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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5339, 8 May 1878, Page 2

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ARRIVAL OF THE ZEALANDIA AT AUCKLAND. (per press agency.) Auckland, Tuesday. _ The Society for the Protection of the Aborigines recently addressed a memorial to Sir Bartle Frere, deprecating the present stern suppression of the Kaffirs. In reply Sir Bartle stated that from evidence there is reason to believe that the Galekas have taken up arms as part of a vague combination against the white man and his ways and all that belongs to him.

Ah influential deputation, representing Australia and New Zealand, waited upon Lord Carnarvon to express their regret at his retirement. He seems to have gained the good will of the colonists.

At a meeting of the Eoyal Colonial Institute Dr. Forbes Watson read a paper on the character of the Colonial and Indian trade of England contrasted with her foreign trade. The Duke of Manchester presided. Sir Julius Vogel read a paper at the same institute on New Zealand and the South Sea Isles, and their relations to the Empire. Mr. Thomas Russell was recently presented to the Prince'of Wales. On March 25 news reached London of the wreck of the Eurydice off the Isle of Wight, ■ almost within sight of Spithead, for which place she was standing, at the end of a pleasant and successful, cruise. The Eurydice was a training ship for young seamen. She had 368 souls on board at the time, and was bringing a number of military officers, supernumeraries, and invalids from the West Indies. The Eurydice was a wooden sailing fully rigged ship, 921 tons displacement, and was at one time considered one of the smartest and quickest 26 gun frigates in the service. She was built about 1843, and sailed from Portsmouth on November 13 with a crew of about 300 ordinary seamen and officers, all of whom were lost with the exception of two seamen. Captain Hare had been commander ol the Vincent training ship at Portsmouth, and was selected for command for his knowledge and experience of young seamen. The Eurydice left the Bermudas on March 6, and nothing was heard of her until she was seen by the coastguard at Bonohurch on March 24, bearing for Spithead, under all plain sail, her object being clearly to arrive at the anchorage at Spithead before nightfall. There was an ominous stillness prevailing at this time, and a heavy bank of clouds was coming down from the north-west, and the: glass was falling rapidly; such wind as there was came from the westward, and blew on the port quarter of the ship. From the direction in which the ship was steering, she would be in comparatively smooth water and sheltered until she rounded. Dunnose Head, where the disaster occurred. This circumstance explains the fact that the Emma, schooner, which was near her at the time, was not affected by the gale. At 4 o’clock the wind suddenly veered round from the. west to the eastward, and a gale, accompanied by a blinding fall Of snow, came rushing from the high lands, striking the Eurydioe just a little before the beam, and driving her out of her course, which was heading to the north-east, turning her bows to east. This is what seems ' probable, . though from the manner in which the sea was concealed by the snow, nothing was seen of her at the moment' when she capsized. The weather suddenly cleared, and the wind sank away at the same time. As soon as anything could be seen the masts and the top hamper of the ship were discerned above the water about two miles and three-quarters E.N.E. off Dunnose. The ship lies in eleven fathoms of water. From her position she appears to have righted in going, down. • Of the whole souls on board only two persons succeeded in reaching the shore alive. These are an able seaman named Benjamin Cuddiford, a native of Plymouth, and Sydney Fletcher, an ordinary first-class seaman, aged nineteen, belonging to Bristol. Lieutenant Labor, who was rescued from tho sea, died before reaching the shore. One of the survivors stated that when the squall struck the vessel they were taking in sail, and the captain ordered the men to come down from aloft. The water was then running along the netting. He caught hold of the weather netting, and could see the vessel’s keel. The vessel righted a little before settling down, and then went gradually over from forward, the greater part of the hands being forward outside. A telegram from Lloyd’s agent at Constantinople, dated March 7th; 1 contains intelligence that the British steamer John Middleton, Captain Robson, from Odessa, grain laden, whilst lying at anchor was run into by a Turkish man-of-war. The John Middleton by the force of the collision was forced from her anchors, and drifted against the Antelope (British gunboat), causing some injury to the latter. The John Middleton sustained so much damage that she sank in the harbor. The crew were saved by an English man-of-war. The John Middleton was the property of Watts, -Milburn, and Co;, London. She was an iron screw vessel of 1200 tons gross. In the early part of the year she arrived at Constantinople with a cargo of military storesfrom the United States. After discharging she went to Odessa to take grain to" Antwerp.

