Late Cable News.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 976, 14 November 1890, Page 19

Late Cable News.

Bv Elkctkic Telegraph.—Copvright. (PER. PRESS ASSOCIATION.) FATAL COLLISION. London, November 11. A collision took place in the Channel between the passenger steamer Taunton and the Norhaih Castle from the Cape. Ten persons were killed and many injured. A RELAPSE. London, November 11, Lady Rosebery has relapsed, and is in a precarious state. GENERAL BOULANGER. London, November 11. General Boulanger has started for London. RUSSIAN PRISONS. St Petersburg, November 11. Mr Dewinot, a British official, is visiting Russian prisons. STANLEY AND BARTTELOT. London, November 11. Mr Bonny states that he seized the drugs and medicine chest to prevent Major Barttelot making an improper use of them. Barttelot bit a woman in the cheek, at which the natives became incensed, and were only prevented from attacking them by Bonny’s exertions. Barttelot was accustomed to prod the natives savagely with his lance, and he killed a boy with kicks. Jamieson, according to Bonny, actually confessed that he had purchased a girl for I2s 6d and a handkerchief, for the purpose of getting up a cannibal feast, which he .might witness and sketch. He did make six sketches, showing the girl bound, stabbed, and the process of carving the body up, and finally, the natives scrambling for pieces of the ghastly feast. AUSTRALIAN WINES. London, November 11. Mr Simon, of Simon, Kingscote and Co., agents for Moet and Ohandon, champagne growers of Epernay, will pay another visit to Australia for the purpose of studying the phylloxera pest. He will also purchase a quantity of claret to mature m France. RELEASED. London, November 11. Delaney, one of the Invincibles, has been released,from prison. A WARNING. London, November 11. Lord Knutsford lias warned the colonial Governments that it is inexpedient to encourage requests of foreign hydrographers for information. THE MONEY MARKET. London, November 11. The Bank of France is sending gold to the value of three millions to London, and this has had the effect of relieving the market. GOLD DISCOVERY. London, November 11. Reports have reached here of very rich gold finds in Mashonaland, and the discovery at Mount Hampden is said to he especially valuable. FATAL RALWAY COLLISION. London, November 11. The collision reported to have taken plsce between the steamers Taunton and Norham Castle is incorrect. The collision took place between two trains at Taunton in Somersetshire, one of which was con' veying from Plymouth to London the passengers who had arrived by the s.s. Norhatn Castle from the Cape. Six of the ten persons who were killed were burnt to death, owing to the carriages catching tire. TREATMENT OF ORES. London, November 11. Mr Knox, Secretary of the Broken Hill Proprietary Silvermining Company, states that Seahrig’s process solves the treatment of Barrier carbonate ores. THE KOCH CURE. Berlin, November 12. The Emperor William has presented Dr Koch with the sum of L 50,000, an amount which is equal to that required for inaugurating the institute for the cure of consumptive patients. The Crown Princess of Sweden has consented to submit herself to Dr Koch’s treatment. FATAL ACCIDENT. Buda Pesi’h, November 12. By an accident which occurred on the Bistritz River, in Transylvania, 16 persons who were crossing in a ferry boat were drowned. THE IRISH DELEGATES. New York, November 12. The receptions of Messrs Dillon and O’Brien in the United States have already realised the sum of 75,000 dollars in aid of the Irish National Land League. EXTENSIVE FAILURES. New York, November 12. The failure of several large New York brokers is announced. COMMERCIAL. Sydney, November 12. Wheat—Chick, 3s 3d to 3s ©d ; milling,

3s lOd to 4s. Oats, Is lOd to 2s ; maize, 3s 8d to 3s 9d. Barley—Cape, 2s (nominal). Bran and pollard, 6fd. Peas— Blue Prussian, 3s 9d. Potatoes—New local yield, L 8 ; old, L 4 ss. Onions, Ll2. Butter—Dairy, 6c? ; separator, 7d ; factory, Bd. Cheese, loaf, 5d to s£d. Bacon—Local, 6d to 7d ; New Zealand, 9d. Hams—New Zealand, Is. Melbourne, November 12. Wheat—lnferior, 2s 5d to 2s lid ; medium milling, 3s 3d ; good, 3s Oats— Algerian, Is lOd to Is lid ; Danish, 2s to 2s 4d ; Tartarian, 2s 4d. Barley— Cape, Is 8d to Is lOd : peas, 2s Hid. Adelaide, November 12. Wheat, 3s 9d. Flour—Stone, L 7 10s to L 8 ; roller, L 8 10s to L 9 ss. Bran, 8d toßid ; pollard, Bd.