Latest Continental News, VIA HOKITIKA.

Thames Star, Volume IIII, Issue 1736, 27 July 1874, Page 2

Latest Continental News, VIA HOKITIKA.

We liaviv received the following telegram from Hokitika, but whence or by what steamer we are left in ignorance. New Yobk, July is. A treineudous conflagration raging in Chicago, and owing to a strong wind the flames are uncontrollable. , Later advices state that the fire has been extinguished, after twenty-fire block* of buildings had been destroyed. Losi» four million dollars. London, July. 16. In the Housoof Commons the Arch* bishop of Canterbury's Bill on ritualistic practices was rfcad a second time without a division. , Pabis, July 16. The proposal of Mague, Minister of Finance, to increase the salt tax, was rejected by three hundred and fifty. The Assembly ultimately passed a rote involving rejection. Hague's whole financial scheme, and Constitutional Bill framed by the Com* mittee of Thirty, as substitute for the Left Centre's Bill, has been submitted to the Assembly. ■ , v : f ...'-■* It maintains the title of President of the Republic, and establishes ministerial responsibility with legislative chambers. MacMahon alone possesses the right \9 dissolve, and no modification of the Con* stitution to be made during the Septen* nial, unless MacMahon proposes it. The debate is fixed, icnt Monday aexttf July 18. : Londoh, July 16." ." Carnarvon states that Fiji makes sereai teen wholly impracticable conditions (for annexation), and England can only aooent the absolute unconditional cession. He states that Australian iristitutioni/ are sufficiently developed to enable the colonies to undertake the responsibility of government of the island. Sir Hercules Kobinion goel to ITiji to explain the difficulties. -: PABIB, July 18» Mague has resigned. Londok, July 18. ; During the discussion in the House of Lords on the Fijian question, Earl' Belmore, the Duke of Manchester and Earl,. Kimberley approved of the annexation. Viscount Canterbury protested,' and Karl Granyille argued, as during the previous Parliament any discussion against' its being constituted a Crown colony of . severe type. Mr. Weld, Governor of Western Australia, has be»n appointed Governor of Tasmania. : The death is announced of Lady Gippv widow of the late Sir George Gipps, formerly Governor of New South Wales., Money is in moderate demand. The stock market is recovering Arrivals:—Pleiades, Indus. ; Pabis, July 18. .'; Dissensions hare occurred in the French Ministry relative to the general voliej to be pursued, and the prosecution ofJihouer. Fourfcon, Minister of the Interior,- has resigned. ? The Constitutional Bill has dissatisfied everybody. . * July 19. ; A Ministerial crisis, at Versailes is ex- , pected. A new Ministry will likely be formed. . *, - ;r/:- Madbid, July 19 ' . i The Carlists have captured Euena, in the Province of New Castilie, eighty, three miles from Madrid. ; The Government have called out one hundred and twenty-five, thousand reserves, and proclaimed the whole of Spain under martial law—the property of Carlist being confiscated.