ENGLISH AND FOREIGN CABLE.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 3416, 8 September 1885, Page 2

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN CABLE.

(Psr Elkctrio Telegraph— Copyright.) , (Reotbr's Aobnot.) (Roeoived noon, Sept. 7th.) London, Sept. 5. At to-day's wool sales 11,100 bales wero catalogued. The tone of the market is atilldnU. , Advices from Spain state that cholera is decreasing m that country, and the number of deaths is rapidly diminishing, i A case of cholera has been reported to the medical authorities at Cardiff, m 1 South Wales, the patient being a sailor on board a ship which recently arrived ■ from Barcelona. [Received 3 p.m., Sopt. 7th.J , Tho New Zealand Shipping Company's i R.M. S. Aorangi left yesterday evening > for Auckland, vii tho Cape. ! The Merchant Shipping and Under--1 writers' Association report : — Arrived — • Ferdinand, from Auckland ("left June r sth), and Altair, from Lyttelton (left 1 Juno 3rd). I (Special to the Press Association.) s IK-eceived 11.50 a.m., Sopt. 7th. I London, Sept. 6. H The gangway of tho Orient Company's steamer Liiguria fell and injured 24 persona and killed one Tho French Government have snp- [ pressed tho paper JJosphorc Egypiienm: published at Cairo. \ Mr Jno. Fowler, formerly President of f the Institution of Civil Engineers, and nt v present Consulting Engineer to tho 3 Egyptian Government, has been created • a Knight of St. Michael and St. George. r Flushing, a seaport of the Netherlands, ' has been made a port of call for tho ' German line of steamers to Australia. Tho flying squadron at present m cour»« 1 of formation will comprise seven vensels, 1 and will be under tho command of Cap- ' tain Robert Fitzroy, C.B. The squadron j sails m October. , Spain refused to allow the Carolino s Islands difficulty to be settled by nrbitra--3 tion. With reference to the seizure of . Uap by Germany, the Spanish Governor b of that island tried to offer resistance to • the landing of tho Germans, bat the commander of the Spanish rawi-of-war there

refused to assist him, and has since beei dismissed from the service. Three men of-war despatched to Dap have beei ordered to act with energy. [Received 10 p.m., Sept. 7th. J London, Sept. 6. At present the public feeling m Ger many over the difficulty with Spain i quiet. Fifty arrests of rioters have been madi m Madrid m conaequenca of the oppor tunity afforded by the present troubl over the Carolines. It is feared that ; rebellion will break out m Spain betweei the rival factions. The French Pres are agreed m the event of war betweei Spain and Germany, that France shouh maintain an absolute neutrality. The following vessels will form thi Flying Squadron :— Calypso, Rover Hyacinthe, Royalist, and Thalia.