TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 810, 26 January 1877, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

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LATEST FROM EUROPE AND AUSTRALIA.

[By Submarine Cable,J THE EASTERN- QUESTION. London, Lord Salisbury baa left Htambnul. General Igtiati ff and M. Worthor leave to-day. The other representatives follow, but the charges d'affaires remain, Mr Gladstone speaking on Eastern affairs, said that the question wag, shall Turkey continue to enjoy the advantages o£ the treaty of 1856. AUSTRALIA. Sydney, January 25, The Treasuror'e financial statement was made last night. The estimated revenue is nearly £5,000,000, or a surplus of £726,000 over the estimated expenditure. It was expected that the receipts would not equal last year’s, owing to the anticipated decline in the receipts from land sales. It is intended to propose an increase of duty on tobacco, and remit the duty on salt, rope, cordage, and other* small articles, but retain the duty on vinegar, and oilmen’s stores. It is intended to introduce a scheme to consolidate the public debt, The Conference met to-day. The business was only formal. Our Premier gives them a marine pic-mc to-morrow. The Alhambra left Melbourne to-day for the Bluff.

INTERPROVINCIAL. THE OTAGO CONVENTION. SIR GEORGE GREY DOES NOT GO TO ENGLAND. Auckland, January 25, A largo number of natives related to the leading adherents of the Maori King have migrated to beyond the confiscated boundary, where they propose to settle. Mr Shera, a former partner in a large sort goods firm, McArthur, Shera and Co, has applied to the Supreme Court for a mandamus to restrain the new firm from trading unci!. r.he co-partnership accounts are determined, Strong affidavits have been filed on both sides. The argument will be heard tomorrow, January 25. The general entries tor the Enormity race meeting will close at the Empire Hotel on Monday, the 29th insfi. The outrigged race did not come off today, but will probably be rowed this week, H g the Tinaaru crew have accepted a chal-; lenge to row for £3O given by the Clack Diamond crew, and will remain a few days longer. Wellington, January 20. Produce prices as follows:-Flour, old. £l6 to £l6 10a ; Adelaide, £l7 10s to £iß 10b ; oats, 3a ty 3a 3d, old ; bran, Is j wheat,

milling, none ; chick, 4s ; pollard, £7 10s to £8 ; maize, 4s 9d to 5s 6d ; hams, BJd to 9d ; to-con, 6dtoßd ; cheese, 7-Jdto B£d ; potatoes, £5 to £6.

Nelson, January 25 It is not decided yet what is to done rc the Wauaka, on board of which there is a case of scarlet fever. A correspondence is being carried on between the health officer and the Government. Meanwhile shi has been fumigated, and is now moored in the stream away from the wharf.

The Anglican General Synod opened at eleven a m to-day with'service at Christ’s Church, in which five bishops, one dean, three archdeacons, and nine other clergymen took part. The service was choral. The bishops and clergy walked in procession through the streets in full robes. At four o’clock the Synod assembled in the Pro vincial Hall, when the Primate delivered an address of considerable length. He first referred to the loss sustained by the Church in the resignation of the Bishop of Waiapu, who had been identified in the work of the Church for more than fifty years, first as a missionary, then as chief pastor of a diocese. Bishop Williams was the first Bishop consecrated in the Church of Australasia, and his consecration signalised the first meeting of the General Synod, and at each meeting he had taken his place as one of the most trusted and valued counsellors. No steps had as yet been taken to fill up the vacant see. It was not an easy matter, as it required especially a Bishop well acquainted with the language and customs of the native population, numbering 17,000. The plan proposed lor raising by benefactions in land or money funds for necessary Church purposes, especially for genera! bishopric endowments, as recommended bj the last Synod, had been submitted by circular to the several dioceses, but met with no success. This was to be attributed, not to any unwillingness to assist in any Church object, but to a preference for assisting other objects of local interest rather than of more general character, llesolutions on the For mularies Alteration Bill had been forwarded by the dioceses of Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch, and Waiapu. They all agreed in assuming that the Church of New Zealand had power to make alterations not affecting doctrine, which from altered circumstances may be necessary ; also in cases of necessity to have some restraint on the exercise of power. The Bill prescribed that every alteration in formularies must bo proposed at one General Synod, accepted by a majority of Diocesan Synods, and finally agreed to at the next General Synod. This involved a delay of nearly six years, and appeared to unduly limit the power of the New Zealand Church as given by the constitution. He (the Primate) claimed for the Church of New Zealand full independence in all matters which concerned her work and mission, even to the extent of altering all present services, and revising the present version of the Bible, but it was expedient that the exercise of independence should be duly regulated, and that a too hasty adoption of any alteration should be prevented. Still they must be careful not to tie their hands to the probable hindrance of the work in these islands. He thought that the reference to Diocesan Synods, except for information or expression of opinion might be dispensed with, and that the General Synod as representing the whole church of the ecclesiastical province should take upon itself the whole responsibility of rejecting or accepting any alteration in the service or formularies. The Board of Theological Studies had held two examinations since the last Synod, which had given a stimulus to the study of theology, and helped to raise the intellectual standard of clerical attainments. It had been proposed 10 make a public presentation of certificates of proficiency to those candidates who had passed so creditably. Those admitted to the Ministry should be qualified by learning as well as by godli ne?s to exercise their office duly. Too much attention could not be given to intellectual culture in all branches of knowledge, secular and sacred, provided that the former did not draw the mind away from the latter ; but a supply of efficient persons for the ministry was of even greater importance, and it was possible that, without large theological knowledge and general culture, men could be found by no means unfit for the work of evangelists and pastors. The want of men to meet present exigencies waa felt and acknowledged on all sides, and the question I was pne of vital importance. He was in | favor of allowing the deacons to engage in secular callings; as tha endowments of the church, being inadequate to maintain a sufficient number of clergy, the church would be the gainer by admitting to the diaconate laymen of known piety to exercise the functions without remuneration, as assistants of parish priests under special direction. Deference was made to the necessity cf Diocesan Courts and Courts of Apneal; also, to the proposed Lambeth Conference and the Melanesian Mission. The consecration of a bishop to the see of Melanesia would be among the duties of the present session, and the Rev J. R. ISelwyn had been nominated by the members of the mission. A vote of thanks to the Primate for his address was passed, and it was ordered to be printed. . The Bey Ronaldson was appointed clerical secretary, Mr A Olliypr, lay secretary ; Mr J. W. Barnicoat, chairman of committees, and Mr R. B. Lusk, treasurer. It was resolved that the Synod should meet daily, excepting Saturdays, from 4 to 6 p.m, and again at 7 30. Several notices of motion were given, and the Synod adjourned at 6, till 4 to-morrow. Nelson, January 26. The difficulty about the Wauaka has been settled, As it appeared unmistakeably that child Day from Lyttelton bad scarlet fever, the |chi!d and family were put ashore, and the steamer proceeds on her excursion at two o’clock this afternoon, Dunedin, January 25th. The recently appointed committee _ of management for the Dunedin hospital visited chat institution yesterday. They found that none of the wards were provided with lavatone*, bathe, or closets. There was only one lavatory and one bath on the premises, the hit. r being situated near the kitchen. _ Beneath the flooring of one ward and a considerable portion of the building mud and (UoDsive matter to the depth o* two or three had accumulated. The offensive odour of the closets had penetrated a considerable distance. TL.a committee have determined to take the necessary ptepa for at once effecting the requisite alterations. The test case for thepurpos jof determining whether or not Reed and Fenwick have received the sole right to sell newspapers on the Dunedin railway platform, called on

