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Grey River Argus, Volume VIII, Issue 568, 7 September 1869, Page 4

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IRISH CHURCH BILL RECEIVED, ' THE ROYAL ASSENT. EIOTS IN IRELAND —THE MILITARY CALLED OUT. DEBATE ON NEW ZEALAND, 1 AFFAIRS. [By Electrip Telegra^.] (fROJ* OPE pWNCOR^ESppNpfiNT.) Hokitika, September 6. The Rangitoto, with tfce English mail, arrived in the roadstead yesterday after: jioon, but on account oi.the heavy sea the tender could npt come in till this morning. Melbourne, August 31. Tb* Malta arrived in H'obson's Bay at half-past three on Sunday afternoon. Adelaide mails were transhipped. London, July 16. Discoijnf; 3,; consols-money 92| to 93. For accoviiitj 93 to 93J. The third series of Liverpool wool Bales of East India wop.l commenced on the 28th. Arrivals for the third series of London sales 186,923 bales. Market slightly animated ; prices firm. Australian copper quoted at L7B. Austrian Jung'mails, yia Marseilles, were delivered on the 12th July. The Qjueen ig at Windsor. The court jg shortly going' to, Osbornp House, then |o Balmoral. The" Viceroy of Egypt arrived in London on the 22ud June, and proceeded at once to Buckingham Palace, which had keen" prepared for his reception. His visit extended to Ist July, and during his stay there were great festivities on an extensive scale. The Canadian Dominion Parliament was prorogued at Ottowa on the 22nd June.' i The House of Commons has nominated a committee to inquire into the cause of \\xe great excessive expenditune on the Abyßsinian war. The Volunteer encampment opened at Wjmbjgtofj on the sth July. The Queen's prize was won by Angus Cameron, of the 6th Inverness Volunteer, with a score of 71. The same gentleman won the prize before in 1866. England won the international prize Scotland and Ireland. Scotland Von the Elcho Challenge Shield, Ireland came second, England being last. A grand review of Volunteers is to be held at Wimbledon on the 17th. A .meeting of the Bank of Svuth Australia took place on the 29th June. ' A dividend of 10 ppr cent, was announced. v ' .^ijswalian and : JJew Zealand Banks have agreed, with one exception, to adopt ISiSefeS^ as hitherto. It was resolved that a recommendation should be forwarded by the present mail for all Colonial establishment! to agree to a similar charge on all dishonored bills returned from England. Eton and Harrpw cricket match was played on the 9th and 10th of July, Eton won in one innings. The French atlantic cable has been successfully laid between Brest and :St. Pierre. A message was sent through to the Emperor of the French,: announcing the completion of the enterprise thus far. '"A' riot took place at Portadown,j in County: Armagh, on the Ist of July. The police tired oa the mob with fatal effect. The estate of the Duke of Newcastle, jnclwding Clumber Park, and his house in London have been sold, and proceedings J i» bankruptcy taken, against Mm. Eari Kilke has beem elected a Scotch representative Peer. .; The Government of Canada has agreed oft terras for tlfe cession «f Hudson's Bay Company's territories to the dominion of panada.' By latest cable frofii New Toxic, gold i» UHbtefat fa?|." * j '■ 4 riot took'r^laoe in New York on July 12, during a prpcejsion of Orangemen. Uh«y «wft attacked by a party of Catholics, and thirty parsons injured. i The Duke of Edinburgh has been appointed K.G.C. of »k. Michael and St. jSeorge. The Irish Chuwk Bill wM,read a second time'or the 18th June, I)he Lords[introduced many amendments. The i date of disestablishment was altered to May, 18?1. Th« glebes in Ulster were granted to tie clergy, and all glebe houses in Ireland given to the churoh free of charge, they also proposed to endow the Catholic priests and Presbyterian ministers. ; The Bill was returned to the House of Commons last night, when Mr Gladstone announced that he was .resolved to reject nearly all the amendments made by the Lbtds. ! *" Tne Life Peerages Bill was rejected bjr the Lofds on the Bth July. The Marquis of Harlington brought in a bill empowering the Government to purchase the telegraph lines on the sth July. Sir George Grey and several late members of the Government of New Zealand strongly protested against the treatment that dependency has received from the Colonial Office. . : Mr Bright and W. S, Forster have resigned their membership of the Reform Club, in consequence of the black balling of Mr Snidley~of the New York Tribune, whom they had proposed. k The Lord Mayor gave the annual dinner to Ministers on the 9th July. The principal speakers were Mr Gladstone, Lord Hatherley, and Mr Bruce. ' Disturbances were expected in Ireland on thei2th.lnly, \>\\t the orange celebrations that day passed off quietly, except at Belfast,-where there was some rioting. The annual dinner of the Cobden Club was held at' Greenwich on July 10th. The Duke of Argyle presided. The Emperor of the French sent a message ' to' ttie porps' Legislatif granting various reforms, in consequence of which M. Rouher and the rest* of the Ministry hav# resigned.' Serrano' was aworn in as Regent of Spain on July 18th. Some slight changes jiave been'made in the Ministry and Customs. The Prussian Diet cloßed at Berli^ pn 26nd July." v ' ' ' " ¥