LATEST ENGLISH NEWS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 1249, 30 August 1875, Page 3

LATEST ENGLISH NEWS.

Bluff, Friday Evening. The Albion with the English mail left Melbourne at 8.30 p.m. on the 23rd and arrived at the Bluff at I p.m. on the 27th. She brings 34 saloon and 50 steerage passengers, and 550 tons of cargo for all ports. She sails for Dunedin at 8 p.m. to-night. CABLE NEWS. London, August 17. The London wool sales opened this evening. The arrivals amount to 298,000 bales. Upwards of 8000 bales havo been offered. The attendance of homo and foreign bnyers was lartje. Bidding commenced with spirit. Prices as compared with last series show a slight decline. Sydney wool is a penny lower. August 18. The insurrection on tho northern frontier of Bosnia is of a serious character. 20,000 Turks are operating against tho Insurgonts at Herzegovina. There are apprehensions of a religious war between the Moslems* and Christians. MAIL NEWS. The Golconda has arrived at Glonelg. She- reports that tho Ceylon arrived at tho Sound on July £2 and after repairing machinery left again on the 24th. The sixth company of Royal Engineers embarked m the Whampoa for Fiji. An animated controversy is proceeding respecting the credibility of Lawson's discoveries m New Guinea. His statement is generally regarded as a pure invention. ' The Australian United Gold Mining Company is to be voluntarily wound up. Travelling under tho titlo of Countess Von Buren, the Queen of Netherlands is visiting England. She has been entertained. The Queen and Empress Eugenic again exchanged visits. The Prince and Princess of Wales havo been visit.ng Stratfield, the seat of tho Duke of Wellington. The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh have proceeded to Copenhagen, en route to Russia. The Court is m mourning for the death of the ex-Emperor Ferdinand of Austria. The present Lord Mfvyor nobly maintains the hospitalities of the Mansion House at Dublin. The Lord Mayor of London was splendidly entertained. Tho Sultan of Zanzibar has been tho lion of the month. Ho is an indefatigable sight-seer, and ha 3 been entertained by all tho leading personages, from the Queon downwards. He speaks m terms of su- ■ preme delight of tho places ho has visited. Sir Douglass Forsytli's mission to Burmah has failed. The King refuses to allow the passago of British troops through his territory. Sir Douglass hag ' returned to Simla. A Shanghai telegram announces that Chinkiang is now quiet. The Chinese authorities have partially satisfied the j demands for reparation made by tho .. British and American Consuls m consequence of the late outrage. £30,000 have been received at the -'. Mansion House on account of the , Metropolitan Hospital Sunday fund. ■Mr Gladstone's ceramic collection was - disposed of m a four days' salo for • £9329. The celebrated collection known as the Maelborayt gems, sold m one lot to Mr Agnew for thirty-five thousand guineas. In consequence of an adverse decision m the Court of Exchequer, the Brighton . Aquarium has been closod on Sundays. i The Government are unable to deal with the question this session. The Home ; Secretary finds himself not empowered by „ law to remitthe penalties. ■..•:•.. The Lower House of Convocation has • ■ been discussing the question of vosti. ments. Meanwhile a memorial signed by one hundred and forty thousand persons has been presented to the Crown protesting against the eastward position and legalisation of distinctive dress m tho Communion service. Owing to the suspension of the Rev Mr Mackonochie, Holy Communion is no longer celebrated at St. ' • Albans. After the sermon by the curate the congregation form into procession and proceed to a ritualistic church m Cheapaide, where virtual mass is said. A lay Catholic testimonial of sixty-five hundred pounds has been presented to Cardinal Manning. The Duke of Norfolk subscribed £1000. The Echo has been purchased by Mr . Albert Grant, who will convert it into a Conservative morning organ. Mr Arthur Arnold retires from the editorship. It is • rumored that Mr Sampson succeeds him. CDunsel's opinion on the question of the legality of Church of England ' clergymen preaching m Nonconformist pulpits is decidedly adverso to those desirous of fraternisation. Sir Charles Roed is promoting a movement for systematically teaching swimming m public schools. •...