Cable News.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 978, 28 November 1890, Page 28

Cable News.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN. B t Electric Telegraph. —Copyright. (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) London, November 19. Lady Rosebery, who has been suffering from typhoid fever, succumbed today. [Hannah, daughter of the late Baron Mayer de Rothchild, M.P. for Hythe, married the I'arl of Rosebery in March, 1878. General Booth states that he has been offered a million acres of land in the colonies for the purpose of carrying out his colonising scheme. Dillon and O’Brien have been sentenced to six months’ imprisonment on each of two charges of inciting at Tipperary, the sentences to be concurrent.

Mr Knox, Secretary of the Broken Hill Company, who is at present iu London, has suggested to Sir F. AJcel that a mining and metallurgical exhibition confined to the British Empire should be held in connection with the opening of the Imperial Institute in the spring of 1892. The idea has been cordially received in the highest circles and by the public generally, and is likely to be adopted if the colonies concur.

Miss McKnight, a passenger from Melbourne by the Lusitania, committed suicide by jumping into the Red Sea. Judgment in the Ah Foy case was reserved. The Court will probably ignore the constitutional aspect of the case and base their decision upon the question whether breaches of the Act were committed by the master or Collector of Customs.

London, N ovember 20,

Her Majesty the Queen has written to General Booth wishing success to his scheme for establishing over-sea colonies. It is reported that General Booth i 3 negotiating for land for colonising purposes in Western Australia.

London, November 21. The Rev Mr McGregor has been chosen Moderator-elect of the Church of Scotland.

Lloyds’ Committee have urged upon Mr Goschen the necessity of the Pacific cable.

London, November 22.

In the ritualistic charge preferred against the Bishop of Lincoln, the Archbishop of Canterbury has decided that the Bishop committed no illegal act in mixing water with the sacramental wine used in the Holy Communion, and the rinsing the paten and chalice and drinking the ablutions, or by adopting the eastward position at the anti-communion office, but he condemned the action of the Bishop in standing in such a position during the prayer of consecration as to hide the manual acts, and also of making the sign of the cross over the people when pronouncing the benediction. No costs were allowed, The press infer that the decision is generally in favour of the ritualists. At the request of Mr Parnell Sir J. Gavan Dully will contest the election for Kilkenny North, rendered necessary owing to the death of Mr E. P. Mulhallen Marum, who was returned at the last election without opposition. The Parliamentary Committee of the Trades Congress support the eight hours system for miners only, as they fear that the Bill providing for eight hours generally would destroy the Labour Unions.

Mr T. Burt, M.P., one of the Committee, insists that the adoption of eight hours even for miners will render half the miners in the North idle.

London,’ November 23. Holders of New Plymouth Harbour Board bonds are appealing to the Council of foreign bondholders to intervene. The Daily News says it is unlikely that the holders of Victorian six per cent stock will allow them to be converted into three and a half per cents.

London, November 24. The National Steam Shipping Company have commenced the co-operative system with regard to the Dockers. Earl of Derby has made a donation of LIOOO to General Booth’s colonising scheme. °

Sir John Pope Hennessy will contest Kilkenny North, and not Sir J. Gavan Duffy. Mr W. Beckett, M.P. for Bassetlaw, has been killed by a train at Wimborne, Minstertown, in the County of Dorset. The Labour Federation recently established has enrolled six hundred thousand members.

It is the Earl of Airlie and not the Earl of Derby who has made a donation of LIOOO to General Booth’s scheme. The Admiralty has declined to send a vessel to search the Crozet Islands for traces of the missing ship Camperdown, bound from London to Newcastle. St Petersburg, November 19. An epidemic of smallpox has broken out here, and a panic has resulted. Numerous deaths are reported.

The Hague, November 24. King William 111. of Holland is dead.

[The late King was born in 1817, and was therefore 73 years of age at the time of his death. He had been ill for a long time, and at the beginning of last year his health was so bad that it was found necessary to appoint a Regent, but on May 2nd, 1889, bis health had sufficiently improved to enable him to resume the Government. Latterly, however, we have received grave accounts of his condition, so that his death can scarcely be said to have been unexpected.]

Berlin, November 20.

