TELEGRAPHIC.

Colonist, Volume XX, Issue 2417, 11 July 1878, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC.

[Reuter's Telegrams to Pbess Agency.]

London, July 6. Cjnsols, 95J ; bank rate of disoount, 2£; market rab \3; securities unchanged; wheat is unaltered; 110u,y355. ~ :.■■

The wool sales have closed. 310,000 bales were catalogued, of which 43,000 bales,are held over till next sales. 155,000 bales were exported. The next sales commence on July 20. The probable quantity to be offered then is 330,000 bales. , .. «■'.-.':.■■• ' : :\'' A '■■'■■'•' ! July 8. . England hat concluded a defenuvt treaty with

Turkey, and assumes a protectorate over Asia Minor, guaranteeing the integrity of the Sultan'a Asiatic realiu. England occupies Cyprus. Russia pledges herself to dismantle the Batoum forts, and to make the port commercially free. Sir S. Northoote met with a slight accident at his official reaidencß, which will probably disable him for a few days. : r ; Beblin, July. 7The Congress haa agreed to maintain by treaty the stipulated prohibition of the passage of the Dardanelles by foreign war vessels. Batoum it ceded to Russia and made a free port. ; . Concerning Greeoe, her new norther* boundary line is extended from Mount Salembria to Mount Kalimos.; It is considered that this decision of the Congress will satisfy nobody. The London Conservative Press and the Paris papers vigorously attaok it. The Austrian occupation of Bosnia ana Herzegovina is postponed till August. Russia restores to Turkey Bayazid and the Valley of Alestigerd. Memoubne, July'9. Parliament was opened to-day. -The Governor's speech promises Constitutional Reform and Railway Extension Loan Bills. •■■•'■ Christohubch, July 5. The farmers here are taking active measures to cope with the sparrow nuisance, and meetings hare been held in various country districts to devise means to kill the birds. Poisoned wheat is most generally adopted. The Charitable Aid Board, having arranged sathfactorily with the Government, have now settled down to active work. ■ ■ A shocking affair occurred at Oxford yesterday. Shortly before noon, a bouße in the bush was observed to be on fire, and whem a neighbor reached the spot he found Mrs Hoff, the wife of a GermaD, who occupied the cottage, lying on the ground insensible with a fearful gash in her head; She was conveyed to the township, but soon after expired. Hoff was arrested during the afternoon. He said during a quarrel his wife hit him in the faoe, when he struck her on the head with a tomahawk. He seemed quite unconcerned at the result of the affair. It is supposed that after strili ing his wife Hoff set fire to the oottsge., . ■. -••„■■■ ; ■• ~:•■ , /;.,;, . / , ■.■; ,: ; Juiyio. Further particulars regarding the murder at Oxford show that the deceaied woman had excited her husband's jealousy by being too friendly with a man named Barrett who with them. That Hoff comp'ained of the infidelity of his wife was very notorious in the , Oxford district. Barrett left the house early on the morning of the murdtr, but whether any quarrel oocurred prior to it, no one knows. Hoff is about sixty years of age, and has latterly been much given to drink. The sale of the Lenwood estate of 52 aores, one mile from Christchurch, took place yesterday. It was divided into quarter-acre sections, and realised £18,432. ; ■■;... Wellington, July 9. ; Further provisions of the new Licensing Bill are' published hero, amongst which ara some of the following : —" Every person desiring to obtain a license shall give notice in writing to the Clerk of the Licensing Court, and affix it on the front of the nremieea for which the license i» applied at least 21 days before the application, and publish a copy of '.the. notification iu the local papers,"-1-" Every application, except for renewal, must be accompanied by! a certificate signed by ten householders in respect to thd fitness of the applicant."—"The Clerk of the Court is to past applications inside and outside the building where the Licensing Court is held."— " Twelve or more njale or female residents within th«; licensimr district, or any perion already licensed witbin the district, or owner of premises, will have a right to object to granting a license ; also the County or Borough Council may authoriio a person to object on behalf of the ratepayers to granting the lioonse.'' —" When tbopremiies applied to be licensed are within any native licensing district, any twelve adult natives, male or female residents therein, may object."—"The ground of objections for granting' licenses are that the applicant is of bad fame or character, or of drunken habits, or has within six months previously forfeited his license, or been convicted of selling without a license within a period of three years ; or that a licensed house is not required,; or that it is near a place of worship, a hospital, or school." —" It is not necessary to give the applicant notice of objections, but in such cases the applicant may deuand an adjournment."—"Similar objeotioas are to be entertained for the: renewal of licenses."— " The licensing justices must entertain such objections,' and if it appears that the majority of the residents or ratepayers in the neighborhood object to any application the same shall be refused."—" Licensing justices in the last case are to determine what is a "neighborhood" for the purposes of the Act. Inyekcabgull, July 10. To-day was observed as a publio holiday, on account of the opening of the Winton aid Kingston line. The town was nearly deserted. The nomination of candidates for the Inveroargill election took place, to-day. Messrs J. H. Bain and H. Peldwiok were the only candidates proposed. The show of hands was in favor of the former. ~ Dunedin, July 10. Mr Henry Driver announces himself as a candidate forßoslyn. ■ , Auckland, July 9. A private oablegratn announces the death of Mr M'Fie, the resident partner in London of the firm of M'Arthur and Co., soft goods merohants. An inquest was held to-day on the body of Robert Evans, who died on board the Rotorua. The medical; testimony showed that death arose from inflammation of the heart. He was travelling to Dunedin seeking employment. Mr Baird, the engineor of the Rotorua, was presented to-day with a valuable gold watch and chain for his services in securing the uto of the Bay of Islands coal on the Union Company's steamers, and for his efforts generally to make known the qualities of this valuable heating coal. - July 10. The half yearly meeting of the New Zealand Insurance Company was held to-day. From the available balance of £18,873, the Directors recommend the paymont of a dividend of 15 per cent, whioh leaveß a balance of £3873 to be carried forward. Sydney, July 3. A deputation to the Minister of Public Works urged the connection of the Great Northern Railway with Sydney. Ministers promised to consider it. There has been a water famine in Sydney for two. days. ■ . The Queensland expedition for New Guinea leaves Brisbane next month to prospect for gold. Judge Jjulwych has been appointed acting Chief Justice. . Melbourne, July 3. William Hurst, J.P., hae been charged .with forgery. The Government railway scheme provide! for the construction of 1000 miles of railway to Wentworth. and the South Australian border, Snow fell at Wood's Point six i'eet deep.. William Lystor received a testimonial and 330 sovs on the stage of the Opera House. Lystar goes home by the San Francisoo mail. Mr Cassidy abandons politics for a Judgeship or tho Agent-Generalship. Mrs Beight, wife ot Mr John Bright, M.P., died suddenly at Bocbdale. The Queen sent a message of condolence to Mr .Bright upon his bereavement. Seveeal bodies have recently been washed ashore from the wreck of the Eitfydice. The attempts to raise the vessel have been suspended, in consequence of the tides biting unfavorable. During a performance in the theatre at Ahmedmugger the building caught fire. Forty persons were burned to death. Mr Mechi slates that the English harvest prospects for all crops continue - most promising. Taken as a whole, he " never saw our crops look more promising and 1 II , early." _

