CABLEGRAMS.

Clutha Leader, Volume V, Issue 212, 2 August 1878, Page 6

CABLEGRAMS.

JRe-uter's London, July 24. Major-General Sir Garner. Wolseley, who has been appointed Governor of Cyprus, has left for thar island. Komi*, July 24. ' Tbe Italian Government have instructed their representative nt Vienna U) disavow, on rhe part of the Government, any participation in the recent democratic meetings that support a demand for Trieste and Tyrol, (Special to the Press Agency.) Lois don, July 26. The House of Commons agreed to grant the Duke of Corms-uui'ht another ■ £10,000 annually, and £8000 a year to the Princess Louise Margnritha in the event of her becoming- a widow. , _ India will annex tho island of Socotia, in the Indian Ocean. Renter's London, July 26. Parliament will be prorogued on the 20th August. 'Ihe political agitation amongst the ftali-m Democrats is now subsiding. Jt is contemplated to *end a Pontifical Nuncio to England. Vienna, July 27. The Porte consents to the Austrian occupation of Bosnia ami Herzegovina. London, July 27. The "Russians have occupied Shumhi. It is officially denied that Parliament will be dissolved in autumn. Money is hardening, and thp Bank reserves improving. Consols, 95-i-. The. Adelaide loan of .£(188,000 has been floated at a minimum of 95. The corn market is unchanged. (Special io tlie Melbourne Argus.) London, July 21. The Australian mail, via Brindisi,was delivered to-day. RmitXs. London, July 29.. Tho Marquis of Lome has been appointed Governor-General of Canada, in succession to the Earl of Dutferin. Thorn has been more hard fighting at the Transvaal. At. the Mansion House Banquet Lord Beaconsfield defended rhe AngloTurkish Convention on tlie ground that rhe Berlin Treaty was insufficient of itself to maintain European peace. Market rate of discount, 3 per cent. Wheat, flour, and Colonial securities unchanged. (Specie! io the Melbourne Argus. ) Pakis, July 17, The president of the Jury at the Paris Exhibition recommend that a gold medal be awarded to Mr Pitts, and a silver medal to Mr Crozier, of Soath Australia, lor WOOI3. The grand prix is awarded to South Australia tor wheat, London, July 17. Mr G. J. Goschen, owing .to the adoption of the county franchise by the Liberal party, announces that he intends to retire from the representation of the City of London. July 20. The Marquis of Hartington gave notice of a motion in the House of Commons, that lt was a matter for rejoicing that the Berlin Conference had -succeeded in maintaining European peace, but that the incomplete settlement of Greek claims and their being undefined was to be regretted, and that it was unknown to Parliament by whom the responsibility of this omission was incurred, July 22. Mr W. E. Forster, at the Cobden Club dinner, alluded to JNew ttouth Wales as a model colony. Mr Stuart, late Treasurer of Colony, responded in a speech in which he expressed himself hopefully of the future. A singular scene is reported to have occurred at Malaga during a baptism. Just when the holy father was anointing the child with water, a seafaring man, grandfather of the child, who. had not been invited to the ceremony, rushed into tha church with a sabre in one hand and a knife in rhe other, and commenced laying about him indiscriminately. One woman was killed, the godfather, the child, and several of tbe spectators were wounded, . as well as a guard by whom the infuriated man was arrested. The cause of the man's violence was pique.