TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume I, Issue 21, 20 September 1873, Page 8

TELEGRAM S.

(From the daily papers.) Wblt-inqdn, September 10. — The Post asserts that some of the correspondence between the Government and the Agent-General has not been published, namely, a letter dated June 13th, in which Dr f Feutherston dttScs and censures the Government ; replies thut the charges against him are unfounded, and saya that lie has carried out all his insti notions, though many of them ware extremely injudicious and ill-advised, and he does not hold himself responsible for ttivir.e effect to them. 6 Wellington, September 11.— The Independent to-day suggests the flooding of the Upper House with men of the John White aud Thoma3 Luther Shepherd Btamp. Auckland, September 11. — Over 40,000 shares in the National Insurance Company have been applied for in Auckland.

CmtisWKtreoH, September 11.-80,000 shares in the National Insurance Co. have been applied for here. The ketch Duke of Edinburgh, which was supposed to have bom loet, arriTed here in tow of the Pnojbe. Wen Auckland, September 12.— A public meeting is called toorif mate a subscription for the sufferers by the late fire. Howtua, September 12.— The Claud Hamilton arrived at 3 ° ?u V S™. 100 ™** » nd was tendered at 1 p.m. She left Melbourne on the sth inst. and brings 15 saloon and 13 steerage passengers for all ports. At 11 p.m. on Sunday night she was struct by a hetvv Z on the maiß and quarter-decks, carrying away the bulwarks and skvhght on poop companion, also the captain's cabin, with Captain B&use, who was in his cabin when the sea struck the Tessel, andwhX was carried orerboard and drowned. There was not a vestige of anything left on the quarter deck but the wheel for steering. The deck cargo was washed completely overboard into the sea. The man at the helm was only saved by being secured to the wheel. The ship was then hove to until 2 p.m. the next day, the Bth, repaired damage don* by the gale, and started for Hokitilca. 8 • Wehjnotoh, September 12 — The Colonial Industrial Committee has reported, recommending the construction of railway works to connect the Buller coal fields with Westport. Subscriptions are being raised in aid of the sufferers by the Auckland fire. Wellington, .September IS. — It is almost certain that Mr Tolmin will bring in a Bill to increase Minister.' salaries— the Premier's to £20C0, and those of the other Ministers to £1500, and all allowances to be abolished. ■ Unless a deadlock occurs with the Council, the session will probably close in three weeks more. Bills are being rushed throngh all their stages at a sitting, almost without consideration, and with unprecedented haste. Auckland, September 13.— The papers comment favorably upon Mr Russell's mail contract. The journals infer that Auckland will be the first port of call in the Colony, and the last port of departure Taubakga, September 13.— The survey of the immigration settlement at Oropi is being proceeded with. Auckland, September 15.—Tlie ship City of Auckland has arrived from London, 99 days out, with 12 saloon, and £23 steeraae passengen, aU of whom are well. " 24 families and 16 single men, who arrived in the Berar, still remain unemployed. The Government stopped their rations on Saturday, leaving them destitute. The Deputy-Superintendent has telegraphed to the General Government, remonstrating against this step. Great ooroplaints are made regarding the accommodation provided for the immigrants. The single girls are allowed to wander about the streets "without guardianship, and many of them have been seen drinking »t bars. Chbistchuech, September 15.— The match, Harris v. Fox, takes place on Saturday next. It excites very little public interest here. It is likely that Canterbury will send representatives to Melbourne to compete for the Victorian Rifle Association's prizes. - Wblmngton, September 16. — There will almost certainly be a majority of four against the Provincial Borrowing Bill in the Legislative Council. ' * An inquiry was held at Nelson befoie the Collector of Customs, into the disaster to the Claud Hamilton, and the following decision was given : — '* That it is possible the late muster committed an error in judgment, considering the bod state of the weather, iv not having the vessel hove to, and that no blame can be attached to the present master and crew ; and lam further of opinion that as the late master unfortunately lost his life by the accident, any further or formal inquiry would be of no service." Auckland, September 16.— -A lunatic named Smith, formerly resi T dent in Canterbury, but latterly at Levuka, has been shipped to Aackland by the Fijian authorities. Some murderers whom ie was attempted to hang at Levuka, were cut down before they were dead, and shipped to Auckland. 16 is thought such practices should be stopped. A public meeting appointed a committee to receive subscriptions for the sufferers by the late fire. GBA.BAM3TOWX, September Iff. — Tookey's mine caught fire 'at eleven o'clock last night. The mining men were below at the time, but all escaped, though with tome difficulty. The damage is confined to one level, and is not very great. Chbistchttbcu, September 16. — The case of the immigrants by the Berar, at Auckland, excites much interest here. The ' Lyfctelton Time?,' in a leader on the subject, says :— "lt is almost: impossible to believe that the succeeding details which we extract from the same authority, can be true in every inspect, they are so very revolting and so damaging to the reputation of the Colony. An enquiry into the whole of the circumstances is of course indispensable. If only a tithe of whtifc is set down should turn out to be true, the treatment meted out to a- number of newly-arrived immigrants was disgraceful and' may prove disastrous." The Board of Education at its sitting yesterday, had before ifc the question of John Graham vieiting Government Schools at Waiinate_ and Temukn, and giving lectures there on table-rapping, <fee. The Board decided to call the attention of the School Co-nmitfcees to the prohibiting clause in the Ordinance, and to request that the same ' should not take place aguin. CABAL'S TELEGRAMS. London, September 2. — It is rumoured tint the Marquis of Hartington will bo Postmaster-General, and that Mr Foster will succeed him v* CJhief-Socretiiry for Ireland. Admiral Yelverton has captured several insurgent vessels at Curthagona, and taken them to Gibraltar. The insurgents threatened to fire ttpon the British fleet. Tee English residents have left the city, an- 1 tho insurgents threaten to confiscate their property, and art) greatly exasperated. A conflict is expect id. The King of Italy visits Berlin and Vienna.