in the police court this morning but waa adjourned in consequence of the counsel retained being engaged in the Supreme Court. Tne dead body of a female unknown was found floatingotf Ocean Beach to-day. Dunedin, January 26. It appears that the proposal of the Otago Convention to send Sir George Grey and Mr Macandrew to England will come to nothing. Mr Macandrew wrote to the Council of the Convention, expressing his readiness to undertake the mission, but Sir George Grey is not prepared to go, and on January 18th telegraphed to Mr Macandrew as follows : “Mr Macandrew. Am still, regret to say, unwell, and cannot move to Auckland. There is n® hope of my being able to leave New Zealand for some time. George Grey.” Mr Macandrew subsequently forwarded a letter as follows to the President of the conference. “ Superintendent’s office, 22nd January, 1877, Sir, —Since writing to you on the 6th ult. I have had several communications from Sir George Grey. I regret to say that from the state of his health there is no hope of his being able to leave New Zealand for some time. Under these circumstances perhaps it may be well for the Council of the Convention to meet for the purpose of considering the position.—J. Macandrew.” The Council of the Convention will shortly meet to consider the matter. Mrs Scott Siddons still continues to draw crowded audiences at the Princess’s Theatre. The Burn’s anniversary waa celebrated last night by the Caledonian and Ayrshire Associations. The share market is reported as follows: —Bank of New Zealand, £l9 4a 6d; Colonial Bank, |£l 15s 9d; National Bank of New Zealand, £3 7s ; National Insurance Company, ,£1 5s 6d; Standard Insurance Company, 13s 9d, Produce is quoted as follows:—Flour, £ls, with downward tendency; oats, 2s to 2a 3d; barley, from 2s 3d to 4s; wheat, old, ss; do, new, 4s 6d; bran, 4s lOd; pollard, £6 10a. Balclutha, January 26.

The correspondence between Mr Macandrew and Sir George Grey and the President of the Otago Convention is published in the CLntha Leader to-day, showing that in consequence of the illness of Sir George Grey the mission to England must be postponed. The Leader suggests that the money collected to defray the expenses of the delegates should now be expended in trying the question of the legality of the Abolition Act in a court of law, and urges that this would be a popular mode of disposing of the funds. FIJI NEWS. [Per Star of the South, at Auckland. - ] Auckland, January 25. The Star of the South has arrived from Fiji. The schooner Sacramento, from San Francisco for Samoa, has been wrecked. The report of the escape of the Kaikolo prisoners from Suva has been confirmed. The men were engaged on the public works, in charge of some local engineers and a native guard. They suddenly threw down their tools and absconded without leave or license, to the number of about thirty. Four of them were shot by the sentries and some were recaptured, but the greater number escaped to the mountains. A number have been traced and shot down, but the main body have not yet been overtaken. The Hon Auditor-General is appointed Colonial Secretary, and W. M'Gregor, M.D,, to act as Receiver-General, The sea wall and roadway round the island is progressing satisfactorily. The work is now carried more than half way round the Bay of Yagade. The contract with the Fiji Government to employ the Star of the South between the various islands has expired. It is not likely to be renewed. Business at Levuka was very dull, and a large number, including Chinamen, have left for Sydney.