TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 273, 29 May 1874, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS.

Auckland, April 25. The s.s. City of Adelaide, arrived this morning,", with the English and American mails. rorGusn news. In the House of Lords, the Marquis of Salisbury, Secretary of State for India, said that the harvest in India promised to be abundant, and I hut the present provifions against famine were m.doubledly ample. In the H"ou*c of Commons. Mr Smollett that (!.e sundenncss of iho lute dissolution of Parliament w<is deserving of the censure of the House, and characterised the act as a coup d'etat b}' which the last G-overn-ment sought unconstitutionally to retain power. He declared that Air. Gladstone had resorted to a stratagem which was ungenerous lo his friends, insolent.to his opponents, and barely honest to the nation. Mr. Whalley seconded the motion. Mr. Gladstone stigmatised . the assertion that the dissolution was secretly planned as untrue, absurd', and impossible, and challenged a repetition of the word " trickster" applied to him Upon the refusal of Mr. G ;nollett lo repent it, he clvi-o-ed hire wit.ii lack uf decency and manliness, a-id defended th.e act of dissolution, which ho declared would have been more .inconvenient had it been postponed. Upon concluding his speech, Mr. Gladstone left the Home,'and the motion was neg.iiived without a division Much excitement was manifested during and at the close of the debate.

A prospectus ha 3 been issued in London containing proposals for the formation of a company to take over Hall's Australian .-team ship lino. ' The proposed capital is £600,000, in 30,000 shares of £3O each. The s.-ven promoters take one share each.'four of whom, including Hall, stipulate for a salary of i.1,000 a year. A break-out [lock-out?] of 15,000 miners is expected in Cornwall. The expectation of another rise of the Thames, and overflow, caused thousands of persons to throng its banks, and fill the bridgf s which cross it. The water rose an immense height, but no damage was dune. are posted up in the agricultural districts of England, cautioning intending immigrants to the Un'ted States, on the authority of-Consul Archibald, «f New York that 40,000 persons are ready to return to 111 n gland. FOREIGN NEWS. The German Tribunal at Saverne lias condemned and imposed a heavy fine on the Bishop of Nancy, for his charge to the clergy issued last July. . A rumor is current that the Carlists have asked Marshal .Serrano for an amnesty. ; Senor Castellar has written a letter, in which he declares himself in favor of a Fede-ral-Republic.

The French steamer Amerique sunk near the Island of Ushantf, twenty-six miles from Brest. The passengers and crew were- rescued by English, Norwegian, and Italian vessels. One of the latter arrived at Brest with the crew. The Amerique was not a new vessel. She was formerly the Eugene L'lmperatrice, one of the finest steamships of the line. The loss of this fine ship, following so close on the loss of the Europa. created Treat excitement in New York. The Amerique was somewhat smaller than the Ville du Havre, but similar in build. AMERICAN NEWS. Between 15,000 and 20,000 people have been driveivfrom their homes by the breaking of a levee on the Banks of the Mississippi. In Louisiana a large breadth of the best cotton lands overflowed, and the crops ruined, or greatly damaged. From Cape Girardeau to Ked Kiver there are seven or eight million acres of bottom land," ranking as the most productive cotton laud in the world, under water. The product of'this fertile tract in a good Reason is worth 400,000,000d01. or 500,000,000d01. By last accounts several thousand people ocupying these alluvial lands are not only driven out, but -vreve in a starving condition. iVew Orleans telegrams state that most gloomy reports continue to be received of inundation in various points. The whole of the Amite Valley is submerged. Houses, barns, implements,. and animals are washed away. The inhabitants fled to the high land, where they remain 'in a destitute condition. Letters from the Bed Itiver country Bay— ' We' are entirely overflowed Altbanfcrupt. Have no.provisions; no money; inany.starring. The water over country still rising. The cattle not drowned are dying for want of food. Sheep and hogs drowned by the linndred."

