YESTERDAY'S CABLE NEWS.

Evening Star, Issue 7447, 16 February 1888, Page 1

YESTERDAY'S CABLE NEWS.

Home and Foreign.

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The barque Ann Millicent, bound from Liverpool to Adelaide, has been wrecked at Tunich, an island off the Indian Archipelago. The vessel soon became a total wieck, but the crew were rescued by a passing vessel and landed at Sourobya, a seaport town on the north-east coast of Java.

It is stated that Admiral Tryon is to succeed Vice-admiral John Kennedy Erskine Baird as superintendent of the Naval Reserves.

The will of Lord Wolverton, who died in November last, has been provedat L 1,820,000, which he has bequeathed to his family. The Fenians openly express disgust at the submissive manner of the leaders of the Irish party, and declare that the only means of forcing the English Government to appreciate the demands of the Nationalists is by the use of dynamite and the knife. A rich find of silver has been discovered on the estate purchased by Mrs Langtry in Nevada. A number of men were digging a well, when they struck a silver lode, which is estimated to be worth LIOO per ton. Mr Cecil Raikes, Postmaster-General, is not in favor of changing the day of the departure of the P. and 0. steamers from Adelaide.

Lord Brassey, in the course of a lecture at the Colonial Institute, eulogised the artisans in the colonies, whom he thought had bright prospects before them. Referring to Western Australia, he thought the price asked for land was too high to attract immigrants to that Colony, and he was of opinion tnat the -politicians o£ New Sonth Wales were giving false encouragement to the working classes. There is a general decline in the sugar market. German is quoted at 14s, and Java at 12s 9d.

New Zealand 5 per cents, are at 103; inscribed stock, 98$. The wool market is unchanged, but bidding is more spirited. To-day 12,600 bales were offered.

The procession which marched to Hyde Park to welcome Messrs Sullivan and Harrington, M.P.s, numbered from 15,000 to 20,000. The principal Radical members took part in the proceedings, which were very orderly.

The Commission to administer affairs in the New Hebrides will consist of a president and two British and two French officers. Each nationality is to furnish a president monthly. The Commission is to assemble whenever any disturbances arise at the islands, and no military or naval measures can be carried on without first having obtained the sanction of the Commission. In matters of urgency the nearest commanders shall act in concert, but if that is not possible action may be taken separately; but such action must be reported to the senior officers, who will await the Commissioners' orders. The powers granted to the Commission do not extend to land disputes. The reports as to the condition of the Crown Prince show that he suffers from want of sleep, but otherwise the symptoms are favorable.