LATE CABLEGRAMS.

Otago Witness, Issue 1970, 22 August 1889, Page 9

LATE CABLEGRAMS.

:fr-. THE MAYBEICK CASE. Mr Matthews, Home Secretary, will consider the petitions in favour of Mrs Maybrick before the sentence is carried out. These petitions have been signed by a quarter of a million people. Mr Matthews refused to receive a deputation of the House of Commons ou the Maybrick case. An excited meeting was held in London in favour of a reprieve. Judge Stephen has had a conference with the Home Secretary on the Maybrick case. He approves the verdict. The English Press Association states that Mrs Maybrick's sentence has been commuted to penal servitude for life, but tho announcement is regarded as premature. The Lancet considers the verdict was justified by the evidence. Dr Baird in a letter to the Medical Journal opposes the verdict. As usual in these cases Mrs Maybrick has received plenty of offers of marriage — at least seven being known of ; but besides these, one infatuated admirer has carried his folly so far as to offer himself as a substitute on the scaffold. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. Owing to the lateness of the season, many of the Ministerial supporters are absent from London, and Government has experienced some very prnall majorities. In consequence of this the provisions of the Tithes Bill have been altered, giving a remedy against the occupier, he in hi 3 turn being able to recover from the owner. The alteration has brought the Ministry into grave discredit. The Speaker has rul^d that the Government changes in the Tithes Bill constitute it a new measure, and it has consequently been withdrawn. Mr C. W. Gray (M.P. for Maiden, and an independent Tory) has introduced a new bill similar to tbe Government measure. It is expected it will be read a second time and thenabandoned. Government will introduce their bill again next year. The papers urge that in the meantime very severe punishment should be inflicted on non-payers of tithes, who number 15,000, and include the mayors of nine boroughs. Mr Samuel Smith (member for Flintshire)

