LATEST CABLE TELEGRAMS.

Tuapeka Times, Volume VI, Issue 270, 3 April 1873, Page 5

LATEST CABLE TELEGRAMS.

London, March 12. After a lengthy discussion, the House of Commons rejected the Irish University Bill on the second reading, by a majority of 287 to 284. On the result of the division being known, Mr Gladstone demanded an adjournment till Thursday. The Times, referring to the result of the division, trusts that the Government will remain in office. The concessions in the Bill promised by the Government satisfied the Liberals, but drove the Irish members into opposition. Mr Gladstone had an interview with the Queen to-day, and a Cabinet Council was afterwards held. At the conclusion of the sitting, Mr Gladstone proceeded to Buckingham Palace, and tendered to the Queen the resignation of the Ministry. March 13. MrTrollope's new novel, "Lady Anna," has been purchased for publication in Australasia. The Atlantic cable of 1865 is interrupted. The exports to Australia for February were —Victoria, L 505 000 ; Sydney, L 290,600: Adelaide, L 131.200. Further correspondence on the Central Asian question has been submitted to Parliament. It consists of 106 despatches, with dates antecedent to those already published, including a letter from Lord Northbrook, Governor-General of India, approving of the boundary of Afghanistan. The correspondence shows that Russia for the last four years most solemnly disclaims any further advance than Turkistan. Mr Gladstone this afternoon announced to the House the acceptance of the Ministry's resignation by the Queen, and that they only held office until the appointment of their successors. The House adjourned till the 17th. March 14. The Queen summoned Mr Disraeli, and entrusted him with the task o£ forming an Administration. Mr Disraeli asked that time should be afforded him to consult his friends, to which the Queen assented. In the meantime Mr Disraeli telegraphed to Earl Derby, Lord Cairns, and Earl Carnarvon, all whom are on the Continents The Conservatives hesitate to attempt to govern with a minority, and great uncertainty prevails as to the issue of the crisis. It is stated that Mr Gladstone will never again accept office. Mr Disraeli will possibly advise the Queen to send for Earl Granville. Evening. Mr Disraeli sees the Queen on Saturday, and it is rumored that he will declare his inability to form a Cabinet, and advise that Lord Derby be sent for. Sir James Fergusson was married yesterday to Miss Olive Richmann, of South Australia. The Anglo- Australian Steam Company, for a service via the Cape of Good Hope, has been registered. Its capital is a million and a quarter. March 15. Mr Disraeli, after conferring with Lord Derby, explained to the Queen his reasons for declining to take office. The Conservatives are urging Lord Derby to form a Cabinet. Mr Gladstone is anxious to retire from office, but the Liberals are confident of inpucing him to resume. It is expected there will be a further adjournment of Parliament. The Caragos, with railway plant and 310* laborers, sailed for Tasmania to-day. The Atlantic cable of 1865 is broken two miles from the shore end. France and Germany have signed an agreement stipulating for the payment of the indemnity money by instalments, terminating in September next, the Germans evacuting the whole of the French territory in July, except Verdun and the surrounding districts, which they will occupy until September. March 16. After Mr Disraeli bad interviewed the Queen, Her Majesty summoned Mr Gladstone, who had not had time to consult his colleagues, but will probably resume office. The London wool sales closed last night. Prices steady during the series. 131,086 bales have been catalogued, and 9,000 withdrawn. The exports reached 45,000. The French buyers were numerous, the German and Belgian in scant numbers, while the Americans were altogether absent. A new scale of prices has been established, and it is 25 per cent below those of February 1872. The trade is moderately stocked, and an early recovery in value is improbable. The, next sales commence on the 24th April. . Money firm, and there is a large gold demand. The stock markets are weak. New Zealand Consolidated Fives, 103|. Mutton, 39s to 43s ; beef, 38s to 425. Hides dull ; leather lower. Hemp drooping j tin scarce ; wheat recovering. March 17. Mr Knatchbull-Hugessen, late Under Secretary for the Colonies, has been created a Privy Councillor. A New Zealand Land and Coal Company p projected with a capital of LIOO.OwO. Galle, March 17. Sailed— Sumatra, mail steamer, for Melbourne. _ x , _ March 17. In the House of Commons to-day, Mr Gladstone said that the Queen, having intimated to him that the Opposition had abandoned the expectation of forming a Cabinet, he had again placed his services at the Queen's disposal, and, with a view to consulting his colleagues, moved the adjournment of the House till Thursday. Mr Disraeli then rose and said that he had informed the Queen that he would have been prepared to form a Government only on condition of having a new Parliament. The House then adjourned till Thursday. mL A " March ISI The Australian mails via Brindisi, and the>. Calif oraian mail by the Nevada have been' delivered. The East Indian wool sales show au*. •yorage decline of 3d,

