TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Globe, Volume IV, Issue 329, 2 July 1875, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(Press Telegraph Agency.')

LATEST FROM EUROPE

[Per Hero.] ENGLISH TELEGRAMS.

London, June 24,

The Pope replying to a deputation from the Roman nobles, on the anniversary of his coronation, said that the rumours of his reconciliation with the Italian Government were undeserving of mention. The mail via Torres Straits is delivered In the case of the Colonial Bank of Victoria v Ettershank, an appeal to the Privy Council, the plaintiffs sued upon two promissory notes given by the defendant in favor of Donald Fergusson and A. Stackpole, and discounted by the Bank, The defence was that Burns, the manager of the Bank, had waived the plaintiffs’ right to recover the amount of the bills. To this was answered that the manager had no authority to abandon the claim of the Bank to any property that belonged to it. The Court held that the manager had power to bind the bank, and the verdict returned for the defendant was sustained. The appeal was dismissed with costs.

The French Assembly have passed the second reading of the Public Works Bill. A German note cordially thanks Belgium for the Duchesne investigation, and also for the supplementary penal legislation. The Suez mail arrived at Adelaide on the 241 h.

By the winding up of the Australian Direct Navigation Company great distress had been inflicted on the emigrants who had paid their passage money, and broken up their homes. John Bennett, the agent for the company, has answered several more summonses. At the Mansion-house donations are received for the. sufferers. Bennett has paid £7OO out of his own pocket in satisfaction of emigrants’ claims. The 6th company of the Uoyal Engineers are order-d to embark for Fiji. Three hundred agricultural laborers sailed on the sth inst for New Zealand.

During the month of April 13,218 passengers left Liverpool in fifty-two vessels. This number shows a decrease of 2535 person* compared with the corresponding month of last year. The first four months of 1875 show a decrease of 4995.

Parliament is beginning to excite nation* 1 ' dissatisfaction. Half the session is over, and public business is disgracefully in arrears—few Civil Service estimates are passed, and the Budget discussion is postponed till after the Whitsunday holiday; scarcely any vlinisterial legislative promises have been fulfilled. The press laments the degeneracy of the House of Commons, and severely rebukes the Premier for his indolent indifference and bad leadership. Throughout the past month the House has been Untheatre of scandalous scenes and pers nal quabblea, questions of privilege, and tinudden exclusion of strangers at the dictate jf certain impulsive Irishmen,

