NEWS BY CABLE.

New Zealand Mail, 30 December 1892, Page 35

NEWS BY CABLE.

GENERAL NEWS.

By Electric Telegraph.—Uopjtright.

(press association.) St Petersburg, December 21.

The Grand Duke Nicholas Constantinovitch, the Czar's cousin, is charged with poisoning Geueral Beranok at Tashkend. The enquiry is proceeding. St Petersburg, December 23.

The St Petersburg Gazette asserts that the Mehtar of Chitral interfered with the British-Afghan Alliance, and advises Russia to negotiate with and convince the Ameer of Afghanistan that she is willing to protect him. St Petersburg, December 24. A band of robbers stole 30,000 roubles from a train nßar Warsaw. London, December 21. In the course of an interview to-day, the Agent-General for New Zealand said the sale of Australian and River Plate frozen mutton as the New Zealand product was largely injuring the latter, and New Zealandera were much annoyed at the substitution of New Zealand for Southdown mutton. The merits of the New Zealand article were, he declared, sufficient to secure for it a ready sale.

The Times states that Great Britain will watch closely next session New Zealand's able experimental legislation. The Marquis of Ailesbury is paying 7s 6d in the pound. The Globe states that Sir Vernon Harcourt, Chancellor of the Exchequer, is pressing the Admiralty to .adopt a policy of retrenchment and to largely reduce the number of men. The late Lord Tennyson bequeathed his manuscripts to his son Hallam and a : life income to his widow. The receiving order granted some time ago against Murrietta and Co, merchants, I has been rescinded, on the ground that 1 the act of bankruptcy was an insuffij cient cause for the order. j The petition against the return of Mr I F. W. Isaacson (C.) for the Stepney seat 1 was dismissed. London, December 22. The Queen and the Prince of Wales declined to subscribe to General Booth's scheme to provide a dinner for 5000 poor at Christmas. Lord Mayor Knill subscribed. Mr F. O. Licht, sugar expert, estimates that three months' beet pioduction will yield 133,000 tons more than the corresponding period of last year. London, December 23. Lord Winchelsea has inaugurated a National Agricultural Union, one of the objects being to see that colonial frozen meat is labelled as such. Information has been received that the disorders in Samoa have ended. Archbishop Logue, of Armagh, will be created a Cardinal in January. The death is announced of Mr Montagu Williams, Q.C., the well-known London Police Magistrate. Mr Michael Davilt has been unseated for North Meath, on the ground of intimidation by priests. London, December 24. Dr Graham has been summoned on a charge of giving false certi6cates of death in connection with the victims of Neill, alias Cream, the Lambeth poisoner. Evidence on behalf of the evicted tenants is finished, and the Co amission is closed. Constable Phail, stationed in Killyleagh, County of Down, Ireland, has inherited LIOO.OOO by the death of his wife's relations in Australia. In granting the petition in the North Meath election the Judge declared thac the priests had been convicted of deplorable acts of violence and intimidation of women. Bishop Nulty's pastoral was, he said, sufficient to nullify the election. London, December 24. Tho Admiralty, in deference to a wish expressed by the Royal Commission on Labour, have abolished overtime in order to give employment to more men. Ben Tillett, presiding at a lecture at Bermondsey, stated that since the dockers' strike the wages of London riverside labourers had increased by half a million per annum. The Labour Party in England, he said, was full of gratitude for the sympathy of the Australian Labour Party, and said it was travelling in the same direction. The Blenheim collection of orchids was sold for 5000 guineas. Violent language has been used by labour leaders in connection with the lock out of Bristol dockers. An attempt to march in procession through the streets was forbidden, and the result was a severe struggle between the police and the men. The former were reinforced by the military and dispersed the mob, bub not before several casualties occurred.

Mrs Langtry is improving in health. Baron O. C. Cedercrantz, Chief Justice of Samoa, has resigned. Great Britain and Germany will leave the selection of his successor to the United States Government. The Globe printing office has been destroyed by fire. The origin was accidental. ' ■-** The English wheat market is firmer, while the Continental aud American are steady. London, Deoember 25V The trial of Mcßae for the Althurpemurder concluded yesterday, the prisoner being found guilty, and sentenced! to death,

The general of the society or company known as Jesuits has arrived in Dublin. The last visit to Ireland was in 1848. Considerable uneasiness is felt in the city owing to the receipt of cablegrams daily from Australia, announcing the intention of various Governments to come on the market with fresh loans at an early date. There are also serious misgivings in the minds of financiers at the continued expenditure on public works in Australia, and neglect of Governments to adopt economical policies. The proprietors of tho Daily Telegraph have been warned that if the paper continues its attacks upon the unemployed gatherings at Tower Hill, the men will forcibly resent them. Similar notice has been sent to the proprietors of St James' Gazette. Four of those convicted of having a hand in the murder of Inspector Martin, at Gwedore, Ireland, while the latter was attempting to arrest Father McFadden, on February 3rd, 1889, have been released from custody. Paris, December 21.

