TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Globe, Volume IV, Issue 472, 20 December 1875, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

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LATEST FROM EUROPE AND AUSTRALIA.

ARRIVAL OF THE SUEZ MAIL, [Per Arawata, via Bluff.] BLUff, December 20. The s.s. Arawata has arrived. She left Sandridge at 2.15 p.m. on the loth inst, and proceeded to Port Philip Heads and awaited the arrival of the P. and 0. s.s. Sumatra, already telegraphed off Cape Otway with the English mail. On the arrival of the above steamer at 7 p.m., she transhipped the mails and proceeded on her voyage. She cleared the Heads at 8 p.m., and passed Swan Island at 1 p.m. on the following day. Experienced light head winds and fine weather throughout the passage ; passed the Solandersat4.37 p.m., and arrived off the Bluff at 9.45 p.m. on the 19th. On leaving Sandridge the Arawata steamed the distance between the lights in Hobson's Bay in one hour twenty-eight minutes, the quickest time on record. She brings 52 saloon and 45 steerage passengers, and 375 tons of cargo for all ports. She sails forJDunedin at 10 a.m. Passengers for Lyttletou—Messrs Baines, Little, Macchan, Lazarus, Da-vis, McMillen, Mrs Davis, Mis Paul, Mrs Glass, Mrs Lewis ; 15 steerage, and 70 tons cargo.

[Cable Telegkams.] London, November 30. It is rumoured that Parliament assembles on the 14th December.

There has been an extraordinary rainfall, and the storms have flooded vast tracts of country in England, causing much damage, and on the coast there have been many wrecks. The floods are now partially subsid ng. The ironclad Iron Duke narrowly escaped foundering in the Channel through th sluice valve being accidentally left open and flooding the engine-room. The Admiralty states that the accident has been exaggerated.

The English Government has bought in from the Khedive of Egypt all his Suez Canal shares fer £4,000,000 cash down. The Khedive held 177,000 out of a total of 400,000 shares in the Canal Company. The journals unanimously approve of the purchase, which has caused much agitation in political and financial circles. Owing to the retirement of Sir R. Baggaley, Sir John Holker has been appointed Attorney-General, and Mr Giffard, Q.C, Solicitor-General.

Thirty thousand Dundee mill workers have struck against a notice for a reduction in the rate of wages. All the rumours respecting the Eastern Question are unfounded, but an ugly feeling respecting the attitude of Russia continues. It is believed, however, that the alliance of the three Northern Powers has precluded the probability of isolated action. A tranquilisation article in the Russian official Gazette, refuses to acknowledge the apprehensions of the foreign press, and says that a good understanding between the great Powers renders a disturbance of peace impossible; The Russian press is pacific, and the English press generally indifferent to the fate of Turkey, but insists on the necessity of preserving communication with Egypt, and maintaining the nationality of Persia and Afghanistan, The insurgents of the Herzegovina have defeated tho Turks near Golscliko; 800 Turks were killed and 600 wounded.

The Times recommends, and the Austrian press opposes, Austrian occupation of Bosnia and the Herzegovina.

The Austrian forces on the Turkish frontier have been reinforced.

Montenego dispatches an envoy to the northern powers, to explain to them the difficulty of preserving neutrality. The Spanish reply to the American note of the 2nd November concedes the legal privileges to American citizens in Ouba, and thus amicably settles the Hispana-American difficulty. It is proposed to prosecute the Count Von Armin for treason.

The Government intend sending a special commissioner to Cairo, to examine into Egyptian finances, and to advise the Khedive.

The French press, though regretting the check given to French influence in Egypt, admires the decisive action of England, and considers it unlikely to lead to political complications. The German and Austrian piess approve of England's action in the matter.

The Prince of Wales left Bombay, after visiting Baroda, but he has not visited Ceylon. Obituary—Cardinal Rauscher, Archbishop of Vienna, the Grand Duke of Modena, Henry Wilson, Vice-President of the United States (Mr Terry's successor), London, November 26.

