ENGLISH TELEGRAMS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume 1, Issue 7, 16 November 1872, Page 3

ENGLISH TELEGRAMS.

GE NERA L S UMM AR Y. 1 (From the Weekly London, October 21, 4.25 p.m. , Foot-and-mouth disease is rapidly--Spreading in Yorkshire and Warwickshire, The high prices obtained for wool at the beginning of the sale were opt main’, ained throughout, but partially recovered towards the close. The new treaty will abolish the French differential duties on British shipping, and the annual obligation of England. The tax on wine will be according to strength. The Government, is .sending Bartle E.rcrc to Zanzibar to arrange for the annihilation' of the slave trade, for opening up communication with Livingstone, and exploring Lake VictoriaBishop Seiwin’s son succeeds Bishop Patteson as Bishop of Polynesia. Eight detachments of railway laborers left for'New Zealand in the Chile, for Mr. Bred gen. Tenders .are invited by tjie New South Males Government for a Californian mail service. John Fox and Co., in the Australian-Ame-rican trade, have failed. The St. Lcger was won by Wedlock; Prince Charlie, 2nd; and Van del- Decken, 3rd. Aft important Nonconformist conference,, held at Birmingham, favored the disestablishment of the Church.. A German squadron is fitting out for a voyage round the world. Sir Sydney Wateilow is the new Lord Mayor of London. ' The Geneva arbitration finishedits sittings on the 7th. Count Schlopis read the verdict on the 14th, sentencing England.to pay fifteen and a half million dollars (3,150,000). The American claims under the revised statement amount to forty-five and a half million dollars. Details regarding the decision show that the arbitrators unanimously find Great Britain responsible for, acts committed by the ‘Alabama.’ In the case of the ‘ Florida,’ the Italian, Swiss, Brazilian, and American arbitrator's find that Britain is Hable. The Italian, Swiss, ; and American arbitrators, against those of England and Brazil, find that Britain is liable for the acts of the ‘ Shenandoah.’ The arbitrators unanimouslydecided tha' Britain .was liable for the tenders at tached to cruisers, but was not responsible for the acts of the ‘ Georgia ’ and other cruisers. The arbitrators reject the claims of America for compensation for the expenditure incurred in pursuit and capturing cruisers. The award gives satisfaction, and is considered a final, settlement of all claims, including interest. Lord Chief Justice Cockburn refused to sign the verdict. A separate statement of the English case has not yet been published. President Grant has openly expressed his satisfaction at the result of the award. The All England Eleven 'is universally successful in Canada. Large quantities of coal are being imported from the Continent. At the colonial wool sales, prices ruled from Id. to 3d. per.lb. higher. The American squadron is visiting the English coast. Chaffers has renewed his persecutions of Lady Twiss by applying for a summons against her for perjury, which was refused. Great trouble is anticipated in the agricultural districts after liarvest. A bitter antagonism is springing up between the farmers and laborers. The Tichborno claimant’s popularity is on the increase. A monster Metropolitan demonstration in the Agricultural Hall is announced. A monument to the late Bishop Patteson has 'been erected at Church, Ipswich, and a Martyr’s pulpitis'proposed for Exeter Cathedral-. Mr Stanley, who discovered Dr. Livingstone, has a grievance against the Geographical Society, who are accused of caring only for his papers, not for the traveller himself. Several members of the Society are accused of treating Mr. Stanley with irritating rudeness, because his accounts of the interior of Africa do not agree

with their theories.,- , ~. , Order reigns' at Belfast after a week’s ruthless warfare. Twenty thousand" "persons attended the funeral of Bryan and Gillon, at Cork. Colonel Burke pronounced an eulogy over the grave.; Bessemer is constructing a steamer for the Channel service, • having ’ a suspended saloon warranted to maintain a horizontal position. Exports to New Zealand for the month have decreased £115,900. Hemp,—Twelve ■ hundred' bales of Now Zealand sold at a decline of 20s. per ton. The consumption is in excess of the supply. Flax is growing in fayor.with makers. SHIPPING. Loading^— for Wellington ; Cadueeus, for Auckland'; Cliatlote Gladstone, for Canterbury ; Crusader, for Lyttelton; Harvest Home, for Canterbury;; Margaret Galbraith, for Dun-, edin ; Zelandia, for Canterbury. Sailed. —Glenora, for Wellington; Helen, for Otago; Northern Castle, fo” Auckland,; Palmerston, for Otago. The Glenmark, which sailed from Lyttelton in February, has. not been; heard of.