CABLE TELEGRAMS.

Tuapeka Times, Volume VII, Issue 340, 21 March 1874, Page 3

CABLE TELEGRAMS.

• London, March sth. Parliament is to be formally opened to-day. There will be no speech from the throne until tho members arc sworn and ministers reelected, and no opposition will be offered to Mr. Brand's re-election to the Speakerehip. Both Houses will probably meet for business on the 19th. Berlin, March sth. New Anti-Ecclesiastical Bills, applicable to the whole of Germany, have been submitted to the Federal Council. London, March 6th. A despatch received from General Wolsely, dated February 2nd, states that the peaceful professions made by King Koffie Kalcani with his offer of unconditional surrender, were solely intended to deceive, and the whole negotiations were simply a treacherous plot. The Asbantees offered greater resistance than was believed possible. The Earl of Carnarvon has received a letter from Captain Goldsworth, dated Bth February, announcing that the King of the Ashantees was taken prisoner, and that General Wolsely had returned to Donbor. A despatch has been received from. General Wolsely, dated Bth February, announcing the capture and burning of Coomassie, and flight of the King. The troops have withdrawn to the adjacent hills, awaiting the issue of peace negotiations. The Ashantees did not attempt to interfere with the troops on their return march. The steamship Atrato returned to Plymouth yesterday, with her machinery disabled. March 7th. The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh landed at Gravesend to-day, and met with a hearty reception. Uneasiness is felt owing to the absence of later news from General Wolsely. A deputation of the Aborigines Protection Society interviewed the Secretary for the Colonies, and presented a memorial respecting the Polynesian Slave Trade. The Earl of Carnarvon- assured the deputation of the sympathy of the Government, and stated that they were only waiting for the report of the Fiji Commission of Inquiry. The opening competition of the wool sales j*"as well maintained. Faulty descriptions are ■ lower. Wheat is firmer. Homo deliveries small and foreign arrivals inconsiderable. New Zealand, fla^sc is sliglitly a.cl-r«,naecl. Paris, March 7th. The sale of Comte de Charabord's portrait has been forbidden in Franco. London, March 9th. At a meeting of members of the late cabinet, the Hon. Mr. Gladstone declined to undertake the leadership of the Liberal party in the House of Commons. Heavy rains and tornadoes render the homeward march of General Wolesav's army difficult March 10th. The Torres Straits and San Francisco Mails have been delivered. There is heavy fall in the price of coal in the manufacturing districts, and a reduction of wages has commenced. General Wolsely in a dispatch states that he Aekantcc King seat 1000 ozs. of gold as a first instalment of the indemnity. All the white troops are on their way back to the coast. The last detachment embarks at the end of the month. NEW ZEALAND ITEMS FROM THE "HOME NEWS." Three brass bells, cast from conquered guvs, have been presented by the German Emperor to Christchurch, N.Z. Messrs. Henderson and Co. will commence their new line of clipper ships between London and Otago, with the William Duxie, which sailfi on the loth. H.M.S. Basilisk has been ordered home. ! Captain Stephen, of the steamer Cyphrenes. was drowned during a gale in the channel, two days after leaving London. He was newly married, and his wife was on board at the time of the accident. A free passage and payment of his expenses has bceu offered by the New Zealand Government to Mr. Arch should he consent to visit that Colony and report on its capabihtias as a field for emigration. The month's exports to New Zealand amount to £319,100. Colonel M'Neill has been appointed aide-de-camp to the Duke of Cambridge. Another marriage in the royal family is talked of. rumour asserting that a cousin of the Prince Louis of Hesse ie an aspirant to the hand of the Princess Beatrice. The remains of the late Emperor Napoleon have been removed from their temporary resting place to the new mortuary chapel at Chiselhurst. The Civil Service pension of £120 a year has been granted to Mr. M. F. Tupper. The British Consul at New York has sent home 12 survivors of the Virginius. The strike in the Nottingham lace trade has terminated in a compromise. A number of large fires have occurred, involving considerable destruction to property. By a collision on the Tyne, through reckless steering, twenty men have lost their lives. Madame Arabella Goddard has met with great success in Calcutta. Susini has returned to the Colonies. Obituary. — Herman Merivale, General Sir Gaepard La Marchant.