HERALD TELEGRAMS.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 13, Issue 1107, 7 December 1869, Page 3

HERALD TELEGRAMS.

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Bwgrtf, cSunday, -.Peeember 5. Thi steamship Gothenburg arrived this morning from Melbourne. - . Melbourne, November 23. The steamer Alexandra reached Glenelg this morning, bringing news to Bth October, aud telegrams via Galle to the 22nd, ' . N^Z^tiNDiTEMS.' .. Colonel Warre, late commanding 57th Regiment, has been on a visit to the' continental camps. Bishop Selwyn's illness has been serious. He is nojfc slowly recovering. The Bishop of Wellington has held the. Michaelmas ordination, at, Lichfield' Cathedral.' ' J. B. Smales, a native of New Zealand, died on the 16th of September, of consump- . tion. .'• : " ..;.'' -'. ':':.'■ •':••■•■; ■'■.'-•. The Rev. W. G. Cowie, Bishop of Auckland, has been presented with a testimonial of the value of £6<£'- > -^ i "~r~ ; -^ -.-.r ••:.■- The ship Matoaka ;from New Zealand has , not arrived. She had £50,000 worth of specie on board. The underwriters ask 80 guineafper cent, premium. " • English wheat is 425. to 483. There i8~" an increase in the exports to New Zealand, as compared with last month, of £3L661. . . . John Ewin sends per Warrior Queen for Dunedfn^a collection of birds, chiefly partridges&hU pheasants. , The Earl of Dalhousie pas also promised a red deer. A despatch from Lord Granville to the Governor of New Zealand was published on thef '7th October. It declares that the Imperial Government adheres to the policy that the Queen's troops are not to be employed* in hostilities .between colonists and native?. The removal of the 18th Regiment |rom New Zealand is insisted upon, and the troops are ordered to embark without delay. . A pamphlet has been published on New Zealand, written by Mr. Sewell and dedicated to Edward Wilson. . The writer contends, that the present crisis has been precipitated by the colonial office, and that Imperial help is indispensable. The Nelson, Cobden, and Westport rail- ■ way is in a, fair way of becoming an established fact within a short time. Sir Tbomas Parkyn and Colonel Maude, C.8., "V.C., have lodged with Mr. Morrison, agent for the colony, a proposition to undertake the necessary work of surveying &c, on such terms as it is believed will be accepted. The third series of wool sales closed on the 21st September. The total sold was 193,982 bales. 8000 bales were withdrawn for, an advance. New Zealand and Port Phillip fleeces advanced from lid to Is l^d ; greasy £d to Id advance ,• Sydney, Id to l^d. Long staple greasy is in demand. The quantity taken for export is 75,Q00 bales, aqd the quantity held over for next Bales 30,000, chiefly New Zealand. Australian tallow is in demand at one shilling advance. (GENERAL SUMMARY. A quantity of wreck has, been, washed ashore at Exmouth, inducing to the belief that they, are part of the Red Jacket, which left Oar^iff for Bombay with coals in Sep-. tember last.i Shipping. — ; Arrivals^ — Maori, ■ from Auckfand. : Departures,'- -For Auckland, T. Daniel, (Celestial Queen, Helenslee. For Otago, ; Otago, Queen Bee, City of Dunedin. For Canterbury, Celteno. For Nelson, John Bunyan. For Wellington, Wild Duck. Loading, — For Auckland, City bf Auckland, Mallard, Sea Taller. For Canterbury, Mystery. For Otago, Don Guillemo, Harvest Home, Warrior Queen. New Zealand securities are thus quoted : -—Sixep 189,1j £103 to . £105 ; fives 1891, £90 t0, £92; fives consolidated, £92 to £93 ; March-September sixes, £103 to £105 ;- JunevDecember sixes, £104 to £106. ; ; ;-: • London, October 22. .-..■<;!■■ v -.- ,v ', Gam.c, November 4. The' Queen will open Blackfriars Bridge and Holborn Viaduct on the 6th November, v - .-';.;■, , ••• •■■■.. Public opinion approves of the refusal of the Government to release the Fenian prisoners. ::O^-'?.- "..