CABLEGRAMS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2151, 16 May 1895, Page 18

CABLEGRAMS.

BRITISH A2JD FOAEIGN. i LOKDON, May 7. A large ncmber of people assembled at Plymouth to welcome Sroddarl's team on arrival. Peel, in tbft coum of an interview, declared «}hat colonial cricket had vastly improved, And the members of the team were charmed with the vibit aDd the hospitality extended to thorn. He believed that tho Australian teara chosen to visit England next year would comprise the best all-round player* the colonies possessed. The garrison who heild Obltral against the rebels have b«en awardod half a year's additional pay. During April the- imports of the United Kingdom decr«aeed by LG70.000, and the exports by LIOO.OOO. Persistent rumours arc current that Mr R. O. Munro Ferguson, M.P. for Leltb, will cecsivtt a colonial Governorship. Oscar Wild© has boen released on bail, his jureties being Lord Douglas and the Rev. Stewart Headlam. Lord Hopetoun has taken his seat in the Housa of Lords. He also paid a visit to the House of Commons. A train conveyicg the King and Qaeen of Italy was thrown eff the rails at Incisa, in Piedmont, but their Majesties escaped without injury. May 8. The annual balance sheet of the English and Australian Copper Company shows a debit balance of LI2OO. The directors in their report state that they have sufficient funds to continue the works without further assistance. The Spanish Government have apologised for th 3 action of the warship In firing on the vessel Alliance in Cuban waters. Queensland and New Zealand scrip is quoted at 4£ per cent, premium, and Western Australiau at 4£. The scheme for reforming Ihe Freehold and Investment Banking Company, as amended by the London and Glasgow committee, was forwarded to Melbourne at tbe beginning of April. Ifc is believed that tbe points of differoKca are easy of adjustment. Tbs residents of Managua, the capital of Nicaragua, have subscribed the amount of the indemnity demanded by the British Government. The Novoe Vremya says that when England received tbe Pamir agreement as a guarantee of Russia's peaceful intentions In respect to India, eh& clandestinely raised the Armenian question next door to the Caucasus, and tried to <rip up Russia. Replying to a question in the Cape Legislative Assembly, the Premier (Mr Rhodes) eaid that the Imperial authorities had not consulted the Cape Government prior to the annexation of the Umbegssa country. News from tho Cape states that the ship Saleette, of IGI4 tons, which left London for Melbourne on March 5, was burned at sea on April 18. All hands were saved. Tho Chinese Government fire sendirg 6000 troops to suppress a rising among the Black Flags. May 9. The barque JEolus, of 1247 tons, which left Sjdney for London on October 4, has been posted at Lloyd's as missing. The SL&w, Savlll, and Albion Company have informed Mr Reynolds that it is impossible to reduce freights on dairy produce from Now Zealand to London. The New Zealand Shipping Company refer the question to the colonial beard. The accomplices of Howard, the fo r ger, drew £3200 from the Conticental banks in a few days by meanß of forged notes upon Coults's Bank, London. The facts discovered by the police go to show that the forgers wore preparing an immense coup. The town of Kubin, in Hungary, has been destroyed by fire. The Government of Sweden and Norway have decided to purchase the principal private railways. J The Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, son of Sir Robert Peel, and brother of the late Speaker of the House of Commons, died suddenly from hf.morrhege of tbe brain. Sir H. Loch succeeds Sir Hercules Robinson as a director of the London and Westminster Bank. The Right Hon. Sir Arthur Hayter, M.P. tor Walsal!, has been mentioned as successor to the late Sir Robert Doff, but he denies that there is any truth in the report. May 10. Lord Rosebery, Sir Vernon Harcourt, and Mr Arnold Morley, Premier, Chancellor, and Postmaster-general respectively, will receive a deputation from the chambers of commerce on Friday next supporting the resolation passed at the Canadian Conference for a subsidy for the Pacific steamers and the construction of a Pacific cable. The Financial Times declares that it will be a mistake if Victoria and New S.uth Wales enter the borrowing market on the strength of the success of the other colonial loans. May 11. The ship Cumbrae, 135G tons, Captain Fisher, which left Sydney for Valparaho on JTebruarv 9, is believed to have been lost.

