Cablegrams.

Thames Star, Volume VI, Issue 1784, 21 September 1874, Page 2

Cablegrams.

London, Sept. 9. The Government of IN ew Zealand have announced their temporary withdrawal from tho San Francisco and Singapore services. Sir H. E. Storks, Gilpin, M.P., and Lord George Manners, are dead. Spain, September 10. The Marquis De La Serna lias been appointed chief commander of the army j in the North. The defeat of Pingcerda has greatly discouraged the Carlists, who were also repulsed at Arragon. . September 11. The Berlin Ministerial journals state that the incident of the Carlists firing on the German gunboat at Gutaria is of no consequence. „. London, Sept. 12. A terrible collision happened on the Great Eastern railway. Nineteen persons killed and thirty injured. Wool market prices are well sustained. Scoured has maintained a favorable position. 156,000 bales have been sold. It iB expected present prices will continue till the close of the sales. Wheat quotations unchanged. Copper, firm, with hardening pricesStraits, £92; Australian, £90 to £91. Three hundred and forty-three bales New Zealand flax were offered. The chief part was withdrawn, holders wanting from £19 to £20 per ton. ♦ — The Torres Straits mail arrived off Townsville on September 14th, and brings the following items of European news :— Disraeli states that Fiji will probably be annexed. i . A settlement of £lsiooo a year has-been voted to Prince Leopold. The Prince of Asturias will probably be proclaimed King of Spain. All Spain is declared to be in a state of siege. The P. and O. Company surrender £20,000 per annum of subsidy for permission to pass with mails through the Suez Canal. The Duke of Richmond has given notice that he intends to abolish betting forthwith on the Goodwood course. A Baronetcy has been conferred on the Lord Mayor of London. Advices from Singapore state that Agrarian outrages have been perpetrated in Ireland. A large amount of Australian gold has arrived. Money is easy. The report of the English and Scottish Australian Chartered Bank recommends a dividend of 7 per cent. Indian cotton is in'full demand at 5d to s^d. 15,000 bales were sold at Liverpool. 1,003,900 bales were in stock. New Zealand fives, 104 to 105 ; South Australian sixes, 117 to 122; Victorian sixes, 11.5 to 117; New South Wales fives, 1,888, 1,922, 107 to 109. The home markets show little change.