LATEST FROM EUROPE AND AUSTRALIA.

Globe, Volume IV, Issue 367, 16 August 1875, Page 2

LATEST FROM EUROPE AND AUSTRALIA.

[Per Press Agency.] LATEST FROM. EUROPE. Bluff, August 14, The Oraeo, Captain Chatfield master, left Melbourne on the 7th, at 2.30 p.m., and arrived at the Bluff at 2 p.m. on the 14th. Experienced strong S. and S.B. winds and heavy sea. She brings 34 saloon, 48 steerage, and 550 tons of cargo, and 16 horses. She sails for Dunedin at midnight. Passengers for Lyttelton—Messrs Hamilton, Davis, Goldie, Nounen; 10 steerage; 150 tons. The Otago sails for Hokitika on the 11th, in charge of Captain Calder. Captain McLean remains to bring on the new steamer daily expected to arrive. [Cable News.] London, July 30, In the House of Commons Mr Flimsoll apologised, and withdrew hia unparliamentary expressions, Mr Disraeli considered the apology full and satisfactory, and the motion for a reprimand was discharged. At the international municipal banquet at Guildhall, several foreign mayors were present, and cordial speeches exchanged. The Alphousists have captured Leodwigel. London, July 31, The British consul at Milan states there is a market open in Italy for Australian silkworms, and that grain and cocoons realise a high price. He recommends increased planting in Australia. The fine weather has depressed the wheat market, and the recent rise has been partially lost. Adelaide, 50s to 545. London, August 3. Obituary—The ex-President of the United States. Colonel Baker, of the 10th Hussars, has been tried for indecently assaulting a lady in a railway carriage, and sentenced to twelve months’ imprisonment without hard labor, with £SOO fine and costs. Galle, August 3. Royal Mail s.s. Golconda left Galle for Australia on the 31st of July. London, August 4. The Unseaworthy (Shipping Bill has passed. Desultory fighting has taken place between the Turkish troops and the insurgents, who are retreating, Austria, Russia, and Germany are neutral, and have enforced Wervia to remain neutral. Arrived—July 31st, Avalanche, from Lyttelton. London, August 5, The mails via Brindisi and Wan Francisco w'ere delivered yesterday. SAN FRANCISCO MAIL. Auckland, August !4. The Macgrcgor has arrived with the San Francisco mails. She left San Francisco on the 10th. She had fine weather during the passage. New Zealand passengers—Hon Mr Wat rhouse, Messrs Cnpella, Mason, Eliott (mail agent), Rev Messrs Calder, and Brown, and thirty-two for Sydney. The Macgrcgor proceeds to Sydney tomorrow. ENGLISH NEWS. Heavy rains have caused much damage in Wales. The River Ogmore overflowed its barks, inundating the town of Bridgend. One life was lost and many cattle were drowned. The Monmouth canal at Carnarvon burst, and thirteen persons were drowned, and hundreds of the inhabitants of Graugetowu were removed to Cardiff in boats. The Radical clubs in London have held a conference, and called a meeting in Trafalgar square to protest against the grant for the expenses of the Prince of Wales in India. The disturbances in Herzegovina consist of a number of riots among the inhabitants

of the Western District in consequence of an ] attempt to collect the arrears of taxes. Turkish troops made an attack on the fences erected by the insurgents and were defeated. 'i he wheat and vine crops in Ville Franchc and Macon, France, have been completely destroyed by the floods. 216 bodies have been found of those drowned in the floods at Toulouse. An affecting farewell has been given to Messrs Moody and Sankey. Seven hundred clergymen were present, the Church of England predominating, and leading statesmen were on the platform. Nearly three million people attended their services during the last four months in London, The speeches were loud in praise of the benefit done to the churches and the steadfastness of the con verts. The Sultan of Zanzibar, while in England, completed another treaty for the suppression of the African slave trade. Chinese pirates attacked a British steamer at Foo Choo, and were repulsed, after killing the Custom-house officer aboard. The Cuban insurgents have captured two forts. Rey H.W. Beecher has been serenaded. He said he was thankful for the heartfelt sympathy offered him. The trial had cost him 7500 dollars. The details of an earthquake at Columbia show that not a single house has been left standing in Cucuta. Five thousand were killed, and a large extent of country devastated. A violent storm in Valparaiso Harbor sunk many boats, and caused a larger loss of life and property. ADDITIONAL MAIL NEWS. The rumours published that Mr Gladstone will resume the leadership of the Libei’als is considered unfounded. On July 12th the usual Orange celebration took place in Dublin and in the towns throughout Ulster and at Liverpool. At most places resolutions were passed condemning home rule. No disturbances occurred anywhere. It is reported that at the meeting in Hyde park to protest against the grant for the •’rince of Wales’s visit to India twelve thousand persons were present. Bradlaugh made a violent speech, and offered a resolution of a similar character, which was adopted almost unanimously. Eight persons who voted against it were sot upon by the crowd, and the police had to interfere. Another telegram says :—“The meeting called by the Radical clubs in Trafalgar square, Loudon, to protest against the grant