CABLE NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 127, 3 May 1887, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

[By Eleetne Telegraph.— Copyright ] \ i TSEVTEB'S TKLKOBAMB I j London, April 29, , The Queen is now returning from Frnncc. On her arrival in England she will proceed to Windsor. . i Sir Artlmr Gordon's Order in Council preventing the registration of land parchase by Englishmen m the Pacific, has :j.beett cancelled,. .. - ...... i^.,^^--.^^. . . The following is the result of the I Thousand Guineas Stakes, run to-day at Newmarket :— Eeve DOr, 1; Porcelain, ;2i Freedom, 3. . J' §ir Henry Holland, Secretary of State f\for the Colonies, entertained the delej i&tes to the Imperial Conference at a banquet at the Colonial Office last night. Among the guests was the Prince of Wales. In responding to the toait ef kis health. His Rojai Highness expressed a wish that the conference would still more firmly cement the nnion between Great Britian and the Colonies. He re* gretted he had not jet visited "the Aus« tralian and Bouth African colonies, which he greatly desired to visit, but circumstances prevented his .doing so. A final meeting of the commission of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition was UelJ to-day under the presidency of the Prince of Wales. Sir Cuniffe Owen, secretary, read the report, which showed thai after all expenses had been paid a surplus of £35,000 remained. Of this num. it was decided to devote £25,000 to the funds of the Imperial Institute. V Sir Dillon Bell expressed regret that the colonies had not yet replied totheinvU tation of the Prince of Wales to subscribe to the Institute, which he considered was ! required for the purposes of perpetuating the representation or the resources of the colonies. Russian agents are intriguing in Persia, and the massing of troops continue*. Prince Bismarck has assumed a pacific attitude in regard to the Franco-German difficulty, and has sent his son, Count Herbert, to confer with M. Herbette, French Ambassador. They had along! interview yesterday, and M. Herbette, j who was fortified by stringent orders from Paris insisted en the release of Sohnaebell. After disouisiou a tempor* ary agreement was drafted. The German authorities state that the frontier treaty wa« not violated, but admit that the arrest was irregular and contrary to the stipulations of the Con« vention of 1877. Germany will agree to the release of Schnaebell if it is proved that decoy letters wore used. The Colonial Union* Company's capital is £50,000, and |New Zealand as well as Australian meat will be imported by them- " A torpodo boat, built by Thorneycrof t, has averaged a speed of twenty-six knots. Mr Pender proposes a cable guarantee by the colonies based on the average of three-fourths of the receipts during the three years ending 1886, The guarantee terminates at the close of the present subvention. Tasmania will be allowed to rater oa a, similar basis to the other*. There is no prospect of Sir Julius "Vogel's purchase scheme being acoeptad. Canada has asked for an increase in the guarantee to the Pacific cable from ten to thirty thonsand pounds. May 2. Commissioner Schnaebell hat retired on a pension. A bitter feeling still continues amongst the frontier residents, who fear that war between France and Germany is inevi* table. Seven of the regicides, whose trial hai just concluded at St. Petersburg, have been sentenced to death, and the remainder to penal servitude for life. The Bussiah N*rth Paoific fl#«t will shortly be increased to twelve vessels. The Canadian Government offer * sub Bidf •( 200,000 dollars for a mail aerric* to Auftrali*. ' " ' • The reported agreement between Bu«« sia.and England with respect to the ccn trol of Afghan affairs, in the event of the overthrow of the Ameer, is ridiculed in India. Some excitement has been caused by a fresh retort that General Gordon is not dead. It is now reported that a British soldier who resembled Gordon was mistaken for him and killed. The Standard reports that three steamers are constantly crossing the Caspian Sea with Russian troops for l'ersia and Afghanistan. Pabis, April 30. Schnaebell, French Commissioner, who wax released from Ifetz by the Emperor of Germany's orders, arrived in Pans today and met with an ovation from a crowd assembled at the Porte a Manson.