NEW ZEALAND.

Colonist, Volume XVI, Issue 1643, 17 June 1873, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

Wellington, June 14. Shocks of earthquakes were felt at Pictoa, BlenMem, White's Bay, Foxton, Wanganui, Patea, Hawera, and Opunake almost simultaneously on the evening of the 12th instant. June 16. Governor Fergusson's brother arrived by the Jubilee, from London, to-day, to relievs Captain Machell, as Aide-de-camp. The latter proceeds to Melbourne as Aide-de-camp to Governor Bowen. A grand torchlight procession is now going on. Sniled.—Claud Hamilton, for South j Albion, for Nelson. Wangantti, June 13. A house, the property of W. H. Watt, Esq., has been burned down. It was not insured. The fire was ciused through the burning of a furze hedge. All the furniture was saved. June 16. The stables at Handley's hotel, at Nukumaru, was burned down last night, through the groom leaving a candle burning in a stall. The horses were got out. The loss is estimated at £400. CmuaTCHtrBCH, June 13. An inquest has been held on the body of Mr Deardon, w io was killed in a couch accident, and a verdict of manslaughter was returned against the driver of the coaoh, who was committed for trial on the Coroner's wurrant. The Council has voted £6000 for a public library. A mo ion for withdrawing the 25 per cent, of local taxation grnnt:od to Titr.aruJ was negatived. Largj sales of land have taken place during the past tea days. The Provincial Government will send one of the Executive to Wellington to confer with the General Government regard iug Immigration. Dunedin. June 13. The grain market is without material alteration ; prime samples of wheat are wanted—freely saleable at ss; medium, 4s lOd; oats continue in good request ab 3s lOd to 4s Id for good feed to prime milting. June 16. The poll at Naseby resulted as follows : —Oliver, 125 ; Delantown, 102; Armstrong, 52; Mervyn, 47. The returns from the out districts are not yet in, but it is expected that tho votes will be equally divided. Napier, June 13. The Education Bill has passed its second reading. The Union Bank of Australia is the successful tenderer for the Provincial account. It gives 3 per cent on a daily balance. The Bank of New Zealand only offered 2 per cent. Auckland, June 13. Levy Cockerton, messenger in the Bank of New Soutli Wales, was found dead this morning at halfpast nine. About seven o'clock, Maria Reynolds was found dead in the Cemetery, with her clothes torn off. A complimentary dinner was given to Lieutenant Isaacs last night by the Auckland troop of Cavalry Volunteers. The steamor Manawatu was launched yesterday morning. She was christened by Miss Coombes, and will be completely fitted in three weeks. Butter, fresh, Is 3d; salt ditto, Is; cheese, 6d to 9d; baoon, 9d; hams, Is 2d; best flour, 16s; bran, Is 6i; maize, 6s; oats, 5s 6d; potatoes, 5s lCd to 6s ; Canterbury wheat, 5s 6d. Jane 14. The Lyanga, from Liverpool, with railway material, has arrived. Ghahamstown, June 13. A fire took place on Wednesday morning, and destroyed a dwelling-house and contents, the property of a man named Barnett. It was uninsured. A discharged soldier named David Burke has been apprehended, obarged with the murder of Jamei Marks, clerk in a saw mili, in April last. Accused hai already done teu years for manslaughter. An accident occurred last night. A quantity of earth fell on a miner in the May Queen mine. One arm was broken and his head severely injured. Gbeymouth, June 13. About midnight last night, a large deputation, consisting of the Mayors of Greymouth and Hokitika and tho Borough Councillors, &c, crossed the bar and went on board the Claud Hamilton, and presented Governor Fergusson with congratulatory addresses on his arrival. The Governor expressed his sincere thanks for the address and trouble taken by the deputation. A large public meeting was held last night, when resolutions were passed affirming the desirability of constructing a railway to connect the Ea»t aud West Coasts of the Middle Island, and that the General Government be asked to make the necessary surveys, in order that the question of the route offering the greutest advantages might be determined. A Committee was appointed to carry out the objects of the meeting. The Mayor and several Borough Councillors of Hokitika were present. AUSTKALIAtf. Melbourne, June 7. Flour, £14 15s. Oats, feeding, 5s 3d to 5s 6d ; milling, 5s 91. Maize, 4s 6d to 4s 7d. Bran, 12,000 bushels taken up at Is 8d to Is 9d; holders asking 2s. Quicksilver, 4s. Sydney, June 6. Heavy floods hare occurred in the Southern districts, and a girl has been drowned near Cootna. The Hawkesbury is flooded, and three horse waggons have beeu swept off the road near Camden. A severe fight took place to-day in Hunter-street between a number of mau-of-war's-men and the police. The latter were compelled to u?e their batons freely, and the ringleaders in the affray were arrested. Five hundred and eighty-nine tons of ore were received from the tin mines last month. A private telegram from California says that the wheat crop only promises a surplus equal to half that of last season. Maize is firm at 3s Id to 3s 3d. Brisbane, June 5. The Government carried the address by the cast-ing-vote of the Speaker. Adelaide, June 5. The Government has accepted Victoria's offer for the Galle mail service, the acceptance pf the contract to be on the basis of the resolutions passed at the Conference. A telegram has been received stating that Victorian capitalists are coming here to invest in gold scrip. Six ounces of gold were obtained last week from Scott's mine. A shipmont of Tasmanian horses averaged at auction £43 10s. Some prospectors at the Northern Territory are asking £4000 cash for their interest in claims there. The week's exports of breadstuffs amounts to 570 tons. Wheat is steady at 5s 6d; flour, £12 10a to £12 17s 6d. Two tons of quartz from the Princess Louiie mine, shipped per Gothenburg, have been shipped at the 1 declared value of £3000. Fiji, via Sydney. Fiji advices have been received to May 21st. The Government prosecution of the proprietor of the Fiji Times has again failed. The jury added a rider to their verdict of acquittal that the statement pub' lished respecting the Government officials endeavoring to incite the Natives against the whites was true. A writ of foreign attachment for £240 has been issued against the Polynesian Company. The mountaineers have defeated the Kingites— killed one, and wounded three. ENGLISH. London, June 4. A Dutch man-of-war has fired upon three merchantmen, under English colors, bound to Acheen (Sumatra) from Penang. Discount 7 per a.»nt. The Achinese are preparing for a prolonged resistance. Marshal M'Mahou maintains M. Thien'i foreign policy.

