TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4141, 29 June 1874, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

[Pbess Telegraph Agency.] Auckland, Sunday. There was great excitement at ten o'clock last night, in consequence of a rumor which had been circulated that the cutter Sovereign of the Seas had brought news of the total wreck of the ship Queen of Nations, 98 days out from Belfast and Liverpool, with 400 immigrants. All hands but seven, it was said, had been lost. For several hours Queen Street was full of anxious inquirers. The Superintendent and Executive, who happened to be holding a meeting, on hearing the tidings, took prompt measures to ascertain their truth. Captain Farquhar was ordered to hold himself in readiness to take the Golden Crown to the wreckThe excitement began to subside soon after eleven. Those on board the cutter knew nothing about the rumor, which is unfounded. Means will be taken to discover those by whom it was circulated. Saturday. The Immigration Commissioners to-day.held an inquiry into complaints by the passengers by the immigrant ship Loch Awe, against Dr. Wylie, the surgeon superintendent in charge' The accusations made are of an abominable character. Charlotte Beaumont, a single gir7» alleges that the doctor spread about a reportthat she was an immoral character, well-known in London, and also said that her sister had had a child. He had used language which was too indecent to be repeated. Harriet Eout, a single girl of IS, says that while going up tho ladder from the single women'scompartment, the doctor was guilty of improper behaviour towards her. The matron and Miss Matilda Gowan witnessed his conduct, and corroborated the girl's statement. Captain \Veir deposed that the matron complained of the doctor's conduct, and that Matilda Gowan had also complained of his slanders and offensive language. Alice Spanswich, a married woman makes a chai'ge of wilful neglect on the part of the doctor, whereby her only child, eight months old, died on the passage. On the night before the child died, the doctor said it did not matter—it was only a little bastard. The inquiry occupied four hours. The doctor denies all the charges, and makes very light of his situation. The inquiry was adjourned till Tuesday, to enable him to bring rebutting testimony.

Alexandra, Saturday. There has been heavy rain here for the last few days. The roads are impassable. There is no Native news. Wangastdi, Saturday. Scarlatina has broken out here, but is confined to one family. The father and four children are infected. Napiek, Saturday. Nearly four thousand shares have been ap. plied for in the new Colonial Bank. In the Provincial Council last night a resolution was carried to the effect that the Council be increased to nineteen members ; six for the town of Napier. Cheistchukch, Saturday. The Provincial Council last night made areserve of 200,000 acres of pastoral land in aid of primary education, subjeet to the provision that it be open to sale like other land, and that, when any portion is sold, 25 per cent, of the proceeds be paid over to the Road Board in whose district such sale takes place.' Dunedin, Saturday. At a large meeting of the Waterworks Company the conditional agreement between the directors and Corporation for the sale of the works was ratified. A fire last night about six o'clock destroyed the Taiori stables, next MclCegg's White Horse Hotel, rented by Cobb and Co. Seventeen horses, all saved. The building, a lot of harness, hay, and oats were destroyed. The joint damage to Cobb and McKegg is £3OO. Not insured ; cause unknown. ARRIVAL OP THE OMEO AT THE BLUFF. The Bltjff, Sunday. The s.s. Omeo, Captain Calder, arrived here this inorning at half-past ten o'clock. She left Melbourne at half-past one o'clock p.m. on the 20th instant, and her long passage is accounted for by strong easterly gales all the way across. She sails again for Dunedin at four o'clock to-morrow afternoon. The Omeo brings sixteen saloon and forty steerage passengers, and 420 tons of cargo for all ports. The passengers for Wellington are—Messrs. Messenger, Gray, Gillies, Livingston, and Blackbum ; and she has 109 tons of cargo for the same port. Captain Calder reports that the Albion arrived in Melbourne on the morning of the 20th, in four days and eleven hours from Hokitika—the fastest tunc yet recorded. RETJTER'S SPECIAL TELEGRAMS. London, June 12. The Lords have discussed the Judicature Bill introduced by the Lord Chancellor, and rejected an amendment favoring the appellate jurisdiction of the House, In the Commons the Government Factories Bill has been read a second time.

Earl Carnarvon has received the Fiji Commissioners' report. Paris, June 12. The Moniteur says that although England may be indisposed to grant extradition of Rochefort, she cannot refuse an inquiry as to whether British subjects were not concerned, in accordance with the principle laid down at the Congress on International Law. '.Clio wool sales conclude on Tuesday. Increasing firmness has been shown towards the close of the series. Port Phillip improved to March prices. Adelaide and New Zealand greasy share in the recovery, but Sydneywashed fleece is neglected. The foreign arrivals are not so large as to depress prices. In the corn market fine qualities of Adelaide wheat fetch Gis. to 655. per -lP6lbs. New Zealand hemp has been sold at from £IS to £l9. The Bank rate is 3 per cent.; the market rate 24. Arrived : Eunuymede, Ironside, Onsure, Eurydice. Paris, June 12. There is growing excitement and party irritation both in Paris and Versailles, owing to Gambetta's denunciation of the Bonapartists yesterday afternoon. A great crowd assembled at the Paris Station of the Versailles Hallway, which was strongly guarded by the police, when Count Sainte Croix struck Gainbetta with a stick. The Count was immediately arrested. June 13. The scenes at the Paris Railway Station were repeated, but the police vigorously repressed all disorder. In the Assembly the Left proposed a motion of want of confidence in Foimton, Minister of the Interior, for laxity in dealing with the Bonapartist3, but the motion was rejected by 377 to 32G. The Government suspended for a fortnight, and intend to prosecute, Bonapartist papers for publishing seditious articles. June 15. The Left Centre introduced a Bill to-day, proclaiming the Republic, and confirming the Septenniate upon the terms of receiving a constitution. The issue of the motion is most anxiously awaited. The Eight Centre approved of the movement, but hesitated to break with the Eight, and the Radicals, though objecting to the constituent power of the Assembly, supported the Bill, wishing thereby to crash the Bonapartists. When the question came on for discussion in the Assembly, amid great excitement, there voted for the Left Centre's Bill 315 against 311. The Radicals voted with the majority, and the Deputies and the Right Centre went cliiefly with the minority, while Ministers also voted with the minority. The Assembly rejected a motion favoring the restoration of Chambord to the throne. Count Sainte Croix has been sentenced to pay a fine, and to undergo two months' imprisonment. The race for the Grand Prix of Pari3 was won by Marshall's Trent ; Feuld's Saltorelle, second ; Crowther Harrison's Tomahawk, third. London, June 17. The House of Lords has passed the Judica- ' ture Bill. M. Rochefort has arrived in Ireland. He was received with hostility (?) both in Cork and Dublin. The ships Ben Cruaghan, Rossalia, and Alexander Duthie have arrived. Rome, June 17. The Pope held a grand reception at the Vatican in celebration of the twenty-eighth celebration of his election to the Papacy. Paris, June 16. ! A vote was arrived at in the Assembly on Monday for the proclamation of the Republic. Republican journals say that the Republic will not bo proclaimed, but Monarchy has now become impossible. The Orleanist organs say that the position is unchanged, only to the extent that MacMahon's power is consolidated.

