NEWS BY CABLE.

New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 9185, 6 January 1891, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

Br Elkctbu! Telegraph.—Copyright. (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) BRITISH AND FOREIGN. Berlin, January 4. Dr Koch is improving his method of treating lupus. London, January 4. The Admiralty have decided to abandon monster guns for arming ships. THE LABOUR QUESTION. London, January 4. The Railway men are still confident of success. Trade is Curly regular, despite the interruptions to traffic. THE INDIAN WAR. Washington, January 4. The Indians will not listen to the suggestions of peace, and continue their raids. Tho troops are gradually encircling them, and a battle is imminent. The reported massacre of squaws aud children at Pine Ridge is confirmed. The soldiers allege that the smoke prevented them from distinguishing tho men from tho women. THE EMPEROR’S PROJECTED VISIT. Berlin, January 4. Tho Kaiser visits tho Queen of England in July. MR GLADSTONE’S RESIGNATION. London, January 4. A report is about that Mr Gladstone intends to resign. HENRY MOORE ON THE COLONIES. London, January 4. On tho 13th instant Mr Henry Moore will read a paper at tho Colonial Institute on the subject of agricultural and industrial education in the colonies. PORTUGAL AND ENGLAND. Lisbon, January 4. King Luiz opened tho Cortes in person yesterday. In the Speech from the Throne ho said Great Britain had given an earnest of her peaceful intentions, pending tho issue of negotiations. DEATH OF KINGLAKE. London, January 3. Obituary. —k. W. Kinglako, historian, setat 79. [Alexander William Kinglake, son of the late William Kinglake, Esq., of_ Wilton House, near Taunton, He was born in 1811, was educated at Eton and Trinity_ College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1832, was called to the Bar at Lincoln’s Inn in 1837, but retired from tho law in 183 G. He is well known as the author of “Eothen,” an account of his experiences in Eastern travel, published in 1844. He was returned aaoneofthemembetsin the Liberal interest in March. 1857. for Bridgewater. In 1858 he moved the first amendment against the Conspiracy Bill, ar,d_ in the same year brought forward the question of the Cagliari, and in 1859 that of the Charles et Georges. In 18G0 he took an active part in denouncing the annexation of Savoy and Nice to the French Empire. His “ Invasion of the Crimea,” being the first portion of a history of the Russian war of 1854-50, a work upon which he had been for some time engaged, appeared in 1803, and some passages gave great offence at the Court of the Tuilleries. The sale of the book was prohibited in France during the Empire. The fifth volume appeared in 1873, and the sixth a few years later. At the general election of 1808 Blr Kinglake was again_returned for Bridgewater (which borough has since been disfranchised) but on petition was unseated.) (Received January 6, I a.m.) IRISH AFFAIRS. London, January 5. Tho Hon. A. J. Balfour and the Earl of Zetland are appealing for funds for the relief of Irish families who are unable to benefit by the carrying out of public works, and also to provide food and clothes for their children attending school. THE ELECTIONS IN FRANCE. Paris, January 5. The elections for the Senate have resulted in a great Republican gain. M. Ferry has been elected for the Department of Vosges. THE LONDON POST-OFFICE CLERKS. London, January 5. Tho clerks of the London Post-Office and Savings Banks, who were suspended for refusing to work overtime, complain of the excessive employment of females in tho department. THE PACIFIC CABLE. Ottawa, January 5. Mr Sandford Fleming and tho promoters of the Pacific cable are considering whether they will connect with Honolulu en route to Australia. THE NEWFOUNDLAND DIFFICULTY. St. John’s, January 5. There is great discontent among the inhabitants of Newfoundland at tho renewal of the modus vivendi with regard to French shore rights, and many threaten to overthrow British rule. COMMERCIAL AND SHIPPING. London, January 3. The English wheat market is dull, the Continental firm, and tho American declining. Money is also declining. Three months bills, 3f per cent.