for the Indian journey was a failure.” At the Moody and Bankey farewell meeting 188 of the clergy of the Church of England were present, far outnumbering those of any other denomination. Canon Conway, of Westminster, occupied a scat on the platform. All present were deeply affected. Mr Moody, while speaking, was so overcome by his emotion that he had to scop. He was unable to conclude his address. A special despatch from Berlin says the German Government has ordered that the delegates, on the submission by the Catholic clergy to the new laws, shall be kept strictly secret, to secure them from persecution by the Ditramontanes. Telegrams to the London Times say 900 persons have perished in a flood at Toulouse. The outbreak of an epidemic is feared. It is believed that 2500 houses have been swept away in the town and its environs. The Daily News special says the lowest estimate of deaths in the flooded districts is 2000. It is proposed to bombard and destroy the 8t Cyphrien quarter in Toulouse to prevent danger from the crumbling walls. Subsequent telegrams state that the first reports were exaggerated, and the number of drowned is estimated much lower. A despatch from Vienna reports that peasants of Deva and the vicinity, in Transylvania, have revolted against the nobles, and defeated a battalion of the military, Many persons were killed, including two judges. Regular troops have been sent to the scene of the outbreak. Spanish telegrams show that the Carlists are retreating. It is expected that the main body will be driven over the French border. 1000 Carlist prisoners are at Valencia. The populace threatened to lynch them. Some of the Carlist officers embarked them on a man-of-war, to prevent a massacre. A special from Rome says the Pope is in better health, but walks with great difficulty. It is reported that the Marquis of Lome and the Princess Louise intend making a tour of the United States. An extinct volcano in Iceland was opened for four weeks, and ejected fire, lava, ashes, and muddy boiling fluid. The farms and villages within twenty miles have been destroyed. A thousand people had to fly for their lives. This volcano has ceased, and another has opened a hundred miles away, and has devastated the country for fifty miles around. 800 people are homeless. New mounds have been thrown up in the centre of Iceland to the height of several hundred feet, and poured out their burning contents over 200 miles of country, and rendered 10,000 people homeless. Several hundred people are reported to have perished. The famous Geysers have dried up since the terrible eruption, and instead of water they emit immense volumes of hot smoke and ashes, which at night appear like gigantic columns of fire, and are visible for a hundred miles. The eruption is said to be the most widely extended volcanic action known in the world. The 40,000 inhabitants on the coasts of the island are too poor to support their destitute fellow-countrymen, and the Copenhagen Government has made an appeal for the sufferers. The weavers are on strike at Brurm, Austria, and have assumed such a threatening attitude that troops have been despatched to preserve order. The Wesleyans are building a handsome church in Rome. A Copenhagen despatch states that an explanation will be demanded of Germany for the soundings last week taken by a Prussian vessel of war. A letter from Pesth confirms the reports of the destructive character of the ” recent storms in Hungary. It says—“Twentyeight bodies have been found, while over a hundred people are missing. The destruction of property on the mountain slopes is fearful. Mo villas on the upper ground have entirely escaped. Hundreds of people are destitute and homeless. Subscriptions have been opened, and relief is being liberally given.” Garibaldi, on his arrival at Civita Vecchia, on his way to Caprera, was drawn to his hotel by the people, and the town was illuminated. The electoral struggle is beginning in Bavaria. There is great excitement between

til tramontanes ami Nationalists, and much importance is attached to the result. The Spanish steamship Bayonese wag wrecked near Motrico on the Biscayan coast. The crew were saved by Oar'ist fishermen, and will be held as house hostages, and the Oarlists threaten to shoot them if the [loyalists bombard any more of the coast towns. 'AMERICAN. At St Burneh, Quebec, on the 12th of July, six people were crossing the railway, and wore run into by the train. Two women were killed, and three badly hurt. Cortina, the rebellious Mexican General, has been capt ired. There is great excitement in Matamoras, and trouble is anticipated. Yellow fever is reported to have broken out in Norfolk, Virginia. It is said to have been introduced by a vessel from Barbadoes. Donaldson, the accountant, has not been heard of. The captain of the schooner Presto, which arrived at Chicago on the 18th of July, reports that the body of a man was floating on the lake fifty miles north-east of Grand Haven. Barnum’s manager has offered 500 dollars for the body of Donaldson or Greenwood. The jury in the Beecher case came into Court at eleven o’clock on the 2nd July, when the foreman, Mr Carpenter, said it was impossible to agree. They were discharged. Nine were" for Beecher and three for Tilton. The Tribune says that the evidence in Coerder’s trial for conspiracy so