ADDITIONAL TELEGRAPHIC MESSAGE.

Grey River Argus, Volume XI, Issue 1019, 1 November 1871, Page 2

ADDITIONAL TELEGRAPHIC MESSAGE.

London, Sept. 30. ; . For several weeks the Queen haajbeen suffering from headache, neuralgia, and lassitude. Mrßusßell Gurney is appointed Com* missioner for the, settlement of the Alabama claims. Strikes are assuming alarming proportions, and the principal industries are dreaded. The disputes in the engine trade have been greatly aggravated by foreigu workmen striking. Some have returned home under police protection. The Marquis of Normanby, Governor of Queensland will probably be the isuccessor of Earl Belmore in New South Wales. ; A colliery explosion and conflagration took place near Wigan, and eighty per* sons perished. A railway collision near Wolverhampton and Leicester occurred, injuring : forty persons. . . A gun cotton explosion at Stowemarket involved the death and injury of one hundred person?... It. Jut* created profound sensation. Tne shoxifc twenty mileß off. Great destruction of: property in the town. k The Rev. R. W. Church, rector at Whattley, Somersetshire, has been appointed to the vacant deanery of St Paul's. A fire broke out at Denisthorpe Mill, near Leicester, and several lives lost. England is free from cholera. Only the English type exists, ' ' -„ ..'■'.. Sir' Walter Scott's centenary was celebrated on August 15, at the Crystal Palace, with appropriate sports, followed by banquets at Canterbury and St; James's Halls. ......-.: . /;!/;' • Great military manoeuvres have taken place near St. Petersburg. \ The Czar left for Caucasus, and Empress for Crimea. ." ? t. Thousands are dying of cholera in Russia and the north-eastof Germany. The Times wishes cordial success to the New Zealand scheme for settling emigrants along the contemplated railway routes. ' ; The loss of the Megctra is ' occupying attention. Captain Thrupp was complimented on making St. Paul's so readily. Captain Thrupp's successors met him at Galle on their way out. A thorough investigation will take place next session. The English journals foresee that the abolition of the law prohibiting marriage with deceased wife's sister in South Australia has dealt a blow to the Imperial law, because two opposing,.. statutes^ uannot be maintained in the Empire, g ,;.. The [expenses of the trips of the legal gentlemen to Australia in the Tichborne case is estimated at LISOO. Keep, Parsons, and Co. have fafled; liabilities, L 120,000. The freedom of the City of Aberdeen has been conferred on Mr Gladstone. The following German Consuls have veen gazetted :— Mr Brahe, for Melbourne; Mr Trewer, for Adelaide; Mr Fracck, for Sydney. Sheriff Thompson, of Inverness, has been found guilty of forgery, and sentenced to five years' penal servitude. The Earl of Dunmore sold the Hebrides forLlso,oQo. ■:-,,,.. Considerable business has been "done in teas. Tendency of prices downwards for lower kind, and upwards for better. Export of teas to Australia to date is 8,146,1001b5. An interdict has been obtained in the Supreme Court at the Cape of Good Hope respecting the Queen of the Thames cargo on behalf of the owners. It is understood that 'the Australian Telegraph Cable Expedition will be confided to Captain Halpin. , Capt. Gordon Douglas takes command of the Cossack, at the Cape, and proceeds to Australia. I -i ' -. - Capt. Vivian has succeeded Sir Edward Lingard as permanent Under Secretary for War. Scott's centenary has been celebrated throughout the United Stated. "*'■ Numerous lives lost through a railway collision at Boston, boiler explosions at New York and Mobile, and fire damp explosion in Pennsylvania, and wreck of steamer Losania. Wool sales opened with great animation. 139,347 bales were catalogued. There was a large attendance of home and foreign buyers. ) Victorian debentures, sixes, are quoted at 114£; fives, 104& ; Sydney fives, 102J ; Queensland, L 108£; Tasmanian, 108 f; Adelaide from 107 to 110 to 114. Consols, 92£. Wheat market firm ; tallow dearer; hides firm; Wallaroo copper, L 76 10s;sperm,L80. Exports show considerable improvement on the total values fol the four weeks over the preceding period, but the operations for the two months collectively are not more than fair average. 1 The gross total is L869,€00, against L 638,700. Victoria, L 374,800; increase, L 134,300. Sydney, L 159,600; decrease, L 33.803. Queensland, L 66,200; increase, L 56,100. Adelaide, L 91,100; decrease, L 3200. Swan River, increase, L23>400. Tasmania, decrease, L 11,400. New Zealand, increase, Isfi,SOQ. A Ministerial priais. in Austria is re* ported as imminent. Count Limgeuaq proceeds to St Petersburg as Ambassador Extraordinary. The German Parliament meets on 15th -