London, June 17. In the race for the Royal Hunt Cup Captain Stirling's Lowlander was first ; Long's Maid of Perth second ; Sir F. Johnstone's Flower of the Forest third. June IS. In the race for the Gold Cup, Delamaine's B. G-. Baird, by Vermont, was first. Between Merry's Doncaster and Lefevre's Flageolet there was a dead heat for second place. The Bank rate of discount has been reduced to 2£ per cent. AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Melbourne, June 20. After a long debate the Constitution amendments were read a second time in the Assembly by 48 to 28. Only one member was absent—a division unprecedented in the Colony. They are likely to finally pass the Assembly, but to be rejected in the Council. Long discussions on recent appointments in the Land Department resulted in a large majority in favor of the Government. The Criminal Law Practice Statute will enable steps to be taken against anyone guilty of embezzlement in other British possessions. James Balfour was elected yesterday for the Southern Province in the Council, by a large majority. The estimated expenditure for' the year amounts to £2,343,791, including £IOO,OOO for education. Instructions have been sent to England to place a Government 4 per cent, loan in the market. The Hon. D. McLean, with Major ltopata, visited several public institutions in the company of the Governor. The second trial of Ruperti Green, for causing the Queen Street explosion, by which Mr Keynolds was killed, is now proceeding. A fire at Warmambool destroyed property valued at £7OOO, mostly uninsured. A tender for repairs to the ship John Kerr, amounting to upwards of £IO,OOO, has been accepted. George King, a clerk in the Public Works Department, has been committed for trial for stealing a cash-box from the office. The efforts made to raise subscriptions for a second experiment "with Harrison's meatpreserving process have failed. Frauds upon the Customs by means of salted invoices have been brought under tho notico of the Assembly. Tho Government promised to have the names of tho offenders published. The handsome sum of £2OOO has been subscribed by the school children in various parts of the Colony in aid of tho two boys who were lately disabled by an accident in a mill. The handicaps for tho Melbourne Cuj> have been issued. The following are tho weights on the New Zealand horses :—Lurline, Bst lllbs ; Calumny, Bst; Papapa, 7st 51bs; Waimea, Cst.

The mystery as to the young lady missing I from East Melbourne is not yet cleared up. The failure of Pickersgill and Co., wine and spirit merchants, is announced. Their liabilities are £5900. Several other small failures are reported. A proclamation has been issued ordering that all vessels from Lyttelton be placed in quarantine, in consequence of small-pox (existing among the passengers by the ship Northampton). C'urtayne, manager of the Union Bank, has been fined £lO under the Matrimonial Causes Act, for neglecting to give up a sum of money in the Banlc It was contended the money was not goods or chattels, and the case has been appealed against. The G'yphrenes, with the Califomian mail, reached San Francisco on June 13.

Twelve convicts have been exiled during the year by the Califomian mail steamer. The Government have agreed to grant £IOOO to the Corporation to meet their financial difficulties. Mrs. Cohen, the wife of the keeper of a shooting saloon in Pitt Street, has been lulled by the accidental discharge of a gun. Parliament will bo prorogued next week. Brisbane. The Council has negatived the Bill for the abolition of non-vested schools, and in the Land Bill the Assembly has carried an amendment against the Government allowing selection by bona fide servants. The Bill legalising marriage with a deceased wife's sister has been passed. Adelaide. Two motions of no confidence in the Government have been negatived. A Bill has been introduced in favor of a free interchange of Colonial produce. Several vessels have been chartered to convey breadstuffs to South Africa. COMMERCIAL. Melbourne. The import markets are dull. A telegram from Colombo reports that coffee is advancing in price, and also in the English market. A telegram from China reports that the Foo Chow market has opened at three taels higher. Two steamers were loading for the Colonies. An inquiry for teas has sprung up here, and large sales have been made. Oats are in good request ; New Zealand milling, ss. Sd. ; feeding, ss. lid. New Zealand malting barley, 6s. Gd. to 6s. 9d. Owing to recent telegrams, currants have advanced, holders refusing to quote. Sugars are in moderate request. Kerosene is a trifle firmer. Wheat is firm at Gs. 3d. to 6s. 7d. for prime samples. The trade in liquids is dull. A parcel of New Zealand flax has been sold at £l9. New Zealand four per cent, debentures are in the market at £BB.