LATEST CABLEGRAMS

Evening Star, Issue 3839, 14 June 1875, Page 3

LATEST CABLEGRAMS

London, May 28. , Mr Fronde has returned from his South African- tour in an official capacity. ‘ The Committee of Thiity has entered upon the examination of the constitutional laws of France.. The,. Oaks Stakes, of fifty so vs each, half forfeit (106 subscribers) was run to-day, with the following results Lord Falmouth’s Shinaway, by Maccaroni, out of Queen Bertha -A ; Lord Falmouth’s Lady Love, by Blair Athol—--2; General Peel’s Sister to Muscat, by Toxophilite, out of West Australian—3. The newly organised Arctic expedition sails to-morrow. nifkptem’ Boynton has again crossed the Channel in his dress invented for the preservawon of life at sea. He left Calais, crossed’the Channel, and reached Dover in twenty-four ' B bghtly .distressed. ; Mr y pgel has been cieated a Knight Commander <?f the Order of St. Michael and; St. .Commodore Goodenough and i'Mr liftyard have received the position of Companion* .of the same order Jfe 8 * ll ‘ Ho \ and > Hackctt, and Sergeant Havelock have been appointed members off the Legislative Council of Fiji. ers ot tne ,Mrt BJnden Neill has rented a mulberry nldn- . nßArn BSLaa* “ < ‘ oiD '

The strike of col'iera in Sonth Wales has terminated, the men consenting to receive a reduction in their wages of 12£ per cent. The wool sales are proceeding briskly, and prices are firm.

May 30. The steamer Nonnanbv, via Torres Straits, . left Singapore two days before contract time. The Dowlais and Aberdare Iron Company have suspended payment, which involves not only minor failures, but also that of a large firm of discount brokers. The failures were anticipated, and were therefore qnietly received. > President Grant has refused to become a candidate for a third term of the Presidency of the Uni;’nd States.

June 2. In the House of Lords, the Earl of Derby, Minister for Foreign Affairs, in reply to an inquiry from Lord John Bussell, stated that Germany had recently declared she might be forced to strike the first blow in another war, in consequence of the extension of armaments the French nation was organising. The Earl of Derby further stated that through the intervention of England and Russia the danger of another outbreak of war had been averted.