CABLEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 839, 21 December 1878, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

LATEST HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS. (special to press agency.) London, December IS.

Ellison, accused of the Avoca gold robbery, has been remanded to the 6th January, on bail, to enable the law officers of the Crown to ascertain whether the offence was committed on the high seas. Mr, Vaughan, the Magistrate, said he would act on his own judgment. The wool sales have closed with a slight recovery towards the close of the series. A review of the series established a comparative decline of 7 to 15 per cent, on the September prices. The fall was most strongly marked in Sydney and Cape fleece cross breds. 4000 bales of the new .clips were sold favorably. Trade is seriously depressed. December 19.

Earl Beaconsfield, replying to a deputation of British subjects from California, said that

3 the Berlin Treaty of Peace was the bet-i ( obtainable. Although there might be . persons who consider its execution iuadvisL able, nevertheless the signatory Powers had l determined to see it executed. He deJ . clared that the Cyprus station was not inferior to Malta. ; DIRECT AUSTRALIAN NEWS. ' (reuter's telegrams, per press agency.) ' ' Sydney, December 20. * A new Ministry is announced—Mr Parkes, " Premier and Colonial Secretary; Mr RobertI son, Vice-President of Executive Council, I with seat in the Legislative Council; Mr ' Watson, Treasurer; Mr Hoskins, Lands; i Mr Lackey, Works; Mr Windeyer, AttorL ney-General; Mr Suttor, Justice and Public . Instruction ;Mr Baker, Mines ;Mr Samuels, [ Postmaster-General. The Exhibition vote has been withdrawn. In the Assembly, a temporary supply has I been granted. ' The now Ministry has resigned their seats, ' and the House has adjourned till January 21. The shareholders of the A.S.N. Co. have met and re-affirmed, with confidence, the course taken by the Australian Company.