that he will visit the East at the opening of the Suez Canal. The Viceroy of Egypt has replied to the remonstrances of the .Sultan in a submissive spirit. It is hoped that nothing will interfere with the grand ceremonials to take place on the opening of the Suez Canal. Cardinal Cullen has issued a pastoral letter in which it is threatened that the Sacraments shall bo withheld from parents who send their children to the National Schools. The Cardinal also ordered a thanksgiving in all the Catholic churches, to last for three days, to commemorate the dis-establishment of the Irish Church.

The Prince of Wales is identifying himself with the English Freemasons. He has been made Past Grand Master, and has announced his intention of joining several of the highest lodges. The commissioners appointed to investigate the bribery at elections have been examing witnesses in the case of Bridgwater and oorwich. They discovered evidence of gross corruption. It is supposed that a motion will be made to disfranchise both boroughs. The Bishop of Winchester has resigned. He retains one third of his income. The Bishop of Oxford has been promoted # to th# See of Winchester in consequence. The Bishop of Licofield is seriously indisposed ; his illness was occasioned by the shook he sustained by the death of his brother, Lord Chief Justice Selwyn. The Rev Charles Kingsley, the wellknown novelist, has been appointed one of the canons of Chester Cathedral.

It is reported that a mutiny has broken out among the National Guards of Madrid. The negotiations for the sale of Cuba ars suspended. It is reported from Washington that ths American Government have determined to recognise the belligerency of the Cuban insurgents. Much speculation is indulged in as to the effect this step will produce in the Spanish Cortes. A sharp contest is expected for the Mayoralty of the City of London between Sir James C. Lawrence and Mr Alderman Lesley. , _ , , Mr John Bright, President of the Board of Trade, has published a letter on the trade pro p cts of the United Kingdom. He declares that more GQtton will be wanted than is now capable of being supplied' The great Ebor Handicap was won by Fortune ; Laird second ; War third. Retrenchment still proceeds in the dockyards. Sheerness is to be abandoned as a naval yard. , A meeting of the shareholders m the North Australia’ Csmpa|,y yss held on the 19th September. , . The British Association is homing its annual gathering at Exeter. Professor Stokes is president. On the 24th August, Sir Archibald Hamilton, Bart., read a paper on the relations of NeW Zealand with the Mother Country, in which he strongly advocated the maintenance of a cordial reunion between the colonists and' Great Britain, This caused considerable discussion, From New York latest cable news, reports gold 1355. General Kawlings, the Secretary of War is dead. General Sherman has been appointed temporary successor. The Conservative Republican Convention has confirmed the nomination of Lewis Bart as Governor, ‘ Obituary.— Charles Moore, M.P., lipperary County ; Captain S niuel / . Dickens, Commander Thomas Redskin, Sir Hog'r Palmer, General J, S, Fraser, Hon. and Lev. E. Pcllew, E. C. Egerton, P.M. ; Sir Chau George Young, Gaiter King of Anns ; Admiral R. L. Baynes, K.C.8.; John B. Payne, Colonel Terry; Edward Barrow, Mommy Herald staff; W. M. Steve?-son, Great Western liailway; Dr Spieis ; Behan, Editor of the London Gazette ; General Perrpnet, painter). The circular of the Colonial Committee, London, has been published. The question formally raised excites earnest discussion. Tiie course taken by the colonial representatives ic generally commended. The Times says, the circular njarUs an epoch, and argues that separation and independence are the only correct solutions of the question. The Pall Mall Gazette and Nonconformist agree with, the 7 tines, and think that the Conference will not meet; and if it did, would certainly fail. Hie Spectator and Sat.irday Review would prefer Australia, Canada and the Cape being allied with envoys representing them at CourL The Economist discusses the price the Colonies must (lay for Imperial connection. There is nothing moving in the political world. Almost all the Ministers are away shooting on the moors. Mr Gladstone is staying at Walmer Castle. His health has derived benefit from the change. Lord Clarendon is visiting Belgium, It is believed that the object of his visit is to encourage Belgium to maintain a firm front against foreign dictation. He was enthusiastically received by the Belgians. Lord Palmerston’s private diary, edited by Sir Hen?y Bulwcr, will be published shorty by Bentley, The Irish land question is the only subject of political discussion at present. Great excitement prevails in Ireland on the question. The Times sent a commissioner to Ireland, who has contributed a series of valuable letters to that journal. The National Reform Union has announced its programme for the winter campa gn. It comprises vote by ballot, larger reduction of the national expenditure, improvement_ of the jand tenure in Ireland, and assimilation of county and borough franchise. “Formosa,” a new drama, pourtraying the career of a captivating member oi the demimonde, by Boucicault, performing at Drury Lane, has created an animated controversy between the Press, the author, and the lessee. The latter takes his stand on the ground that it is a business speculation, and that plays of this kind pay better than those of a higher class. Mrs Beecher Stowe, in Macmillan, purports fco give a true story of Lady Byron's life. Mrs Stowe was instigated to write it by the recent publication of the Countess

