TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4158, 18 July 1874, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Geeytown, Friday. Mr. Murphy, a former officer of the Wellington police force, died suddenly this morning ; probably from heart disease. Alexandua, Friday. Great anxiety exists amongst the storekeepers over Native corn. . Seventeen immigrants have arrived. Gkahamstown, Friday. A petition has been prepared and signed by nearly all the engineers and engine-drivers, praying the House of Representatives to insert a clause in the Bill for the prevention of mining and boiler accidents, limiting the horn's of labor for drivers to eight hours. It is stated that such a clause is actually necessary to prevent accidents occurring through the fatigue and exhaustion of drivers from long hours. Napieb, Friday. Upwards of 6000 shares iu the new Colonial Bank have been applied for here. Mr. Peters has sold his business as coach proprietor on the Taupo line to Mr. Michael Hannon. Wanganui, Friday. The Magistrate has decided that billiard rooms connected with a hotel may be kept open all night. Auckland, Friday. Alexander Brown, charged with setting Are to Must's store, after a trial which has lasted a week, has been acquitted. Chkistchcrch, Friday. At a public meeting held last night, at which about 400 persons were present, a resolution protesting against tho proposed alienation of five acres of the public domain for the erection ' of the Canterbury College, was .carried by a very large majority. Messrs. Williams, Knight, Maskell, and Andrews, members of the Provincial Council, spoke ia

upport of the resolution. The Superintendent and the Kev. C. Fraser spoke against it. The Mayor, who prasiuKti, signed a petition on behalf of the meeting against the Bill now before the Assembly for the purpose of alienating the land. LATER ENGLISH AND AUSTRALIAN NEWS. ARRIVAL OF THE S.S. HERO AT AUCKLAND. EXCITING SCENE IN THE FRENCH ASSEMBLY. DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN PRESIDENT AND ASSEMBLY. NEW AFRICAN EXPEDITIONSTANLEY SENT. Auckland, Friday, 9 a.m. The Hero has arrived. She left Sydney on July 11. ENGLISH NEWS. Singapore, July 9. The Nubia, with the Australian mails, arrived at Galle on the 7th. Paris, July 8. The debate in the Assemby on the motion introduced by the Legitimists against Macmahon's proclamation of the Septenniate, ha 3 been brought to a conclusion. The Left ab- . stained from voting. The Legitimists were in the minority. Members of the Left expressed re"ret at the suspension of their union with the Legitimists, but felt it their duty not to vote. The motion was rejected by 379 to SOSubsequently a motion for reproelaiming McMahon's power was submitted and supported by the Government, but rejected by 369 to 331. It was ultimately resolved to pass on to the order of the day. This was carried by 339 votes to 315. Ministers at once tendered their resignation to the President, who refused to accept it. M'Mahon sent a resolute message to the Assembly, irrevocably declaring the seven years' power. He demanded an immediate organisation of the power intrusted to him, because he regarded it as his imperative duty to insure the tranquillity and security of the country. The Assembly refused to vote an urgent motion in favor of dissolution. London, July 8. Butt's motion for a restoration of the Irish Parliament was rejected -by 458 votes to 61. Count Chanibord has issued a manifesto, in which he urge 3 that France needs a King of Royal birth. In it he said, " make me your King, as I wish to make a supreme effort to overthrow the barrier of prejudice separating us." He repudiated absolutism, and said that Legitimist monarchy should be limited to a with two Chambers, which should examine all questions submitted to them. He rejected the modern system of Parliamentary Government, but desired that strong alliances .should be formed. His manifesto omitted any allusion to a flag. The French Press considers that the manifesto renders the restoration of the Bourbons impossible, and it remarked on the omission of any reference to a flag. The Univers, which first published the manifesto, was suspended for a fortnight. The Legitimists introduced a motion into the Assembly in connection with the manifesto but it was rejected. London, July 6. Earl Derby states that England acquiesces in the proposal to hold a Conference at Brussels, conditionally that all subjects shall be excluded from discussion relating to international law governing relations of belligerent powers, especially on matters relating to maritime warfare. England would decline to enter into vague relations. The British delegate would not be sent as a plenipotentiary, but merely with instructions to watch proceedings. A deputation introduced by Lord Belmore urged the annexation of Fiji on the Earl of Camarvpn. He stated that the subject was receiving the special consideration of the Government. James Gordon Bennett, of the New York .HeraW.andtheproprietorof the Daily Telegraph, have arranged to send Mr. Stanley on a new African expedition. The corn market is firm and steady. The finest qualities of Adelaide wheat fetch 645. to 655. per quarter readily. Flour is selling at 455. to 475. per 4961ba. Hemp is dull of sale. New Zealand of middling quality, £l7 to £2O. M. Goulard, late Vice-President French Assembly, is dead. AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Sydney, July 11. Private telegrams received from London this day report that wool i 3 selling at one penny per pound advance upon previous auction sales. The Victoria had arrived from Auckland. Melbourne, July 11. Everard, member for Collingwood in the Legislative Assembly, is insolvent—liabilities, £5400. Nicol Breen, a warder in Sandhurst gaol, committed suicide by poison. Five thousand pounds are required to send a rifle team to Europe. Mr. McCoy, late Principal of Ballarat College, has cut his throat. Betting is dulL Nered-ab-el and Llama are the favorites for the Derby. The Lutheran Church at Smythsdale has been blown down in a gale. The railways to Maryborough andCreswick have been opened. Melbourne is constituted the ConsulateGeneral for the United States. A woman named Jane Davies was burned to death at Sandhurst, owing to her clothes igniting. Tenders for the Gipps Land Railways are to be called in three months. Teas are in fair request. Maize, 4s. 7d, Adelaide, July 11. 7000 sheep have been condemned for fluke. 150 men have been discharged from the Wallaroo mines. It is reported a Bimilar number will follow. The men express a determination to emigrate It has been resolved to construct a railway from the Murray to Adelaide. The export of breadstuff's to date is 63,000 tons. Wheat, ss. OJd. to ss. Cd. Newcastle, July 11. The reported easo of small-pox is pronounced to be chicken-pox. Private telegrams from China report four million pounds of tea shipped to date.