TELEGRAMS.

Globe, Volume I, Issue 73, 25 August 1874, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(JBer Anglo-Australian Press Telegraph , ’ ’’ Agency.) A'':- ~n~ ♦ :

LATEST FROM EUROPE '■■■ AND , AMEEIOA.

[The following telegrams were received too late for publication yesterday.] It is announced from Beyrpot that a large party of Prussian explorers have begun excavationls , at Tyre with ,a corps of a hundred workmen. It is thought that Bilboa may Boon be visited for the same purpose. At a fire in the Jewish quarters at Stamboul, over 500 houses were burned. The Sultan had two pashas thrown into prison and their estates confiscated because they did not seem concerned about it. The net proceeds, however, were not turned out to the homeless families, but to his favourite Sultana. An accident on the Lancashire and Yorkshire railway has caused the death of several persons. : A fire in Galatea, Constantinople, was brought under control after raging six hours. About two hundred houses were destroyed with a loss of £500,000. Advices from India represent fears_ of cholera breaking out among 50,000 pilgrims assembled in Peooree for the Juggernaut festival, Southern districts are still without rain. The little that has fallen in some sec tions has done no good. „ By a colliery explosion at Wigan fifteen persons have been killed. Despatches from India announce that the inundations are subsiding. Thirty-five thousand gallons of creosote were destroyed by a fire at Botherhithe, England.

A Calcutta despatch says the rivers from Assam to Oude have flooded the country, causing much damage. . ' . Mr Grant, member for Kidderminster, has been unseated for corrupt practices. M. Rochefort is still in London and will probably remain there. , The statement that the young Duk.e Nicholas was sentenced for banishment for stealing his mother’s diamonds is officially denied. His case is still under the consideration of the Emperor. The American woman who induced him to commit the crime, proves to be Josey Mansfield, wlio censed tb.6 sbootmg of of James Fisk by Stokes. Several revolts have taken place among the peasantry of the north of Prussia, owing to a, change in the local Government. The troopsj were called out and came into collision with the people. Serious trouble is expected; The Freemasons of Italy have expelled the Pope from their order, which hehad joined in his youth. The ground of his expulsion was his refusal to answer certain charges preferred against him in 1865. I Otago eight per cent matured debentures will be taken up by the Hank of New Zealand on July Ist.

7 ■ ! SHIPPING; ; _ 1 The European Mail contains a list of the, passengers per the Cathcart for Canterbury, and by the Otago and Tweed, for Otago. From Otago, the Agnes Muir arrived_ at Gravesend on the 25th of June ; the Bedington 'on June 27th; the City of Dunedin, Dunfillan, Jessie Eeadman, and May Queen, on the 25th June. At New York, from Dunedin, the Nicoline, arrived on June 9th. From Canterbury, at Gravesend, the Duke of Edinburgh, arrived on 25th of June ; the Star of India, on the 25th of June. Entered out, for Canterbury, the Duke of Edinburgh, on June 26th ; B. P. Bouverie, on June 27th. Sailed for Canterbury, Merope, on June 21st, and left Plymouth on June 28th ; sailed for Napier, Queen Bee on June 21st, and was off Start Point on 24th Jnne.. Entered out for Nelson, Chile, on June 27th; cleared for Otago, Christian McAusland, on 25th June ; entered outwards, Calypso, on June 19th ; Jessie Eeadman, on June 25th ; Lennox Castle, on June 18th ; May Queen, on June 25th. Sailed for Otago, Haddon Hall, on June 18th ; Tweed, on June 16th. Entered out, Glasgow, for Otago and Invercargil, on June 12th. Entered out for Wellington, Cospatrick and Dunfillan, on June 26th, Sailed, Garth vail e, on June 26th. The ship Cathcart, for Canterbury, passed Deal bn the 11th June ; the Haddon Hall, for Otago, passed the. Lizards on TSth June, The Parsee sailed from Greenwich for Otago, on June 12 th, ,