Guiccioli’a book. Mrs Stowe states on th» authority of Lady Byron that the real cause of their separation was the discovery chat Byron was living in incestuous intercourse with his half-sister Augusta Dr Lushington is referred to as a depository of the so ret. The solicitors of Lady Byron’s fanrly protest again <t the publication of the statement, but without denying its truth. A strong feeling prevails that Mrs Stowe was wrong in pub ishing tnis ghastly story. The papers are full of correspondence relating to the subject. Dr Lushington gives no sign. Mr Hep worth Dixon is malting a Russian tour. Sir Charles Dilke is reaming in Northern regions Day and Martin’s blacking manufactory, High Ho born, has been des royed by lire. Three highly-placed officials connected with the Woolwich Arsenal have be;m committed for trial on a charge of stealing Government stores. Clement Hartwood, sou of a partner in the firm of Alien, Knight, and Co., has been committed for stealing bills amounting to LI 5,000. He was captured in America, and brought back. _ , ... Craig, late Governor of the Pcntonviile Prison, was arrested on a charge of embezzling L 690 belonging to Government. Grenville Murray has not returned from The Great Eastern sails with the Indian cable on the 10th of November. News has been received of subjects being detained captives in the Paraquay. They are well treated, and m safet}'. . Mi-8 Glynn is about to take a professional tour through the United States. She will then proceed to California and Australia. Two steamers, fie Germania and Cleopatra, have been lost off Newfoundland in a heavy fog. The Germania lost all her specie and cargo. The island or Juan Fernandez has beou ceded to the society of German colonists. News from the Cape states that Dr Twells, Bishop of the Orange Free State, was charged with committing an inde-cribable offence. John Webster, merchant, has been sent to prison for fraudulently obtaining quantities of valuable goods under pretence of sending them to New Zealand. William Dixon, a private soldier, has been executed for shooting Corporal Brett at Aldershot. Professor Ri-ley, proprietor of the Japanese troupe, has been committed for trial for a: tempting to commit a serious assault on a little girl whom he waylaid in the streets. A great demonstration was to be held on the ‘JOth instant at Charing Cross, with a view to induce the Government to release the political prisoners. Twelve English cricketers sail for Australia on the 20ih insb. A company has be n formed in - London to make a railway fiom Dunedin to Port Chalmers and Deborah Bay. Three telegraphic companies have been formed to connect Australia with the ludoEuronaan system. The Times, writing concerning the conflict of Imperial and Victorian laws, arising out of the case of the pardoned Fenians, says that the responsibility must rest with those who, after allowing the Colony to nssert her richt of conflicting with Imperial claims, indulged a batch of c -nvicted felons with au opportunity of bringing thir right to trial. " '

Tallow is firm. Australian sold at an advance of 6d to Is. ; better sorts, Is 6d. ; middling, fully 2s. ; lower qualities offered and sold freely. Sheep, fine, 46s 6d to 49s 6d. Beef, fine, 40s 3d. Australian hides improved; assortments advanced to Is 4d pe? - pound. The total exports to Australia for the month ahoy L2T4,632 decrease; and tbo exports to New Zealand LI or a fly; crease of 1.52^053. In Italy, three thousand bishops decline attending the (Ecumenical Council. New Zealand Fives, 1891, 92 to 93; do Sixes, 1891, March, September, 106 to 108.

LATER SPECIAL TELEGRAMS. London, September 23. The American Minister has withdrawn from Cuba.

The Common Council of the City? of Loudon proposes to vote 300 guineas in aid of the British an ! Colonial Emigration Fund. The wool rales continue firm, and prices Id to lid better than the June rates. 80,000 bales were taken for contingent demands. Trade is improving. The wheat market is dull.

Stormy weather has been exper.euced round the English Coast. • The Maid of Judah put hack after coming into collision with another vessel. Having repaired damages, she failed again. The Montana is overdue, and' insurance premiums are as high as sixty guinea#. The Viceroy of EgyPJ has raised difficulties regarding the acceptance of -the comii. tions imposed by the Grand Vizier, preventing him raising loans without the leave of the Sultan.

The Czar of Russia has hear seriously ill. It is now officially reported that his health is completely restored Lady Palmerston and the Bishop of Exeler are dead.

Eleven horses ran for the St. Leger. Pero Gomez was the winner, Martyrdom second, and George Osbaldiston third. The Spanish Government are sending 24,000 troops to Cuba. The policy-holders of the Albert Life Assurance Company have ' rejected ilia scheme of reconstruction recommended by the official liquidators. The European Assurance Company has suspended payment. Petitions for winding up have been presented to the Court of Chancery—one from the directors, in which the affairs of the Company were represented as not much better than those of the Albert ConW Gall;, Oct. 5.

