CABLE MESSAGES.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 4, Issue 354, 9 December 1879, Page 2

CABLE MESSAGES.

LATEST EUROPEAN.

(Reuters Telegrams.)

f Special to the Mail,] - ■ ' J London, Dec. 6. Three per cent Consols, ; New Zealand, 10-40 loan, 101. Wool ealeis closed. 1129,000 catalogued during series reported. The Empress Eugenic is going to Zululand to visit the place where the Prince Imperial fell. Glasgow, Dec 3. Mr Gladstone, in his, final speech vehemently denounced Government policy speoially the Affghan war, which he characterized as dastardly. " Vienna, Dec 6. The Lower House has passed a Bill ! for raising the Austro-Hungarian army to 80.000. (from the lyttelton times.) London, Dec. 4. In France, the Extreme Left are trying to force radical measures on the Government. M. Waddington, the head of the Government, threatens to resign unless the Chambers pass votes of confidence in his administration. Sir Alexander Gait has been appointed Canadian Minister in London. The Times says that unless the Porte does justice to the people of Turkey the country will fall into hands capable of effectually using power. The Pall Mall ' Gazette asserts that utter confusion exists at Stamboul, and that there is no chance of recovery. The action of the western Powers is necessary, and the Gazette hints thateventually.Germany will acquire Holland. . Dec. 5 At the wool sales to-day 8900 hales .were catalogued. The tone of the market " - tp the Land Lleogili; Dublin for seditious kng S d^ a t'Balliria., - > "..',.. St.PfiTisitgßUßG, Dec, Sj. Anuhsuecessful been pade on the life'of'the who arrived irf Moscow yesterdfcjQ^ e ' Da g_ gage train following him in the swee>.&as blown up, and no les,s th,'.n sevencarraigeY were completely; destroyed; Fortunately nobody was injured. The perpetrators aie unknown, but undoubtedly-the explosion was the work of the Nihilists., The Emperor, in" reply to , , a;fleputatforfpresenting a congratulatory address, thankjed God for .and appealed to his subjects to aid sedition. . Dec 4. Further particulars of the attempted massacre show that the Empsror escaped solely because the order for the departure of the trains conveying the Emperor and baggage respectively was reversed, otherwise the result would certainly have been fatal. It is ascertained that the explosive was fired from a house in the vicinity of the line taken by the Emperor. The criminals escaped undetected. The matter has caused a profound sensation.

Dec. 5

The Emperor arrived here to-day.