Some and Foreign.

Otago Witness, Issue 1486, 8 May 1880, Page 10

Some and Foreign.

GENERAL SUMMARY OF lEWS

BY THE

SAN PEANOISOO MAIL.

Nineteen thousand Volunteers participated in tha sham fight at Brighton. A fog retarded the operations. Soveral thousand mon ia the building trade at Liverpool have struck against the reduction of n halfpenny per hour ia their wages. The French Jevuits are making preparation with a view of purchasing several building ia Moacoa and Jersey, whither they will withdraw in case of expulsion from France. Some are in favour of resisting tlte order of expulsion, and of contesting it on the ground of tueir civil rights. Tha grape vines throughout France have been injured by exceptionally cold weather. The burgundy and champagne diatricts suffered much.

Gambetta denounce? tha Jesuits, the Bonapartiste' unauthorised religious bodies, and even the Church itself, as sworn enemies to the Republic. The Home Committee of the United States Coogresj have decided to pkee on the free list all manufactured paper, wood, flax, and all other fibrous plants fit for manufacturing paper. The Carlotta Patti libel suit against the Pittsburgh Post and De3patch has been dismissed. The singer was charged with intemperance. Mr Lawson, the United States consul at tho Samoan Islands, ia likely to come to grief. Serious charges — the least of which is malfeaeatic^) in his office — have been filed against him at; Washington. Edison and Adams have invented a method by which they can extract; a greater amount of gold from the rejected residuum of auriferous quartz or sand than ia obtained by the present processes from virgin rock dalivered freah from the powerful tritnriaa of a crushing-mill. Dion Boucicatdt wa9 arrested at New x ork in a divorce suit brought by his wife. She charges him with adultery, continued through many years, with an actress named Catherine Rogers, otherwise Mrs Davis. There is yet a chance for the Knowsley Hall. H.M.S. Comus visited the Croz-jta and St. Paul's Islands, but found no traces there. It has since been reported by a ship passing Amsterdam Island that she saw lights there. Tne Admiralty have sent another warship to investigate the island, which is frequented by seal. Fißh is plentiful, but fresh water is scarce. An awful famine has occurred in Brazil. In two years 15,000 persons have died of hunger and 300,000 trom disease. It is stated that the Qaeen, on the occasion of the Royal anniversary, will create an Imperial order of merit for civilians only. The official German Commission have chartered a special steamer at Hamburg to convey ihe Gorman exhibits to Melbourne. The Governor of British Columbia urges the necessity of legislative restriction upon Chineae immigration. After this year the Darby is to be run at Gravesend, not at Epsom. General Skobeloffs departure for Turkestan is still uncartain. It is stated that his moveraents we dependent on the change of Ministry in England. The Chinese who crossed the Amoy into Russian territory were irregular Tartar hordes, not troops. Nevertheless it iB reported that a large Chinese force is ready to invade the KfwhgarKuldja frontier. The Russians are sending reinforcements, and threaten more. It is officially stated at St. Petersburg that China is disposed to renew negotiations on the Kuldja question. The manifesto of Prince Napoleon approves of the decrees against the Jesuits, and affirms the State's supremacy over theocracy. He rejects any alliance of the Bonapartists and Legitimists. The Archbishop of Tours and the suffragan Bishop have addressed a joint letter to President Grevy protesting against the expulsion of the Jesuits. The Journal ties Debate advocates an Au^-trtan-French-Colonial enterprise, and urges the Government to establish colonies in vacant fertile territory in Europe, Asia, and Oceania. A universal congress of Freethinkers is to be held at Brussels in August. A Democratic manifesto, signed by 279 former senators and deputies, and 21 journalist, at Madrid, has been issued demanding religious liberty, a liberal Presa, the right of public meeting, secular education, and universal suffrage. The German Press regards Bismarck's late resignation as a rune whereby the Chancellor intends to enforce reforms in the Federal Council, giving the preponderance of the voting power to the larger German States. The Sultan and Porte are much alarmed at the result of the English elections. Great dissatisfaction is felt throughout Asia Minor.

