By Electric Telegraph

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 225, 27 June 1873, Page 5

By Electric Telegraph

_ JDunedin, Thursday Evening-. The Tararua has arrived at the,Biuff. - She brings English dates to the 10th inst. ' The Due de Broglie intimates to the repre- : sentatives of France abroad, that the home policy-of: the Government will be moderate, and the foreign policy pacific. The Revolutionary, party is tobevigorous-v * ly opposed, but without, bringing about a reaction. Prince Napoleon has arrived in Paris. General Chanzy has been appointed Gover--nor of Algiers. New Zealand fives, 104. The Alexandra Palace, Muswell Hill, with its fine collections, has been totally destroyed by fire. - The loss is £500,000, £120,000 of which is covered by insurance. There has been severe fighting between the Spanish troops and the insurgents at Cuba. A dispute has arisen in the building trade, and a great lock-out is apprehended. Creinorne won the Ascot gold cup: In the House of Commons, Macarthur, the member for Lainbsthj moved a resolution haying for its object a protectorate annexation of Fiji. Gladstone defended the Fijian , Government, and spoke approvingly of ex-Con- - sul March. He declared that England did not require any, extension of territory, but admitted the necessity of some forward steps. Goodenough, the new Commodore on theAustralian station, acting as Consul Layard's" deputy, had been ordered to institute enquiries onHhe spot ; The motion was lost by 86 to 50. " . . ; • ' March has been appointed Consul at Peru. _The Tichborne trial is proceeding. 112 : witnesses have already been examined. Ten testify to Roger. Tichborne having been tatooed; thirty-nine identify the claimant as Orton; and twenty4wo officers of the Carbineers repudiate-that-the claimant ever belonged to the regiment. Considerable business has been done in Ayool at full rates. A further advance is anticipated at the opening of the next sales. ' ; The rule obtained against Plimsoll was . , discharged, the judges, at the same time, j censuring him for making hasty statement:*. I The rumored treaty of alliance between j Germany and Italy has been denied. S. j The Sultan of Zanzibar signed Frere's j treaty for the abolition of slavery before the j arrival of 11.M.5. Glasgow. Thiers has retired into private life. The French Superior Council of Commerce j.has voted the abandonment of the treaties of ! commerce with Belgium and England, j Bismarck has stated that Prussia, will nob 1 interfere in the next election of Pope. | The Sultan has granted to the Elhedive indeI pendence regarding international administra- ] tion, and also the right to conclude commercial treaties and increase his forces, j Russia is indisposed to assist Lessep's scheme for the construction of a railway between Russia and India.' i News from Khiva states that the Ejhivans attacked the Russian vanguard near Chorchin. The Russians lost two colonels, but the Khivans were routed. It is rumored at St. Petersburg . that Kauffman's division suffered some loss.. The Spanish Admiralty have released the Murillo, but have suspended the captain's certificate for one year. AUSTRALIAN. Sydney and Queensland have declined to join Victoria in the Galle contract. Sydney has arranged a temporary mail service. The boats are to start from Sydney and California in January, under contract to deliver the mails in forty-eight days. The case of Degraves v. M'Millan, Manager of the Union ,Bank, resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff of £10,204. ~ A motion has been tabled in the Victorian Assembly to subsidise cablegrams.' 7 Captain Moresby of the Basilisk has taken possession of New Guinea as British territory. lhe Brisbane Parliament has passed a resolution in favor of the construction cf a cable • bet een Sydney and New Zealand. The Government have received a cablegram stating that Mr Grey, Secretary to the Post Office, who went Rome with Mr: Russell, died at San Francisco. Dargaville contests the Auckland superintendence. The Government have agreed to join the Victoria-Suez service. The Xaikorai election resulted as follows : Roberts (Govern meat)j 75 ; Bavr, 50.