EUROPEAN CABLEGRAMS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume II, Issue 127, 27 January 1874, Page 2

EUROPEAN CABLEGRAMS.

LONDON DATES TO JANUARY 14.

TEN DAYS TO POVERTY' BAY. (FROM THE ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN PRI»S AGENCY) LONDON. January 8. The British exports in December were £'19,175,000, showing a decrease of £138,001). The imports were £33,000,000 shewing an increase of £3,375,000.

News from the Cape Coast to the 18th December states that a ‘bridge has been constructed by our troops over the Prah river.

John Line, the pretended steward of the ‘ Osprey,’ who gave evidence in the Tichborne case, has been committed for trial for perjury.

January 10. The New Zealand half-million 4j per cent loan is being offered at £97. Wool market quiet. Prices continue firm. The price of wheat is rising owing to the scarcity of supplies. Holman Hunt’s picture “The Shadow of Death” was bought for £lO,OOO. Garabaldi improves, but continues a cripple. The Vienna Exhibition was a commercial failure, deficit £336,000. Bazaine, at trial, denied he betrayed France, but he declined to appeal against France’s sentence. January 14. Cape Coast news states that Wolseley and staff had gone to the Prah. PARIS. January 9. The Assembly met after a short adjournment, and after a stormy debate the question with reference to the position of the Government was postponed. The members of the French Ministry (De Broglie de Cages) have tendered their resignation.

January 12. The Versailles Assembly passed a vote of confidence in the Government by a majority of fifty-eight, and the Government withdrew their resignation. SPAIN. January 12. Carthagena surrendered. The besiegers ' declined any terms but unconditional surrender. An insurrection has broken out at Barcelona. Germany refuses to recognise it. The Dutch in attacking a mosque of a Kraton tribe were repulsed with a loss of 240 killed and wounded, including 12 officers killed. Achenese arc fighting demoniacally.