The Liberal gain, without the Irish party, is estimated at 100, and the Liberal majority over the Tories and Home Rulers combined about 40. Never since 1845 have the Tories been so weak numerically or so discouraged morally. The English journals devote themselves to inventing iogeniou? theories to account for it. Depression in trade, bad harvests, democratic caprice, Liberal misrepresentations, and many other causes are assigned by the Conservative sheets. The defeated party circulated the wildest stories, even alleging that the constituencies had been bought with Russhn gold. Uttor confusion reigns in the Tory camp. The leaders are usually calm in manner and careful in speech. Some Tories wildly declare^th&t the country is ruined, its prestige gone, its influence in the European councils nacrificed, and that revolution is impending at Home. The Queen's continued absence on the Continent occasions sharp comment. A Berlin letter says her Majesty is exasperated against Lord Beaconsfield, alleging that he deceived her as to the real feeling of the country, and alienated the most loyal portion of the dominion. The Economist says there is a growing tendency to regard the Liberal bucoosb as favourable to business, and [that it appears probable that we are on the eve of another outbreak of speculation. The Liberals in London were preparing for a monster demonstration when Mr Gladstone returned from the North, but he formally decKned it.

The Ducbesa of Marl borough, in a letter to the Lord Mayor of L -u-joji, says that alt fear of faaiiu-3 is now a*, an end, but there is mud*, distress in fee mountainous parts. There j» great need of clothing aud seed. Mr Redpatb, the corre-pond^nt sent to Ireland by the NewYork Tribune, couUxmes to report a bad sta'o of affairs, especially in the County Mayo. Tfae entire population, he says, in majiy "localities have no food fexcepti?.g an allowance of Indian meal from tho Rblief Committee. Tnere is no work. The potatoes intcaded for seed hn.v& av(-ry where been eafen. The funds collected will enable the Committae to avert sforvatioa until May, but then the gravest raKults may be uxpeclfid.

Mr Purnell arriv-d at Queenotown from New York on the 28 sh u't , and was enthusiastically roceiyed. On the 28 ..h he attended a political mofitiog at Enm*corthy, but was jilted with rotten eggs. An attempt was made to throw him off the platform.

The Russian Jevva ara being treated with increased Hwverity, an 1 Nome wero forced to represent themselves a« Protestant Christians ta avoid expulsion fr> m Sfc. Petersburg. Several who were leading busiuess men for many years in the governments of Tula, Oriel, and Kfaaskoff have been summarily expelled. Telegrams from the Russian Consul at Evan,, in Armenia, appeal for help to save the iohabitants from an;ji)iil«itton. The famine is increasing. One huudred and fifty persons died from starvation at Agrok. Russia ie moving in the matter, and Beading forward supplies v President Grant reeks nomination for a third preaideufjal term. RU opponents aro Senators Blame, Sherman, and Edmonds.

Arica has been bombarJed by the Chilian navy, but the attacking ships— tho Hnascar and Magallaot— received unexpectedly never© treatment from old monitor, the Moreca Copie, which was hastily put in service, and; handled by Captain Moors of the ill-fated) Peruvian war-yes-el ImJependencia. After half a-doz^n shots from tbe Rodman guos carried by the monitor the Chilian ships got out if ranga. The blo-kadu was forced by the Peruvian corvette Union, after fighting for seven hours with the Chilian ironolads and the tranaporfs. Callao U to be blockaded or bombarded. The Peruvian army has been defeated. A counter-revolution occurredL in Bolivia. Campera having been restored,, Mopqueque was occupied without resistance by 14 000 Chilianp. It is reported, however* that they had fallen into a Peruvian ambush, and been defeated.

The result of the late pedestrian match ia New York for the O'Leary Belt astonishes, patrons of athletic*. The winner, a negro named Hart, made 565 mile 3in less than six days, beating the London cbamoion " Blower* Brown's time by 12 mile*. Hart'd total resfc during the match was 22 lu\ 54 mm. 59 sec His longest rest at one time was 3 hr 3 muu 25 nee. Hart makes nearly 22,200 dollars by this fetf.

