TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

Globe, Volume VI, Issue 673, 16 August 1876, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

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[By Submarine Cable. - ] London, August 13. The first debate in the House of Commons was on the Eastern question. Mr Bruce moved that the Government, respecting existing treaties, should exercise its influence to secure the welfare and equal treatment of the different religious races in Turkey. Mr Gladstone defended the English policy in the Crimea, and advocated the autonomy of the insurgent provinces. Mr Disraeli denied that the rejection of the Berlin note would be the cause of war. It was due to the aggression of Servia, The fleet was sent to the Mediterranean for the protection of British interests, not of the Turkish Empire. Civil war between Turkey and her provinces gave no cause for the interference of the Government, Great Britain was ready to help to pacify the belligerents. The motion was withdrawn. Lord Granville regretted that the Berlin memorandum had been totally rejected without the substitution of a counter project. He described the policy of England towards Turkey as one of benevolence and neutrality. Lord Derby said that the policy of England depended upon the result of probable war and the concert of the other powers. The health of the new Sultan Murad is worse, and he is pronounced quite imbecile. The Servians are stubbornly disputing the advance of the Turks.

The captain of the Skerry vote has been acquitted.

AUSTRALIA. RECOVERY IN WOOL, Melbourne, August 16. Sailed yesterday—Avawata. Melbourne, August 16. All private telegrams to the sth of August announce a recovery in the wool market. Lady Bowen was assaulted yesterday night by a well-dressed woman at the door of the Athenreum. The culprit was arrested. She said she was a niece of Dr Black. Sydney, August 15. A Mauritius telegram, dated July 29th, reports that the Emma has been chartered to load for Dunedin with two hundred tons sugar. The Suez Mail has arrived at Adelaide. Passengers for New Zealand—Mr A. Shuttleworth, Mr and Mrs Packe. INTERPROVINCIAL, Auckland, August 15. The Ryno, from the South Sea, reports the American barque Onward was wrecked at the Tuivars. The chronometer was out of order. The vessel got on a reef and became a total wreck, but all lives were saved. She was on a voyage from Puget Sound to New Caledonia. Wellington, August 16. Sailed—Wollomai, for Lyttelton, Dunedin, August 16. The Provincial Engineer’s report shows that during the year ending March, £95,000 have been expended on branch railways, and £150,000 on roads, bridges, &c. The conditions of the tramways construction were presented to the Municipal Council, and tenders are ordered to be advertised for. Port Chalmers, August 15. Arrived —Barques Carry Scott, from Newcastle ; and Ada Wiswell,’from New York, with 930 tons cargo, half for Wellington.