LAST NIGHT'S TELEGRAMS

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1479, 12 November 1878, Page 2

LAST NIGHT'S TELEGRAMS

[BY SUBMARINE CABLE.] [SPECIAL TO THE PRESS AGENCr.] London, November S„ The treaty between England and Austria, referred to in yesterday’s telegram, was made secretly at the time of the Congress, and contained a proviso that in the event of Russia claiming, on the ground of humanity and to preserve order, that she should remain in Turkey beyond the date which Congress specified, England and'Austria would undertake police duties and compel Russia to evacuate. This was intimated at the time to Russia. Four thousand Bulgarian militia massacred the population, and burnt several villages near Demotica, A “Times” telegram states that several thousand former Russian officers and soldiers have been permitted to volunteer for Afghanistan. November 9. The money market is easy. The Bank minimum is unchanged. Discount rates sjo considerably below the Bank minimum. The Bunk reserve is slightly better than last week. The stock markets have recovered a firm tone, and Australian securities are resuming their usual activity. Consols, 93J. Wheat is firmer. The failure is announced of Robt.. Forrester, coulmaster, Glasgow. The liabilities are heavy. Schouvaloff has left Livadia for London. The Czar’s precarious health has not permitted of the solution of the political difficulty. It is probable there will be a revision of the Berlin treaty. 1 REUTEXi’S TELEGRAMS TO PRESS AGENCY.] London, November 10. The Emperor of Russia is in an unsatisfactory state of health. SPECIAL TO THE GLOBE. London, November 8. Abearnc, tho Fenian, has been liberated. Count Schouvaloff is coming to London. November 9. Russia is making preparations for war, and lias called for G 3,000 additional conscripts. AUSTRALIAN. [Per Arawata via Bluff.] Melbourne, November (3. Tho Ministry has decided upon a delegation to England, consisting probably of Messrs Berry and Beaison, and Sir G. Duffy. £SOOO it i* said will bo asked for expense*.

A dissolution is talked of, and meetings are to be held with a view of urging that step upon the Government. The delegates, according to uresent arrangements, will leave by the December mail, and be absent for five months. The bushranger business still occupies much attention. The ruffi .ns are still at large, and parties of police are out in various directions in the ranges. It the K.-llys fail to surrender by the 12th inst., they wi.l bo liable to be shot down. C. B. Fisher’s sale of stud horses was not successful. Such low prices were obtained for really fir.-1■ class animals that the sale had tobestoppid. The races gathered to Alelbourno an immense concourse from all parts, the crowd at FJemington being larger than on any previous occasion, and the receipts exceeded last year’s by £2OOO. The spectacle was most brilliant; the sta’d and lawn were filled with elegantly attired ladies, reflecting every shade of color; tte hill was covered with a dense mass of human beings, and all other parts of the course crowded. The race for the Cup was very pretty. The horses, thirty in number, were previously paraded on the lawn in front of the stand. The time, 3min. 35 J secs., was not so good as last year. The bookmakers had a good time of it, especially in the boilover of His Lordship in the Derby. All the : doubles were destroyed. The public have dropp.d their money on the Cup favorite, Melita 1 NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAAIS. I 1 [pee press AGENCY.] ( Auckland, November 11. f The dead body of a newly born male child , Was found this morning at the north shore, j under the foliowing suspicious circumstances. A man named Hugh Jones a laborer, was going to work in Oliver May’s timber yard, wh n he ' saw a ha r, apparently with something in it I fl atirg at high watermark. He cut open the 1 bag, when a kit covred with net, and contain- i ing the oody of an infant, full out. It could not ( have benin t' e water more than a day, as de- 1 composition had m<t set in. 1 The dispute with the contractors about the | leak in the dock is settled, and the Harbor Board ( will <ake over the work. . ( Mr J. «. AlcFarlme has given his Parliamentary honorarium fur a school libra y. Wellington, November 11. The captain and crow have been landed from the Carlolta, which is full of water and break ng up. The weather has turned fine, and eff .rts will be made to save the spa s, rigging, &c. ’ 'the Court of Appeal was formally opined ; at eleven, and adjourned till to morrow. ] The weather was remarkably fine to day, and t excursions round the harbor were largely ( patronised. 1 Theie was an immense attendance at the spurs, lat none of the events possessed uny j special interest. t Dunedin, November 11. ) The half-yearly meeting of the Nation 1 In- ■ snrance Company wis hel I to-day. A dividend i of ten per cent, with a bonui of sixp nee per f share was declared; £ls 01)0 was carried to < insurance fund; and £5101) to the next half- j year 1