The Sao Francisco Board of Supervision, the clergy, and the author, Salem Morse (formertjr of Melbourne), are wrangling over a passionplay which the litter wUhes to produce. Charles W, Serveralance, land agent neac San Francisco, has been murdered and his house robbed by his Chinese servants, assisted, by confederates.

An outrage is reported at West Point. Cole, % coloured cadet, was found in his room tightly bound, and with his head bruised and his eats elit. According to his own statement, four masked men did the deed at midnight. An American rifle team wiil go to Ireland ia June to compete at tbe international contest. A. centenary in memory of the Ray. Wi Ellery, the founder of Unitarisnfem, has been, celebrated in Europe and America.. St James.* Hall, London, was crowded with participant?., The New York Times claims that De Lessepa has gone back to Franca from his mission iir this country without accomplishing anythingin furtherance of his Panama scheme.

An election took place ia San Francisco on March 30th for a joint senator and a commissioner of freeholders to frame a new charter. The working men's party (sometimes called the Sandlotters) combined with tha Democrats, but were badly outvoted by the Republicans; The result has restored business confidence in a measure.

A line of steamers is projected from San Francisco to the mouth of the Amoor River. Russian commissioners aro expected in the city shortly to arrange details. James Bracz-H, a student of Michigan Uaivereijjy, has be?n c nfirmed as Minister tor China, vice Saward, recalled for irregularities' in office.

Jehn F. Swift, of California, and W. H. Westcott, of South Carolina have been named commissioners to act with Blanz*ll ia arranging a new Chinese- American treaty that will be free from the objectionable features of the Burlinsrhame document.

Nearly 3000 immigrants landed at New York on the 22nd from Europe, and 4000 on tbe 6nh of May. Thay are well-to-do Irish farmers and their families.

John Nugent, formerly of the Hwald, a pioneer newspapar publisher of San Francisco, imd the originator of tho Vigilance Committee in 1852, and opposed to ifa organisation in 1865, whereby he was reduced to poverty, dted on the 29th. He was ne *rly 70 years of age, and & ce'ebrity in his tiraa.

The Inter-Ocean's Washington special says that an extrajrdinary number of immigrants arriving this spring w attracting attention, and' if it keeps up immigration fthis year will be much larc^r than ever. Since the Ist of January 2300 have arrived at Baltimore, as agarast 289 tor tbe same period of lust year ; and 35,825 hove arrived at N<jw York, against 11,114 for 1879, Durfnsr March last tbe number of arrivals was 21,658, agaioHfc 5965 last year. It is aaid that these immigrants are of an unusually good class of people, most of them having sufficient money for a good start in life.

The King of Siam propones early iu~May r after visiting the principal European capital?,, including London (where the ceremony of the investment of the Queen with the Order of the White Elephant will tak« place), will extend hia travels to the United States. It is stated that an American frigate will await him at Southampton.

A New Orleans president, Palmer by name,, hau been sent to the penitentiary for three years for # embezzlement. Investigation haa uncovered a conspiracy to* destroy the entire journalistic fraternity of Deadwood, Colorado. The first attempt was aa effort to assassinate George Sfcokes, of the Evening Press, by bravos hired for 50dol. each by well-known scoundrels. The Winchester Arms Company have an order from the Chinese Government for 22,030,000 cartridges— the first ever given to foreigners.

Chisteaney, an old senator, who married a young Treasury employee at Washington, and was afterwards appointed Minister to Peru, has been compelled to send his wife home on account of' her scandalous conduct. Ho now applies for a divorce. King George of Greece has Bent a letter of thanks to Charles Jakerman, formerly United States Minister to his court, for his paper oit the Greek frontier question, prepared some time age for the consideration of a mixed coxnmisßion.

