TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume IV, Issue 183, 29 September 1876, Page 9

TELEGRAMS.

(From our Daily Contemporaries.) I The following late telegrams by the Mail are up to August 23 :—: — The All-England cricket team is now finally announced, and is a strong professional team. Turkey is issuing a loan of by means of notes and a, forced currency. Queen Isabella has re-entered Spain, the King being now able to agree to her return. He himself went to meet her, and received her on Spanish soil. Information from Colonel Gordon encourages the belief that by the discovery of another branch of the Nile, a water-way into the heart of Africa, navigable for 2000 mile 3, may be secured. It is reported that Mr. Pender intends applying through the Foreign Office to the American Government for .£30,000 compensation for the stVbmarine cable being cut in two places by a< Yankee whaler, which carried off the Fenian prisoners from Australia. Public meetings have been held throughout the country to sustain the Government in their policy of non-intervention. London, September 18. Preliminaries of contract have been arranged with Messrs. Green, of Blackwall, for a monthly line of steamers, via, Capo to Australia, 4000 tons burthen, doing the outward passage in fortytwo, and the homeward in forty-four days. The Bord of Admiralty have instructed Commodore Hoskins to report as to the suitableness of New Zealand coal for naval use on the Pacific station. At a special rifle practice, the Irish beat the Australian team by one point, leaving the American and Scotch teams far behind. Wool, moderate, unchanged. Wheat, firm; New Zealand 45s to 48s. Westport, September 22. A human skeleton has been found buried on the bank of the Ohika River, twelve miles from "Westport. The flood washed away the bank, revealing the bones partly shrouded in a sack. On the feet were watertight boots. The skull was smashed, evidently indicating murder. Akaboa, September 23. A man named George Bouncer committed suicide by hanging himself this morning at German Bay. He mounted a stool and suspended himself to the roof of a cowshed by a leg rope, and then kicked the stool from under him. Wellington, September 23. The heaviest gale experienced for very many years passed over Wellington last night. One house and numerous chimneys were blown down, fences were destroyed, and great damage otherwise done. Perfect calm prevails to-day. G-bahamstown, September 25. The result of a fortnight's crushing of stone from the Queen of the May mine gave 440 ozs. A dividend of 2s per share is declared, which is the first paid by any Waikoraka Company. The Queen of Beauty crushing yielded 205 ozs. for a fortnight. The Thames District Rifles' Belt was won by a Maori, and was presented to him on Saturday. New Plymouth, September 25. The ironsand furnace was tapped for the first time at 2 o'clock on Saturday, and metal ran freely. It was tapped again at the same hour yesterday, with another successful running ; also again last night and this morning, both occasions successfully. There were hundreds of people to witness the running. A smart shock of earthquake was felt on Saturday evening at 8 o'clock. Chbistchubch, September 25. Heavy rains on Saturday night flooded part of the town and ■üburbs. At Kaiapoi great damage was done to the railway embankment — a large portion was washed away. Much of the lowlying country was under water. London, September 19. The Porte refused to grant an armistice ; but will consider proposals for peace submitted by the powers. Lord Hartington, addressing the assembly at the Cutlers' feast, advocated Parliament to be at once convoked to consider what should be the future policy of England in regard to Turkey. At an indignation meeting in reference to alleged atrocities in Bulgaria and other places, Mr. Gladstone said there would be hearty co-operation between England and Russia to endeavor to settle the Eastern question. An address to the Queen has been carried, urging the Government in concert with the other great powers, to exclude Turkish rule in insurgent and disaffected Provinces. Earl Derby defended the Government against the charges of supineness in not protesting against the alleged atrocities, and the charge that the British fleet in Besica Bay was abetting the Turks in cruelties. The Sultan Abdul Hazis has been invested with the sword oi Ottoman. An attempt of the Turkish troops to penetrate into Montenegro was frustrated with great loss. ST. LEGEB. Petrarch ... ... ... 1 Tournay ... ... ... 2 Csesar ... ... ... 3 At the International Rifle Match at Creedmoor, the American team was first, the Irish second, and the Australian third. Degrees conferred by the University of New Zealand will for the future have equal rank with those granted by the Universities of the United [Kingdom. Wheat market steady, New Zealand, 48s to 50s.

It is proposed to celebrate the Pope's Episcopal Jubilee, which occurs in June, 1877, by a pilgrimage of American Catholics to Borne. The Xavier Union of New York has appointed a committee of organisation.