The Antelope, stationed at Constantinople, has been placed at the disposal -of the British Ambassador’.! 1

The Pera correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says that terrible distress exists at Shumla, where 250,000 fugitives are collected. A formal note was sent to the Porte by the English Embassy, representing that -unless, something was done immediately an immense, loss of life was certain in consequence of the appalling destitution that prevailed. The utter exhaustion of the means hitherto at the disposal of the Ottoman Government' quite precludes, it is stated, the possibility of offering transport to the sufferers. Russian and Bulgarian atrocities prevent the wretched Mussulmans from returning home, even if transports were ready. The Porte declares itself unable to decide on a place to send these people to; they being used to the climate r of Bulgaria, would soon die if sent into Syria.

Hard times are causing more numerous inquiries in England about New Zealand, especially among farmers. A deputation of the National Liberal Federation was met on the afternoon of the 3rd April, at the Westminster Palace Hotel, by Lords Granville and Hartington. The purpose of the delegation was to protest against the attitude of Government,, and to-express disapproval of the calling out of the reserves, and to proclaim the desire of the Liberal party to save Great; Britain from the shame and misery of an unjust war. The deputation numbered about 500 representatives from all parts of the kingdom. Mr. J. Chamberlain, M.P. presided. Lord Granville, in addressing the deputation, said he required no stimulus’to adopt a course likely to prevent the country from being dragged into a war which neither its honorable engagements nor its national interests demanded. It would be deceiving themselves and Russia’ to conclude that the Opposition could prevent the Government from going to war if Government was bent on a warlike policy. Lord Hartington said the present duty of the Opposition was to interpose by every means in its power obstacles to any rash and ill-considered action of. Government, the result of which might bo war. The Earl of Leitrim, his clerk, and driver, were all shot dead on the morning of the 2nd while driving near his Lordship’s lodge, at Manor Vaughan, County Derry. The act was committed opposite a cottage from which his Lordship had ejected a widow. Eighty-nine of his tenants had notice to quit. ~ The 'Earl’s body was found in a ditch, with the left side of the head battered in. The fatal shot was through the heart. His left arm was broken, and the right one completely shattered. The driver and clerk were shot in the head. The ground where the murder was committed showed traces of a hard struggle. A fowling-pieea and part of another gun were found near the spot. Deep feeling prevails everywhere on the subject. In the House of Commons the Under Colonial Secretary (Mr. Lowther) said there was the best reason to suppose that the crime was of an agrarian character. The funeral took place on the 11th. A vast crowd assembled outside the church, and .hissed, hooted, and cheered. In Paris, on the 21st, work was suspendedin the printing houses, and the publication of books was stopped, in consequence of a printers’ strike. Mr. Ogle, the war correspondent of the London Times, was murdered by the Turks near Macrinitzka. Drought and/famine prevail to a disastrous extent in Morocco. ; The Queen’s message,calling out the reserves, is as 1 follows “ The present state of public affairs in the East, and the necessity of taking steps for the maintenance of peace, and for the protection of the interests of the Empire, having constituted in the opinion of her 'Majesty a case of groat emergency within the meaning of Acts. of Parliament in thqt , behalf, her. Majesty deems it proper to provide additional-

means tor the public service. Therefore, in pursuance of Acts, her Majesty has thought it right to communicate to the House of Commons that she is about to direct that the reserve force, or such part thereof as her Majesty may think necessary, shall be forthwith called out for permanent service.

Theorganiserof theEomanCatholichierarchy in Scotland, the Rev. Father Grant, rector of the Scottish College, has died, and bequeathed his private fortune to the Catholic Church in Scotland. In consequence of the establishment of this hierarchy, the Pope nominated the Scotch episcopate, on the 28th, as follows : —The Eight Rev. John Strain, D.D., Metropolitan Archbishop of St. Andrew’s at Edinburgh; the Eight Rev. Charles Eyre, Archbishop of Glasgow ; the Eight Rev. MacDonald, Bishop of Aberdeen ; the light Rev. MacLachlan, Bishop of Galloway ; and the Right Rev. MacDonald, Bishop of Argyle. The conviction in Vienna is that the Czar is bent on having Bessarabia back, and will take it ; and the best possible thing Roumanians can do is to make the best possible terms about the compensation they are about to receive.

