ENGLISH TELEGRAMS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 312, 2 October 1875, Page 2

ENGLISH TELEGRAMS.

CABLE MESSAGES. LONDON. September 3. The ironclads Iron Duke and Vanguard came into collision off Wicklow in a dense fog, The latter sank in nineteen fathoms. All lives saved. The Turks have violated the Servian territory, burned a village, killed some of the inhabitants, and seized a quantity of cattle. Popular feeling in- Servia is very much excited against the Turks. ■1 .’Septembers. The Servian Pacha has telegraphed to Abe Porte that the insnrreetionaTy' agitation is greatly allayed in consequence of the pressure brought to bear upon it by the European powers. Servia is not likely to bq aggressive. ; The insis-genta <efus4 to assent to a conference at Mostas, and demand that Bosnia and HerzegOvriha' be made a European principality', as a tribuj tary to the Porte. .... , . 1 jl <1 : ; •■'• ’■l September s. ID Further fighting lias taken place id Tui’kiey,: but Serviaipromishs'neutrality. A sensation was causedin Paris by n letter of Admiral Laronier, commanding the . Mediterranean -Squadron, declaring that he will only support McMahon while, he keeps afoof from the party of the September revolution. Captain- Anthony Hoskins succeeds ConimanderGoodenopgh on the Australian station. . '

Wholesale (desertions are taking place from the Carlist forces, and a collapse of the cause is believed, to be imminent. A Chinese embassy proceeds to England in connection • with the Margary murders- ... ■.<. beb ■ ’ " . ‘ .. c. September 16. : The Servian Parliamentis divided on the questioq (of -the address to the (Throne. There is a strong minority favorable to the declaration of war. The Emperor of Morocco is expected'to visit Eqgland; shorty. j j Miss Agnes Livingstone, daughter of Dr. Livingstone, has married Mr; Alexander Bruce, of Hamilton, Liverpool. Buflianism is still rampant, and a number -of persons have been charged with brutal assaults with divers weapons. Two ship knackers have been fined and imprisoned for sending a rotten vessel to ua for the sake of the insurance. A young lady named Nora Hastings, a cousin of the Marquis of Bute, has joined tbe Romish Church. ■ Mr. Bell, a Liberal, has been elected for Hartlepool by a large majority over Dr. Kenealy’s son. The weather was cruelly unfavorable to the exhibitiondiminishing attendance at Wimbleton. The Elcho Challenge Shjeld was won by the Irish team, with, a score of 1.506 points. There is a general lock-out of cotton operatives throughout Lancashire impending, owing to a further, reduction of wages. Two thousand men struck in St. Gothard Tunnel. At the-contractor’s request troops were sent, who,, being pelted with stones, Ififed oh the mob, killing four and wounding eight. I The town: of Lefke; in Asiatic Turkey, has been'nearly consumed. I Grant’s six-storied cotton mills, Glasgow, and -tbe Broadwood weaving factory, Belfast, have been consumed. A large amount of damage was done. Obituary: Commander Chas. Jeffries, aged 87. last surviving Copenhagen hero ; Sir Charles Pocock, physician; Bishop Thirlwall; Singer sewiug machine tuanutaetufer. ! A vote of forty : thousand has been passed for the administration of affairs in Fiji. £lBO,OOO FOR A' DINNER. The Lord Miyors banquet cost a hundred and eighty thousand pounds. It was aj grand idea to entertain all the Lord Mayors of the world. : , )