CABLEGRAMS

Colonist, Volume XXXV, Issue 7264, 8 March 1892, Page 3

CABLEGRAMS

By Telegraph— Per United Press Association LONDON, Maroh 6. • It is reported that Lord Gormanston will < be appointed Governor Of Western Australia. Mr Henry Tate h&%'- withdraw* his offer cf £ 80,000 for the ereotiap.'bf 'i/^ioinre gallery ' at South Kensington 'and also his offer to ' present a collection of pictures as a nucleus for a National Gallery of British art, because i the Chancellor of the Exchequer has failed to i p-ovidea suitable site for a buildirg. The i Press express general regret that tbe splendid ; offer has not been accepted. , - Tallow, medium mutton, iu qaoi.d at 25 j . 63, do beef 24a. The English wheat market has a buoyant t inclination, the Continental is delming, an& the American is timnging a little for IU

pWj-rser.a.Theoargoespf -wheat by. he barque , Loreby, from Port Augusta, aud barque Anne fohun, from Geelong, have been Bold at 41s, arid -be cargo' by the ship Drumark fron. ; '.Melbourne, at 50a sd. '. Vessels with oargo'es 'liqiy French, porta we., using expedition ; to ' arrive before the* end oi May, as the hew duties will come into force on the Ist of June. .' ISfew Zealand' cheese 56s to 58s. The bulk of the faotory made batter by the Coptic ;: realised 1125 .t0 116s per owt. A few ohoice pastels" brought 11S_. Complaints, that New South Wales butler ib heated prior to sliip- . ment continue to bo made. .''■ , _. Trial, shipment OHegga ftom "Victoria ar« ■ rived in good condition. The eggs were not ■ 'broken/:;. ■..'.'"' V., "^^■^*^•■-WABH_l.'^N/-^■■ , :^ :: ■'' : • :■■■.■■■■ '- ■■:.-; 'March 6. : The: United States Government is unlikely ■ to agree to Lord Salisbury's proposals regarding the ißehring -. Sea difficulty. They are regarded as unfair and arrogant. The position is regarded as serious. ; V I ,;':-;.,■ SYDNEY, ■a. March 7..; The members of the Chinese seoret sooiety have been quiet since the frustration of the plot to attack their opponents, and the peace party is endeavoring' to effect a reconciliation. The polioe seized a number of weapons belonging to the sooiety on Friday night. The death is announced of the' Rev Father Jolly, Director of the Marist Brothers' Mission in the South Seas. MELBOURNE, March 7. < Two passengers by the s.s. Kaiser Wilhelm on her last trip to the' oolony have identified the remains of the victim of the Windsor tragedy as those of Mrs Williams. The husband is: described as a native cf Lancashire, about 35 years of age. .. .The "Government is discussing the possibility of effecting retrenchment in the Pablio Service. r . - • It is considered likely that the Government i will take advantage of the first favorable opportunity to . place an instalment of the Bix-rnilh'on loan on the market rather than float more Treasury bills. •■■-"'. /'•■.'..■ ''.; ; ' : ;\ . ALBANY,. „: ' .... * Maroh 7. Arrivedi- Orient, from London, Passengers for _.ew Zealand: Mr and Miss Duthie.

. {SPECIALS TO PRESS, ASSOCIATION.) • ■* ■••'•''■_■; London, March 4; The self denial week held by the members of the Congregational Churches throughout England' resulted in a collection of £10,000 towards the London Missionary Society. Queen Victoria' has sent a message of sympathy to the families of the fishermen who were lost in the' : fecent blizzard off the coast of Newfoundland. - . - • Probate Mas been granted in the estate of the late Lord Lytton, and the will has been proved at under £75,000. The deceased left directions for the custody of family docu"r ments, in order to protect his father's name against calumnies/ ■ Beblin, March 4. a A housemaid at Dresden has been sentenced to iiiree months imprisonment on a charge of . high treason. The • Cologne Gazette,' commenting on the prosecution of the Press, asserts that nothing is more harmful to the Throne than an.en- : forced silence throughout the nation. - •■_- •'■•'' Calcutta, March 4. Three hundred prisoners confined in gaol at Ayab, in Burmah, revolted and killed their European gaoler and wounded several of the •warders.-,; .The: prisoners then made their ; escape, but were pursued by a party of volunteers, who.J-illed the ringleader of athe revolt, ■ and recaptured others, thus preventing what is believed to have been an attempt at a of the residents.