LATE CABLE NEWS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 5348, 19 November 1885, Page 2

LATE CABLE NEWS.

London, November 12. The Victorian Government, in August .last, requested the Imperial War Office to allow Major-General Downcs to draw his pension as a retired army officer while occupying the position of Secretary of Defence in that colony. The reply received at the time, although not definite, practically amounted to a refusal, and Ma or-General Downes therefore resigned his Victorian position. The War Office has now fully considered the matter, and definitely decided to uphold the previous refusal. The Transoceanic Bank of Germany is being formed, with a capital of sixty million marks. Mr Gladstone, in an electioneering speech, stated that the Established Churches of England and Scotland would not be attacked by the Liberals in the next Parliament. Sir Chas. Gavan Dufly is at present in France, seriously ill. A Committee of inquiry has been appointed to investigate the affairs of the English and Australian Copper Company, Limited. M *■ W November 13. The Scotch Liberals appear to be much irritated at the cautious electioneeriug speech delivered by Mr Gladstone in Edinburgh. Mr R. Muter Stewart, of the firm of Messrs Scott, Dawson, and Stewart, Australian merchants, has been electsd a Director of the National Bank of Queensland. The writs fpr,.the election of members of the House of (jpnmons will be issued on the 18th inst. ' Spain is desirous of re-opening the parleying in connection with the AngloSpanish treaty. The Liberal party in Scotland consider that Mr Gladstone's statement regarding the established churches is likely to calm a great many English churchmen, and think that the attack on the church has apparently been deferred until Mr Gladstone's withdrawal from public life. November 14. Three divisions of the Servian army are advancing on Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, under the command of King Milan. The King has commenced an unprovoked attack against the Bulgarians, which it is alleged will be accepted as a casus belli. Victorian January Four per Cents are quoted at lOCi, and New South Wales January Four per Cents at 106. November 15. The number of Servian troops in the field" is 107,000 men. The Servians have captured Gen, a town on the road to Sofia. Obituary — Ameer of Bokhara. M. Floquet has been elected President of the new Chamber of Deputies. The French Government refuse to allow affairs in Tonquin and Madagascar to become stagnant. November 16. In consequence of the turn affairs have now taken in regard to the Roumelian complication, the Vienna Press predicts war between Austria and Russia. Greece rejects the proposal for the restoration of status quo ante. A Burmese man-of-war has been captured by the British. At the time of the capture tho vessel was lying under the shelter of a fort.