PON Ah QuoNj representing himself as a Chinese merchant on hia way to the Pomahaka. called at the Tuapeka Hotel on the 25th February, and hired a horse from Mr. Doeherty for 7 days, at 7s. 6d. a day. The next Mr. Doeherty heard of this Celestial merchant was of his offering the horse for sale at Alexandra. Information was given to the police on Friday, the 28th ult., and a warrant was issued for the arrest of the offender. The police at once circulated information, and he was arrested at Naseby on Saturday night. An inquest was held before D/. Stewart, J.P., at the Duke of Edinburgh Hotel, Beaumont, on Saturday last, at noon on the body of David Robertson, who died suddenly on Friday at the door of his hut, which is situated about 100 yards from the hotel. From the evidence of the hotelkeeper, Mr. M 'Donald, it appeared that deceased had been previously ailing. He saw him sitting close to his hut about 4 o'clock, and at 5 he (witness), in company with a sheepowner named Watson, found him lying dead at the door of his hut, and a considerable quantity of blood lying about. Dr. Halley's evidence showed that death was caused by the rupture of a blood vessel. The jury returned a verdict according to the medical testimony. The usual meeting of the Lawrence School Committee, was held in the schoolhouse on Friday evening, the 28th inst. Present— Messrs Jamison, Menzies, Jeffery and Hayes. Mr. Menzies occupied the chair. A letter from the Secretary of the Education Board relative to to increased accommodation was received. Mr. Stenhouse reported that the schoolhouse was visited by Mr. Macandrew the Superintendent, on the 10th inst., when he intimated that he f* would take a note of the various requirements of the school, in *reference to extra accommodation Messrs Jeffery and Hayes, were deputed to wait upon the Athenraum Committee with the view of trying to come to some arrangements for the temporary use of the Athenifcum as an extra, class room. The rector then gave in the names of those scholars whom he would recommend as competent to act as pupil teachers, viz., Annie Anderson, Ellen Herd, Jane Fowler and Hugh Titchener. Mr. Stenhouse was requested to inform the above-named scholars, that a pupil teacher being required, applications would be received up to Tuesday, April Bth. The meeting then adjourned. We have to acknowledge the receipt of two lectures, in pamphlet form, on the "Phenomina of Spiritualism," delivered in the Masonic Hall. Dunedin, by the Rev. James Copland, M.A., M.D., Ph.D. A Waifori correspondent, writing under date of the 20th ult., says :-The last fortnight's crushing of the O.P.Q. Company yielded 4Soz of gold. Owing to the scarcity and price of coal, I regret to state crushing operations have been for some time suspended. Some of the hands have been engaged prospecting on the north side of the reef, where they found stone from two to three feet thick, from which a very fair prospect can be obtained with the dish. There is some talk of the company bringing in a water race from the Waipori river. This would be a very great undertaking for so small a company, but would be a remunerative operation. Had the Pioneer reef been foitunately situated as regards locality, it would no doubt have been thoroughly tested, and I am certain would have paid welL Every credit is due to the present company for the energy they have thus far displayed in working the reef. A want of capital is the only drawback. — The business people are looking very blue' on account of the suspension of work at the reef, and a great many have left for the Kaitangata coal mines. — Messrs. Cable and Drum mond, who have reigned supreme here, have at last sold out to Mr. Joseph Cox. A considerable amount of money changed hands at the late Dunedin races; The general >^blic lost considerably—scarcely anybody outside the charmed circle of the "knowing ones " winning anything. The said charmed circle won a very large sum, The prospects of the Provincial Executive are Numerous defections from the Opposition party are reported, and it is pretty certain that during the sessious faction Opposition will not me^t with the approval of members of the Council. Most of th« members are sick of the wretched squabbles, log-rolling and party ambitions which have hitherto disgraced the Council, and have resolved for the future not to permit the business of the province to be impeded, or its interests sacrificed to save the private ends of individuals, The "responsible Government" found in Provincial Councils is about played out ; any set of men that will honestly administer the affairs of the province, will command the support of the sensible jortion of the Council. The Lawrence Town Council at their last meeting, went to work with a will. They are making |every effort to providejjgood footpaths and streets the approaching winter, within the municipality. They have also let by tender a most important part of the main road. We refer to that portion of the Beaumont road from the foot of Peel-street. The successful tenderers are Messrs Downie and Detert, asd the amount of ,the contract is £592. This should make an excellent street, and according to the survey, a considerable quantity of land will be reclaimed from- the creek, which may become valuable for building purposes. Owing to some unforseen delay in the transmission of the plans and specification to and from Wellington, it has been found impossible to call for tenders for the construction of the Taapeka Eailway before the 10th instant. The T/okomairiro railway works are being Mined on with satisfactory rapidity. The^ Gabriels Gully Company re-commenced selling water at Whetherstones on Monday last; Nearly all their customers [are tunneling at present. Garrett and party the purchasers of Muirhead's claim, are the only party worMng on the cement.

