TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume I, Issue 14, 2 August 1873, Page 7

TELEGRAMS.

(From the Daily papers.) IHTEBPBOYINCIAI,. Auckland, July 22nd. — Mr Farnall emigration agent/ has telegraphed by cable to the Superintendent that the Agent-General is obstructing emigration to New Zealand by restricting the assisted passages, and that he has dismissed him (Mr Farnall!) Mr Farnall adds that he awaits instructions. The body of the Rev Mr Hamilton, the missing clergyman, has been found in a creek. The nomination of candidates for the representation of the Bay of Islands in the House of Representatives took place to-day, when Messrs J. S. Macfarlane, Lundon, and Williams were proposed. The poll takes place on the 28th. • "f P etition asking the General Government to give a grant in aid of a free public library is in circulation. The s.s. Lady Bird grounded at the Manukau Heads, but was floated agam uninjured, and sails for the South this afternoon. The JN^.b.fci.Co. a new steamer Manawatu made 7* knots against the tide on her trial trip. Mr Sat nders reports buyers of shares as follows :— Caledonian, £19 10s ; Thames, £5 12s 6d j Tookey's, £9 5a ; South British Insurance, £2 7s.

Geahambtown, July 22nd.— The fortnight's return of the Bright Smile Co. is 1026 oz. of melted gold. The Company has declared a dividend of 7s 6d. The Queen of Beauty's return is 289 oz., the Karanui's 3240z., the Golden Crown's 1220z., the Moanatairi's 670z., and the Caledonian's 2910z., for the week. Tookey's commenced sinking to-day. Chhisxchfbch, July 22nd.— The Trustees of the Museum {have decided not to open that building on Sundays. The balance to the credit of the Province on 30th June was £401,581. The receipts of the Canterbury Railways for the quarter were £22,203, and the receipts for the year for pasturage rents were £50,524.

Welmitchon, July 23rd.— The Post to-night says that on the arrival here of the s.s Lady Bird oa Friday next, she will be placed on the patent slip for the purpose of having a new propeller, considerably larger than the present one, fixed. The Phoebe, it is expected, wili take her place in the coastal trade, but as soon as the Lady Bird is afloat again the Pbcsbe will be permanently placed on the line between Sydney and the Manukau. She will leave Sydney regularly on the third Tuesday in each month, connecting at the Manukau with the Interprovincial boats.

Taubanga, July 23rd.— The yield of wheat in this district next harvest is expected to be double that of last harvest. Wanganui, July 23rd. — Ihe schooner Meteor, from Dunedin, went ashore on the north spit last night, and is likely to become a total wreck. Her cargo, which consists of grain and flour, can be landed but will be badly damaged. The pilot signalled her to go to sea but the captain stood in instead. Lyttewon, July 23rd.— The steamer Patterson (Messrs Brogden's boat), which arrived at Lyttleton this morning, reports having spoken the cutter Hope, of Dunedin, five miles north of the Clarence River, whither she had been blown from Oamaru roadstead. The Hope had been three weeks at sea, and foe the last three days her crew were totally without food. There was no chart on board, and they, had lost their reckoning. She was relieved by the Patterson and advised to make for Wellington. The wreck of the Australia lies about one mile N.E. of the Cape Campbell lighthouse, right in the fairway of vessels running for shelter under the Cape. Waikottaiti, July 23rJ. — The polling for the election for a representative in the General Assembly took place to-day, and the following are the returns :—: — Pratt. Gillies. Waikoutiti ... ... 59 . 32 Palmerston ... ... 15 . 70 Total 74 102 Majority for Gillies, 28 % Weujngtom-, July 25.— The American Bhip William Tapscott, 1600 tons, from Enderby Island, bound for Queenstown, Ireland, with 2000 tons of guano, has put in here under charge of her chief officer, Mr Bernard King. The captain is in irons. He was shot in the knee thrice by the mate, who has given himself up. The crew demanded that the chief officer should take charge of the vessel. On the voyage the captain cut down one sailor with an axe, and another with a cutlass, and committed further brutalities. The crew then mutinied. The vessel has twelve feet of water in her hold, and is believed to be unseaworthy. — The captain's version of the affair is aa follows :— The ship left Enderby Island on the 9th June, and all proceeded quietly until the 23rd day, when the ship was off the Navigator Islands. The chief mate then sulked duty, and was therefore ordered to his cabin. The mate denied the captain's authority, and challenged his power tokeep or ler. He also asked that all hands should ba called aft, in order to hear the grounds on which he was placed under arrest. His request was complied with, but the mate stopped the captain from explaining the matter, and complained to the crew that the ship was unfit to proceed round Cape Horn. He used violent language, and the crew also became violent, iusi9ting on the vessel being run to the nearest port. The captain replied that he did not thiDk the circumstances justified such a course, but if it became necessary he would abopt it. The crew then refused duty. After some negotiations between the captain and crew, the latter rushed on the former, knocked him down, put him in irons, and by order of the second and third officers confined him in his cabin. In the evening the captain got the irons off one hand, and arming himself with the only available woapou, an axe, he went on the poop. The second mate threatened to shoot him, and was about to carry the threat out, when the captain struck him with the axe on the cheek. The mate had previously fired a revolver shot from the main deck at the captain, but without effect-. A second shot, however, took effect in the captain's knee. The crewthen began to pelt the captain -with all sorts of missiles, and five other shotp were fired at him by the mate. The captain was obliged to go below, severely bruised, und since then he has been kept in his cabin under close arrest.