Mr Parnell, a Home Ruler, has been elected for Meath by 1771 votes, against 192 votes for Mr Napier. A Conservative, Mr Whitworth, a Manchester manufacturer, has been returned for Kilkenny by a large majority over Messrs Gray and Marum, Home Rulers. Mr Tilett has been unseated for Norwich, after a day’s trial, revealing cases of treating by unauthorised partisans of which he was previously unaware. He decided not to defend his seat. The Duke of Buckingham has accepted the Governorship of Madras. The Earl of Pembroke retires from the Under Secretaryship of War from ill health. Cardinal Manning has been suffering from over exertion since his his return from Rome, yet at the close of April he opened the Franciscan Church at Chester. In the course of the ceremony he deplored the spread of rationalism, and sceptism. At the luncheon subsequently, in proposing the toast of the Queen, he spoke in high praise of the purity of the Court. Lord Francis Godolphin Osborne, son of the late Duke of Leeds hasl.een received into the Romish Church. The re-cons tracted Alexandra Palace was opened on May Ist with great eclat. The strike of cotton spinners at Blackburn has been amicably settled. An anticipated lock out was averted. The anniversary meetings of religious and benevolent societies show unflagging interes' on the part of the Christian public. Theirfinancial statements prove them to be growing actively in popularity. A ! 1 Europe is profoundly agitated by apprehensions of war. The German Empire instead of being a guarantee for peace is the cause of constant disquietude. Its restlessness is two-fold from the fear of Ultramontane intrigues and of the resuscitation of France, which nation is bent upon vengeance. It engenders suspicions of neighbouring States and provokes irritable demands which cannot be complied with by other Governments, The press let loose the sow of discord and excite suspicions which inflame national hatred. The Times last week published a Paris letter exposing German designs which produced a profound sensation throughout Europe and roused the ire of the Berlin journalists. In anticipation of the meeting of Emperors, the Times had a leading article which, while acquitting the bulk of the German people of any design so detestable, solemly warned the war party that any criminal attempt. to crush France into a second rate power would alarm and alienate every nation, and probably array an international league against the general enemy. The meeting of the Emperors and the Conference between Bismarck and Gortschakoff was followed by a calmer feeling. The tranquilising assurances of Bourke in the House of Commons, and the moderate tone of the German press, induced a belief that peace is not to be disturbed at present. France. Two Paris editors, those of the Union and Pays, fought a duel with swords near the frontier of Lorraine. The quarrel arose out of a dispute respecting the recent executions by Don Carlos. Riots being excited by certain passages in a drama called “ Cromwell” which has been performed, further representation has been forbidden. INDIA AND THE EAST. Ceylon, June 6. Colonel Hamilton, while pursuing Dacoits near Pegu, was shot through the heart, and Mr Davidson, District Superintendent, and hie orderly wore wounded. By a collision on the Ganges State Railway twelve lives were lost, and ten persons were severely injured. The Baroda affair is peacefully settled by the selection of young Rhandeish as prince. Affairs with Burmah are still unsettled. The Russians are busy projecting railway extension into Central Asia, and it is said will soon be in a position to threaten Afghanistan through Herat if so inclined. The trade with Tartary and China is on the decline. A host of newspaper correspondents, including Dr Russell and Archibald Forbes, are expected to accompany the Prince of Wales. A great influx of visitors is also anticipated. The plague still rages in Persia. Native ladies are now admitted as medical students at Calcutta, It is rumoured that the Australian colonies will unitedly request that they may be favoured with a visit from the Prince of Wales and t ie Fly ng squadron while in the East. If the visit is paid it will be via Singapore and Hongkong; the Heir Apparent would then carry home a proper idea of the British Eastern and Australian possessions. INTERPROYINCIAL. Auckland, July 1. The Customs revenue for last year amounted to £234,549. Auckland, July 2. The Hero has arrived. She left Sydney on the 26th. Pate A, July 2. A most disgraceful scene occurred in Court yesterday. At the conclusion of a case, the plaintiff accused Major Turner, Resident Magistrate, with prejudging the case. The Magistrate did not commit the offender for contempt of Court, but hastily left the Bench amidst the greatest uproar and confusion. Wellington, July 1. The rumor circulated by the Aye, that Sir Julius Vogel had resigned his position and become one of Messrs Rothschild's financial agents, has received a semi official contradiction in the Tribune and Times, The accounts of the colony are in a forward state of preparation for presentation to Parliament upon its opening. The following is an extract from a telegram from the Agent-General, dated London, 16th June, giving the names of the vessels and number of immigrants which left for this colony in May: “Alumbagh, from Dover, with 772, for Auckland; Halcione, with 298, for Taranaki; Friedebourg, with 289, for Napier; Rodney, with 487, for Wellington; Blairgowrie, with 441, for Lyttleton; Mansland, with 339, for Bluff; Stewait’s specials sailed on the 7th. At the luncheon given on board the Hawea this afternoon about eighty gentlemen sat down, including the Superintendent, the Commissioner of Customs, the Mayor, and other leading citizens. She sails at midnight, or early to-morrow morning, for the North. Wellington, July 2. The Evening Post has been increased in size, this being the fourth enlargement since its establishment ten years ago.

Invercargill, July 1. The Mataura Paper Company is advertising for tenders for cutting a race and mason work at the Mataura falls. The plant for the paper mill is being manufactured at Sydney. A company has been formed here to secure patents for a new description of rowlock invented by Captain Thomas, harbour master at the Bluff harbour. The chairman of the railway and immigration committee has receiver a letter from Sir Julius Vogel, communicating that he had made arrangements for eight ships direct to the Bluff, each to bring 300 immigrants, during the next twelve months.