ARRIVAL OF THE "OMEO" WITH ENGLISH NEWS TO THE 9TH OF JANUARY.

Otago Witness, Issue 847, 22 February 1868, Page 4

ARRIVAL OF THE "OMEO" WITH ENGLISH NEWS TO THE 9TH OF JANUARY.

:^i;>-'Mii ■ leva — -- ■'?' r -'" ■■ I •.<: !i /.T .|^e[followmgja^pearfid 'as.a' Daily Times 'ErtraL.on ; Mpnday,^eb.:l7.3 ••;>'•.'••'• • ! | .'„., '^i .uTJie-Oiaep axriyed>off theß.iuff at; n&ie S.m; laßtnjght;and came in/this morning.' he' brings the latest : Englishnews.V> ; -^ -- .'•' She passed the Geelong'at the. Heads." ■' , ; l~:} Monday; '(5/30 'i^W.j™ . ,'.\The .ilangatira, ) Capt. 1 . .Grainger^ i ar- ' rived off Glenelg to-day, at half-past five p.m.--- ;••' •''" •; "' ;•<•'>>•••'.■.;"';.•.• •' V'- The passage to the occupiecl 95 ' Hours, arid the, return passage 7 96 hours. The Geelong,;'Capt. Skotto-«ire,/arrivediat ' the, Sound at half-past i n;a i .^'.."o;n the 6th inst,' Sad.it.not.been f dr. '^aiiyerse gales fake would have left the, S6und'b|fqre the arrival of the Sou& Australian „tjranch. * •• '< Passengers, 'pcr '- Geelongj-f or Adelaide' : • Messrs.* P.. Leyi/and Guild ';* fo'r^'Melll)ournf)—^Mr Blaiid^ Mf'Messeriger^Miss' Miss D,ocker;;-Col. {) Wroilghton, Messrs De' CrpxV'O^ Malpj^V Rotherford ? ' BaldoW^ O'Brien^.and Egremont.- 1111 11' 1 For iSydney^Mr .Skbttowe,'/jMrs". and.^Miss' ; Shaw, , :v,Mrs jßss tJ Major, * Mr , Spe.nce,iLieut. Wilkinson and Mr Grain-ger<»(hsi/I'^tf-3 Yo ii.'-,i >ifj'i<-t •.••>.<'•■•>■" '• "■' ; ' >i As Wthe- -Victorian crisis, 1 the Home ' 'papers^state'^hat^pbliti^l affairs' in Vic\tori^! demand!: immediate ''attention in 1: lEi%landj owing 'to. tile and the ■ dodgery pi the Gbveratoent in tlie evasion 'of )-"the'i' ! $yr. 'V- They' ' ..^peak' ,'i'liighly ,of t^ej .TJppier ..House." "! '.The/- latest Vii expedient; ; of , MMannersi Sutton, . • after \ the ■„,C ouncil lhad> -rejected the. Appropriation Bills, in .-rdissolvnig the> Legislative Assembly, is I ' condemned: 'They also state that the ••'-Ministerial speeches indicated' revolution "'.against the Constitution. '.The Governor's to restore peace are not thought "favorably ofi. general .opinion is, vt&tai/he has held , too^^ much „ with the -Ministry, i - - ",, • :..'- . ' T.^.The'wEiarling'.grant fbf £20,000 is con- . !ttdered a bluader in England. -, ■ . \ -I .The latest Mtelligence as to the / Postal . /Service is more < favorable as? regards the of thesaiUngdaies for Axismails than is Bhown by- last time''i»ble. r ' J TheJ outward ( 4 mails for^China'and -^Australia .leave Beven 'days later v tnan' the "dates in the timVtable. • The homeward ; mails "will leave one" day.eaf- ,*•" The,f&t outward mail to ' Australia on .i'-ihejnewi'pian will.leave v^outhainptpn lon .",' theit2lst;t.March.\. fl The ,fxcpt ..hqme.war'd mail from Australia .-will leave Sydney , on -<28th' f March, 4hus* avoiding the- -delay ; of Li'-ateamers 'at Ceylon,/and shortening, the '4 intervals'^^ or » replies ' between l Australia '•-arid London:; .'"■'_^•^-.^•'•n //.>:*";> ; Li ' y>"-'The Australian : Mails wW' .delivered in '•London on l3th < andJlßtH'PeceinberV i v> ' ' •"."■'Her'MaJes'ty 'continues yi^o'd' 'health ;' „' also ,the. Prince, and princess .of" Wales. Fenian alarms are spreading. .",.!,? 7; ; : .;' . \The.Martello Tower, near,Queenstown', . and a gunsmith's shop in .Cork, have been plundered.',. \' '.;..•'■ ,-..•' ■ -'• Attempts have' been made' to blow up :- Worcester Town 'Hall; v •<:•.*■■ -;. :-_ •-Thirty thousand special constables have been enrolled in London:- • -y^ t ■ ~^' •'" "All Government are strictly , guarded.'* •;; ; : '"f. "y",'/" I '/./ ' '-' ', ; W Great agitation prevails/ yj'i ..' • ' ' ', I'j 'A' proclamation 1 agarh'st .funeral proces.'aipns in honor of idead \Fenians lias been : . issued. » ,.,,■•. "], ,\ i .,.-', , t y.'\ , ..'. "" \: \. government have . discovered . many --plots-*. toh attack -; armouries-/ ..dock-yards, .'.tanks, churches, gas works, &c. ■ ..'.. > i%- ■ '•;- >The police force' has been very largely ' '.increaßedlthroughouipEngland. ~ "•',,• ' 11 . The military are held in readiness 'to' 'act^afany^mpment. 1 ' R: . k ' ." - r" , ['' Reinforcements 6f -trpops have" been "' liisba^hed'to.ifreland. : ]' r '" ; ' *';' Ji J I ,.Great..pre"cautionsrhaye been taken a& ..Woolwich. !»"„ r,. '.. : ; '"' . '. -.' . . Burke and < Casey have been committed . for trial in Warwick.; <> { ■•-,■■. ' '„. • ,-. Assurances in support of the .-Govern- ■ ment.have been sent from all. .quartern to ' . crush Fenianism. ■ ■ ' " ' In future the law will be strictly en- •• forced.' ;>•'. r -' ' - , fi '.'- '•'■ • J ' , " '; . v- - r 'J^'LeadwA.in :";D'ublin ' funeral * processions •;' : , iave ; been "apprehended, ' and cpnimitted .^■fpr tiial-:,^ ( ;; r *J "Vj.'.'X",^'*:'! ' %\ ;.: £ „The attempt to r blow"up the. Housei of 'j Retention k t .'a|:, Clerkeiiwell.y^s -made on. - 17th December. ., Thejobjec^ .Vas.,io; release prisoners.^ Apportion of the Court- - ,yard : wall was destroyed, and a number ;^o£V houses 1 bn' ( the 'opposite ' side " of. tHe '{ t [skrefb }',. 1^) .persons - ( were ;lbur^e4 l 'in; the , xunis, and a number of them, killed. '| ;r; r / , ; Seven persons, <haye been arrested' !on \. suspicion.' .', . * j. „jt -. '- "> "'..'j,'", jfij '.The Quarter's Revenue .of the .United. ■•<■ Kingdom is L 17,600,000.! .» •-. ■»■{, |-;V • ••'> -The Faversham'-Powder Mills- have^ ex- " ploded, and Unlives were lost. * J ■ ,;.- ' • " The Oriental Bank invited tenders for ' , it Sydney loan of L 768,000. V ' "! "• ' •• i , % The Abyasinian, Expedition, has "been ' Jargoly debated in tho Houae of Lords,

