ENGLISH TELEGRAMS

Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1804, 4 May 1874, Page 3

ENGLISH TELEGRAMS

PER S.S. 'CYPHRENW (Per Anglo-Australian Telegrapli.Press Agency.); ■~.,,.- : ; ~, ,<* .., ■ ~.,;, •..:;, London, March 10. The directors of the Bank of Australia declared a half-yearly dividend oil the capital of the ißank amounting .to £120,000, at the rate of eleven per. cent, per annum. ~■;,-. The Bev. Mr Evans, Chairman of the Australian Congregational Union, is dead. The petition for the winding up of the Colonial and Foreign Meat Supply.'Company is to be heard before the ViceChancellor. " ';"'"..'',' ■' '. March 13. Dr. Featherston proceeded to. Plymouth to hquire into the cause of the return of the s.s."' Atrato,' which left London on February 10 with New Zea-' land Government immigrants, and returned to Plymouth on March the 6th. It appears that the low pressure piston broke, that the cylinder is "cracked, and' that she will have to be docked.

Tallerman's Australian Meat Agency shows a profit of £1,899 for the half-year, equal to nineteen per cent;' One-flfth is payable to Talleraan as manager. A dividend of ten per cent, is declared. The companyims extended the issue' of, 1,672 unalloted shares at par.

The Karl of Pembroke hag been appointed Under-Secretary for War. The 'appointment causes great surprise,' owing to Pembroke's youth and inxperience. The Duke of Edinburgh and bride's journey from St. Petersburgh to London was one of triumph. There were demonstrations and rejoicing in Germany and Belgium. At Graveseod a band of ladies dropped flowers in their path. Despatches from Ashantee show that Sir Garnet, ,was, unable. Xp get 'an interview with the King to negotiate'a treatyiipfupeace.,,: .He compelled,; therefore, to burn Coomassie, and make the return march as speedily as possible,, as the rainy season was advancing. When returning the King sent a messenger for the expedition to halt, that he might send in his submission. A strong party under Captain Glover was left/but nouintelli-': gence. has yet been received from him General"Wolseley'" ; 'states 'v ; that /the' Ashantee policy was so wholly treacherous that it was impossible to, rely, upon any negotiation but their defeat, and- the' burning of Coomassie it is thought will giveihe'm,the desired lesson.. '/ {q ; { '■ "Since his imprisonment at Newgate,'the Tichborne; Claimant .refuses .to,-.answer any name but that of Tichborne. His hair has been cropped, .and,he is.dressed, in prison clothes. He seems to take kindly to picking oakum. A gigantic exhibition will be held in Paris in., 1875,. supported, by private means, with the patronage of the Governments ' ■ • ■ ! i ■!■■•, ;i; MrPlimsoll has been presented) with an illuminated address-by "seamen. . Captain 1 Blake, of Hi M.S., 'Druid,' who took'part in and was wounded in the Maori war, died' in the service 1 of the Ashantee expedition. After death the wonnd was probed, and a Maori bullet found near his heart. Mrs Koberfc Heir is playing with immense success in America, j. ENGLISH TELEGMMS BY ATLANTIC CABLE London, March 26.

In the'Houseof Commons, a motion by. an Irish member, that Parliament take some measures to remove the distrust-in. i Ireland in the present system of government, was rejected. , - . .;; -. T ; A remarkably high tideicaused a flood-; ing in.London„Hull, and Falmouth. The Thames 'overflowed its banks and flooded Putney. Warehouses were filled with water.'" Sewers burs'!;, ; and a largenumber of ohildren and horses were drowned; Houses filled with water, and families had to abandon themr ■-'■'• ;■> •-■'' • ■■■'.. Lord Derby favours a universal patent law. '■>■ <■■■:■:■■.. i : rThe return of the Ashantee troops was attended with mauy.affecting scenes in the streets. They were enthusiastically received. Ten thousand people witnessed the landing of the Highlanders".'" The pressure caused several accidents. Mr Mundella, M.P. for Nottingham, at a meeting, said the -party that abolished, slavery* would yet .'succeed in getting all international disputes referred ,to arbitration. Mr Emerson, an American author, is a favourable ; candidate for the Lord Eectorship of the Glasgow. University. General..Wolseley is to /be'rewarded with the rank -of "major-general and a' pension of £7,500. ~ . , ; :;,■,;,;■•;• ■> AMERCAN NEWS. The Louisiana House of Representatives voted 100,000 dollars to capture outlawsiujfche western•• portion of .the State. The Mormons are protesting against Brigham's Young's order of Enoch; Many threaten to leave the church. , King Kalakua, of Honolulu, and suite were enthusiastically'received on a State ■visit in various islands. yTlieyjWfi.ro entertained by officers, of H.M.S.' Benecia. ; ' A number of those who took' part in'the ' disturbance,' on the election of : a' King, will be tried. A white woman married to a negro who was killed, quarrelled with her sister, and watched till she was, asleep, and killed her with an axe. Jealousy was the cause. ' A fire at Charleston'oaused damage to the amount of 200,000 dollarsCuban despatches announce the killing of an insurgent colonel and 16. insurgents by "Spaniards. ; ' InNew York the' strikes continue. Severe "earthquakes-occurred in Bald Mountain, accompanied by constant loud noise, Citiaens in the vicinity are fleeing. _ Religious meetings were hold nightly, and large numbers made preparations for the end of the world. The temperance agitation continues. There has been great religious excitement near New York. Prayer meetings ttere hold for 16 days consecutively. People are leaving their cattle and crops to take care of themselves. ] The Mississippi steamer ' Crescent City' exploded. Sixteen persons wore killed. The loss is 300,000 dollars. A large house at New York caught fire. The firemen heroically saved 11 families,, A woman and three children, whom it was impossible to save/were burned to death. The general Amerioan. news is moat meagre.

There is considerable excitement regarding the strike of machinists on the Erie railroad. A detachment of troops, including the Wyoming Artillerists with four field pieces, accompanied the pickets which were at once stationed about the town depot. The-depot property was taken possession of. Trains were, despatched, guarded by 400 soldiers. The trade unions here united in an appeal' to the labour organisations of the oountry to insist upon making eight hours a day's labour. They hold mass meetings on the 11th of May to express opposition to <the contract system of Government buildings...,^ Mr;Tyrrel/S correspondent of the Oin oihnati Uoimercial, was 'shot and killed by the Hon. Harvey. Meyers, in Coving", ton. Meyers was a law partner';- with United States . Senator Stevenson. Meyers was counsel for Tyrrel's wife, who : had "applied for a' divorce. The shooting occurred:at Meyers' office, wjiile he was-taking a deposition.

The Congress has legalised the issue, of forty-four million's- reserve. ■£ . Gold is at a high premium.