CABLE NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 51, 9 October 1886, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

: {KEtTTEH's TELEGRAMS.) Eeceived October 9, 1.30 a.in i London, October 8. I At a meeting of the Committee appointed for the purpose of raising funds ; for the establishment of an Imperial ■ Institute, Sir "Charles Tupper, Sigh j Commissioner for Canada, who has been -appointed Hon. Secretary, explainod that I the establishment of an Imperial Institute responds to the wishes of the Queen as the most acceptable fprm of shoving the loyalty of her subjects, and of celebrating the jubilee year of her reign. He considered that such an Institute would be a mutual compliment to the Queen and. to the Colonies. The Coin* mittee had no idea of re-opening the Colonial and Indian Exhibition, but would found an Institute by making the exhibits aneulcus. . ■ \ Vienna, October 8. In the Boichstag to-day, Comte de Taafe, President of the Council of Mm» isters, stated there was no ground to apprehend any loosening of close and trustful relations between Austria and Germany. _.• • > Borne, October 8. ,-• An outbreak of cholera has occurred here, and some mortality has already been caused. London, October 5.' . Captain. Everill has made an offer to Mr Stanhope to expend a quarter of a million in establishing trading stations and exploring New Guinea, if guaranteed concessions. Mr Stanhope is not favourable to the proposal, but has not arrived at any decision. Her Majesty the Queen has intimated that she would prefer a rote being granted towards the establishment of an Imperial Institute before the contemplated purchase of a Cape diamond, worth at least a quarter of a million, which is in the market, or of a vote for the restoration of Westminster Abbey, which would cost £300,000. :•..■■'■'.- October 7. The minimum for the New Zealand 4 per cent. loan of £'1,567,800 has been fixed at 97. ' Lord Randolph Churchill has gone to the. Continent, but his whereabouts . are uncertain. It is believed, however, he is in Dresden. The rumour which was curreni that he had gone to Berlin with a political Object has-been disproved. Disputes have arisen between the English and French fishermen at* Ramsgate. Several serious affrays have oocurred necessitating the intervention of the police. Pabis, October 7. Freycmet, Premier, has announced that the difficulty between France and Madagascar is on the point of being settled. Alexandra, October 7Intelligence is to hand from Soudan that' the friendly Ar bs have captured the rebel position at Taimai, and killed two hundred rebels in the fighting which took place. '-■ ' - ' ■'".'