YESTERDAY'S CABLE NEWS.

Evening Star, Issue 7444, 13 February 1888, Page 4

YESTERDAY'S CABLE NEWS.

Home and Foreign.

[By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright.] rPKB Press Association.]

The operation performed on the Crown Prince has not caused any impediment to his breathing, nor has it prevented his taking food. ... . It is considered that if a special train was run from Foggia to Naples conveying the mails, it would save a delay of »« hours in the delivery in London. Sir Cecil Raikcs, the Postmaster-General, is of opinion that the Orient Steamship Company ought to pay for the train, but the Company have refused to do so. Ur Alexander Maclaren leaves for Melbourne in September, in order to be present at the Baptist jubilee to be held there that month. , It is stated that the police wrongly arrested Mr Patrick O'Brien, M.P., for taking part in a meeting atCilhooly. Mr O'Brien remained in tho House of Commons all Friday night, and on leaving the Chamber at midnight he was surrounded by a bodyguard of sixty members, who hustled the police in their attempt to arrest him. A great squabble ensued at the police gates, where they were reinforced. Eventually Mr O'Brien was taken into custody, and bail was refused. He will be taken to Dublin for trial. The football team which will shortly visit the colonies will include university representatives and county players. Ihe team are awaiting orders re their departure. The fisheries dispute has been adjusted by both Canada and the United States agreeing to mutual concession. Major Templar, an engineer, has been arrested on a charge of divulging military balloon designs and other private matters. The proceedings taken to quash the verdict of murder returned against several of the police who took part in the Mitehclstown riots have been successful and the verdict reversed. A fresh batch of recidivates arc being assembled in Paris, but M. Tirard, the Prime Minister, hesitates sending them to the Pacific, as he fears it would have a prejudicial effect on the exhibition to be held in Paris. . The quantity of space required for British exhibitors at the Melbourne Exhibition is :300,000ft, including that for passages. , The recent speech of the Marquis of Salisbury has caused an excellent impression on the Continent. A Koyal Commission advises the Imperial Government to sptnd L 400.000 in developing Irish fisheries, and also to extend the railways throughout the country under a guarantee. Prince Bismarck has assured Baron dc Worms that Germany is prepared to abolish the existing sugar bounties if other countries will do likewise. The United States Senate have postponed indefinitely the British extradition treaty. The total quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 1,090,000 quarter. Prices are unchanged, but the market is flat. Heavy sorts arc inactive. Oil-coast cargoes have declined Gd, and are quoted from :?'2s to 32s (id. The flour market is firm.

The quotations for tallow and copper are unchanged. Official statistics show the total wheat produce of Great Britain to be over 70,000,000 quarters, being an increase of 13,000,000 for the year. The average petacre has been thirty-two bushels. At the wool sales on Saturday Victorian merino showed an advance of lAd to 2d ; best combing and greasy have also improved Ad ; middle sorts and greasy are unchanged. Scoured superior sorts have advanced Id; medium and inferior, Ad ; cross-breds, from Ad to Id.

Australian. It is estimated that the loss caused by recent bush fires in the Gundagi district will be over L 150,000. A man who was attempting to force an entrance into a house at Carowa (New South Wales) has been shot dead by a son of the occupier of the house. The son became alarmed at his mother's screams, and fired point-blank at the burglar.