TELEGRAPHIC.

Western Star, Issue 375, 28 August 1880, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

HOME AND FOREIGN. ■ London, ; August 20. , The Australian Cricketers will play against All England, three day s match, at Kensington Ovahoij ,the\ 2nd or fifth'o£ September. The match between the' Australians and eighteen of Scarborough, was commeiiced to-day. The * Hoihe team went first to the wickets, and were all disposed of for 170 runs. The,. Australians tlien went in for weir* first innings, and when the 'stumps were drawn for the day had lost seven wickets for S 3 (sic) runs. Chung How, the late Chinese ambassador to St. Petersburg, who concluded the Kuldja Treaty with Russia, and was impreachsd and afterwards reprieved, has now been finally released by the Chinese (Government; The match was resumed the following day. The Australians continued their first innings, and were all disposed of for 96. The, Home team then went in for their second innings, and were all out tor 96 when the stumps were drawn. Boyle, for the Australians, bowled splendidly. The Australians now require to make 171 runs in their second innings to win the match. . Best Australian beef tallow, 345; best miu ton tallow, 35s 6d ; Adelaide flour, ex warehouse, 355; Lew Zealand wheat, ex ship, 455. In the House of Lords to-day, the Right Hon. Earl Spencer, .lord president of the Council, admitted that the existing agitation in Ireland was dangerous' to'the peace of the coutry, but said it was not intended to propose any special laws to deal with the difficni-

ties. The present common laws are deemed sufficient for that purpose. The Hon. Wm. Evarts, secretary to the Treasury (U.S.A.), has invited the other Powers to hold a conference in January next with a view of adopting a system for notifying the sanitary condition of seaports. Preparations are being made for numerous land agitation meetings to be held throughout Ireland on Sunday next. : August, 2lst. At the wool sale to-day 10,700 bales were ofiered,making a total of 43,500 bales catalogued since the opening. The tone of the sale was animated. Crossbreds £d to Id lower than last sales. In the House of Commons the Hares and Rabbits Bill has passed through Committee. Subscription listshavepeen opened for £35,000 six per cent. Auckland debentures. St. Petersburg, August 20th The Supreme Commission which was appointed by the Czar in March last for the maintenance of the peace of Russia has now been abolished. General Loris Melikhoff, who was the head of the Commission, has, as recently announced, been appointed Minister of the Interior. August 22nd, General Stewart has arrived, but reports say that Mahomed ISTassim kept hovering on his flanks during the march. General Phayre has started with his relief force fromKhojuck. i : fe . ” Calcutta, August 19th. TH® report yesterday that Ayoub Khan had attacked the citadel at Oandahar, and had been repulsed, is now p wed to be devoid of foundation;: London, August 21. The Eighteen of Scarborough won the match against the Australians by . ninety runs. A long debate took place in the House of Commons to-night in regard to the seditions speech recently delivered by Mr Dillon, the Home Rule member tor .Tipperary, at Cork, and the meeting at Kildare and at other places. Mr Parnell and other Home Rulers endorsed the language used by Air Dillon. Mr Forster Chief Secretary for Ireland, said he would not be deterred by such language from taking steps to protect life and property, and to improve the relation between landlords and tenants in Ireland. The Australian cricketers were entertained last night by the Mayor of Leeds at a public banquet Murdock, in replying to the toast kf the e vening, took occasion to allude/to the Sydney Cricket disturbance last year, and defended the Sydney cricketers, who, he said, were quiet harmless in the matter. , August 25. Lord Clifford has been appointed Colonial Secretary for Western Australia. A further debate took place in the House of Commons te-day on the excited state of affairs in Ireland. Mr Parnell made a vehement speech, in the course of which he said that the constitution of a native Parliment in Ireland was only needed to meet the grievances of the Trsh people. Mr W.E. Forster, O lef Secretary for Ireland, said that >he action of the House of Lords i- r rejecting the Irish Tenants CompeiHa'io.i Hi 1 was much to be regretted, and would possibly prove a great calamity. He aided thatSf coercion should prove necessary in IreuhuL he would introduce a bill to effect iHe same, and one which would relieve the Government from thq consequences of unjust landlords. -Mir Gladstone has now quite recovered from bis recent illness, and leaves Gravesend to-morrow on a cruise off the coast of Lvland and Scotland in Messrs Donald Currie and Co.’s steamship Gfautlcy Castle. , ... ■■ Calclutta, Aug. 26.