Tfie "^ <t lSal'*"of " Ellehborough* ' "aeclared" agaittstrthe-Var^becauße the siate'of [Eurppd "was'such that it would beimprudent'lo involve in a distant war, when^a near one might be expected. • ! v • The '• expedition !i 'itseif ,is progressing' favoTably;. > th'e M natives l are' : givin|f sup-, plieV and'.thV chiefs are rendering, asBiitarice; ' The .liberation of' the captives is L 'considered' 'probable,' their ; chains having been removed J ' , '" ;i TKe- r Egyptians .object to the -expedition. 1:*1 :*:*: *' !i •'•' .' '■ . "'■'• ''• ; •* V T^6 Italian Parliament haß been prorogued. ' ' ' General Menebrea is re-constructing the' Ministry: • . ... ' 'An' amnesty has been proclaimed infavor of Garibaldi. ' ' - ■ * • '.'Sympatnetic addresses have been sent td the v Pope from London and Dublin. "'" ' '', The.'French troops have all left Rome. An v Extensive 'Mazzinian conspiracy has been discovered in Italy. , ■. • • . 'The : proposed Conference as to the Roman question has not yet assembled. ' 1 ' The" latest telegrams state that the' .Italian," Government has- suspended payment'of the Italian quota of the Pontifical debt". '-■'■• ■ ■ ■ - . • ' Heir Yon Beust is framing a' special Ministry for the whole of the Austrian Empire:.; '. ' .' _ . ' .' " 1 Much political uneasiness prevails on" the' Continent of ' Europe. .'', ' ' : • ' Paris advices state that the Emperor Napoleon has, received the Representatives' of the Germanic Confederation'/ and' has exchanged 'assurances' of .friendship. "• The Times opposes intervention respecting the affair of Afghanistan^ ' The., Ministerial crisis in 'Portugal is, over. A new Ministry has been formed. Telegrams from New York state that Congres3.had passed a vote, thanking Mr Stanton, and censuring the President for removing him ; and also ordering the Committee of Foreign .Affairs ..to take immediate actionas to the maltreatment of American citizens in Ireland. , Obituary. — Mr Melvyn,^ Mr Prower, .Archdeacon Greenall, Colonel Lowther, M.P.,- Mr Charles: Gray, Mr; William Edmond Molyneux,, and MrE. Charles. ;