<>':. Tfee^^lreland amnesty demonstration take&,pjace in Hyde Park next Sunday. The petitions for winding up the European e^.Bsuranc,e. Company,. have been dismissed^, and- business operations will « be resumed. Thp directors, affirm that the domp^ny is .sound,,, . ..... .. ..: The pr,ps,pectus has been issued of the Briti^^Qidia Comp^By,. which purposes to Connect Ceylon ' 'mi\i .Singapore, and ultimsXe\y with Australia. . Dr. Goodwin. has been created Bishop of Carlisle.';'"' "' l "';\. ;' "'■-■■ ■• • '. v ' W«6l sal^s commenced oh the 26th. Stoc^ ? l2b;b6o I)iiles. The market continue! fi*mV : ■' '■$ ■ -:' ■• . ••• ' ' ; "Vy|s%js:2s.:iol?er,, „/ *Drl^f vingJßJto^ safe at Ugerui. He is discovered the true '•. ', " ■;;;:" ' ' "' Coioiiiai securities are firm. Consols 9#.iSf::, .;-■ ;; ■.■■/.■■■ ■The d|se against the Albert Assurance Co. liaa o'een dismissed. It is proposed to amalgamate the company with the Alliance. Serious disturbances have occurred in the Persian .'gulf. The British gunboat Clydfe was fired upon near Muscat, and the Daphne h&: proceeded thither ' to punish the offendbrs. The Empress Eugenic left Alexandria on the 15th • she got a splendid reception at Constantinople from the" Sublime Porte. ffhefEmp^rOr Of, Austria will visit the Sultan' at; Cpnstabtinople previous to the opening of the Suez canal, which he is invite^ltb attead. / , '' "' of CommercV of England, Franbe, Austria, Italy/ and Prussia will be represented at the^ opiening of the Suez canaj^ >^ I^'.Y : j; ■'•'."■"..'. Discountj 2^ ;por cent, ; consols, 93^ to „^^a^tfypp6r''i£7^'-"-i.. ;'-,'. / -:\;.\ ea^Priacesrf of Wales have returned • from

Wildbad, The accouchement of the Pritf cess is .expected at the end of November. Theagitation for the release .of the Fe nian prisoners is spreading' in Ireland. Spain ris indignant at the reported American int^rf&^nee in Cuban affairs, and ha sent out frefeh troops in 19 ships of war. The Bishop of Exeter died on., the 18tl successor is the Bishop o Oxford. The .Rev. Mr. McKernish sue ceeds $he latter; . [ The Bishop of Carlisle is dead. Th Bishop of Bath and Wells has resigned, an< the Bey. Boid A; Hervey is his suefcessor. ; Lord Chief Justice Clerk Patton com nutted suicide by drowning, at his estati Perthshire. Lord Moncrieff is his succes sor. Mr. Young, the present Solicito General is appointed Advocate General. "" 1 The French Legislative meet on the 29th; The delay has caused grea dissatisfaction. The Prince Imperial remained with hi father while the Empress visited the Sultan J The King : of Prussia opened the Cham' bers in a pacific speech. Lord Napier obtains the chief commanc of the Indian army next year. T|be Royal Canadian Rffle and , Cnpi Mounted .Rifles are. to.be disbanded. A whole family of eight persons hav< been murdered in Paris by one Jaupman 19 years old. ■ ' ■ J \ ' Pere Hyacinthe, ; the celebrated Frencl preacher, has denounced the Pope's attemp to divorce modfern thought from the Church and has resigned his. pulpit at the Notr< Dame. . Obituary.— Earl Kingston, Sir W. C Anstruther, Dr. Peter, Mark Rodger M»D. Thomas Grism, master of the mint, Dr Emerson, Lord McKenzie, Lord Cranstow The Wallace monument at Stirling ha! been formally inaugurated. Capt, Craig, late Governor of Pentonville has been sentenced to three years for em< bezzlement. Messrs. M'Call, Australian preserved meat merchants, have become insolvent liabilities, £50,000. The Social Science Congress met al Bristol, Sir Stafford Northcote in the chair when the subject of the relationship between England and the colonies was discussed. The Council's object was not t( loosen but to strengthen the bond betweer England and the colonies. Papers on th< subject were read by Messrs. Gorse, Noble Hare and Labochere, and the discussioi was continued by Dr. B.owring, Messrs Marsh, Dennison, Torrens, Edward Wilsoi (Argus,), Rawlingson, and