A fow-mil* race far 30 00? d >ls )'s propow! in San Francisco in Novetn' .err»r r» xt. B wteri raci"(? men ace invited l-> p irtlcipafce, a?id v- ill do so if personal assurance bo given by G-ovet-nor S'-anford and Theodore Wiuter, ot California, thet thfl money '.vill bo paid in. Callfttrbw ;vnd MacGuire had a r>nz9 fichf; near Phikd-lpW-i, on Apiil Ssh. The kt'er j waa nearly beaten to d<?.*lh. Hi 3 life wadwpaired of. OalL-ghan and his fle i The Anclo-Ann-rican cable of 1873 ha- pvrted at a point 36 miles from tl-e lwding place on tho Irish coast, in 80 fathmuH r£ water. # Ten thousand dollars' wotUa if printing paper has been ordered by a Chicago fi«m from » Canadian manufacturer. _ Immigration by negroes to Africa is on the inci-eaee. At no time Binca f-he war has there be°n so much dissatisfaction among the DP^roPs of tbe Southern States. r J>e Earl of Dunmore is ia H'lJpnn, AKn tan^, buying cattle for a farm he Ins taken un at Yellowstone Valley. 'Two Hnpp"sed thieves— Henry Gate and G>h Ehvard "Darcney — have baen oppt*>hended ia New York for offoring at half pric bonds of tbe Bre : lau Frebourg railway. A number of these bonds were some time ago stolen from a German banker in a railwaycarriage in London, and those offered at reduced prices are said to be a portion of the missing documents. „ The British ironclad Triumph, tbe fla?Bhip of the Pacific Squadron, with Rear- admiral Frederick H. Sterling on board arrived at San Francisco, en rouh to Victoria, British Columbia, for refining. A cyclone pawd through Ottawa, Kanpas, on April 10th, killing an^ wounding 20 persons arid destroying much property. . Toronto, Canada, U.S.. is inundated id places ; and Central Ontario has suffered from the hurricane. . , Deliberate attempts by incendiaries bavo been made to destroy the Peealep Church and S; Joseph's, at Ottawa. Small- pox among the horfes has partly stopped street railway business in Quebec. Sir Francis Hiuks and other directors of the Consolidated Bonk, charged with making falsa returns, have been acquitted. t < French Canadians are emigrating in large numbers to the United States. Snow in St. Johns has fallen to a depth of nix feet on the level, interrupting all busi. It is proposed to tunnel the S*\ Lawrence Biver at Montreal, and a company has been formed for tho purpose, and has applied for charter. „ „ South American warships are surveying the harbours of Golfifcfs and Boca Del Tora, on the Panama Isthmus coast, for the purpose of establishing naval stations there. The Columbians are much excited o\-er reports from Washington that Amfnca will oppose the construction of a canal by a foreign company. They say they want no protectorate, neither French nor American, and will submit to neither without striking back aa hard as they can. They are strongly incensed at the Bliimt offered to Columbia, in that she is not to be allowed the right to grant concessions to private companies other than American^ or without asking permission of the United Russia is seeking an alliance with Jaoan aeainst China, and also making friendly overtures to the Emir of Bokhara, with the same end in view. The probabilities of trouble with the Celestial Empire are freely discussed at St, Petersburg, especially as China refuses to regard herself as bound by the recent Kuldja Treaty. At St. Petersburg it is thought a naval demonstration may have a salutary effect on the Chinese, and it will shortly be mado. This step will be partly dne to the fact that the reactionary party in China is gaming tbe ascendancy, to the danger of all Europeans, whose respective Ministers have consequently asked for naval reinforcements in Chinese wfltflrs , , „ The Egyptian troops have been defeated in Toumouzi. The King of Abysainia, is marchinf? rvith a large aray against King Mi zca of Thoa. ,„, . , . , The Governor general of Masaoah has telegraphed to the Khedive that two bodies of insurgents were defeated and made prisoners by the troops of King John of Abyssiuia A stone croBS has been erected bycrderof Queen Victoria on the spot where the Prince Imperial lost his life. The American Press, equally with the English papers, is discussing tbe late elections and tbe unexpected result. The Times speaks of the policy of the future Government as follows : — " The Liberal Cabinet will maintain tha Treaty of Bprhn m accordance with the puMic opinion of Europe and tbe policy of tho Great Powers. It will treat the ArgloTurkish convention as an engagement of the Continent. With refeiecce to obligations in Sonth Africa, it may # be a matter for inquiry whether the annexation of the Transvaal will not be an error. Although the measure was approved by Lord Ktmberiey and Mr Forster, the question ought to be treated as an open qneslion. Tbe Government insist that the South African colonies', whe ther they choose to confederate for political purposes or not, shall enter into such a common engagement for military defence »b shall relieve the Mother Country from the charges of native wars. When this poltcv in European, Asiatic, and South African affairs has been carried out, a point will be reached at which the Liberal Ministry, if it attempts more, or is forced to go further, must part company with moderate men. We do not believe that the Marquis of Hartington and other leaders of the party will defire to go further, and so far wg can have no difficulty in accompanying them. Mr Gordon Bennett's Mugcadpne won the Park Hurdle Handicap Plate on the 30 .h, Red Hazard 2nd, Puritan 3rd. Mu«cadene also won the Hunt Cup at Nottingham, but was objected to on the ground of innufncienfc description. Bacchus won the Surrey Open Steeplechase. . . . The Journal de St. Petersbourg, referring to al&rmist reports relative to the intentions of China, eayß the Chinese Ambassador at Pans is to come to St. P- ternburg to conduct negotiations respecting Kuldja. Waters, one of the principal promoters of the turf frauds, has been sentenced to_ 20 years' penal servitude for forgeries on various An' explosion of fire-damp occurred in a colliery at Anderlines. There v er* 150 persons in the pit at tho time, most of whom weie Buffocated. . . , -, In Germany extreme civility is ehown to tr c Chinese Ambaeeador by Minister*, which is supposed to pom 1 ; to a secret negotiation between P*kin and Berlin against Russia. Herr Oppenbdm, formerly a xwrnbev of the ReJcbstasr, and leader of the National Liberals anrt the Freetri,de party, is dead. The Emperor of Germany, addressing his generals on the anniversary of hia birthday, said be believed he was able to atsure them that they wou'd have no more opportunity of putting in practice their military knowledge, »11 fear of war having apparently passed away for the present. Six failures occurred on the Berlin Stock Exchange on April 2nd, aggregating one milUon marks. _ Ptln.ce Bismarok »y«, iv » letter to Herr

