The Globe. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1875. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Globe, Volume IV, Issue 405, 29 September 1875, Page 2

The Globe. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1875. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

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(Per Hero, vifi Auckland.) CABLE TELEGRAMS. London, September 17. Commodore Chapman has been ordered to hoist his broad pennant as Commodore Commanding the Australian station until relieved. The Standard, condemns Lieut. Armit’s scheme for the colonisation of New Guinea by 200 volunteers for that purpose. The wool sales are marked by considerable languor, but prices remain without noticeable alteration. 16,000 bales have been withdrawn. The corn market is dropping and languid. Prices have fallen owing to the large foreign arrivals. Australian, 65s 4d ; New Zealand, 50s to 525. Copper is quiet. The tin market is firm, with hardening prices. At an interview between M, Thiers and Prince Gortachakoff, at Revel, the latter expressed fears that the French Government would be affected by the clerical reaction. Prince Gortachakoff also said that the solution of the Eastern question will, for the moment, be postponed if the autonomy of Bosnia and Herzegovina is secured, together with a ratification of the Montenegrin frontier, The Strathnaver, ship, which left Sydney on April 27th, is supposed missing. Eighty guineas premium are offered for insurance. AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Sydney, September 22. The Hunt Club meeting on Saturday resulted as follows Spring Stakes : Bar 1, Receipt 2, Young William Tell 8 ; and Steeplechase: Hotspur 1, Prior 2, Fisher- »»»?•

Madame Janauschek’s engagements at the Queen’s Theatre have been terminated abruptly. Her husband has been arrested for a breach of contract. Arrivals at Sydney—John Knox, to-day, from Lyttelton ; Helena, from Wellington. Sailed —Joliba, for Lyttelton. Arrived at Newcastle —Aldergrove, from Dunedin. Departures Lochinvar, for Auckland ; Star of Mersey, for Timaru. Melbourne, Henry Howard has been sentenced to death for the Frankstowvi murder. He maintained a stolid demeanour, and never uttered a word. Good entries have been received for the Hunt Club races. Two hundred Martini rifles and a quantity of ammunition have arrived for the volunteers. A meeting of the Opposition was held today, and it was understood that the result of Sir J. McCulloch’s motion will be adverse to the Government on a division, which will probably be taken on Thursday. Should a change in the composition of the Ministry occur, it is likely Mr Kerford will take the Department of Lands, and the law officers be selected from Messrs G. P. Smith, Purvis, or Maden. At a meeting of the Protectionists at the Princess Theatre, there was a large attendance. Resolutions were passed supporting the Government policy. The speakers abused Sir G. McCulloch and Mr Smith. A dinner has been given to the Hon John Robertson, sixty persons were present. Candles are much sought after. Breadstuffs are unchanged. For the information of holders of drafts issued by the Bank of California the following telegram was received by the Oriental Bank Corporation from the head office in London, dated the 17th instant:—“Bank of California are making great efforts to resume business, which is believed will be successful.” Kingsborough is backed for the Cup up to 100 to 10, and is also taken in doubles with Richmond and Maid of All Work. Octavius Matterani Baker, for illegally procuring a celebration of marriage, has been sentenced to six months’ imprisonment. The wreck of the Cambridgeshire has been sold for £2850. An inquiry into the circumstances connected with the grounding of the Ceylon will be held. Sawers, late teller of the Bank of Victoria, has been sentenced to three years. Considerable sales have been made of candles at 10§d, and 10Jd is asked. Large sales have been made of new teas. Oats are in good demand, and have advanced Is 3d. The Hon J. Robertson, in his speech last night, pointed out the advantages derived by New South Wales from free trade policy, and satirically suggested that Victoria should continue, for the benefit of her neighbours, the protection she was now pursuing. Home advices state that at a meeting of the Telegraph Construction Company, the chairman stated that the New Zealand and Sydney cable would be 1380 miles long and employ the works of the Company for the rest of the year. Adelaide. The Minister of Agriculture states that 378,000 acres of land are surveyed and open for selection at 7s 6d in the Northern Territory. Wheat, 4s lid : buyers, at ss. Five shiploads of emigrants have been ordered before November. Hobart Town,

The Tasman steamer came into collision with the Freetrader barque, and both were slightly damaged. Brisbane,

News from the Palmer continues good. A party looking for a now rush were attacked by the blacks, and had to swim a river to escape. Quantities of gold are coming in, mostly from the Chinese.

INTERPROYINCIAL.

Auckland, September 28. At Coromandel the strong box of the Tokatea Company has been broken into, and 250 ounces of amalgam, valued at £IBO, stolen. The thieves have not yet been captured. The Hero passed the City of Auckland, ship, from London, off the Poor Knights. The Hero having been notified on the coast, the Star chartered the small steamer Eclipse, and went out beyond the Tiri lighthouse to meet her with carrier pigeons. The birds have returned with the following messages : The Hero left Sydney on the 22nd, with eighteen saloon and thirty steerage passengers. Constable Axam, arrested for forgery in Auckland, is aboard. Lord Osborne is a passenger. New Plymouth, September 28.

At the Interprovincial Football Match Taranaki won the toss, when Dunnett kicked off for Auckland, and during the first ten minutes half a point was made by a force down. Drew, of Taranaki, made a goal, making a splendid kick. At one o’clock the scores stood—Auckland, half a point ; Taranaki, 9 points. The Aucklanders are too light for the Taranaki players. The game was not finished when the messenger left. Wellington, September 29. The nominations for the Wellington Cup and Derby close on Friday next, the Ist of October. Invercargill, September 28. The nine immigrants who left the quarantine station were brought before the Resident Magistrate to day under the 42nd clause of the Public Health Act. The information was afterwards amended, so as to charge the accused as persons who had escaped from the quarantine station, while being liable to being confined there and being so confined. Accused were fined twenty shillings each and Court fees and costs, amounting to £lO, which were paid by Mr G. Bowes, saloon passenger per the Christian McAusland.