, ; . , 'PRODUCE ( MARKETS' ; - '.., Hides— Beat < ' Australian sold at 4|d. . Bark,' Mimosa, ground and ' chopped, L 9. ■■'• ' "'■ ■.'■'-■■■■'. • : Tallow— Be3t St. ' Petersburgh) ' 435.— New South Wales sheep, 445.- • • , ■ • Leather— Australian sold atlOdperlb. ■' The corn' markets are slightly lower. •Wheat; 7s. ?' •'* ' : " ; •.-«-••. •■ Oils.— Palm oil, best, sold at JAG ) linseed", L 3 4105; rape, L 3 9; spotcocoanut, Sydney; L 42 per ton.^ •• " •;:■. ( ■ ' , ' C6tt6n. — The general market firm: 1 ' • >•■ • 'Sugar.— Sales are- effected,: cdmmon to! pure brown, L3s ;' low- yellows and greys,' L 36- a: '•'•'• ''.t:-'-/=' ! '■■?>3 i - ■•■}■ ■ Cofl&e.— There "is " no demand ; ,good Plantation Ceylon- sold at formed quotations) ; ' ; •-' ..:-..,-. ' ; ', ■'-'•Rice; — Soft grain, 40s to 445. ' '" , 'Hops'.— Sussex, 1 LlO to Lll; Kent, East,Llo to-Ll2. •••'■.■

•• ! - ''■<_- WOOL;MARKET. ■ r - ' ' The "last sales showed 'ai-slight decline .on former prices'. -Totalibales catalogued, 100^635^ ' Markets generally very quiet. Want ■of cbnfidence prevails. 1 .' : supply 'of foreign .wool is abundant. - '.',' '••'•'"MbKßir 'market; •. . . :

ColomalGovernmentSecurities,N.S.W., Five per ' Cents, " 1 866^ January and July, LIOO - r do. Five , per, Cents,'. 18.71 to 1876, L9B to LIOO, closing prices, V,'do. Five • per Cents, 1888.t0,18,95,,L98 to! L 99; closing prices ;• New ,'Zealand .Six per - Cen,ts, •Lloß.to Lllo;.do,Five.per Cents,. L'9B~ t0.L99, ; Queensland .Government. Six per Cents, January and J.u1y,,,L104 t0,L105 ; Australian .Government ,Six per Cents/ 1878 and upwards,'Lllo to Llll ; Victorian . Government Six , per, Cents, April to October, LllO to' Lll2. • The Money Market, nominally quoted 1| per cent, advance, owing ' to outflow of goldfrom the Banks. *-"' '•*< " •;

, . LATEST-, INTELLIGENCE. - [ • ; . " LoKDoif/lOfchilanuary. i The ne^. German Ambassador' has been .vrelcomed ,pordialty b^ Napoleon. ( . j■. ..The'Emperor's ..speech r affirms a, con^ si^nt^desirevto maintain, , the, best relations yrith all' powers. 0..2J- v >. : . - ' •-• - -Victor "Eraanuel .expresses perfect confidence in the future. '•<. i, <■*. ■ • . ■The Italian ministerial? crisis continues. •'»' A new-. Cabinet has 1 been l formed ! ia Vienna)' • "■■"•' . \ ■>'■ ' • ;'CbDsols,'92. The demand. for money hasbrdught the rate; of interest Tip to 2 pe^ceh,^" ';; ) '; > .'' > ' i ". '•'„'' ,'.",' ;"' _,\Bußin,esa i is inactive. _'„■'. ." ; ,• . i" , : . " Auß^paliaii securities' J arereduced. , onethird per cent, from;the;last y ,quptations. . At jwool sales prices declined lid to;2d. > Axtvv&lb.— Angleaey and Lincolnahire. ■ The above intelugence is per favor ! IMr'O.'Norrifl, Purser of the<Omeo.' j '