CABLEGRAMS. BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Otago Witness, Issue 1816, 10 September 1886, Page 9

CABLEGRAMS. BRITISH AND FOREIGN

(Reuter's Telegrams.) London, September 1. Colonial breadstuffs. — Adelaide wheat (ex store), per 4961b, is at 36s 6d, a decline of Is ; Adelaide flour (ex store), per 2891b, is Is lower, at 24s 6d ; New Zealand wheat (ex store), per 2961b, is at 28s to 34s 6d, a fall of Is per 4961b, for higher grades. Tallow. — Australian fair average quality beef, 23s Gd; mutton, 265. The stock of tallow in London is 1 6,000 casks. London, "September 1. Arrived at Plymouth to-day : Shaw, Saville, and Albion Company's Arawata, from Lyttelton. The Waimate, from Lyttelton (June 2), has arrived.

London, September 2. The frozen meat which arrived per Sbaw, Savill, and Albion Campauy's Arawa yesterday afternoon has been examined, and is found to be in good condition. The bank rate is 3 per cent., and the market rate 2| per cent. The weekly returns of the Bank of England published to-daj show the total reserve in notes and bullion to be £12,200,000, being the same as last week. The proportion of reserve to liabilities is 44 per cen fc. Mr Garrick, Agent-general fop Queensland, had an interview yesterday with Mr Edwd. Stanhope, Secretary of State for the Colonies, who informed him that a scheme for the joint administration of New Guinea by the Governments of Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria would shortly be acceded, to by the Cabinet. London, September <s. There is no change to report in colonial breadstuffs or tallow. The P. and O. Company's Shannon, from Melbourne (July 13), arrived at Plymouth to-day. The Australian mails ex P. and O. Company's Ballarat, which left Melbourne on August 27, were delivered here on Saturday via Brindisi.

Madeira, September 1. Arrived this morning : The New Zealand Shipping Company's Kaikoura, from Plymouth (August 28).

Australian mails ex Orient Company's Lusitana, dated Melbourne, 23rd July, were delivered to-day via Naples.

Constantinople, September l. Several severe shocks of earthquake have been felt at Smyrna. No serious damage has resulted.

New York, September 1. A very severe shock of earthquake has been felt along the 1 eastern seaboard and in Alabama and the city. The shock was felt strongest at Augusta and Savannah, in Georgia, and at Charleston. At these towns several hoxises fell, and 60 persons were killed.

San Feancisco, September 5. The Union Company's Mararoa arrived yesterday from Auckland (August 17). New York, September 2. Latest accouuts regarding the earthquake at Charleston states that fully three-fourths of the town has been destroyed, the population being driven out of doors. Many suffered great privations. Shocks of earthquakes continue to be felt all along the sea coast.

Capetown, September 3. The Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company's Tainui left for New Zealand this afternon.' ' Malta, September 1. Serious volcanic eruptions have .eccurred at the island of 'Gabita, off the coast of Tunis.

Hongkong, September 1. News is to hand fromCorea that, fearing a Russian occupation, the commanders of the Chinese ironclads recently reported off the coast landed a party of soldiers, and on the latter reaching the shore they wore attacked by a riotous mob of Coreans and compelled to return.

Keports have reached here of a terrible massacre of Christians in North Cochin China and in the Chinese province of Sechuen. A number of villages inhabited by Christians are reported to have been burned to the ground.

(Special to Press Association.) London, September 1. The report that Sir C. Dilke was about to visit the colonies is incorrect. The Russian Consul at Sofia has been superseded.

Outrages in Kerry still continue.

It is reported that Bishop Moorhouse is endeavouring to persuade Bishop Pearson, of Newcastle, to accept the vicarage of Blackburn.

Mr R. H. Want, solicitor in London for New South Wales, states that the English Government is prepared io subsidise a Pacific cable if the colonies grant a subvention for its construction. The latter have offered the use of plant for the survey of the Pacific, and will probably provide tho ships. M. De Freycinet has informed Lord Lyons that the deportation of criminals will continue unless the French terras are accepted. Sir Graham Berry has written a letter on the subject, in which he states that convictism and the New Hebrides arc separate questions, and if the recidiviste scheme is continued the colonies will resort to exclusion. London, September 2. France and the Vatican have agreed to a compromise respecting thfl despatch of a Papal Nuucio to China. Further intelligence received from South Carolina regarding the earthquakes gives harrowing details. Charleston was completely desolated, bridges, railways, and telegraph lines being destroyed. There were 10 shocks, which nearly maddened the inhabitants. Many terrible and affecting scenes wore witnessed. At Richmond, Virginia, the convicts in the city gaol made frantic efforts to escape. The town of Summerville has been nearly destroyed, and the damage to property in South Carolina is immense. The British Association have voted £150 to a New Guinea exploring expedition. Melbourne and Sydney have extended invitations to the British Association for 1888; but Mr W. Dawson, C.M.G., president-elect, favours the Austra- ! lian invitation. It is reported that a fight occurred at Kustenge, a seaport town of Roumania, on the Black Sea, between Bulgarian loyalists and a regiment of Roumanians, and that numerous casualties resulted on both sides. Beach declares that he will only row Hanlan at Sydney. The London Press recognise that Beach is the finest modern sculler. Mr Kither's treat to 1000 Bast End children, which took the shape of a trip to the Indian and Colonial Exhibition and a dinner, proved a great success. Mr Kither was applauded by Sir Samuel Davenport and Sir Arthur Blyth for his generosity. The Press manifest great enthusiasm over Beach's victory and at his having beaten the record to Hammersmith. The successor to Archbishop Goold, late Roman Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne will be nominated next week. The Admiralty have refused to give H.M.S. Miranda|to the New Zealand Government, as requested by them. Sir Samuel Davenport will return to Adelaide by the s s. Bengal on December 9. Sir Graham Berry, in a dispatch to the Colonial Office, states that the recent deportation of recidivistes is a gr.oss wrong and calculated to deeply offend and irritate the colonies, which will now take effectual measures to defend their shores from moral contamination. Sir J. F. Garrick hus also made reference to a report which has reached Mr Griffith, Premier of Queensland, to the effect that permanent buildings are being erected at the New Hebrides for the reception of recidivistes. London, September 3. During the earthquake shocks in Georgia and the two Carolinas many mud geysers broke out. The superstitious terror of the negro population aroused by these phenomena gave rise to many shocking scenes. September 6. The British Association have accepted the invitation to hold their 1888 meeting in Sydney, provided 50 associates are prepared to go.