June S. Colonel Sir Andre* Clarke has been appointed Governor of the Straits Settlements.

The knighthood of Sir C. Gavan Daffy was gazetted yesterday. The Times, in reviewing his career, has expressed an opinion that the distinction is wellearned, and thinks that Lord Canterbury committed an error in refusing him a dissolution.

LATE ENGLISH ITEMS BY THE SUEZ MAIL. We take the following from a late Melbourne paper :—

London telegrams published in the Indian papers inform us of the death of Chief Justice Chasj, of the United States, and Baron yon Liebeg, the eminent German chemist.

The Murillo continues under arrest at Cadiz, and the judicial inquiry is sluggishly proceeding. $ The American Post-office authorities have given notice that all letters and papers for Australia for the future must be Bent via England. Among the viotims of the Atlantio disaster was Mr. Shent, long interested in the promotion of the Pacific Mail Service.

The National Agricultural Union has resolved to petition the various Colonial Governments to institute free passes for agricultural laborers desirous of emigrating.

Thirty-five destitute English emigrants, victims of the Brazilian emigration scheme, have effected their escape and reached New York. They tell a melancholy story of privation and suffering. Sir Thomas Cockburn Campbell, bart, has been appointed Legislative Councillor of Western Australia.

Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen and Mr. W. E. Baxter have been sworn in as members of the Privy Council.

It is proponed to erect in Cambridge a geological museum in honor of Professor Sedgwick.

Alexander Chaffers was bound over at his own request to prosecute Louisa Harrison for alleged perjury in the Travers-Twiss case. The grand jury rejected the bill.

Mr. Justice Lawson has pronounced sentence at Belfast on 50 persons convicted of participation in the recent riots. The sentences range from two months to 10 years. The arrival of H.M.S. Challenger at St. Thomas is announced. The plan adopted is to sail by night, and dredge, sound, and make experiments by day.

The Royal Geographical Society has sent a testimonial of silver plare to Dr. Kirk, at Zanzibar. '

Mr. Justice Luwson has sentenced Mr. M'Aleese, publisher of the Ulster Examiner, to four months' imprisonment, ar.d £250 fine, for contempt of Court. The sisters Rae have baea found guilty of the Kingstown murder, and sentenced to penal servitude for life.

The Spencer Docks, at Dublin, have been opened by the Lord Lieutenant.

There has been a great manhood suffrage demonstration at Newcastle. There were 50,000 in the procession.

Of French emigrants from Alsace and Lorraine, 2511 persons have settled on small estates in Algeria, besides hundreds in towns.

Reports having been circulated in England regarding the hostile attitude of the French Consul at Zanzibar towards Sir Bartle Frere's mission, the French Government has despatched strong instructions to co-operate in securing the success of the English mission.

State trials are proceeding in Algeria in connection with the insurrection in 1871. There are 145 prisoners, divided into three groups. Three chief* have been condemned—one to death, one to twenty years' imprisonment, and the other to five years' penal servitude.

Stiior Calvo, Spanish Consul at Paris, has absconded, leaving a deficit of £14,000. General Fremont has been sentenced to five years' imprisonment, and Boileau, formerly French ConsulGeneral at New York, to three years' for financial frauds in connection with the trans-continental railway.

There has been a discreditable row in Rome, near the Church of Gesu, between liberals and olerics, in which a nephew of Cardinal Antonelli and Arthur Vansittart are involved. ' .

The city gasworks at Rome were struck by lightning, and fell and buried 40 workmen, five of whom were killed and 17 seriously injured.

Tne Italian Chamber supported the Government in the determination not to increase the expenditure on armaments. The War Minister stated that under the new organisation 400,000 men could ba massed in the valley of Po in 16 days.

Two thousand Belgian quarrymen have struck. The Brussels police have captured a band of thieves whose operations extended to several countries.

Three Internationalists have been tried at Copenhagen, and sentenced to six, five, and four years' imprisonment.

All the European Governments except the French have determined to resist the increase of the Suez Canal tolls. Baron Lesseps proposes a commission on the subject at Constantinople.

Cholera recently broke out in St. Petersburg. Forty-five persons died in one week. The weather has been very hot there. On March 30, the thermometer indicated 75 deg. Fahrenheit.