REUTER'S SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XV, Issue 1931, 14 October 1874, Page 2

REUTER'S SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

1 London, Oct. 1. The "Times," contradicting rumors re the embarrassments of the Prince of < Wales, explains that although his income is insufficient his expenditure is met by L realisation of property in the Duchy of Cornwall. ' Octobers '. A barge laden with gunpowder ex- ' ploded on Regent's Canal. Several lives ' were lost, and several hundred houses . were injured. ; / October 3. ! An explosion took place at five o'clock; ; yesterday morning, which is unpreceden-; 1 ted. A barge had five tons of gunpowder! t aboard, and when the explosion occurred,' . it blew up a bridge and caused a great 1 panic. Houses in close proximity were 1 : completely wrecked, and the explosion , was heard ten miles. Loss of life iscpn-f fined to three bargemen, but the destruc-j ■ tion to property is immense, and included ; the house of Alma Tadema ; buildings i n | Zoological gardens narrowly escaped in: ;w- ■ ■.'. ' ■'■.- ' . .-• ■'. : j I , The telegraph steamship Farady has re| 1 turned to Queenstown. During a gale i the cable parted, and is not recovered. | ; Wool sales closed. Firm advance main?- , tamed, though not serious, The bulk is taken by home buyers, but 120,000 bales have been taken for export, including 4000 for America. The next sales are i fixed for November 17. Balme and Co, brokers, report prospects favorable, and estimate an increase in quantity imported during the year at 100,000 bales. ■ An advance in discount is expected. ; Full fall of 2s a quarter on English wheat has taken place. Adelaide is quoted at 52s to 545, New Zealand At 42s to 49a, Tasmanian at 48s to 51s. Arrived— Ben Voirlech and Airemore.i - Rome, Oct. 2. . The French frigate Orinoque, which for some time past haa been placed at the service of the Pope, has been recalled from Civita Vecchia. Galle, Oct. 3. The Nubia arrived on the Ist inst. London, Oct. 5. ■ Mr C. W. Eddy, the Hon. Secretary of the Colonial Institute, who always took ; a deep interest in Colonial affairs, died suddenly at Glasgow. He had arranged to read a paper on. Cl The Colonies" at la Social Science Congress. Arrived— Somersetshire. Madrid, Oct. 5.; The Right Hon. A. H. Layard, English Ambassador, and M. Chambordy, French Minister, presented their credentials to Marshal Serrano, President of the Spanish Republic. Rome, Oct. 5., The Italian Parliament has dissolved. Berne, Oct. 5. 1 The International Postal Congress, at Berne, adopted a Postal Convention, fixing uniform rates. Vienna, Oct. 5.; The Hungarian loan of seven and a half millions is issued. A pastoral, issued by Cardinal Ranscher, Archbishop of Vienna, accuses Prussia of attempting to extirpate Christianity, and compares the Paris Commune to the revolution in Buenos' Ayres : in fifty-nine ' under the leadership of General Mitre. : \ : / . :.. London,, Oct. 6; A Victorian four per cent, loan of one i

nillion and a half is announced. b Berlin, Oct. 6. * Count Arvim was arrested at the instigation of Bismarck for defaming docu- \ f ments. * Paris, Oct. 6. ( In the elections to Councils a majority of Conservatives were returned. f Madrid, Oct. 6. i It is reported that Don Carlos was £ wounded during a mutiny. ]