M*jor Mentis proceeds fco India as second in command of the Welsh iV-glment, The Manchester Committee oS Merchants pud Manufacturers are negotiating with tho Gulf liuo of steamers for the despatch of b*. earners direct, fiora Australia to Mauche&ter, beginning in Ootobcr. Toe Kauri Q-old Mining Company of New Zaaland, with a capital of L 150.000, has been registered. Tho Tokatea Gald Mioing Company of Hauraki, with a capital of L150.G00, is issuing L 62.500 on the London market. May 12. (X»car Wilde will be put on his trfcl again on M&y 20. The Privy Council dismissed tho Now Zealand appeal case Johnston v. Oidham, with costs. Blagrove's Freehold Gold MiDing Oomp&ny, Ooromandel, is announced, with a capital of L 62.000. It ia reported that 3000 rebel Cuban cavalry were routed by the Spaniards with & loss of 700. The lattor lost 300. Mr G*orge Edwards baa engaged Mlsa Pattie Brown, tho well kaown Australian actress, to play Lottie Venne'a part in " The Ariist'a Model." The balance Bhcet of the London Bank of Australia shows the old fixed deposit to be L 4. 317,000; current accounts and new deposits, Ll.304,000; cash items L 1,442,000; investment?, bille, loans, and other assets in London, L 782.000; bills dif counted, loans, and other assets in the colonies, L 5,508,000. Lord Rosebery is cruising in the Channel j under medical advice. Mr Oampbell-Bannerman, Secretary for , the War department, has admitted that the use of frozen meat is due to economy initiated in 1890, but he was not prepared to say as to quality. i The French religions orders are intsnsely [ excited and unable to deoide on an atiitude | on the question of taxation, and the bishops are disputing it. The cardinal, priests, bishopß, and 150,000 monks are affected by the taxation. BUhop Puget urges that the tax be paid under protest as refusal means ! war against the State and a casus belli between France and the Vatican. Tho Government of British Columbia complain that the United States have not yet paid the Bchrlng Saa award, and that fishermen are, therefore, practically penniless, and unable to refit for the present season. Lord Hopetounwas received on his arrival at Edinburgh with ringing cheers from the people in the streets, and cries of " Welcome home." Repljing to an address from his tenantry, he attributed any success he had met with in Australia to the cordial cooperation and hearty goodwill of the colonists. The gentlemen of his county intend to present him with an address. Tallow : Medium mutton, 22s Gd ; do beef, 21s. The English whoat market has an upward tendency, while the Continental is firm, and the American is changing a little for the worse. May 13. Viscount Wolmer intends to raise the question whether a succession to the peerage vacates the seat in the House of Commons. j Great Britain does not intend to renew I tho agreement with the United States regarding sealing, arms, and implements in the Bahring Sea. The terms of Mr Lund, shipowner, for the carriage of Australian produca to London, are : Frozen mutton, |d per 1b ; other prodace, 72s Gd per cubic ton. Copper has risen 11s per ton. May 14. Mm Lester, the wife of a prominent officer in the Bombay police force, Bhot and killed her husband through jealousy. The Canadian Government asked England to contribute one million towards the cost of federation with Newfoundland, but the request was refused. The Times correspondent at St. John's believes the prospect of federation almost hopeless. Timber agents report there is no market for Victorian stringy bark. The Times thinks it only too likely that personal feeling explains Sir H. Parkes's attack on Mr Reid. The Morning Advertiser condemns the Naw South Wales Budget as obviously class legislation. It considers it will interfere with the couree of trado and exempt the wcrkiDg classes from taxation, except their share of the customs duties on drink and tobacco. Paris, May 10. Misses Amelia Wood and Ada Crossley, from Australia, have made a successful debut at Madame Marchessa's concert:, at the Salle Erard. Beblin, May 14. The Reichstag rejected the Tobacco Tax Bill. I Madetd, May 10. News has been. received that a survivor of the Rcina Rjgente, the Spanish warship which recently foundered off the entrance of the Straits of Gibraltar, was found lashed to a plank drifting in mid-Atlantic by an outTtard-bound ship, but ho died in a few minutes after being taken on board. Brussels, May 13. Madame Joniaux's eeutence of death for poisonirg her relatives has been commuted to penal servitude for life. Tanqieb, May 13. Six hundred Moors were killed in an intertribal battle at Quedbourir, in Morocco. Calcutta, M»j 9. The Ameer of Afghanistan has placed Uinra Khan under surveillance in Cabul. Capetown, May 10. The Government propose to include frozen meat in the category of preserved meats, thus raising the duty 2d per lb, provided other parties consent. The farmers ara alarmed at the imports from the Australian colonies. Referring to the proposed duty on frozen meat, Mr Rhodes said he favoured protecting the products of the soil of the colony, but was opposed to protecting manufactures. Ottawa, Ma.y 12. The Hon. G. Foster, Minister for Fiuance, states that Newfoundland has agreed to union with the Dominion.