TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 854, 20 March 1877, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(Per Press Agency,') LATEST FROM EUROPE AND AUSTRALIA. o | By Submarine Cable.] VICTORIAN POLITICS. London, March 17. i The political crisis in Victoria, Protection * versus Free i'rade is regarded hopefully by : the London Times, which says though the i Free Traders may be now defeated, their | triumph is not far distant. COMMERCIAL. 1 The wool sales are marked with consider--1 able lan.'our, and prices have continued to recede. Prices average a penny lower than at the opening. Fourteen thousand bales are withdrawn. The French buyers have been supplied. There is no change in the wheat market. It is estimated that there are about a million and a half quarters afloat, and that foreign arrivals will be large. AUSTRALIA. Sydney, March 19. Archbishop Folding’s funeral was attended by crowds of people. The procession was three miles long. THE CRICKET MATCH. The Combined Team in the second innings made 109. The English in their second innings have four out for 22. Later. The Combined Team won the match by 45 runs. [Per s.s. Hero at Auckland.] Sydney, March 13 Mr J. D. D. Jackson, writing to the Herald , contradicts Onslow’s statement that a patient named Oresswell, at Paramatta Asylum, is Arthur Orton. He says the patient has no tatoo marks on his arms, and his ears are not pierced as Orton’s has been, according to Onslow’s showing. Much alarm has been caused by a case of smallpox at Walgett, the sufferer being covered with variola from head to foot, Melbourne, March 13. The English Eleven will probably play in Sydney at the end of the month, and condude with a match in Adelaide, departing oy the April mail. Over £3500 was paid in stakes at the late •ace meeting, which was not a financial mccess. Floods at Ballarat have been very disasrous to property. The waters washed down wuh great gforce, and carried away three

Charles Connolly, whose wife died from violence a fortnight ago, has been committed for trial for causing her death. Wheat —Sales, 6a j4d to 6e fid ; Hour, £l4 7<i «-t to £l4 10s. Karojane is selling m quantity at 2s. Shuobridge’s hops, 2s Id Hi 25 2d.

INTE RPROYIN GIAL. THE THAMES GOLDFIELDS. Auckland, March 19. Arrived—Hero, from Sydney. Departure —Santiago, for Conception Bay. The Taupo goes South at noon to morrow. Emmett and Delias have entered an action for £2uoo damages against the owners of the Jane Douglas, which they specially chartered to convey them to Auckland in time tor Emmett to catch the City of New York to fulfil starring engagements in America Ihe steamer took horses on board, and in consequence of insufficient water on the bar, put Lack. She again attempted tho bar, but was put back, owing to a gale. I'he point involved is whether, being a special charter, the owners had a right to ship horses., A heavy flood in the Mongonui oistnct drowned hundreds of sheep, swept pigs out to sea, and destroyed fences and bridges. \V illiam Addey, charged to-day by his wife, schoolmistress, with using threatening language towavds her. The evidence disclosed habitual drunkenness with prolonged cruelty. The defendant was ordered to find sureties, himself £2OO. and two or £IOO each, to keep the pence for twelve months. Grahamstown, March 20.

The Moanataiari Company have paid off Home £4OOO or £SOOO of debt, and have £6OOO to the good, as the result of the crushing from the late find. Shares have gone up to £9. Wellington, March 19.

Captain Campbell Walker delivered his lecture on “ Forestry” on Saturday night. J'he Governor presided. Captain Campbell Walker, after furnishing his report to the Government, leaves the colony, probably next month. Mr G. H. Tribe, M.H.R. for Totara, died this afternoon, after a long illness Wellington, March 20.

The ships Loch Maree, from Melbourne, the Calderon and John Duthie, from Sydney arrived in London on the sth inst. Hokitika, March 19. Arrived —Tararua, from bydeey ; she has not yet been tendered. Greymouth, March 20,

The Energetic Mining Company has declared another dividend of three shillings per share. Dunedin, March 19.

The harbour plant is to be handed over to Mr Proudfoot to-morrow. Ho commences operations forthwith. The Davenports have returned Captain Barry’s wager, which he lost. Port Chalmeps, March 2.

Sailed—-Hawea Passengers—Mrs Wotten, Messrs Hid, Armson, McKerrow, Brodrick, Evans, Herbert, Cdham. Arrived —Southern Cross, barque, from flobarton; Emma, barque, from Adeliade, via Port McDonald. Eiverton, March 19. At inquest to day on James Hood, baker, whose body was found in the river yesterday, an open verdict was leturned. The Captain of H.M.S. Sapphire has u>b ioijo* ulu jjuV viMi o’aliiavytsAi'LOi ,* bflfc before leaving the Auckland Islands he heard that the Awarua was lying there. THE LATEST BETTING MARKET. [from our own correspondent.] Dunedin, March 20. The Guardian has laid a criminal information against R. A. Sherrin, for an alleged libel in a letter, signed “Auckland,” published in the Waimate Tribune of the 14th. As Sherrin was about to leave, he was this morning arrested. The libel is a very coarse one, and Mr Reed is determined to push the matter to the utmost, Fluctuations are the order of the day in the betting market. Puriri holds the position of nominal favorite at 5 to 1, but is not touched at that price, and even S t» 1 could be got about him with a little trouble. Templeton is generally invested in; the idea is gaining ground that he will be the chosen one of the stable. Fishhook is firm at about his old price, 8 to 1. Hippo is commanding the same figure. Titania was backed on Saturday night to win, for a couple of thousand at extreme odds ; now quotable at 100 to 6 without takers. Right Bower, Dead Heat, 10 to 1; Punga, King Philip, 100 to 9; Danebury, Elfin King, Guy, 100 to 8. Derby—4 to 1 agst Puriri; 5 to 1 Fallacy and Danebury ; 7 to 1 Hippo and Dead Heat. THE DISEASED CATTLE CASE, [from our own correspondent ] Rangiora, March 20. Kells, for a breach of the Diseased Cattle Act, in bringing eighteen head from Kaikouras into Canterbury, was fined £5 a head. The case goes to the Appeal Court, on the points raised that the proclamation docs not conform to the Act and is invalid ; also, the want of proof of delegation of powers of the Governor to the Superintendent.