TELEGRAMS.

Globe, Volume II, Issue 185, 12 January 1875, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

THIS DATS:TELEGRAMS.

(Jier Anglo-Australian Press TelegraphAgency.') AUCKLAND, January 11,

The .insurance offices lose the following amounts by the Cospatrick : : —New Zealand, £IO,OOO ; the South British, £4148 ; the National, £915. The Blanche proceeds to Howes Group, the scene of the recent massacre of the crew of the James Birnie, schooner. Gbahamstown, January 11.

The news of the burning of the Cospatrick has caused profound sensation and grief, many families here having relatives on board coming out under the nominated immigrants system. One lately lost his mother, brothers, and gieters, and has scarcely a single blood relation left, Napieb, January 11.

The Customs authorities have seized a “ Refrigerator” of the. local brewery, fearing it might be used as a still. Wellington, January 11. Amongst the passengers going home by the Howrah axe the Hon Mr and Mrs Newell, Justice Richmond and family* Dr Hector, Mrs Hector and family. The ship Adamant clears to-morrow with a full cargo, mostly wool, valued at £60,000. PICTON, January 11. Amongst the Carnatic passengers are a number for the Fielding block. The voyage was made in ninety-nine days. The immigrants are being landed, ■' ' Pobt Ghalmebs, January 11. The ship Margaret Galbraith, with 122 immigrants on board, has arrived.

Wellington, January 12. j j Arrived— The keteh JSm?rald, from Xyttelton. v .~7 \ , c § ■ .. New Plymouth, January 12, ,7 Sailed for . Southern porta, the a.s. Ladybird Dunedin, January 12. b ; The Waste Lands Board, at its meeting yesterday, determined uot to entertain the application of James Logan, runholder, who wanted Jo purchase 5500 acres on the Waikaou hundred at 40s an acre. It was contended for Logan that he had lawfully purchased the land when it was open for sale. When the Board passed the above resolution at the meeting, an unseemly squabble took place between Connell (Logan’s agent), and the members of the Board. Brown, who was on a visit to the Palmer diggings, telegraphs to Lawrence, per Otneo, that there is much sickness, and numbers are dying on the diggings, Many _are_..returning, and there are no fresh discoveries. He cautions people against going. Pobt Ghalmebs, January 12.

The Margaret Galbraith, with passengers,is at the quarantine station. After the passengers clothes are washed, they will be released. The ship will also be fumigated dud released. There are 122 passengers. [FROM OUK AUCKLAND CORRESPONDENT.] Auckland, January 11. A charge of arson against Kemsley, arising out of the last extensive fires in Wakefield street, occupied the attention of the Supreme Court to-day, and will continue, to-morrow. The evidence rests mainly on the removal of roods by Kemsley a day or two before the fire; his endeavor to sell them in another name, and also his having excessive insurance. The accused had got six miles into the country on the night of the fire. The

multiplicity of iucendiary fires in Auckland £su.Ses great interest to centre in the case. : iTBe Cospatrick calamity is the sole topic of , conversation. All the newspapers call for ah inquiry. Referring to the fact that only tjvo boats were launched, the Star says, ‘• Wo are told it is quite customary for vessels levying .with some immigrants, for new hoatSJbq be procured from the builders, and plaoed'aboard to pass the inspection of the emigration officers. These boats are afterwards returned to the owners, with a small payment for use.” The signatures to Sir George Grey’s requisition number over 500 more than were ever polled by any candidate at a City West election. His return - , without opposition, is ' considered certain inthe eVCnfof a vacancy.

[PROM OUR DUNEDIN CORRESPONDENT. ] ,'i !: Dunedin; January 11. The Swatara reports that the American expedition at the Chathams was not an utter failure. There was bad wither at the time of Contact, but during the next eight minutes good observations were obtained'. Then a short period of obscuration, followed by comparative brightness, during which capital photographs were taken. Driver, the American consul, gives a ball on Wednesday in honor of the party. The Swatara then proceeds to Wellington, Hobart Town, and .Melbourne. At the Chathams, during the Swatara’s visit, a lad named George Banks, whose parents live in Canterbury, was drowned while attempting to cross a lagoon. The Hon and Rev Stanley, son of Lord Stanley of Alderley, preached at St Paul’s yesterday. Jacobsen challenges MacGregor to walk him for £IOO a side. The Catholic testimonial to the VicarGeneral Coleman will be presented tomorrow; the amount is £2lO, At' Tokomairiro, Patrick Humphries surrendered himself to the police, and said that he and a number of men were on the spree.. at Bendigo, and their money pretty well run out, and one of them filled in a cheque for £l6 or £l7; he (prisoner) signed it in <he name of Robert Patterson, a squatter, near Bendigo, at whose place he had been shearing. He cashed it in a draper’s shop at Bendigo, and then made for Melbourne. He had been roaming about ever since, never doing a day’s good, as the crime troubled him. Latterly he could stand it no longer, and gave himself up. He was remanded pending communication with Victoria.

Melbourne Cup. Match —East Melbourne in their second innings scored 192, making a total of 451, and South Melbourne a total of 653, , ■ , , v

Owing to Miss May’s continued indisposition, the Opel a is closed for a week; meanwhile, some speculators are taking the company round the country. Miss Lambert proceeds to Sydney. Rev Lichenstein, of Nottingham, is appointed Jewish minister here, _ Owing to the paucity of entries at Cromwell, and the uncertainty of a meeting at Queenstown, there will be no general meeting at Clyde this year. At the Alexandra meeting, Kathleen won both handicaps, beating Backbiter and Mignonette. At the Resident Magistrate’s Court to-day, James Walker, charged with deserting his wife in Christchurch, denied being married to her or knowing the woman. The Case was adjourned till to-morrow, to enable the Christchurch authorities to be communicated with. The warrant on which the prisoner was arrested is dated 1871.