FURTHER ENGLISH AND AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1749, 13 March 1874, Page 2

FURTHER ENGLISH AND AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

[MELBOURNE ARGDS.] London, March 3. The funeral of the Rev. Thos. Binney, which took place at Abney Park, was attended by 5000 persons, and amongst th.ose present were the Earl of Shaftesbury, Mr George Stillman Hilliard, Mr Morley, Mr Reid, and other public men. Addresses were delivered by Archdeacon Barrison and the Rev. Henry Acton. Dean Stanley concluded the service at the grave. Pakis, March 3. M. Ledru Rollin has been elected a deputy to the' National Assembly. ' Madrid, March 3. TheKepubucan General Moriones telegraphs that he has completely failed to penetrate the parlist lines. He says— " Our position is endangered. The losses have been heavy, and reinforcements are urgent. The fall of Bilboa is imminent." Sydney, March 4. Mr Foster's resolutions against the interference of Downing street with the Upper House nominations were discussed until a late hour last night, and then adjourned for a week. The Council has passed the-Deceased Wife's Sister's Bill with one amendment. Lord Lyon and Sunlight have been scratched for the Sydney Cup. The ship seen dismasted north of Rockhampton is the Southern Belle,, from London, with immigrants. The Government have sent a steamer to her aid. Brisbane, March 2. The Colonial Secretary has telegraphed to the police magistrate at Cook's Town to use every effort and to spare no expense in order to open up communication for the transit of supplies to the Palmer goldfield at once. He also directed the purchase of timber, and the employment of labor to construct rafts or punts to transport supplies across the flooded river between Cook's Town and the diggings, and to use all endeavors to relieve the critical position of the diggers. The Brisbane Courier strongly deprecates any rush to the Palmer gold-field at present as highly suicidal to the interests of the miners. The privations experienced there now are far beyond imagination, and it is impossible to state with certainty when communication will be re-established between the Palmer and the Endeavor. 1 Sydney, March 2. A meeting of ironworkers was held this afternoon to determine about ending the strike, but nothing has yet been definitely arranged. The employers are willing to give one meal hour and a short interval for a smoke.

The Governor has pardoned two lads wh > were convicted of robbing the Yass Post Office. A contractor named O'Sulli van died suddenly at Yass to-day. Private letters received from the Palmer and Endeavor Rivers are stopping the rush to those places. Laitncesxon, March 3. A sale of seized goods was held to-day at the commissariat stores. About 800 persons were present. A body of armed police, with fixed bayonets, was on the ground. Most of the goods were passed in.

Sydney, March 4. Official telegrams from Cardwell report that the expedition has returned. There is 110 possibility of getting a road to the Palmer froja Daintree. The expedition went up the river 20 miles in a steamer. The country is all dense scrub towards the head of the river, with steep scrubby ridges, backed by a mountain reaching from nor'- west to south, covered with dense scrub, and from 3000 ft to 4000 ft high. Full 30 miles of the scrub would need cutting through to get over the mountain. The party landed at the mouth of the Bloom field,' in Weary Bay, wherethere is a prospect , of a road in a better line and more direct. There are no great obstacles existing, so far. as can be seen from the' range. V The schooner Chance returned to Glad-

stone disabled. When within 200 miles of New Caledonia she encountered a southeast gale, which lasted a fortnight. An official telegram from Cook Town states that arrivals from the diggings are numerous, and reports numbers of men dying from starvation and exhaustion along the road. Several were reduced to eating horses which had been two days dead. Matters on the diggings are but little better.' " All work on and communication with the Palmer is stopped by the floods. The last of the flour was selling for 3s 6d per pint. There was no meat selling in any form. The weather was moderately fine.