YESTERDAY'S CABLES.

Evening Star, Issue 7472, 16 March 1888, Page 4

YESTERDAY'S CABLES.

. «. Home and Foreign. The Emperor Frederick has reaffirmed the alliance with Austria and Hungary. The Prince of Naples will represent Italy, and General Billot will represent France at Emperor William's funeral. Major Popoff, commandant at Sofia, has been arrested on a charge of embezzling Government moneys. The defalcations are it-ported to be of considerable extent. No further intelligence has been received of the disaster at Suakin, and its truth is doubted. Several persons have been convicted in Ireland under the Crimes Act,_and sentenced to seven months' imprisonment with hard labor.

The Prince of Wales, Prince Albert Victor, and the Duke of Cambridge have left London for Berlin.

Mr D. Thomas, Home Ruler, has been returned for the vacancy for Merthyr Tydvil, caused by the resignation of Mr 0. H. James.

Lord Walter Lennox, brother of the Earl of March, has been returned for the Chichester seat unopposed. The vacancy was occasioned by the resignation of the Earl of March. [The representation o£. both places is unaltered.] In the House of Commons the second reading of Mr Bradlaugh's Oaths Bill was carried by a majority of 100. The Government did not oppose. The Duke of Westminster is forwarding twenty-one fine pictures to the Melbourne Exhibition.

An off-coast cargo of Australian wheat has been sold for 33s 7id. A similar offer for another cargo was declined.

Several small sales of wool have been effected at slightly improved prices.

Australian.

On the arrival of the Orient Company's steamer Ormuz at Adelaide she was boarded by a detective, who instituted a strict search. The object of the visit is a secret.

The Sydney Corporation frauds are supposed to have been effected by altering the values and quantities on vouchers before presenting them to the Treasury. Some time ago certain frauds were exposed and the criminals punished; but the investigation on that occasion was not complete, one of the principals in the conspiracy having died. The engineer at that time was suspended, but afterwards reinstated. He now asserts that he has no knowledge of the defalcations, and that all papers signed by him have always been signed first by three other officers. He and three others were suspended to-day pending further consideration. Sydney was greatly excited yesterday by a rumor that an alderman was implicated in the frauds and had committed suicide. It subsequently turned out that an ex-alderman named Parker had hanged himself in the afternoon, but not because he was connected with the exposures. Three more fatal lift accidents have occurred in Sydney since a fireman was killed in one at the end of last month.

A serious fire is raging at Forbes, the chief town on the Lachlan River. The principal hotel, post office, and other buildings have been burned. The weather throughout New South Wales is again oppressive, and several damaging bush fires have occurred. Mr Streeter, the well-known London jeweller, has written a letter warning people against buying Australian rubies, which he states are merely garnets. The Mount M'Donnell Company's shares have fallen in consequence. A man clad fantastically perambulates the streets of Adelaide claiuxing to be Christ. He enters the courts and mining exchanges proselytising, and I:as already gained a number of followers. T!;e authorities have not interfered.

Premier Griffith, in a &pe,ech at Barcaldine, said he regretted to learn that Chinese had taken to sheep shearing ; and also stated that Parliament would have to take steps to see ithat the revenue did not suffer.