LATE CABLES.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5235, 25 August 1891, Page 3

LATE CABLES.

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(Received August 25, 10.30 a.m.) ■;• OBITUARY. ' ; ,!,. ~ Londos, AugUßt24. Mr CeoiL Raikes, Postmaster-General, »ge*63. ".-.■■■■■ STANLEY. Mr Stanley and his wife leave for Australia in the b.B. Arcadia. THE MAnIpUR UPRISING. Viscount Cross, Seoretary of State of the Indian Department, in hie Indian despatch » odmplunente the Marquis of Lansdowne, kVio'eroy of India, on his policy regarding ■ the Mftnipur uprising. Kef erring to the ' late' Mr Quinton's action in attempting, to arrest the Mauipuris in open durbar, he ooreideie.it is a course that would be better to avoid In future. ANOTHER CARD SCANDAL. Rangoon, August 24. An enquiry is pending here into the conduct of a lieutenant of the Madras regiment , whom it i? alleged,was guilty of oheating L at cards. , 'The officer in question is at preaent in England, hut is under ordere to return to mee.t the charges. .-, ; ... . . ;';:' ..SOOIALIST CONGRESS. . ";■• ButresEGS',-- August 24. At the Socialist Congress a resolution was carried demanding the extension of the franchise td women,'and it is intended to arrange meetings in , favor , of eight hours and the.abolition of piecework. ■■'■'- RELEASED. CONSTANXINOPIiB, August 24. The Porte having p*id the ransom ior th 9 railway inspector captured near Salome*, and two Frenohtnen seized at Omourdam, by brigands, the captives have been set at liberty. . (Received August 25, 10.50 a.m.) A COWARDLY'ACT. B-acHABKST, August 24. A .mob who resented interference by a Greek Bishop with the - Roumanian service at Pirvolt made a savage attack on the reverend gentleman. They pulled out hie beard, beat him senseless, and then dragged him by the heels through the streets. ENGLISH BOOKMAKERS EXPELLED. Pabis,-August 24. •', The English bookmakers at Boulogne and Calais have been ordered to quitthe country ■within a fortnight. This step has been taken —2ith a view of supporting the action of the Oovernment to suppress betting. V THE MILLIONA.IBE'3 YaCHT. NEy, Yobk, August 24. The United States Treasury has denamded the payment of £7000 duty on Vandebit's yacht, which was purchased in England. ...: - .-■■■*.- ---" ' THE RUSSIAN JEWS. ' The Government has returned to Europe one hundred and thirty pauper Jews from Rnsiia. Negotiations are proceeding between the United States and Russian Jews respecting the Jews. EMIN PASHA. Zanbibab, August 24. has been received that after •evere fiahticg with the dervishes Emm S at Wadelai, where he secured six thousand tusks. AFFAIRS AT CHILI. ....... , Vaipabaiso, August 24. ■ The insurgents forced the paesage tin Aconcagua on Friday last. Heavy * £ghS took place all day, and three thousand were either killed or wounded. The Presideot'a troops retreated on to the main defencee within sight of Valparaiso, where the battle is raging with great carnage. i.A constant stream of wounded is entering the city from the battlefield. CRICKET. London, August 24. The county cricket match, Notts v. Kent, ended in a draw, the former vi the first innkigs scoring 418 runs, of which Shrewsbury was credited with 178.