LATE TELEGRAMS.

Southland Times, Issue 1541, 23 February 1872, Page 3

LATE TELEGRAMS.

Lostdox, Dec. 30 to Jan. 14. The assassination of two Bavarian soldiers waa attempted at Ckarooyillo barracks. It was reported that a G-erman squadron was to proceed to Brazil in consequence of the alleged ill-treatment of German naval officers, but naval preparations were afterwards stopped. The Empress Eugenic sold her jewels for £80,000. The British Legation at Munich is abolished.

The Versailles Commission has approved of a steam ferry between Dover and Calais. The National Assembly adopted a proposal prohibiting deputies performing functions as paid public officers, except Ministers and ambassadors. Mazzini is better. Madrid. The Cortes is convoked for the 22nd, Paris. The election of Vautrian, a moderate Republican, instead of Victor Hugo, Radical, was caused by a disruption amongst the Conservatives. The result was a majority of 30,000 for Vautrian Chalking and Licour, Radicals, were elected at Marseilles. The general result of the Paris elections is — 8 Republicans, 1 Bonapartißt, 4 Conservatives, and 4 Radicals. Duchatel's proposal to remove the Assembly to Paris was rejected by a large majority. The French army voted for the Republic at the elections. Taxes have been imposed on raw silks of 9if. to 12f., on gun cotton from 35f. to 40f., on corded flax 16£ f. The drawback system will be admitted. The Times and other English journals are giving increased attention to the Alabama arbitration case. The former , considers all demands fully answered. The American Government's claims for the prolongation of the war are estimated at 400,000,000 J01. America demands an apology, disavowal and indemnity from Spain for searching the Florida. _ i England submitted to the arbitration of the Emperor of Germany a memorandum on the San Juan question. It is officially announced that there is a considerable decrease of insulation in the Atlautie cables 1365-66. j A direct cable is projected from England to New York. Ministerial correspondence declares the re-establishment of diplomatic relations between France and Germany, a proof of the desire of the Governments to strengthen amicable relations. The draft address of the Upper House of Vienna notices the increased dissatisfaction at the recent misgovernment, and opposes increased military taxation. The Marquis of Lome and the Princess are on the Continent, and the Duke of Edinburgh is visiting them at Hockheiin. The Queen returned to Windsor from Sandringham on the 3rd January. The town councils throughout the kingdom congratulated the Queen on the recovery of the Prince. The Prince left his room for the first time on the Bth. The Princess Alice returned to Darmstadt on the LOth. The Prince will remain at Sandringham until his complete recovery. It is expected that he will shortly drive out. The accouchement of the Princess Alexandra is expected in February. Further action in the Mordaunt divorce case is expected to be taken. The Marquis of Harrington, when addressing his constituents, advocated firmness in repressing rebellion. He considered it unsafe to reduce the Indian army. A complete system of military organisation is contemplated. The Earl of Derby, addressing Liverpool workmen, criticised the Administration. The monarchy he considered safe, but the House of Lords was capable of improvement. He said that the programme of the Liberals being exhausted, the Conservatives would predominate in the settlement of the new questions before the House of Commons. Sir John Pakington, addressing the Conservatives at Kochdale, stigmatised the sensational and extravagant policy of the Government as unsuccessful. Mr Cardwell, addressing his constituents, said that the feeling evinced during the illness of the Prince of Wales was an example of the sympathy existing towards the constitutional sovereign. He also believed that the people saw that a first-rate army was desirable. At the installation of the mayor of Limerick, who is a Conservative, a disorderly mob hissed the name of the Prince of Wales. An important home rule demonstration has taken place at Liverpool. The Leeds democrats are also organising a demonstration in support of Sir Charles Dilke. Mr Odger is chairman. At a banquet to Mr Butt at Limerick 200 guests were present. Mr Butt claimed industrial municipal privileges for Ireland. Thirty thousand Limerickers, with bands and banners, received the home rule advocates. Sir Charles Dilke announces a great republican demonstration for the 30th January. The nine hours' movement is progressing throughout the country. The officers of the Indian Staff Corps are transferred to the British establishment. A Royal warrant fixes the pay and half-pay allowances of lieutenants and sub-lieutenants. A slight shock of an earthquake was experienced at Sheffield on the 4th. I A violent 'thunderstorm has occurred at Manchester. The Geographical Society voted £500 | for the Livingstone Search Expedition, and is inviting public subscriptions. Eight thousand small-pox fatalities occurred in London during laßt year, against 600, the average for the last 31 years. ! Mr Gregory has been gazetted Governor of Ceylon. He leaves on the 21st. Sir Seymour Fitzgerald will be succeeded shortly at Bombay by Sir P. Wodehouse. The first Indian mail via the Mont Cenis tunnel reached Brindisi on the 9bh, 24 hours ear ier than it would have done by the other route. The total exports of Great Britain last I year showed an increase of £2,319,000, or 10 per cent, on the previous year. k The Gazette contains the nomination of

