TELEGRAPHIC.

Globe, Volume IX, Issue 1297, 16 May 1878, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

CABLB_ N E W S [bbdtbb’s telegrams to thb pekss AGENCY.] London, May 11. The lock-out in Lancashire is extending, A settlement at present is unlikely. Paris, May 11. The British Ambassador has assured the French Government that England will do nothing in the matter of the Suez Canal without accord with the French Government. Berlin, May 11. The Russian Ambassador at London visited Prince Bismarck, and then proceeded to St. Petersburg. Athens, May 11. After desperate fighting in Thessaly and Eupirs, an armistice has been .arranged with the insurgents. Cape Town (Undated.) The Kaffir rising is extending.

[SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE PRESS AGENCY.. London (undated.) Viscount Sandon joins the Cabinent. Prince Bismarck is reported to have urged on Count Schouvaloff,during his late visit, the necessity of peace.both for Russia itself and Europe. Admiral De Horsey, commander of the Pacific station, has arrived at Panama in the Shah, to watch the movements of suspected vessels. Negotiations between the Vatican and England to establish diplomatic relations have been suspended from a failure to agree upon a basis. There has been serious rioting at Darwen, Lancashire. Blood was shed in an encounter with the police. The military were summoned.

SPECIAL TO THE GLOBE. [FEOM OTTB OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Sydney, May 15. A terrible famine prevails near Manilla. The coffee, sugar, and rice crops are all affected by the drought. Thousands of people are dying. The Eussian war vessels have left the American ports under orders. The cable is working badly. The crew of the Swan, from Cooktown to New Guinea, mutinied, left the captain on Savage island, and proceeded on the voyage. The Thales has arrived at Cooktown with several Japanese gentlemen as passengers, on a visit to the colonies. The ship Japan has arrived at Cooktown with 190 Chinese, some of whom are for New Zealand. It is stated in Manilla that the loss on the sugar crop will be 30 per cent. There has been a great gold discovery at Cooktown, It consists both of quartz and alluvial gold.

INTBRPBOYINOIAL, [PBB PEEBB AGENCY.] Dunedin, May 16. The northern line from Moeraki to Palmerston will be op* ned for traffic on Tuesday next. It is expected that communication between Christchurch and Dunedin will be established on the 251 h of June. Mr Seaton, member for Green Island, addressed his constituents last night. He defended the action of the Otago representa lives against the charges that they had sold the rghts of the province, and said that they had made the best bargain ever made for Otago. The proposal for manhood suffrage he regarded as “buncombe,” but he would perhaps be forced to vote for it to prevent the Atkinson Government getting into power. He thought, the only way out of the present difficulties was to have one county or board of works for each Island. A vote of confidence was carried unanimously.