ANGLO-COLONIAL NOTES. [From Our London Correspondent.] London, July 24.

Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 125, 24 October 1885, Page 4

ANGLO-COLONIAL NOTES. [From Our London Correspondent.] London, July 24.

It is with great regret I have to announce to you that Captain Baldwin, of Dunedin, in finding there is no prospect of his being able to u>-e his injured enkle for some months to crme, has resolved to return te the colony at once, and leaves with part of his fauoily, per 8.8, Liguria, on next Thursday On all accounts this prematuit departure is very much to be legretted. A< the time he met with the accident. Captait Baldwin was busy inqniiing into the working <»f electric tramways, and ha-i in his head other notable schemes affect ing the welfare of Otago, most oi which will now have to be abandoned Moreover, during his t>hort stay in London he has become justly popular at the Colonial Institute and orher centres of antipodean society In time, no doubt, he would have enken much the s»ime position as Mr Oliver, who is quite an authoii'y on colonial wffain at »he Kerortn Club Vi-iis to Eng and on the part of well bred, unobtrusive, and cultured men of the world, like Sir John Hall Mr Oliver Captain Baldwin, and I">r. Haines of Auckland, rannot be too warmly encourage^ by all who have the welfare of New Zealand at heatt. They di&aip-ite the di^ajtrreeabie impreifj-ions created by t e absurd pretetifiin-iof those bl>tt*int nobodies who take advanraee of their true p<wti n beiui; unknown over here to pose as '• distinguished coloni-ts "

Special Items Hr John Hall has finally made up hip mind to t«tay in England for anofhe twelvemonth, and ha* token a comforubie houfe down at Maidenhead for Lady Hall an<l the famik. The r* gent -General has been availing himself or the recess to make a tour of Deiby- S hire and Yorks-hi<e He is in town to day for the pup »-c of attending to mail nmters, but ji<>fs north agftin on Saturda\ Captain 4 4*hb>, of Me-si* W Ashby nvd Co , is> in Olapgnw arranging for the building of another little river s-teamer for Aus tralian wattrs

Frozen Meat Trade A slight rit-e in the price ot fiozt n mutton to*ariit> the end of last we> It «•*-> nor tus--t-*ined.u>\ing: pii tlv to the fit and inferior qua ity of the ea\cu-et> offered on vSatu>d.«y, and paitl> o the arrival of the v onhumber land with veiy tar^e & u-ignmetit- No at'empr, to place the North um^erland'y mea' on the market wilt be tn »de for pome liulh t»me. \he ief aerator,* of the la y JoCfljn which came m r-ix weeks ago are still voikinir, a act, which t-how« haw diffi cult it is n> ge< rid uf large lot- nouadajp. M-»ny ot the Home agents an- getting completely discouraged. The mutton is on all hand." a- unit ted to be as good ai* it can be, and extr-inely chtap, yet the Sdles do not increaj-e the way they ought As* a gtntle-m-»n in the f>ew Zealand Lo-«n and Mercanti c retnaiktd to me the other d y, "There must be something v» ry wr.tnp somewhere," but exnutly no r>uo geem-i to knovv. The roedioal faculty have ju-t niccovered thatN Z. mutton is u far w holppomer m^atriitt foi invalids than any otht-r No exp anatiou ha u so far been volunteered of the fact, but that it is one appears to be general!} agreed. The following: aie to dayV quotatiois : — N.Z. Mutton (per ytone) 2* lOd to 3o 4H ; Melbourne mutton 2.-< b*d to 3-* ; Hiver PUte mutton, 2- lOd to - ; Enghfh mutton, 3- 4d to 4- 6«i ; Dutch mutton, 3--< 4d to 43 ; Tonn.ng mutton, 3- 6d to 4s. In connection with the River Plate frozen mutton trade, it m:»y be mentioned that ihe powerful him <>f Baring Brot<. and Co , hdVr resolved to support and as-ibt the South American R^fnyerating Co 'h. and havr already acted a« c<»nMgnf e.^ for a large conFignment of circafe?>, which were d^p >.-cd ot in Liverpool, without the fain tent difficulty, at unexpectedly hign rates.

The Castletownrochc Murders. Mr? Sneehnn, wife of your aeq"aintanre, William Sheehan, at.d sister of I avid Browrtp, the man who are awaiting trial fur the murders ot Sheehan's mother brother, and Bister at Castletownroohein September, 1877, arrived in Cork from .New Z^alat.d a few days as^o. She went at once to fcee Browne in gaol, and seems anxious to rescue him fn»m what she regnrda as a fal^e pOf-ition. Thn police state tl.afc she showed no dispositi >u to s-ee her husband, and thar she is now anxious to swear information with a view to having a third person arrested in connection wi'h tbe crime

Maxwells Parents Since the soi disaut Maxwell, who is accused of rruudering Mr Preiler, ha- been identified beyond all doubt with youny Brookp, son of the Hehoolmafter at H>de. a little village not far from Chester, the greatest interest ha- been taken in the ca-e throughout Che^hue and ancaghne. To the many Chefter folks who knew youn^ Brooke it appears altoge'her inconceivable that he can have been guilty of such a very cba^tlv crime. Hin pareiitsare quite crushed with disgrace, though not wiihout hope that the joiifg fellow has, as he states, a good and 'sufficient defence. At home Brooks bore the character of btdng u particularly kind a.nd jrood-nKtured lad Anecdotes abound of h»s di-incliiHtion to give pain, and commineration for suffering He wap brought, up rathwr stdctly, Mr and Mrs Brooks being very earne-t and religiou?" people. Max wen (piob*bly you know) admitted hi? real name wan Brook* on eeeing his father's handwriting The colour of the sccased's hair and eyes aie. however, different from those of yuung Biookp, Mrs BiOt.ks f-ay^.

