TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Marlborough Daily Times, Volume VI, Issue 1009, 17 July 1883, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(REUTER’S TELEGRA.JIS.) BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH-COPY-RIGHT. LONDON. July IG. In consequence of the state of affairs in Madagascar, H.M.S. Eurqalus, 16 guns, 4140 tons, the Hagship of Admiral Lir William Hewitt on the East Indian station, and H.M.S. Tourmaline, 12 guns, 2120 tons, now on particular service, have been ordered to proceed forthwith to Mauritius. ALEXANDRIA. July 16. Telegrams to hand from Cairo report that cholera is now general in that city, and is rapidly spreading in the native quarters. MELBOURNE. This Day. Mistaken and Sting have been n scratched for the Melbourne Cup. At a public meeting held last night, the Mayor of Melbourne presiding, resolutions were passed in support of the proposed annexation of the Pacific Islands. CAIRO. July 14. The cholera epidemic has appeared at Ghizcli, a villiage in the suburbs of this city. Five persons have been attacked by the disease to-day. PARIS. July 15. Serious rioting occurred at Roubaix, a manufacturing town in the extreme north of France. The disturbance was caused by anarchists, who assembled in large numbers and defied the civil authorities. It was found necessary to call out the military in the neighborhood before the rioters could be dispersed and order restored. (Special to United Pres 3 Association.) LONDON. July 12. The commercial, industrial, and

shipping intrests are unanimous that the concessions for the Suez Canal are inadequate for the purpose. A large section of the House of Cornm:ns is generally hostile to the proposal, and it is doubtful if the Government will persevere in them. Mr Gladstone admits that M. De Lesseps has exclusive rights to the concessions to construct canals across the Isthmus of Suez. M. Challemel Lacour, the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, professes to be ignorant of the Tamatave affair, and has telegraphed to Zanzibar tor particulars. M. J ules Ferry expresses surprise at the excitement in England, and the French Press generally is unfriendly towards Great Britian. The latest news from the Cape states that the attack of Cetewayo upon Oham has been unsuccessful The Bishop of Petersborough is in a critical state of health. The Comte de Chambord has recognised the Comte de Paris as his successor. July 13. l|Mr Murray Smith, the Agentiffiueral, has communicated to Lord fferby, the Secretary for tne Colonics, the address agreed to by both Houses of the Victorian Parliament on the annexation question, and he urges compliance with the wishes of the colonies. It is rumoured that a large South Australian loan will shortly be placed in the market. July 15. French despatches from Tamatave, dated July J Gch, are entirely silent as to the reported insults to the British authorities and the officers of the Dryad. Two night attacks have been made by the Hovas, who have been repulsed with serious loss. The balance of the Western Australian loan has been withdrawn. Mr Childers, Chancellor of the Exchequer, replying to a deputation, stated that the agreement made with Count de Lesseps for a second Suez Canal, was the best obtainable. Tt is considered probable that the Italian Government will consent to the landing of the mails at Brindisi. The New Zealand shipping Company is increasing its capital by a quarter of a million. The French naval authorities at Tamatave on June ' 26th, boarded Messrs. Currie’s mail steamer Tynemouth Castle, placed sentries on various positions on board, and overhauled the mails. The captain alone was allowed to land at Madagascar, and the cargo and passengers had to be taken on to Mauritius, [eer united press association]. Carterton, June 16. A large meeting of the Wairarapa Jockey Club was held on Saturday. The date of the Spring Meeting was altered from the 9th to the 2nd November, in order to follow the Pastoral Show day. A Committee was appointed to ascertain if it was practicable to connect the Tauherenikau racecourse with Featherston by a tramway, and report on other eligible sites for a course nearer the railway line. The Stewards decided that the Spring programme should consist of six events, with stakes amounting to L3OO, including two steeeplechases. The disqualification of Daniel Mullen and the horse Pathfinder, late Joker, by the Dunstan and Dunedin Jockey Clubs was endorsed by the Wairarapa Jockey Club. Auckland, This Day. A man named Oddie is missing from Brown’s Bay, Wade. He is believed to be suffering from mental alteration. William Atkinson, who accidentally fell down a lift at the opening of Firth’s ganary, died of his injuries last uight. The defendants in the recent Pukekura ejectment case, E. B. Walker and party, intend having a writ of ejectment issued against the Natives who proceeded against them for forcible entry months ago, the Natives not having yet left the Pukekura and Puahor block. Steps are being taken in the matter. An inquest is to be held on the Market-" house fire at the request of the Insurance Companys. The police are reticent as to their enquiries, but incendiarism is suspected. The steamship Australia arrived at 3.30 a.m. to-day. Coming to her berth, through bad management, she ran into the railway wharf, carrying away about 15 feet of the structure, and damaging the schooner Energy alongside. The mail steamer also sustained injury, and will have to be repaired before proceeding this afternoon. She takes specie from Sydney to ’Frisco to the value of L 13.500. Sir Henry Parkes and Archibald Forbes are passengers for ’Frisco. Dunedin, This Day. The criminal sessions of the Supreme Court have concluded. The last case was that against G. Winter for embezzlement of money belonging to the New Zealand Insurance Company. The prisoner was convicted and sentenced to two years’ imprisonment. Gisborne, This Day. Kenneth Kerr, editor of the newspaper called Facts, has been committed for trial for libelling Mr W. L. Rees. Wellington, This Day. At the Supreme Cours yesterday the case of Hunt v. Sir Arthur Gordon was com. menced before Judge Richmond and a special jury. Mr E. Shaw, with whom were Messrs H. Gully, A. de B. Brandon, jun., and E. T. M ol '™* 1 appeared tor plaintiff, and Mr Harper, with whom were Messrs H. D. Bell aud Fletcher Johnston, for the defendant. The action was brought to recover LSOOO damages for alleged false arrest and deporting the plaintiff out of Samoa. When the Court adjourned Mr Shaw, for the plaintiff, had not concluded the address. Before the Cheif Justice to-day the case of Mokena Kohere, M.L.C., v. Reimen- , sehueider (native interpreter) was brought on. The action is to recover upwards of L7OO, the amount of remuneration which defendant is alleged not to have accounted for. It was agreed to defer the -case until the next sittings. At the Police Court a young man named H. Nicholls was committed for trial for forgery. | At the Supreme Court this morning Mr i Shaw continued his address in the ease of