The opening rates at the wool sales have been kept up. Australian maintained closing rates of last series ; Capes Id to l£d lower ; the Australian proportion is 60,000 bales.

New Zealand wheat, 51s to 635. Bight hundred bales of New Zealand hemp sold at £l9 per ton. Arrived—Sterlingshire. Sailed—Somersetshire, s.s. London, December 3. Sir Julius Vogel sailed in the Somersetshire. Sir Alfred Stephen is gazetted LieutenantGovernor of the New South Wales. Mrs Childers was killed by inadvertent inhalation of chloroform The City inundation fund amounts to £14,000 The wool competition continues extremely vigorous. Australian rates are firmer. Wheat is quiet; Adelaide, 54s to 55s ; New Zealand, 51s to 535. London (undated). The Queensland mail was delivered on the 6th. The tenders for the Queensland i per Cent Loan of one million amounted to a million and a quarter, chiefly at iJ9I 10s. The minimum was £9l. The wool sales' competition continues extremely vigorous, but without advance ; prices firm. The corn market is easy ; foreign arrivals are very large. Obituary—o. J. Latrobe, formerly LieutGovernor of Port Philip. Arrived—Durham, s.s. MAIL NEWS PER SUMATRA. London, October 29. New Guinea has occupied a good deal of attention, and a number of letters have appeared against the colonisation scheme from Captain Moresby and M'Farlane. Armit's scheme requires a hundred thousand pounds capital. The French Government, annoyed at the frequent escapes of prisoners from New Caledonia, have taken means of prevention with foreign powers. The Hibernia took out a thousand miles of the New Zealand cable. It is expected to be completed in February. The Prince of Wales's visit to India has caused great interest. The Lord Mayor and Corporation have presented an address of sympathy at Marlborough House. Dean Stanley referred to the visit in Westminster Abbey. Our Prince was prayed for in most of the churches. The Princess of Wales, the Dukes of Edinburgh, Connaught, and Cambridge accompanied the Prince to Dover. Our Princess crossed over to Calais in the Castabia. At Turin the Prince was brilliantly received, and at Athens was met by King George. Athens was illuminated, and a dinner given to the Prince. He embarked aboard the Seraphis at Brindisi, amid salutes of the Italian and British ironclads. The iDecian, with the press correspondents, broke down near Gibraltar, and another vessel was substituted. The Princess of Wales has returned to Sandrigham. The King and Queen of Denmark are on a visit to England. Sir Garnet Wolsey has returned from the Cape, At a dinner in Dublin he spoke

strongly in favor of Natal as one of the brighest jewels in the Crown. The federation movement is extending Mr Proude received a princely reception at Grahamstown. Sir Henry Barkley's admistration on the goldfields has caused serious complaintß.

War has broken out at Cape Palmas between the natives and the Government of Siberia. In battle fifty were killed and wounded. Another great battle is expected. It is stated that General Johnston, Confederate, is to take command of the Egyptian army, at a salary of twenty-five thousand dollars. Conservatives have been returned for Armagh and West Suffolk. The Empress Eugenie and Prince Napoleon have returned to Chishlehurst.

The Queen is at Balmoral. A new Ladies' College has been opened at Cambridge, when exhibitions and scholarships are to be competed for. Nottingham Castle is to be converted into a Fine Arts Museum.

The flooding of the African desert continues to secure public support. The cost is roughly stated at three millions. The Royal Aquarium and Winter Gardens at Westminster is to be opened on December Ist. The reservoir will require 75,000 barrels of sea water to be brought from Brighton in sealed barrels. Another workmans' town, similar Shaftesbury Park estate, at Battersea, is projected. Lord Derby, at Liverpool, spoke on the question of the poor law, and thought now that the working classes were getting such good wages they should provide for their destitute relatives.

The Bishops and clergy of the establishment are considering concessions to the dissenters in view of early legislation on the burial law.

