THE SUBMARINE CABLE.

Evening Star, Issue 4129, 22 May 1876, Page 2

THE SUBMARINE CABLE.

INTERCOLONIAL NEWB. Sydney, May 20. Cablegrams have been received by the steamer Bowen, brought on from Singapore. Melbourne, May 22. Sullivan has complained to the Government about the treatment he has received from the police #ud resisidents of Wedderburn. Hie states that he had nothing to eat &>r three days, and had to barricade himself against the attacks of boys, who threw stones and explosive materials at him. Arrived: Hingarooma, from New Zealand. , London, April 26. A panic has been caused, partially by unfounded rumor of change ih the Russian policy in the East, and differences have arisen between Count Andressy an I GorttchakoflE. -Xbe panic has since subsided. The Queen’s title of Empress of India is approved of in Russia. The Queen visited Gotha, accompanied by Earl Carnarvon and Lord Derby. During her return journey to J London Her Majesty had a lengthy interview with the Duke Decazes, in Paris. On the 18th April the Emperor of Germany visited Queen Victoria at Coburg. - ... The mail steamer Surat sailed from Southampton on the Gth Apiil, and was lowed into Lisbon with a damaged shaft. The P. and O. Co.’s Australia left London on the 12th April*] * : .• 'I ; : \ ,-U » v :

39,Q0CL colliers in Yorkshire. and Derbyshire have struck owing to a reduction of wages. Lord Lyttelton committed ‘suicide during a fit of melancholy. A race for the championship of tho Thames has been arranged between Saddler and Trickett, the Australian. The London and Colonial wool sales were resumed. The opening sales exhibited a languid tone, and prices ruled a penny lower. Tho wheat market is dull. The ‘ Norde Deutsche’ declares that the agreement between the three Great Powers remains unbroken, and Austria, Germany, and Russia will only take further action in the Eastern question alter the other guaranteeing Powers make some movement. The ‘ Journal of St. Petersburgh’ reproduces a Vienna semi-official article declaring that the entente cordials between Austria and Russia continues, and appeals to the public to discredit the alarmist reports circulated during the recent panic. A revolt occurred in Northern Bosnia, and horrible cruelties were practised by the insurgents towards the natives, who refused to join the ranks of tho rebels. The Governor of Bosnia announced the defeat of 1,400 insurgents. The Turks officially admit defeat at Miksisseh after six days’ fighting, the supplies for troops having been intercepted. The Porte has called the attention of the Great Powers to the attitude of Servia in reorganising. The army in Spain is insisting on religious liberty being suspended, and is parleying with the Vatican An Arab rising has taken place in Algeria, and further changes are made in the French protectorate. Discount, two per cent. Arrived: Somersetshire, s.e., from Melbourne. Don Carlos has bought an estate in Styria, on which he intends to leside. The ‘ Times ’ publishes alarming accounts of sickness and an approaching native plague at Hillah and Bagdad. 100,000 bales of wool were catalogued. 3,000 were withdrawn. The market at latest dates was finner ] snperior showed a partial recovery. The Childers, with the Strathmore survivors, arrived at Rangoon on March 19. New Zealand hemp sold at LI 8 to L 24 for inferior to medium. Arrived; Invercargill, from New Zealand.