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Lyttelton Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3373, 6 November 1871, Page 3

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(From the Argus) LATEST TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES. INDIA AND THE EAST. Galle, Oct. 2, Afternoon. The Bangalore is expected to relieve the Geelong next trip, but nothing officially, however, is known here. The steamers all arrived T&e canal steamer Ferdinand Lesseps was disabled, and nude for Mauritius, The gasholder of the new works at Colombo, just completed, burst, from bad iron works. The lighting of the town has been postponed for four months. At the Colombo races, Merlin, with Cavanagh up, carried off all the great prizes. Bribery and Darkie nowhere. The ship Sir G. Grey has been burnt in Colombo harbour. The Ceylon coffee crop is short by 5000 tons. The disestablishment of the Church in India has been discussed at a meeting. It is expected that Prince Arthur, attended by Sir G. Wolseley and Captain Hoseir, will visit Lord Mayo, and several of the nobility are expected to remain in Bombay till 1873. Mr Norman Lockyer is expected in •Ceylon. , It is proposed to enlist European loafers instead of deporting them in future. CALCUTTA. The volunteers, 600 strong, will go into camp for a fortnight in the holidays. The son of a rajah has been sentenced to 13 years’ imprisonment, and. £3OO fine for hanging a native man and woman by the heels, and flogging the former to death. CHINA AND JAPAN. A typhoon at Yokohama, in August, destroyed a number of buildings and'property. A typhoon at Hong Kong, on Sept. 2, did immense damage to shipping and property ashore, together with loss of life. Jarcune’s steamers, the Madras and Ottawa, were injured ; numerous other ships were lost; also native craft and lives by hundreds. Foo Chow, Sept. 8. Exchanges on London, 5s Hid. Coal of all descriptions required; the stock is short. Considerable business has been done in teas. The tendency of prices is downwards for the lower trinfl and upwards for better. The export of teas to Australia to date is 8,146,0001 b s. Departures—Laughing Wave, Jane Woodburn, Oscar Merge, Maria Delta, Locking, Seiska Seine, James Wilson, Nicholson, Gustav Catherina. SPECIAL TELEGRAMS. London, Sept. 15. The Queen’s health is steadily improving. The Prince of Wales commands the cavalry brigade at the Hampshire campaign. The Prussian evacuation of the departments near Paris and the northern forts is proceeding. Mr Duffy’s elevation to the Premiership u favourably noticed by some of the English papers. . , . . The wool sales opened with great animation ; 139,347 bales were catalogued. There was a large attendance. of home and foreign buyers. Prices ranged from a penny to threehalfpence higher than last closing rates. The wool consignment correspondence is still continued in The Times. Arrived.—ln time for wool sales —Somersetshire, Agnes Bose, and Storm Sing. Too late —Kosciusko. Sailed.—City of Madras, Stonehouse, and Suffolk. London, Sept. 26, afternoon. The Mont Cenis tunnel has been opened

successfully. International festivities took* place at Turin. The Paris forts have been evacuated, and the disarmament of the National Guards everywhere proceeds quietly. Rochefort has been sentenced to imprisonment for life. The sham campaign concluded with a review at |Aldershot. Several battles were fought, and great victories won in defending the approaches to London against tn;o invading forces, under Generals Staveley and Carey. Many deficiencies wore exposed, but the manoeuvres were considered to bo satisfactory. Keep, Parsons, and Co. have failed. Liabilities, £120,000. The Bank rate of discount is 3 per cent. Considerable excitement has taken place in stocks. Shares are felling. There has been a heavy withdrawal of gold for Germany. Wools advanced Id more since the opening of the sales, being unaffected by dealer money. The competition keeps prices firm, exporters buying largely. Sailed—Arab Steed; Duke of Edinburgh, Wimmera, A’catrae, Stmthdon. London, Sept. 20,2 p.m. The Marquis of Normanby, Governor of Queensland, will probably be the successor of the Earl of Belmore in New South Wales. The freedom of the city of Aberdeen has been conferred on Mr Gladstone. The following German consuls _ have been gazetted j—Mr Brahe, for Melbourne ; Mr Trewer, for Adelaide; Mr Franck, for Sydney. The wool sales are progressing favourably. Home competition is brisk, but the foreign demand is slackening. The wheat market is firm ; tallow dearer j hides firm. Wallaroo copper, £76 105; sperm, £BO. Bank rate of discount is raised to 4 per cent. The stock market is recovering from the panic. Victoria debentures—sixes are quoted at 114£, fives at 1041; Sydney, fives, 1021; Queensland, 1081; Tasmania, 108|; Adelaide, from 107 to 110 to 114. Consols, 921. The Underley, for Melbourne, lias been totally wrecked on the Isle of Wight. The steward was drowned, but the rest of the crew and passengers were saved. The Sydney mails, via San Francisco, were delivered on the 27th. Obituary.—Paul de Koch, the French novelist; Giles Loder, the Russian merchant; Lady Dundas, Henry Blacklock, the publisher of “ Bradshaw’s Railway Guide ; ” Colonel Wright, C. 8.; the two brothers Russell, M.P., and justices of the peace, of Limerick; Dr Hyde Salter, Sir James Pennethome, Lord Churston : Mr Miller, manager of a joint stock bank ; Thomas Ballantyne, Mr Vallandigam’s widow, Sir Edward Hughes, Bart.; Count de Zealis; Professor Forbes, of Montreal; Admiral Nepeill. Arrived.—British Flag, Windsor Castle, Racer, Carisbrook Castle, Elizabeth Gongal, Isabella Groom, Salamander. Sailed.—White Eagle, Sussex, Sobraon, Alfred Hawley.

