CABLE NEWS.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6408, 9 January 1888, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

ENGLISH AND FOBEIGIi. (BY ELEOTHIO TELEGR APH— COPYRIGHT.) (PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) THE VICTORIAN LOAN. London, January 6. — The Finan i«l News states that the London and W atminster Bank has secured the bulk of '<he Vlotorian loan at a f notion under £>04, and that a group of speculators having obtained a portion at a f ruction over £'04, are making a large profit oat of the public JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS. Mr J. G. Gibson, vj.C, Solicitor-Genjral of the High Con- 1 of Justice, Ireland, haß been promoted to a judgeship Mr William O'Brien, judge of the Queen's Bench L'lviaion.has been appointed Attorney-Genc.il, ond Mr Dogson H. Madden, QC. of Ireland, succeeds Mr Gibson as SolicitorGeneral. COMMERCIAL. Chilian copper is quoted at £86 per ton, and pig iron at 45s a ton. Consols ire quoted at 103. THE POPE AND THE QUEEN. The Duke of Norfolk, who waa the bearer of an important letter from the Pops to Her Majesty, bad an interview with Her Majesty and the Marquis of Salisbury tn day, and he has returned to the Vatican with further letters. Received January 9, 1.30 a m, Jannary 7 — The mission of the Duka of Norfolk is denied. RIOT IN MONTENEGRO. Information has been received here ' hat the raiders in Montenegro, who ca.aed some commotion owing to their beha^-our have been dispersed by the troops, Thsi former weie under the command of Rn iian officers, MR BLTJNT'S SENTENCE. The sentence passed on Mr Blunt of two months' imprisonment for taking pa; in the proclaimed Home Rule meeting at Woodford was appealed against, but tho decision has been upheld, and Mr E'nui, has been removed to gaol in Galway, (BPEOIAI TO UNITED PBESS ASSOCIATION.) London, January s— Mr Edward Kanhope Btates the Government are met! )dioally carrying out the recommenda' lonu m»de by the Imperial Defenoes Commasion, »nd that before the end of the ;'ear all important stations will be thoroughly defended. Sir Charles Dilke, speaking at Hammerimith, said he hoped to completely vindicate his honour in a Court of law. The Standard, in aa article on the Kew Hebrides question, strongly demands the evacuation of the group by France, and contends that unless this is done iiimedittely, the colonies will be justified in having misgivings as to tho reliability of the Anglo ■ French Convention on the subject. New York, January 5— A Bill for promoting a Customs nmon with Canada ha; been introduced into Congress. Capetown, January 4— Mr Mnrrs/, i member of the staff of the Cape Timei, hat travelled from Johanniaburg to Swaz ami in twenty-four days, the quickest on re ord He reports that the quartz reefs rec;ntl;> discovered there ara voiy rioh, in many cases yielding ten ounces to tho ton. »n^ never less than one ounce. The reefs an practically inexhaustible.