Personal and General. I knew of the engagement between Mr Oliver and MiPi- ' 'ourtnty mmc little time ago, but was adjured not to mention it, the reaeon apsigned for e»C!ecy being that Mr Oliver didn't want the news known till the first year of hi« widowhood came to an end This being po, guess my surprise when one fine morning I Saw, not. an announcement of the engagement, but of marriage iteelf in the "Times." A leturned colonist naovd Emalev, who lived at Burly in Warfedaie. in Yorkshire has left the We*leyan Church n New Zea land £3 000 in his will. The bequett was quite unexpected. Mr Traill, the editor-in-chief and principal proprietor of the S>dney " Bulletin," bas arrived in ondon ©n a mission to pur chape improved machinery an 1 Borne of tbe patent processes now ueed to produce illustration? rapidly. Poor i»Jd Creawick'e farewell takes place at Drury '-ane Theatre on October 29th, -when a specially attractive entertainment jn»y be looked for, nearly all the great

"stars" having proflWed their service*. The aged tragedian's many , friends y in Australia and New Zealand will regret to hear that jie has just experienced another dnmeitic bereavement in the suddeu death of a *.on, to wh<m be was r}evotedlv attached But for this unfortunate oalamity, the benefit would probably have been fixed for an earlier date. Sir Charles Larcom, who distinguished h'm*e)f iv the New Zealand campaign of 1863, ha? been appointed Assistant Secretary to the Governor of Malta. Jennie l.cc who is travelling through rhp English provinces with the inevitable VJo," blendsphiianthrophy andadvertis^mentvery happily together by affixing up in every theatre where she plays collecting boxes for the local charities. Softened by Jo's harrowing death scene, departing visitors nlmost invariably drop in a substantial i coin At the cose of her week'n stay at Liverpool Miss Lee handed over close upon £100 to the Mayor I I expect you have heard that Mr Owen Jones. 17. 8 , has g<ne to Flalifax toauperin tend the building and construction of a new graving dock there, •he lonic, sailing to-day, takes another larere consignment of si<>afs and weasels. I presume, from continued shipments, the vermin is answering a« rabbit exterminator". Information on the point would be valued by English farmers The new Bi-hop of Brisbane sailed for his dioeeee on Friday last, accompanied by five clergymen, who are to be the pioneer of an altogether new class of church work in the colonies The farewell service at St John the Evangelist's, in Holbom, wheie the B .-hop has worked for 2\ years, was very largely attended. The Bishop ( visibly affected) add re^ed a few words of en CKuragtment and farewell to his old friends and pari>hioner«, many of whom were in tears He is desirous of raiding a fund of at least £3.000 for hi-* dioee-e. of which he has received promises of £1,000, The •• Fall Mall Gazette" warn* intending emigrants against South rtustialia which, it s iv a i-s P'»s ing through an unex am pled period of deor^ssuin. The demand for k.iuii irum i<? terribly slai-k ju-t now. On the 27'h nit., of 52 ca-ed offered only 7 chanufd h<»nd-», and prices receded in tome in&tances 5^ per cwt

Shipping and Passenger Notes MfS^rs Sh»»w, SaviU's s.s* lonic cails to day f'»r New Zealand purr* with the foll'W irnr pa a nen^et\« : — Mr Haj_ f j*e. Mr ><nd Mis B^aHon. family ami nii'se, Mr Boethnm, Mr H Hakos'ton, the Rev Mr RousfielH and Mrs Bo'i-fidd. Mrs «nd Mi-p Bmt M» W. T»unn, Mr* a»>d the Mi^^es (Gardner (2), Mr and M»s (iihb-", Mis- (iibb", md Mr X I (Jibb-=, Mr? and Mi-s Hstrt Miss H^riot Mr and Mi-s H «» c f ill. Mis*H»meit M-ijor L^o«-<>n, Mr M< Kay Mi-a Newjnan. Mr Pnptlethwaite. Mr Stewart, Mr Srufke\ Mr? and the Mis-e^ S'lvkey, Mr and Mr<* Want Mrs and Mi-.« W -rd and Mr W Ward, Captain Williams, Mrs Wilson and family. Thri P. and O steamer "B illarat pails to d-iy with t'.e follow int r through pas-engei? for Auckland :— Mi«" Butltr ; b<oked per Kaiser-I- M ind from Lonrion, Onti-bpr Bth, Rev. and Mrs urtees, for Auckland.