FOREIGN & COLONIAL TELEGRAMS. ENGLISH AND FOREIGN CABLE.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 4426, 31 December 1888, Page 2

FOREIGN & COLONIAL TELEGRAMS. ENGLISH AND FOREIGN CABLE.

(Pkr Kleotbio Tklborajh— Ooptkiobt.) (Piiß Pkkss AsspounoN.) (iioooivod 12.'J1 p.m., Deo 2Uth.) , London, Dec 28. WRECK AND LOSS OF LIFE. Tho captaiu .and .five of the crew of thß Storm Queen, which foundered in the Bay of Biscay, went down with tho veiisel. The survivors sufi'erod terrible privations from thirst and hunger. OBrTDARY. '■ Philip Albort Muntr,, Conaervative member for Tam worth. DEATH SENTENCE TO BE CARRIED OUT. Paris, Deo. 28. Tho rrusiduut ban rcfuood tha requeit

of Prado,|tho murderer, for a revision of | sentence, and the penalty of death will be carried out. SUAKIM. , . SbAKiSi; Dec 27. Osman Digna is rallying the Dervishes in the neighbourhood of Handoub. RUSSIAN INFLUENCE IN PERSIA. Teheran, Dec. 2j. Th* Shah, actrog . under Russian influence, is minimising concessions on the .Karon river, which Sir Henry Drummon'd Wolff, British Ambassador at Teheran, succeeded in inducing the Shah to have thrown open to the navigation of the world. (Received 12.25 p.m., Dec. 29th.) COMMERCIAL. London, Dccv 27. ■ The total reserve in the Bank of England is £11,622,000, being an increase of £422,000. The proportion of reserve to liabilities la 43V per cent. The English wheat tnarkqt is lifeless, the Continental market is inactive, and the American is declining, with increased weakness. The American visible supply is 30,000,000 bushels. The qnantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,416,000qrs ; for the Continent, 4CO,oOoqrs. (Received 6.20 p.m., Dec. 30th.) BISPHOP BARRY. Deo. 28» The Pall Mall Gazdie slates that the principal cause of Bishop Barry's resigning the See of Sydney was owing to his disgust at the squabbles taking place between the High and Low Church sections of the Cathedral Chapter, OBITUARY. General Morant, .who took an active part in the war against the natives in the early days of New Zealand. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA. Calcdtta, Dec. 28. At a sitting of the National Indian Congress to-day, resolutions were carried that expansion aud reform ia the manner of appointing Governors-General and Provincial Councils are necessary. All gentlemen speaking on the subject professed fervent loyalty to Great Britain. COMMERCIAL. London, Dec. 28. The tallow market is quiet, but price 8 remain steady ; best motton is quoted at 35s 6d, and beat beef at 33s Cd to 345. (Special to Pbkss Association.) (Beoeived 10 a.m,, Dec 29th.) THE CHANNEL TUNNEIi SCHEME. TJQNDOir, Deo, 28. Lord Brabourne,, speaking ia reference to the Channel tunnel scheme, '.considered the prospects of the Bill were, no* more hopeful. ; MR BRIGHT: Mr Bright ia once more recovering. AN ENQUIRY WANTED. The English East African Company have prodaoeJ Ihoii* 5 agroomont with tho Sultan of Zanzibar on the subject of rescuing slaves, to refute the sensational stories alleged to be propagated from the mission stations, of their ohainipg and flogging negroee. The company appeal to Lord Salisbury to order an enquiry. THE LATE EMPEROR'S DIARY. Bbrlin, Dec. 27. A preliminary enquiry iato the case of Professor Geffken, now imprisoned on a charge of divulging the contents of the late Emperor's diary, has been concluded. His health is precarious. Tha main trial will take place in a month. INCREASE OF TROOPS. Paris, Dec. 27. France is increasing the number of her troops on the Alpine frontier by 15,000. MR GLADSTONE ANI> THE POPE. • ■-=■ ' ••■ - Rome, Dec. 27. Some sensation fias been' caused in Italy by the letter of Mr Gladstone urging Europe to offer arbitration of the question of the temporal at at as. of the Fope. . ■ (Received 1 p.m., Deo. 29th.) {SODDEN DEATH. London, Dec. 28. Mr Vance, the vocalist, died suddenly last night while engaged in singing at a music hall in. this city. A DISCLAIMER. The British East African Company disclaimhavingadmitted assisting in domestic slavery. WI PERE AND ME REES. Wi Pere, who, in company with Mr Reea, bas been endeavouring to establish s colonisation scheme, has sailed for New Zealand. , NO FOREIGN CAPITAL. Tho Shah of Persia has forbidden the introduction o( foreign capital into that country, and it is believed that his action ig aimed at Great Britain. THE GOVAN DIVISION SEAT. Mr Wilson, a Home Ruler, will oppose Sir Jolin Pender in tho contest for the Goran Division seat, neat Glasgow. PROPOSED AQUATIC CHALLENGE. It has been proposed that tho Oxford and Cambridge University eights should challenge an Australian eight to a match on the Thames.