TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Globe, Volume VI, Issue 656, 27 July 1876, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(.Per Press Agency.') LATEST PEOm" AUSTRALIA. ♦ [By Submarine Cable.J Sydney, July 26. The schooner Brilliant has been wrecked oil Cape Byron. The fate of the crew is uncertain. Kingsborough’s non-appearance on training ground for the past few days has affected his position as first favorite for the Metropolitan. The Albion has arrived at Melbourne. The steamer Queensland, from Foochow to Melbourne, with 1400 packages of tea, has arrived here. She reports that ten vessels were loading for the colonies. The Clarence floods are subsiding. An affray between the blacks and the black troopers is reported from Queensland; several of the latter were wounded. The budget shows that the revenue exceeds the estimates. The customs, excise, aud territorial revenue showed an increase, and the prosperous state of the colony is altogether satisfactory, although the estimated loss of a million on the decline in wool would affect all classes. It is admitted that there is a necessity for the readjustment of taxation, but that to introduce it now would only be a waste of time. Adelaide, July 26. The budget is considered highly satisfactory. SUEZ MAIL NEWS. (Per Ringarooma, via Bluff.) The rumours of a difference of policy between Turkey and Egypt are denied. The rumours of an European Conference have been dispelled. In the House of Commons, on June 9th, Mr Disraeli said all the Powers had agreed to exercise no undue pressure on the new Sultan, but would allow time for his advisers to mature a new policy. In reply to a note of the Grand Vizier, the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Servia has given assurance of the peaceful intentions of Servia. It is considered that the recent events are a decided check upon the Russian policy. On June 15th Earl Derby in the House of Lords said that the guarantee of the treaty of Paris with regard to the integrity of Turkey remained unmodified, but Jthat the clauses in the treaty only refer to the agressor of/Turkey from without, [not to Jinternal quarrels. Telegrams from Constantinople on June 20th report a disagreement amongst the Turkish Ministers on the subject of the creation of a National Assembly. An indefinite postponement of the constitution is considered probable. Lord Northbrook has been created an Earl. The Duke of Edinburgh, in the Sultan, has arrived at Malta. The report of the Fugitives Slave Commission has been issued. It deprecates active interference on the part of commissioned officers against slavery where legalised, or of Her Majesty’s ships being made an asylum for slaves. The report favours discretion being given to the commander, and detunes general principles for their guidance. Emperor William has gone to Ems to meet the Czar. It is probable that there will be an interview between the Czar and the Emperor of Austria at Warsaw. The Nord, a Russian organ published in Belgium, contains an article virulently attacking the policy of England. The Ascot Cup won by Houblon, and the Gold Cup by Apology, The Cincinnati convention has elected on Governor Hayes, an Ohio Republican, as candidate for the Presidency. Mr Bristow has resigned the post of Secretary to the U.S. Treasury. The English Government having refused to surrender Winslow, the American forger, he has been discharged from custody, thereby terminating the extradition treaty of 1842. A great fire has occurred at Brook’s wharf, and a million and a half pounds of tea have been burnt, H.M. frigate D’Oris is in quarantine in Simon’s bay, in consequence of the outbreak smallpox of a malignant type. Some of the officers and several of the crew have died. Geoge Sands (Madame Dudevant), is dead. The latest telegrams from the Continent state the outbreak of war between Turkey and Servia is imminent Sir William now in Fiji, has received an appointment in Ceylon, at a salary of £2500 a year and allowances. • There is a rumor that the British India Company has offered to take over all the P, and O. fleet and property, guaranteeing seven per cent, in perpetuity to the shareholders.

Lord Lytton is likely to resign the Go-vernor-Generalship of India at the end of the year, India not suiting his health. Sir Philip Wodehouse retires from Bombay at the end or the year. Colonel Gordon is making satisfactory progress with his Egyptian expedition. He expects in two years that a regular trade will be opened between Lake Albert and Egypt, INTEhPHOYINOIAL. Napier, July 26, The flood is subsiding, and railway through traffic is resume 1. The river at Petane was higher than it was in January It overflowed its banks, and did damage along the valley. It washed down the telegraph posts, and submerged the wires. The lines of communication with Gisborne have been stopped since Monday. Subscriptions are on foot for the officers and crew of the barque Coq du Village. About £IOO have been collected. The wreck and cargo of the Coq du Village have been sold for £lO. An enquiry will be held into the cause of the wreck. Port Chalmers, July 26. A fisherman named Alfred was killed yesterday,at Sandfly ditch, while atlempting to climb a cliff 2 JO feet high. He missed his hold, falling on the rocks beneath, and died four hours later. The man and two others were compelled to abandon their boat, and in trying to reach the mainland the accident occurred, Dunedin, July 26. The Colonial Bank meeting was held today, when the report, as telegraphed previously, was read and adopted. The chair man, in his address, referred to the satisfac

*ory condition of the Bank’s affairs, and spoke in high terms of the acquisition of Mr Cowie as general manager. He stated that the capital of the Bank was now held among 2467 proprietors. The directors considered the capital sufficient for the present, and it would not be necessary to make another call for a considerable time. The notes in circulation show an increase of 610,139. 669 new accounts have been opened with the Bank in the colony since December last. Several changes in the direction of economy were referred to, Mr H. S. Chapman, in seconding the adoption of the report, considered the directors acted prudently in not declaring a dividend at so early a period of the bank’s existence. Yotes of thanks to the officers of the bank were passed. One hundred shareholders were present. The result of the ballot for director will not be known till about ten o’clock. A portion of the scaffolding of the new Telegraph Offices gave way, and several men fell a distance of sixteen feet, three being taken to the Hospital seriously injured. Mr Michael Healey, clerk to Messrs Keast and McCarthy, brewers, was found dead in bed. Shares in the proposed 00-operative Stores are going off freely. Bluff, July 27. Arrived—Ringarooma. She left Melbourne on the 22nd at 2 p.m, arrived at the Bluff at 10 p.m. yesterday. Experienced light south winds and fine weather. Passengers for Lyttelton—Mr Adams and four in steerage, and 15 tons cargo. She leaves for Dunedin at 4 p.m. Port Chalmbhs, July 27. The sea is still unfavourable. The City of New York is detained. The ship William Davie is at the heads, eighty-one days from London. (From a correspondent of the Press.) Timaru, July 26. At the meeting of the Timaru Agricultural and Pastoral Association, to arrange preliminaries for the next show, it was decided to hold it on the 29th of November. This is a month later than previously. It was decided to make this alteration, it being considered that stock would be in better condition than when shown earlier. It was also resolved to ask the Christchurch association to select judges for sheep, cattle, and horses.