seriously implicates Moulton that Beecher’s counsel has already taken steps to indict him for perjury. Judge Barnard, who was removed from Supreme Court bench in 1871, is accused of having tampered with Beecher’s jury. Beecher and Barnard were enemies, and Barnard boasted of having fixed the jury so that one would stand out under all circumstances. It is rumored that negro Woolly will be arrested for perjury. Beecher was serenaded at Peelskill on the 13th of July, and received an address from Judge Wells, reposing confidence in him as a Christian minister. Beecher replied in a speech of an hour, justifying himself, and expressing his trust in the future. He stated that the expense of the trial would amount to 7500 dollars, which he could barely pay. The American man-of-war Carnack, sent to collect specimens for the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition, ran on the rocks in Discovery Passage, Vancouver’s Island. Captain Queen, her commander, reports that on the 18th of June, the vessel was caught in a whirlpool and became unmanageable, and struck on a sunken rock, making a hole on her port side abreast of the foremast, and starting her decks. On springing off, she was headed for the shore, filling rapidly. The boats had to bo lowered, and all hands got ashore, but very little of the stores or armament was saved. She sunk in sixty fathoms. Relief on the island was afforded to the crew by the British war ship Mymuden. A Spanish man of war chased a British schooner into Hayti, when the authorities found her with contraband cargo. The insurgents in Cuba have captured two forts near Baracora, with the garrison. Telegrams from Galveston reported that the Mexican General Cortina has been forwarded to Bagdad. A desperate attempt was made to rob an express car at Long Point, Illinois, on the Bth of July. The engine and car were cut loose, the engineer killed. The expressman Burke barricaded the doors, and kept the robbers at bay till help arrived. The scouting party at San Diego returned from an excursion on the Brh July, and reported seeing Indians on the Ist July, and killed twenty-five and took nine prisoners. On the 4th another ranche was struck, and five Indians killed; twenty-five captured. Indians known as White Mountain Apaches, had been stealing stock from the Berde settlers at St Louis. The Mail special says several thousand dollars reward have been offered by the Vandalio Railway Company for the capture of the parties interested in the attempted express robbery. Beecher’s Sunday school visited him at Perkshill on the Bth of July to convey the official news of his 100,000dols salary. The American Treasury sold one million dollars in gold every Thursday in July. The earnings of the Onion Pacific Railway from the Ist to the 22ud of June were 718,000d015, against 569,000 last year. Klemer, the negro who outraged the wife of William Vaughan, in Missouri, was brought to Greenfield for safe-keeping. One morning the mob, numbering 160, masked, broke open the gaol and hanged the prisoner. A tornado passed over the north-western part of Detroit, making a path about 500 ft in width, and demolished 800 houses, killed four people, and injured many others. The Tax Commissioner in New York reports that the city property is worth fiftythree million dollars less than last year. Ban Francisco, July 19. Flour is in fair demand at sdol 76c to 6dol. 8.8. L. wheat firm at advanced rates, 1 dol 90c to 2 dol per 1001 b. The Liverpool market remains at 9s 9d to 10s for average. Barley is steady. Oats, 2dol 10c for old. New York. Wool—Spring, fine, 25c to 35c ; pulled, 35c to 43c. Sperm oil, Idol 55c to Idol 57c ; whale, 60c to 65c ; winter-bleached, 68c to 75c. Hides, dry, 20c to 202 C. Quicksilver, scarce, 75c to 76c. Refined petroleum quiet, cases 16ic to 18c. AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Melbourne, August 7. On Monday last it became generally rumored that the Governor was unwilling to grant the Kerferd Ministry a dissolution, and that no alternative remained to them but resignation, and on the following day the Premier read to the Assembly a minute, addressed by the Ministry to the Governor, asking dissolution on the seveial grounds that the House was not at unity with itself ; that there was no chance of carrying the financial proposals'; and lastly, expressing the opinion that the country favored the remission of the duties, and would return a majority in favor of the Ministry. To this Mr Chief Justice fetawell replied that the voice of the country had been so far in favor of the retention, and not the remission, of duties, and that he did not think there was sufficient evidence of the Ministry obtaining a majority in the country. Therefore the Kerferd Ministry has resigned, and the Governor has sent for Mr Graham Berry, who at once undertook the formation of a Ministry but experienced great difficulty, owing to his inability to obtain law officers^