Princess Victoria of Prussia was today married to Prince Adolph, son of the Prince of Schaumbourg-Lippe.. Rome, November 24. At the elections all the members of the Ministry have been re-elected, and a large majority in favour of the Government is assured.

Rome, November 25. The elections have resulted in a majority of 4to 1 in favour of Signor Crispi’s Government.

Washington, November 19. The’Western Republican press demand the repeal of the MeKinley tariff in view of the heavy treasury deficit which appears likely to be the result of its operation.

New York, November 22. The New York branch of the Irish National Land League demand that the accounts be produced showing how the sum of two million pounds, remitted to Ireland from America since 1886, has bean disposed of. The League also denounces the present mission of Messrs Dillon and O’Brien. New York, November 23.

The Irish League insinuate that Mr Parnell was induced to postpone the date of the conference of the Irish party, which he had convened for the 6th of October at Dublin, with a view of averting enquiry into the disposal of the money collected in America and remitted to Ireland to alleviate the distress caused by the potato famine. New York, November 24. Five hundred Sioux Indians are on the warpath. Seven settlers have been massacred, and hundreds of others are fleeing from homesteads in great alarm. The State troops are being despatched to intercept the Indians. New York, November 25. Several largo failures are reported both in this city and in Pittsburg.

COMMERCIAL AND SHIPPING. London, November 18. The total quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,364,000 quarters, and for the Continent 700,000.

Tallow Best mutton, 25s to 26s ; best beef, 24s to 255. Debentures of Australian and New Zealand Mortgage Company’s 4£, 103; New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company’s 4 per cents, 94.

London, November 19. Pig iron is quoted at 48s 7d. A settlement has been granted by the Stock Exchange to the Broken Hill’Proprietary Company, and shares will be quoted when the market improves.

London, November 20. Silver, 3s 9Jd. New Zealand mutton, 3|d; Sydney ditto, 3jd; lamb,. 4rrd ; beef is unchanged. Fine New Zealand hemp, L 27 10s. Kauri gum is in poor demand. Fine sorts are .-lightly easier. Medium has declined 5s ; cheaper and low qualities remain steady. London, November 21. The Bank of England returns publish’d to-day show the total reserve in notes and bullion to be L 14,552,000, being an increase of L 3,448,000 over last week’s returns. The proportion of reserve to liabilities is 35 "82. The general deposits in the Bank, irrespective of Government deposits, amount to L 36,364,000, which is L 6,000,000 more than the amount of the deposits last week.

Three months’ bills arc quoted at per cent, nominal, and consols at 93f. “ Arrived—Ship Crusader, from Port Chalmers (13th August). Wellington hemp, fair to medium, L 26 10s to L 26 15s.

New Zealand 4 per cent, inscribed stock, South. Australian wheat, 38s 6d, weaker; V ictorian ditto, 38s, weaker; New Zealand long berried wheat, 37s 3d, quiet. Copper, L 54 15s ; tin-, L9l 5s ; best Scotch pig iron, f.o.b. on Clyde, 48s 9d, firm.

Sugar-Best German beet, 12s 3d, flat; Java, 15s, nominal.

London, November 22. A wheat cargo ex Anglo-Norman, from Oamaru, has been sold at 35s 6d. Silver is quoted at 3s 10id. Tallow, medium—Mutton, 25s 3d ; do beef, 245.

The English wheat market shows a general decline, but the Continental and American are gradually recovering. A further rise is expected. New Zealand wheat, on passage, 36s 3d. Three months' bills have declined to 61 per cent, owing to the reduced demand at the banks and the discount houses. .At the auction of woolled sheepskins there was an average attendance of Home and foreign buyers. The market showed a general decline. Crossbreds, fine greasy, fetched 7|d ; merinos, 7|d. London, November 24. A cargo of wheat, ex ship Crusader, from Port Chalmers, lias been sold at 35s 6d.

In his monthly circular Mr F. O. Licht estimates that the month’s production of beet will show a decrease of 35,000 tons, hut that the present campaign will have a surplus of 10,000 tons. Consols are at 95J. Brisbane, November 20. Arrived—Wakatipu, from Auckland. Melbourne, November 20. bailed—’Waihora, s.s., for the Bluff. Melbourne, November 24. Arrived—Monowai, from the Bluff.

