VICTORIA.

Thames Star, Volume IIII, Issue 1694, 8 June 1874, Page 2

VICTORIA.

MEtBotTBKE, June 2

Intelligence was received on Sunday of the loss of the sHip British Admiral, 1800 tons, bound from London to Melbourne, on Kiag's Island on the 23rd of. May, with the: loss of 79 Jives/ There were only nine survivors, including four of the crew and the third mate. The ship's chronometer wai out of order, and the captain lost his reckoning, the ship striking on a rock on the west Bide of the island. She went to pieces.in-half-an-hour and not a vestige of her remained. She had 49 passengers, including 11 women and a number of children. The scene is described as heartrending when alt were swept away. The captain and first and second officers were lost. The wreck occurred at a spot just two miles from where the ship Netberly was wrecked nine years ago. The survivors arrived here in a small ketch, and are being cared for. The news created a profound sensation, as most of those lost had.friends and relatives in the colony. The Government sent a vessel this morning to search the coast, and an inquiry will be held to-day. : The Government are unlikely to join in the customs arrangements with other colonies. \ In the divorce suit Bishop r. Bishop petitioner obtained her verdict. None of thp bodies have yet been recovered from the Duke and Timon minp at Maryborough. " - A tender of £139,767 has been accepted for new Government offices. . In the action for libel against the Licensed Victuallers' Gazette the plaintiff received £250 damages. , A vessel was scon bottom up between Cape Howe aud Rent's Qroup. Seventy-nine entries have been repeiFoq. for the Melbourne Cup last night; includfour from New Zealand. ' !;

Governor Dv Cane returned to Tasma niato*day. ' 'I -_ _" The firmof McCftUuni Neill, ftuae°-i merchants, have suspended and deplaned liabilities of £36,000. :: ', „ The South Channel jras lighted for ;the firj>t time last nighty and the s'.i.- Nubia wasenabled to,.co'in'e up. : ;, ;; The Argus riiade arrafigenients to get the result of the English 1 Derby brbught fpr publication the same morning as the Cable Company, so as to anticipate the news. It occupied an hqur in transmission from London to Melbourne, haying only the weather to contend again. ■.-, ::'( The Cable was lately; broken between Singapore and Batavia, but has since been repaired. .7