LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Southland Times, Issue 1114, 16 August 1869, Page 3

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

London, July 6th. The second reading of the Irish Church Bill has been carried in the House of Lords. The majority of the Bishops advocated'the system of concurrent endowment, but to this Earl Granville declared that the Government would never consent. He agreed, however, to a proposal that the present Irish Bishops should remain peers during their lifetime. Lord Carnarvon moved an amendment which was adjourned, giving the clergy four times their annual income. Notwithstanding Earl Granville's strenuous oppoposition, clause 10, with the amendment proposed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, deferring the disestablishment of the Church until 1872, was adopted by the House. An amendment was also passed on the 6th clause, leaving the surplus of the Church revenue at tbe disposal of Parliament, who intend devoting it to charitable purposes. .A. .Bill proposed to be introduced into the House of Commons, granting an amnesty to Fenians, was rejected. Mr Monsell announced in the House of Commons, that stringent instructions had been sent to Queensland relative to the importation of South Sea Islanders into that colony. Out of 1035 persons arrested during the late tumults in Pans, all, except 200, have been released. The Liverpool Cup was won by Spy. Serious Orange riots have taken place at Belfast. The Belgian railway question has been terminated in a settlement satisfactory to France. The Government have emphatically refused to undertake the prosecution of the late directors of Overend, Gurney, and Co. Lord Napier of Magdala, has resigned the command of the Bombay army. The American cruisers have arrested a party of Cuban filibusters, consisting of 800 men, who had eluded the New York authorities and sailed for Ouba. The Spanish Minister at Washington, in an interview with the Uuited States Minister for Foreign Affairs, threatened to demand his passport if an official interview were granted to the Envoy from the Cuban insurrectionists. July 9th. Earl Eussell's Life Peerage Bill has been rejected by the House of Lords on the third reading. Captain Vivian, in reply to Mr W. Staepole, in the House of Commons, said that it was impossible to relieve more than five regiments in India annually. On an appeal from Mr Gladstone, Sir Henry Bulwer relinquished his motion relative to the Alabama claims. Two thousand miles of the French Atlantic Cable have been laid by the Great Eastern. July 10th. A Select Committee of the House of Lords has fixed May 1871, as the date of the disestablishment of the Irish Church. The House offers the sum of half a million sterling in lieu of private endowments, notwithstanding the declaration of Earl Granville that it was not necessary to offer that sum, as, in the Province of Ulster, glebes were to be retained. The s. c. Somersetshire sailed from Plymouth on the Ist July, with 200 passengers. Arrivals: — Wave of Life, Handsome, Great Britain, Agamemnon, Dunbar Castle, White Eagle, Anglesea. A levee has been held at St. Jame's by the Prince Wales, on behalf of Her Majesty. The Queen, in consideration of the additional official duties thrown upon the Prince of Wales, makes him large allowances from her private purse. Emigration to the United States and Canada continues active. 8000 persons left the Mersey in ne week. The Government have promised to reconsider the question of affording some assistance to the movement. Mr Verdon has relieved the Imperial Emigration Commissioners as regards Victoria. Seventy tons of preserved meat, ex Landsdowne, were sold directly they were placed in the market. The Duke of Newcastle has fled to the Continent to escape the bailiffs, who are now in possession of Clumber Castle. Mr Padwick, of racing notoriety, has obtained a judgment against Mm for £95,000. Varous Jew money lenders have also