Royal commissioners to inquire into the revenues of the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford. Mr Gladstone has informed the Chamber of Commerce at Huddersfield that the appointment of a commercial member of the Indian council is under consideration. The P. and O. Company have proposed to the Government of Italy to establish a weekly mail service vid Milan, Venice, and China at moderate rates. The Rev. J. S. Watson, of Stockwell, has been sentenced to death for the murder of his wife. The Earl of Carnarvon is recovering. Colonel Hankey is gazetted to the Ist Dragoons, and several other changes have been made in consequence. Major-General Staunton has been made colonel of the 92nd. London, Jan. 15. The Prince of Wales' convalescence is established. Bulletins discontinued. The Queen is at Osborne. There has been a great meeting of employers to concert measures to resist further encroachments on the part of the workmen. The December trade returns are less favorable. A prospectus has been issued of an Australian Oriental Coal Company, I capital £300,000, in connexion with the new Lamberton colliers. The compulsory winding up of the European Assurance Company has been ordered. The French Chambers oppose the I ! abrogation of the commercial treaty, and ' England proposes a prolongation until February, 1875. j The French elections are favorable to the Government. Vautrian defeated Victor Hugo in Paris. \ The Union Bank has declared a I dividend of 13 per cent. The Earl of Carnarvon is ill. | Obituary. — Sir Edward Macarthur* j General Halleck, Sir Francis Crossley, and M. Persigny. In the collision case, Captain Cargill was acquitted. The Ministry are imperilled by the threatened revolt of the Nonconformists on the education question, and by the liquor trade registration. The Rev. W. Rogers has retired from the London School Board. The conduct of the Government in appointing Sir R. Collier a privy councillor and a judge, will be challenged when Parliament meets. The Republicans propose Citizen Charles Dilke as the first president of the English republic, but in the meanwhile they are quarrelling: among themselves. Odger and Osborne quarrelled at a public j meeting Jan. 20. Mr Warran, Anglican minister, has accepted a mission from America to China. A military commission has left Paris for Japan to instruct the Mikado's army. M. Pouyer-Quertier has remitted the first fortnightly instalment to Berlin on account of the fourth half milliard due to to Germany. The United States Congress has granted an amnesty to all rebels, with the exception of officers or members of the Confederate Congress. J The Japanese embassy has arrived at San Francisco. ! The opposition in France to the proposed duties on raw materials is becoming general . The King of Denmark has congratulated Queen Victoria on the recovery of the Prince of Wales. The treaty ceding Guinea to England was unanimously adopted by the Dutch It ia rumored that the restoration of the gold currency in Holland is contemplated. The first train to European Turkey entered Stamboul on the 16th. The Emperor of Germany formally invested the Crown Prince with the order of the Black Eagle on the 18th. The Pope ia indisposed. In the Tichbome case the AttorneyGeneral opened his defence on the 15th, stigmatising the claimant's knowledge of the circumstances surrounding the Tiehborne family as showing the claimant's depth of wickedness to be unexampled. The story of the wreck was, he said, a tissue of absurdities. Sir Roger had never quarrelled with his father. He read letters to prove that the real Roger referred to was a gentlemanly man. He would call a young nobleman who had himself tatooed. the real Roger. He continued his speech on the 16th, contending that the claimant's own story and letters showed that he was not Roger Tich borne, but Arthur Orton. The speech was further continued on the 17th. The Brighton prisoner, Christina Edmunds, accused of distributing poisoned cakes, was found " guilty." She pleaded pregnancy, but the plea was rejected by a jury of matrons. An explosion occurred in a cartridge factory at Greenwich, when some of the girls caught fire and rushed shrieking into the marshes. The Republicans invaded the Loyalists' meeting at Wellington Barracks, Knightsbridge. They expelled the chairman, smashed the platform, and retired, singing the " Marseillaise." The police afterwards interfered. Dr Jenner has been created Knight Commander of the Bath, and Dr Gull a baronet. The Telegraph Construction Maintenance Company and Mr Bischoffscheim have signed a contract for the new Atlantic cable. The latest report shows a decrease of insulation in the present cables at the shore ends, easily repairable. It is rumored that the Prince of Wales will go to Ventnor, Isle of Wight. Mr Roebuck, when speaking at Sheffield, violently attacked Mr Gladstone. :-.. It is rumored that Mr Scudamore is to be appointed director-general of telegraphs.

The decrease of the army estimates has been discuss.cd in the Cabinet. The Queen hopes to attend St. -Paul's Cathedral on the 20th February, on the occasion of a special public thanksgiving for the recovery of the Prince of Wales. Mr Horsman,. in addressing his constituents at Liskeard, said the political prospects of the country were gloomy, and that the present Government waa unfit to deal with English questions. Obituary. — Earl of Kellie, Lord Kensington, Sir James Jackson, Generals John Campbell and James Archibald Hope. The total coin in the Bank of France is 1 3,825 i millions of francs/ and notes 9,738 millions. Jan. 15. Oriental Bank shares, £46 ; Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, £14 15a. to £15 ss. Paris, 21st. Consequent upon the adverse vote of the Assembly respecting the tax upon raw material, which was only to be allowed if other resources failed, the Thiers Ministry resigned, and only resumed office very unwillingly. It is feared that there may be another majority against the Government, and that analogous disputes with Government will arise on questions appertaining to the military .instruction of the army. London, 22nd. The Prince's progress is most satisfactory. The Queen revisits Sandringham shortly. A grand festival is contemplated at the Crystal Palace. Disraeli visits Liverpool at Easter. Jan. 18. The reserve of notes in the Bank of England is 14 millions ; total bullion, 29 millions. London, Jan. 23. Llewellyn Dawson, leader of the Livingstone expedition, will detail his plans before the Geographical Society to-night. The Chancellor of the Exchequer refuses the expedition aid. The Volunteer review is fixed to take place at Brighton. Obituary. — Canon Mosely. Pabis. The Council of War has condemned to death one prisoner found guilty of implication in the assassination of a Prussian at Luneville.