Cablegrams.

Western Star, Issue 946, 9 May 1885, Page 3

Cablegrams.

(KBTJTi?R'3 SPKOIAIi.) HOME AND FOREIGN

London, May 4. The International Invention Exhibition at South Kensington was formally opened today by tho Princo of Wales. Colonial breadstuffs.—Adelaide wheat (ex store), 395; Adelaide flour (ex store), »28s; New Zealand wheat (ex store), 32s to 375. Tallow and hides are unaltered. May 5. The Australian mails per P. snd O. Co.'* R. M.S. PHrramattn, dated Sydney. March 26Vh, were delivered here to-.lay, via Brintii»i. Consols have risen 2 since yesterday, and are now 98.

Colonial bnVstnffs Adelnide wheat, ex store, 39s ; ditto, flour, ex store, 28s ; New Zesilan/1 whsat, "X store, 32s to 375. Tallow remains at la*t quotation. The report nf the Royal Commission on the Weskern Pacific, whbh has just concluded its sittings, has been made public. The report recommends the «doption of a wuversnl policy towards all the islan s, more especially in to reg'ird trade. May 6.

Tlio London Chartered Bank of Australia has declared a dividend at the rate of G per cent, per annum, and carried forward and placed to reserve £28,000. Suakin, May 5.

General Sir Gerald Graham inspected tho Australian contingent to-day on their return from the front, and expressed himself greatly pleased with their efficiency. Parts, May G.

It i 3 announced that the Committee to whom was delegated the selection of a, locality to which recidivistes shoull bo deported ha 3 decided that they shall be sent to French Guiana (Cayenne) only. Ottawa, May G.

The rebels still continue very troublesome in Saskatchewan country, and news is to hand of a locality of a severe engagement which took place between Gen. Middleton's forces and the hostile Indians in the vicinity of Battlefordt, in which the latter were completely routed, and lost fully 100 men. The troops were suacessf ul in rescuing the wonaon who had been taken prisoners by the Bat ouches.

Rio Janeiro, May 5, The N. Z. Shipping Co.'s Ruapehu arrived here yesterrlav evening. Her cargo ef meut is in good condition. O

The Shaw, Savill and Albion Co 'a Tainui left here this afternoon for London, with her frozen meal in good condition.

(SPECIAL to Mblbottbnb Paprrs.)

London, May G. It is reported that Lord Dnfferin has resigned his position as Viceroy of India. Stocks hive fallen.

Obituary—Dr Nachtigal, special German Commissioner, on the West Coast of Afric*. Louise Michel, the Communist, is lecturinj in Paris.

The French paper, Paris, in an article on Australia and the Pacific question, fears that the Germans will try to oust the French from the Pacific.

The Victorian four milion 4 per cent, loan is announced, minimum is fix-d at £99, and tenders will be opened on the 13th inst. Tho Queensland two and a half million 4 per cent, loan has also been placed in the market, with a minimum of £97. tenders for which will be opened on the 15th inst. A firm of eminent engineer* and contractors have offered to provide the ne<es?ary capital for the construction of a large ocean do k at Adel-ride, if the local committer- appr. ve«. Lord Augustus Loftus, Governor of New South Wales, has written an article in the Pall Mall Gazette, in which he sugg"»t< tha* a Council similar to thn Austrian Reichstag should be forvel as a bais of federation Twenty thousand pers >ns of all clwssrs hav« signed the memorial thinking ths c -lonies tor their generous offers of assistance in the Soudan. -•■<■-. May 7. A cable is being laid to Port TTan ihon. The Standard considers that the Vi< toriari and Queensland loans, as just announced, will hardly be felt in the pie.-ent condition of the money market.

INTERCOLONIAL.

Sydney, May 5.

The New South Wales revenue returns for the four months ended April 30, just published, show an increase of nearly £IOO,OOO as compared with the receipts during corresponding period of last year. No tidings is yet to hand of the Nightingale's missing boat. The names of the occupants are ascertained to be Captain Short, Hastings (mate), Campbell, Dempsey, and Hanniford. May 6. A circular telegram has been addressed to the Governments of all the Australia colonies by the Hon. W. B. Dalley, AttorneyGeneral, suggesting that a mutual indemnification against all losses inflicted upon persons by the seizure of supplies of coal by an enemy's cruiser should be guaranteed by all the colonies. The memorandum was despatched by Mr Dalley on the advice of Admiral Tryon.