Special to " Star."

Feilding Star, Volume V, Issue 59, 20 May 1884, Page 2

Special to " Star."

RKUTKK'S TELEfiKAMS. Received May 20, 1 a.m. Loxdox, May 17Per Merchants Shipping and Under- | writers' Association : London, May 17 — I \rrivcd, the ships Asteroid, from Gisborne, February 1 ; Lochnagar. from Napier, January 30; and Marlborough, from Port Chalmers, February 27. Caiko, May, 18. Intelligence has reached here that the Arab rebels near Abuhamed. have captured M. Cuzzi, the English Agent at Berber, who was fleeing northwards.. Clifford Lloyd, Under Secretary for Home Affairs, has been granted two months sick leave. London, May 15. The cricket match, Australians versus Gxford University, was resumed a( Oxford to-day, and resulted in tho defeat of the visitors. The home team, 'rf<J£irinffydoßf'runs«to wift'the Whtc^ {j^jst irijqrthei^ecojfe ig|t»gs,jpsl p|£ together that number with the loss of •only three . wickets, thus iwitqing by seven wickets. Kemp, nofc out, was" tlie highest scorer, witlj 63. - < f - ty\ Tt has transpired tliat it is the' Tur coman tribes on tho afghan frontier who have tendered submission to Russia, and not the tribes at Herat, as stated in yesterday's telegrams from St. Peterburg. A good demand prevailed at to-dayV wool sales, the cataloge comprised 12,500 bales. .. • r The suggestion that two liquidators should be appointed on behalf of Victoria in connection witli the Oriental Bank is objected to by the court, on the ground* tliat it would considerably increase the expense. The military guard of tho Binning ham Gaol has been increased so as tc prevent any attempt to rescue the Fenian prisoners confined therein. Thi* step has been taken in consequence ol . reports received by the authorities that , the friends of the prisoners' would pro- , bably make an effort to rescue them. . JSew Yobk, May 17. The panic on the Stock Exchange has s now subsided, the banks having combined to "act together-for their mutnal assistance. Enormous purchases of American : stocks have been made during the past few days on European account. It is reported that the Government have now decided to make preparation* for the dt-spatch of an expedition to the Soudan to rulieve General Gordon.. Ii is further stated that the troops will start r- as soon as the Nile rises sufficiently to permit the passage ot a sniall-steamer. : Xo official announcement has ' yet' bee-h m.ide. '*„' \ r '.A ''_ ; " The frozen meat ex steamer;lonic and ship Canterbury has realwed-5d to 6d. The Duke of Marlborough has agreed to accept the sum: of £L()7,000 in commutation of the;pen^ion i»f £4<K)-- a year which has becu paid to him.self and pro: vious holders of tlie title since tho date of the Battle of Blenheim, 1705. The JNew Zealand Shipping Company and the-Shaw-Saviß Albion Cotapany have agreed to run steamers every alter- ' nale fofCnigh't after October. - ■ -??!? T J '' The Court 'has directed* ihe 'payment ■ •bythe'Onentahß.tak of a-sum-of £90,000, , Jodgcd \ff the Japauese to » redee'n certain bonds.... *7 - L Beblik, May 17. ' The North German Lloyd Royal Steamship "Company have proposed to the Government to undertake the subsidized mail service to Australia and the Kast.