CABLEGRAMS.

Otago Witness, Issue 1681, 9 February 1884, Page 10

CABLEGRAMS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

[By Electric Teleghaph.— Copyright.] (Reutkb's Telegrams.) London, January 31. It has been arranged that Mr Bradlaugh shall appear at the bar of the House on February 14 and make a further appeal for admission to Parliament. Thomas and Sons, stockbrokers, have become defaulters for £800,000. The principal member of the firm has absconded. February 1. A Gazette to-day contains an announcement conferring the following honours : — To be Knights Commanders of the Order of St. Michael and St. George : Hon. Frederick' Whitaker (ex-Premier of New Zealand), and Sir George Wigram Allen Knight (ex-Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales). To be Companions of the same ; Mr Murray Smith (Agent- general for Victoria), and Mr Thomas Archer (late Agent-general for Queensland). The Melbourne portion of 2000 carcasses of cargo ex Cuzco has been found in good condition. The first portion placed on the market realised s^d to 6d per lb. The P. and O. s.s. Ballarat, leaving for Aus- . tralia, takes the following specie shipments :—: — £150,000 for Adelaide, £70,000 for Melbourne, and £200,000 for Sydney. The market for Colonial breadstuffs remains quiet, but steady, at the following prices -.—. — Adelaide wheat (ex store), 44s ; Adelaide flour (ex store), 31s. New Zealand wheat (ex store), 36a to 425. The total quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom to-day is returned at 1,810,000 quarters, an increase of 10,000 during the week. Australian tallow continues dull, and prices have suffered a fall of 6d" per cwt. - Beef (fair average quality) is quoted at 393, and mutton do 425. The stock of tallow in London to-day is 7400 casks, an increase of 400 casks during the past week. The wool market is steadier. The arrivals to date for next auctions amount t > 200,000 bales. February 2. It has transpired that Thomas and Son, stockbrokers, who have become defaulters to the amount of £800,000, have defrauded the London Chartered Bank of Australia to the extent of £120,000 by wholesale appropriation of securities belonging to the Bank's customers. February 4. Wreckage belonging to the il Mated ship Simla has been washed ashore en the Sussex coast. It has transpired that Government has decided to apply to Parliament for the sum of £2,000,000, to be devoted to defences at Horns and abroad. London, February 5. The following is a forecast of the Queen's Speech, to be delivered at the opening of the Imperial Parliament to-day. The Speech states that relations with Foreign Powers continue friendly. It regrets that events in the Soudan have delayed the withdrawal of British troops from Egypt, which, however, is still intended. It hopes that the measures which have recently been taken will solve the difficulty without the necessity of armed intervention, and that Colonel Gordon will shortly discover the best means for effecting the evacuation of the Soudan. The difficulty which has arisen in Madagascar has been satisfactorily arranged with France. Hopes of a happy settlement of the Transvaal frontier question are entertained. The disorder which had arisen in JZululapd has been overcome, and that country is no-v in a satisfactory condition. Affairs in Ireland show signs of steady im. provement. The Speech announces that bills will be introduced for dealing with county franchise, London municipal, reform, and local self-government, also renewal of Sundayclosing regulations in Ireland. PABIS, February 1. The French Government loan of £14,000,000 sterling is announced. . February 3. M. Eugene Rouher, formerly President of the Senate, died to-day, aged 70. Vienna, January 31. Owing to the number of murders and out rages recently committed by Socialists, the' ordinary law has been suspended in this city and suburbs and martial law been proclaimed. Much alarm prevails at the disturbed state of affairs. February 1. Several arrests have been made of persons implicated in the recent outrages, and the expulsion from this city of many others con earned in the Socialist agitation has been ordered. Washington,. February 3. The Tariff Bill which U now before Congress provides for a general reduction of customs to the extent of 20 per cent. The proposed reduction will be applied to woollen goods. The death is announced of Wendell Phillips, the well-known American orator, aged 73. Caieo, -January 30. Baker Pasha, with a force of 4000" troops, is about to commence operations againat the Arab rebels, and will land at Trinkitat with a view of relieving the besieged garrison at Tokar.. Twenty thousand Arabs are preparing to oppose his advance. January 31. News has been received here that the garrison at Siukat is now without food, and owing to the number of Arabs surrounding the town relief is impossible. February 1. News has been received here that Baker Pasha after landing at Trinketat made a reconnaissance in force, and had a skirmish with the enemy. The latter fled southward. Baker's cavalry pursued the rebels for Beveral miles, killing hundreds of them. Colonel Gordon, recently appointed Governor of tho Soudan, passed the Korosko yesterday

and entered the Desert en route to Khartoum. February 3. News to hand from Sinkat, where the garrison is without provisions, is to tho effect that foraging parties which were sent out to obtain supplies wore cut to pieces by the Arabs.