CABLEGRAMS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 8456, 1 April 1889, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

BRITISH AM) FOEEIGN,

[By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.] (Special to Press Association.)

PROMOTING EMIGRATION. London, March 29,

(Received March 30, at 12.30 p.m.)

In the House of Commons, upon the motion of Mr Goschen, a committee was appointed to inquire into the best means of promoting emigration to the colonies.

BANQUET TO MR SMITH.

The bankers and merchants of London will entertain Mr W. H. Smith, leader of the House of Commons, at a banquet on the 10th April. -

THE EIGHT HOURS. SYSTEM,

A conference of mining delegates, representing 300,000 miners is sitting at Birmingham. A resolution has been agreed to recommending the establishment of the eight hours system, and working five days a week.

BURNING OF A STEAMER,

News has been received of the burning of the steamer Sumatra in the Mediterranean Sea. The steamer was bound to Hongkong with a cargo of petroleum.

A BREACH Off PROMISE CASE.

The action for breach of promise against the jockey Barker has resulted in a verdict for £1000 damages.

GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE. (Received March 31. at 10.20 a.m.) At the Liverpool Spring meeting the Grand National Steeplechase of loOOsovs, about four miles and a half, was won by Frigate, with Why-Nob second, and M.P. third. ..

MR GLADSTONE ON MR JOHN

BRIGHT,

Mr Gladstone delivered a formal panegyric on the late Mr John Bright in the House of Commons to-day. He said his old colleague had been removed from the busy scene di life at the happy moment when the great cause of Freetrade, which he advocated for so many years, was in its full career of triumph. His opposition to Home Rule, though disappointing, to those with whom he had been long associated, had not been able topro- :- vokedisparagement of his character on their part, but he believed it had produced a deeper impression thau either his distinguished intellect or his splendid eloquence. Mr Bright's supreme eulogy was in an elevated political life oE the loftiest standard which had become the object of reverential contemplation, and caused his name to be indelibly written in the hearts of all Englishmen.

MR GLAD3TONE ON HOME RULE.

March 30. (Reeoived March 31, afc 6.45 p.m.)

In an address to the electors of Enfield, Middlesex, Mr Gladstone declares that the essence of his Home Rule plan has not undergone change.

THE SUGAR BOUNTIES CONVENTION.

In the House of Commons the Opposition are offering vigorous opposition to the ratification of the sugar bounties convention.

A WATER GAS SYNDICATE.

The prospectus of the British water gas syndicate, with a capital of £300,000, is issued. The promoters undertake to make gas at 4d per 1000 ft.

PAYMENT OF. MEMBERS.

M. C. Fenwiek, member for Wansbeck, moved in the House of Commons to-day thafc it was expedient that members of Parliament should receive honorarium, and he suggested that the amount should be £375 per annum. Mr H. Matthews, Home Secretary, ridiculed the compulsory payment of members and doubted whether many of them would accept the honorarium voluntarily. The Hon. G. R. Curzon, member for Southport, in speaking to the motion, said there was not a single working man member in the Victorian Parliament.

CAMBRIDGE V. OXFORD BOAT RACE.

The annual boat race between Cambridge and Oxford Universities was rowed over the usual course from Putney to Mortlako to-day. Tho Cambridgeshire crew led throughout, and won easily by three lengths. Time, 20min 1-lsec.

[This makes the fourth win for Cambridge in successive years.]

A CHANNEL CATASTROPHE.

Tho Ostend-Dover mail boat, while crossing the straits, collided with a Belgian steamer, and was blown up. Eourteen passengers were drowned. Prince Victor Bonaparte was rescued. The boilers of the mail steamer exploded after the collision.

THE CUBAN SUGAR CROP.

(Received April 1, at 1.20 a.m.) It is estimated that the sugar crop at Cuba will be 550,000 tons.

MR JOHN BRIGHT'S FUNERAL.

The funeral of the late Mr John Bright took place to-day, deceased being interred in the Quakers' Cemetery at Rochdale, Lancashire. Among those who followed the remains were representatives of her Majesty the Queen and a large number of members of the House of Commons and other political bodies.

THE SYDNEY DIOCESE.

It is reported that Canon Farrar receives the first refusal of the Sydney Diocese.

DR DALE ON SECULAR EDUCATION;

Dr Dale, the well-known Independent minister, in an article in the Contemporary Eeyietv, declares that the establishment of secular schools in the colonies renders the wort of the.churches easier, and refers to the magnificent vigour of Methodism in Australasia. He attributes the startling excess of crime in New South Wales in comparison to other colonies partly to the Anglican Church having lost hold of tens of thousands of nominal adherents.

A BYE ELECTION,

'- The election of a* representative for the Enfield Constituency in the House of Commons, in place of Viscount Folkestone, took place to-day, and resulted in the return of Captain Cowles, a Conservative, by a majority of 1500. over Mr Fairbairds, the Home Rule candidate. [Viscount Folkestone's majority at the general elect-ion against MrEdgcombe was 2020.]

COMMITTED FOR TRIAL

Father M'Fadden and several others who were charged with complicity in the murder of Deputy-inspector Martin at Gweedore on the 3rd February whilst he was endeavouring to arrest Father M'Fadden on a charge under the Crimes Act, have been committed for trial for murder. The inspector was struck on the head with a stone, and died in a few hours.

OOMMEEOIAL.

March 29,

(Received March 31, at 10.20 a.m.) An Australian cargo of wheat has been sold at 35s 9d. '

March 30.

(Received April 1, at 1.30 a.m.) Beetroot sugar is quoted at 17s Ud Queensland brown syrups, 13s. New Zealand hemp, 37s 5d to 37s lOd.

BOULANGER TO BE PROSECUTED. Pabis, March 29,

(Received March 30, at 12.50 p.m.)

G-overnment have decided to prosecute General Boulanger for alleged complicity in the operation of the recently suppressed Patriotic League.

THE COMPTOIR BANK.

A judicial inquiry has commenced into the conduct of the directors of the Comptoir d'Escompte. The" administrators have declared that the copper contracts entered into by the Comptoir are illegal.

March 30.

(Received April l ; at 1.30 a.m.)

The directors of the Comptoir d'Escompte have testified that M. Rochereau, the manager who committed suicide, had made advances to the Societe dcs Metaux without their knowledge.

THE SECRET BOMB FACTORY. St. Petersburg, March 29.

(Received March 30. at 12.50 p.m.) Many arrests have been made in different parts of Russia as a result of the recent discovery of a secret bomb factory at Zurich, ■whicii was supplying Russian and other conspirators.

A DENIAL. St. Petersburg, March 29, (Received March 31, at 10.20 a.m.)

The Journal de Sfc. Petersburg denies the report that Russia is massing troops on the Afghan frontier.

UNITED STATES MINISTER TO GERMANY. . ... Washington, March 29,

(Received March 31, afc 10.20 a.m.)

The Senate has refused to confirm.the appointment of Mr Halstead, editor of the Cincinnati Commercial, as American Minister to Germany.

CHESS TOURNAMENT. New York, March 30, (Heceived April 1, at 1.30 a.m.)

In the chess tournament how being held here, Mr Gossip, of South Australia, beat Mr Schwolfcer, the American chess champion.

ANOTHER DISASTER AT SEA.

Information has been received that the American barque Albert Russell, 724 tons, whicb left New York for Queensland on Februaiy 10, foundered, and only two of the crew survived.