Hunt v. Gordon, and it is expected he will continue till late in the afternoon. It having been reported to the Secretary of the Marine Department that a quantity of wreckage had been washed ashore about three miles north of Opunake, the signalman at that place was directed to m ike a careful search along the, beach aud report upon theßame. He states that he examined the. wreckage, which is on the beach north of the Te Naina pah, and that it consists ° a portion of a vessel’s deck-house, the timber of which is kauri, painted white ; the wreck of a boat built of kauri, painted black, and ash oars 7 feet long, branded with a broad arrow on the blades, and one boat-yard 12 feet long.

Mr De Lautour, in the House this afternoon, asked for postponement of the Native Laud Company’s Bill,to enable him to come to some arrangement with the Government as to eliminating the objeetionablo clauses, or to abandon the Bill. Major agreed, and the Bill was postponed. The Wellington Post refers to the verdict in the Wain ease at Dunedin as follows : The Wain case is over, and the father and stepmother of the poor little boy, Henry Wain, have been convicted of manslaughter The verdict is a righteous one, and we trust the punishment to follow will lie exemplary. The details of the case are harrowing. The picture of that poor little child, beaten and bruised—left with a broken arm unset until Nature, more kind than bis unnatural parents, united the bines—famishing for food, shivering with cold—confined in outhouses, with hands tied and made to stand in a particular position, or wandering in lonely wretchedness up and down a sloppy path, worn out in a back yard by his poor little feet, raises a picture of horror which must go to the hearts of everyone, especially to those of parents, who look on their own little ones and try to realise what Henry Wain went through until death mercifully terminated his sufferings. Few of those who have followed the evidenco will, we think, be disposed to agree with the recommendation to mercy, so far at least, as the woman is concerned. The father appears rather to havebeen indifferent than actively cruel, but the step-mother’s conduct is a blot ou womanhood aud on human nature. Such a Fury represented on the stage would appear unnatural, but truth is stranger tnau fiction, and this tragedy of real life has shown a character beside which the old hag in that powerful play, “The Two Orphans,” appears a mild, amiable old woman. The excuse given for the recommendation of the jury is not entitled to any consideration in Mrs Wain’s case—at least we cannot doubt that she fully understood the results of her stepson of what she was doing, if she did not quite realise what they might be to herself. As for Wain, some pity may perhaps be admitted in his case for having a wife who was apparently able to influence him to such culpable callousness as he displayed. The life of the Princess Louise was imperilled by fire on the night of May 26th, The local Bermuda papers obeyed a request not to publish anything regarding the circumstances, as it was deemed prudent to prevent the news of the narrow escape of the Princess reaching her Majesty. The Princess was the guest of Mr Trimmingham owner of Inglewood. She was awakened about midnight by the preseuce of suffocating smoke. Seeing that the apartments were on fire she aroused the household and for a time intense excitement prevailed. When once the fire was out and all were satisfied that her Royal Highness had not sustained any injury save the shoek occasioned by the discovery, the house resumed its usual quiet. It is not known how the fire originated, but as the day had been damp and chilly a fire had been lit in the Princess’ bedroom, and it is believed that the fireplace was not secure, and that the flames caught the joists supporting the floor. Invitations fora large dinner party at Inglewood on the following day were cancelled. Qon’t die in the house. — “Rough on Rats ” clears out rats, mice, beetles, roaches, bed-bugs, ants, insects, moles, jack-rabbits, gophers. 7LI. Moses, Moss and Co., Sydney, General Agents.

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