-. The Lyceum season has closed. Mr . Irving intimated that m September Macbeth would be produced, and Tennyson's Queen Mary. Marshal MacMahon, as arbitrator m -the protracted dispute between England and Portugal respecting Delagoa Bay, " decided m favor of Portugal. • A thousand Mormon proselytes m "charge of Brigham Young's son sailed . from Liverpool. Five hundred consist of Germans, and the rest are English, ■-Scotch, and Welsh. ' A Home Rule conference of Irishmen 'resident m England, held with closed 'doors at Clerkenwell narrowly escaped " severe handling by a body of indignant '"mechanics. . ......Three Bedford gentlemen and one i clergyman have been committed for trial ion a charge of manslaughter, m connec- -. tion with the- suspicious death of a young naval lieutenant while travelling by night • 'm a Pulman car. • Brutal outrages have been reported 'from^Lancashire. Two men kicked their "'wives to death. "*°.''S6me formidable strikes have occurred Pabroad. In Belgium 3000 colliers refused' 'to' enter the pits. At Berum m Moravia, 8000 woollen weavers struck for an ad- , yance. A serious dispute is impending m the iron trade. A rupture is anticipated. ■ . . . .At an annual picnic of the Northumiberland Miners' Union at Morpeth at- , tended by 2000 persons, a resolution was < adopted affirming the principle of manhood sufftage, legalisation of country and ■ borough franchise. • ; U'^Mr Merry's Doncaster was the winner "of the Gold Cup at Ascot. After having; ■been Bold to his trainer for £10,000 he "wiiß resold to the Duke of Westminster for £13,000. Mr Merry intends to sell all "nis ; jhbrses now m , training. Fifty, Middlepark yearlings . were Bold for 1 11,5Q0 guineas.. Macaroni has been purchased for, £7100. The Jockey .Club ha 3 resolved that any touter detected watching, a. trjal or person proved to have obtained information surreptitiously shall be 'warned off the Newmarket Heath and all [racecourses. -•A three-days' cricket match between gentlemen and players has taken place. The former won by 262 runs. The scores were 536 against 334. 'T'loods' .'and destructive inundations • have' occurred m various parts of ' the continent. Hungary : is suffering dread-

fully form the watery scourge. At Pesth sixty dead bodies have been recovered. In the south of France there has been a disastrous and appalling flood. At St. Agpi-ean tlioro were ten feet of water m the streets. At Toulouse alone 2000 peopl« were drowned, 3000 houses were destroyed, and 20,000 persons rendered homeless. The calamity has excited the greatest sympathy. Large sums are being subscribed for relief. The damages are estimated at nine to twelve millions sterling alone at Toulouse. j American papers describe a terrible earthquake at Fuchuta Valley, m the republic of New Granada. It has been entirely destroyed. Only a few families were saved. Fully 10,000 people perished. Obituary — Viscount Molesworth, Capt. Kennedy, the famous chess player ; exEmperor Ferdinand of Austria ; Mr Michael Henry, editor of the Jewish Chronicle ; Morgan O'Connell, nophew of the Liberator ; Mr J. B. Baines, of the Leeds Mtvcury ; Mr John Robertson, journalist. SHIPPING. Sailed, July I— Border Chief for Wellington; June 17, City of Auckland, for Auckland ; June 20, Elizabeth Graham, for Otago ; June 25, Helen Denny, for Napier ; July 1, Invercargill, for Port Chalmers ; July 5, Kinfauns Castle, for Wellington ; July 1, Merope, for Canterbury ; July 3, Taunton, for Otago ; June 18, "Waimea, for Otago ; June 25, Waikato for Canterbury. Loading for Aucklaxd, White Eagle, British Empire, Star of Germany, Ocean Mail, and Waitara ; for Canterbury, Himalaya, Duke of Edinburgh, Queen Bee, and Waitangi ; for Napier, Inverness and Queen Bee ; for Otago, Jessie Readman, Zealandia, Carmarthenshire, Calypso, May Queen, Otago, Mataura, and Celestial Queen ; for Wellington, Howrah and St. Leonard , for Bluff, Adamant. AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Melbourne, August 21. Ministers have changed front a little since the Chief Secretary's speech at Geelong, which was not well received by the country. Other speeches by Ministers give something more definite of a policy. The lands are to bo taxed according to valuation, and not by area, and it is proposed to invite a conference of other colonies to consider the tariff question and relations of the colonies with tho Imperial Government. In all this thefinger of Mr Higginbotham is plainly visible. The nominations havo passed and all Ministers elected. Judge Molesworth has issued an attachment against Dr Bradford, who eloped with a ward of the Court to New Zealand, and ia now settled m Wellington ; no further sums are to be paid to the young lady until she returns to the colony. A settlement, made by Dr Bradford m favor of his wife the judge refused to rucoj'iiiso m any way. The hospital election created amnst unusual excitement. Dr Moloney headed the poll for the honorary physicians, and Dr Br.iney the surgical side. Tho Winton Cv p coursing match finished yesterday, Mr Wagner's Sandy being the winner, with Lucy as runner up. Baratta won the Waterloo Cup. A man named Octavius Baker has been committed for trial, personating a father and sanctioning the marriage of a minor. A private London telegram, dated August 17th, states that the wool sale* opened about three halfpence lower. It is believed that, wool has touched the lowest figure for tho present. Tho markets are unchanged. Breadstuffs are firm. Wheat is as at 5s 7d. Large sales of tobaccos have been made at full rates. News roached here last evening of the arrival of the steamer Ceylon at Galle on the 19th, after having been 17 days under canvas. The Chanticleer, 43 days out from New Zealand to Hobart Town, has not yet arrived. Tho Macgregor arrived at Sydney yesterday.