October. *i*J?he existence of a crisis is denied. . Tniers has been elected President of the Republic, so long as the Assembly exists, by a majority of 408 to 93, about 300 abstaining from voting. Thiers appoints the ministers, and all are responsible to the Sovereign Assembly, which dissolves itself. General Faidherbe, in the previous Assembly, declared that the minority threatened to enforce a dissolution, or resign in a body. Scandalous disturbances have occurred in the Assembly, all members losing their tempers. M. Dufaure has been appointed VicePresident of Council. < Measures are being adopted for making the burden of losses of war fall on the whole nation. According to the Budget it will require L 20,000,000 sterling to make both ends meet. The trial of the first batch of seventeen Communists resulted in Ferre and Lullier being condemned to death, Tarent andDesemps acquitted, Courbet sentenced to six months* imprisonment, Clement three months, Urbian and Trinquit imprisonment with hard labor -for life, Assi, Billioray, Jourde, Ohampy, Regere, RastouL Giroussel, Ferrat, and verdure to transportation. Four women (petroleuses) . were sentenced to death; one to transportation to a fortress ; one to 10 years' solitary confinement. The, Army Bill abolishes substitutes, and makes service compulsory. The Bonapartist deputy forAbattucei resigned his seat in the Assembly in favor of M. Rouher. The Vendome Column is to be re-built, The anniversary of the Republic, of September 4, was celebrated in despite of aptohlbition. It is reported that Duo D'Aumale has been appointed Algerian Governor General. Bourges is to become the military centre of France, with arsenal and military school French relations with Italy are unfriendly. The Commune prisoners condemned to transportation for life will be sent to New Caledonia. The Commission appointed to examine the new treaty with Prussia reported unfavorably, but the Assembly adopted the treaty, with slight changes, by 553 votes . Serious difficulties are threatened about the treaty from Berlin, The French Government are preparing for the early payment of the fourth half milliard in treasury bonds, endorsed by the first houses in Europe, payable in April and May next. The subscriptions to the Paris loan exceed the amount required. Reduction of the Army of Occupation to 50,000 has been agreed on between France and Germany. -Baron Beust's circular confirms the statement that no treaty has been signed -^-at-Gaatem-ou -Salzburg. It was only agreed between Germany and Austria that they, shall act together in event of any question arising. A telegram from Berlin says that Germany has not yet accepted M. Thiers' proposed form of treaty. The Bavarian Government are openly resisting the pretensions of the Clerical party. A society has been established at Turin, to discourage the use of the knife. Garibaldi's health is better. ■ The bed of the Tiber has been explored for valuables, and the river diverted. The municipality of Rome voted a monument to commemorate the unification of Italy. A typhoon at Yokohama in August destroyed a number of buildings and property, A typhoon at Hong Kong, on September 2nd, did immense damage to shipping and property ashore, together with loss of life. JardineV steamers, Madras and Ottawa, were injured. Numerous other ships were lost j also native craft and lives by hundreds, The son of a rajah has been sentenced to three years' imprisonment and L3CO 'fine, for hanging a native man and woman by the heels and flogging the former to death. Montqre Leyaket Ali, the most notorious mutineer of 1857, has been captured. After spreading sedition for several years, he awaits his trial at Allahabad.