LATEST TELEGRAMS.

West Coast Times, Issue 258, 21 July 1866, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

LONDON.

June 13th. War has commenced in Europe. Garibaldi has entered Venetia. The Pope has fled from Rome. Cotton is advancing. June 14th. The commercial panic is still raging. Scores of mercantile houses are freely spoken of. Amongst the failures are the Oriental

and Commercial banks ; the European Bank (Limited) ; Duff, Caddie, k Co. and Little, Liverpool ; Galatly, Handy & Co., shipowners ; Consolidated Bank-

Chkisichukch, ' Friday, 2.55 p.m. The steamer Queen just arrived from ■Wellington. , Tararua detained ; will sail to-mor-row.

Dunedin telegrams received to-day announce a great rush on the Bank of Otago ; also on the New Zealand and Union banks, although not so great. All claims at present are being promptly met. The excitement is intense.

4.10 pan. . By telegram from Dunedin, we learn that the Commercial Bank suspended payment to-day 0 Great excitement continues.

Nelson, • Friday, 4,10 p in. Arrived — the Phoebe, from the North. Sailed— July 1 9th, the Thane, for the West Coast ; July 20 Lb, the Kennedy, for the Grey and Hokitika ; the Lord Ashley, for the West Coast. The Maungatapu murderers were brought up for examination to-day. The circumstantial evidence against them is very strong. The independent testimony of Sullivan has not yet been given. On a former occasion Jervis swore that the prisoners had bought articles at bis store at Canvas Town, which he wrapjjpd up in a copy of the "Marlborough Press," he believed of the 20 th June. The evidence to-day showed that the loaded gun found near the dead horse was wrapped with a portion of the paper of that date, and that other portions of the same paper of same date 'were found wrapped round pepper taken by the prisoners from Canvas Town. Another piece was found in the body of the murdered man Mathieu. All these pieces fit perfectly together, and are shewn to be parts of the same paper. The prisoner Sullivan was proved by a clerk in the New Zealand Bank to have sold gold on the 14th June. All the prisoners were remanded until Thursday the 26th. Another fire took place in Auckland on the 1 7th inst. A house was burnt down in Durham-street, supposed to be the work of an incendiary.

Bluff Harbor, Friday, 11.15 a.m. Arrived, at 11 a.m., the William Miskin, from Hokitika.