Suez Mail. — It is expected that tho" Titnaru portion of tho Suez mail will arrive hero to-morrow by the steamer Albion. District Court. — A civil session of thi3 Court will be held this morning, commencing at 1 1 o'clock. Ciiunon of England. — A communication was received by M.r Ormsby ou Saturday, from the Dean of Chriatchurch, stating thai the Diocesan Nominators had met, and fully concurred m the nomination of Archdeacon Harper as clergyman for the cure of Timaru. The letter also states that it was more than probable that tho Archdeacon would accept the nomination. Tijia.ru Breakwater.— The following communication, which will bo read with interest, was received by Mr P. B. Luxinoore, Chairman of tho Board of Works, on Saturday; — "Extract from telegram from Mr A. 0. Ottywell. Telegram to bis Honor the Suporinteudunt of Canterbury, Christchuroh. London, August 10th — Coode's Timaru plans complete, forwarded next mail. Recommends breakwater aud jetty to be constructed m two periods, first, to accomodate present trade, estimated to cost £240,000 ; extension hereafter, to complete design, if, trade requires, £79,000 additional. Signed; Oriental Telegraph Agency, Melbourne, August 17th." . ; Accident. — By an accident on Saturday Mr Cliff lost a fine young cart-horso. Thej animal was tied up \o Mr Jumna King's, stockyard, and while being unloosed he> struggled and struck his head such a violent 1 blow ou the fonco as to causo concussion of the brain. As there was no possibility of tho animal's recovery it was despatched. TuiAßtr Borough Council. -The meeting of this Council fixed for Friday evening last lapsed for want of a quorum. The members present were his Worship the Mayor, Councillors Su.tter, Wilson and Fyfe. Resident Magistrate's Court, Tijiabu. —At this Court on Friday last, before. B. Woollcoinbe, Esq.. R.M., the following cases were heard :— Patrick Hayes for riotous behaviour m a licensed house was fined ss, and for wilful destruction of private property was? fined 5s and ordered to pay 20s for the; damage done. John Cain for being drunk: and disorderly was fiued 20s or forty-eight houra' imprisonment. W. James Mackenzie' was charged by James "SToung with larceny. Mounted Constable Gilchrist said that he arrested prisoner at the Otaio ov a charge of stealing a coat. Prisoner said that he took the coat, but that he did not kuow who was the owner of it. James Youug, a watchmaker, at Waimate, said that the coat produced was his property. He had the coat on on the 14th of June at the Forester's meeting. He then went to Frederick Newton's billiard-room. • He could not say whether he had his coat there. He was intoxicated then, and tho next morning he fouud himself m the lock-up without his coat. The next time he saw the coat, it was m a bedroomj'on the same floor as the billiard- room. There was a Forester's sash m the pocket, The sash belouged to th'e Foresters' Society, and he had to pay £1 2* to replace it. Constable Gilchrist said' that he found tho Forester's scarf alluded to m a. portmanteau prisoner claimed. Prisoner m. defence, stated, that about three months ago the coat was left m the billiard-room. Newton and he had been m the habit of wealing it m wet weather since. Nobody claimed the coat,' and prisoner then took it- away together with the scarf. He intended to return with the things to Waimate. Prisoner was sentenced to three months' imprisonment with hard labor. The same prisoner was, further charged with stealiug goods from^Charles Stephen Mills. Constable Gilchrist said that when he arrested prisoner on.Jhe. 24th just at the Otaio, he churgeli him with stealing a i>air of socks and

a pair of brac;a from the' sh >p of Charles Stephen Mills, a draper at Waim-ite. Prisoner said that he founrl the nocks m the pocket of the eont he was charged with stealing, and that the braces were given to him by Mills. Charles Stephen Mills said that he had occasion to leave his shop on the 20th of this month. Before he left he redressed the window. He placed shirts, socks, braces and tweed m the window, also boxes containing collars. He was absent for about half an hour, and when he returned prisoner was standing inaide near the door. He left directly witness returned. AVitnena after this left the shop, and returned m about ten miuutes. He looked at the window and missed a pair of braces. He saw the prisoner again m bis shop. He aaid to him " Mac be a man ; if you have taken anything return it." At first prisoner denied taking anything, and afterwards said "Don't be hard upon me, I only took the things I was ia- need of." Witness asked him for the things he had taken. He then produced a pair of socks and a pair of braces. The goods were worth fire shillings and sixpence. Prisoner, was also sentenced to three months' imprisonment on this charge. Waihi Bush Minstrels.