CABLEGRAMS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 9391, 2 April 1892, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

fßy Electeic Tklegiuph.—Copyright.]

(Pee Pkess Association.)

REVENUE RETURNS. London, March 31. (Received April 1, at 7.40 p.m.) The revenue for the year ended to-day is ~90,600,000. THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE. Colonial representatives in the Imperial institute advise the united appointment of me curator for the colonial courts, also the :olonies uniting in the maintenance of the 'THE DEFENCES OF MALTA. Owing to the treachery of Sergeant Holden, }f the Engineers, in selling the plans of the lefences of Malta to the French, it has been iecided to alter the whole of the defences at irst cost. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. (Received April 1, at 8 p.m.) The weekly returns of the Bank of England, published to-day, show the total reserve to be L 16,812,000, a decrease of L 628.000 as compared with the previous week. The proportion of reserve to liabilities is 4-046. Consols, 96. Three months' bills are discounted at If per cent. New Zealand 4 per cent, inscribed stock, 103J; 3£ per cent, do, 93£. Business in New Zealand long-berried wheat is restricted at 41s ; patent flour, 26s 6d. Oats: Fine quality, 26s 6d; common sorts. 24s 6d. Beans, 41s 6d. Frozen mutton (Canterbury), 4£d per lb; lamb, 6d. New Zealand hemp is flat at a decline of 10s per ton. Fair quality is quoted at L2l ss. South Australian wheat is weaker at 4-ls 6d ; Victorian flat at 40s 9d. For Australian wheat cargoes on passage, sellers ask 38s; buyers offer 375. Sugar—German beet firm at 13s 6d; |Java, 15s 3d. No. 1 best Scotch pig iron, f .o.b. in Clyde, is flat at 41s. Silver, 3s 3£d. THE WOOL SALES. At the wool sales competition is steady, with prices unchanged. COLONIAL PROBATE BILL. April 1. (Received April 2, at 1 a.m.) The Colonial Probate Bill has been read a third time in the House of Commons. EXCISE DUTIES. The Customs excise for the year has increased by L 1.100,000. COMMERCIAL UNION. The City Committee of the Imperial Federation recommend that a commercial union should be based on Freetrade between the mother country and the rest of the empire. JUDGE EDWARDS'. CASE. Argument before the Privy Council in the case of the Attorney-general of New Zealand v. Judge Edwards has concluded, and judgment has been reserved. CONTESTING IRISH SEATS. The Unionists have decided to contest the whole of the Irish constituencies against the Irish Nationalist party. THE BUDGET. The Imperial Budget will probably be brought down on the 11th insfc. PARIS ANARCHISTS CONFESS. Paris, March 31.' (Received April 1, at 11 a.m.) Ravachal was seized by the police in a wine shop. He had two revolvers in his possession, but his attempts to use them were frustrated. | When he was safely secured he shouted " Vive I'Anarchy!" There is great rejoicing in the city at Ravachal'i arrest. A considerable quantity of explosives was found secreted in his lodgings. (Received April 1, at 7.30 p.m.) Ravachal, the leader of the Anarchists, is charged with having committed six murders. He denies that he was connected with the last explosion. April 1. (Received April 2, at 1 a.m.) Several of the Anarchists in custody have confessed and declared that Ravachal was the author of the dynamite outrages and l-obberiss in Paris. Mathiaus, his chief accomplice, has also been arrested. Ravachal himself has confessed to several charges of murder. A MURDERING SOCIETY. Sofia, April 1. (Received April 2, at 1 a.m.) M. Evinoff, formerly chief of police in Sofia, and M. Baucheff, a Bulgarian officer, have, on condition that the decree of their expulsion from the country is cancelled, revealed the details of the society which arranged the murder of M. Beltcheff, Minister of Finance (shot while leaving a confectioner's shop in March 1891), and Dr Vulkovitch, the Bulgarian diplomatic agent in Constantinople (stabbed in the street a month ago), and the attempted murder of Prince Ferdinand and M. Stambouloff (Premier). FINANCIAL TROUBLES IN CALCUTTA. Calcutta, March 31. (Received April 1, at 11 a.m.) An unexampled fall has taken place in the rate of exchange, and it is suggested that a loan of seven millions is about to be raised. (Received April 1, at 7.40 p.m.) The fall of exchange in India causes great consternation, and threatens to paralyse trade. SERIOUS FIRES. (Received April 1, at 11 a.m.) Three-quarters of the city of Mandalay, the capital of Upper Burmah, have been burnt to the ground. The lire was accompanied by great loss of life. Among the buildings destroyed were the new Telegraph Office and the old Palace. April 1. (Received April 2, at 1 a.m.) The fire in Mandalay has extended over a distance of two miles. A fire in Rangoon did damage to the extent of five lacs of rupees.