The Maryborough Advertiser is responsible for the following:—"Yesterday a Chinaman walked into a boot shop iu High street, with a pair of new boots under bis arm, and asked the owner of the estabment to remove the nails that were sticking up through the soles. ' Him welly bad, hurcem me too muchee,' said John, with a face that plainly showed he kno.v what the pain was. The rasp wa* accor liugly put to, work, and shortly afterward." tue boots were handed back to John, with the nails smoothed down. 'Thankee you, me thankee you welly muchee,' said John, with a bland smile, as he received back the.boots and left; the shop. About an hour after, a young person engaged in the establishment enquired of tbe proprietor if a pair of boots had been sold from |the outside of the shop, and being answered in the negative, and no other person having disposed of the mining boots, it soon dawned on the minds of the individuals that the bland and childlike simplicity of the trusting Celestial had been too much for them, and that they had been asked to smooth away the obstacles which impeded John's progress in walking off with their boots. IVo doubt the countenance of the ' heathen Chinee/ as he left the ahop, was worth studying." , The revisers of the authorised version of' the .New Testament met on May Bth, at the Jerusalem Chamber for their 80th session, and. aat for seven hours. The .company carried on their revision to the end of the 14hh chapter of St. Paul's Pirst Epistle to the Corinthians.

A Veteran.—The Kev. W. Tranter, of West Harnham, near Salisbury, has just completed his 100th year. He is understood to be the oldest Wesleyan minuter in England, and, although he retired from full ministerial duties some years ago, he has since frequently preached in the Weileyan Chapel, Salisbury. He is at the present time in pretty good health.

An extraordinary scene ha« occurred at a Methodist chapel in Hanley. An old man of 70, with several grown up children and grandchildren, had arranged to be married to a girl 18 years old. On the party arriving at the chapel, they were attacked by a large mob and their clothes much torn. Ten policement were present, but were overpowered, and the mob rushed into the chapel, making a continued noise while the ceremony proceeded. The married pair finally escaped by different doors, and eight constables conducted them home.

