TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Marlborough Daily Times, Volume III, Issue 263, 27 July 1881, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

CABLE. [KICUTKR’.S TIttEGRAMS. ] LONDON. ( July 25. The funeral of Dean Stanley took place to-day at Westminister Abbey, in the presence of a largo number of the clignatories’ of the Church, members of the Ministry, and others of high rank. The ceremony was conducted with great impressiveness. In the House of Commons, in reply to a question put with regard to the reported seizure of infernal machines brought from America to Liverpool in the cargo of the ship Malta, the Home Secretary confirmed the report, and said the machines were confiscated by the Liverpool authorities. MELBOURNE. July 26. The Bacchante, having completed repairs, sailed to-day for Sydney to join the Squadron. The elections for West Bourke and Ararat took place to-day. O’Loghlen was returned for the former by a small majority, but Gaunson, the new Minister for Lands, was defeated at the latter place by a large majority. The re-election of the PostmasterGeneral and Commissioner of Customs is considered certain, though the complete returns are not yet in. BRISBANE. July 26. Three- cases of small-pox were reported yesterday. The sufferers have been isolated, and all necessary precautions taken to check the spread of the disease.

[UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION'.] WELLINGTON. This Day. There is but little sign of any cessation in the continually wet and boisterous weather, which has continued for the past ten days. A preliminary enquiry was held yesterday into the circumstances connected with the wreck of the schooner Maggie Patterson at the Heads. The evidence went to show that the casualty was due to a mistake made by the mate when entering the Heads, lie having mistaken a rock near the lighthouse for one at the extreme end of Barret's Reef. The vessel is now a total wreck. She was sold by auction yesterday afternoon for £52, and her cargo of coals, hides, and zinc realised £7S. .Slips on the Rimutaka incline are more serious than at first anticipated, and it appears that in addition to the slip itself, which came down from the hills above, the lino was cut away for a distance of 50 yards and a depth of 30 feet. It will take over a week to complete repairs. The rain, which has fallen since last Friday week, is more than three inches in excess of the average fall for the whole month during the previous sixteen years. The steamer with the 'Frisco mail arrived at 2.20 yesterday, after a quick passage from Auckland. The Southern porof the mail goes on to-day.

CHRISTCHURCH. This Day. The total rainfall for the week ending Monday was 3 '7l inches. We arc now having glorious weather. NEW PLYMOUTH. This Day. A telegram from Waitara to-day states that the steamer Samson is in a very dangerous position on the south Spit on the Waitara River, and is likely to become a wreck. The engine room is already half filled with sand, and not being a new vessel there is little hope of her withstanding the heavy straining she is at present undergoing. ’lt is a matter for surprise, that whilst stormy weather of violent character prevails on the West Coast the weather in the Taranaki as been mild in the extreme. Later. The steamer Samson, on being moved, has landed on the wreck of the Paterson, knocking a hole in her livll. The engines have shifted, and the water is flowing in and out of her. The captain has abandoned her. Insurance, South British, £3OO.