The following tenders wore received for the construction of a timber wharf and the reclamation of land at Port Chalmars : — Messrs. Connor and M'Kay, Christchurch, £22,500 ; Mr A. J. Smyth, Dunedin, £21,438 ; Mr R. Bauchop, Dunedin, £67,6-48 ; Messrs. Mills, Guthrie, and Sutherland, Dunodin, £29,792 ; Messrs. J. R. Campbell and Co., Dunedin, £19,801 ; Mr D. Proudfoot, Dunedin, £16,408. The last tender was accepted. Dunedin flour is at £14 to £14 103, Oamaru do at £15, and Canterbury do at £12 10s to £13 10s. Wheat is at 6s 6d, and oatd are 5s 6d to 6s.

Messrs. Plimmer and Reeves quote produce as follows : — Wheat, 4s 6d to 6s 5 flour, £13 10s ; pollard, 6s 6d to 7s ; bran, Is Id 5, beans, 6s ; peas, 6s ; maize, 5s ; oats, 5s to 5s 9d ; potatoes, 4a ; 6oed do 8s ; onions, 10 ; cheese, 9£ ; butter, lid ; hams, 8d to 10.

Christchttcch, July, 25. — Messrs Royce, Stead, and Co., report that flour is in steady demand at £12 to £12 10a. Wheat is wanted at ss, oats at 4s 9d to 4s 10. Buttter is at Is, and cheese at 8id — both f.o.b.

Inveboabgllili, July 25.-— Margaret M'Cheaney, charged with infanticide, was discharged. The girl whose testimony caused her apprehension, confessed- that her statement was a fabrication. The Magistrate regretted that the girl could not be punished, as her statement was not made on oath.

Wbixington, July 26th. — A new writ has been issued foe the Wakatip election, and will be sent South by the mail to-day. A return has been issued of the estates placed in the hands of the Public Trustee. It shows that the balance of unequalised estates at the end of June was £22,099. The total cost of the Public Trustee to the end of June was £114. Atjokland, June 26th. — Mr Saunders reports buyers of shaves a?

