CABLE NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 114, 2 April 1887, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

* [By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright ] TreUTEß's TEr,RttRAMs"i London, M>rch 31. The catalogue for the wool sales closed with 277,471 bales. The male of the Ada Melmore was severely censured by the Court of In" quiry. and Cotlrell, mate of the Kapunda, commended. The press condemns ihe leniency of the judgment. I A rich discovery of gold has been made upon the Yukon, the great river of Alaska, reeentiy explored b? Lieutenant Schwatka. M. de Giers is vainly trying to prevent the expression of hostility to Germany by thp Moscow Gazette, in which M. Kutlcoff continues to fulminate against that country. After the deposition of Prince Al<»x« ander, while he whs at Reni, under the I charge of his kidnappers, he stated that [ he was wifcheut. money, and prevailed on | his captors to lend him fire thousand I francs to enable him to proceed on his way to Darmstadt. Alexander afterwards declined to refund the money, and thp lenders are now suing him for the amount. Some of the delegates to the Conference express disapproval of the pro* gramme being narrowed down as. announced. There is a growing opinion that the Conference will be an empty show, barren of practical results. In response to an appeal from Mr Parnell, the American branch of the Land League has promised energetic support in the coming struggle with the Government. A box containing a phial, supposed to contain fulminate of mercury, has been sent to Mr Balfour, Irish Secretary. He has frequently been warned by annony » mous letters, since accepting his present o&ce, to prepare for death. The list of wool hhips whose cargo will be sold during the present series is now closed. The total quantity is 2,000 bales stiort of the number fixed. The Essex's cargo will be included in the wool catalogueBaron Xiklouh© Macleay has . sailed for Australia. The Committee of the State Aided Emigration Society, comprising 130 members of Parliament, will confer with the colonial delegates. A, hundred officers of the army of the Caucasus have arrived in St. Petersburg Paris, March 31. The Queen's journey to Cannes has been delayed at Laroche, owing to the train catching fire. Her Majesty was In nc danger and has resumed her journey, and will reach Cannes to-morrow.