M. Quichard succeeds Count De Lesaeps M Chairman of the Suez Canal Com pany.

Vienna, December 25,

A quarrel has taken place between one of the judge? and Serban, a member of the Chamber of Deputies, resulting in a duel. Swords were the weapons used, and Serban was severely wounded. Rome, December 25. / >■ Thu Pope considers that the moral and religious condition of Europeans indicates the gathering of a storm, and hopes the Powers will agree to a conference with the view to a disarmament.

Sofia, December 24,

The Swoboda has published documents showing that Russia, in 1887, tried to secure the election of Count Ignatieff as Prince, of Bulgaria, but M. Stambuloff prevented it.

(SPECIAL.) London, December 24. Krupp and Gruson, manufacturers of big guns, are arranging to amalgamate their works.

Michael Davitt, who has been unseated for North Meath, was personally exonerated of corruption. A member of the English aristocracy, pretending to be a guardian, married a bastard daughter, whom he reared in Milan, The woman has discovered her paternity and is at present seeking refuge with a clergyman. She intends to institute legal proceedings against the offender. December 25. Leaders, of dockers in Bristol in addressing a meeting of 20,000 locked out men, demanded that there should be an alteration in the system under which the men worked, and denounced the conduct of a handful of tyrant employers who were willing to starve workmen. The Freedom of the City of Dublin will be conferred on Lord Mayor Knill. St Petersburg, December 26. The crops in the province of Toola nave failed and thousands of peasants are starving. It is feared that an outbreak of typhus fever will follow. TOTAL LOSS OF A MAIL ' STEAMER. London, December 21. The Union Company's (South African line) steamer Nubian, of 1994 tons, bound for the Cape, struck the rocks at the entrance of Lisbon harbour, and sack. Her passengers were rescued. Lisbon, December 21.

Tha Nubian ran on the rocks during a fog, the pilot being on board at the time. She had 100 passengeis and 95 of a crew.

IRISH AFFAIRS.

London, December 21.

During the hearing of the North Meath election petition, it was elicited that Bishop Nulty advocated the breaking of the skulls and limbs of the supporters of the Parnellite candidate.

It is believed that the position of Commandant of the Forces in Ireland has been offered to Lord Roberts.

THE BUILDING SOCIETY FRAUDS. London, December 21.

The receiver in the estate of the Liberator Permanent Building Society states that the society borrowed money at the rate of 22 per cent to enable it to pay a dividend of 5 per cent. London, December 25.

In connection with the Liberator Building Society, it has been proved that Hobbs' entries were falsified. The accused have been admitted to bail, each in L3OOO.

A panic is the outcome of these disclosures, and heavy fals are reported on the Bourse. In Berlin tho Bourse is heavy, whilst in Vienna affairs are in an unsettled state.

NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING COMPANY. London, December 21. The report that the calls made by the Zealand Shipping Company were rendered necefsary owing to lo3ses which had resulted on wheat transactions, . was not quite correct, for tha company now declare that the calls were made chiefly in order to pay for the steamers already purchase! The loss on the wheat transactions was only a small one, and will be covered by the c.tlls. The company assert that the call is boinj reap ondjd to. with alacrity.

A SUCCESSFUL SCHEME. Berlin, December 21. Baron Hirsch's annual report on his colonising scheme shows that a total of 330,000 acres wore purchased in the Argentine Republic, of which 180,000 acres are now under cultivation and settled by upwards of 1000 families. The report makes no reference to the project which was on foot to found a colony in Australia.

THE SUTHERLAND ESTATES. London, December 22.

Mr Justice North has refused to assist the Duchess of Sutherland to obtain possession of the Tittensor property, pending the lawsuit.

ILLNESS OF THE SHAH. TEHERAN,-December 22. It is reported that the Shah of Persia is seriously ill. Teheran, December 24. The Shah is slowly recovering from his recent severe illness.