obtained judgments to the amount of £123,000. The furniture of the Duke's town residence is to be sold to cover • some of Ills losses by racing. Lor. l Charles Hamilton from the same cause has assigned his estate to escape ! bankruptcy. i Mr Secley has been elected for Not- j tingham, beating Mr Digby Seymour, QC. A handsome testimonial ha 3 been presented to Mr Miall by the women of Bradford. Mr Goldwin Smith has effectively answered Mr Sumner's speech. The principal shops in Paris are now closed on Sundays. Richards, detective inspector on the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway, has been taken into custody on , a charge of complicity in numerous robj beries. The time allowed for investigation in the Tichbourne baronetcy caso, has been extended to the end of Easter Term, 1870. A Dublin printer, named Johnson, has been arrested at Cork for circulating treasonable documents among the military and police. Dr Norman M'Leod has heen elected Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. Mr Gladstone and Earl Granville have been elected honorary members of the Reform Club. A grand banquet in recognition of their services to the Liberal cause is contemplated. The Agricultural Hall, Islington, has been fitted up for velocipede racing. The Palmerston memorial statue has been erected at Southampton. The sons of Count Bismarck are on a visit to Scotland. Fenianism is increasing in Ireland, and Orangeism also is troublesome. An attack was made on the house of a country gentlemen named Grey, at Black Bock, two miles from Cork. Although an invalid, he defended the house and shot one of his assailants, the rest of whom fled. The wounded man proved to be a keeper in a lunatic asylum in the neighborhood. He died, however, without giving any information regarding his accomplices. Eleven policeman have been charged with manslaughter, for their conduct while suppressing the disturbances at Londonderry during Prince Arthur's i visit. [ The Rev. "Walter Chambers has been appointed to the Bishopric of Labuan. Mr Finney, manager of the English Joint Stock Bank, has been committed to trial on a charge of perjury, the directors of the Bank having been acquitted. Russia is sending prisoners from Siberia to serve under the Japanese in the island of Saghalien. The total quantity of gold as yefc found in Sutheriandshire is valued at £7000. 200 diggers are at work on the field. The Flying Squadron has sailed from Plymouth. The sum to be paid by the Government for the telegraphs will be nearly three millions. Mr Reuter will be awarded three quarters of a million for his lines. Dom Fernando of Portugal, has contracted a morganatic marriage with an American actress. The Duchesse de Luynes went to the Paris races in a tricycle, followed by a groom on a bicycle. The Orangemen at Tyrone have denounced Mr Gladstone as driving the country into civil war, and have spoken of the time as perhaps coming when he and his fellow conspirators would be hanging as high as Ham an. The Viceroy of Egypt has viaited Paris, Berlin, Vienna, and Florence. The Countess of Flanders has given birth to a prince, who is at present heir to the throne of Belgium. The postmen of Cheltenham now make their rounds on velocipedes. The steamer United Kingdom, from New York to Glasgow, with 30 passengers, is supposed to be lost. In America the Indian war is raging fiercely. General Sheridan has been ordered to treat all Indians outside the reserves as hostile. President Grant has appointed a commission to enquire into Indian affairs. It is supposed the Indians have been grossly cheated in the matter of sucsidies by former American commissioners. The President had a narrow escape from being killed in a railway collision, in which one passenger was killed, and 20 injured. The great peace festival at Boston was opened by the President, several foreign Ministers, the British Ambassador, and other distinguished guests being present. Six steamers have been destroyed by fire at Cincinnati. Chief Justice Chase has ruled that the (IT. S.) Government cannot collect income tax from foreign bondholders. This involves numerous reimbursements. The President refuses to remove the postmaster at Macon, who is a negro. The Iriah Republican Association of Philadelphia have issued an address, strongly approving of Mr Stunner's speech, and exhorting all true Irishmen to join the Republicans in enforcing his views. In Spain a regency has been voted by 193 to 65 votes. Marshal Serrano was to take the oath on the 18th July. Castelala i spoke strongly against the French Empire, declaring that it would soon fall. On the 16th General Prim reviewed 20,000 troops, who then took the constitutional oath. General Prim stated in the Cortes that the establishment of a regency would facilitate the election of a king. The choice appears to be divided between the Due de Montpensier and Dom Fernando. The former is at present in Andalusia. The new Constitution was proclaimed on the 6th June. The American difficulty is over. Mr Motley has been instructed by his Government not to press the matter, as the American Government hope that when the present excitement subsides, the

British Government will invite a renewal of negotiations. They also state that the proclamation of neutrality on the part of Great Britian does not in itself constitute a ground of complaint on which to rest a claim for compensation, but taken in conjunction with subsequent unfriendly acts by Britain, it occasioned losses requiring reparation. Mr Motley is further instructed to assure the British Government that the American Government desire to effect Buch a settlement as shall be honorable to both nations. France is still in a disturbed state. The workmen's strike at St. Etienne developed itself into a revolutionary riot. Two serious encounters took place between the troops and the people. In the first, twelve rioters were killed and thirty wounded, and, in the second, eleven rioters were killed. A general officer was sent from Paris with reinforcements. On the evening of the 11th June the Emperor and Empress drove in an open carriage through the streets of Pariß without an escort. That night Marshal Niel and other Ministers remained, with a guard of grenadiers, at the Tuileries. During the night a riot took place, in which the cavalry were surprised. On the 12th the shops in the Boulevards were shut, and many arrests made. Next day, however, all was again quiet. At Chalons the Emperor delivered a speech to the troops, which the Journal Officiel praises for its pacific character. The work of the Government, he said, was to reconcile strong power with liberal institutions. The elections generally have gone in , favor of the Government. MM. Thiers and Favre were defeated. M. Ollivier, who was defeated in Paris, has been elected by the Department of Var. 1025 arrests were made in Paris during the elections, but ouly 20 persons were detained to await further proceedings. At the opening of the Corps Legislatif, M. Eouher said that the Government would bring forward measures 1o satisfy the country. The Opposition gave notice of a series of interpellations involving ministerial responsibility. The Ministers thereupon resigned. The Emperor is forming a new Cabinet. It is rumored that he will consult the people by a plebiscite. The regency of Spain has been conferred upon Marshal Serrano. Letters from Mr Bichmond, Major Atkinson, and Mr William Hutt appear in the Times and Specator pleading for aid against the Maoris. The New Zealand medal has been extended to the officers and men of the navy and marines employed in new Zealand during 1845—7, and 1860—6. j Arrivals : 3?rom New Zealand, May 30th, City of Dunedin, Glenmark. June 2ud, Robert Henderson, Chile. June 3rd, Buahine, s.s. Departures : — Halcyon, Asterope, Excelsior. Ships loading at London for new Zealand: — Red Rover, Glenmark, Hydaspes (Captain Babot) , Hero (Captain Ferkelsen), England, Victoria, Electra (Captain Mowlem). At Liverpool: — Pride ot* the Thames (Captain Tonkin). English wheat, new, is at 32s ; do, old, 39s por quarter. The exports to New Zealand for the montb of May show an increase of £761,185 (?). New Zealand 6 per centa are at £107 to £109 ; 5 per cents, £95 to £96 ; 5 per cents, Consolidated, 94| to 95£ ; 6 per cents, Consolidated, 1891, £105 to £107. ===== I