'iuler, on disarmament, lhafc Germans cannot occupy any p wti'ui but a s°'f-defensive one. In Av.'.tro-Fhuigaiy the Finance Committee of thy Lower House has approved of a loan of 40,000,000 fl uins, Jules Strasser, cashier of tho Rothschilds in Vienna, hns been arnated for einbfzz'einen';. TTe Josb 400,000 florius ii speeuhtions on the Jiiuirit. His brothers have »Ijo be»n nrr-sted. Italian brigands captured the Duke ot Saxo Meinin,<?an, but liberated him on payment of a heavy ransom. The amount paid to Greek bandits for the ransom of Colonel Svnge was L 120.000. Colonel Synge is unmarried, and therefore the statement that his wite shared his captivity is untrue. _ Without approving of Ibe measure, the Pope submits to the expulsion of the Jesuits from France. , By fire in Montava, a Savoyard village, 17 ;.v-s were lost: and 31 dwe'l'ngi dtwoyed. Trie Agenre Rus u e denits that Prince Gort-s-ehak ff is about to resign. Th-i province of Kharkoff is being ravaged by diclnhw'jx. Ovtr 100 medical student* _ have recently bee a arres ed on suspicion of Nihilism. The new official organ, the Berge, find? no favour. It dues not advocate Liberal measurpp.