Hill. Th< Duke of Manchester sent a letter suggesting that the colonies should have a voice ii the government of the Empire. Mr. Daniel, Clune Forbes' agent, intends visiting Australia to introduce cheap railway construction. Lord Granville rebukes Queensland regarding her slave trade. Mr. Seely, the reputed author of "Ecce Homo,", has been . appointed Professor o: Modern History at Cambridge. Alderman Besley has been elected Mayoi of London. Charles Dickens has inaugurated th< opening session of the Midland Institute Birmingham. The British fleet. has returned to tb< Channel. The Woolwich dockyard is closed. In the jury at Barrett's trial for the mur der of Captain Lambert, the disagreed mai was discharged. A laborer noar Cashel has been mur. dered; also the Bailiff of the County o Longford. Mr. Nicholson, of Kells, hai been fired at and wounded. At a demons tation of Republicans ir Trafalgar square, Mr. Moore, M.P., utterec an inflammatory speech against the throne The Total Abstinence Society of Irelanc have memorialised' Mr. Gladstone for i general amnesty. The Irish land question will be deal with next parliament. Preliminary steps have been taken foi the reconstruction of the Irish Church. Earl Clarendon had a confidential con< ference with the French Emperor ; and, since returning to England, he has said that, at no time since the war between Austrif and Prussia, have there been fairer prospects of the maintenance of general peace. A protectionist movement, with reciprocity as the watchword, causes some stir in the north of England. . The manufacturers of Lancashire demand more and cheaper cotton. The depressed condition of trade is asserted to be owing tc the fact that, while outlets for manufactured goods, have contracted, the manufacturing power of Lancashire has been vastly augmented since 1860. • .Three government officials, charged witl frauds in. Woolwich arsenal, have beer acquitted. ■'■' ... •The '-Nailers'- strike"' has terminated. Nothing c*am'e of Saxby's high tide prediction for the 6th October. . A succession of equinoctial gales, lasting from the 7th to 14th September, destroyec 120 vessels and damaged hundreds, causing heavy loss.;of Jife. Jonathan Judge, a shipbuilder residing at Bromley^ Middlesex-, out of employment, killed himself, his wife and two children, with the.iuines of charcoal. The Byron controversy has exhausted itself. Mrs. Stowe promises to reply ir Macmillan. 1 A telegram from San Francisco report the discovery, on the- beach at San Buem Ventura, . of mutilated documents relating to Sir John Franklin and party. Capt. Hall, the Arctic explorer, has returned after five years absence. He dis covered several skeletons of the Franklir party at King William's Land, and bring! numerous relics. A carpenter named Winsor, residing a Woodgreeh, near Hornsley, murdered hii paramour Maria Beth, afterwards a neighbor named Boyd, and then attempted sul cide. His motive was jealousy. The. Thermypylae has arrived from Chim in 88 days, the shortest passage on record. The wreck of the Corn a tic steamer ha Caused a fall of £2 in the Peninsular am Oriental Go's shares. Specie to the exten of £38,000 was on board. Lady Pal merston was buried in West minster Abbey beside her husband. ' The Pope has granted Dr. Cumming'i , application for permission to attend thi Roman council, but soys the Church canno reopen a discussion on points already de tcrmined; ■•• : : :,. ; ; : ; l;Jje.,di>cp,yn<i;m.nrlsQt Ji:^ i varied d.urinj HbeVmonlh, The Bank minimum remain! ; s* 2 i : .-"' .,,.?.. ....... : ' { K Speculators sent a large quantity of gol(

