Cablegrams.

Clutha Leader, Volume XXI, Issue 1041, 6 July 1894, Page 6

Cablegrams.

<t» — General Hewston, who killed a street j musician with an umbrella, was acquitted of the charge of manslaughter. Mr Bruce of New South Wales, considers the Protection element too strong on the Continent to allow of much being clone there, with frozen meat. Three men armed with daggers have been captured in the Governor's residence at Barcelona. Tt is believed lba-t they intended to assassinate his Excellency. Japan refuses to withdraw from Oorea. Li Hung Chang states that her action threatens a dangerous crisis. M. Perier, after his election as President was movpd to tears. In his address returning thanks he said he would give the Democracy all the devotion of his heart. The general feeling in Berlin is one of gratification at M. Perier's election Australian wool is (June 29) selling at per H> advance, and a further riso is expected owing to large purchases by the Americans. The new directors of the, Loan and Mercantile Company are petitioning the Board of Trade to stop the action against the old directors for the recovery of dividends paid out of capital. The Board of Trade declines to interfer in the matter. It has transpired that the Duchess of York was so exhausted after the birth J of her child that h«r life was for some I time thought to be in danger. Even- . tually, however, she rallied. Mr Gladstone declares that he will not seek re-election. Both Houses adopted addresses of congratulation to the Queen on the birth of a great grandson. Mr Keir-Hardie, speaking to the, motion in the House of Commons, protested against the address, and desparaged the Queen and Prince of Wales, amid shouts of ridicule and frequent interruptions. The Daily Chronicle publishes a telegram from Shanghai stating that it is believed there that war between China and Japan is imminent. The Hon. H. C, Gardner, President of the Board of Agriculture, in reply to the request of a deputation, promised to usb every means to prevent the fraudulent sale of foreign meat as Englirii. The quarterly revenue returns of the United Kingdom show a deficiency of Tj2,640,000 as compared with " the Chancellor's estimate. The Japanese Government have suggested to the Chinese Government the joint occupation of Corea ; but the latter decline, and are increasing the naval and military stations there. It is expected the United States Government will arbitrate in the dispute between China and Japan respecting Corea. Astounding results were obtained from artillery practice with hardened shdls, the invention of Okhla, a Russian. It is claimed that the missile is vastly superior to those possessed by any other power. A crowd on Tower Hill nearly lynched two Anarchists for advising the people to get up a counter demonstration against the Prince of Wales when opening the new Tower bridge. It is reported that other Anarchists have arrived in possession of dynamite, and' that they have been seen examining the bridge in boats. Some of the newspapers announce that the Royal personages who attend the ceremony will be hemmed in by a guard of special detectives, also that the police have been "warned that an attempt will be made to dynamite the White Lodge, where the Duke and Duchess of York are staying, and that special precautions are required for their protection. One hundred and fifty Anarchists have been arrested in Rome on a charge of being concerned in a plot against the life of the King. Two hundred Anarchists l»ave been iarrested in Paris. The editor of a newspaper at Leghorn, Tuscany, has been mortally

stabbed by an anarchist. The editor was a bitter denouncer of the Anarchists. A Nihilist plot has been unearthed in Smolensk and 18 of those connected with it taken into custody. Lord Russell succeeds the late Lord Coleridge as Lord Chief Justice of England. It is reported at Shanghai that 20 battalions of Chinese croODS have been ordered to the Corea forthwith, as there is sp^mingly small hope of settling the dispute with Japan. The Japanese Government have summoned Corea to relinquish the suzerainty of China and accept a Japanese protectoratp. The Government} have despatched 3000 additional troops to Seoul, the capital. The Chinese Government have sent an envoy to Seoul, to confer with the Japanese authorities with a vi«w to settling the difficulty. The ' Investors' Review ' strongly approves of , Sir G. R. Dibb's federation scheme, which it considers as likely to bear good fruit. The Sunday Observance Society sued the Mayor of Leeds for penalties for issuing licenses for Sunday lectures. Among the lecturers were Max O'E-ell and George Kennan, of Siberian fame. A verdict was returned for the plaintiffs, but the judge and jury both urged that the Obsolete Act ought to be repealed. In connection with the opening of the Tower bridge the Lord Mayor (Alderman Tayler) receives a baronetcy. In the House of Commons the Chancellor of the Exchequor's clause exempting the properties of colonists from the estate duties passed without a division. The National Bank of New Zealand declares a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent, for the year, and carries forward L 15.000. M". Stamboloff has warned the Sobranji that Russia intends to occupy Varna and Bourghas. It is reported that the Chinese Government have asked Russia to to mediate with Japan re the dispute, in connection with Oorea. The Kaiser has instructed Chancellor Caprivi to open up negotiations with Great Britain and other European nation? with a view to form a union to suppress Anarchists. The Anarchists threaten the life of M. Oasmir-Perior, the new President of France, unless Santo, who assassinated M. Carnot, the late President, is pardoned. The Bank of New Zealand directors do not approve of the removal of the head office if it is intended to transfer it from London to Wellington. Financiers in London approve of the Bank of New Zealand Act. They consider that it will greatly strengthen the institution, and virtually create a State bank. Bankers and brokers in the city approve of the removal of the head sfflce- to Wellington. They consider that the money can be easily obtained in London. The Times asserts that the Bank of Now Zealand arrangements have been pending for the last three months. The Scotsman asserts that the Scotch deposits hay« been diminishing for some time, and that the Government guarantee places the bank in a more really solid position than it has been in. for years. .+■