CABLE NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 27, 14 August 1886, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

(reutek'B telegrams.) j Received August 14, 0 50 a m, London, August 13. A number of Colonial visitors proceeded yesterduy to Chester, where they were entertained at luncheon by the Mayor, , the Duke of Westminster, and Bishop of , Chester being present. The party after- . t wards drove to Eaton Hall, the seat of the Duke of Westminster. * Naples, August 13. ' The cholera epidemic is increasing , along the Adriatic, and is spreading into the interior. ( Lonbon, August 12. f An interview has taken place between j Mr Graham Berry, and Mr Stanhope, Secretary of State for the Colonies, re- j garding the New Hebrides. Mr Berry ' urged that the. Imperial Government : ' should, without delay, eliet it from the j ' French Government the date upon which ■ i the French forces would be withdrawn. Mr Stanhope expressed his concurrence in Mr Berry's contention, and stated that he believed France would shortly be obliged to come to a settlement of the New Hebrides question. The AnglonSpaaish . Convention, as affecting colonial wines, comet into operation on the 15th October. A banquet was given at the Mansion House last evening by the Lord Mayor to the members of the Ministry. Salisbury, in replying to the toast -of her Majesty's Ministers, said it was the duty of the Government to free loyalists from constraint and restore order in Ireland. The failure to do which, was the first and sole cause for discontent. His Lordship alluded to the steps being taken for the settlement of the Afghan and Egyptian questions, which as yet were unfinished. He expressed the opinion that there were increased hopes of maintenance of the peace of Europe. The French wheat crop is estimated to yield I<'6.ojo,o>X) hectolitres. Mr H. itoarilly, Deputy Commissioner for New Guinea, Sir Julius You Haast, Dr Buller, Mr J. E. Mason, Executive Commissioner for Fiji, Rev. Mr Brown, and Mr Everill will read papers at the next meeting of the British Association for the advancement of 1 science. The isolated action of Russia is much commented upon. Germany and England are urging China to resist Russian occupation of Port LazarefE. The Republique Francaise insists on France retaining the Sew Hebrides by right of first occupation. The Standard referring to the sama question, considers that it is time France evacuated. The Prince of Wales has appointed 14 specialists |to draw up a. report on the Indian and Colonial Exhibition. The following judges have also been appointed Messrs Sewell and Read, meat exhibits ; Messer Morris and Kew, fruits ; Messrs Banister and Somerset, wines ; Doctor Bowman, wools; Messrs Reynold and Gregory minerals. The Right Hon. R. Bouike has been appointed Governor of Madras. Naples, August 13. Cholera has broken oat m this city. Four deaths have already occurred.