The Bee-Hive. — 1874-08-08 (London, England)

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.  Tun Betish Mediterr•mean squadron has been ordered from Malta to Barcelona, to protect British ibt-rests.  ACCORDING to advices frnm India the Government has prohihitA the importitinn of c nnon, arms, and ammunition into iho Mvirai Presidency, except at Madras, Bimlipatam, Cocanada, Tuticorin, Oalieut, Mangalov, and Negapataru.  IT ie stated that M. &filo, brother of Baroness Rothschild, and a memher of the Ratishonne family, has committed suicide with a pistol. Heavy Bourse Isses are said to have di iven him to selfdestruct ion.  IT is stated that the German squalron des. tined for the Span;sh coast will consist of only two gun-boats--the Albatross And Nautilus. Other vessels voll, however, be in readiness to proceed to the assistance of the two gun-bats in case of necessity. Tits fortune of the late Baron Anselm Rothschild is estimated at more than a thousand millions of francs.  PROPHSBOII, SILVBSTIII, who has made a special study of the phenomena of Mount Etna, announces that an eruption may be expected shortly.  OFFICIAL adviees fruit Paris Atite, in the ten days ending the 20th ult., 31 ship passed through the Suez Coal. The transit revenues of the Suez Canal Company in the same period amounted to £24,080.  A moar important discovery in telegraphy is reported to have boon made by Air. Elisha Gray. of Chicago, who has succeeded in perfecting an instrument which will convey sound by electricity over an unbroken circuit of extraordinary length, without the aid of automatic repeaters, which in the ordinary trawmission of messages occur about every GOO miles, to renew the current of electricity. Mr. Gray is reported to have not merely effacte,'. an improvement of mechanism, bat as we understand it, he has made a discovery which may leai to most important results. Ho has transmitted sounds distinctly audible at the receiving point over an unbroken circuit of 2,400 miles, reproducing on a violin attached to the receiving wire several tunes played on a small melodeon or piano key-hoard at that distance of space. Some noted electricians are said to predict from tho success which has attended Mr. Gray's experiments that the time will come when manipulating instruments will be done away with altogether, and ' when the telegraph operators at each end of the wire will transmit the sound of their voices along the wire, and talk together, inttead of telegraphing.  Tan agricultural etatistiss of Victoria for the year ending the 31st of March, 1874, show 11,493,545 acres in occupation, being an increase of 781,800 acres over the preceding year; 10,284,439 acres enelosed, being an increase of 494,847 acres; 954,990 acres under tillage, an increase of 1,905 acres, This last quantity is constituted as follows :—Under grain cr.)ps, 503,210 acres, an increase of 13,90) acres ; under potatoes and other green crops, 41,189 acres, a decrease of 2,006 acres ; under hay, 115,672 acres, a decrease of 5.703 acres; green forage (artificial grasses, &a.), 213,069 acres, an increase of 3.780 acres ; gardens, orchards, vineyards, &c.. 24.867 acres, an increase of 546 acres; fallow, 66,989 acre, a decrease of 8,612 acres. Though the area under grail crops shows an increase, the yield.ideclined to 7,243,708 bushels:a decresse of 1,398,477 bushels. The area under wheat, 349,976 acres, shows an increase of 23,412 acres, but the yield fell t 4,752,289 bushels, a decrease of 638,815 bushels. The area under oats was 110,991 acrei, a decrease of 14,514 acres, and the yield declined to 1,741,451 bushels, a decrease of 712,774 bushels. -- TILE Court of Athens has condemned the German Dsetsr Schliemm, who discovered, and then concealed, the famous treasure of Priam, to pay damages. Three professors of the University of that city have been charged, as experts, to fix the value of the artioles from the photographic representations belonging to the doctor. A MOCKING occurrence islreported as having taken place on the occasion of the recent visit of the King of Denmark to Thershavn, the chief Of the Faroe Islands. At this place an address was read to his Majesty by the President of the Municipality, who, overcome by the excitement of the neyal visit, immediately fell down dead.  Tint Indian Government has resolved to expend .C 17,000,000 upon extraordinary public works during the next four years, and of this amount Z 12,000,000 will be appropriated to the (ionstruotion of railways.