LATEST CABLEGRAMS.

Evening Star, Issue 3388, 30 December 1873, Page 2

LATEST CABLEGRAMS.

London, December 13. Mr. Burt, Chief Justice of Western Australia, has been knighted. Mr. Reed, member for Hackney, was elected Chairman of the London School Board. The Sydney December mail via Suez will be forwarded as usual. Money is easy. The Bank reserve strong. The wool sales are postponed, in consequence of a fog. The scries closed flatly, and the general results are disappointing. The average fall passed 2d, except in greasy sorts, where the decline is Id. A total of 61,000 bales only was offered, but a considerable withdrawal was made. The foreign arrivals are so large as to depress the corn market. December 15. There was a partial rising of Kaffirs in the Natal district. Troops have been despatched there. Obituary.—Queen Dowager of Prussia, aged 72 ; Mr Winterbotbam, the Liberal member for Stroud ; Professor Agassi?, naturalist, aged 66. December 16. General Wolseley has recovered his health at the Gold Coast. December 17. A Conservative has been elected for Huntingdon in the room of Mr Baring, the late member. A very severe storm swept over the Northern Midland Counties, causing great destruction of life and property. December 19. Owing to the indisposition of Dr Kenealy, the Tichborne trial has been adjourned to the 29th. December 20. The Post Office authorities have announced that correspondence for Victoria and New South Wales will be forwarded by the Suez or Pacific routes if specially directed. Money market steady.. The gold arrivals have been taken to the Bank of England. Colonial debentures firm. The Hungarian loan has been fully subscribed. Corn market firm. Foreign arrivals inconsiderable. December 22. Sir John Coleridge, Mr Monsell (late Post-master-General), Sir James Moncrie (Lord Justice Clerk of Scotland), and Admiral the Hon. Edward Granville have been raised to the Peerage. Intelligence from Cape Coast to the 27th November states that operations have been confined to road-making and the conveyance of supplies from shipboard to the camps. The Ashantees are slowly retreating, but are expected to make a stand on the Prah. The chiefs of the Elraina districts are offering to submit. The governing body of Rugby School has dismissed Dr Hayman, the head-master, owing to protracted disagreements. December 23. The latest Cape Coast news states that the main body of the Ashantees crossed the Prahe. The English are encamped at Mansee. At a consistory held at Rome, yesterday, twelve foreign Cardinals ware nominated. New York, December 16, President Grant has proposed an increase in the taxation of 42,000,000 dollars; but Congress demands, as a preliminary, the reduction of the national expenditure. December 19. The American Government has admitted that the filibustering vessel Virginius is not entitled to carry the American flag, Paris, December 15. Three Republicans have been elected to the Trench Assembly.

December 16. Baeaine goes to St Marguerite, one of the Lewin Group, in the Mediterranean. December 17. The Conservative department of Finisterre has elected a Radical deputy to the Assembly, at which the Conservatives became greatly irritated, and are urging repressive measures, with a restriction of the suffrage. Madrid, December 17. The bombardment of Carthagena has been resumed. General Moriones, of the Republican army, has relieved and provisioned Tolosa. The Virginius has been surrendered to America. Berlin, December 18. An official ordinary issued by the Government of the German Empire requires all German bishops henceforth to take the oath to obey the laws of the country, and not to permit the clergy to teach or act in opposition thereto. The Prussian Parliament has read a second time the Obligatory Civil Marriage Bill. December 19. The Emperor William is seriously unwell. Singapore, December 23. The Dutch have been successful in their war at Acheen. General Van Swietan, the Com-mander-in-Chief, has allowed the Sultan a last opportunity of surrendering unconditionally. Gallk, December 23. The mail boat Pera left for Australia yesterday.