ENGLAND AND AUSTRALIA.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4239, 21 October 1874, Page 3

ENGLAND AND AUSTRALIA.

ARRIVAL OF THE ALBION WITH THE ENGLISH SEPTEMBER MAIL VIA SUEZ. MONEY MARKET EASIER. WHEAT PALLING. SHIP DUCHESS OP EDINBURGH DISMASTED. THE MAIL SERVICE. MR. VOGEL IN MELBOURNE. AMERICAN WOOL-BUYERS IN MELBOURNE. The Bluff, Tuesday. The Albion with the English mail left Melbourne at 7.30 p.m, on the 15th, and arrived at the Bluff at 5 a.m. on the 20th, making a quick passage of four Jays eight hours, bringing thirty saloon and twenty-five steerage passengers, and thirty tons cargo for all portsShe sails for Dunedin at 4 p.m. The Tararua left Melbourne for Hokitika three hours before the Albion sailed. REUTER'S SPECIAL TELEGRAMS. London, October 10. Monetary position improved. Hungarian loan trebly subscribed. Wheat still falling, and foreign arrivals abundant. Ship Duchess of Edinburgh from London to Melbourne, towed into Corunna, dismasted. Arrived—Superb from Melbourne; Rakaia from New Zealand. October 13. The Victorian loan only partially successful. Tenders sent in—total applications slightly under a million. £344,300 taken at and above the sealed minimum, £9l ij. The balance will be offered on Friday, at a minimum fixed at £9O (?). Ciesarwitch Stakes won by Lord Aylesbury’s Adventure ; Truth gelding, 2 ; Gamecock, S. President Grant will not seek re-election. The Spanish Ambassador in Paris presented to Due de Gorges a strong remonstrance protesting against aiding Carlist insurgents. At Buenos Ayres preparations are being made for strenuous action. There are rumors of a war between China and Japan. Obituary.—Duke of Leinster. VICTORIA. Melbourne, October 15. The Pera having been telegraphed at Adelaide six days before due necessitated the Albion leaving for the Bluff on the same day as the Tararua for Hokitika. Mr. Vogel at once arranged with McMeckan, Blackwood and Co., who offered every facility, that the Tararua should take the Westland, Nelson, Wellington, Taranaki, Marlborough, and Hawke’s Bay mails, and that the mails for Otago and Canterbury should go by the Albion. Mr. Vogel also applied to Bright Brothers, who courteously agreed to detain the Hero at Sydney to allow time for the Wentworth to carry the Auckland mails. The Hero will probably leave Sydney with those mails late on Saturday evening. Although Mr. Russell has come to an understanding with the New South Wales Government as to the Californian service, it has not yet been reduced to writing. Mr. Russell returns to. New Zealand by the Hero. The Macgregor has been chartered for the Californian service, and she will call at Auckland for mails. Mr. Vowel remains in Melbourne until the departure of the next mail for Europe. On Tuesday he visited the Assembly during its sitting. Sir J. McCulloch’s amendment on the Customs Duties Bill was disjiosed of after one night’s debate, and rejected by a majority of 20. During the discussion Mr. Francis expressed himself opposed to the twenty per cent, duties. Mr. Francis has resolved to rssign his seat for Richmond. It is stated that Mr. Cohen, Commissioner of Customs, shortly retires from political life. The agitation is proceeding in favor of opening the museums and picture galleries on Sun- ■ but the subscribers to the Athemeum re- * solved by a large majority against opening that institution. Councillor James Gatehouse has been elected Mayor of Melbourne for the ensuing year. Husler has been committed for trial for the murder of his wife. Unusually hot weather has been experienced in all the colonies. A coach accident has happened near Warnambool; several passengers were injured, one severely. The wool sales have opened satisfactorily. A shipment of pure cotswold sheep for Busby and Co., of Auckland, has been made per Hero. The new steamer Somerset, with the Torres Strait mail, arrived five days before time. Isabella Oarandini was married to Mr Cotterill at Sydney, yesterday. The New Zealand mare Lurline is still much fancied. Doing good work ; well hacked for the Cup. The C'oetlogon, French corvette, arrived yesterday, en route for New Caledonia. Owing to the difficulty of obtaining a suitable site, it is unlikely Elondin will perform here, but proceed to New Zealand and California. A number of American wool buyers have arrived per Pera. They only left Boston fiftythree days ago. McMeckan, Blackwood, and Co., are building two new steamers of 1200 tons, on the Clyde, with a guaranteed speed of thirteen knots, for the intercolonial trade. Madame Arabella Goddard, who is being enthusiastically received in the large inland towns of Victoria, will positively leave for . New Zealand on the 24th inst. Her agent, Mr. K. S. Sroythe, is a passenger by the Albion. Commercial. — “Wheat very firm, 6s. 4d. to 6s. 9d,; flour is selling freely at £l3; oats firm, supplies short, ss, 4d. to ss. od.. There is a demand for salad oils ; Devoe’s oil is offered at Is. Id.; new teas are moving off freely. NEW SOUTH WALES. Sydney, October 15. A meeting of creditors of S. Macgregor, stock agent and auctioneer, has been called. The liabilities are £60,000. J. George, a blind man, murdered at Bathurst a man named Harrison, and has been committed for trial.

The - mail reached California for England two days late, and detained City of Melbourne until the 12th. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Adelaide, October 15. The Governor’s only daughter, three years old, has died from the effects of accidental scalding. The Government scheme for the Murray Railway has been carried.