COMMERCIAL, ' ", _' , ( London. June 30. ■Wool—-Charles BalmeAnd Co report:—The short interval which has . elapsed since the close of the public sales has been characterised by a daily, inqmpyhfor,one description dr another of our staple, and though the quantity actually sold is unimportant, the feature is pf interest, showing ai disposition on' the part of consumers to make further purchases at fates recently current, as indicating that, notwithstanding the unprecedentedly heavy strikes so recently, there has not been an overstocking of raw material.. New Zealand Hemp—The market is inanimate, about the only business passing being in the damaged portion of late arrivals, which not being likely to improve in its present condition, holders sell to the best, bidders. The following are some of the lots disposed of at the public sales Ex William DavieSound. E E, £lB 15s ; F E, £l6 Is ; P C in diamond, £l7 10s to £1.7 15s. Ex Punjaub —Sound, E, £2l. Ex Celoend—R & G in diamond, A at side, £25 10s ; 6 at side, £2O 15s ; A at side, sound and good, £22 5s ; sound, 6 at side, £2O 5s ; tow, £lO 10s ; 6 at side, £2O 15s ; A at side, sound and good, £22 5s ; sound, 6 at side, £2O 5s ; tow, £lO 10s ; sound, W & CT, £l7 10s. Ex Lady Jocelyn—Sound, J C over L on heart, £l4 Rx lien' Nevis —Sound, 11W, £lB 10s. Ex , Celestial Queen—-Sound, K, £2O ; JA, £2O; JW, £lB. In hides, little is doing. The only transactions were 127 salted Australian horses at 5s each. Tallow —Australian found buyers, ex ship, good to fine, at 43s to 48s 6d ; one lot long, rather superior, 44s ; dark, rather greasy to good fair, 38s to 41s 9d ; dark, very greasy, 365. San Francisco, July 28.

Flour, extra, 5 dols 25c to 5 dols 75c ; superfine, 4 dols 50c in sacks of IQGlbs. Wheat, 1 dol 57’c to 1 dol 70c. Liverpool quotations, £ll 10s to £l2 4s. Barley, brewing, 1 dol 15c to 1 dol 80c. Boston wool reports shows large stocks, but a good demand. Sales of best fleeces have been made at 50c to 60c. INTE RPEOYIN OIAL, Auckland, August 25. Sales—Caledonian, £lolos. Bxryers—South British, 52s 6d ■ Thames Gas, 365; Caledonians £lO 7s ; Crown Prince, 275, Sellers—Whan,, 525; National Bank, 61s; Bank of New Zealand, £l7 15s. Grahamstown, August 25. The Bright Smile banked 1200 ounces of gold from a fortnight’s crushing. A new reef, discovered in the Caledonian during Friday night, caused a rise in the scrip of £2, although the new find is not yet proved to be of consequence. To-day scrip was easy at £lO 10s. The native meeting is breaking up, and the Maoris are leaving every day. It is understood that Mr Mackay managed matters admirably, and compelled the chiefs to admit having received heavy advances on their land. GIIEYMOUTH, August 25.

Mr Moriarty’s report on the harbor improvements for Greymouth was received yesterday. Pie proposes the construction of a stone wall 330 feet along the south side of the river to the "south spit, thence a breakwater extending outwards in a north-wes-terly direction for a further distance of 2100 feet, bringing the head of the breakwater into twelve feet at low tide. The total cost of the works would be £91,998, _ Mr Moriarty imagines that by the construction of such works vessels drawing sixteen feet of water could enter the port. Dunedin, August 25. The total insurance on the buildings and stock belonging to Messrs Guthrie and Larnach amounted to over £20,000. The losses by the different companies were as follows ;—New Zealand Company, Guthrie and Larnach, £3OOO ; Haworth, £SOOO ; Spanish restaurant, £6OOO ; total, £l-1,000 ; Messrs Guthrie and Larnach were also injSured in other offices for the following Amounts ; —National, £2500 ; South British, i£2000; Norwich Union, £2OOO ; Victoria, £2000; Standard, £ISOO ; Australian Al-

liance, £IOOO. Messrs Haworth were insured in the Royal for £6OO. Messrs Gibbs and Clayton, with the exception of a guarantee from Messrs Guthrie and Larnach for a few hundred pounds, were uninsured. Their loss is estimated at £2OOO. Mr Kendal, chairmaker, was altogether uninsured. An inquest, will be held if nothing further is known as to the cause.