— Oa Friday evening last an entertainment was given at Temuka m the Volunteer Hall by the Waihi Bush Christy Minstrels, m aid of the Church Building Fund m that district. A.B the object was a praiseworthy one, a great many tickets "■ere aold, and the hall was well filled, but the tudience little anticipated that they were to have the great treat afforded to them. Ihe performance commenced with the overture from ' Zampa,' played by Mr Stevens (piano), and Messrs Taucred and Langdowne (violins). The piece was much admired. After the overture the curtain rose to ' Boinbastes Furioso.' The ' K'ng ' was inpersonated by Mr P. Tancred, the * Minister ' by Mr P. F. Tancred, the 'General' by Mr Berger, and the ' Lady ' by Mr C. Tancred. The piece was put upon the stago m the most correct form. The dresses were excellent, tha music of a very superior nature, the acting was better than that of any amateurs that have appeared m South Canterbury, and the curtain fell amidst a shower of applause. After the usual interval, Messrs Stevens, Laugdowne and Tancred gave the overture ' The Caliph of Bagdad.' which was most undoubtedly the gem of the evening. It was exquisitely rendered, and would do credit to any professionals. The reading given by Mr Williams was amusing, but he read under difficulties, owing to a bad cold and a noise which the niggers made behind thn curtain m putting their properties on the stage. On the rising of the curtain the Minstrels were discovered looking as gloomy as possible, but only a few minutes elapsed before it was shown that talent of a superior character was concealed behind their dusky faces. The opening chorus was a convincing proof of that fact. Every one of the Minstrels sang with great taste, and the choruses with the accompaniments wore splendidly given. It would be useless to comment on any of the pieces given when they were all bo good. Messrs P. F. Tancred and Berger were the two corner men, and kept the house m roara of laughter with their drolleries. It is to be hoped that the Ministrels will visit Temuka again, and if they do it will be advisable for persons who wish to xttend to Imok thfir Bfats early, otherwise they will be disappointed. Sullivan. — a contemporary says: — The notorious criminal Sullivan is still confined m the Melbourne Stockade, and has lately formed a si'hject for Parliamentary enquiry. The ever-busy Mr G. P. Smith, whose chief business m the Victorian Assembly it to propound difficult problems and ask unanswerable questions, has called the attention of the Attorney-General to Sullivan's case. He had been incarcarated under the Influx of Criminals Prevention Act. This, the greatest felon ever left unhung, had been arrested, and was now enjoying a very easy life m the faol, unfettered —as he was told — by any of the ordinary regulations. It was due to the dignity of the Government that this mm should be doported to the place from whence he came. No doubt there would be a difficulty m getting any merchant ship to take him ; but if nothing else could be dons it occurred to him that it was the duty of the Government to send the Victoria down, and land him m New Zealand. The Government should either do nothing, or be prepared to take the result of this action. If they did nothing now, he would ultimately be discharged m this colony, and would probably commit more murders than he had done hitherto. He believed if the Government set properly to work, they would have uo difficulty m geting him out of the colony m forty-eight hours, and lie wished to know what they intended to do. Mr Kevferd said under the Act the magistrates had the alternative of giving a convict coming here three years' imprisonment, or directing that he should be sent to tho place from whence he came. The magistrates elected that Sullivan should be sent to the place from whence ho came, but there was a dispute as to where he came from. New Zealand said he came from London, ■ and New Zealand had an Act which contained very stringent provisions against auy ship bringing a convict to her shores, and with which she would deal m a very summary manner. We are not aware that New Zealaud has said anything of the kind ; but the authorities have said that Sullivan comes from Victoria, where he now is, and where he was known to the police as a man of infamous character. It is m Victoria where he should be kept, and it is to that colony he will m all likelihood be returned, should he be allowed to land on our shores.