[SPECIAL TELEGRAM, PER ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN PRESS TELEGRAPH AGENCY.] Hokitika, Dec. 18.

North Otago Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 792, 20 December 1872, Page 2

[SPECIAL TELEGRAM, PER ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN PRESS TELEGRAPH AGENCY.] Hokitika, Dec. 18.

The RangitotO arrived at 9 p.m. yesterd.iy from Melbourne, brineing dates — London, Deo. 10th and llthj Melbourne, Dec. 11th and 12tb. JJady Doughty on her deathbed reaffirms that the Claimant i3 not Eoger Tichbourne. The declaration has created a strong impression on the public mind. The popular enthusiasm for the Claimant's cause is abating. A destructive hurricane in London has done enormous damage to the river shipping and public aud private buildings. A modification of the French Cabinet — Say, Finance $ Goulard, Interior ; and G-our-ton, Works, has given a healthier tone fo the public tunds. The present indications in Fnince are pacific. Tin firm at lntest quoted rates. Copper active, L90. New Zealand fives consolidated, 102 \. Flax scarcer. There is a considerable fall in leather. Tallow a shade easier. Over 60,000 bales of wool were quitted at the London sales. The next sales open on February 13th. Dr Featheraton is shipping salmon ( ? ova) for Dunedin. A private telegram from London, of date 10th December, states that the rate of discount is 4 per cent. [The following sentence is unintelligible — we presume the intended sense to be that " u farewell meeting to Bishop Selwyn has been held at Wolyerhainpton, aud that he has been consecrated to a see in Now Zealand." We give the paragraph as telegraphed.— Ed. N.O.T.] Farewell meeting Bishop Selwyn Wolverhampton will be consecrated Zealand*