A scandalous scene, says a letter from St. Petersburg, took place on Easter Day in the Kazan Cathedral. Juat as the Metropolitan had ascended the pulpit and was about to address the congregation, which numbered over 3000, a large stone was thrown at him, while a loud voice cried, " Death to the Czar's executioners ( Death to the Popes !" The offender tried to escape through the crowd, but was arrested by the gendarmes. He was recognised as an exoutlaw, who returned from Siberia only a few months ago.

An extraordinary scene occurred at the Dublin Morgue, on Bth May, during the hearing of an inquest on the body of a young woman named Lynch, who had committed suicide by drowning herself; In her pocket was found writing, accusing a man named Daniel Murphy of having 'seduced her. "When Murphy, who had been summoned by the coroner, appeared in court, he was attacked by the deceased's, brother and seriously Btabbed in the face. Lynch was arrested, and Murphy removed, to the hospital. ~ The Court of Queen's Bench imposed a fine of £250 upon the publisher of. the Whitehall Review, who had been found guilty of publishing in chat paper, a libel upon Mr'and Mrs Thornton. . •". The trial of the Bagot will case, in Dublin, was concluded after extending over 23 days. The jury returned a verdict that the testator was of sound mind, except as to the paternity of his child. The Judge entered the verdict as for the plaintiff, Mrs Bagot,, but notice was given that a new trial would be moved for.

The Master of the Kolls decided that Mrs Besant, the co-defendant withMr Bradlnugh in a recent trial, was not a fit <ioraon.to hnve charge of her child, whom i.e ordered to be delivered over to its father.

Malcolm Fbaser, lately a.Lieutenant in the Sussex Artillery Militia, who had been committed for trial'upon a charge of incite-, ment to fight a duel, was released upon sureties, and he afterwards attempted suicide by shooting himself, but the wound is believed not to be fatal. - '

Six men have been committed for trial for the murder of Lord Leitrim and his servants. ;

A telegbam from New York states that a body of Fenians has encamped near the Canadian border, in Vermont, and is daily receiving additions to it's numbers. , In the Divorce Court in London, a decree nisi for dissolution-of marriage was pronounced against the Countess of Desart, for adultery with Mr Sugden, an actor. Eugene Chantrelle was found guilty at Edinburgh of the murder of his wife by poissn and has been sentenced to death. Texas " jiw'ellery" is at present generally worn in that State, and tht demand for it is said almost to exceed the supply. " Everywhere," says the Galveston News, "breast pockets, breeches pockets, belts, boots, waist* coat pockets are the hiding places of Colt's Smith'add Wesson's, and English revolvers, or dirks, bowie-knives, clasp-knives, and derringerß. Our gun shops, hardware stores, variety stores, book and jewellery stores, and retail-shopß display" glittering blades and ingeniously wrought murderous revolvers • but, not being able to supply the demand, the mails and the express are loaded with weapons ordered from distant marts and manufacturers." It is a remarkable fact (says an English paper) that in the United states, whose institutions were not long since held up by the apostlei of progress in this country cas models of all that was to be copied and desired, there are many districts where lawlessness is so general and deeds of violence are so frequent that the inhabitants may be truly said to, "hold their, lives in their hands." It it indeed sometimes difficult to distinguish betweed barbarism and Repubcican simplicity in a land of perfect liberty ♦

