LATEST CABLE TELEGRAMS.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5069, 7 May 1878, Page 2

LATEST CABLE TELEGRAMS.

[The following telegram was received at 4 o'clock this morning] : —

A MANCHESTER MEETING PROTESTS AGAINST INDIA TROOPS.

RUSSIAN STEAMER ARRIVED AT MAINE FROM THE BALTIC. RUSSIAN UNDER COMMAND OF COUNT GRIFENBURG. AUSTRIAN OCCUPATION. DUKE of CONNAUGHT BETROTHED TO LOUISA, DAUGHTER OF PRINCE FREDERICK CHARLES. TODLEBEN FAILED TO ARRANGE WITHDRAWAL OF SQUADRON. RUSSIAN ARMY REGARDS WAR AS INEVITABLE. (Reutrr'B Tkijbgrams to Prkss Aokkct.) LONDON, April 25. At a large meeting at Manchester, they adopted resolutions protesting against the employment [of India troops in Europe. PARIS, May 24. The opening of the exhibition was a brilliant success. LONDON, May 1. The steamer Cimbria arrived in the harbor of Maine from the Baltic with 60 officers aud 600 men. The Russian navy are under the command of Count Grifenburg. It is believed they are destined for privateers. VIENNA, April 30. ' It is reported that there will be an [ early Austrian occupation of Bosina and Herzegovina. j CONSTANTINOPLE, April 30. An affray took place between the Turkish and Russian troops near Constant!- j nople. LONDON, May 1. The Duke Connausrtit is betrothed to \ Louisa, daughter of Prince Frederick ! Charles, of Germany. ST. PETERSBURG, May 2. General Todleben has failed to arrange the withdrawal of the British ironclad ! squadron, and the Russian army regards war as inevitable. The Mussulmans rising continues.

