LATEST CABLEGRAMS.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1906, 22 June 1892, Page 4

LATEST CABLEGRAMS.

L. .Mr Gladstone's interview with ihe eighthour deputation was an animated one, and in the discussion he oombat^d every statement advanced by the delegates. Mr Gladstone declared that he w«uld be disgraced and sink to the lowest pdiiit possible for the most unprincipled to iafl if he forsook Home Rule in favour of other matters. ■$$ "Thy Times" applauds Mr Gladst^ for refusing to commit himself to fcbt> d rnands of >hy Trades Council, while jfchj? "Standard" considers that the unhappy champions of the Libour party have been led from pom'; to point until they have been reduced to the condition of almost drowning men. Replying to the invitation of the M'Carthy seation of the Irish party, Mr Blake, Q.C., of Canada, has consented to contest an Irish seat in the interest of Home Rule.

The Irish National League of Great Britain in their manifesto declare that in the event of Ireland losing Home Rul» blame will be cast upon the M -Car invitee, owing to the latter'a refws >! to assist in healing the breach among the parties. At the wool sales combing merino aud superior crossbreds are selling freely. The wool sales continue brisk and-' all sorts are very firm. American buyers ajre operating freely. The Bradford market, however, does uot respond to the movement in London.

In the House of Commons, Mr Bilfour Btated that the withdrawal of the East African Company from Uganda did not imply the abandonment of the country by □gland, within whose sphere it was. On the contrary, the survey ot a railway line from Mombasso inland was rapidly proceeding. Mr Morley in a speech to his constituents asserted that coercion and Protection were the pillars of the ' ory polioy. Mr Bilfour in a speech opening the election campaign said a polioy of public works would help Ireland more than a thousand Parliaments.

Mr Redmond in a political speech blamed Mr Healy for the split in tbe Irish party, and the audience threatened Healy with violence. It is rumoured that Mr Robert Lincoln will succeed Mr Biaine as United States Secretary of State, Mr Chauncey Depew taking Mr Lincoln's place. France has notified the Powers that she intends blockading the Dahomey coast.

Mr G.bbs, M.P. for London, will not contest the seat at the General Election

Earl Spencer sells Althorpe Library owing to the depression in agriculture. In the House of Commons the Irish Free Education Bill has been read a second time.

A select committee recommend the Government to. purchase the trunk railway lines and the telephone companies' interests.

Canterbury lamb is selling at s|d ; beaf — forequarters, 2h ; hindquarters, 3gd. New Zealand hemp is quoted as follows : — Auckland, fair quality, £20 ; Wellington, medium, £19 10s.

Antimony, £46 10s.

The Spanish Government are much irritated at the supposed further concessions to England by the Sultan of Morocco.

In the House of Commons the Hon. A. J. Biilfour announced, on behalf of the Government, that it was impossible that the dissolution could take place before the 29th or 30th inst.

Four Italians have been lynched at Seattle, a post village, the capital of King county, Washington, on the eastern shore of Puget Sound, for murdering an American foreman.

Further intelligence from Venezuela states that the rabels cmtiuue in their success against the Government troops, and that they are advancing on Bolivar on the Caribbean Sea. President Pallaccio has resigned.

The Tammy Hall opposes Mr Grover Cleveland in the Chicago Convention. The King and Queen of Italy, accompanied by a brilliant suite, have started for Berlin on a visit to the Emperor and Empress of Germany. Many festivities have been arranged in the German capital during the stay of the royal personages. Germany has arranged to dnild a strategic railway from Carlsruhe into Lorraine.

Captain Charles Selwyn, in the "Statist/ 7 declares that the market is distinctly averse to the investment of trust funds in colonial securities.

Prince George of Wales has been sworn iii"as Duke of York. The Scottish Home Rule manifesto expresses distrust of Mr Gladstone.