RUSSIA AND BULGARIA. Si Petersburg, December 22. The Czar proposes to act conjointly with France in regard to the proposed alteration in the Bulgarian Constitution and has advised the Gloat Powers not to recognise Prince Ferdinand's proposals.

FRESH OUTBREAK OF CHOLERA. Berlin, December 22. A fresh outbreak of has occurred in Hamburg and the epidemic is again spreading throughout the city at an alarming rate.

Berlin, December 22.

Cholera is not yet stamped out of Hamburg, and fatalities are reported. The Emperor has ordered stringent measures to be taken immediately to prevent the spread of the disease. EUROPEAN AFFAIRS. Vienna, December 22. The introduction of the two years' service will increase the strength of the Austrian army by 500,000 men. Rome, December 22. An infernal machine, with the fuse alight, has been found at a railway station in Bologna. A number of Anarchists have been arrested on suspicion of being connected with the affair. Constantinople, December 22. The Porte declines to enter into diplomatic negotiations with Russia respecting the Dardanelles. St Petersburg, December 22. During 1892 the Russian army has been increased by a million men. Paris, December 26. The Chamber of Deputies has rejected the proposed Franco-Swiss Commercial Convention, and has adjourned until 10th January. Berlin, December 26. A movement is on foot in Germany to form a new National Party from the moderate existing parties. Many hundreds of eminent men of all professions have joined the movement. (special.) Berne, December 27.

The rejection of the Franco-Swiss Commercial Convention by the French Chamber of Deputies has been received here unfavourably, and retaliatory measures are being arranged.

(press association.)

SAN FRANCLSCO MAIL STEAMERS. San Francisco, December 22.

TheMonowai, with English mails of 26th November, left San Francisco for Auckland on the 10th inst, one day late. The Alameda, with colonial mails, despatched from Auckland on 3rd inst, arrived at San Francisco on the 22nd next, the contract date.

A BRAZILIAN REVOLT. Buenos Ayres, December 26. A revolt has broken out in the province of Corrientes, and the governor has assembled four thousand troops, who will oppose the rebels.

AN ANARCHIST CONFERENCE. Brussels, December 26. A conference of Anarchists is being held in this city, and it has been decided to start a newspaper to represent their interests.

SPANISH BIGOTRY.

Madrid, December 26

The women of Madrid asked the Government to prohibit the erection of a Protestant church, but Senor Sagasta, the new Premier, declined to interfere.

INDIAN AFFAIRS. Calcutta, December 25,

The Shone system of drainage is to be carried out at Kurrachee, one of the chief seaports of India, at a cost of six lacs of rupees. London, December 27.

The Calcutta correspondent of the London Times fears that the prospect of a meeting of Lord Robeits, Commandant of the Indian Forces, and the Ameer of Afghanistan, with respect to the Pamir and frontier questions is not likely to come off, as tho Ameer will not give any definite promiso as to when he will receive the English officer. Calcutta, December 26.

Further engagements have taken place between the Kachins and British troops, in which the latter were successful. Thirty 6tockades were captured by the

British, who are now engaged in fortifying the trade routes. The Kachiu's loss was 30 killed and the British 8.

SARAH BERNTHARDT'S LATEST FREAK. Paris, December 27. Madame Sarah Bernhardt, the wellknown actress, is a candidate for election as a member of the Chamber of Deputies, and is soliciting the support of the Women's League.

THE SEALING QUESTION. London, December 26. In reply to enquiries as to what action the Government propose taking in connection with the seizure of Canadian sealers off Copper Island, Mr Gladstone Btates he is awaiting an explanation from the Russian Government on the matter. COMMERCIAL. London, December 24. The Bank of England returns published to-day show the total reserve in notes and bullion to be L 15,528,000 the proportion of reserve to liabilities being 45-40. Consols, 97J. Three months bills are discounted at 1£ per cent. New Zealand 4 per cent inscribed stock, 105 ; 3£ per cent, 96. New Zealand long berried wheat, ex warehouse, 32s ; flat. Canterbury mutton 4d, Wellington do, 3fd. New Zealand beef, forequarters 3d, hindquarters 4d.

The hemp market is flat and no New Zealand shipments have been sold lately. South Australian wheat, ex warehouse, 33s 6d, flat; Victorian do, 335, flat. Danish butter is selling at 120 s per cwt. The market is cleared of New Zealand and Australian consignments. Sugar—Best German beet, 143 Java, 16s 7|d. No. 1 best Scotch pig iron, f.o.b. in Clyde, 41s 6d, restricted.