TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Globe, Volume V, Issue 532, 2 March 1876, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

{Per Press Agency.)

LATEST TKOM AUSTRALIA.

♦ [Per Submarine Cable.] Sydney, March 1; Ten cases of schnapps were seized on board the Windsor Castle yesterday. The captain and crew re-took them, but the Customs again seized them. . . The markets are dull. Proceedings are threatened against pretended art unions on the coming races. The Easby sails for Wellington about the 4th. The Hero is announced to sail about the 7th. Melbourne, March 1. In the Assembly last night, a Member called the Minister of Mines a d scoundrel, and threatened to punch his head. Sailed, yesterday—Arawata, for the Bluff. ADDITIONAL NEWS BY SAN FRANCISCO MAIL. ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. The Cambridge University Boat Club has decided to decline the challenge from the Rowing Association of American Colleges. The consideration of invitation from Philadelphia to take part in the centennial regatta was postponed till after the Oxford and Cambridge race, when an effort would be made to get six oarsmen to visit the United States, but on their own responsibility, and not as the representatives of the University. A collision of the Scotch express with a mineral train on the Great Northern railway near Huntingdon, to-day, killed two persons and wounded several. Before the wreck could be cleared away, the express from London dashed into the debris. A special train conveying doctors left London for the scene of the collision. Professor John Tyndall will shortly marry the daughter of Lord Claud Hamilton.

The nephew of the deposed Guicowar, and a claimant to the throne, has been banished from. Baroda and India for inciting rebellion. Serious and bloody feuds are announced as having occurred among the tribes on the Scinde frontier.

The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland has issued a proclamation revoking the application of the Peace Preservation Act to the counties of Kildare and Wicklow, and a portion of the counties of Fermanagh and Down. A Berlin telegram says the Reichstag has modified the proposed clause of the penal code prohibiting immigration agencies by adopting an amendment punishing agents only for wilful misrepresentations. The Scottish National Rifle Association has accepted the American challenge for he championship of the world. The Hour understands that a warrant has been isssued for the apprehension of Wm, Smith, of Smith and Co, solicitors. It is feared that he has used a laTge amount of money belonging to various clients, and that his debts amount to 750,000 (? dols.) John Forster, author of " Life of Dickens," is dead.

A special from Lisbon announced that the Chamber of Peers has voted the abolition of slavery in the island of St Thomas. It is thought that Bismarck will demand the surrender of Count von Arnini from Italy under the extradition treaty. The Oxford University authorities have resolved not to accept Max Muller's resignation, but to appoint a deputy, and divide the salary equally between him and Muller, who will be allowed to uninterruptedly prosecute his studies of Indian literature. Sir John Glover has returned from Pariß. His proposition to buy the French fisheries rights in Newfoundland was declined. Great preparations are making at Naples for the carnival, the first held since the overthrow of the Bourbons. Indications of a speedy eruption of Mount Vesuvius are steadily increasing. The Canadian Government is to be informed that the clause of the Dominion Parliament Bill, erecting a Supreme Court of the Dominion, which debars appeals to