Several Nevf York speculators failed, and the bubble burst, leaving many Lombard street participators, losers to a great amount. It is expected that half-a-million will be returned from America. '';.'' > Markets are easy. The revenue returns for the year ending 30fch September shew a total of £73,262,737, being an increase oi ■ £3,000,000 on the provious year. ; The Board of Trade returns for August shew an increase of £937^004. . .; The Bank of England has declared a half-yearly dividend of 4^ per cent, •' Money is in demand on the Continent, The rate of discount is rising. : The Bank of Australia has declared a dividend of 10 per cent. The Chartered Bank of Australia, India, and China, has declared, a dividend of six percent. ••-'-- The war in Paraguay has terminated; Lopez is completely vanquished. In America, the republicans carried the elections in Maine. Chamberlain has been elected Governor of New York. The State Convention has adopted the platform of payment of the national debt in coin, the suffrage for all, and recognition of the Cuban belligerents. Mr. Sumner has moderated his tone regarding the Alabama claims on England. The Harvard crew have been publicly banqueted in New York; A filibustering expedition has escaped from American ports for Cuba. ;. Prince Arthur has been .received, everywhere by the Canadians with loyal demonstrations. -._./■•■ >J .: ->-.. Fbance. — The Emperor's health is're- . established. He has had interviews with ambassadors, has transacted business as usual, and has shown himself on the Longchamps race course and other public places. General Fleury has been appointed Russian ambassador. The abdication of the Emperor Napoleon is seriously discussed. The Prince is now 14 years of age. The name of Prince Napoleon is mentioned as regent, or, were the Emperor to be succeeded by his son at once, the former to be President of Council. Ledru Rollin's exclusion from the amnesty provokes indignation. His friends offer to become bail for him in order that he may stand his trial. A tremendous explosion of petroleum in a lighter occurred in Bordeaux. It destroyed 20 vessels and other property. The Duke of Genoa, the latest candidate for the throne of Spain, is studying at Harrow. A formidable insurrection occurred in Spain during the month. The republican party made a formidable resistance in Saragota, and assassinated the acting governor. The insurrection spread to Barcelona, Catalonia, Arragota, and Andalusia. Martial law was proclaimed, and order was not restored till after severe fighting. Seventeen deputies are implicated, all of whom swore fidelity to the constitution. Proceedings are being taken against them. The rifle shooting at Liege was a grand success. About 1000 English were present, besides large numbers of other nations. At the long ranges, British marksmen were the most successful. The Catholic Powers decline to send representatives to the (Ecumenical Council. The German bishops have warned the Pope of the perils of proclaiming the syllabus, of announcing his infallibility, and repudiating modern civilization. The friendly relations between Prussia and Austria are improving. Mutual visits 1 have taken place. The Prince of Prussia will attend the opening of the Suez canal. Some mail steamers of. the Messajeries Imperiales have passed through the Suez canal. The Dresden theatre has been burned. The Cracow convent case will shortly come before a legal tribunal. In Hungary the suppression of monasteries is demanded. The Duke of Edinburgh had arrived at Tien Tsin, and, accompanied by Admiral Keppel, proceeded to Pekin. The Galatea was expected . at Shanghai on the 20th. Shanghai was much excited by an absurd rumour that some Chinamen had been killed by foreigners and buried under the new church. An. immense crowd assembled and a riot was imminent, but the authorities succeeded in maintaining quietness. The Duke of Edinburgh was expected at Hong Kong about the 29th. The treatment of Admiral Keppel by the Home Government has produced , a strong feeling among the residents of China and Japan. The Austrian minister is engaged negociating a treaty between Austria and Japan.