Sydney, November 19,

A heavy fall lias taken place in silver stock since yesterday. Broken Hill Proprietary, Ll2 17s ; British Broken Hill, L2 17a 6d ; Central, L 6 9s ; North, LI 4s ; South, L 5 8s ; Block 14, L 6 5s ; Block 10, Ll 3 ss; Junctions, L 3 3s. Sydney, November 22. Arrived—Ganymede, from Oamaru ; Defiance, from Whangaroa. Sydney, November 23. Sailed, to-day-—Jubilee and Tekapo, for Wellington ; Wairarapa, for Auckland. Sydnhy, November 21. Sailed—Nairnshire, for the Bluff. Brisbane, November 22. Sailed—St Kilda, for New Zealand. Newcastle, November 22. Arrived—Prosperity, from Auckland. Albany, November 21. Sailed Union Company’s steamer Poherua, for Westport.

Albany, November 24. Arrived—P. and O. Co.’s Rome. Passengers for New Zealand—Miss Stevens, Messrs Guthrie, Baxter, Gilchrist, Garlick, Slade, Beswick, and Douglas.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) have received the following cable message from their London office, dated 21st inst., viz. : Frozen meat—Mutton :■ Market quiet ; price of mutton has declined of a penny per lb since last report. Tallow—There is a rather better demand ; quotations unchanged since last telegram. New Zealand Hemp—Market unsettled, owing to forced sales. Quotations nominal. Medium is worth L 24 10s per ton. The market for manila is easier. SPECIAL. London, November 19. The Oxford University has rejected the admission of women as Bachelors of Medicine. Patrick O’Brien and Cullinan were sentenced to six months’ imprisonment for participation in riots at Tipperary, Walsh and Moekler to four, Condon, Kelly, Humphreys, and Sheehy were discharged.

London, November 21. The tramway men are striking. London, November 24. The Marquis of Queensberry has offered to assist General Booth in his scheme. Mr Bradlaugh deprecates accepting the proposal, and points to the immense discrepancy which the Salvation Army balance-sheet shows.

The Countess of Jersey is daily improving in health. Washington, November 19.

A religious convulsion has broken out among the Indians of Indiana. They are said to be expecting the advent of the Messiah, and are adopting a bellicose attitude towards the white population, Ottawa, November 21. Before his execution Birchall made a confession of his guilt to a clergyman. INTERCOLONIAL NEWS. (per PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Melbourne, November 20. The other colonial Governments having refused to bear a part of the cost, the Victorian Government have declined to contribute to the expense of fitting out the Antarctic expedition. The Canadian Government have approved of the postponement of the departure of Mr J. J. C. Abbot, leader of the Government in the Canadian Senate, who was appointed a Commissioner to visit Australia for the purpose of promoting trade relations with the colonies. Mr Abbot will probably leave in March. Melbourne, November 21. The Age considers that as the Pacific cable cannot be laid for some years, it is unwise for the public of the colonies to continue the heavy burden now imposed, in view of some anticipated benefit from arrangements. The Age thinks there is no reason to fear that the temporary arrangement with the Eastern Extension Company will prove a bar to the construction of the Pacific cable.

Melbourne, November 22. Mr J. G. Duffy, Postmaster-General, favours the abolition of postago on newspapers, and suggests that an Intercolonial Conference should be held to consider the question of uniformity throughout the Australian colonies.

At the . Victorian Rifle Association meeting Lieutenant Eales, one of the Victorian team which took part in the New Zealand Rifle Association meeting at Dunedin this year, carried off the Queen’s prize. In. a n article on the proposed cable reductions, the Argus states that the delay m accepting the offer of the Eastern Extension Cable Company does not reflect credit on the colonies, and it hopes that in time Queensland and New Zealand will become ashamed of enjoying the facilities of a cheap cable tariff at the expense of their neighbours, and their responsibilities will be redistributed. ™Argus considers that when the practicability of the Pacific route is proved, it will be time enough to discuss the advantages to be derived by those colonies now subsidising the Cable Company from a connection between Canada and Australia. Melbourne, November 24. Ilia Austral Wheel Race, two miles, for a prize of 200 sovs, was run on the Scotch College track on Saturday, and resulted as follows :—Busst, 1; C. N. Hall, 2; K. Lewis, 3. Time, smin 40sec. Twenty-nine started. The horribly mutilated corpse of an old man has been found in the Yarra River,

but there is 'no clue to the person at whose hands he met his death.