will more the rejection of the Western Australian Bill. ; BOUI.ANGE'B, " DILIiON, AND BOCHEtfOBT FOUND GUILTY. The members'of the Right have withdrawn from the Senatorial High Court. The Council of State has decided that Boulangeris ineligible as Consul-general, and declared his seat vacant. The High Cour % by a majority of 206, found Boulanger guilty of conspiracy, and, by 198 to 10, convicted him of treason. Count Dillon and ftl. Rochefort were found guilty of complicity. Boulanger ,'Dillon, and Rochefort were sentenced to imprisonment for life in a fortress. The Government are considering the advisability of demanding the extradition of Boulanger, Dillon, and Rochefort. There is no excitement over the verdict. The European Press regard the matter as a purely political trial. Bonlanger denies that he ever embezzled 120,000f. The money, he alleges, was expended by his son-in-law (Captain Briant) on disabled soldiers. He asserts that his conviction is the result of a corrupt compact between the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, for the purpose of preserving the latter's existence. He is confident that the result of the general election will reverse the verdict, MONBTAET AND COMMBBCIAL. Ox hides, 31s 4d ; cow, 27s Bd. The English wheat market is dull, the Continental inactive, and the American steady. Australian flour averages 27s ; Australian wheat (ex wharehouse), 40s ; New Zealand long berried, 38s 6d — market quiet. Sugar : German baet, 18s 9d ; Java ditto 21s. Pig iron, 465. Frozen mutton, s|d. There has been no change for some days. The bank reserve is £11,894,000 and the proportion of reserve to liabilities 37£ per cent. Consols, 98. Freights generally are unchanged, but steamers are advancing somewhat after the late decline. At auction 500 bales of New Zealand hemp were sold at from £22 10s to £28 10s. Eleven' hundred cases of kauri gum have been sold at from 5s to 8s advance. Tallow :. Medium mutton, 26s 6d ; beef, 24s 6d. The arrivals of wool to date are 215,000 bales ; sent forward, 43,000. New Zealand 4 per cent, inscribed stock is at 107§— market active. The Antwerp wool sales will take place between August 27th and September 4th. Seventeen thousand bales of Australian wool have arrived, and 1000 more are on the way. • THE CRETAN DIFFICULTY. Greece has been stopped preparing a fleet for despatch to Crete. Two Turkish ironclads, eight warships, and 30,000 Turkish troops have been sent to Crete. The insurrection is now subsiding. THE SERVIAN THEONE. The Servian Regents objects to Kiug Alex« ander visiting his mother at Yalta, and she has resolved to come to Belgrade shortly. If she persists in her intention it is feared riots will take place. It has been arranged that Queen Natalie shall be allowed to visit the Servian capital three times a year. ASSAULTING A JUDGE. Mr Terry, a barrister of California, struck Chief-justice Field at the railway station at Lathrap, and Deputy-marshal Nagle shot him dead. Terry was any at the judge committing for contempt in the Sharon case in 1887. Terry's purpose was suspected, and Nagle was authorised to defend Judge Field. At, the inquest Nagle was was found guilty of shooting, but will probably be acquitted. Terry's wife was Alfchea Hill, who claimed to have been married to Senator Sharon, and brought a suit against him, which lasted for a considerable time, and excited great interest in California. She threatens revenge for the death of her husband, and has issued a warrant against Judge Field, whom she accuses of complicity. : AUSTRIA AND GEEMANY. The Emperor of Germany welcomed the Emperor of Austria, who was accompanied to Berlin by Archduke Ferdinand and a distinguised suite. Great enthusiasm was shown by the people. Emperor William, toasting his Imperial guest, said the German people and army would maintain the alliance with Austria, even at the cost of having war forced upon them. Emperor Francis, in reply, said he desired to be united as brothers and comrades. Austria was grateful for German sympathy. Emperor Francis has returned to Vienna. THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE. The Emperor of Germany has arranged a rapprochment between England, and the Triple Alliance, the terms of which are to be rearranged by the Emperors of Germany and Austria. Sic James Fergusson denies the statement of the approaching alliance between England and Germany. IRISH LAND LEGISLATION. It is understood that Government will resume possession of the land in Western Ireland, regulate population, and consolidate and resell holdings. In the eastern districts the land will not be resumed except in special instances. Land banks with an imperial guarantee will also be established. Announcement of this new departure in Ireland was published at Birmingham on Mr Chamberlain's authority. MISCELLANEOUS. A man, name unknown, has been murdered on the Brighton railway. Searle is not very well. At present he scales 12.0 stripped. O'Connor is io speudid condition. The European Mail thinks that O'Connor will beat Searle. Mr Brown (member for Ontario) accompanies Mr Abbott, the Canadian delegate, on his mission to Australia. The statement that Bulgaria intends to proclaim her freedom is not confirmed. The new smokeless and noiseless powder has been successfully tried in a sbarn fight ab Spandau. Additional awards at the Paris Exhibition are — Bronze medal, Dowslin's New Zealand mortice lock and furniture; hematite paint, Tasmania. It is rumoured that the French general elections will take place on September 22. .The owners of the cottage, at Chicago, in which Dr Cronin was murdered have identified Burke as the man who hired the house. News has reached Zanzibar that Stanley is going to Kavironda Bay, on the eastern side of Victoria NyaDza, when he will make a start for the Port of Mombasa. He is expected to arrive in a few months. The proposal to decrease the capital of ther P. and O. Company has been favourably received, and shares have already risen to 73. Archbishop Croke will shortly proceed to Australia on a private visit. The summer naval manoeuvres are now going on. War is supposed to have beea declared, and Admirals Tryon and Tracy are defending England, which is being attacked from Ireland by Admirals Baird and Darcy Irvine. Two sailors sleeping in the forecastle of the torpedo boat were suffocated during' the naval manoeuvres. An official of the Queensland National Bank is believed to have absconded. It is reported that Princess Victoria of Wales '

has been betrothed to Prince Hohenlob© Langenbourg. A verdict of murder has been returned in the last Whitechapel tragedy. Mr Solomon, of Sydney, has been appointed Queen's Counsel for Fiji. Mr Chaplin has been appointed Minister- of Agriculture. Unsettled weather is checking the harvest, bnt early samples of grain show excellent quality. Ten thousand dock labourers are on otrlke in London, and the export trade of the city is disturbed in consequence. Generol Grenfell, in recognition of his victory at Toski, has been promoted to the permanent rank of major-general. Prince Henry of Prussia, who accompanied his brother, the Emperor, to England, has been invested with the Order of the Garter.