LATE CABLE NEWS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1413, 22 November 1886, Page 2

LATE CABLE NEWS

[“ AGE ” SPECIALS.]

[By telegraph from the Bluff]

London, November 9.

It is reported that agents of the Kasdan Government are actively employed m endeavouring tr raise disorder among the people in lluitohuk and other towns in Bulgaria, General Kiulhars has demanded the release of the ringleaders of the insurrections, which recently took place, but the Regency has declined t< eomply with the demand. It is under stood that the Russian Generals, Ignatiiff and Gourko, are the only candidates for the Bulgarian throne who will be acceptable to Russia Mr Gladstone, has written in reply to the note of the Bulgarian deputies, appealing for assistance against the agressions of Russia. Mr Gladstone states that he entertains the hope that the Czir will maintain the noble policy ad< p’iid by his father with regard to Bulgaria- He further remarks that he has not a tumped hitherto to interfere in the crisis which has arisen because ha is conlid, nt that the Maiq is of .Salisbury in the course which he has pursued with relation to the matter, fai hfully represented the sentiment of the people of England. November 10. The speeches delivered at the annua l banquet given by the Lord Mayor of Loudon in Guildhall last evening were of an exceedingly interes ing character. The Marquis <f Salisbury, as Prime Minister In rep ying to the toast of tha Ministry, made a vigorous speech, iu which he referred in a very ontipoken manner to the leading questions at present engaging the attention of the Great Powers. He statrd that pff»irs in relation to Irish and Egyptian quesiions were ajauming a more satisfactory aspect Referring to the Eastern crisis, he declared that some Bulgarian officers had been : el,auched by means of foreign gold and iid need lead themselves to the plot for kidaappi g Prince Alexander. England, ne said, crab! not be considered to have /’.u isolev. u duty to perform in maintaining ,oe oelia v-eaiy whilst the Powers mainly c ncierned in preventing any i .fraction of its provision remain apathetic, but whenever England was directly .nonacei she would trust to her own right arm anc ask no advice or assistance from other Puwars. The speech of the Prime Miniate evoked enthusiastic manifestations ot ..pprovaS from the assembled company and the press are unanimously warmly commending tha views expressed, it is predicted that the deliverance will greatly strengthen the hands of Aussria in ihe present crisis. Sir A. Ha uilton, eirst L;-rd of the Admiralty, deliv Te l a speech on the occasion, in which he declared that the British navy was superior to the combined fleets of the three n : xt. greatest naval powers ofEurope Mr Smith, Secretary for War, also spoke, and dun.-g h’s remarks expressed relUnce epon assistance being freely offered by the colon e s in cam of England becoming involved 1" w«r Mr of South Australia, has been presented with a silver inkstand by the members of the Commercial Exchange, established in connection with the Exhibition Mr D Tallorman has given a banquet for the purpose of displaying to English connoisseurs the quality of Austialian wines.

Some difference of opinion exists among some members of the < ommittee appointed by the Prince of Wales to settle the pre liminary arrangements in connection with the proposed Imperial Jubilee Institute. A section of the Committee is in favor of effecting a compromis) w th the London Chamber of Commerce, who had decided upon establishing an Imperial Commercial viuseum, to be conducted on business principles. It ia contemplated the compromise will have the eff ct of widening the basis of the Jubilee Institute, and rendering a Commercial Museum unnecessary . The Puke of Cambridge has consented to accompany the deputation which is shortly to wait upon Lord K. Churchill, Chancellor of the Exchequer, to ask for an increased subsidy by the Imperial Government towards the Jubilee Exhibition 10 be held at Adelaide next year. The election of PruicoVValdemar of Den. mark, as ruler of Bulgaria, was unanimously agreed t > by the S- brange. It was eonsidered hope'era to again elect Prince Alexander, the deposed ruler, who would have been undoubtedly restored to bis position if It had been considered that the P iwcrs would have sanctioned such a course. A a meeting of directors of the Bank of South Australia, held t■ -day, a resoluti <n ai.tuorising he continuance of advances o real nit-ues was confirmed. The Times n an article dealing whh the paper recently re'd by Sir G. Berrv, ihe'Agent-Geoerai of Victoria, before the Colonial Institute, ex,ir >Bses some doubts as to whether the Colonies will endorse the oi inion that before any schema of Imperii) Federation can be effected England shou d recognise the affairs of Bulgaria and tiroece as secondary to the interests of her col oi' S. The sole tion of Prmce Waldemar, of D nmark, by the Subrange, to the throne f Bulgaria, hasn' t given satisfaction to the Jzar of Bus da, who has not only re tided :o entirely ignote the election of the Prince but has nominated Ptlnoe IS ioholas, tf Mingrelia, a pro vinca of Asiatic Russia, 'or the post. Prince Nicholas holds a 1 iommieaion in the Russian army and is jlosely attached to the Czar. November 14 The appointment of Mr S r ew 11 who I ’eoently resigned the position of C i » f ] fualice of Victoria, to the post of Lieu- i enant-Governor of the colony has been < ;az9tted. I The British manufacturers are dismayed < I the progress made by the colonieg, and i earing that a permanent exhibition of \ olon al manufactures and products may t erioualy affect >helr trade now insist that i British exhibits shall be accepted and 1 ilaced on view at the Imperial Jubilee I nstTuts It is considered probable that t his demand will to be concsded 1 hem, particularlyas the representatives ojE f hree principal colonies, namely. Sir i Berry, SirS. Samuel, and Sir A, Bligh, p uring a conference between the Mansion t louse Cowmitte and the Agenta-Geueral, £ upported the claim of the British manu- f toturers despite the strcngly urged op- c oaitioa of Sit J. F. Garrick, Sir Dllloa v ie{l ; and the Boa A. Douglas, c