CABLEGRAMS British foreign and Intercolonial.

Mataura Ensign, Volume 10, Issue 757, 23 March 1888, Page 4

CABLEGRAMS British foreign and Intercolonial.

\ t IFbom Pbbss association,] London, March 20. The Scottish railways have bswo i blocked by severe snowstorms. A snow* : plough engine, which was endeavoring to clear the line; came into collision with a passenger train and several persons were injured. i Wheat on the spot tfclUni. at 6d lower. The Emperor Frederick 111 is better ' in health, having enjoyed refreshing sleep. The cold weather, however, will not permit of the patient taking exer* cise. Reports of the America* wheat crop continue unfavorable; the backward state of the crop being due to the prolonged inclemency of the weather. The Methodist revival mission ia j Canada is meeting with great success. At the service held is. this city Premier M'Donald and his wife announced themselves as converts. The temperance party in the House of Commons are exhibiting antagonism to the Government in consequence of the postponement of the Licensing Bill. After three days' crucial experiment on rabbits and sheep, M. Pasteur is eor_. vinced that his scheme will eradicate th* rabbit pest in Australia in the course ofc a year or two. Intelligence has been received from* Panama that 151 miles of the canal are* navigable. . Beblin, March 20.. Prince Bismarck, on moving that tfiw thanks of the Reichstag be given to ih© friendly Powers for their expressiens o£ sympathy on the occasion of the Kaiser Wilhelm's death, referred in a marked manner to the touching signs of sorrow* displayed at the antipodes, which he declared was unprecedented ia the annuls of history. The people of the antipodes, he continued, desired to lay wreaths and palms on the dead monarch's tor&b. The Emperor Frederick, in a, Message to the Diet, solemnly undertakes to adhore to the Constitution. Nbw Y-obk, March It. ± err. We accounts of the snowstorm* CQftUnqe to come in from the outlying districts, and fully 200 fatalities have beon chronicled up to the present. A melancholy instance of the severity of the storm on the coast has been found on a Tesael which was discovered adrift with her whole crew frozen to death. _. March 19. lhousands of navvies are employed ia removing the snow from the streets ia tn« different towns yisited by the recent

-tt-__-_— ■rV ■• " "^~ snowstorm. , In many of the streets bodies have beea found in a staading posture , froeen to death. A tremendous gale occurred at sea at tha same time as the storm was raging j on land. Over 200 wrecks are strewn on th© coast from Chesapeak Bay to New York, and the loss of life is incalculable. The effects of the gale were felt with, particular severity in Delaware, Maryland, and New York States. A terrible railway accident has occurred at Blackshear. A passenger train was crossing a trestle bridge when the structure collapsed, precipitating the train into a gulch. Twenty-five of the passengers were killed eutnght, and 35 seriously injured. , , , A despatch has been received here from Berlin of a sensational nature. It J states that Sir Morel! Mackenzie has frustrated a plot to prevent theKmperor Frederick from succeeding to the throne. The other medical men intended to excise the larynx, and thus, render the - Prince ineligible to assume the monarchy. '"'•'" ; Constantinople, March 20. li.'Nelidof_, Russian Ambassador, has formally requested the Porte to summon Prince Ferdinand to leave Bulgaria. Pabis, March 20. At a Communist , meeting General Boulanger was strongly denounced. March 21 . - The Chamber of Deputies is showing a Very hostile feeling towards General Boulamger,y A military court is now enquiring into the alleged broaches of dis- . cipline in the general's case. Melboubne*. March 41. A conference of graziers and squatters Has been held here, at which representatives from all the colonies were present, and at which an association was formed for the purpose of taking steps to protect * woollgrowers against tho shearers union. . '„. Several Indian army agents have arrived hero to purchase horses for army purposes in India. The maximum price O-Etffcd is LSO, ,« ■• -*■•■•> ■::'•• Adelaide, March 21. T?he exodus of South Australian farmers still continues, and large numbers ot . .agriculturists are leaving this colo«_y every ; weafcior Victoria and other colonies. ±oday a deputation of farmers TOited on the Commissibner of Crown Lands. In tne ceurse of the interview it was stated that abject poverty wa- staring farmers inthe face. The deputation asked to™ 1 ?* • from the Government, pointing out that it was utterly, impossible for the farmers of . thecolony to battle against *.he diflicul- .■ ties which hampered them unless some assistance was held out to them. Ihey asked that the Government should either "distribute seed wheat to all Crown tenants • actually engaged in agricultural pursuits, -•or that- they should be allowed a remission of their rent. The commissioner promised that he would carefully consider tach case on its merits.