LATE TELEGRAMS.

Southland Times, Issue 1628, 3 September 1872, Page 2

LATE TELEGRAMS.

Parliament was to be prorogued on the i LOch August.

Mr Stanley and Dr Livingstone's son reached Paris on the 27th July. Two letters from Dr Livingstone had been published, detailing his discoveries and suffering.-*, and his meeting with Mi 1 Stanley. The'uew French loan is a great success The press is discussing the probabilities of a future coal famine. Wallspnd coals are now quoted at thirty. six shillings per ton. The House of Lords h.is been discussing the suppression of the slave trade ou the East Coast of Africa. For the Goodwood Cup Favonius was first, Albert Victor second, and Verdure third. An emigrant vessel sailed for Wellington on the Ist August. New Zealand hemp is inactive. Adelaide wheat is easier. Dividends. — New Zealand Trust and Loan Company, 10 per cent. ; Bank of Ota go, 2 per cent. For the French loan, one thousand six hundred millions sterling were subscribed. The Czar of Russia projects a visit to Berlin. The American Government anticipate a favorable decision from the Geueva tribunal. The new French loan is quoted at four per cent, premium. M. Goulard said that the result was prodigious, and showed the confidence of the public iv the conservative republic of France. Dr Livingstone's diary has been forwarded to Miss Livingstone, with a letter prohibiting its publication till hid death is ascertained. England denies three out of four cases before the Geneva arbitration tribunal. Parliament has voted a pension of £1000 for Lady Mayo. Earl Granard, after declining to retraetormodify his letter on Judtje Keogh's judgment, resigned the lieutenancy of Leitrim. The Government has decided to prosecute the Bishop of Clonfert, Captain NolaD (his brother), and nineteen priests, mentioned in Judge Keogh's re port. In the House of Commons, a Bill proposing the abolition of capital punishment was rejected. At a Ministerial dinner in the Mansion House, Mr Gladstone said the American controversy was practically settled. Mr Stanley, with Dr Livingstone's son, had arrived in London. The Duke of Guise, the only son of the Duke D'Aumale, is dead. In the House of Common", Mr Butt moved a vote of censure on Judge Keogh. Mr J. Coleridge defended the judge, ami the debate was adjourned. The French National Assembly has adopted the new tariff" for raw materials. The House of Commons has voted Mr Eyre's expenses, despite the opposition of the Radicals. The London builders' leck-out has terminated. The carpenters still hold out. The Scotch Education Bill has been read a second time. M. Thiers has reiterated that he would uphold a conservative republic. The has allowed the Prince Imperial to enter the Woolwich Military Academy. King Amadeus of Spain, and Queen, were shot at by five men. Oue assassin was killed, and two captured. Their majesties were not hurt. Cholera prevails at St. Petersburg. There has been great heat in England. "Wheat is easier. Copper, £108. The wool sales closed firm, prices equ-il-ing the highest quotations of the AprilMay series, aud prospects are good.