.. TFroji the Press Agency. J AUCKLAND, May 6. Be colonial defence, Sir George Grey has forwarded the following resolution of Ministers to the Governor, in reply to the Imperial telegraphic despatch : — "Sir George Grey presents his respctful compliments to the Marquis of Normanby. The New Zealand Ministers reply to Her Majesty's Government that the colony will undertake the expense of the proposed armament. Her Majesty may rest assured that her New Zealand subjects will in the event of any crisis loyally and resolutely, in all respects, do their duty to their Queen and the country. Sir George Grey requests that the Marquis of Normanby will be so good as to at once telegraph a copy of this memorandum to Her Majesty's Government for their information." A young daughter of Mr Dixon, publican, struck a match and ignited her nightgown. She was so much injured that it is doubtful if she will recover. Cooper and Bailey's performing elephant, Titania, died juat before the Golden Sea sailed with the circus company. It had swallowed the contents of a man's pocket, including a large box of matches, which it is supposed has been the cause of its death. Re the Kingite meeting, the Star special telegraphs that Sir George Grey, Mr Sheehan, Nahe, and Mr Potts, a Canterbury settler, and ex M.H.R., with a party of friendly native chiefs, arrived at Alexandra on Sunday night. They do not go to Hikurangi till to-morrow. There are mountains of flour piled up at Hikurangi. Tawhiao came near Alexandra on Saturday, on the opposite bank of the river, to witness a grand procession of Queenite war canoes. A messenger who arrived from Hikurangi this morning reports that two thousand people are present, amongst whom there are very few Ngatimaniapotos. Rewi is at Takanui, his settlement near Orakau. The late rains flooded Hikurangi. Water ran through the houses, and the natives who were under temporary cover suffered much and are growing very impatient. There are piles of food sufficient to last a fortnight. The numbers at Hikurangi are variously estimated at 2500 to 5000. The following are present : — The whole of the Waikatos, about two thousand Ngatiraukauras, a small section ot Ngatimaniapotos from Te Kopua, and some from Wanganui, besides Te Wheoro's people. Tawhiao has long been anxious to make the meeting the largest possible, and used every means to induce them to come from long distances. The Ngatihikairo are said to have left their crops to rot. ALEXANDRA, May 6. Mr Sheehan only went up to Kopua in a canoe, and has returned. He saw no one. Rewi and Wahanui are still at their settlements. Procastination appears to be the order of the day. CHRISTOHUROH, May 6. The net assessment of ratable property in Christchurch is £170,424. During 1877, 1637 criminal offences were committed in Christchurch, and 1627 arrests were made. Of these only 136 were discharged, the remainder were i summarily convicted or sent for trial; I 962 of the cases were for drunkenness. Malvern Hill coal ia now being used on the railways with satisfactory results. There are 927 waggons on the Canterbury railway, being an average of 2h waggons per mile. At the Magistrate's Court to-day, J. M. Fitzgerald, licensee of a suburban hotel, was fined £5 for spitting in the face of a Mrs Williamson outside the Court. Mrs Williamson had been witness in a case against Fitzgerald for illegal liquor selling. DUNEDIN, May 6. Strong efforts are being made by the Taieri settlers to induce Donald Reid still to represent them in Parliament. Dr Somerville and son arrived here last week. I Drs Copeland and Stuart applied to the I School Committee last week for the use of the class rooms in the Dunedin public schools on Saturdays for the purpose of holding classes for the instruction of children in the Christian religion. The I desirability of granting the application was questioned by some members of the committee, and the question was postponed. The Morning Serai A appeared in full size on Saturday. j The opening meeting of the Metropolitan Coursing Club took place at Palmerston last week, when there was a large attendance, and the events were well contested. Two hotels were totally destroyed by t fire at Kingston yesterday. The fire originated in Kerr's, upstairs, and extended afterwards to Anderson's. Three men were roasted to cinders, named John Dougherty, R. M'Cann, and the third unknown. A small portion of personal property only was saved, as there were no appliances available for extinguishing the fire when it was discovered. Anderson was insured for about £800 in the New Zealand and National Companies. Kerr was insured for £600 only upon the hotel. Both were nearly new houses, near the railway station. John Ahem, a well-known miner, was instantaneously crushed to death yesterj day while working in shallow ground, ! only four feet deep, at the Eight-Mile, j Arrow. Mr Justice Williams to-day ordered the trustee to prosecute a debtor named Millar for fraudulent bankruptcy. At a meeting of the Harbor Board to-day, a resolution was unanimously carried requesting the engineer to report on the delay in carrying out the dredging contract. Mr Ramsay, who moved the motion, said that a feeling prevailed that the contract would not now be completed within the specified time. NEW PLYMOUTH, May 6. The Supreme Court opened this moming before Judge Gillies. The following cases came on for trial :— Samuel Henry Barriball, unnatural offence ; Makarita, a native- woman, arson ; Thomas Quinlivan, horse-stealing ; George Pareral, horse-stealing. Sir John Coode visited Waitara on Saturday. Later. In the Supreme Court, the Grand Jury found no bill in Barriball's case. Lennox, for horse-stealing, was found guilty. Sir John Coode leaves by coach tomorrow for Patea. TIMARU, May 6. Messrs Jones and Hart report fat cattle auctioned at £i) 15s to £11 10s, averaging 27s 6d per lOOlbs ; 2 to 3-year-old steers and heifers, £6 15s to £10 ; 15 to 18 months, £4. 155 : good dairy cows, £7 10s to £14 10s. The demand for sheep is dull ; cross-bred lambs, 5s 6d to 6s 6d each , merino ewes, full-mouthed, 3s lid ; draught horses, £48 to £57 ; medium, £.38 to £45 ; light, £29 to £33 ; hacks, for light harness, £7 15s and upwards. The survey for the railway extension from Albury to Burk's Pass, M'Kenzie country, has been commenced. It is expected to be finished in three weeks. WELLINGTON, May 6. The Arawata brought down one ram and three ewes (merinos) of the purest blood to be obtained in victoria. They were purchased for the Hon. H. R. Russell, of Waipukurau, and they will be forwarded by the Kiwi in a few days. Last night, as Mr Cleland, the agent for the Bank of New Zealand at Featherston, and his assistant, Mr Luxford, were driving towards Featherston, the horse bolted and the buggy capsized. Cleland is dangerously injured, and is not expected to recover. Luxford escaped uninjured. Dr. Hector has analysed the contents of the stomachs of the racehorses which receutly died at Castle Point, and states that the stomach? contain a quantity of arsenic. Dr. Hector, by request, having tested the kerosene by which the late fatal accident was caused, reports :— " The, flash-

ing point of this oil is 105 degrees Fahrenheit, but after it has warmed to 110 degrees, it flashes at 100 degrees, or even less. The oil is, therefore, petroleum, and dangerous in the meaning of the Dangerous Goods Act, 1869, and under the 15th clause should not be sold except In vessels marked " dangerous, no light to be brought near." Thirty-two thousand shares in the Colonial Insurance Company have been applied for here.