LATE CABLE NEWS.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 956, 27 June 1890, Page 17

LATE CABLE NEWS.

Br Electric Telegraph.—Copyright, (special to press association.) London, June 24. The Government adhere to the first clause of the Licensing Bill, affirming the principle of compensation, and intend to persevere with the suspension of licenses. The Marquis of Lothian has decided not to accept the Governorship of New South Wales for family reasons. The King of Sweden, who was appointed arbitrator under the Samoan Treaty, will appoint the Chief Justice of Samoa. Mr W. S. Caine, the Liberal Unionist whip, will resign and contest Barrow, in order to test the feeling of the electors. Lord Salisbury has notified France of England’s intention to cede Heligoland to Germany. Rio de Janeiro, June 24. The new Brazilian Constitution has been proclaimed. Its provisions are similar to the Constitution of the United States. (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) London, June 24. A Procedure Committee has been appointed. At the annual dinner of Queenslanders, the Chairman said that the prohibition of coloured labour in the Colony was killing the sugar industry, and the result was a demand for separation. Sir George Bowen said the de'iberate judgment of the people must settle the question of separation. The success of Australian Federation would advance the cause of Imperial Federation, and the next generation would demand repre sentation on the Imperial Council, with equivalent financial responsibilities. The speaker said the want of attention given to Queensland affairs at Home was the cause of dissatisfaction. The cession of Heligoland, like that of Eastern New Guinea, showed how England advanced her own interests, regardless of the colonies. He also condemned the black looks cast on Queensland statesmen for daring to object to a certain Governor. The Archbishop of Canterbury consecrated Canon Saumarez Smith to the Bishopric of Sydney to-day. The Bishops of London, Lichfield, Bedford, Marlborough, Colchester, Madras, and Hr Barry assisted in the ceremony. Canon Smith sails for Sydney in about a month. He is at present arranging for the disposal of his family. A petition five miles long in favour of compensation to publicans has been presented to Parliament. It bears half a, million signatures. • - Dissatisfaction is expressed both by the press and the public at the vacillation of the Government with regard to the Licensing Bill. Rumours are current on the London Stock Exchange that Mr Windom, the United States Treasurer, is about to coin the maximum amount of silver allowable under the Bland Act. The Coinage Committee is regarded as unlikely to concur in the Senate’s amendments to the Silver Bill. Replying to a question in the House of Commons to-day, Sir James Fergusson stated that negotiations were proceeding between the Powers interested as to the constitution of the Samoan Courts of Justice and the appointment of a president, Sarah Bernhardt, while staying at the Savoy Hotel, accidentally took a dose of some hundred grains of chloral. The doctors were called in time, and succeeded in saving her life. The third series of the -wool sales opened to-day, 13,000 bales being catalogued. A fair selection was offered, onethird being New Zealand. There was a good attendance of buyers. Merinos averaged 10 and crossbreds 5 per cent, below the May closing rates. The Bradford trade is depressed, and the American demand poor. Later. The statement that Sarah Bernhardt had taken an overdose of chloral proves to be incorrect. London, June 25. A collision occurred in the English Channel to day between the barque Ethel, bound from London to Brisbane, and the s.s. Umbilo (of the Natal Line). The Ethel suffered considerably, and sank in a few minutes. Mr White (one of her passengers), the steward, and the second mate were killed by the falling spars, and one of the crew of the Umbilo -was also killed. The remainder of those on board the Ethel were rescued. Brussels, June 24. The Anti Slavery Conference has been fruitless in consequence of Holland refusing to agree to the Congo Free State raising revenue by means of import duties. New York, June 24. Hanlar and Hosmer have arranged a three-mi'e scuding race at Ichwa in July. News has been received that the Presi dent of San Salvador, a Central Americ m State, died suddenly during a banquet, In the panic consequent on his death, the soldiers killed a general and other officers before order was restored. [General Francisco Menendez was elected President of the Republic of Salvador on March Ist, 1887, for a period of four years.] Half the town of Fort-de-France, on the Island of Martinique, has been burned down, rendering 5000 people homeless.

San Francisco, June 24. Mount Shasta, a famous peak in the North of California over 13,000 ft in height, has vanished. The catastrophe is attributable to volcanic agency. Melbourne, June 25. Arrived—Rotomahana, from the Bluff. Sailed—Manapouri, for the Bluff. Two hundred and fifty pound has been cabled from here in aid of the survivors of the charge of the Light Brigade. The Agent-General for Victoria wires that LSOOO to LIO,OOO is required, and that L 2700 has already been subscribed. Sydney, June 25. Arrived Defiance, from Auckland ; Iron Duke, from Lyttelton. Heavy weather is raging along the Victorian and New South Wales coasts. Newcastle, June 25. Sailed—Prosperity, for Auckland. Brisbane, June 25. C. S. Wragge, Government Meteorologist, has warned the shipping that heavy weather will ensue in the course of a few days between Gabo Island and Cook Straff.