ADDITONAX ENGLISH TELEGRAMS," The steamer Atrato, after repairing and passing inspection, left'on'Easter Monday, with 400 immigrants for Canterbury aiid Otago. Several of the emigrants who left the first time refused to proceed in her,- and returned to thpir homes, after enjoying the trip for several 'days, and free rations. A terrible explosion has occure I in the mine of the Duke of Eniield. It caused the death of 53 persons, and injured 20 others Joseph .Arch is to arrange an extensive emigration of farm-laborers from England to America.

A special meeting of:the committee relative to the Agricultural Laborers' Union granted £I,OOO for the relief of the locked-out laborers, 4,000 of whom are now on the Union's funds. A .London letter says that in the Eastern counties of. England there is a bitter conflict between tbe'f«rmers and the laborers;' the latier hare joined the Union. In Warwickshire they demanded an extra Is. a week: this was refused the laborers, consequently they struck on one or two 'farms. The farmers generally retaliated by loekmg-out all the Union men, and declaring that henceforth they will employ only non-unionists. The landlords supported the farmers, and threaten 'to eject those who do not hold aloof from relation with Unionists.

The Parliamentary vote to defray expenses of the Ashantee expedition amounts to £900,000.

1 A new movement is on foot in London for a Fdi'liiimenL of working men ; an organis'ation is formed, and committee appointed.

A Hill has been introduced into Parliament at the instigation of the Early-Closing Association for cl-vsing all shops at 8 p.m. Dr. Kinealy has been excluded from the mc?s of Oxford Circuit for want of etiquette in the Tieh borne case. This deprivesjiim of professional status, r.o junior being allowed to engage with him. In a letter to the ' Press ' Kenealy indignantly denies the charges made against him, and says he dissents from the verdict of the jury. He believe? the claimant still to be Tich borne, ami that the real Arthur Orton will bs in England before twelve months, and acknowledged as such, and the defendant released CONTINENTAL. Paris, April 18. Sixty millions were voted for the repair of the French fortifications. With reference to the escape of Boeheibrt and his companions, the Paris ' Soir' says the escape of the French convicts lias already led to an exchange of notes between the Cabinets ai Versailles and St. Jauies'. According to the information of the English Government it was a French vessel fitted by friends of the pri.-oners, having on board a crew of twenty five men, who were quite determined to fight if necessary. Seventeen convicts were to be carried off, hut when the moment arrived only five were-ready, the others being engaged at work as igncd 10 them. The English authorities declare that the captain l'ruuduloiiMv hoisted the British flag, but the French believe they can prove that the vessel was equipped and prepared in a British port, and that the British Government should be held responsible. Upon reaching riyduey Eochei'ort telegraphed for 25,000f .to Al Adam, fur-

merly Prefect of <he Paris police, find jinrdian of his children. After satisfying himself that this was not an attempt at a hoax, Adain forwarded the money, part of which was supplied by two newspapers, viz., ' B-e----puhlique Francaise,' and the ' Bapport.' M Victor Hugo also contributed 6,300f. Two batches of Lothriniren priests (87 in all) have been tried at the Conn, at Melz for reading from the pulpit the pastoral - of the Bishop of Nancy, commanding the faithful to pray to the. Blessed Virgin to intercede for the spec ly re-union of i,he annexed Provinces to France. Of the first batch, 11 ecclesiastics were condemned to a fortnight's imprisonment; three to a week's confinement; and the remainder were acquitted. Large numbers of Roman noblemen attended the Valicm on March 23rd to pay homage to tha-Bope a« a counter demonstration (o cflebra e 'the King's ascension. His Holiness made an energetic speech, praising the unalterable devotion of the "Roman nobility, who had given the world an example of faithfulness in adversity.' A considerable meeting of Bomans was held at Loggie de Baffaeto. They saluted the Pope with frantic cheers. NEWS. At tl e New York commercial wool market there was little animation. Sales: Boston spring, 32c.; fall, 22c. to 25c: Cape, 21ic.