The Peninsular and Oriental steamer Carnatic, from Suez to Bombay, was totally wrecked on the 13th of September off the island of Shadwan in the Red Sea. The ship lay thirty-six hours on the reef, then broke up and went down into deep water, carrying with her the whole cargo, with specie and mails ; nothing was saved. Five passengers, the ship’s surgeon (Dr Kansford), the purser {Mr Gardner), the purser’s clerk, chief engineer and another engineer, three stewards, and fifteen natives perished. The of the .passengers are in the Sumatra. It is stated at Bombay that trustworthy information has been received of Dr Livingstone having reached Ugiji on Lake Tanganyika last May. He would leave for the coast of Zanzibar. Supplies were sent to Ugiji three years ■ago. The Duke of Edinburgh arrived at Yokohama on the 29th August, and held a levee. The Duke was well received by the Mikado, and afterwards proceeded to Yeddo, ,

Prince Arthur has arrived at Halifax, where he bad a public reception. An accident occurred at the coal mine, Plymouth, Pennsylvania. The timbers caught fire, and 200 men and boys were suffocated. A heavy gale at Boston destroyed property of the value of a million dollars. SHIPPING. Arrivals —From Auckland: Maori, September 7. From Otago : Harvest Home, September 7. Departures. —For Otago : Philip Nelson, August 21; May Queen, Auguvt IS; Chile, August 24 ; Queen Bee, September 0 ; Ju'i-.t, from New York, August 17 ; Albatross, August 20. Fur Canterbury ; Zcalandia. August 2S. For Auckland : Celestial Queen, September 9 ; Thomas Daniels. For Wellington : Melita, August 24. For Nelson : Sarah and Maria, from San Francisco, August 213. Loading—For Auckland: City of Auckland, Helenslee, Sea Toller. For Canterbury : Celeano, Mystery. For Nelson : John Bunyan, Simona. For Otago : City of Dunedin, Don Guilleimo, Otago, William Cargill. For Wellington : Malay, Wild Duck. English wheat —new, 44s ; < Id, 50s. New Zealand, IS9I, Sixes, LlO4 to LlO6 ; Fives, L 92 to L 93 ; Fives Consolidated, L 92 to L 9 3; Sixes, LlO6 to LIOS ; Sixes Consolidated, LlO4 to LlO6, AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY, Melbourne, October 2G. Commercial.— The mail news is considered highly satisfactory. Trade is brisk. Flour, best, LIS to Ll6. New Zealand oats, 5s 3d. Adelaide wheat, 7s 3d. Fine Congou teas in demand at Is lOd to 2s. Bourkc’s stout, 9s 9d to 10s. Dried fruits-currants are rising in demand. The stocks of opium are low ; there is no change in price. Cornsacks are 12s, and enquired for, The North-Eastern railway construction Bill has been read a second time. The Payment of Members Bill was read a first time ; the second reading comes on to-night. The Victoria Tower wreck and cargo sold for LG,400. The proprietors of Humbug offer LSO to any spiritualist who reads the contents of a letter in a sealed envelope. Dr Barker has been charged with making improper proposals to a female,’ a hospital patient. Arrived —Magnet, from Grey River, Oct. 22nd. The acclimatisation of salmon in the Tasmanian rivers is au accomplished fact. Two salmon were caught in the Derwent. Dupont has been convicted of rape at Geelong. Sentence of death lias been commuted to imprisonment for twenty-one years. Twenty-two shearers at Mount Emu station narrowly escaped poisoning through eating bread containing arsenic. The. captain and crew of the cutter Sperrper were murdered by the natives of Prince o t Wales’ Island; twenty-eight in all. ’ Archibald has been found guilty of Halligan’s murder at Rockhampton. (Sentence of death was pased. The Rev. James Martin, the new pastor of OHins street Baptist Church, formerly Mr Taylor’s, arrived jier Alexander Duthie. Joseph Brown, clerk at the post office, has been convicted of stealing a letter. He was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment. The Colonial Bank has declared no dividend in consequence of the suspension of Hugh Glass. There was a stormy meeting of the shareholders. Ultimately the balancesheet was adopted. Captain Payne, of the Nelson, has been appointed a member of the Board of Navigation. Sydney. Ballard and Horne were found guilty of robbing the Braidwuod Bank, and sentenced to 15 and 10 years’ imprisonment respectively. Twenty released Fenians have sailed for California. The Cockatoo prisoners have been removed to gaol, ip he Waratah Coal Aline lias declared a dividend'of ten per cent, Maize, 4g to 4s 2d. Adelaide. Corn market firm. A cargo of sugar, ex Jane Bell, sold at full rates. Wheat, 5s lOd. Air Aliltford, editor of the Pasquin, is dead.