ENGLISH NEWS

Wanganui Herald, Volume V, Issue 1678, 3 February 1873, Page 2

ENGLISH NEWS

PEE JAVA CABLE; : [ANGLO-AURSTALIAN PRESS TELERGi.MS.] AUCKLAND.' ■; Arrived.—-Nebraska at 10.30. last night,:23|-:.clays from San Francisco, fastest passage on.record, 32 passengers. Detained eight days waiting for the English Mail. - ■:' :L NEW YORK. ~; . , ...... "..[... ■_...' ;:•. ...-: Dec.,.26. Severe snoAV storm, business interrupted, streets impasssable,' thermometer 10 degrees below Zero, great suffering among the poor. | Other parts of America fared worse. Haihvay traA relling suspended, steamers detained. „_ ,„,. „-_,_„..J.„„'_.,' . The floor of the .Baptist _Chapel at Philadelphia "gave way precipitating 5000 persons into a cellar below, 14 killed, and 40 seriously, injured. fDec.;2B. Amythas lost on voyage from Holyhead to "Workington. All perished. The ship Benares, on a voyagedropv Hong Kong to San, Francisco, w.nt\ ashore at one of the Foo Choo Islands arid was wrecked ; all the orew'Si-owned , -, except five, s ' : Details of storm SAvept.over thes British Isles, December 18 :—-Trees uprooted, conservatories smashed, chimney stacks demolished, dozens of houses unroofed ; large factory levelled, 40 people injured, at Liverpool. The Great Britain dragged her. ant chors in the Mersey, pitched againss pier head, stoA-e in stern, and the water ' ' swept into her cabin. A tug went'to her assistance, but Avas: SAvallowed up by sea. - - Melpomene went ashore. Church steeples destroyed. .; In Wiltshire ninety magnificent forest trees Avere demolished, stone wall nine feet high and a hundred feet long prostrated. Several, accidents to gasometers^ leaving whole districts in darkness. . Highest wind pressure ever;"'known in'-England. Jaulst. .Fifth' Avenue Theatre- burnt. Ship H. C. Winthorpe from.Antwerp reports meteoric shower off . Madiera lasting three hours ; over a thousand meteors constantly in the air. .--..,

...... Jan 6th. Rain storm turned into sleet eveiy- ■ thing frozen, telegraphic conmiunication stopped by ice on the wires, poles fell with' the weight of the ice, the Avhole of NeAv York became isolated. . ..; WASHINGTON. Jan. 7th. Proposal made to the Postmaster- : ; .general to make a., road betAveen ,- : ~ and intermediate Ameri- ■, can ports at rate that .will insure grant- ■:')■■'.■■ ing subsidy to both Government's. One hundred thousand dollars is asked of United States Avith guarantee v . that splendid vessels shall be employed, steamers belonging to Inmaii line proba- .; bly intended,, strong influence, loav rate of, subsidy and financial responsibility of parties offering, render it certain that arangement will be concluded. :-.,:,.-;.. Ship Peruvian from Singapore to .-:* Boston struck bar at ; . Cape Cod during storm .she Avent in pieces, crew droAvned. •General Dix elected GoArernor of New York. ', ' ', ' Stokes sentenced to be hanged for shooting James Fisk. ; LONDON, ;/;., .":' ';.-. ;:..;;, ; '■' ': : ', be C ; 31,. - .Advices frmn ''Cape of Good; Hope, to '" 28th Nov.' Heavy gales occurred, seA^eral. vessels Avrecked. "•.--■- Thirty1 persons'los't in the Steamship Germany of the Allam line. ;■; ;; During missionary meeting at Staf- .■'•::.- iford, floor gavaway-; many injured. Raihvay accident near GlasgoAv, forty -/il!-.i personsiseverelylnjured.: !>.: /; ."•^:- :;: r: '■■ >•■. Jan. Ist. The Revenue Receipts for Great ■ >:!-. Britain for the part quarter'-£l 5,600,00(5, .-■ :• -.or .one.niiUion increase;\'oArer previous quarter. — ,;,>•! .-:| ; _liissi_n- Government:-has frankly ..,- L communicated: to ithe ■ English ment/, its planof.. campaign in Central Asia and offered to, alloAv. English Officers to Avitness it.' .. .; . / ;. PARIS/.! ";/il;! -.--,. " " Dec. 31.,: Union newspaper denounces that the,Kil fP?P- of 156 n j,(|?arl6^ | Still (assuhie ; to:the. ..^l^.CarKstsbWcl.inyGatalqnia/ ,'■ '..'. • , ; . " ' President"' Thiers"' received Japanese : -j ,^ j,Ambassadors >yhq" Avore the, usual diplomatic uniform;'' ~ l '" "\ ' y;1 _. _'"" j ;,.,..'. _....; tAvo hundred -"• (/'"million:-francs 't'ohibrroAv and seventy five million each moritli-until May. ;; .. -.- Reviere has made an official report of progress,at the preliminary investiga- . tion into the .case of Bazaine, 270 Avit- ,.[ 7 ,aiesses,haye.been examined; ■ :i