LATE TELEGRAMS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1139, 22 March 1872, Page 2

LATE TELEGRAMS.

February J.i. The Megsera commission is closed.^ Mr Clulders was fully examined on the Admiralty administration. . . A Bishop Patteson memorial churches proposed for Norfolk Island. ~ f '.s The Bradford Chamber of Commerce recommended larger, supplies of deep combing wools; . r „; .;-. The Pope and Czar have been reconciled. '■ "> ; - .' •"■ r'u. ";■""'" ■-■;■::■■■".; . ■;. ■ . ~ The Queen's speech promised a bill forthe suppression of the Polynesian -slave trade. Both Houses passed an address in reply. ■- : _ - The panic on the Stock Exchange is subsiding. Consols, 91f. Bank rate, 3 per cent. . .-■ ■•:■''.. •.' ....^ Denison, ex-Speaker, has been raised to the peerage. The wool sales opened on. the. .,Bth February, with ,113.000 bales. There was a crowded attendance/ spirited com] petition, and two-pence advance established. .' " ' ■;■.. ■.;;..'■•■ '■•■■^'-•' #{ -;' February lfr Blanqui has been sentenced to trans* portation. The Prince and Princess of Wales are visiting the Queen at Osborne. Earl Mayo's assassination is deeply deplored. The Ballot Bill has passed the second reading in the House .of* . Commons;, fay a . ; large majority. ; ; : ,■ /,,':'< :7 '.Cs-|- . . A banquet was given to IfcYerdon j . Earl Kimberley in the chair. The Dukes of Edinburgh and Manchester and other leading men were present, and it was a great success. .■ ■- Mr Charles.Qowper and Mr Verdon are knighted. In the Tichborne case, Sir John Coleridge's speech occupied twenty-four days, and is Btill unfinished. The evidence goes to show that the .claimant is Arthur Grton. .-.'■•■■. -;.^ .-..-•; Wool— The competition still continues ; greasy is 2d, washed and scoureda3d, higher than in December. : i Adelaide wheat is wanted at 645. ~j Victorian Sixes, 314; FiveSf-106. Consols, 92J. ■"-■;••■ ' : • V'- . ■ ..*:;... , r .February^. Lloyd Hobart haa been appointed Go* ■ vernor of Madras. • . . ,

A reduction of 14,000,000 on the Army estimates. It is announced that America has abolished the duties on tea and coffee. The Spanish Ministry have resigned. A destructive inundation has occurred at Nottingham. A Spanish gun-boat captured an English schooner landing contraband goods at Cuba. The Imperial troops are to be with* j drawn from the Capo of Good Hope. Large consumption of Australian meats continues. The Pacific Islanders Protection Bill has been introduced into Parliament. Messrs Fitzherbert, Yogel, and Waieott, have been created C.M.G. Large subscriptions to the Livington Expedition Fund. The King of Spain refused to accept the resignation of Ministers. The Cortes is dissolved— elections fixed for April 2. The English Government are confident that the provisions of the Treaty of Washington will exclude America's extravagant claims. The Times admits that the American construction of the Treaty places England in an embarrassing position, and recommends the Government to demur to America's chums. Thiers is opposing Ohambourd, and says he will neither abdicate nor become King without a revolution. The Times says no Confederate vessel was equipped in England during the war. The Alabama escaped unequipped. The leading American papers are quite moderate on the subject. Lady Mayo is created a peeress. The Viceroyship of India has been refused by Kimberley. Bismarck offers to mediate between England and America. Calcutta, Feb. 8. The Viceroy, after inspecting the con* vict settlement at Port Blair in the Andaman Island, was about to embark in the launch to proceed to the ship Glasgow, when, in the darkness, an assassin broke , through the guard and stabbed him twice in the back. The Viceroy fell, or jumped into the water, and was picked up. He died before reaching the ship. Hip never spoke intelligibly. The assassin is named Shereali, and is under sentence for life for murder, but had a ticket-of-leave for good behaviour. Lord Napier left Geylon for Calcutta ai Acting Viceroy. The only reason the assassin gave was that God ordered him to kill the enemy to his country. When sentenced to death he appeared triumphant. Five steamers, are offering first-class passages through the Suez Canal for L 35 to London.