LATEST CABLE TELEGRAMS.

Evening Star, Issue 3460, 25 March 1874, Page 2

LATEST CABLE TELEGRAMS.

London, March 12. The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, accompanied by the Queen, made their public entry into- London to-day. / Notwithstanding a heavy snow-storm, the route from Paddington Station to Buckingham Palace was crowded, and the reception a most enthusiastic one. Charles Orton has signed a declaration that the Tichborne Claimant is his brother. Captain Sartorius, with twenty men belonging to Captain Glover’s expedition, recently traversed the ruins of Coomassie, and found the place quite deserted. The death is announced of Senator Charles Sumner, United States, aged sixty-three. March 13. In. a letter Mr_ Gladstone consents to remain leader of the Liberal party in the Commons, with occasional attendance in Parliament during the present session, but reserves the liberty of future retirement, and will retire immediately if desired. March 14, Mr Disraeli, in his address to the electors of Buckinghamshire, says the Government will uphold all national institutions and defend the rights of all classes. , , A-t the public wool sales competition continues extremely vigorous, and prices well sustained The corn market is firm. Wheat has advanced sixpence to a shilling. Money is firmer, and the stock market is recovering. ,■ Coast advices to 22nd February state ji i 6 troops have embarked except the 42nd Highlanders. General Wolseley remains awaiting the arrival of the Hon. Mr Berkley, the newly-appointed Governor of Gambia. Sir Garnet Wolseley leaves on the 7th March. , March 16. The Brindisi mail has been delayed. The Northumberland sailed for Melbourne. The majority of the Prince Imperial was celebrated at Chiselhurst. 6,000 persons were present. The Prince, in replying to an address, declared a plebescite to be the only remedy for the present political situation of France, and that he was ready to abide bvthe result. Prince Napoleon was absent. March 17. A Conservative has been returned for Oxford City in the place of Mr Cardwell, who has been raised to the Peerage. . , . Vienna, March 14. A Papal encyclical condemns the Austrian Ecclesiastical Bills, and urges the Bishops to protect the rights of the Church. The Pope has written to the Emperor Francis Joseph to a similar effect. Berlin, March 14. The German Parliament rejected the clause m the Army Bill fixing the peace footing of the German army at 416,590 men. The National party insist on a reduction. . Prince Bismarck is confined to his room, suffering from an attack of gout. m , Paris, March 12. The new French electoral law has beenpresented to the National Assembly. It provides (hat each arrondisement shall elect deputy electors to be qualified by being twenty-five yws of age. The Bill disfranchises three: million voters.