TELEGRAPHIC.

Globe, Volume IX, Issue 1259, 20 March 1878, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

CABLE_NEWS [Argus Special.] London, Undated. A disastrous fire has occurred at Dunville's Distillery, Belfast, witn a loss of fifty thousand pounds. There is great distress at Shumla, where there are a large number of fugitives. It is reported that .Russia has assented to the admission of Greece to the Congress. The Victorian crisis was mentioned in the Houses of Lords and Commons, and papers were promised on Tuesday. Lord Carnarvon and fcJir M. 11. Beach replied to questions on the subject. Lord Carnarvon hoped the Governor would conform to the law in the widest sense, regarding Imperial not less than local obligations. London, March 14 to 16. .

Sir Stafford Northcote says England will not enter the Congress till the full terms of the treaty are known. The London press strongly condemn the revolutionary excess of the Berry Ministry. The Governor's attitude is not approved, and the prompt intervention of the Colonial Office is invoked. A victualling shed erection, Woolwich, collapsed, burying one, hundred and seventy workmen. There were numerous dangerous injuries. There were no deaths. The San Francisco mail has been delivered. SPECIAL TO THB GLOBE. [.ROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] AUSTRALIAN. Sydney, March 20. The New Guinea expedition leaves tomorrow. There are fifty passengers. _ Maize, oats, and potatoes are declining.