Various church meetings have been held during the month. The Social Service Congress met at Brighton. Lord Aberdare's inaugural address was on crime and pauperism. Liverpool has been selected for next year's meeting. A sham fight has taken place at Wimbledon, and some other manoeuvres at Portsmouth. The attempt to float the Vanguard by large masses of cork failed. The attempt has been abandoned till next spring, The Boadicea, an ironclad of a new type, was launched at Portsmouth. CAPE TELEGRAMS. The Emperor of Germany has been receiving the President and Vice-President of the German Parliament. It is rumoured that Sir Bartle Frere will have a Peerage conferred upon him. The Vagrancy Act is being evaded in Bombay by the captains of ships from Australia, shipping the grooms as seamen to avoid the responsibility of taking them back after landing the horses.

The Prince of Wales returned the visit of the Indian Princes, and held a numerously attended levee. He then proceeded to a fete given to the native children, numbering seven thousand. The Prince was greatly pleased with the novel spectacle, and the enthusiasm exhibited by the children. They sang the hymn, "God Bless the Prince of Wales," in the native tongue. The whole scene was most striking. The Prince visited a large marquee here, where two thousand soldiers, sailors, and marii.es were banquetted. He quite won the hearts of the men by moving among them, drinking their healths, and making short speeches. He laid the foundation stone of the wet docks at Bombay with Masonic oeremonial. He expressed pleasure at seeing the great progress of Masonry in India. He was taken to a dinner party given by the Governor of Bombay in the Elephant Caves, which were brilliantly illuminated. They presented a fairy scene. On the return voyage, as the Royal barge steamed up the harbour, the whole f-quidroii and fleet of merchant vessels werebriniantiy illuminated. From the water's edge, and there wore bouque s < f rockets from each frigate. The Prince aft r wards proceeded to Poona, and met with a magnificent reception. A large concourse of spectators lined the streets. After leaving this the Priuce's movements are uncertain, as accounts of cholera in the Southern Mahratta districts and Madras, are alarming. The inhabitants of Poona presented an address to the Prince. The Prince replied afterwards, and reviewed the troops in the garrison. At Raroda the Prince wis received by the Guickhor with great splendour, and conducted to the residency mounted on a gorgeously caparisoned elephant. A telegram from Madrid, dated November 17th, states that Don Carlos has addressed a letter to King Alphonso, offering to truce.

An Inman steamer made the swiftest passage on record between New York and Queenstown, viz, seven days fifteen hours, The Pandora has returned from Baffin's Bay, bringing favourable news. There is every prospect of the Arctic expedition reaching a high latitude before being frozen up. The Trades Union Congress held its sittings at Glasgow, and assumes more and more the functions of a rival Parliament. All kinds of National subjects were introduced and discussed. Great excitement has b< tn caused by the race between Galopin and Lowlander, which was won by the former ; large sums changed hands. There has been great loss of life by the gales and floods in all parts of India; twenty thousand persons have been rendered homeless, and at home a succession of gales occurred, accompanied by heavy rains and marine disasters, followed by floods almost as alarming as the country suffered from in July. The Hon W. Fox has been addressing temperance meetings. Petrarch won the Middle Park Plate. Exports to New Zealand, £285,500. SHIPPING.

Arrived—October 11th, Rangiteki, from Lyttelton. Sailed—Caroline, October 4th, for Nelson ; the Nelson, from the Clyde, September 28th, for Port Chalmers; Roderick Castle, on October 7th, for Auckland; Sonkar, on October 7th, \ior Canterbury ; Glenlora, on the 24th, for Auckland ; Hudson, on the 20th, for Napier ; John Millan, on the 21st, for Wellington. At Liverpool—For] Canterbury : Conflict, Euterpe. At Glasgow—For Lyttelton : Wild Deer, Jessie Osborne.

Casualties The Roderick Castle, from London for Auckland, is repairing at Falmouth, having received damage on October 13th in the Bay of Biscay. The Harrow from Middeßborough to New Zealand put into Shields on October 3rd making water, having struck the Middeborough bar.