and the Governor declined to accept them without an attorney-general. Up to a late hour last night that void had not been filled, several legal gentlemen having been appealed to in vain. The following is a list of the new Ministry :—Mr Berry, Premier and Treasurer; Mr Longmore, Minister of Lands ; Mr Grant, Minister of Justice ; Mr Patterson, Minister for Public Works ; Mr Lalor, Commissioner of Customs ; Mr Munro, Minister of Education ; Mr Wood, Minister for Railways ; Mr W. C. Smith, Minister of Mines. It is essentially a protectionist Ministry, and is composed of the weakest materials in the House. How long it will stand remains to be seen; but it lacks the confidence of the public out of doors. The political fever has been strong during the week. Now all the work of the session will be lost. Ah Cat, the Chinaman found guilty of murder, will be executed at Castlemaine on Monday. Dr Thornton, Bishop of Ballarat, arrived. Thanksgiving services were held yesterday. The O’Connell centenary celebration is proceeding. A banquet was held on Thursday night in the Town Hall at which 500 were present. Sir J. O’Shannasy was chairman. An immense concert of Irish national music was given last night, and a procession with sports took place to-day. A telegram was sent to Dublin stating the success. Arrangements arc in progress for the visit of another English eleven in the season of 1876-7. The exhibition entries closed with 950, covering 37,500 ft of space. A foul and cold-blooded murder was committed at Mount Gambier. A young girl not twenty years of age was murdered by a man named Page, with whom she kept company, He strangled her one Sunday night during church hours, and buried the body two feet deep in a paddock. Page is committed to trial on the charge. J, M. Ashton, connected with meat preserving, has called a meeting of his creditors. His liabilities are about £15,000. Ashton is reported missing. The weather continues very unsettled. There has been more rain this year than on any previous one. Sydney. Parliament will probably be prorogued on Monday, the difficulty between the two Houses over the Land Bill has resulted in a conference. The attention of the Assembly has been called to the overloading of the Easby and other vessels leaving port. The Government has promised to give the subject attention. A fire occurred in the premises of Lane, Chester, and Co, George street. The insurance was £IO,OOO. The buildings adjoining were damaged. Several offices are concerned. A two-storey building in Barrack street fell, owing to an excavation being made for a cellar. An engraver, named Todd, in the adjoining house, was seriously injured. The Assembly has granted an annuity of £250 to Hargreaves. The Rev Mr Pillars, Unitarian Minister, fell from the ledge of a rock at the South Head, and was killed. The skeletons of two bodies have been found in Queensland, supposed to have belonged to Leichardt’s party. The O’Connell celebration passed off quietly. Adelaide. The Treasurer’s budget shows a deficiency. The expenditure over revenue is to be made up by stamps and succession duties; also a tax on banking companies in the form of a yearly composition of £2 for every £IOO worth of the average annual amount of unstamped notes issued, and a tax of 6d in the pound on the dividends payable by public companies. It is proposed to borrow two and a half millions, and spend £600,000 this year. 2000 immigrants are expected by Christmas. Eleven lines of railway are proposed, in all 529 miles, at the rate of £4OOO a mile. The secular clause in the Education Act has been carried in the Assembly. Tasmania. The want of confidence motion has been negatived by eighteen to twelve. Mr Meredith has been elected chairman of committees. SHIPPING. Melbourne. Sailed—l, Ohrisna, for Dunedin. Sydney. Sailed—3lst, John Knox, for Lyttelton ; 3rd, Wild Wave, for Auckland. Newcastle. Arrived—lst, Elliott, from Lyttelton ; 2nd, Sea Spray, from Auckland ; 3rd, Tasso, from Nelson ; 4th, Ann Melhuish, and Malaya, from Wellington ; sth, Haversham, from Wellington. Sailed—3lst Helena, for Wellington; Robin Hood, for Wellington ; 2nd, Eliza Ridley, for Oamaru; 3rd, Glimpse, for Auckland; stb, Edwin Bassett, for Wellington. COMMERCIAL. Melbourne. Owing to the uncertainty about the tariff, business is very doll. Late advices from Mauritius, stating that nothing is likely to come forward till the end of August has hardened the market. New teas are going off at prices up to 2s 6d for very superior. Wheat is dull at 5s 4d to 5s 5d ; New Zealand oats, 4s Id. INTERPROVJNCIAL. Patea, August 14. A resolution by the electors was passed unanimously last night, that they consider immediate and total abolition of the provinces, and the introduction of local Government, will tend to promote the welfare of whole colony, and especially the outlying districts. Nelson, August 14. At a large meeting in the Provincial Hall last night, it was proposed “ that this meeting cordially approves of the Government measures re the abolition of the provinces throughout New Zealand;” to which an amendment was proposed “ in the opinion of this meeting, the Abolition and Local Government Bills should stand over till they can be dealt with by a new Parliament.” Nine persons only voted for the amendment, and the original resolution was carried with loud cheers, and a copy sent to the Nelson members. Wellington, August 15, Captain Johnston reports an extensive and dangerous rocky shoal, having a small patch on it with only three and a half fathoms, from Kauiangi Point north 28 degrees west, distant four and a quarter miles, right in the track of vessels. An official notice thereoi will be issued shortly. Where breakers were previously reported be found deep water.