Osman Pasha has been released,, and received an enthusiastic reception at Constantinople. He was specially thanked by the Sultan, and has since been engaged on the defensive works between San Stefauo and Constantinople, with which the Grand Duke is said to be greatly displeased. A Vienna despatch states that Austria’s written statement of her views, which was sent to St. Petersburg, not only insisted upon the European character of the questions at issue, but distinctly rejected the idea of a separata settlement.

The Loudon Central News publishes a telegram which purports to be a summary of a circular, accompanying Prince Gortohakoffs reply to Lord Salisbury, but which rather seems to be a reply to Austria’s objections. The telegram says Prince Gortohakoff endeavors to refute Austria’s objections point by point, and declares that Russia has fully redeemed her promises to Austria, even at the risk of the alienation of the Servians. He expresses surprise that Austria has not seized an opportunity to check disorders in Bosnia and Herzegovina by annexation, or by imposing reforms. Prince Gortohakoff in conclusion, suggests a settlement, on the basis of a congress, by separate agreement between the various Courts, as to the modifications to be introduced in the Treaty of Paris, and disclaims all responsibility tor further complications if the Powers refuse to agree to this course. The ultimate effect of Gortchakoffa reply is not reassuring. The suddenness with which the circular was telegraphed to London, during the debate on the address to the Queen, excites remarks. A special edition of The Times , containing it, was issued about 8 o’clock, and papers distributed in the House of Commons. The text of the circular was published in French. The inference is that the circular was specially framed with a view of influencing public opinion here, and hurried into the hands of members, partly in the hope of affecting the vote on the address. The London Post publishes the following despatch from Berlin :—“ Germany not. only refused Russia’s request to guarantee the neutrality of 'Austria, but is further reported to have declared that she is prepared to interfere if any attempt is made to hinder Austria from protecting her interests.” , ! A Vienna despatch says that Russia’s answer to Austria consisted of verbal confidential assurances. Correspondent’s informant said that Austria’s position was not such as to involve the question of peace or war. Correspondent believes that this collapse, of all serious opposition on the part of Austria is due to an autograph letter from the Czar to the Emperor Francis Joseph, and partly also to a remark made by the United States minister to Russia, while in Vienna,- that. tho Czar was disposed to make important concessions.

A Vienna despatch says General XgnatieiFs mission to complete negotiations for a scheme for a parallel annexation, has already found favor at head-quarters, and Austria demands Bosnia, Herzegovina, Northern. Albania, and a portion of Macedonia, including , Salonioa. Russia objects to the annexation of ’Macedbhia; but this difficulty is by no means vmsurmountable. Ignatieff goes to Berlin bn l eaving here. Russia, by the advice of Germany, is conciliating Austria, and disregarding England. It is believed Russia is preparing for,war with England. Two hundred thousand mehiof the Russia landwehr has been called o'ut,’3 w ll

‘ The Journal De St, Petersburg declares that Russia will not endure a position obliging/ther to maintain her armament indefinitely., ;; ■ The Italian Count Carti, Minister for Foreign Affairs, in answering interpellations on the Eastern Question, in the Chamber of Deputies, said Italy was free from all; engagements except those devolving from treaties which constituted the public law of Europe. The progress of negotiations between -European Cabinets afforded grounds for a .belief that there would be a peaceful settlement/- In any event Italy would preserve a vigorous neutrality. ' A te’egram from Calcutta points out that from the Bengal Cavalry alone it would be possible to draw 10,000 men,' without the slightest detriment to the Indian service.- They are infinitely superior to Cossacks in training, equipment, and organisation* The British Government storehouses are so crowded ,with war material, under recent contracts, that storage has been secured in , warehouses, the Victoria Docks, and at other wharves.

Advices , from Tiflia state that typhu? is raging, among the Russian! Generals Melik off, Solowich, and Schelkoffnikoff are reported to have died. It is believed that ’ more , men, have" been 1 lost by sickness since the cessation of war than on the battlefield during the war. ! A special from Pera, dated March 19, says that General Gourko’s staff and many other start for Odessa. Gourko remains at Steutantb. ■

