CABLE TELEGRAMS.

Tuapeka Times, Volume VI, Issue 324, 24 January 1874, Page 3

CABLE TELEGRAMS.

LoxDO-sr, 6th January-. Grain stocks at British ports are scanty. Oth January. Mr. Barrington, a. Conservative, has been elected M.P.. fop Stroud,. vice- the, late Mr. Winterbotham, a Liberal. The British exports for- I>ecember- amounted to £19,175»OOO, showing a decrease'of £1,138,000, The imports amounted to, £33 000,000, showing an. increase ■of £3,375,000. ' Despatches from Cape Coast, under date December 13th state that a bridge had been constructed by, the troonfc, over the Prah river.. The Bank rate of discount i^iat 4? per cent. Jean Luie, the. prentended steward of the Osprey, who gave evidence in the 'f ichborne trial, has been committed for trial for perjury. The Police deposed that Luie confessed that he was prompted and suborned by Messrs Whalley and Onslow, M.P.'s. January IQth. i The New Zealand Loan of half a million at 4£ per cent.; has been offered at £9T. : Tko, wood market is, quiet. Prices continue firm. The price of wheat is rising, owing to. the. scarcity of supplies. A Papal bulletin authorises the next Papal election to be without regular conclave in Monaco, France> or-Malta.. Germany refuses ; to. recognise it.. [ The Dutch in- attacking mosque at Fratow were twice repulsed, ■with a loss of 140- killed iand wounded, including I' 2. officers killed. . The Achinese fought demoniacally-. Jan-oary 12th. Mr. Whalley! declar.es Luie's. statement to be fictitious.. N January T4th. • The insurgent ironclad Numancia has arrived at an Algerian port. General Qontreras and other insurgents have delivered themselves, up to, the. French authorities. \ Paris. January 9th. The Assembly met after a short adjournment, and after, a stormy-debate the question in reference fco the position of ' the Government was postponed;. The Bill relative to the appointment of Mayors was adopted. Tee members of. the- French Ministry- (De Broglieand Decade's); have tendered their resignations* January tOth-.. The French, crisis, continues. a + -it •« „ ■ January l"2th. At Versailles, the Assembly passed a vote of confidence in. the Government by a majority of s8 X *

Madrid, January Bth. A ciroular has been issued by the Spanish Government which declares their principal mission to he. to establish order, and to show that order is compatible with public liberty. January 10th. The Cortes- has been disolved, and will not reassemble till order is restored. January 12th. Carthagena has unconditionally surren* dered to the besiegers, who would grant no other terms. A number of insurgents left in the Numanoia, an iron clad. An insurrection has broken out in Barcelona, New York, January 10th, General Cushing, instead of succeeding General Sickles as Minister to Spain, has been appointed Chief Justice, vice the late Chief Justice Chase,