TELEGRAPHIC.

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 980, 16 August 1877, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

CABLE NEWS

[pee peess agency.] Ilnscribed Stocks Bill. London, August 14, 6.55 p.m. The Colonial Inscribed Stocks Bill has passed both Houses of Parliament. Lord Carnarvon during the debate on the second reading highly commended the exertions of Sir Julius Vogel. The Economist praises the Bill. The Queen’s Speech. Bombay, August 15, 1.5 p.m. The Queen’s speech proroguing Parliament declared that that her foreign relations were friendly. She regretted that the efforts of Her Majesty’s Government to maintain the peace of Europe were unsuccessful. It was the intention of the Government to preserve neutrality so long as British interests were unaffected. The extent and nature of these interests were defined in the diplomatic note to Russia which elicited a friejidly reply. Efforts would be made when opportunity occurs to restore peace, on terms compatible with the honor of the belligerents, and the general safety and welfare of the other nations. If during the contest British interests were assailed or endangered, Her Majesty relics with confidence on the help of Parliament to vindicate and maintain the national rights. The Wool Sales. London, August 14. The wool sales opened to-day. The brokers, Messrs Balme and Hazard, had a well-selected catalogue of 5142 bales. The attendance of home and foreign,buyers was large, and the biddings commeucbd with great spirit. The prices are about the sa’ine as those of last series. Shipping’. Arrived Wellington, Trafalgar, and Strathdon. * INTERPROVINCIAL. [pee peess agency.] Dunedin August 16. A public meeting of Catholics was held in the Temperance Hall last night, for the purpose of considering the new Education Bill. Bishop Moran presided, and the main hall and gallery were completely crowded, there being probably 800 people present, hour resolutions condemnatory of the Bill were submitted and carried almost unanimously, there being two or three dissentients to tue first two [[resolutions. The meeting was a very enthusiastic one, and the hearty manner in which those who composed it responded “aye” to resolutions instead of holding up their hands, and also the frequency witli which they applauded the speakers evidenced immistakeable disapproval of the Bill. The resolutions are to be forwarded to the Dunedin members and members of the Government. _ . Captain Griffiths, late of the Taranaki steamer, died last night of rheumatic fever.