In the House of Commons Northoote stated that the February dividend on the Turkish guaranteed loan would bo paid by England. The amount was £77,448. A portion of that dividend should come from the Egyptian tribute, but this has not been paid. The Khedive promised to forward part immediately Englaud takes steps to obtain half of the £77,448 from France, which was a joint guarantor. ’ ■ A telegram received at Paris says that England has asked permission to establish a coal department at the island of Tenedos.., . , . The British fleet is protected .from, .torpedoes, by electric lights constantly, burning and boats making circuits of the ships. The officers visit Constantinople freely. ! M. Layard received- a report from ■-. Mr. Reade, British Consul at Rustchuk, claiming satisfaction from the Russian Government for the outrage committed by Russian troops in entering: the Rustchuk consulate, and taking possession of its; archives, although the British flag was floating over the building. . The Roumanian Government, after, repeatedly and vainly asking Russia to explain the meaning of the daily influx of troops; who take possession of the public buildings and private dwellings, and treat Roumania ,as an.enemy’s country, have decided to protest to the great Powers.-', u; cr ...i/i: i

Subscriptions have been opened at St. Petersburg for a new issue of 50,000,000 roubles. Treasury bonds. - ■ - - It is generally believed that an English war with Russia will cause a national bankruptcy there, and the entire suspension of payment of the Russian national debt. The iron trade in South ’Yorkshire is stagnant. Thirty thousand are unemployed. Four German war vessels have been despatched to Nicaragua to enforce reparation for a consular outrage. Sir Charles Adderioy has been elevated to the peerage as Viscount Loudon ; he succeeds to the post of President of the Board ,of Trade. Lord Salisbury has been appointed to the Foreign Department; Mr.,Gathoruo Hardy; Indian Secretary ; ; Lord* Stanley, Secretary for War ; Sir O. / Ibbersdn, to the Treasury. Typhus fever is raging throughout Turkey. Mr. Butt has resigned the leadership of the Home Rule party. , * . Troops and war material are being sent to England from Jamaica. The Paris bankers have refused to entertain a further Russian loan of three -hundred mil* lion francs. ; , ; i - South London has been flooded two" feet deep owing to the bursting of a sewer. -Much damage was done. y Intense cold has been experienced in England. Pour inches of snow have fallen in the midland counties. - s 1 . ~ - - _ Sir Bartle Prere announces the termination of the Kaffir war, but a subsequent'telegram reports a native insurrection iu the Transvaal Xu one action the British troops were compelled to retreat, before an overwhelming force. Assistance is asked for. Adi possible Government prudence is required to prevent a general native war. , . There is increased famine in China. The revenue of Great the fiscal year ending 31st March shows a surplus of .£616,000. It- was expected to show ‘it con* siderable deficiency,

Tha Pope has instructed Cardinal Franchi, his Secretary, of State, to enter upon diplomatic relations with England. : J The Communist, Captain Garoin, has been sentenced to death in Paris. He was the ringleader in shooting Generals Le Compte and Thorna. The steamer Childwell, of Hull, bound from Liverpool for Bombay, has been wrecked off the Tagus, Portugal. The Greeks demand that the Patriarch of the Greek Church shall summon the Russian Government to declare itself on the question of the Graeco-Bulgarian schism. Should Russia recognise the Bulgarian Church the Patriarch would declare Russia schismatic. The people in Albania, who have been ravaged by the Montenegrins, ask for Austrian assistance. Eight thousand Thesalonians, utterly destitute, from the burned villages, have taken refuge in Greece. Prince Bismarck, in an inspired article in the Berlin Provincial Correspondence, favors protection for German native industries. Hurricanes and waterspouts have been experienced at Canton, causing immense damage to the city. . There is a prospect of an extensive strike among the cotton operatives in England on account of the masters demanding 10 per cent reduction in wages. Noisy meetings are being held in every direction. In the House of Lords, Lord Beaconsfield. said he could not see why England should be unarmed when all other countries were arming. Lord Derby denied that out the reserves was the sole br even the principal cause ; of his resignation. He admitted that circumstances might force England into war, but at present he could see no ground for war. A riot has occurred at St. Petersburg on account of a woman who had attempted to assassinate the chief of .police. The students followed her from the Court and cheered her. Pistols, were fired, and one student was killed. The Porte is considering the advisability of transferring the seat of Government to Scutari.

The French Budget estimates a surplus of 12,000,000 francs. Nicaragua has accepted the conditions proposed by Germany. Lady Burdett Contts is negotiating for land in Osnaling-street, London, on which she intends to erect lodgings for the poor, capable of accommodating 10,000 persons,"_at a rental of 4s. 6d. weekly. Lord Derby’s resignation has caused a profound sensation among official circles at St. Petersburg. He is.reproached for having misled Russia and England by going so far as he did in a direction which he disapproved. , - Mr. Thomas Henderson, of Glasgow, founder of the Anchor Line of steamers, is on a visit to California.

