TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 878, 18 April 1877, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

[PER PRESS AGENCY.] Port Chalmers, April 18. Arrived—Barque Victoria, from Newcastle. Sailed—Wakatipu. * YESTERDAY'S TELEGRAMS LATEST FROM EUROPE AND AUSTRALIA. [BY SUBMARINE CABLE. PER PEEBS AGENCY.] EUROPEAN. England's Ultimatum to Turkey. Persia Claims Bagdad. London, April 15. Lord Derby has informed Turkey that lie fails to see what further steps England can take to avert war. Abdul Rahma Pasha has started for Stamboul, as Persia claims Bagdad. AUSTRALIAN, Melbourne, April 17. The Corporation have received applications from a number of unemployed citizens of Richmond, Virginia, U.S., for assistance to reach Victoria. Sailed—Albion. [Per Hero at Auckland.] Newcastle, April 11. The steamer Maitland ran into the lighter Champion, cutting her in two. A man named Campbell was drowned. Brisbane. The health officer boarded the steamer Kate, on which Governor Kennedy had been quarantined. The ladies objected to examination. The Governor supported their objection. A medical Board was appointed, and resolved to release the vessel. The Governor then landed. The Mayor presented an address. A large procession was formed, including the Ministry, Mayor, and aldermen, societies, 400 volunteers, citizens, and several bands of music. Large crowds of spectators lined the thoroughfares. It was the grandest reception ever known in Queensland. The Governor was sworn at four o'clock. Parliament will probably meet on Bth May. Adelaide. Acceptances for Cup —Mary Gladstone, Glaray, Vain Hope, A r enus, Speculation, Pride of the Hills, W.G., Emulation, Neekegesgat, Gauntlet, Vidcan, Doctor, Electricity, Star, Painter, Spark, Moonlight, St. Baldren, Whisperer, Nightingale, Superstition, Mona, The Melbourne entries are not in. Thirtytwo entries for the Flying Handicap, nine for the Steeplechase, twenty-six for the Autumn Handicap, thirty-nine for the free entries, and twenty-four for the Jockey Club Handicap. MeLßOU]{>'E. The genera! discipline of the troops at Sunburv was considered excellent. A General Order congratulate them. News has been received of the loss of the Bessie, at Beagle Bay, "West Australia. Six lives were lost, including the master and Ins wife. There are fifty-two nominations for the Derby, and fifty for the Oaks. Mr Gayan Duft'y denounces the stonewalling tactics. At Richmond the bpdy of Henry Pyle, aged fifteen, who died of typhoid fever, remained four days unburied, The Mayor of

Richmond ordered the Government undertaker to bury the body, the mother, through poverty, being unable to do so. A man named James Ellis lias been killed at Dcniliquin. INTEKPKOVIXCIAL. [per press agency.] Auckland, April 17. A. farewell address and a purse of sixty sovereigns were presented to Major Gordon last night. Moanatairi shares £7 10s to £8 4s. Wellington, April 17. Three prisoners were Hogged at the gaol this morning—John McCami, for rape at the Ilufct, received his second Hogging of thirty lashes ; Owen Kane, Wanganui, for rape, received his second (logging of twentyfive lashes ; Eudolph Laurent, also for rape, received his only Hogging, twenty lashes. Laurent was quite exhausted at the close of the Hogging. Nelson, April 17. At, the Supreme Court the Grand Jury made a presentment recommending that the present Criminal Jurisdiction of the District Court should be extended to all crimes except murder, treason, libels, and conspiracies. The Chief Justice expressed his entire concurrence.