LATE TELEGRAMS. Paris, Sept. 9. The Prussians commeneedto-day evacuating four departments around Paris. The evacuation wifi terminate in four days. The court-martial condemned Eossel to death with military degradation. The French Government agreed to the project for the permanent establishment of the Assembly at Versailles. Sept. 12. In the National Assembly to-day, the Minister for Foreign Affairs submitted a project of a Convention with Germany for the immediate evacuation of six more departments. [Sept. 14. The Assembly carried the proposed vacation of the Assembly from the 17th September till the 4th December, nominating 25 members to superintend the Government. The majority Was 16. The commission charged to examine the new treaty with Prussia reported unfavourably on it; but, on the 17th, the Assembly adopted the treaty, with slight changes, after a long discussion, by 553 votes to 31. The Assembly then adjourned to the 4th of December. The evacuation of the departments of Aisne, Aube, Cote D’Or, dura, Doubs, and Haute Saone has been effected, and the reduction of the army of occupation to 50,000 has been agreed on between France and Germany. Proclamations have been published at Lyons and St. Etienne, ordering the National Guards to deliver up their arms in 24 hours. Sept. 18. The German plenipotentiaries refused to ratify the Commercial treaty with respect to Alsace and Lorraine, consequently some modification has been made by the French Assembly. Sept. 19. An understanding has been arrived at between Thiers and Armin on essential points. Sept. 21. Serious difficulties were threatened about the treaty from Berlin. Sept. 26. The negotiations which were progressing for the evacuation of four departments have been completed. The disarmament of the Guards at Lyons has terminated. The French Government is preparing for the early payment of the fourth half-milliard to the Germans in Treasury bonds, endorsed by some of the first houses in Europe, payable in April and May next. The subscriptions to the Paris loan exceed the amount required. Sept. 28.

A telegram from Berlin says that Germany has not yet accepted M. Thiers’proposed form of treaty. Prague, Sept. 14. The German members were absent from yesterday’s sittings of the Chambers in consequence of the Imperial decree restricting their privileges. Salzburg, Sept. 19. A Ministerial crises in Austria is reported to be imminent. Count Lingenan proceeds to St Petersburg as ambassador extraordinary. Sept. 23. The German Parliament meets on the 15th October. The existence of a crisis is denied. Vienna, Sept. 26. The Peace League Congress has opened at Lausanne, where Andre Leon apologised for the acts of the Commune, causing considerable tumult. Sept. 28. Baron Beust’s circular confirms the statement that no treaty has been signed at Gastein or Salzburg. It has been only agreed between Germany and Austria that they shaU act together in the event of any question arising. Paris, Sept. 19. The King of Spain was enthusiastically received on his provincial tour. The King of Holland opened the Dutch Chambers on the 26th. He stated that a military reorganisation would be effected, and a reformed system of taxation introduced. The budget shows a deficit of nine millions florins. The Government proposes a general income tax. The cholera has appeared at Constantinople, Berlin, Sept. 22. Mr Odo Russell has arrived at Berlin. London, Sept. 13, The strike at Newcastle continues unabated. The masters have imported 3000 foreign workmen. Mr Butt is likely to be elected for Limerick unopposed. Further explosions at Wigan have necessitated the flooding of the mine. The sham campaign commenced on the 18th September ; the second and third divisions, under Generals Staveley and Carey, attacking, General Grant, who occupied Hog’s Rock, defending London. The Duke of Cambridge awarded the strategic victory to Hope Grant. There were numerous complaints of the control department. The manoeuvres were resumed ou the 18th. Staveley and Carey again attacked and outflanked Grant, who retired on Chatham. The press representatives criticise the execution of the manoeuvres. On the 19th Grant repulses the combined attack on his entrenched positions. On the 21st, in the final battle, the

troopa'Vrcro equally divided, and fought brilliantly. The weather throughout was splendid. On the 28th the Duke of Cambridge issued orders complimenting the troops on their admirable conduct during the manoeuvres, but ho reserves his views on the operations. A Russian squadron arrived at Falmouth on the 19th, en route for New York. On the 24th, the Times published details of a proposal to make a railway from London to Kurrachoe, at an estimated cost of forty millions, making a pleasant journey of five days, the promoters undertaking to complete the lino in three years on a joint guarantee of the countries traversed. Lord Kimberley has requested Sir Hercules Robinson to remain in Ceylon until the new year, for the purpose of introducing the reform of the currency. There is a heavy demand for money .and the stock markets are depressed. General George Farquharson is dead. On the 25th, The Times says that the murder of Chief Justice Norman at Calcutta on the 20th is a terrible blow struck at the majesty and sanctity of the law. The Daily News supposes the murderer to be a Mahommedan, instigated by Wahabees. The harvest in England was completed on the 18th. The result is 15 per cent, below the average for wheat. The Indian Council has given notice of the redemption of the 6 per cent, loan, 1855 and 1857. The holders may exchange into the new loan at 4J per cent, for seven years, and afterwards at 4 per cent. r Sept. 29. Mr Disraeli, at Hughenden, yesterday, in proposing the health of the Queen, said she was physically incapacitated from performing ceremonial, but zealously discharged the state duties of the Crown. The Bank of England returns for the week show the reserve of notes to be lOi millions, and of bullion to be 21£ millions.