The cotton masters in North and Northeast Lancashire have combined against the strikers. : _ Prices for board and residence in Paris have advanced enormously in view of the approaching Exposition. Marshal Bazaine is reported to be at Madrid in good health. The responsible editor of a Parisian journal (the Commune) has been sentenced to pay 8000 francs and to a year’s imprisonment by a jury. A bank at Prague has suspended payment. The head of the Order of Jesuits wishes to return to Borne, but the Pope declines to comply with the request. The Jesuits, therefore, oppose the Pope’s general policy. _ _ : KingHumbert’sforeignpolicy will be strictly neutral. He will, however, seek to prevent Kuasian predominance in Europe, by aiding to extend the Hellenic kingdom, and by constituting other Christian nationalities. The Pope will issue no encyclical, not wishing to commit himself to any definite policy In the present complexion of European affairs.

AMERICAN NEWS. Patrick and John Reilly were precipitated over Niagara Falls. The heir apparent of the Hawaian throne is visiting California. • Madame, KesbeD, an infamous woman in the United States, cut her throat in a bathing tub. She bad been the promoter of abortion all her life, and. was under arrest at the time of her. death. Olliphant and Co. have established a line of steamers between China and Pern, The barque Emma L. Partridge has been chartered at Boston for Dunedin. A duel was fought between two Virginian gentlemen, Sydney and Pitts, at a distance of six yards, weapons pistols. Both were killed on the second fire. Griffin, recently U.S. Consul at the Samoan Islands, is transferred to the consulate of Fiji. Silver is being shipped in large quantities from England to the United States. A' fire at Philadelphia destroyed 1,000,000 doUara worth of property. Captain Boardns has challenged all Europe for pigeon shooting. Gladstone has declined an invitation to visit -the States to deliver an address to the graduates of Vale College. . : _ Capital punishment has been restored in lowa. • ■ 't r ’ O’Donbvan Eossa’s lecture on “Ireland” in Toronto, on the 19th ult., gave rise to a riot between the Ribbon and Orange factions in that city. Eossa, forewarned that his reception might be warm, leaped off the train while in motion, fell into the mud, and was nearly run over. Five companies of the Queen’s Own mustered and four of the Tenth Royals at the drillshed near where the lecture was .delivered;.looo police guarded St. Patrick’s Hall. A mob of 6000 stocked King and James streets, filling Market-square. Eossa got'to the hall unrecognised; 150 werepresent, mostly young Irishmen. There was severe ' fighting between the mobs and the police. A tornado experienced at Santa Fe blew ;45 railway cars off. the track, and killed a number of people. Vermont has been visited by disastrous ■ ■ floods. -

Mias Ellen Cary is the leading lady at the California Theatre, San Francisco. Mr. John B. Harmon, deputy grandsiro of the 1.0.0. F., is a passenger per tho s.s. Zealandia for New Zealand. Professor • - Baggie, at Marseilles, has discovered a new planet of the tenth magnitude. '■ ■' ' The Canadian Parliament has refused to put a duty on flour and wheat. The Texas wool growers have held a convention, 1 and requested their representatives in Congress'to oppose the redaction of duties on foreign wools. Fifteen idiots were burned to death in the pooiicmse at Stenhen, in tho County of New York. The United States senators propose to offer a resolution in deprecation of the interruption of peaceful relations between England and Russia, and asking the President to offer aid so far as he constitutionally can towards ' restoring harmony. Instructions have been issued by the Secretary of the Navy to men-of-war to seize all American vessels engaged in the coolie trade. COMMERCIAL, ■ - ! t New Yore, April 14. Spirits of turpentine are a fraction higher, Sic. to 81Jo. Grade sperm is dull. .Wool—Californian scoured, 48 to doc. Refined petroleum, in case, 14Jo. Sperm oil, IdoL 63c. per gallon ; whale do, 480. to 620. San Francisco flour, 7dol. 50c. per. barrel. Wheat, Idol. 95c. to 2doLToc. per cental. Barley, feed. Idol. 15c. to Idol 25c, Oats, feed. Idol, 30c. to IdoL 50c, Kerosene, Devoe’s,' 250. to 260.; Downer"s 40s, to 42 Jo.