Ode Clyde contemporary has sudden} 1 disthat "the valley of the Molyniixis, without doubt, the only true road to Dundin.'' We are gladjof this, as we may now expectlis co. operation in our endeavors toget theroal from Lawrence to the Dunstan put iv a stat<of repair. The increased traffic on this line o, road, since last year and the prospect of astill jreater increase when the Molyneux is bridgedat the Beaumont, renders it highly necessary tfot the attention of the Government should be drected to the road. If nothing is done to that /ortion of it running along the line of the Islam' Block* 'it will be such a quagmire this coming; winter, as never was known before in Otagt The Provincial Government received a lumt sum of £40,000 for the land through which ttis road passes, and have not gone to the troube of expending as much as make a decent cutyrt on it. With a friend tit Court, we venture fci expect that something will be done without 41ay, and that at the forthcoming meeting of thi Council a sum will be placed on the estimates sufficient to place the main road to the inferior in a thorough state of repair. j The Oddfellows of Waipori advertise that they will celebrate their sixth annivirsary by a soiree and ball, at Cotton and Henrys Waipori Hotel, on Thursday, the 17th instant "Old Daddy," so long an insiitution in Lawrence, is about to become an inmate of the Benevolent Asylum. He has passed the allotted space of life, and worked manfully for his living, refusing charity, even after failing strength gave warning that it was time for him to withdraw from the battle of life and become a spectator of the confliot. No worthier object than Burrows on which to bestow the charity of the institution could be found in the colony ; and we are sure all who know him will join in the wish that the evening of his long and eventful life may he passed in comfort. G. Jepeery, bookseller, Tuapeka Dispensary, has just received from Melbourne, copies of '•The Fiery Cross," "Haunted to Death," '• Kebel Privateer," by Hay ward ; Sunday Mag_ azine for 1872, Family Herald and Family Bibles. The result of the election for the Provincial Council for in room of Mr. E. B. Cargill, is as follows :— Fish, 612 ; Prosser, 534 : Reeves, 155. Majority for Fish, 78. The portion of the Tuapeka and Tokomairiro road on the Marrays Flat side of the flume is softening rapidly, and threatens, unless -pitched and gravelled without delay, to become during the ensuing winter a horrible quagmire. It would be a great pity if, for the sake of the few pounds required to place the portion of the load we refer .to iv a passable condition, the Provincial Executive were to allow the usefulness of this fine road, now almost completed, to be to a great extent marred. We commend this matter to the immediate consideration of the "powers that be."