d. fic^nSeT.3t. haTebeenttd ° Ptod "™cc in view of the d &Z*™ been awaried to AQB - Go^ wo •teamera were loading arms and ammunition for the Ea«t Fr^hSfffifl^t ° f 18 ? 5 h f been P icked U P in SooA condition. Fresh difficulties have arisen between the French Princes. ££•^ £ Ye V UCC , eß9ful in the Evince of Navarre. Some of the witnesses for the defence ia the Tichborne case doEighty vessels went ashore in a gale off Cape Breton. .«-£ T I?"?. , of officers are volunteering for the Ashantee service. The Native forces are organising from twelve to fifteen thousand men. The Journal des Debats declares that a Republic has now become impossible. A Liberal Monarchy alone is possible. It insists upon the necessity of Count Chambord granting a charter. The Bank forgers have been sentenced to penal servitude for life. AUSTBALIAN NEWS. Mklboubke, September 4.— Several of the passengers and crew of the Dallani Tower have brought charges of neglect of duty against Captain Davies on tne Uth and 15th July-the days during which the gale which dismasted the vessel was most severely felt The Stawell mining difficulty etilLexcites grave apprehension of -noting. The first smelting of bar iron from New Zealand ore has just been made, and is very successful. ft^ T^ 61 " ° f the^ aves - fr <™ New York to Dunedin, has arrived ra Melbourne much damaged by a severe hurricane and bea/v teas, which nearly buried her. The storm carried away her bowsprit all head gear, foretopmast, and maintopgallant-mast. Her chief officer naa several ribs fractured. StTOCEY.— Large quantities of coal are arriving from Litbeow Tajey, beyond the Zigzag. It is selling at one-third The price of X QtnsiNSiiAKD. —Parliament is dissolved. At Cardwell, the sugar crop promiseg large returns r, ». f I ? 11 4 IDB --r s ' l^- 88 r r e yen immigration agencies havo been «stabashed in Great Britain for this Colony. SrDNBT..-A great Roman Catholic demonstration took pluoe at the opening of the St Stanislaus College, Bathurst. The Bwhojs were escorted by a cavalcade of a thousand horsemen