A Brave, 'Servant,'Girl!—A • solitary farm-house at Chart, Hampshire, .occupied by Mr Glover,. ( wai entered by burglars recently. The only,/ occupants jof^the house were, the farmer jand bis wife—an aged couple—their' grandson, a boy of, 12, and a servant girl named Digby, aged 22. The latter, during the small hours of the night, was awakened by a noise in the house. She got up, opened her bed-room door, and after listening became convinced that robbers were in the house. Without waking her master or mistress, or, in fact, creating an alarm, she. hastily dressed^ herself and noiselessly, without her boots, descended the stairs. Here, through the half-open sittingroom door, she saw two men, with the aid of a dark lantern, ransacking the bureau. Without making the least noise, she made her way out of the back part of the premises, and with all speed proceeded to two cottages on the farm, each of which was inhabited by a laborer and his family. These she succeeded in arousing, and explained her mission. In a few minutes the laborers, each accompanied by a stalwart son, all roughly armed, went back with the girl to the farm, and the party, headed by the girl, entered the house just as the robbers with their booty—two bags containing gold. and silver to a considerable amount —were, making their exit. The robbers,. who were fortunately unprovided with firearms, were seized, and a desperate struggle ensued, in the.course of which two of the laborers were rendered senseless by blows from a life-preierver. In the course of the struggle,the girl managed .to tecure the unremoved money bags. After a plucky attempt to overcome them, the burglars succeeded,in effecting their escape by the opened window by which | they had gained an entrance., i . , Man and Beast.—Francis Borne, otherwise known as John Boulanger, a Frenchman, recently died.at the New,.York Hospital, from terrible injuries received from a wrestling bout with a large grey, bear in Troy..1 Borne was a well-known wrestler, and was formerly employed as a bar-tender at a New York drinking shop, where wrestling matches between men and bears were.first introduced Borne often wrestled,with bearcat this place, and usually came off victorious. : Afterwards he joined a wrestling troupe, and travelled with, them about, the country. Some six weeks before his death he wreitled with a powerful grey bear, was very roughly hugged, and.camejto New York for medical treatment. On . examination it was. found that he had sustained severe internal injuries. Home days ago. marks of the bear's * huge paws made their appearance on both sides of his body. The bear is < known as Lena, aid is the,largest and most powerful of the three trained bears imported for exhibition as wrestlers. Lena's, owner says that she was a very highly-trained animal, and was as expert a wrestler as any of the men who had been pitted against her. .she was leaied to the troupe at $50 per week. ', She was not .an ill-tempered brute, but was very,powerful, weighing over 3001bs. Borne .had .-been warned of the. terrible strength of the bear, but always appeared confident that he was a match for her.' , ■ ; Extraordinary Journey: by two Boys. —The Allan iteamer^Sardinian, from Halifax, Nova Scotia, which recently, arrived at Liverpool, brought with her two young lads, Bichard and Philip Valot, 11 and 12 years old respectively, who had,found their way to England under: the extraordinary, circumstances stated> below., The lads; belong to Montreal, and the desertion of their father and subsequent death . of: their mother left them destitute. They were ■ received into .St. PatrickYHome at Montreal, until they were Bent for by .their grandmother at Halifax. The .Fathers of the Home sent them off- by the trainl which 'conveyed . tbe passengers for the Sardinian, placing them under the protection of the conductor; Tbe large- number of pasengers, however, and the consequent confusion, secerned to have so occupied the attention of this official that be was neglectful of his charge,-and the two boys," going in the swim," were soon on board the Sardinian. They had a vague idea of having to cross a ferry at Halifax, and' meant no disrespect when they took the stately liner, Sardinian, for an unpretending ferryboat. This•'"ferry;" however, proved unusually broad, and very soon'attention was directed to the two poor lads, who crouched on deck looking very much scared and' distressed. Their history was soon ,told, but as. tbe pilot had left there was nothing for it but to give them a trip across the Atlantic. The helpless condition of the two poor waifs attracted general sympathy f and Captain Dutton placed them in charge of the stewardess, under whose motherly care they were soon lively and comfortable. The bracing Atlantic breezes, and the kindly attention of the passengers and crew, had a . wonderful effect on the two, and they arrived in England in excellent health and spirits. Here they were, comfortably lodged and rigged out by Messrs Allan Bros., who will i provide, for them until sent back to Halifax. In the meantime the firm sent a cable message to their agents at Halifax- to acquaint the no doubt disconsolate grandmother of the safety of her lost' boys;- '•■■■" '

The Earthquake and the Fleet.—An officer of 000 of therßritish ironclads serving in the Sea of Marmora writes as follows with reference to the earthquake that took place there on the'evening of Good Friday: —'M was seated in my cabin, when suddenly, without a moment's notice, there was a strange sound, and the ship began to shake, aa if she were steaming at a very high rate or running' on: tooa bank. At once there was a rußh from all parts of the ship to the upper deck, and some of the men were completely carried off their legs while' running up the ladders. > The vibration lasted some seconds, and there was a sound as of water bubbling up.under the BhipV bottom, but the surface.of the sea was calm all around. We took soundings as quickly as possible, but the lead showed that no alteration what' ever had taken place in our anchorage ground. In Ismiditself-some- houies 'were thrown down, and also the'top of]a" mitaaret. A.t one of the: villag«B near "leniid^'much damage was done.iand it* is "stated vtlifct twenty-five lives werexlost* '-'The iultextient of the damage is not yet Moartain«d. Iho

ahock travelled as'far as Constantinople. It is said that Ismid is a great place for earthquakes. You can see traces of them round the town, and report says that a large part of the town is submerged, and that there are remains of houses not far from where the fleet was; anchored. On inquiry it was found that the crews of the other ships of the fleet had come to the conclusion that the Russians had got a torpedo under them. A second shock was felt at 10.15 the same evening, and a third at midnight, but they were not Bevere." ___________