TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XIV, Issue 4748, 3 February 1877, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

EUROPEAN CABLEGRAMS. THE EASTERN WAR. THE CASE OF SLADE. [riIESS AGENCY.] LONDON, January 31. The British, German, and Italian Consuls I advise Princ J Nicholas, of Monteuegro, to \ ;V make peace if tho Forte cedes territory. SSlSsASsiimmoua lias been granted against for conspiracy. -*• t'M'aiktfSTilALlAi; CABLEGRAMS. §ii : - - — OF WANT OF CONFIDENCE.

[press agency.] SVDNEY, February 2. Aitur an. excited parsonal debate a motion of ft-,-»t c>: confidence against the Governmcr.t v.ts negative;! iiy three votes. ~-Tii«a iiiii-.k'.cr o'i Lands, against whom misconduct was proved, resigned his portfolio yesterday. The delegates to the telegraph conference have been entertained at a picnic to the Blue Mountains. Arrived: The Wakatipu.

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS. [from otje own correspondents.] THAMES, Friday. Imperial Mint, Tapu (Hatch and party), crushed S tons for 3iozs. gold. Don Pedro Tribute (Sykes and party) realised 55ozs. odwts. gold from 3 tons stone. Moanataiari Tribute, Barry and party, working section, 2, obtained 75ozs. gold from 25 tons stone. Kuranui Hill Tribute (Hart and party) crushed 30 tons for 19ozs. lldwts. melted gold. A public meeting, by request, is called by the Mayor, to consider the action of the Waste Lands Board, re the Thames lands, on Saturday night. The fears entertained that Mr. McDonald, of the Miranda, with a lad, had been drowned, have proved groundless. They are safe at home, having been blown out of their course and unable to get back till toaJ' COROMANDEL, Friday. The manager of the Royal Oak reports :— "Since last report I have obtained 951bs. specimens and picked stone from the stopes on the left bank branch, No. 3 leader, inter-, mediate leveL Gold has been seen freely when breaking down, and some specimens obtained from the Little and Good lode. This portion of the mine is looking much better now than for some time past. The contractors on the low level are making slow progress."

The Tokatea cleaned up to-day, and had 49ozs. gold.

The clean up for the specimen crushing and general clean up took place" at the Union Beach battery today. The retorting is completed, and the return, which will be a good one, will be known tomorrow.

On the information of Mr. Carew, mine manager of the Golconda, two men named John Henry Burns and William Gage were arrested, charged with stealing two buckets and a rope, the property of the said company. The prisoners were engaged in sinking the Coromaudel company's shaft, and for this purpose made use of the articles. It is understood the information will be withdrawn against Gage, who will then witness against Evans. RUSSELL, Friday. A public meeting of settlers was held last night respecting obtaining a medical resident. A committee was appointed. MAKETU. Friday. The election for the Maketn Hiding took place yesterday. Messrs. Wrigley, Tapsell, Youug, and Vercoo went to the poll. Great interest was displayed. Every vote but one in the Riding was recorded. Messrs. Thomas Wrigley and Hans Tapsell were returned. Mr. John Hall was Returning Officer, and gave great satisfaction, [press agency.] ALEXANDRA, Friday. DOINGS OF THE KINGITES. MEETING TO CONSIDER THE NATIVE MINISTER'S PROPOSALS. Twelve o£ Rewi's men brought a European named Lananel down to To Wheoro yesterday. Lananel, with Morgan, has been for some time residing at Tahua, but their frequent visits to other settlements have aroused suspicions, hence Rewi's removing them. Morgan was here when Rewi arrived at Tuhua. Morgan, also, is not to return there. Lananel expresses his determination to go back. A large meeting is going on to-day at Kopua. Rewi and all the principal chiefs are at present considering the Native Minister's proposals at the late meeting with Manuhiri.

NELSON, Eriday.

At the General Synod, thia afternoon, the business was wholly formal. The discussion on. Mr. Rous Martin's motion, that the petition from S£ Peter's parish, Wellington, be acceded to, after a lengthy debate, mainly on the point of order of the petition, was referred to the Trusts Committee. The debate on the formularies will be resumed to-night. At the General Synod, on Wednesday evening, the Bishop of Auckland introduced a,bill to amend the Ecclesiastical Officers Statute, whio-h was read a first time on the motion of Mr. Marshall.

A committee was appointed to consider why marriages performed in New Zealand by the Church of England are so few, and to consider whether any or what alterations should be made in the present arrangements. In 1851, the marriages by the English Church amounted to four-fifths of the whole number; in ISG6, they decreased to threefourths ; in 1575, two-thirds. The Dean of Christchurch introduced a bill to the effect that no person should be entitled to vote at any parish meeting unless he shall have signed a declaration of church membership a month previously. That a churchwarden must be resident in the parish for which he is appointed. The bill was read a first time. Archdeacon Stock introduced a bill to authorise curates to call extra meetings, when asked to do so by one churchwarden and three vestrymen.

Archdeacon Harper moved for leave to bring in his bill re alterations of services, formularies, Thirty-nine Articles, and the authorised version o! the Bible. He said the bill tended solely towards preserving the faith of the Church.

