LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Tuapeka Times, Volume II, Issue 79, 14 August 1869, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

London, July 6th. The second reading of the Irian Church Bill has been carried in the House of Lords. The majority of tha Bishops advocated the system of concurrent endowment, but to this Earl Granville declared that the Government would never, consent. He agreed.'however, to a proposal that the present Irish Bishops should remain peers during their lifetime. Lord Carnarvon moved an amendment which tr« adjourned, Sgiving^ the*elergy four

times their annual incpntfesr \Notwithstanding Earl GranviH'e's strenuous opposition, clause 10, with thfr^amendment proposed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, deferring the disestablishment of the Church unljil t lßf2, was adopted by the House. An aisen3m^nt was^dsa passed' on the 6th clause, leaving tf|H" rplusof the^ Church-' revenue at ale^is- 1 postal of Parliament, wno intend devoting it to charitable purposes. „ A^Bill proposed to be introduced Into tße House of Commons, granting an amnesty to Fenians, was rejected. yMr.^onseHt announced in the House of Commons, that stringent instructions | had been sent to Queensland relative to ' the importation of South Sea Islanders \ Out 1 ofr 1035 persons arrested during the late tumults 'ft Tans,- all} v Except 200, , _t 10T . ... .^ Tie Liverpool £Jnp was won .by Spy. •" Serfdus OranVernots have taken place at Belfast. - - ■ ! - line American'crmaers Haste:. dVtested a party of Cuban filibusters, consisting of §(XX men, who; had ;«l»ded< ;&er New, Xork authorities and sailed for Cuba. j The Spanish' Minister at, Washington, in an interview— with the United States Minister for Foreign y^j^^ threatened f to demand his" passport if 'anofficiarititerview Vera granted to 4 the Envoy from the Cuban insurrectionists. : .'< v. .->. • ' •'• ... . l;! „, .July 9th. Earl Russel'»> Life Peerage, . Bill has been rejected by the. j H ) quae r of, Lprda on the third reading. v .' ' ' ' .' Captain Viya"n iii reply' to Mr. W. Stackpole, in the House "dfo6mmons, said that it was impossible id relieve more than five; regiments in India. annually. .On an appeal from Mr Gladstone^ Sir Henry B/ulwer relinquished • his motion relative to the- Alabama claim's. J " " Two thousand miles of the French Atlantift Cable have been laid by the Great Eastern, " x " - -July 10th. A Select Committee of the House of Lofd3 has'fixed'Msiy 18^1, as the date of 'the disestablishment of "the Irish Church. The House offers the sum of half a million sterling in' lieu of private endowments,' notwithstanding the declaration of Earl Granville that it was not necessary to offer that sum, as, in the Province of Ulster, glebes were to be retained.

Emigration 'to the' United States and Canada continues active. 8,000 persona left 'the Mersey in < one -week.: The Government have promised to reconsider the question of affording some assistance to the movement., Mr. Verdon has. relieved the Imperial Emigration"' Commissioners as regards Victoria. - Seventy., tons of, preserved meat, ex Landsdowne, were sold directly, 6hey were placed in the market. The iDuke of Newcastle has fled, to the Continent to escape the bailiffs, who are now in possession of Cumber Castle. -Mr Padwick, of a .racing notoriety, has obtained' a judgment against > him for £95,000. Various Jew -money • lenders have also obtained judgments to the amount" of £123,000.- The furniture of the Duke's town, residence is to be sold to cover some of his losses by racing. Lord Charles Hamilton from, the same cause has assigned, his estate to escape bankruptcy. Mr .Goldvvin Smith has euect^-ely answered Mr Simmer's speech.

The principal shops* in Paris are now closed on Sundays.

The time allowed for investigation in the Tichborne baronetcy case, has been extended to the end of Easter Term, 3870. . , . A Dublin printer, named Johnson, has been arrested at Cork for circulating treasonable documents, among the military and police. Dr Norman M'Leod.has been elected "Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. The Agricultural Hall, Islington, has been fitted up for velocipede racing. Fenianism is increasing in Ireland, and Orangeism also is troublesome. An attack was made on the house of a country gentleman named Grey, at Black Rock, two miles from Cork. Although an invalid he defended the house and shot one of his assailants, the rest of whom fled. The wounded man proved to be a, keeper in a lunatic. asylum in the neighbourhood. He died, however, -without giving any information regarding his accomplices. Eleven policemen Jiave been charged with manslaughter, for their conduct while suppressing, the disturbances at Londonderry during Prince Arthur's visit. The total quantity of gold as yet found in Sutherlandshire id valued at £7,000. 200 diggers are at work on the field. The Flying Squadron has sailed from Plymouth. The sum to be paid by the Government for the telegraphs will be nearly three millions. Mr Reuter will be awarded three quarters of a million for his lines. The Duchess •de Luynea went to the Paris races in a tricycle, followed by a groom in a bicycle. ; The postmen of Cheltenham now maketheir rounds on velocipedes. The steamer United Kingdom, from New York to Glasgow, witU 30 passengers, is supposed to be lost. The president had a narrow escape from being killed in a railway collision, in which one passenger was killed, and 20 injured. The great peace festival at Boston, was opened by the President, several foreign Ministers, the British Ambassador, and other distinguished guests were present. Six steamers have been destroyed by fire at Cincinnati. - Chief ' Justice Chase has ruled that the (U.S.), Government cannot collect income tax from' foreign bondholders. This involves numerous reimbursements. The President refuses to remove the postmaster «t Alacon, a negro*. • The Irish Republican Association of Philadelphia have_ issued an address, strongly of Mr Sumner's speech, anoPfexhorting'-all'^tine Irishmen to join the Republicans in enforcing Ms views. „.-.. The American difficulty is 'over. Mr Motley has been instructed by his Government not to press "the m^ier, as the American' "Government .MBfc-that when the present excitement subsides, the British Government will invite a re* newal of negotiations. They also state that the proclamation of neutrality on thegpart|gof Great Britain-doer not in

Itself constitute a ground of complaint on "Which to rest a claim for- compensation, but taken in conjunction with subsequent unfriendly acts by Britain, it occasioned losses requiring reparation. Mr Motley Is further instructed to assure the British Government that the American- XJovern(nuß^esira to effect such a settlement, as fih«n>e honourable to -both nations.. France is still in a disturbed state. Letters from Mr Richmond, Major Atkinson, and Mr William Hn'tt appear in the "Times" and "Spectator," pleading for aid against the Maoris. The New Zealand medal has been extended to the officers and men of the navy and marines employed in New Zealand during 1845-7, and 1860-6. English wheat, new, is at 42a ; do, old, 39a der quarter. , The exports to New Zealand for the month of May. show an increase of £761,185 (?) . New Zealand 6 per cents are at £107 to £109 ; 5 per cents, £95 to £96 ; 5 per cents, Consolidated^ 94£ to 9o£ ; 6 per cents, Consolidated, 1891, £105 to £107.