CABLEGRAMS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XVI, Issue 2228, 29 September 1875, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

.'.'.. London-, Sept. 17. I Commodore Chapman has been ordered to hoist his broad pennant as Commodore Commanding the Australian station; until relieved. The Standard condemns St. Armitt's scheme for the colonisation of New ; Guinea by 200 volunteers, for that purpose. r H.M. corvette Sapphire sails for Australia. ' Woolsales are marked by considerable langour, but prices remain without noticeable alteration ; 16,090 bales withdrawn. Corn market drooping and languid; prices have fallen owingto large foreign arrivals; Australian, 553 4d ; New Zealand, 50s to 525. popper, quiet. The tin market is firm, with hardening' prices. Afc an interview between M. Thiers, and Prince Gortschakoff, at Revel, the latter expressed fears that the French Government would be affected by clerical reaction. Gortschakoff also said that' the solution of the Eastern question will for the moment; be postponed if the foreign autonomy of Bosnia and Herzgovina is secured, together with ratification of the Montenegrin frontier. . : ; The Strathnaver, ship, which left Sydney on 27th April, is supposed missing.: Eighty guineas premium offered for insurance. Sydney, Sept. 22;: At the Hunt Club meeting on Saturday, the results were as follows :— | Hunt i ClubjStakesT-Spring Bar, .1 ; Receipt, 2 ;.' Young William Tell, 3.; ■ ■ - : Stebplechase-^Hotspur, 1 ; Prior, 2 j FishOTinan r 3. ' '.":'.:"■'.■', "'.'.'■■''■ I Madam Jaunschecki's engagements at the Queen's Theatre terminated, abruptly, her husband being arrested for breach of contract. , Arrivals. — At Sydney : ; John Knox, from Lyttelton; Helena, from Wellington. Sailed : Joliba, for Lyttelton. Arrived—Newcastle : Eldergrove,fromDunedin. Departures : Lochinvar, for Auckland ; Star of the Mersey, for Timaru. Melbotjkne, Sept. 22. ■. Henry Howard, sentenced to death for the Frankatown murder, maintained a stolid demeanor, and never uttered a word. Good entries received for the Hunt Club Races. Two hundred Martini rifles and a quantity of ammunition arrived for the Vplunteers. ; A meeting of the Opposition was held; to-day, andit was understood that the result of, ; Sir ,, J. M^Cullpch's motion will be adverse to the Government on aj division, which : will' probably take place'

on Thursday. Should a change in the * .composition of the Ministry occur it is likely Kerferd will take the Department of Lands, and the Law Officers be selected from G. P. Smith, Purvis, or Dr Madden. At a meeting of the Protectionists at the Princess Theatre, at which there was a large attendance, resolutions were passed supporting the Government policy. The speakers abused Sir J. M'Culloch and Smith. At the dinner given to. the.HoßU, John . Robertson there were sixty persons present. Candles are much sought after. Breadstuffs unchanged. For the information of holders of drafts issued by. the Bank of California; the; following telegram was received- /by ''the Oriental Bank Corporation "from" their head office in London, dated the 17th irist. :— "Bank of '- Calif ornia' are making great efforts to resume business, whici it is believed .will be BuccessfuL" ['■■ ; '^- Kingsbrough, is packed for , ttie^ Melbourne Cup up toylpO-tpiOj-heisalßO taken in doubles —with Richmond and Maid of all Work. ■ l .[ ' [';>■ :;';;;■ '. ( i: Octavius Matterie, .brokeri |f or illegally procuring celebration of marriage, sen tended to six. months' imprisonment. - » „• The; wreck of the Cambridgeshire waa J SoldforL2Bso. ■;:.:iv^ns s <\j Ah inquiry into the circumstances con- ■ r •■■.■■■■■■ ■■'■. r ,-'.\, '. ■•■;•■ :i.'; i.-»i»;^;i'ff nected'with the. grounding of the mail steamer Ceylon will be held. : ;; ' r ">^ Sawyers, late : teller of the IBank of Victoria, has been sentenced to three years' imprisonment.. - ; ._,,, ,., •-... •] -,i Considerable sales in candles ; dOfd to lOJd; asked. Large sales . o£, new;, teas. Oats'in v good demand at an advance of Is 3d. ..-. -'.:< -;-U The Hon^. ißober^ion, in his Bpeech last night, pointed out* the advantages derived ;by New South Wales /fronfiier free trade p6licy,[andsatiricaliy suggested that Victoria, should continue/ ;iprjj,he benefit of her neighbors, the policy of protection she was now pursuing, .„,.;