Yesterday's Cable.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 6754, 8 February 1892, Page 1

Yesterday's Cable.

\ ♦ BRITISH AND FOREIGN. (Per Electric Telegraph—Copyright,) (Pee Press Association.) (Received 6 p.m.. Fob. 7th.) mr justin McCarthy. London, Feb. 6 Mr Justin McCarthy has been reelected chairman of the Sessional Com mittee of the Irish party with a committee of eight advisers. MR SPURGEON’S SUCCESSOR. The Rev. James Spurgeon, Mr Moody, the American Evangelist, and the Rev. Archibald Brown, are mentioned as probable successors to the late Rev. C. H. Spurgeon. M.M.S. VICTORIA. H.M.S. Victoria will return to Malta. She has only received slight injuries. The double bottom was the means of saving the vessel. THE ANARCHISTS IN SPAIN. Madrid, Feb. 6. At Xres five anarchists were sentenced to death and three to penal servitude for life. MR PATRICK EGAN. Valparaiso, Feb, 6, The house cf Mr Egan, the United States Minister, is being guarded by police in order to overawe the mob. SLAVE CARAVAN. Zanzibar, Feb. 6. Emin Pasha, in his journey from the coast to Wadelai, came across the track of a band of Arabs who were driving twelve hundred slaves to the coast. Scores of unfortunate wretches had been killed because they were unable to keep up with the others. THREATENED IMPEACHMENT. Lisbon, Feb. 6. The proposition that Senor Oarvallia, late Minister of Finance, should be impeached for advancing 3,0'/T,OOO francs to a railway company without the cognisance of the Cabinet is being iisouased in the Cortes. THE LATE SIR MORELL MACKBNZIE. Berlin, Feb. 6. 1

The German press refers in uncomplimentary terms to the late Sir Morel! Mackenzie.

The Empress Frederick declares that by the death of the eminent specialist, she has lost one of her dearest friends.

ROYAL BETROTHAL. Sx, Petersburg, Feb. 6. 1 The Grand Duchess Xema, eldest daughter of the Czar, is betrothed to the Grand Duke Alexander Michaelovitch. THE FAMINE IN RUSSIA. The Ameer of Bokhara has sent a contribution of 100,000 roubles to the famine relief fund. THE LABOUR COMMISSION. London, Feb. 6. Shipowners are incensed at the evidence given by Mr S. Plimsoll before the Royal Commission on Labour, and assert that many of his statements were devoid of truth. They announce their intention of bringing evidence before the Commission to refute Mr Flimsoll’s statements. THE OSBORNE CASE. When placed in the dock in the perjury case Mrs Osborne fainted, and the case had to be adjourned, prisoner being sent to Holloway prison where there is an infirmary. THE GLADSTONE CAMPAIGN. At a meeting at Kennington Sir G. O. Trevelyan, on behalf of the Gladstone Liberal party, initiated a campaign for the conversion of Tory seats in London. THE LAND PURCHASE ACT. One hundred and fifty tenants on the Fonsonby estate have agreed to purchase their holdings under Lord Ashbourne's Act, upon terms which Sir H. F. Ponsonby offered in 1887. THE ANARCHISTS. Oavarqua, an Italian, has been arrested in Birmingham for having a number of bombs in his possession. He is supposed to be connected with the Walsall anarchists. THE AUSTRIAN CURRENCY. The Bank of England has declined to facilitate the establishment of a gold currency in Austria. AUSTRALIAN FINANCE. Sir Saul Samuel, in replying to comments made by the Statist on Australian borrowing, reminds financiers that restricted borrowing means restricted disbursements to British manufacturers, and he says that if New South Wales is unable to borrow in London or elsewhere for the construction of railways which are earning full interest, then it Is time for the colony to consider how the works can be carried on from colonial resources. Sir Saul Samuel

also draws attention to the fact that if a short wheat harvest in New South Wales in 1890 meant a loss of £600,000, the increase of sheep in the colony during the same period meant a gain of £1,900,000.

(Special to Press Association.) (Received 10.25 a.m., Feb. 6tb.) DISMISSAL OF MANDARINS. . Hong Kong, Feb. 5. The mandadans of Mongolia, who are suspected of connivance with the rebels, will be dismissed. THE POSTAL CONFERENCE. Berlin, Feb. 5. The Reichstag is considering the Postal Convention. The announcement that Australia had joined was received with applause. It was also stated that the Cape was expected to enter. THE POPE. Paris, Feb. 6. The Court has decided that His Holiness the Pope can utilise property bequeathed to him in France, subject to the approval of the Government. FINANCIAL SCANDAL. A financial scandal bas been unearthed in Paris, and two bank managers have been arrested. CARDINAL MANNING’S WILL. London, Feb. 5. Cardinal Manning’s will has been proved at under £IOO. THE STAGE. Mr Musgrove, the Australian manager, is contemplating engaging the Gaiety Company for a tour including a season In London. EDUCATION AND TORYISM. Sir J ohn Gorst considers that education will aid the spread of Toryism among the working population THE WRECK OF THE EIDER. Divers who have inspected the Eider report that it will be hopeless to attempt to get her off. 'Received 6 p.m., Feb. 7th.) Feb. 6. Sir W. Y. Harcourt thinks that the result of the Rossendale election shows that the Tories are doubting the value of their alliance with the Unionists. FINANCIAL SCANDAL. Berlin, Feb. 6. The names of the bankers concerned in the financial scandal have not been revealed. It is stated that a number of frauds were perpetrated in connection with the floating of recent loans. ORDER OF THE BLACK EAGLE. The Emperor William has conferred the Order of the Black Eagle on Marquis Rudini the Italian Premier, for the part which he took in the establishment of the commercial treaties. THE UNITED STATES AND CHILI. Valparaiso, Feb. 6. The Chilians who attacked the sailors of the United States warship Baltimore will be sentenced to terms of imprisonmeat ranging from four months to thirty months.