The Bishop of Dunedin seconded. Archdeacon Maunsell strongly opposed. He said the preamble grossly misrepresented historical facts, and that for laxity of language and falsehood of assertion, the bill was a disgrace to the Synod. Archdeacon Fritt said the bill was ultra vires. The Bishop of Axickland said the bill was not contrary to the Constitution, but he t>io» r ',ht it better to omit the preamble. Mr. Carleton opposed the bill. The laity iv.u-.t-sd absolute identity with the Church at ho&l-. Tii; Bishop of Wellington spoke long and ablv in support of the bill. Tbi Dean of Christchuich would vote aaais-st it. Tiie debate was adjourned till 7.30 p.m. 0:1 Thursday. In the General Synod yesterday, the whole day was occupied with debates on the Formularies Bill, or, in reality, on the whole status and constitution of the Anglican Church in New Zealand. Archdeacons Stn ;k and Williams, Revs. S. Fancourt and U. and Messrs. .Barnieoal, Oliver, and Brown supported the bill. llevs. B. Buddie, B. A. Lingard, and A. Penny, and Messrs. Adains, Lusk, and Quick opposed. The main arguments in favour of the measure were that the Church of New Zealand is an autonomy and independent, with power to make all laws, and that it is desirable tp legislate while men's minds are quiet to prevent the possibility in future of changes being made without duo care. The chief arguments against the bill are that it is ■ultra viret as altering the Constitution unnecessarily, as the changes are undesirable

and inexpedient, and calculated to unsettle people's minds, and endanger the tenure of the Church property. The debate will be resumed at half-past seven this evemiJg by the Rev. Mr. Hanmer. WELLINGTON, Friday. It has been arranged to lay .a telegraph wire from the Hutt Station to the racecourse on condition of the Jockey Club paying ', interest upon the whole cost. The work has been commenced. Mr. Ormond is expected to arrive in Wellington by the Hinemoa to-day or to-morrow. Major Atkinson has started overland from Taranaki for Wellington.. The Hon. Geo. McLean will leave Sydney on Tuesday, for New Zealand, by the Wakatipu. The Government have received from the Agent-General the following immigration advices by the San Francisco mail: —On the [ 13th November, the Wiltshire sailed for Lyttelton, with 272 souls; on the 21st November, the Oxford, for Auckland, with 230 ; on the ISth, the Loch Lee, for Otago, with 17, who were landed sick at AVeymouth from the Hurnnui; on the 20th, the Hurunui, from Plymouth, with 170, 23 were landed at Plymouth, and are to leave by the Carnatic for about the 9th December. Thirty-one immigrants insisted on leaving the Hurunui. Tne following vessels are engaged to take immigrants :—Fernglen, for Hawke's Bay, on December 6 ; Northampton, for Nelson ; Wellington, for Westland. The above completes the Government requirements for the year. All advertisements have been stopped, and the staff reduced. NEW PLYMOUTH, Friday. The Budget has ceased publication, the reason given being that the place is not yet sufficiently advanced to support a daily paper. DUNEDIN, Friday. At the meeting of the Milton Pottery Company this afternoon, the balance-sheet showed a loss of £538. It was resolved to wind up the company. Twenty-two will probably play the English cricketers. The committee has already selected Millington and Nichols, of Oamaru, Downes, of Lawrence, and Everest, of Palmerston. Twenty-four others have been chosen to practice for the event. TIMARU, Friday. The train from Oamaru, with 300 excursionists, broke down last night, at South Waitaki, owing to the fire-plug coming out of the engine, which was in bad order. Assistance was obtained from Oamaru, and the train reached Timarn at 11 o'clock, the passengers having suffered severely. The down train from Timaru was also full of excursionists, and was also detained until the south train could pass. OAMARU, Friday.

Th 3 railway through from Christchurch is now opened from Makikihi. Several thousands travelled by the trains. Both the Mayors of Timaru and Oamaru declared a public holiday. There were great demonstrations at Timaru, and a public holiday in consequence of the opening of the railway. At Oamaru the weather is so intensely hot that harvest hands are working at night.

The Harbour Board revenue for the year ending 31st December last, was £14,594; the expenditure, £7647. The present liabilities for work going on, amount to £15,5G5, besides the proposed dredging contract of Proudfoot, of £59,250.

There is a dead-lock between the Mayor and Borough Council. At a special meetto consider the conduct of the Mayor in giving orders to the Engineer contrary to a resolution of the Council, a scandalous scene ensued. No business could be done, as the Mayor left the chair, but would not leave the room, and as he was not absent, the Council could not elect one of their number to fill the chair. The Council sat up till half-past twelve, disputing, quarrelling, and chaffing, and then all left the room, leaving the Mayor alone with the Town Clerk,

The Customs revenue for the month of January is £1090 as against £2600 last year. The trade of the port is declining alarmingly. Business of all sorts is -very dull; money extremely high. Canterbury land sales are keeping up wonderfully. The receipts for" the month are £41,521, or at the rate of over half-a-million a year.