follower —Caledonian, £lß 10s ; Tookey's, £9 5a ; Albion, £5; Beach, ' £1 3s ; ' South British Insurance, £2 7s ; National Bank of New .Zealand, £1 12s 6d. Obahamstown, July 2<sth. — A crushing of 174 tons of stone from the Point Russell Co' a claim yielded 138 ounces of retorted gold. A trial crushing from the Pumping Associations shaft yielded no gold. A special representative proceeds South to push the requirements ef the Thames district. The share market is dull. Eebfton, July 26th. — The Energetic Co.'s crushing of 50 tons of »tone yielded at the rate of 22dwts. of gold per ton. Gbeymottth, July 26th.— The steam-tug Titan is ashore on the bar, but is expected to get off next tide. A woman named Morgan, the wife of a butcher, has been burned to death by falling into a fire. Wellington, July 28th. — A deputation regarding the Mount Rochfort Coal Company will meet the Premier after the Financial Statemtxt has been delivered. New Plymouth. July 28th.— The turning of the first sod of the Waitara Railway will take place early next month. Auckland, July 28th. — Advices from Fiji report that the Chiefs Maafu and Tiri have seceded from the Government. The Fiji Bank is likely to be successful. The statement that the Sydney mail service to San Francisco ■will make Kandavu instead of Levuka the port ,of call causes disappointment at the latter place. It is reported that Captain Daggett of the schooner Quickstep, formerly of the Daphne, has been killed by the Tanna natives. The Star of the South, from Levuka, :brings eight passengers and a quantity of cotton and other cargo. QtrEEKBTOWN, July 28. — Astonishingly rich washdirt has been struck in the Shotover Company's claim. A lead five feet thick, yielding a half-penny weight to the dishful, was struck on Saturday. Cakobau has taken over one thousand prisoners. Cotton is coming forward briskly. Invebcabghll, July 28th.-^-A man named Thomson, one of the immigrants from the Shetland Islands, who was brought from Stewart's Island on Thursday to the Hospital, died this morning. From a post mortem examination which was held, it was found that the cause of death was inflammation of the brain. Hoeitika, July 28th. — The ss Rangitoto, Captain Mackie, arrived at 7 a.m, but could not be tendered till p p.m. She brings 18 saloon and 20 steerage passengers, and 826 tons of cargo for atl ports. She has sailed North. Passengers for Dunedin : Rev Mr Kinninmont and Mrs Kin-, ninmont. Wellington, July 29th. — Mr Stafford will hold a meeting of his supporters to-morrow to consider the course to he adopted by them with regard to the policy of the Government, and especially the Financial Statement. It is stated o" good authority that the Provinces intend to attempt io obtain large Provincial loans. Auckland, July 29th. — Eppwright was hanged this morning. He made a long speech exculpating Fisher, stating that he stabbed Garity in the heat of a quarrel without intent to bill him. He denied that he had ever been in gaol before. After the enp vraa fitted, the drop was knocked off, but only moved six inches, and efforts to pull it down proved ineffectual. The culprit was then taken off, the drop waß readj-ustecl, and the second time it fell clear, causing almost instantaneous death. At a meeting of the local shareholders of the New Zealand Loan end Mercantile Agency Company, the Cliairman regretted the difficulty that prevailed of investing largo funds whila the loan portion of the business was stagnant. "Thero was a great improvement in the agency. A handsome dividend was paid. The 21 days' crushing of the Golden Fleece Co. have been partially cleared u"n, and 2200 ounces of amalgam hava been obtained. It is" estimated that the crushing will yield 800 ounces of melted gold. 450 tons of stone crushed fiora the Wealth of Nations claim near the reef show well, the gold beiug well distributed. The company have driven into the reef 12 feet without reaching the western wall. CHMSTCinnicH, July 29. — The elections of school committees for the city districts under the new Ordinance are causing considerable excitement. The land sales yesterday amounted to 1479 acres, realising £2958. The railway traffic returns for the month of June have been published. The receipts from the Lyttelton and Christchurch line were £4870; from the Great Southern line, £1 053 j and from the Great Northern line, £1099. The Board of Education has resolved to send home for two masters and two mistresses, it being unable io procure them in the Province. The applications for money from the £5000 grant to country libraries exceed the amount voted. The 9th November falling on a Sunday this year, the Government have l-esolved to proclaim the 13th as a holiday instead. The Agricultural Society's Show takes place on the latter date. The City Council has agreed to treat with a private company for the erection of a, market on a large scale. AUSIEALIAN. Melbourne, July 22nd. — The Rip, pilot schoonor, of Queenscliff, was struck by a heavy sea, and pilot M'Kenzie, Hicks the steward, and two sailors wero drowned. The schooner was nearly wrecked, and the survivors are badly injured. Subscriptions in aid of the sufferers reach over £1000 already. The Norfolk sails to-day, and takes 20 tons of meat preserved in ice by Harrison's process. There are 24 Victorian entries for Intercolonial Rifle Match. Coroners' juries avo to be abolished. The Brisbane Government offers reciprocity in regard to the •Torres Stiait and Suez services. Mr Francis (Victoria) eaye New

