LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 128, 21 July 1870, Page 7

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Precautions are. being taken, at the Woolwich powder magazine against any possible Fenian, attempts. The police boats are cruising on. the Thames. The Government have granted £1000 for the expedition in« search of Dr. Livingstone. The receipts of the Suez- Canal u : p to the end of April' amounted to £77,000. A family of seyen were murdered near Uxbridge. The murderer was arrested. The crime was committed of revenge. The troop, steamer Jumna passed through the Suez Canal, and has arrived home. The (Ecumenical Council finished the discussion relative to the infallibility of the Pope, and a proclamation of the definition of papal infallibility will be read on the 29th, St. Peter's Day. Pour Englishmen have been carried off by brigands near Gibraltar. The Government sent pressing orders to release the captives, who are Mr. John Borel, his nephew, and two servants. Mr. Borel returned to Gibraltar to procure the ransom, which was fixed at £6000. Paris advices state that the editors of the Eeveil and the Bappel have each been fined 1000 francs, with three months' imprisonment. The Emperor, on receiving the report stating the result of the plebiscitum, thanked the nation, and said that the object of the plebiscitum was to ratify the term of the Constitution. The Empire will not deviate from a liberal policy, but will enforce respect of the national will. The High Court of France was convoked for the trial of conspiracy cases against the Emperor. There is an alarming prevalence of I small-jpox in Paris.

Mr. Gladstone stated in the Hou«p of Commons that despatches had been received by the Government, showing the existence of relations between th ; Marathon brigands and persons of rank in Athens, which had been the why several weeks had been allowed to elapse before it was decided what course of policy they should pursue. Seven hrigands have been condemned to death. The Fenian Congress, after a stormy session of five days' duration, adjourned sine die. The Sioux Indians are resuming hostilities, and 20,000 braves are on the war path. The Isthmus of Darien surveying expedition failed to find a practicable route for the projected canal. A resolution has been introduced into Congress, requesting the President to negotiate for the union of the ' British American possessions with j United States. The motion was rejected, but ordered to be printed. The construction of a bridge across the Niagara River has been commenced, and will complete the railway system Canada and the United States. June Bth. Earl Eussell has introduced the Colonial question in the House of Lords by moving an address to the Queen, praying for an enquiry, by Royal Commission, into the means best fitted to guarantee security to every part of Her Majesty's dominions. The application to the full Court in the Mordaunt case, for leave to proceed with the suit for a divorce, notwithstanding the finding of the jury that the lady is insane, has been rejected. The long-threatened Fenian raid into Canada failed most ignomiuiously. A large number of the leade* s were captured. The recall of Imperial troops from Canada has been suspended. Prince Arthur was present at the military operations. Extraordinary precautions have been taken at the English dockyards against Fenian attempts. The New Zealand medals have been distributed. Ballarat has been constituted a seat for a new Bishopric. Mr. Gordon, chairman of the Oriental Bank, has been presented with £5000. The Falmouth and Malta submarine cable has been successfully laid. The Wonga Wonga's letters, via San Francisco, were delivered in London on the 24th May. The mails sent in April reached San Francisco on 7th June. June 9th. Three Italian, war ships have arrived off Caprera, the Government fearing the formation of fresh revolutionary bands. The Italian Minister- of public Works has declared that the Government, is actively engaged in arranging for the adoption, of the Brindisi route for the mails. Mr. Disraeli is again indisposed.. A great fire has occurred at Pei'a, a suburb of Constantinople, by which the British Embassy, the American and Portugese Consulates, and a vast amount of property, have been destroyed The estimated loss amounts to five millions sterling. A fearful loss of life also, occurred ; 250 bodies have already been recovered. An earthquake occurred at Oaxaca, Mexico; 100 persons were killed. The Peninsular and Oriental Company has declared a dividend of 3 per cent, for the half year. The Chairman stated at the meeting that the Suez Canal was not yet fit for the Company's steamers there was generally a loss of time incurred in passing through, as compai-ed with the overland route. The Great Eastern, arrived home on the 6th f Consul Cameron died at Geneva. Obituary.— JVlr- Mark Lempn, Sir James Simpson, the CountessTDowager of Bandon, Lady Woodford, the Hon. Arthur Saville, Sir Norman Pringle, Mr. Maclise, R. A,, Viscountess Bpyne. June 10th. M,r. Charles Dickens died at his residence -it Gadshill last night. He was i seized with paralysis yesterday evening whilst sitting at dinner, and never recovered consciousness afterwards. Commercial failures have been numerous. Trade returns show trade" is expanding. Bills are freely taken at-2f per cent. Galle,. June 13thThe Duke of Edinburgh arrived at the Mauritius on the 24th May. The programme provides for his remaining there 17 days. Captain Stirling, the new. Commodore of the Australian Squadron, is to meet the Duke at the Cape. The Duke, from, that period, is to receive no more salutes, but to be treated simply as a naval captain. It is stated that Sir Hercules Robinson is to succeed Lord Napier next year, as Governor of the Madras Presidency. The first priae in the Calcutta Derby Sweep, of LlO,OOO was won by a newspaper editor. A farewell letter of the Duke of Edinburgh to Lord Mayo reviewing his reception throughout India, has been much pr.aised. C. Hughes, the celebrated billiard player, died at Calcutta.