CABLEGRAMS.

Inangahua Times, Volume XVI, Issue 20224, 15 April 1891, Page 4

CABLEGRAMS.

< » i BRITISH AND FOREIGN, j Ur#fEDPRESSASSOC!ATION \ BY^ELECTniC TELEORAPH-COPYRIGH I J Received 16, at 6.20 p.m. Ottawa, 16. The Toronto Board of Trade has unanimously resolved in favor of Great Britain adopting a discriminating tariff in respect to colonial food p'rjjducts, also urging on Sir J. McDonald, Premier of Canada, to ask the Marquis of Salisbury to summon a conference to dis.uss tbe question of i stablishing closer trade relations between the mother country and her colonies. New York, 11. Detective O'Malley, who is suspec ted of having been an agent of the Maifa, the Sicilian secret society iv New Orleans ajld -who *t ncKrvwt- ter havo bribed the jurymen who tried and acquitted the prisoners accused of murdering Mr Henderson, chief of police, waß indicted on the charge today at New Orleans. Thirty citizens, : .well armed, attended the court in order to compel expedition of the ti ial. The public refuse to give evidence before the grand jury on the charges brought a«aiust thoso alleged to havo been concerned in lynching the Sicilians. The Union League Club, embodying the leading men of New York, recognise the patriotism of the lynchers without justifying thp outrage, and urge the Federal Government to check the importation of criminal paupers. It is reported that the Italian Government threaten to close diplomatic relations with the United States Government unless an immediate reply ie sent to the message of the Marquis Rudini in which he demanded that reparation be made for lynching of the Sicilians. London, ll. At the wool sales prices are hardening, especially in merino wools. Three months bills aro discounted at 2$ p- . cent. Tb<- withdrawal of £60,000 (?) in gold for Germany and Australia has hid th<» "fleet of hardening the money market ;-.!id ir is feared tn.it the bank rate of oj ei.im! will shortly be raised to 4 pe.- . • tH - The prospers of the successful floating oi the Victorian loan are dubious. . PiiMip enquiry is small but U Bectioii O' fubsenbers r " the earlier loans have a disposition to make average inveHtnv nt .t tie nominal premium of one'.-i_nth pc cent. If the banks give suine suppo t to tho loau it will probably just be subscribed. Chief Justice Higgenbotham of Victoria, in an article on ' Greater Britain," declares Australia has already attracted greater attention in the matter of loans and private invest* ment of capital thr-n in consistent with tho permanent welfare ol lhe colonies. In the House of Commons to-day a motion of Sir J. Pease condemning the opium traffice in India was car ried by a majority of thirty. It is understood, however, that Government will uot pooceed any fuither in the matter. H. Labouchere's amendment objecting to Government guarantee under the Irish Land Purchase Bill has been rejeoted by a majority of 94. Obitury : Thomas K. Tapling, M.P. for Harborough, Leicestershire, aged 86 ; and Col. C. Harabro, M.P. for the Southern District of Dorset, aged 58. "MrH. H. Gibbs, of Antony Gibb3 and Sons, merchants, will contest the city r of London seat in the House of Commons, vacated by the death of Mr Thos. Chas. Baring. Mr Richard Henn Colling, Q. 0., Bucoeed_ Sir J. F. Stephens as Jud»e of the Queen's Bench division. The Marquis of Salisbury has drafted a new convention with regard • South African territory, in which he assies Great Bri linn the whole ofthe pl»»' au of Manicaland. Captain Ficdenck Pike has been appointed commandet cf H.M.S. Orlando for a further term. The Labor Commission consists of twenty-seven enquiries ; these include the iv:, tious mid combinations of employers and employed, und the conations of labor as >t»is>d by recent trifle .imputes. The Commissioners 6.t- v.bo required to report us to the legihlation necessary to t emedy grie* tan ces The Fall Mall Gazette condemns the omission of colonial members in the COiiiLui-Hion, and suggests that tbe Cume ot Sir Andiew Cuuke should be added. St. Petersburg, 11. A Russian conversiou loan of six hundi .i mil ion fumes will shortly be issued with a minimum of 84. Received 18, at 12.15 a.m. Vienna, 12. The Reichstrath was opened today by the Emperor in pei son. In the Bpe< eh from the throne His Mujesty ■••:.-.■ o'i rhat the Great ■Po*;. i_ 1..--.-.\ ii-.s-i' hun iheir u-.->iMw»ee Ihat peace was the most essential object of their endeavors, and this, he laid, justified tiie hope that Europe would enjoy a series of peaceful years. St. Petersburg, 12. Tho Nihilist, during a review of the Guards, at which the Czar was present, and who h--d v revolver and a pov/eHu'. .Y-'A-r ill hi;-; T/OSSOSSinU, provis !•:. a uKfiii.i':'! Oi ihe Kharki.fi iti urder ■ . ;i -iy, v}\\d> -..■■ :.:--dged to .'i«LvU?iuaU- t.iio Czu:. 'N;-,.-.:y aii the luomher.j :.:: .1... ,o-;,, : h-r •■ bern discovered and atkt ii i.\t cv- ody, Zanzibar, 11. An officr os ;;u:<;ir?, w!u it is be - ii.ved waß connected with the attempt

to blow up a building adjoining the Sultan's palace by means of gunpowder, has committed suicide, fear« my that he was to be arrested. In the explosion 13 persons were killed and 18 wounded.