LAST NIGHT'S CABLEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XVII, Issue 5462, 19 December 1892, Page 1

LAST NIGHT'S CABLEGRAMS.

(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.)

HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS,

(per united press association.) Received December 18, at G p.m.] London, December 15

Florence Bethell has received the Rutzen prize at the Royal Academy of Music. Archbishop Vaughan will be created a cardinal in January.

The Official Receiver in the estate of the Mercantile Bank of Australia has received a cablegram from counsel in Melbourne that Sir M. Da vies and Messrs Bell, Anderson, and Muntz (directors of the Bank), also the auditors, should bo prosecuted for issuing a false balancesheet in February. Counsel also advised that the directors should be proceeded against civilly, as they are liable for the dividend paid. The Receiver states that he must first consult the solicitor and the Committee before any arrests are made or before arranging for Mr F. Milledge (the manager of the Bank) being sent back to Victoria.. The latter states that lie is quite willing to return to the colony instantly to meet an action, as he has 110 fear as to the result. The New Zealand and River Plate Land and Mortgage Agency Company has declared a dividend of six per cent. The profits for the year were L 13,000. The reserve fund has been reduced (?) L 5,000, and L 2500 has been carried forward.

The trial of Hobbs (contractor) and Wright (solicitor) on charges of having fraudulently received the monies of the Liberator Permanent Building Society is creating a sensation. The advances made to Hobbs by the Society exceed two million of pounds. Numbers of important books are missing. Wright was the moving spirit in the various businesses of the Society. The London County Council has finally agreed to pay wages at the rate recognised and in practice as approved by the trade unions.

The Pall Mall Gazette declares that the Home Rule Bill is based on the lines of the Act granting a representative Constitution to New Zealand in 1852.

During the hearing of the Forth Meatb election petition it was elicited that a priest struck two old women who_ were averse to Davitt's candidature. This evidence created a sensation in Court. The Economist considers that the deficit of New South Wales, as shown in the Budget, confirms the experience of Victoria that protection will not prevent or ameliorate a depression in trade and finances.

Extraordinary measures are being taken to ensure secrecy with regard to the Home Rule proposals of the Government. One printer has been entrusted with the setting of the whole Bill, and he is locked up in a room where no others are working. M. Waddington, French Ambassador, in London, at his own request, retires from the position. The Admiralty has decided to courtmartial Admiral Howe, who had charge of H.M.S. Howe when she stranded. San Francisco, December IS.

Information has been received that the volcano in Mauna Loa, Sandwich Islands, is in violent eruption. Paris, December 18.

M.M, Charles de Lesseps and Fontain, directors of the Panama Canal Company, have been arrested on the charge of corrupting public functionaries. M. Ferdi nand de Lesseps was spared, owing to his iige. M. Cotter has fled to Vienna. M. Sans Leroy, a member of the Chamber of Deputies, who is charged with having been bribed to vote in favor of the Lottery Loan Bill, has also been arrested. All have been imprisoned. The Committee have resolved to continue the inquiry. The arrests have caused a profound sensation. Domiciliary visits to the prisoners' residences resulted in the seizure of important documents. Berlin, December 18. Not one-twentieth of the members of the Reichstag support the Army Bill.

AUSTRALIAN NEWS. (per united press association. ) Received December 3S, at 6 p.m.] Sydney, December 18. Sailed - Miowera, for Auckland. Adelaide, December 18. In the cricket match, New South Wales v. South Australia, the former made 3.37 runs in their first innings. The principal scorers were : Moses, 99 ; Donnan, 120 : Yuille (not out), 36. South Australia has lost four wickets for 142. Lyons made 16 ; Giffen (not out), 53 ; Hill (not out), 46. Seven thousand people witnessed the match. Received December 19, at 1 a.m.] Sydney. December 18. Sir G. R. Dibbs states if the Government is defeated he will ask for a dissolution. Stewart, the pugilist, died almost immediately after the prize fight in which he has been taking part. His opponent, Ross, has been arrested. Albany, December 18. Arrived—Ballarat, from London. Passengers for New Zealand : Mr Philpott, Miss Williams, Mr, Mrs, and Miss Glynn, Mr and Mrs Bloomfield, Mr and Mrs Donkin and three children, Mr and Mrs Drake. Mr J. Munro, Agent-General of Victoria, is a passenger by her for Melbourne.