LATE CABLE NEWS

Grey River Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 5309, 2 October 1885, Page 2

LATE CABLE NEWS

London, September 24. It is asserted that the Press messages under the new rates will not be deferred in transmission except when thb wires are crowded with ordinary work. It is expected that the Telegraph Company will finally concede thus — the public rate of 8s Id per word, and the Government rate of 6s Id. No other reductions are probable. Mrs Thorneycroft 3tates that she will make the replica of General Gordon's statue for £2500. September 25. The Earl of Shaftesbury is seriously ill, and is in a critical condition. H.M.S. Emerald will relieve H.M.S^, Opal on the Australian station. • ~"/ Twenty-four thousand Christians have been massacred in Annam (?). Mr Chamberlain states that he will not enter any Ministry which excludes his proposals. The corn trade complain of the out-turn of Australian and Californian wheat, and favor its delivery on a quantity basis. England has proposed to the European Powers that matters in regard to Turkey and the revolutionary States shall be restored status quo, and a conference on ,the subject has been virtually arranged. ,' The Turkish Ministry has been remodelled. KaimilPashahasbeenappointed Grand Vizier and Presideut^pf the Council in place of Said Pasha. .' , September 26. ■• The Right Hoh.~ W. E. Foster is suffering from an attack of fever, which has pre-. vented him from canvassing his constituency at Bradford. . • The attitude of the inhabitants of Bulgaria in connection with the Roumelian revolt is distinctly anti-Russian. KaimaK Pasha, the President of the Council ip. the. Turkish Ministry, is hopeful of a peaceful solution of the difficulty. The Turkish troops, which are intended for service in, Roumelia, have been sent to Macedonia, a district in that province. The Russians are largely petitioning the Czar not. to desert Bulgaria. ' Greece has informed the Powers that if. the Bulgarians are allowed to enlarge their principality, they, too, will seize additional territory. His Holiness the Pope has agreed to mediate the matter. The wheat market is steady. Ex ship and warehouse have advanced 6d ; : off coast cargoes are selling 35s 6d. A cargo on the passage has been sold for 353. The wool market is firm, and good combing shows a slight advance ; clothing and faulty sorts are unchanged. 237,000 bales ; were catalogued, of which 35,000 were withdrawn. ; The : final sale of the series will be held on November 17th. September 27. The Maquis of Salisbury has joined the Powers in accepting the pesition of affairs in Roumelia, and it is untrue that h • had demanded that matters be restored to status quo. At the preliminary investigation of Mr Stead in connection with the abduction of the girl Lily Armstrong, that gentleman cast grave reflections upon the King of the Belgians, and leading members of the Government and Opposition. The Magistrate ruled that these remarks were irrelevant. Mr George Lloyd, of Newcastle, N. S. W, , ■ sails for Sydney by the P. and O. steamer Kaiser-i-Hind. . Mr .Chamberlain's attitude in the Liberal party is much condemned. Mr Gladstone alone unites with him. The Tories' sympathies and Court influence strongly favor Prince Alexander of Bulgaria. The Land and Pastoral Company, of Adelaide, has been voluntarily wound up. The liquidators of the Oriental Bank estate havo declared a further dividend of 2s6dinthe£. : , At the battle of the Drin the Turkes lost 200 men in killed and wounded, while the Albanians' loss was 1000 killed and wounded, St. Petersburg, September 24.1 His Imperial Majesty the Czar has issued an order calling upon all officers in the Russian Army holding appointments in Bulgaria to resign them forthwith. Constantinople, September 24. The Bulgarian National Assembly sitting at Sofia has voted five million francs for the purpose of sustaining the action of Prince Alexander, and a state of siege has been declared throughout Bulgaria. The troops despatched by the .Sultan to

restore order have arrived at Philippopolis. : . , • Berlin, September 25. It is announced that Germany and Spain have mutually agreed to accept mediation by His Holiness the Pope in the settlement of the difficulty which has arisen as to the occupation of the Caroline Islands.