CABLE NEWS.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XX, Issue 2073, 27 May 1887, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

Loss's. May 23. A .racial service in commemoration ol Her iwjgsjEi; «.mu «* Church. Westminster, yesterday, and was attended by tUe Speaker and 400 the House of Commons, The £ r * bb “ h ®> of Canterbury and Yor )L “^ 0 . ther „ f conducted the service. The Bishop of Kipo preached an eloquent sermon, m the coarse of which he eulogised the Queen, andpoiuwd to the benefits derived from Her M»jesty a reign by the United Kingdom as well as td« The Court of Appeal has ordered the release of Father Keller, who was arrested as Youghal in March last for refusing to appear at Dublin to give evideuce ia a case against a defaulting tenant. The article published in Figaro by General Le Flo states that in 1«75 Germany was only prevented from attacking France y 8 intervention of Uussia. , , M. Grevy, President of France, has declined to summon M. (Jlomenceau, who has expressed his willingness to form a decide* y liadical Ministry, it is now regarded as certain that Ueueial Uouianger will he id une* in the Ministry. ~ May 24. it is believed that M. Grevy will be corn pelted to summon M. Cleroenccau to form a MlUi * try - May 25. The English Derby was run at Epsom today—Merry Hampton, 1 ; The Baron. 2 . Martley 3. . The Czar was again fired at on the Inin instant. The would-be assassin, a student, was arrested. The Pope, in a letter, speaks of strained relations between the Vatican and Italy At Kingston, Ontario, O’Biien, the Irish Nationalist, was mdbbed and pelted with stones. Several shots were exchanged between his party and the Orangemen. There has been gross waste of public money in purchasing defensive weapons in England, and the weapons adopted are found to he perfectly useless. Lord Wolseley declares that the system of fortifications at homr and abroad are a discredit to Euglan 1 Const ini is or i k, May ‘?'K A convention between the Turkish and British Governments was signed today. II provides for the evacuation of Egypt by the British forces within the next three years, provided it shall then be feasible and without danger to the country, otherwise the occupation shall be prolonged.