CABLE MESSAGES.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 4, Issue 390, 30 April 1880, Page 3

CABLE MESSAGES.

LATEST EUROPEAN. (Reuter'b Telegrams.) [Special to the Mail.] ! London, April 28. The Hon. John Bright has been ap- i pointed Chancellor of the Duchy of ofLancaster, the office which he held in 1 the last Gladstone administration. l The race for the Two Thousand i guineas was run to-day, at Newmarket, and won by Petrarch, with Mancaster second, and Abbot third. The annual meeting of the shareholders of the Orient Steamship Company was held to-day, when a dividend of 5 per cc.it. was declared, in addition to 6 per cent, carried to the renewal fund. The chairman made a speech in which he stated that all the company's steamers would shorly be fitted with cold air machinery for carrying meat. On all steamers lreight for all comers will be charged like ordinary cargo. He also stated it was the intention to increase the capital to one million. Berlin, April 28. The German Parliament has rejected the Bill which was introduced for the purpose of granting a subsidy to the South Sea Trading Company which took over Goddefroy's business at Samoa. (from the lyttelton times.) London, April 26. Sydney copra is quoted at £18. April 27. The following further additional appointments to the New Ministry have been announced :— Sir William Vernon Harcourt, Secre rtary of State for the Home Department. Mr G. J. Goschen and Lord Rosefoerry were offered portfolios in the new Ministry but declined. Mr Gladstone experiences difficulty in the formation of his new Ministry, -owing to some prominent Radicals .having claimed portfolios. Three per cent consols 99A-. Adelaide wheat per 496 lbs, ex warehouse, 535. Five, per cent New Zealand 10 40 loan, 104 ; new five per cent loan, £1 lower. At the wool sales to-day 8700 bales -were catalogued, making a total of 70,200 since the opening. Prices w«re _n_ly maintained. April 28. Lord Kimberley has accepted office as principal Secretary of State for the •Colonies. ; Lord John Poyntz Spencer, Lord! President of the Council. The Duke of Argyle, Lord Privy Seal. Earl Ripon, Viceroy of India. Sir C. Wentworth Dilke, Foreign Under-Secretary. Mr G. J. Shaw Lefevre, Secretary to the Admiralty. The Right Hon W. P. Adam, Chief Commissioner of Pubiic Works. Sir H. E. Chamberlain enters the -Cabinet. St. Petersburg, April 27. It is reported that the Author of the Winter Palace explosion has been arrested.

Calcutta, April 27. The latest news from Afghanistan announces further fighting at Ghuznee. The hostile tribes were again assuming a threatening-' aspect, and General Stewart consequently attacked and dislodged them from the heights surrounding Ghuznee. The enemy have retreated to the mountainous country beyond the city. Intelligence has also been received of the resumption of hostilities at Cabul. The Afghans attacked Generals Jenkins and Macpherson at Charasiab, but after heavy fighting they were repulsed with severe loss. The British loss during the action was trifling. Aden, April 26. The Steamship Somersetshire arrived here yesterday.