Cablegrams.

Western Star, Issue 987, 3 October 1885, Page 3

Cablegrams.

(Redtkk's Special.) HOME AND FOREIGN. London, Sept. 28. It is announced that tho Kingdoms of Greece and Serna have notified tho Powers that they will demand an indemnity if the union of Rcumelia with Bulgaria is upheld. Woo), _ 10,003 hales were submitted to auction, and met with a steady but not Retire demand. Sept. 29. Earl Dunraven, speaking at a public meeting in Stockport, advocated taxing foreign imports and admitting colonial goods free of duty. J Oct. 1. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach ad Iresved a public meeting in Salisbury la-t night. Inf lie course of his speech he staled that Her Majesty's Government would act in concert with the Great Powers in order to bring about an equitable and peaceful settlement of tbe Boumelian difficulty. Tho quarterly returns issued by the Treasury •how a fellinr off of six hundred thousand pounds as compared with the corresponding period of 1881. Constantinople, Sept. 28. The negotiations between Sir W. D. Wolff, British Envoy Extraordinary to the Porte, and tho officials appointed by the Sultan have been resumed, after being in abeyance for some time. Prince Alexander, of Bulgaria, is adopting energetic measures to secure quietude on the Macedonian frontier. Sept. 29. Intelligence is to hand from of s further engagement between tho Albanian forces and the Tu kish forces despatched to suppress tho rising in that province. The Turkish troops sustained a decided defeat, and are now surrounded by the Albanians. Sept. 30. Prince Alexander, of Bulgaria, is about to despatch a deputation to his Majesty the Sultan with tho object of reassuring him of the continued loyalty of Bulgaria to the suzerainty of the Porte. A Conference between the various Amba»•adore to the Sublime Porte has been fixed for tomorrow (Oct. 1). The Turkish War office has mobilised eighty battalions of the reserve force, and in•truciions htve been given to recall as many troops as can be spared from the island of Crete. Intelligence is to h>nd from Albania that tbs inhabitants of tho Winiatea district (southward of the Ib»lea Mountains) have risen in rebellion and seized a Turkish convoy. It is b!§» reported that tho Governments of Bui* and Servia are pushin; their respective armaments with unabated vigor. Calcutta, Sept. 29. Disastrous floods aro reported from many parts of the Bengal Presidency. It is estimated that fully 3500 square miles of country are at present under water. Amsterdam, Sept. 25. Several Socialists riots have occurred in this city during the past few days, culminating yesterday in a severe encounter with the police, who charged the crowd, wounding BOveral persons with their sabres. (Special to Melbourne Papers.) London, Sept. 29. Mr H. Lamb, a professor at tho University of Adelaide, has been appointed to the Chair of Mathematics at Owen College, Manchester. In tho ten mile pedestrian match between W. C. George, of Birmingham, and W. Cummings, of Paisley, tho latter won. Lord Rosebery strongly supports the manifesto recently issued by Mr Gladstone. The Russian troops aro massing in great force in Bessarabia, a province in South Russia, between the Truth and Dniester. The Turks aro sending large reinforcements to Adrianoplo and Salonica,and Servia is enrolling soldiers, A long letter from tho pen of Mr Willmott appears in the Times advocating and urging Queensland to go in for separation. A thousand cases of small-pox are reported at Montreal, where anti-vaccination riots have broken out. Sept. 30. Mr Henniker Heston will conduct the affair* of (he Queensland Separation League, which has for its object the division of Queensland into Northern and S mthern departments. Mr Samuel, Agent-General for New South Wales, contradicts the statement made by the Daily Telegraph to the effect that the existing liabilities of the colony to English moneylenders will absorb the forthcoming loan. Alderman John Staples, F.S.A., is Lord Mayor elect. Various Agents-Geoeral will shortly confer with the cable companies on the subject of the recent cable reductions. The New South Wale- loan will be placed in the market as soon as a decision lias been arrived at regarding the minimum price. INTERCOLONIAL. Melbourne, Sept. 29. In consequence of the outbreak of smallpox, the Sydney and Victorian sanitary authorities aro adopting precautionary measures to prevent .the introduction of the disease into this colony. Joseph Symee, the well-known Ffeethoughl lecturer, was brought before a Magistrate today on a charge of publishing articles of a blasphemous nature in his newspaper, the “Liberator,” and after examination was committed for trial. Oct. 1. Tho Victorian quarterly returns give the revenue for the past three months at £1 150,1 00, a decrease on the corresponding period of last year of £24,000. Tha principal falling off is in excise, land sales, and territorial revenue. Adelaide, Oct. 1. Tho revenue for tho past quarter is £431,000, an increase of £31,000 on the same period last year, Sydney, Sept. 39. Tho Cabinet have agreed to contribute £IO,OOO per annum® towards tho subsidy required for the mail service via Sin Fram-Lco, on condition that New South Wales is entitled to share tbe sum receive 1 for postage. The small-pox patients in quarantine remain in about the same condition. So far there is no sign of any fiesh outbreak. Oct. 1. The small-pox patients at the quarantine station aro reported by the health authorities ns improving. No further cases have been reported.