“EXPRESS” TELEGRAMS.

Marlborough Express, Volume VI, Issue 297, 17 June 1871, Page 8

“EXPRESS” TELEGRAMS.

Per Greville’s Telegram Company.

INTERPROVINCIAL. Auckland via Wanganui, June 13. At the Supreme Court, Captain William Percival, charged with wilful and corrupt perjury between himself and the Bank of New Zealand, was sentenced to twelve months imprisonment with hard labor. A subscription is being raised to convey his wife and family to England. Margaret M‘Carthy, a child eight months old, was drowned in a tub on the Bth instant.

During the past two months 85,000 ounces of gold have been received from the Thames.

During the heavy gale at the Thames on Wednesday, a boatman was drowned, and several Auckland merchants had a narrow escape, being picked up by the steamer Lady Bowen after being several hours in an open boat. The Caledonian is still turning out well, another dividend was declared of £l2 today ; also in the Thames £2. The next fortnight’s yield is expected to be 20,000 ounces The other claims are turning out well. The Alburnia is selling at £l4. INTERCOLONIAL. Melbourne, June Bth. The passengers of the Queen of the Thames have been forwarded to England. The Government of the Cape ordered a new enquiry, as it was alleged that the ship was lost through ignorance and recklessness. Captain Macdonald refused to .give evidence, as he was already acquitted by a competent tribunal. A fixed light on shore was taken for Agul, where there is<a lighthouse, which is said to have been the.cause of the wreck. A Sydney Insurance office has lost ;'£15,000, and Melbourne a still larger .amount. Rose, a defaulting clerk of the National "Bank, has absconded. The Australian journals are causing great excitement by the publication of -articles exposing the adulteration of food and drink.

An attempt to examine the wreck of the Auckland, with a view to salvage, was unsuccessful. The mast-heads or yard-arms only are visible. The passengers lost all their property. Some of the Somersetshire passengers who still refuse to submit to re-vaccination are detained at the Sanitary station during the pleasure of the Government. News by the mail reports the continuance of disturbances in France. Rum and Brandy is up Twenty per cent, other articles are unaffected. The Royal Birthday Ball was held at Toorak, no government building being available for lighted accommodation. Only 900 were present, The Rev. Mr. Anmear, the great tem-l perance lecturer, charged with taking inde-, cent liberties and criminal assaults oru .children, has absconded. { Sydney, June Bth, Ninety pounds worth of gold has been received from New Caledonia, The government of the island impose an export duty of 2s 6d. an ounce. The mate of the Queen of Thames admitted in his evidence on the Inquiry that

he took no part in the navigation of the ship after leaving Melbourne. Sir Henry Barclay, the new Governor, was enthusiastically received at the Cape. The Hebraska has arrived. The Hon. Mr Parkes has gone to Queensland with a view to negociations with the Government as to the Californian mail route. Adelaide, June 4. The agreement between the AgentGeneral and British Australian Telegraph Company arrived by the mail for the Governor’s signature. The Inter-colonial chess match resulted in victory for Sydney. Arrival of English Mails via Suez, With dates to 15 th May. Bluff, June 14th. Late telegrams to the 10th May say that fighting has continued in Paris without intei mission since the mail left. The following is a summary of events from April 22nd : The Commune claimed to have recaptured the barricade of Heuilly, and preparations are making to resist a general attack on the Versailles troops.

A complete investment of Paris was projected by the projected armies at Neuilly. On the 24th, they allowed the inhabitants to leave the town. The belligerents in Paris took advantage of the armistice to repair the barricade, and construct others. Notice was given to Ohemain, de Ferdu, and Nord on the 20th that the blockade of Paris had commenced, and all provisions would be stopped. Cannonading commenced violently along the whole line.

Bismark, in Reichtag, declared that the Paris forts would only be surrendered after the final conclusion of peace, even if first instalment of the indemnity had been previously paid. The French have paid the amount due for the maintenance of the Germans in France till the end of April. The French propose to pay the indemnity principally in rentes, which the Germans oppose. Favres has gone to Frankfort to settle the difficulties arising from Brussels being chosen as the place for entering into negociations. The Federalists state that if necessary they will blow up the Paris forts. On the 29 th an attack against Paris by the Versailles troops was repulsed. Others advanced from Clamart, and occupied the neighborhood of Issy, which Fort was nearly destroyed. The garrison has since abandoned it.

On 2nd May a battalion of Chasseurs carried, at the point of the bayonet, the railway station at Clamart and Chateau Issy, capturing 300 Federalists. The Versailles troops unmasked a formidable battery at Mount Retort, and a sharp engagement occurred round Issy on the night of th« 6th. In the trenches uniting Issy and Vanvres several insurgents were made prisoners. The bombardment continues.

A League, established for supporting the liberties of Paris, is making a last effort to bring about a conciliation. Thiers replied to the Freemasons, who endeavored to bring about a conciliatory course, that he desires the war to come to an end, but France will not capitulate to the insurgents. Disorders took place in London before Parliament Houses, in consequence of the loose Budget, and petitions presented from working men against the lucifer match tax, which Lowe has since withdrawn.

There is a strong opposition to increase the Income Tax, but the Government was firm, and gained two or three divisions on the subject. For the Two Thousand Guinea Stakes, Bothwell was first, and Sterling second. Chester Cup, Glenlivet first. One Thousand Guineas Stakes, Hannah first. The Habeas Corpus Act is about to be suspended in Westmeath. Thirty-thousand operatives have been locked out at Oldham in consequence of a dispute regarding the closing hours on Saturdays. The Times publishes a telegram from Copenhagen stating that difficulties arise between Denmark and Prussia, in consequence of the immigrants from Schleswig to Denmark being called to their military districts for 15 th May. On the 26th April the Queen of the Thames was wrecked off the Cape of Good Hope. London, May 14.

The Britain arrived at Plymouth with first-class passengers of the Queen of the

Thames. The second-class follow by the next Gape steamer. The Queen of the Thames was sold withher cargo for£ls,ooo. COMMERCIAL SUMMARY. London, April 21st. Discount, 2|. Consols, 93. Wool better. Operations on a large scale resumed by the French trade has caused an average advance of one half-penny to a penny on February quotations. The Marquis of Lome and the Princess Louise have gone on a Continental tour. April 6. A grand review of Volunteers was held at Brighton ; the manceuvering was generally considered unsatisfactory, but the discipline of the men good, London, May 12. A treaty between France and Germany stipulates for the payment of half a milliard of francs thirty days after the taking of Paris by the Versailles troops from the insurgents, a delay being granted for the payment of the balance. Former treaties of commerce have been abrogated. Bombardment on the ramparts of Paris continues vigorously. Anteuil and Passy are suffering greatly. Business in wool chiefly for arrivals. All kinds are a penny to three half-pence higher than February. Tallow quite unchanged. The first sittings of the Albert Arbitration Committee are fixed for the 25th of May.

The Anglo-American Treaty provides for the appointment of five arbitrators for the settlement of the Alabama claims, viz., by Queen Victoria, President Grant, Brazils, Italy, and Switzerland. The arbitrators to meet at Geneva. The treaty is for ten years, and both parties undertake henceforth to prevent the I'ecurrence of incidents like that of the Alabama. Obituary —Sir John Herschel. (reuter to greville and co.) Veisailles, May 15. The Government troops occupied Fort Vanvres to-day, which the insurgents evacuated. Fifty guns and eight mortars were captured.