Further intelligence from Candahar states 1 that the British loss in the sortie which was made from the citadel a few days ago on Ayoub Khan’s besieging force was heavy. Fourteen British officers and many rank and file were killed apd wounded--. Ayoub is now shelling the city, arid riddlirig the ramparts, News ; has also been received that General Roberts, with his relieving force from Cabul, will arrive at Khelat-i-Ghilzai to-day, on the road to Candahar.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Wanganui, August 25. A telegram dated Hawera, August 21st, states that it is reported that ■Rana, one of | the Opunake Natives, went, to,, the Parihaka meeting. Te I Whiti, hearing that he knocked down | fences bri his journey, ordered him to go and put them up again. Rana refused, telling'Te. Whiti that he did not care about being sent to Dunedin Gaol, and that hb preferred living with his wife. “Te Whiti asked where his wife was. Rana repliedln. Ha wera, selling land.” This made Te Whiti angry, .and he said do you not know your wife is doing wrong ? Tell her to come to Parihaka.” Rana declined to put up fences, and declined to bring his wife to Parihaka. ; August 25. This morning a case of sudden death happened on board the ship Canoma, at Lyttelton. The deceased was a seaman named Joseph Ricca, a Maltese. He joined the ship in Cardiff, and had been ailing for some time past. About half-past 10 this morning he got out of his bunk, intending to go oil deck, 1 but his strength failing him he sat down on one of the chests in the forecastle, and died almost instantly. The cause of death was heart disease.

During the gale last week a fire occurred on Mr Arthur Ellis’ farm at Southbrook by which a shed, containing a large quantity of harness, a stack of hay,' and a pigsty containing pigs, were entirely destroyed. There was no insurance, and the loss will fall heavily on Mr Ellis. It is reported on good authority that King Tawhaio will visit Major Kemp at Eanana, on the 'Wanganui river, on an early date. Topene Te Mama Kan, (ho most influential chief in the upper Wanganui district, lias joined Kemp

with 200 men, and will sign a deed making Kemp trustee for all the land of the tribe. This means nearly one milion acres. The King has sent messengers to Kemp and Topene giving notice of his visit. Timabu, August 25. . During the storm on Saturday a Chinese gardener had his apple cart upset and sustained serious injures. Last night he apparently died, and this mornings the Coroner and Police were about to hold an inquest on him, when a Chinaman anouneed that the dead man had suddenly regained life at three o’clock. The medical examination since shows deceased to be partially paralysed, and in a hopeless state. The body had been laid out when the sign of returning vitality created consternation among the surrounding mourners. Mooringe'for steamers have now been laid from inside the breakwater, and in future they will bo able to come in in almost any weather. The depth of water at the ends of the works at low water spring tides is now 24 feet. The present 350 feet contract is expected to be completed within three months, and the wharf by the same time. At a meeting of the Timaru Rifle Association to-day, over twenty private prizes, ranging in value from £2 2s to £l2 12s, were announced. Later. The Chinaman who was referred to in the last telegram is reported to have really died this evening. Dunedin, August 25. Mr Lambeth has died from the effects of lock- jaw. Christchurch, Aug. 24. Thomas Cooper and wife celebrated their golden wedding to-day. They have 14 children, 54 grandchildren, and three great-grand-children. The coach running between Methven and Alford Fox*est, while crossing the Ashburton River on Sa'urdaj, was washed down the stream and capsized. The pole broke and the horses escaped, but the driver was rescued after a very narrow escape from drowning. The mails were lost and the coach wrecked. ’5 > The body found in the Broken River on the West Coast Road, proves to be that of William Henry Izpn, formerly a stablekeeper of Christchurch, who recently reeled a remittance of some thousands from Horae. He was- on the way to the Okarito goldfield, and was in the habit of drinking heavily. He, was well known in the town, having been landlord of th e "dSTew Brighton Hotel.