TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 275, 12 June 1874, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS.

Bluff, June 7th. The s.s. Albion,' with the English mail, left Melbourne at 1.30 p.m. on the 2nd inst. She arrived at the Bluff at l a.m. on the 7th. . ... AUSTBALI AIT JTEWBi '■ ■ ■; • ; . = ■;.■ - : Melbourne, June 2nd. Intelligence was received-in- town on Sunday : of the loss'of the ship British. Admiral, 1800 tons,- from* London to ' Melbourne, on; King's Island, on the 23rd of May. 79 lives were lost, only nine'persons being saved—fot-r of these were passengers, four of the sh'ip's crew, and the.? third, mate; The disaster 1 is ascribed to the fact of the ship's compasses: being out of order, in consequence of which the.reckoning was lost, and she. struck on a reef on the west side of the Island, going to pieces immediately—not a vestige being left in a quarter, of an hour. ..There wxre 49 passengers on l board, including eleven' women and a number of "children. The scene scribed as heartrending in the extreme—all being swept away. The wreck occurred at a spot just two .miles distant from where the Netherby was lost nine years ago. The survivors jarrived,here in;a small ketch, and were well cared for. The news created a profound sensation, as most of the lost persons had friends or relations in the' Colony.' The Government this morning despatched a steamer to search along the coast in the vicinity of the occurrence.

In the divorce suit Bishop ,v. Bishop, the petitioner obtained her'verdict.

In the action for libel l ' against the ' Licensed Victuallers Gazette,' the plaintiff received £250 dainages. ..A.vesselof about, 300 tons has been seen bottom up between ,Cape Howe and Kent's Group! ■■■■- • ... 79 entries were'received for the-Melbourne Cup -last jiight, including ..four, from New Zealand. ~ ■ ,

• The-' Argus-' has made arrangements to get the result ; of: the -English Derby, through the cable, in time for publication the same morning-:' ' v

The Cable Company anticipate -that the news willioccupy an .hour in transmission from London to Melbourne. .

The cable lately broken between Singapore and Batavia has, since been repaired. .\:.«c •• V Sydney, June 2nd. Colonel Centenley, another Communist prisoner, escaped- as a- stowaway in the steamer Egmont. , y i . ■ - - The Government-carried' the ratification of the Californian mail contract without a division. : i

■ j CABLEGRAMS. ; London, May 26th. Prince Arthur has been, created Duke of Connaught and Earl of Sussex.

The commandant San Josa at Guatemala has been sentenced to be wnipped and then shot for the outrage on the British Yice-Con-sul.. •

The. New Zealand loanof £172,000 has been taken up ait 98. ■ Paris, May 26th.

A Bonap.'irtist candidate has' been 1 elected for the Assembly for the -Department of the Noire: ■ . ;

Rome, May 28th. The Pope is Buffering from fever. Berlin,.May 30th. The Bishop of Rheims opened the first Synod of Old, Catholics at Bonn. ; ■ Paris, May 30th. The Assembly met, after an adjournment, but no -Ministerial declaration was made.

Several Paris papers allege it is contemplated at Madrid to propose a German Prince as a candidate for the Spanish' throue. ■ • , ... Madrid, May 30th. ! General Concha assembled 25,000 men at !Vittora,; preparatory to an attack on the Oarl'ists at Estella. „

■■■• . London, May 30tli. Money is easy. Bank rate, per cent. •A reduction of discount is expected.

' In wool prices continue'firm. : The corn market is- inactive. • .jiWheat demand at 665. to 675. per quarter. ■ ■ , -

Mr. Saul Samuel has been gazetted C.M.QThe ' Nord Deutsche Gazette ' article, declaring that' Belgium i 3 awakening to the fact that, i'rance would. = attack, her in case of a war with Germany, caused much discussion. The French Press scout the idea, and affirm a ipea'ceful policy. i Prince Gortschakoff has invited- (he powers |t'o- ; a Congress at Brussels, on international' jaw to be observed during war as affecting ithe treatment of prisoners. ] -Tlie Pope is recovering, from t;ha attack of fever and ague, a,nd is now,able-to take excr!ci=e * <■ New' Zealand 'hemp,"'.ordinary. to goocl, ia old at from £l7 to £2* L. ■ i ".