The question of establishing a mail service between here and Vancouver Island, via New Zealand, is engaging the attention of Mr J. G. Duffy, PostmasterGeneral.

Melbourne, November 25. The Age has specially commissioned Mr Deakin, ex-Colonial Secretary, to proceed to India and enquire into the best methods of irrigation and wheat-growing pursued there. During a fight near Kururnbarra a man named Donnelly was killed in the third round. His opponenc (Riley)and the two seconds were arrested.

Mr J. G. Duffy, Postmaster-General, has received a communication from the Government of Now Zealand, stating that ’- in view of the finances they must reiterate their refusal to contribute to the cable guai-antee. Brisbane, November 20. The Weather Bureau forecasts that the stormy winds, gales, rain, and" rough seas now prevalent on the Australian coast will make their way towards New Zealand. ,

A special weather forecast was issued to-night warning vessels between New Zealand and New South Wales to expect strong winds and gales, rapidly veering from north through west to south southeast.

Brisbane, November 25. The Government will probably propound a scheme for devoting a portion of the emigration vote to bring out Italians and Germans to work on the sugar plantations in the north.

The weather forecast predicts within the next few days further stormy weather between the Australian Bight and the Bluff, and gales between the north-west and south-west, veering to the south. The Government meteorologist predicts very unsettled and stormy weather shortly along the West Coast of New Zealand, especially South from 38 degrees south latitude. Rough sea he considers certain north-west from the Bluff. Sydney, November 20. Some anxiety is felt for the safety of the brigantine Edith May, which left Port Chalmers for this port 45 days ago. The largest illicit distillery ever unearthed in the Colony was discovered today in a produce merchant’s premises in the city. Three stills in full working and a large quantity of whisky were seized. Sydney, November 21. Great distress prevails, and the strikers are unable to obtain work. Many families have been ejected because their rent was not paid. Sydney, November 22.

A motion by Mr Dibbs in the Legislative Assembly, setting forth the expediency of "introducing a Bill to establish Courts of Conciliation to deal with disputes between capital and labour, was carried on the voices.

Sydney, November 23. Ibbot, the Swedish faster, has now completed 29*days, and is confident of finishing his task. The Prodono, the initial steamer of the New York-Australian service, has arrived here.

Obituary—Professor Stephens, lecturer on natural science at the Sydney University.

Sydney, November 24. H.M.S. Royalist has returnod from a cruise among the New Hebrides Islands, and reports having punished the natives of several villages where massacres were committed. The Captain states that there is abundant room on the islands for enterprising English people to settle, but he is of opinion that until the land tenure and inter-insular labour traffic are further looked into, Englishmen will hesitate to compete with foreigners, who are at present working under more advantageous laws.

An hotel at Haymarket, which was in the course of demolition, collapsed tonight, and partially wrecked an hotel opposite and shop adjoining. So far as is at present known, no one was fatally injured.

Sydney, November 25. The Sydney Morning Herald, commenting on Sir George Grey’s retirement, reviews his career in terms of high praise.

Arrived—S.s. Hauroto, from Wellington.

The Royal Commission appointed to enquire into the causes and the best means of preventing strikes consist of representatives of labour and capital. A settler named Teale has been discovered to be the heir to the sum of L 12,000,000, which has been locked up in Chancery. Thursday Island, November 21. Large quantities of passengers’ effects have been recovered from the hold of the steamer Quetta, which was lost in March last. Samples of wool taken from her cargo show the outside of the bales to have rotted, but the inside is well preserved. A number of loose letters have also been recovered, and from their preserved state it is expected that the mails will be saved.

Hobart, November 22. By a fire last night 23 houses were destroyed, and 90 persons, chiefly of the poorer class, have been rendered homeless.. The buildings were of an inexpensive character.