TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 927, 14 March 1882, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, March &. The Merchant Shipping and Underwritters Association report the arrival of. the ship Timaru (?>) from Timaru, left 10th December. March 9. In the House of Comnions today the motion introduced by Mr Gladstone on the 27th ult., setting forth that the projected inquiry by a Select Committee of the House of Lords into the working of ti.e Irish Land Act, was untimely and would defeat the operation ofjthat measure and prove injurious to good government in Ireland, was carried, on a division, by 303 to 235. 1 1 the House of Comtnpns today, the new rules of debate, as proposed by the Government, were under discussion. A resolution for the adoption of a modified formgf cloture, as suggested by Mr Gladstone on, the ,20th, ult. viz. that cloture could be applied when t’>e majority against.its adoption wps less_ than forty and the majority in favor of it exceeded one hundred, was carried by 303 to 235Consols are at lOOf, The total

yeseive in notes and bullion at the Bank of England is £18,250,000. The Bank of England has today reduced its rate of discount to 4 pep cent. New Zealand securities are without change in price. The market for colonial bread stuffs and tallow remains dull at former quota tjpns. An animated demand continues to be experienced at the wool sales. Todays catalogues comprise 9dOQ bgles. Manji 10. Roderick Maclean, wlp> qtte :.pt on the life of the Queep pn the 2nd inst., was today cqnunitted fo£ trial on a charge of high treason. Adelaide wheat, ex warehoqse, has declined to 53s ; New Zealand dp., is unchanged at 49s ; Adelaide floqr, ex store, 38s. The total quantity of wheat for Great Britain is 2,830,00 Q quarters, At the wool gales today 10,2' 0 ; bales weip. catalogued. The market is strong* prices being generally -|d higher . Paris, March 10,. The Temps in its issue today publishes a statement to the efiect that M._ Bligniers. the French ComptrolleiGeneral in Egypt, nas resigned. The, announcement, however, requires confirmation . Vienna, Mar .h 10. Telegrams are to hand reporting that the Herzegovinian insurgents have lately, suffered several defeats at different pcipts at the hands of the Austrian, troops, and that they are rapidly losing, ground and falling back from their, positions. St, Petersburg, March 10. General Skobeloff, who was ordered to return to this city from London, in consequence of his speech to the Servian, Students at Paris, has arrived and had ' an audience of the Czar. No particulars of the interview haye, however, yet transpired. * Capetown, March 8. Telegrams are to hand from the. Transvaal, stating that fuither severe, figting has taken place, between the Boers and the natives under the chiefMontsinia, residing beyond the boundary fixed by the Convention. The Boers, twice attacked Montsima, but were repulsed on each occasion with heavy, loss. March 10. The Natal Legislative Councif < *ilasr been dissolved, with the object of testing., public opinion in the colony in, to the. offei;. recently made by Earf Kimberley, Secretary, of Slate for the. Colonies, that Natal should be concededj responsible government. ■ : Washington, March. 10. At a. later period of yesterday’s, sitting, and after a protracted debite,; the Chinese Exclusiop BUI was finally, passed by the Senate. AUSTRALIAN. Melbourne, March 10 J 0 The return match between Shaw’s, All-England Eleven and a combined; Australian tefira commenced here todAy*; The Englishmen went first to j|. wickets, and at the adjournment jjpg luncheon had scored 63 for the loss |jfo' wickets. The visitors continued innings until time was called, and bad then pul together 282 for the loss ofeight wickets. The widow of the Rev. Garrett, who. was killed in the Jolimont railway', accident in August last, has been, awarded £3SQO compensation. 7 - Sydney, March 10. Hennessy’s brandy, in case, is quoted at 33s 6d, bulk, quarters, 13s; per gallon, diamond, Is 2d ; Devoes, Is 3d. Patna lice has declined £1 per. ton, and is now quoted at £l3 10s. Sugar Company’s No 1 pieces £3s^ New Zealand wheat has advanced.To, 5c 8d per bushel, and New Zealand oats to Ss sd. Maize has fallen to 5s per, bushel, Tobacco (Raven’s twist) Is candles, D.R.J.’s. 7d D.R.0., Adelaide. March 10 Wheat, is, quoted at 5s 3d ; town, flour, per. ton, brands, £ll to £ll 5?. Freights to. London—Steamer, 40s ; . sailing, 40s ; nothing doing in freights. NEW ZEALAND. (Per Press Association.) Wellington, March 10. A telegram has been received that; the cable steamer Agnes left Port. Darwin today for Wellington via Sydney. She expected to arrive here, towards the end of the month. In reply to the congratulatory telegram sent to Her Majesty the Queen, Captain Edwin has received the follow»_ ing reply To Commander Wellington, N.Z. 9fh March, Tfefji

/——— ■ •Queen thanks Capt. Edwin for his ConAgra filiations. Kimberley, London.” Messrs Chapman and Fitzgerald, • solicitors lor one of the pla ntifts in the well-known suit Rhodes v. Rhodes, Wellington, received a cable message from London yesterday, briefly stating that the Privy Council has allowed th e appeal from the decision here, but the full judgment will hot be to hand for some weeks. Tt will have the effect, however, of conferring on Miss Rhodes an annual income derivable from the late Mr Rhodes’s estate, which is said to be -very large. Chribtohucech, March 12. A rrma named Herridge, at Woodend, was kicked by a horse on the forehead and trampled on, his thigh being badly broken. He is in a bad state, and even if he recovers, will be in bed for at least two months. 15,000 to 20,000 feet of gas per night will he used at the Exhibition buildings. Dunedin, March 11. Six defendants in the sweeps cases were fined 5Cs and costs < each, by the -City Bench this morning, the Mayor pnd Mr Fish being among the uum ber. Mr Bracken was not proceeded against, as the police saw no money pass to him. In all about twenty persons were fined for sweeps. There were fifty informations laid. Lawrence. March 11, At the Tnapeka County Council it .was stated that Major Atkinson had said that he believed Government would bring down proposals next session to subsidise County Councils to the extent pf £3 to £l, for the purpose of making County roads. Invercargill, March 11, The articles of the Southland Farmers* Co-operative Associati n ;(Limited), were registered unler the Industrial Provident Society’s Act 1877, this mojufing, and the permanent Committee of management elected. Mr Bateman, has undertaken to act as secretary for a time, and place the Association in working order. The copperatiye movement among the farmers js now looked upon as an established fact, and business operations are fairly commenced. March 12. At an influentially attended meeting last eyeniug, it was decided to form a Southland Whaling Gompanys with a papital ,pf £IO,OOO. It was the opinion pf those present that vessels of 100 ton? register would suit the requirements of the Company.