CABLEGRAMS.

Clutha Leader, Volume V, Issue 214, 16 August 1878, Page 6

CABLEGRAMS.

Pewter's London, August 7. Tn the House of Commons last night the attention of the Government was called to the execution of South Sea natives by the commander of fI.M. schooner Beagle, and a motion has been moved that instructions be issued defining the authority of naval officers in similar cases. The First Lord of the Admiralty said the Government exonerated the officers of the Beagle. If desired the Admiralty would issue specific directions on the subject to naval commanders. Delagates from 800 Conservative associations in the United Kingdom ! presented the Premier and the Marquis of Salisbury with addresses congratulatory of the results of the Congress. The Elections Committee is now sitting re tbe vacation of Sir Bryan O'Loghlen's seat for Clare. In the House of Commons this evening Major O'Gorman was ordered to Avithdraw in consequence of disrespect to the Speaker. He withdrew, but refused to apologise. Great excitement ensued. Vienna, August 8. The population of Moskar are offering armed resistance to Austrian occupation. . They massacred the Government and several of the Turkish authorities. A squadron of Austrian cavalry, while reconnoitering, were attacked, and had 70 killed. Rome, August 7. The negotiations between Germany and the Vatican have resulted favourably. (Special to the Melbourne Argus.) London, August 8. Major O'Gorman apologised to. the Speaker to-day. The House ; to-day voted £23,000 towards the administration of affairs in Cyprus, under the direction' of the Foreign OfficeSir H. J) ru mm ond Woolf, M.P., has been appointed a member of the Commission toorganise Eastern Bulgaria. The Select Committee of the House of Commons has adopted the proposal for the adjournment of the decision in the case of the Glare election until next year. This is tq give Sir B. O'Loghlen an opportunity of being heard. Sir 81. Hicks-Beach requested this : as ah act of justice tb the absent member. Prince Louis Napoleon is engaged to Princess Thy.ra, of Denmarkj sister of the- Princess of Whales. '- - : . '■a The Court circular to-night publishes in extense the: telegrams ;receiyedYfrom; meetings at^Sydney, , MelboUri^^Bal-

larat, Newcastle, New South Wales, Grahamstown, and. Brisbane congratulating the Earl of Beaconsfield and the Marquis of Salisbury on their action at and on the result of the Berlin Congress. J A ' ng I Renter's. -.-.» J Rome, August 9. The Pope has appointed Cardinal Uina Pontifical Secretary of State. London, August 10. Consols, 95|. Bank and marketrates of discount, 4 percent. Adelaide wheat, 50s to 51s ; flour, 355. NeAV Zealand five per cent, loan, 101. Vienna, August 10. The resistance to the Austrian advance in Bosnia and Herzegovina, is increasing*. There is continuous fighting. (Special to tlie Melbourne Argxis. ) London, August 10. Sir Julius Yogel writes to the papers vindicating the Dunedin loan against deprecatory remarks on it in the money article in the Times. The Queen reviews the navy at Spithead on the 13th. The Daily news reports serious sickness among the troops at Cyprus, but no deaths have yet occurred. The population of Batoum is armed and preparing to resist Russian occupation. Twenty thousand Turkish volunteers have gone to the frontier. Martial law Iras been proclaimed in Bosnia. A tornado has visited Wallingford, Connecticut. Thirty persons were killed, and many houses were demolished. Sir Stafford North cote stated last night that the estimates for the Kaffir war were Avithin £400,000. Lepard's paper-making establishment at Covent Gnrden has been burned down. Loss, £'30,000. Parliament ib now expected to be prorogued on the 16th instant. H.M.S. corvette Cormorant, bound for the Australian station, sprung a leak 'in the Channel, and put back to Chatham. The money market is stringent. Bank minimum unchanged. The banks are charging 6 per cent: Australian securities continue depressed, with other stocks. The increasing value of money is producing temporary inactivity. The corn market is flat. The weather is splendid for harvest operations. Eeuter's Vienna, August 11. On the 6th the Austrians obtained a victory over the Bosnian insurgents, capturing a battalion of Turkish troops of reserve. A sanguinary engagement ensued next day at Lynbingi. It is believed that tbe insurgents number 100,000 fighting men. London, Angust 11. The Russians have occupied Varna. Saivet Pasha, who represented Turkey^ at the treaty negotiatious at San Stefano, has been created a Knight Grand Commissioner of the Stars of India. Much sickness continues among* the troops at Cyprus. August 12. The Right Hon. W. E. Forster's refusal to pledge himself to accept tbe decision of the Liberal Committee of Bradford at the next election is causing much comment as effecting an attempt at the caucus system in England. An English and French Syrian railway scheme has been submitted to the Porte. It includes a line through the Euphrates valley. The Chimhorazo has arrived at Plymouth 39 days out from Adelaide. She anticipated the Suez mail. The Canadian papers exhibit enthusiasm at the appointment of the Marquis of Lome and and the presence amongst them of, the Princess Louise. They say that this policy has sealed the union of the Colonies to the Empire. August 13. A portion of the Indian contingent has embarked for India. There have been serious riots at Odessa. ' • The Bank of England has raised the official minimum to 5 per cent. f In tbe British Australian Trust / Company, with a capital of £2,000,000, the first issue of £1,000,000 -has been subscribed twofold. Home, August 13. Democratic meetings in various parts of the kingdom for the. annexation of the Tyrol and Trieste have recommenced. London, August 13. The Irish Sunday Closing Bill ha. passed the Commons. Constantinople, August 11. Greece is making efforts to obtain Crete as a concession in the interests of peace. The Porte, however, refuses to grant such a demand. Baiter's- Telegrams Constantinople, August 12. The Mahomedan population in the province of Batoum have assembled to resist Bussian occupation. London, August 13. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, in ' reply to a question, said the British ironclad squadron would quit the sea of Marmora when the Russians evacuated the stipulated positions. Bombay, August 13, The_J^-erari3"^^ missions ,ytoA Cabul, where i Russian missions have arrived.