CABLE NEWS.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1837, 28 May 1886, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

THE CANADIANS ARMING A FLEET. PLOT AGAINST PRINCE ALEXANDER. NEKS FROM KIMBERLEY GOLD FIELDS. Loxi'ON, May 21. Ibe Canadian Government are arming a fleet lor the protection of the fisheries. A plo*. among the Rnaeiana to mnrder the Prince of Ronmelia ha* been detected. Lord Cbatlea Beresford asserts that it will not b« possible to coerce Ulster. It is expected that M. de Freycinet, the French Minister (or Foreign Affairs, will insist on the expulsion of the Princes from France. Germany dehea the special precautions being taken by France. A dissolution of Parliament is expected about 220 d Jane May 25. The Marriage with the Deceased Wife’s Bister Bill came on (or discussion in the House of Lords last night. When a division was taken the measure was rejected by a majority of tl. The Royal Horticultural Society have awarded the Knighton Medal for grapes and apples to New South Wale?. The Adelaide pears and app'es were highly commended. The Admiralty consiuer the possession of Rapa of far more importance than the New Hebrides Don Carlos has issued a manifesto to the effeet that he will not renounce his right to the throne of Hptin. Short staple merino greasy is in demand, and has advanced from Jd to Id per lb. Scoured merino has likewise advanced from Id to Ifd per lb since close of last sales. Other descriptions are unchanged. Merino wool is in demand, butcroeabred is neglected. The Antwerp sales opened on the r.tth instant, at an average advance of about 15 per cent, on last sales closing rates. The present sales are progressing fairly well.

May 26. Hi* Imperial Majesty the Czar, who ie on • ▼wit to Moscow, wae waited npon by the Mayor, who presented the usual offenng of bread and salt, accompanied by a loyal addrea* The addraea stated that the restoration of the status of the Black Sea fleet tended to strengthen the belief that the Cross would thortly ihino above the dome of the Mosque of Saint Sophia at Constantinople. The Caar, in hit reply, avoided any illusion to the •abject. In the recent engagement with the Turk* tb* Greek loss was 170 killed and wounded. In consequence of the frequent collisions between the outposts on the Gieek frontier, the respective commanders of the Turkish and Greek force* hare mutually agreed to withdraw their troops some distance from the frontier. ' Meuioi.’knb, May 26. The Melbourne Presbytery, by a majority **f R 1 *o t ;-t e ; e, . the F-* (* c orge I*o-1?. .•f.D'trri lh*= o- ( 'ourb g u i, v■ I i O‘JTUHMi;.? IQ Fcf J*>n I j > j ))(**> h*| mtn* in . Kii . . h.M.rat un*>.'Uo<ioC*6 Of iju It mill. Ine majority have ippealed to the ' iclorian Presbyterian Assembly against the decision. The aceonots from the Kimberley goldfields continue to be satisfactory, over lOOOizs ol gold haying been brought into Derby. 3IR. GLADSTONE'S HUSH REFORM SCHEME. MR GLADSTONE EXPECTED TO COMPROMISE. Loudon, May 2m Mr loadstone has called a meeting of the Liberal party for to-morrow, when] it is expected list the concessions which will then be made will not satisfy the Marquis of H»r tington and Mr CiiambtrUin, but they may catch enough RaUicils to carry the second reading ol the Dish proposal*.