Officials in the Overland Customhouse have been ovcrhaultd for malfeasance. They bave enriched th^nvelves at the expense of the Government, clearing for a " consideration " high tariffed goods at a Jnw rate of duty. A dispatch from S!.. Poter.->bury, dated # April 10th, says that Prince Gortscbak; ff U dying. Political convicts are feeing desf> itched from Russia to the iiil-ind of Sagbalien by hundreds.

The Emperor of Russia has presented Prince Alf-xander of Bulgaria a war-steamer, 40,000 rifles, and fi<»ver.»l Krapp gum, and allowed him to enlist 500 liut*iau t-übj-clB. Coiresp' ndeuts will not b8 permitted with thH Turcom >ns' exofrdition.

Two thousand Chinese troops have crossed tbe Amoor River.

Tue Chinese Cbarge-d'Affairs and hits whole staff have loft St. Petersburg for Pekin.

Winowsky, the great violinist, died at Moscow on April 4th. It is reported that General Mdikhoff's position as Dictator has already become shaky.

The Czar will not viaifi any German watering place this summer. Thefts of gunpowder from the Government mills at Odessa have been discovered.

Batoum U being fortified, contrary to Russia'« declaration that; it was to be free.

Persian fanatics stfibbed the Grand Sheriff of Mecca fatally on tho 14th of April. There waß great exciteinont and delight in Constantinople at the result of the English elections. Greeks, Armenian 3 , Bulgarians, and Christians rejoiced in the result. Four thousand Kuras, pressed by famine, descended recently from the mountains on the town of Mardum, ia Asiatic Turkey, and plundered and murdered a number of priests and nuns and several others. Terrible distress prevails in Asia Minor, cattle, [sheep, and goats being carried off in large numbera by disease. The oountry be« tween Angora and Ismid ia becoming a desert. Proclamations are being issued ia India de* daring that the British have now assumed the whole political administration of North and i East Afghanistan. Mahomed Jan attacked 260 British troops near Jynsenar on April 3rd. He was killed with the other chiefs. Hard fighting followed, ending with the total defeat of the Afghans. Generals Stewart, Barker, and Hughes, commander, are on the march to unite at Mukurau. The departure of the Viceroy from Calcutta to Simla has been postponed in consequence of the result of the elections in England. The correspondent of the Auckland Star suppließ the following items of news :— The election speeches of the great political leaders contain many allusions to the Colonies, Mr Gladstone and Lord Hartingtim dscluring that the best way of maintaining the loyalty of the Coloniea waa by giving them the freest Constitution, and making them feel bound by a voluntary tie which England waß bound to preserve, to do all it can to help them in time of danger, and to defend them with all the force of the British Empire in time of war. Earl Granville declared that the bond between EDgland and her Colonies was one ba?ed on common interests and common feelings, which they would never attempt to hold by force if the Colonies themselves wished to relax that bond. The pursuance of that policy had strengthened the good feeling existing with the Colonies. He added, with regard to New Zealand : "It was my duty to carry into effect, contrary to violent opposition on the part of the Colonial Government, a policy which had been announced by the Duke of Buckingham when my predecessor, but which he had failed to carry into effect. It was not a pleasant matter to be attacked in and out of Parliament by competent persons tilling one that what I waR doing would have the effect of ruining New Zealand, and separating it from the Mother Country, but I persisted and my colleagues persisted becau.Be we knew wfl were right. What has been the result ? Since the creation of the Colony of New Zealand there haß never been Bucha period of order, peace, prosperity, and goodwill towards the Mother Country." Sir J. Vogel in his election address referred to his success ia the Parliament of New Zealand, having led that Parliament for a loug period, and only retired from the Govflrnment of the Colony, after seven years of office, on account of illhealth. He accounts for his preference of the Conservatives by charging the Liberals with disintegrating the Colonies, which he considered agairjst the interests of the nation. The following squib was circulated during the election :— " 1. Are you one of three or four land speculators who stand to make LBO.OOO by the sale of a huge rabbit-warren to Englishmen through the agency of the New Zealand Agricultural Company 1 2, Have you not received absolute instructions from the New Zealand Government to clear out of that Company forthwith? 3. Are you not aware that your mere election move of substituting Falmouth for Plymouth for the calling of the outwardbound emigrant ships is universally laughed at in New Zealand ? 4, What guarantee do you give us that, even if we swallow the bait, any real advantage will accrue to us after you have secured your end— a seat in the Euglihh Parliament? 5. Is it rot a fact that your candidature is strongly condemned by the New Zealand Government ? 6. Is it not consequently tolerably certain that if we are foolish enough to sell you our votes for some imaginary advantage, that ia reality you are without the power to give, and we shall find ourselves at once both bought and sold ? 7. Under all the circumstances, would not tha constituency which distinguished itself by sending a brother speculator, ' Baron ' Grant, to Parliament, be> more suitable one for your particular genius to operate upon ? Men of Falmouth, beware of this astnte Hebrew."

