CABLE NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 18, 29 July 1890, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

» By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright (PER UNITED PKIiSS A-saOCI ATION .) London, .l uly 26 It is stated that -the Queen urged that leniency should be shown to the Guards. The decision of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales that, next to himself, Cardinal Manning takes precedence on the Commission to investigate the condition of the working classes, has provoked a good deal of comment. The Times consideis that the despatches on the Behring Sea dispute now published show that Mr Blame's fresh demands to close the sea against outsiders were justly answered by Lord Salisbury's warning. So far the cruisers hesitate to make any arrests. The debate on the 6ecoud reading of the Bill ceding Heligoland to Germany was adjourned, the Speaker refused to put the closure into force. Mr Gladstoue eulogised the agreement arrived at between England and Germany. Mr Gladstone's attitude on the Heligoland question is reported to have annoyed his followers, and to have destroyed the opposition to the Bill. In the Divorce Court to-day, in the proceedings instituted bj Viscount Dunlo for a divorce from his wife, Marmaduke Wood, a friend of the petitioner, deposed that he, Lord Albert Osborne, and Viscount Dunlo tossed who should have Belle Bilton, the respondent, and Viscount Dunlo won. Mr Lockwbod, who appeared for Lady Dunlo, denounced the plot instigated by the Earl of Clancarty to drive Lady Dunlo into a compromising position, in order that his son might dissolve the marriage. The Earl of Jersey succeeded Lord Carrington as Governor of New South Wales. The Earl is very rich and popular, and the Countess is a great favourite in society. They will probably sail for Sydney toward the end of November. The Bill sanctioning the Anglo-German agreement passed its second by 209 to 61. Mr E. Stanhope, Secretary War Department, announced in the House of Commons that Colonel Maitland, of the Grenadier Guards, had resigned, and that the resignation has been accepted. Experiments have been made by the British authorities with the new smokeLs3 powder. The tests have been satisfactory, but doubts prevail as to its durability and power to resist climatic changes. In the House of Commons Mr John Dillon has given notice asking for a committee to inquire into the address of Judge Harrison to a Galway jury, wherein he stated that he was astonished that the victims of lawlessness had not had recourse to Lynch law. At the wool sales 312,000 bales were offered, and 110,000 held over. The Economist states that as the New Zealand Estate Company's security is sufficient, the interest asked is certainly high. Australian wheat ex warehouse, 38s to 38s 6d ; New Zealand long-berried 37s 6d to 38s. Leather, best sides, B£d to 9fd. A special meeting of the Bank of New Zealand to elect new Directors will be held on the 26th August, and the halfyearly meeting on the 28th. The New Zealand Estate Company's debentures are quoted at a premium of 2 to 3 per cent. The R.M.S. Tongariro sailed from Plymouth to-day for New Zealand. The R.M.S. Aorangi arrived all well at Plymouth to-day. Her frozen meat ia in good condition. Mr Justice Chitty has appointed a pro visional liquidator to wind up the New Zealand Agricultural Company. It is asserted that Russia is preparing for a coup d'etat in Bulgaria with the connivance of Prince Alexander. \kw York, July 26. A severe cyclone visited Laurence (Massachusetts), shattering 90 houses. Twenty persons were killed and 100 injured. Many American papers abandon all pretensions to the enclosure rights of the Behring fisheries. San Salvador claims to have defeated Guatemala in six different battles, but Guatemala on the other hand claims to have badly repulsed the invaders. Paris, July 26Reports received here from the French authorities at Zanzibar coast was received with satisfaction. It is asserted that while the English are popular there, the Germans frighten the Africans, displease the Europeans, and terrorise the Arabs. The French Government propose to lay a telephone cable between London and Paris. In the French Naval manoeuvres the ironclads forced an entrance to Cherbourg, and bombarded the town, after defeating a torpedo flotilla. Constantinople, July 26 The massacre at Erzeroum was more extensive than at first supposed. Forty persons were killed and 3£o wounded, while 100 are missing. Up to the present no Turks have been arres'eil. Poisoned fruit was sold, to Christians, and the mob plungered Christian shops. The Guards protected the Russian and French constables, but the windows of the residence of the English diplomatic again were broken, and the Consul with his family remained hidden in a cellar for many hours. Fresh troops were called out, and quelled the riot. It is asserted that some Turkish troopers assisted the mob in the murder of a dozen Christians. Madrid, Julj 25. Strikes have taken place in Catalonia for the purpose of compelling the employers to re-engage the workmeu who had been dismissed. General Martinez de Campos has been sent to preserve order.