ENGLISH TELEGRAMS

Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1784, 9 April 1874, Page 3

ENGLISH TELEGRAMS

PER S.S.'ALIIAMBRA,' ! H>(Per Anglo-Australian Telegraph Press Agency.) London, March 25. 'Inthe House of Lords, Earl Belmoro, in moving for tho production of all papers relative to the Polynesian slave question, enquired the nature of the instructions given to special commissioners at Fiji, and asking whether tuey recommended that.Piji be constituted a Grown colony. Earl. Carnarvon, in reply, regretted' 1 the continuance of the detestable traffio,!and promised to produce all the papers, excepting the instructions, which stated that Commodore Goodenough and Layard were keepiug tho question of annexation in abeyance. ' i

The Times, in commenting on the subject, refers to the 'Pluto' massacre. The body of Livingstone has arrived at Aden, ei\ roifte for England; j Serious colliery strikes have occurred, owing to the recent reduction of .wages.

March 26. The Lincolnshire Handicap was jwon by Tomahawk. Liverpool Grand j National : fiegency, first; Chimney"Sweep, second;, Merlin, third.

The Colliers' Company ofWew South Wales was not floated, ani the deposits wera returned. ; :

_ Money is rather easier! rolurn ip weaker. Xheoora.market is dull*.

March 28. A deputation of Irish members of Parliament jWaited upon the Premier, and aslced for tlie release of Fenian prisoners. Mr Disraeli declined to grant the request. The boat race between Oxford and Cambridge was rowed to-day on the usual course, resulting in another victory for Cambridge by two lengths. The weather was splendid, and a large crowd was present. An Australian and American Steamship Company has been registered, with a capital of £600,000, to take over the new I line of steamers running between San Francisco and Sydney. The Privy Council have, decided in favour of Williams in the appeal against the Golden Gate Company: A strike of 12,000 colliers has taken place in Staffordshire. Paris, March 24. A motion has been introduced by the Left for a dissolution of the Assembly/" March 26. The Assembly postponed the municipal elections pending fresh legislation. March 28. The Assembly voted funds for the complete fortification of Paris. A motion,' brought forward by the legitimist party in' the Assembly, to; decide definitely, on tho Ist of June the' form of Grovemment in France, was rejected. The motion was opposed-by' the Left. , ■' . , . Berlin, March 25.. ' Tlie German Parliament have passed a new press law. • ■ Bismarck is slowly recovering from an attack of the gout. • Tubin, March 24'. The twenty-fifth anniversary of tlie accession of Victor Emmanuel was most enthusiastically celebrated throughout the kingdom. Madeid, March, 28.. A general attack'has been made by Marshal Serrano on the Carlists' position at Bilboa, The result was indecisive, after two days' fighting. Vienna, March 27. Thirty-two Austrian Bishops deuouaced the ecclesiastical laws as tyrannical. New Yobk, March 26. Congress increased legal tenders for the circulation of tour hundred million dollars.' ; :