The steamer Norfolk leaves for Lyttelton and Wellington en April 15tb. She can carry 300 adult passengers, and up to the preßent time has bonked 30 saloon passengers, 45 seoond. olass, and $5 third.claiss, She will not have

much cargo, as she Ktavts at an unfavourable time, many people preferring to waii for the result ot (ha clecf.'osiu in tbe hope of a revival of tracie. T.^e saloon tare is 50 guineas, aud tbe piv°ragß h expected to take 40 days. At tbo Jirst general meeting of the New Zealand Agficuluirn/i Ooiiapauy^ Sic J. Vugfl pie.-ided. Iv moving tfe auoi'tion of tlie ropojt ho f-mid th«; tbe net prutiis up to July 31at in the Colony, aid October 3L«6 here, amounted to L 54,851. After deducting the various amounts set forth in the profit and loss account, including the interim dividend already paid, them remained L 12,942. They proposed to place L3OOO to the reserve fund account, pay a dividend if 2s 6d per share on tho L 7 10s paid up, which, including dividend on vendors' pharos, would amount to L 7384, and carry forward a balance of L 2594. They had recovered fiom the vendors L 5030 as comppnsati'm for the abort lambing season of 1878, and hoped to ho able to pay regular half-yearly dividends The value of wool had ri^eu all round ab ml. 40 per cent,, and the present clip wa i i reported to be good. The railway waa not quiro com pleted, but would bo finished in May, and wnuld greatly b*n«lit thw Company. Tlie Chairman, ia reply to a qups'jon, paid he had issued nearly 12,500 shares Four thoimud more were required to be" soH to obtain q j >tation on the Stock Exchange. They proposed giving shareholders aud others an opportunity of taking them up. The amount paid to the vondors up to the preient time was L 120,000, aud L 350 000 in ohares. The report was unanimously adopted. An o-ganisati^n on a large scale is being formed, both in Eugl»,nd aud Scotland, ta aid the emigration of farmer-), and information " where to go" is freely sdvertis-.d. As a farmer iv Puuch says, " List year th u y lived on faith, this year they live on hope, and ntxt year will live on ehamy." The University boat race whs fixed for the m "in kof Saturday, Maruh 20ib, bu f , to the • . intmvnt anit discomfurt of many thou- <• „ s, the civer fog was too dense, and the i -oj tia 1 to bo postponed until Monday, March 22 id, at 10 20 a.m. It was then didy rowed, and Oxford won by two lengths and three-quartors, gained by frantic (fforts at the end. This nukes 19 victories for Oxford against 17 for Cambridge. Cambridge rowed a firm long stroke, and for half the distance bid fair to win. They were the stronger crew in physique, but lacked in finish. The whole race took 20 mm. 22 sec. The betting was 4tol on Oxfard.

Ada Ward, the well-known Australian actress, is drawing good h*u*es at the Connaught Theatre. Baker and Fan-on have been engaged by Messrs Holt and WiJmot, of Duke's Theatre, and on Easter Monday will appear in " Conrad and Lizette."