Zealand agrees to join in the Suez route, but the terms are not settled. The Press complains that Mr Vogel's despatches are always marked confidential. The Governor is shooting on the Murray. Breadstuff's are dull. Country flour is at £13 103. Wheat is at 6s to 6i 3d per bushel. Feeding grains are quiet. Maize and oats are lower. 1400 bushels of Oregon barley have been sold for the New Zealand market at full rates. Shoobrklgo's hops are at Is Id to Is 6d. Sugari are improving. Yellows are at £36, and grainy grey, £38 lOj. Brandies are advancing ; Martell's dark and Hennessy's are at 7s 2 J pale is at 7s 3d. Arrived— Hero, from Auckland, via Sydney, on the 20th ; Racbael Cohen, from Wanganui. Cleared ont-^-12th, Aborigine, for Westport ; 14th, W. C. Wentworth, for Hokianga ; 18th, Zephyr, for Hokitika. STnnnnr.-=*There has been fearful weather on the coast. The merchants petition for a twelve-knot Californian contract. MiParkes saya he intends offering all the Colonies the advantaged of a Pacific service without asking from them a shilling as subsidy. The Naval Court at the Cape of Good Hope find that the steamer Fidela was lost through the fault of her captain. Teas are lower. Large sales of bulk ale have taken place. Coarse Salt is at 745. The bank rate of discount is one per cent. ( *. Arrived — Black Watch, from DuneJin ; 16th, Eesult, from Auck- ■, itnd 5 13th, Sformy Petrel, from Lyttleton. Califobnia via Bxj>nby, May 9th. — Flour is at 4£dols ; wheat is at Idol 90c ; feed barley is at Idol. 1 70 ; brewing barley is at Idol 30c to Idol 40c ; oats are at 2dols 20c. Coal is dull. Newcastle 1 .. — Sailed : Fawn, for Lyttelton. Arrived : July 12, Cyrus, from Wellington ; 13th, Amherst, from Napier 5 Duke'of Edinburgh, and Syren, from Dunedin •, 20th, Free Trader, from Lyttelton. Bbisbins. — Parliament ha 9 been dissolved. The Government have decided not to grant any subsidy to the SydneyrCalifornian line, but to concentrate all their efforts on the Torres Strait route. Adelaide.— rThe Ministry has resigned, , and tha ona newly formed consists of Messrs Blyth, Chief Secretary ; Q-lyde, Treasurer ; Mann, Attorney-General ; Gerrard, Secretary for Lands, and Bright, Secretary for Works. The prospects of the Port Darwin gold fields are good ; ferer is abating, and the different vessels in harbor are being deserted by their hands. 10,300 bushels of whpat have been sold afloat at 5s lOd. I The exports of cereals during the half-year are -valued at £1,300,000. The quantity exported during the year amounts to 131,000 tons. A private telegram from California says that the surplus crop for export amounts to six million centals. Latocbston.— The Bank of Tasmania has declared a dividend of 7 per cent. , Mblbottbnb, July 22nd.-c-Mrs Shannon, -who murdered one of her children at Hotham, is at the point of death. The inquest on the murdered child is adjourned. The Government have granted a lease to the Stawell elaunholdert against jumpers. . A large quantity of sugar which was offered at auction has boon withdrawn in consequence of a slackness in the bidding. Tasm.«mian oatß, superior, are quoted at 4s 5d to 4s Bd. SXDKB*, July, 22.— The Government agree to give £68,000 ai> nually for a forty days' service between Liverpool and Sydney, via San Francisco. Adelaide, July 16. — A severe shock of earthquake has been felt at Peaks, a telegraph station in the interior. CABLE TELEGRAMS. London, July 19.— The International Postal Congress at Berne opens on Ist September. , The El^lish Troops have burnt the city of Elmina, which was held by friends of the Ashantees. The taking of evidence for the defence in the iicnborne tnaj. commences on the 21st August. , . , c■. The Eight Hon Sobert Lowe has contracted with some of the .London merchants for the payment of the Alabama award. Mr Russell, the agent for the New Zealand Government at Washjington, is understood to have successfully negotiated for a Califoroian Bcrvic©* Prince Arthur is to be married to the Princess Thyra of Denmark. The Prince is in Sweden, representing the Queen at the coronation of Kins Oscar. The British are threatened with an attack by 10,000 Ashautees. Further reinforcements are ordered. Lord Westbury, an ex-Lord Chancellor, is dying. Lord Mayor Waterlow has been created a baronet, and the honor of knighthood has bsen conferred upon sheriffs Knight and Perkins. A testimonial of great value .has been presented by the Nonconformists to Mr Miall, M.P. "* . The committee appointed to consider the rise in the price of coal, attribute the rise in price solely to increased consumption. It recommends the non-interference of Parliament ,and deprecates the proposed export duty.

There are sixty different Hindustani journals published in the Punjab, the North-West Provinces, Oude, and all the Central Pro.Tinces, of British India, all of which discuss education and other aoeiaj questions, and freely expose the grievances of the native population. Mr J. F. McEvoy, of Lowell, who lectured at Worcester, on " Lord Baltimore, and the early Catholic Settlers of Maryland," claimed that the Catholic history of America had never teen fairly and fully written, and spoke at length on the tribulations of the colony, and the great influences Baltimore and the early Maryland Catholic* exerted on the religious freedom of the country. It was the first and only colony in all the world which established religious freedom on the basis of the State. They were most fervent and devout Cathohes and had more success in Christianizing the Indians than all the ©they olonies beeidee.