GABLE NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 72, 18 December 1886, Page 2

GABLE NEWS.

[By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright ] rBKUTEKS TELRORAMBI London, December 51. Admiral Hornby was thrown from his horse while hunting yesterday he was picked up in a senseless condition. Mr Bossisto, one of the Victorian Commissioners at the Colonial and Indian (Exhibition, was entertained at a banquet at St. George's Club last night. Sir Graham Berry, who was present eulogised the services of Mr Bosk to in connection with thd Exhibition. vr Mr Stanhope Secretary of the Colo* nies, has summoned a meeting of the j Agents-General. The Bank of England has raised the rate of discount to 5 per cent. It is expected there will be large withdrawals of gold for North * America, owing to the panic on the New York St«ck Exchange yesterday. The vessel Western Monarch, bound for Wellington, has been towed back to London, much damaged by severe gal es. The owners of the tug which brought her in have claimed £4,000 salvage. Mr Gladstone, in a letter to the Marquis of Ripon, states, in reference to the Irish difficulty, that neither threats of vengeance nor illegally combining to resist the law, can be countenanced by the Government. Decembr 17. General Cesare Eicotti Magnani. Italiau Minister of War, states that Italy is able to mobilise half a million of mea immediately, if war should be declared. In connection with the affairs of the Land League, leaguers are demanding to know what has become of Mr Parnell. Berlin, December 16. The Committee of the Reichstag have voted an increase of the German army on an effective peace footing to 450.000 men for the term of 3 years, . thus rejecting the demand of the Government that it should be increased to 468,000 for 7 yean. Alexandbu, December 16. General Stephenson, commander of the British forces in Egypt, is submit" ting details of a scheme of reduction in the army in occupation, in accordance with the decision of the Government. Pabis. December 16. Steffano Merlati a young Italian artist has completed a fast of fifty days to-day He is much exhausted, but otherwise is suffering no ill effects. Capetown, December 15. Extreme disagreement has arisen between Sir Arthur Hawlock, Governor of Natal, and the Natal Gevemuii'nt, In the Legislative Council to-day notice was given of a resolution that the Governor had forfeited the coaficlenca of the Colony, and praying the Queeii to appoint a competent Governor.