ENGLISH TELEGRAMS

Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1806, 6 May 1874, Page 3

ENGLISH TELEGRAMS

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"(Per Anglo-Australian Telegraph Press Agency.) —. » ' • LATEST UNPUBLISHED. "}; LondonJ April 27. The canal difficulty has been settled by the submission of;Lesseps. It is probable the Powers will oonsider the dues, ' A German tribunal sentenced the Bishop of Nancy to two years' imprisonment for a hostile pastoral. The Beichstag has closed. The Emperor's speech is strongly pacific. April 12. Amotion by Dr. Keneally for a new, trial for the Tichborne Claimant was refused. April 21. In the House of Lords the Archbishop of Canterbury introduced a bill enabling the Episcopalian authorities to cheaply and expeditiously restrain clergymen from introducing irregular practices in connection with the Church services. , Earl Carnarvon, in producing the instructions given to the Special Commissioners of Fiji, said the Government had received no official information relative to the cession of the islands, and it was not within the competency of the commissioners to receive such a cession without the sanction of the Government, but until the report was received it would be premature to express an opinion on the subject. ( . _ New Yobk, April 21. The Agricultural Department has reported that the American wheat crop is unusually promising, and the area under crop has increased 80 per cent. April 22. A disastrous inundation occurred in Louisiana through the Mississippi overflowing, destroying plantations around the city. London, April 22. The coal and iron masters of Wales have given the. men notice to prepare for a reduction of wages. '- April 24. The agricultural lock-out is spreading. A,meeting to sympathise with the labourers was held in Exeter Hall. Ihe question of the Suez Canal dues has reached a crisis. The tolls are to be settled by an International Oom'nission to commence on the 29fch of April, but the Canal Company notified the Admiralty and Board of Trade yesterday that vessels, including Government ships, cannot pass through unless they pay the old rates. London, April 29. Fawcott and Holmes have been elected for Hackney. The election of the former has been declared void 1 The harvest prospects are favourable. Money is steady, The failure of Messrs Whitworth, of Halifax, is announced with liabilities amounting to £200,000. , This led to the suspension of three Yorkshire woolstaplers. ' John Baynes, Indian merchant, of Manchester, has .; failed, liabilities £200,000. The s.s. ' Somersetshire, sailed on the 23rd for Melbourne, but grounded in Plymouth harbour. The damage is not yet known. ' New York, April 2<L President Grant refused to sanction a bill for inflating currency. . London, April 25. Cojisieuciu.—New Zealand hemp, ordinary, sold at £18 to £19.