the Privy Council of England, must be repealed. Eleven persons were killed by the collision on the Great North Railroad, near London, on Saturday. The casualty took place during a blinding snowstorm. The Duke of Edinburgh opened the Eoyal Aquarium at Westminster. The Duchess of Edinburgh was unavoidably prevented from attending. AMERICAN NEWS. New York is excited over two shocking murders, one in which the body of the victim was chopped into little bits and stowed away. The other is the trial of the murderer of a young girl. He is endeavoring to starve himself to death in gaol. Bowen, who has attained great notoriety in the Beecher case, has made statements before a committee of Plymouth Church, in which he says—" I have known Mr Beecher quite intimately since the day of his arrival in Brooklyn, and have been associated with him socially and privately in church and family and business matters, and in religious matters. I have heard attentively, but with profound grief, what has been said to me confidentially against him, and have felt my heart stirred to its depths for dear friends who years before the present scandal was published, sorrowfully begged my counsel, as they assured me that their pastor and mine had craftily betrayed the sanctity of their homes—the very charge long after presented to me by Theodore Tilton with regard to his own home. Now, being summoned here to speak, and to speak the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, I solemnly give it as my unwavering opinion, in view of all facts and evidence presented to me, that the Rev Henry Ward Beecher, without even the shadow of doubt on my mind, is guilty of the awful crimes of adultery and perjury and hypocrisy. This, I say again before the bar of this committee, is my deliberate opinion, and I may be permitted to affirm that I give it calmly, without malice, and with no other than a sincere desire to do my duty faithfully to God and man, to the Church, and to the world." The Church resolved that unless Mr Bowen can substantiate the statement with evidence, they will expel him from the congregation. Letters from Lima announce the complete destruction of the town of Abanealf by an earthquake on the 4th of December. They state that between 4 p.m on 4th, and 9 a.m on the 6th, no less than thirty-seven earthquakes occurred, several of which were very severe. Details are meagre, and the extent of the loss of life not reported. COMMERCIAL. New Yobk, February 5. Hides, dry, 20 cents ; wool, spring, fine, 25 to 35 cents ; curry, 15 to 20 cents ; pulled, 35 to 45 cents. Sperm oil, 1 dollar 60 cents to 65 cents ; whale, 65 to 70 cents. San Francisco, February 5. The recent advance of quicksilver in England has not affected the price here, which is 60 cents. Petroleum, Devoe'a, plain cans, 25 cents ; Nonpariel, 37 cents ; Oleophone, 25 cents. Flour, extra, 5 dollars 75 cents to 6 dollars 12£ cents per 1961 b ; wheat, 1 dollar 85 cents to 1 dollar 90 cents per cental; milling, I dollar 90 cents to 1 dollar 95 cents ; barley, 1 dollar 2£ cents to 1 dollar 27 cents ; brewing, 8 cents higher; oats, 2 dollars 10 cents to 2 dollars 29 cents. INTERPROVINCIAL. Auckland, March 1. Sailed—-Granada, for the South, at 4 p.m, ; City of Melbourne, for Sydney. A fireman named James Williamson was stabbed yesterday. He lies in a dying condition. His depositions have been taken. The immigrants per Salisbury are a good assortment, and are being engaged rapidly as servants. Wanganui, March 1. The Carbine Marksman Match is finished. The result is—Mason (Wellington), 20; Blake, A.C., 17; Bell (Auckland), 16 ; Burnett (Christchurch), 16. On firing off the tie Burnett missed, and Bell made an outer. The Rifle Marksmen Match is finished. The result is—Goldie (Otago), 20 ; Frederick (Otago), 15 ; Crossman (Nelson), 14 ; Fagg (Thames), 12 ; Adams (Otago), 12, but in firing off ties Adams lost fourth place. The wind was from the left rear all the morning, and clouds of dust were blowing. The moving target match for carbine men was finished this afternoon, with the following result:—Blake (A.C.), Ist prize, 40; Trooper Barriball (Waiuku), 2nd prize, 34 ; McCredie (Wellington), 3rd prize, 32 ; Crowther (A.C.), 4th prize, 31. A similar match for the rifles is just concluded. The result is :—Willcocks (Otago), 46 ; Harding (Oamaru), 45 ; Blythe (A.C.), 42; Armstrong (Thames), 39; Brown (Thames), 39 ; Churton ( Wanganui), 39. The weather is very threatening. The barometer has fallen three-tenths during the afternoon. Wellington, March 1. An effort is being made to induce the school teachers of the province to form a Schoolmasters' Co-operative Society, for tne purchase of books and other educational materials. Dunedin, March 1. The Customs revenue at Dunedin for the month of February amounted to £40,575, showing an increase of nearly £7OOO over February last year, and is the largest ever collected here. When Mr Carruthers and Mr Biair (Provincial Engineer) were visiting the Deborah Bay tunnel yesterday a piece of rock fell from the roof, striking Mr Blair on the hip and knocking him down. It was a narrow escape from a serious injury. The first number of the Press News, published by the Typographical Association, appeared last evening. It is capitally printed, and contains a quantity of trade news. The Star this evening says—" Wehave not yet heard the last of the Taieri horse stealing case. After Price's committal, a civil action was brought to recover the value of the horses by Mr McGregor who owned them, against Mr Goodison who sold them. The Daily limes next day, in referring to the matter, said that an application has been made to have Goodison put on his trial as an accessory after the theft. For this, legal proceedings for libel have been instituted by Goodison, who claims £IOOO damages." At the meeting of the Dunedin Presbytery to-day, the Rev Mr Salomond, Professor of Theology, being present, was introduced by the Rev Dr Stuart, and it was agreed that the professor's induction should take place on the evening of Wedaeeday, May 3rd, in the first church,

At the Resident Magistrate's Court, Mr Bathgate and the bar referred to the largely increased business. The bar urged the necessity for an increase in the number of officials. Mr Bathgate will probably bring the matter under the notice of the Minister of Justice. The members of the bar are in favor of the appointment of another Resident Magistrate to conduct the criminal business, and to take small debt cases. THIS HAY'S TELEGRAMS. Auckland, March 2. The steamer Granada, with the Southern mails, anchored in the Rangitoto Channel last night, owing to the stormy nature of the weather. The City of Melbourne sailed early this morning for Sydney. Passengers by the White Eagle, which arrived from London some months ago, state that during the voyage out, after a heavy gale in the night, they found the vessel right under the cliffs of Crozet Island. They had providentially been driven into the only safe Channel between the Islands. Some of the passengers declared they saw signals of distress on the island, but the officers were too busy to heed what they said. They say they are now satisfied those signals must have been from the Strathmore survivors. The circumstance was not reported* on the arrival of the vessel in port. Wellington, March 2. The Government have received a telegram from the Agent General stating that the following vessels had been dispatched with immigrants during the month of January, viz—Poona, with 164 for Bluff; Fernglen, with 150 for Nelson ; Countess of Kintore, with 183 for Lyttelton ; and in February the Bebington, with 300 souls, had been dispatched for Auckland. Arrived —The Forest Queen, from Lyttelton. Port Chalmers, March 2. Sailed—The ship Canterbury, for London, with twenty-five passengers and a cargo including 5262 bales of wool, 23 bales of skins, and 14 casks of tallow, the cargo being valued at £111,234.