NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XVIII, Issue 1679, 27 February 1885, Page 3

NEWS BY CABLE.

THE SOUDAN RELIEF EXPEDITION. THE PRINCE Ob' WALES TO VISIT IRELAND. ENGLAND'S CLAIMS IN SAMOA. SMALLPOX ON THE RINGAROOMA. ATTEMPT TO ROB A BANK. THE LATEST DESPATCH. ALL HOPE ABANDONED. THE TORIES PREPARED TO TAKE OFFICE. San Francisco, February 23. Arrived, yesterday—Pacific mail steamship Zealandin, from Auckland (3rd February). London, February 24. H.K.H. the Prince of Wales will visit Ireland in April. England claims to be placed on equality with Germany so far as Samoan interests are concerned.

Arrived at Plymouth, R.M.S, Tongariro, from Lyttelton (January 17). At a meeting of the Conservative party, t Miay, the Marquis of Salisbury stated that the Tories were fully prepared to assume office, shouid the present Administration be found to not retain the confidence of Parliament.

Prince Bismarck does not wish any change to be made as regards Samoa. February 25.

General Gordon in his last despatch of 14th December abandoned all hope, and said the fall of Khartoum was England’s fault. Several English officers are offering their services to the Sydney contingent. Paris, February 23.

At a congress of dynamitards held in this city, it was resolved to extend explosive operations in England. Sydney, February 25.

The steamship Eingarooma arrived yesterday from Auckland. Soon after she was berthed it was discovered that a steward named Thomas James was suffering from smallpox. The passengers had disembarked, hut fifteen of them were subsequently secured and sent to the quarantine station. Several other passengers cannot be traced, and are still at large. The vessel has been placed in quarantine. Melbourne, February 25. An unsuccessful attempt was made last night to rob the Colonial Bank of Australasia at Natimuk, a town on the north-west of this colony. At a special meeting of the Presbytery of Melbourne last evening, a resolution was passed declaring that the recent conduct of the congregation of the Scots’ Church was an act of contumacy and rebellion ; that the time had arrived to separate those willing to acknowledge the authority of the church from those who are unwilling, and instructing the session to take the necessary steps towards that eud.