Telegraphic.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume IV, Issue 325, 20 October 1875, Page 2

Telegraphic.

(FROM OtJE OWN CORRESPOND^’!*) Auckland, Tuesday Archibald Clark has died; he unwell, but was.not thought dangs*® and was sitting up in bed talking to « when he fell back dead in an spopl®® . ■ Bob Young, Mercury Baysawamkr fingers cut clean off by c'rouhf 6**' William Kirby has baen again m

under instructions from Wellington, charged with indecent assault. The Crown prosecutes. Case remanded till Thursday. Oseian Anderson, master of the schooner Susan, fell overboard lost night; he swam a quarter of a mile, with a heavy lop coat, to a vessel, and was rescued. The whaler Bartholomea Goswold put m to Russell, and reports the Solomon islands in a slate of war and cannibalism.

In (he Supreme Court the jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff in the case of Hutch' inson v. March Brown, Kawiti, for breach of agreement and non completion of sale of gum. Damages £245. The Diocesan Synod to-day. lue Bishop’s address contained nothing important.

Prorogation of Parliament. The Representation Bill. [I’JEPv PRESS AGENCY.j Wellington, Tuesday evening. The House met at 2.80. Sir Donald McLean announced, in reply to a question, that practically all business would be got through that day, but that the formality of prorogation would probably not take place till Thursday at mid-day. Tire bulk of the business was answering an array of miscellaneous questions, mostly of purely local interest. The report on the Representation Bill was brought up, and tho technical amendment agreed to. On the motion for tho third reading, Mr Bkechan, Sir George Grey, and Mr Reid recorded their protests against tho Bill as unsatisfactory, unjust, and likely to be a source of evil to the colony for years to come. Mr Pyko supported tho Bill for tho same reasons us tho others opposed it. He welcomed it as paving the way to insular separation, a-.d a Federal Government. Major Atkinson and Mr Bowen defended the Bill us being tho best that could be done under the circumstances, and being on the whole tolerably fair. Tho Bill was read a third time and passed on the voices.

The Homo rose at 5-30. Before going into Supply, Mr Murray will move that the Local Government Bill be circulated a month before tho next session of Parliament.

The House resumed at 7.30 on the Representation Bill,

Major Jackson's new clause to give another member to Waikato was added to the Hill by 2-1 to 20. Mr Tairoa moved for another native member for Waikato, but lost by 89 to 22. Mr W. Kelly tried to annex Poverty Bay to Napier and got another representative, but ■was ruled out of order, a previous motion having been very similar, Mr O’Conor tried for another member for Koefton district, but was defeated by 35 io 17. Mr Stafford succeeded in getting Timaru made two electorates. Mr McGiilivray tried to add a piece of Wallace (Orepnki Goldfields) to Riverton, but was negatived on the voices. Mr Sheehan moved for the southern portion of the Thames bving made a separate electorate with another member. Lost by 42 against 18. On the motion of Mr O’Conor an alteration was made in the Buller and Roefton hietrict boundaries. The second clause was then amended, substituting 8.1 members for 74, and the Bill passed. Several other Pills were passed, including the Disqualification Act Amendment, Registration f Electors Act Amendment, Confiscated Lands Administration, and Public Revenues Act Amendment Bills. The House adjourned at 3 5. It is understood that Sir George Grey, Messrs Macandrew, Rolleston, Fitzherbert, and Bunny leave for Dunedin to-morrow afternoon.

The House will not be prorogued till Thursday.

(I'BOM OUB OWN COUKESFONDENT.) Wellington, Tuesday evening. last Coast electoral district remains as at present defined. English Cablegrams to October 9. PEE PRESS AGENCY. Bluff, Tuesday afternoon. The Omco arrived this morning. She left Melbourne on October 13, and brings 600 sheep and 30 horses. [belter's cablkgbams.] London, Octobers. Mr Wade, British Minister for China, has notified to foreign legations at Pekin that negotiations have been entered into which have averted immediate war. October 8. Ko decisive intelligence has been received, but Mr Wade is still hopeful of a satisfactory settlement, as the demands of Great Britain were both moderate and just, and he intended adhering to them. In Spain the Carlisle are bombarding Pampebina and San Sebastian. Mr Samuel Wilson, of Victoria, and Captain McMahon, Speakers of the Assembly, have been knighted. The silk season has been a failure in Japan. Increased planting of mulberry trees in Aus< tralia is strongly recommended. The woo! sales are closed, good wools maintaining the advance ; inferior unchanged. At a Liverpool Municipal banquet Lord Derby deprecated intermeddling as much as excessive indifference in Continental affairs. England’s great interest was the maintenance of peace. October 9. Money tightening. There are large withdrawals of gold for Germany, Bank rate, 2| per cent. The mail via Torres Straits has been delivered. Arrived j H.M.S. Eosario.