REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

Tuapeka Times, Volume V, Issue 249, 7 November 1872, Page 6

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

{By Java Cable.) London, October 21. 4.25 p.m. The Church Congress at Leeds clo3ed its sittings after a highly successful meeting. The Bishop of Salisbury advocated a comprehensive system pf indulgence towards Church differences, and demonstrated the impolicy of ecclesiastical litigation. The Lord Chancellor, Lord Hatherley, has resigned, and has been succeeded by Sir Koundell Palmar, who has been created Baron Selbourne. Mr Justice Willes, of the Court of Common Pleas, committed suicide. The act is attributed to an attnek of gout on the brain. The Hon. Mr Denman, Q.C., has succeeded him. Field Marshal Sir George Pollock, Constable of tbe Tower, died, and was interred in Westminster Abbey. Sir William Gowan succeeds him as Constable of the Tower. Alderman Sir Sydney Waterlow is to be the new Lord Mayor. M. Tiieru ordered Frincc Napoleon to leave France. lie refused to do so, and was thereupon escorted to the Swiss border by the police. The American Consul at Zanzibar has received a letter from Dr Livingstoue. It is dated Unyanyembe, July 2nd, and extols Mr Stanley lor his energy and kindness. An important Conference of Nonconformists has been held at Birmingham, in favor of the disestablishment of the Church, of England, Sir John Wauchop, Sir William Stirling Maxwell, Sir Alexander Grant, Dean Ramsay, and Principal Tulloch, have been gazetted as tbe Board of Kducation for Scotland. The outbreak of rlnderpes. in Yorkshire is contradicted. Mr Graham, one of the Directors of the National Bank of New Zealand, has sailed for the Colony to establish branches there. Mr Barnes, the Manager, follows him with a staff. Mr Waterson is appointed Manager in Australia. A German squadron is being fitted out for a voyage round the world. The foot-and-mouth disease is rapidly spreading in Yorkshire and Warwickshire. Obituary. — Prince Albrecht, Countess of Shaftesbury, Mr Albany Fonblauque, Bishop of Capetown, Sir Isaac Coffin, Mr Seward, the American statesman.

October 22, 1.30 i>.m The new Treaty between Great Britain and France will abolish the French differential dues on British shipping, and annul the obligation laid on England to tax wine according to its strength. Sir Thomas Cochrane, Admiral of the Fleet, is dead.

- v# o p.m. The Government are about to send Sir Battle Frere (formerly Governor of Bombay), to Zanzibar, to arrange for the annihilation of the East African slave trade, and to open up communication with Dr Livingstone, who is now exploring Lake Victoria.

LATEST UNPUBLISHED TELEGRAMS. The following telegrams were received by cable in Melbourne, this day (24th October), at 2 o'clock : —

Londok, October 23, 12.45 p m. Dr Livingstone expects to reach Ujiji in eight months, The Royal Geographical Society have given a banquet to Mr Stanley. - A rise in the rate of discount is ex-

pected. Consols are at 92.

COMMERCIAL. New Zealand Consolidated Fives are at

103, and do. Sixes, at 112. Adelaide wheat is at 65s to 63s • per quarter. Consols are at 92£. Sperm oil is at LBS. The wool sales were spirited. An advance of 2d to 3d per lb. took pkee on combing sorts, the average advance being ljd per lb. " The exports to New Zealand show a decrease of. LM5.000. Twelve hundred bales of New Zealand hemp were sold at a decline of 21s per ton. The consumption, however, is in excess of the supply, and the hemp is growing in favor with roperaakera.

i . October 21. New Zealand Fives are at 102, and Sixes at 112. *ew Zealand hemp has advanced 20s to 30s. High prices were obtained for wool at the the beginning of the sales, but were not maintained, though they were partially recovered at the close. Sperm oil is at LSb*. SHIPPING. Arrived. — Celaeno, from Wellington ; Caduceus, from Auckland ; Charlotte Gladstone, Zealandia, Crusader, and Harvest Home, from Lyttelton j Margaret Galbraith, from Port Chalmers. Sailed.— Genlora {?), for Wellington; Helen Burns aud Palmerston, for Port Chalmers ; Norham Castle, for Auckland. Three vessels arc loading. The Glenmark, which sailed from Lyttelton for London on the Ist February last, is not yet heard of. THE SUEZ MAIL. The R. M. S. Baroda arrived on the 18th. Londox, September 6. Tho mail conveys to the Colonial Governments the Treasury minutes relative to the future postal service. The Imperial Government undertake, after the expiry of the present contract, to convey the mails free as far as Galle, Great Britain contributing L 40.000 of the cost — and the Colonies conI ducting their own services from thence. The Ticbborne Claimant's popularity is on the increase ; a monster metropolitan demonstration in the Agricultural Hall is announced. It ia reported that Father Hyacinth e and the Abbe" Michaud arc going to New Giledonia to found churches among the political | convicts there. The builders' Btrike in London terminated in a compromise, both sides bring weary of the struggle. A more formidable affair is a threatened fctrikc of the bakers. A strike throughout the Potteries is imminent. The outrageous demands of the colliers continue. The journeymen butchers ia London threaten \ to turn out. Tho public-house interest is everywhere organising itself against the restrictions of the new Licensing Act. Intemperance, however, has already been lessened. Order reigns at Belfast after a week's ruthless warfare. Mr Bessemer is constructing a steamer for the Channel service, having a suspended saloon warranted to maintain a horizontal position. Johnson, the champioa swimmer, failed in an attempt to swim across the Channel. He was obliged to desist after swimming seven miles. An American squadron is visiting the English const. onafibrs has renewed hia persecution of Lad/ Twins by applying for a summons against her for perjury. The request was refused.

Grave troubles arc anticipated in the agricultural districts after the harvest. A bitter antagonism is springing up between the farmers and laborers.