CABLE NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 48, 7 October 1890, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

By Electric Telegraph.— -Copyright O'ER L'NITBI> -I'IIKSS ASaOQIATION.) . London, October 3. The Standard 3t»te& that the decision of the Bank of England not to raise the rat» of discount ha» averted a probable financial panic. The Bank of Australasia has declared a dividend of 14 per cent., and carried forward ±'15,000. Sir F,. Enollys, Private Secretary to the Prince of Wales, denies that the Duke of Clarence and Avondale has any intention of visiting Australia. ... Si Paul's Cathedral is to be reconsecrated in consequence of the suicide which was committed in it this week. October 4. The soldiers ordered out at Chatham are held in readiness to act as temporary stokers at the Gas Light and Coke Company's works at Becktpn, North Woolwich, in the event of the present employes striking against the employment of non-Union men. The workmen now disclaim any intention of striking. At the Tipperary Court to-day Mr Billon denounced the Bench for depriving him of the services of counsel at a critical moment. He was cheered by the assemblage in the Court, but the Bench immediately had the Court cleared and adjourned the proceedings. The Tipperary Bench, on hearing th» charges against the Irish M.P.'s, has refused to hear Mr T. Harrington, . their counsel, owing to his frequent insults. Mr Harrington then left the Court. The outbreak of cholera at Aden i» deniedSt. Pbtebsbubg, Octob«r3. It is stated that the Czare witch has abandoned his proposed visit to Turkey, owing to the resignation of Mgr. DionyBios, the Greek Patriarch of Constantinople. . r Beblik, October 3. Colonel Wisßman is fitting out another expedition for the interior of Africa similar to that now on its way under Emm Pasha. - Ottawa, October 8. Sir John Maodonald, premier of Canada, in the course of an address at Halifax, stated that the adoption of the new tariff by the United States was an indirect attempt on the part of the United States to become possessed of Canada, 1 and he believed an endeavour would be made by the United States to force Canada to sell her allegiance to theBritish flag. Canada, he said, had noth- - ing to gain by joining the United States,, with its. mass of foreign ignorance and. vice, and he felt sure that Canada, if once ' separated from the Mother Country, would be unable to exist. . ' Ekzeboum, October 3. It is stated that Armenians on the . border of the country have assumed a menacing attitude to the Turks, inconsequence of the long series of outrages towhich the Christian population has been subjected. ' It is also reported, that . Russian priests are secretly traversing the. country, persuading the Armenians to ioiri Russia. Vienna, October 4 A Commission appointed by Government is studying the potato, disease, and. will probably pay a yisit to Ireland: to-~ make further inquiries. - ; N ew Xobk. October 4A committee has been formed for the purpose of affording help to the famine stricken people in Ireland. . Ex-President Hayes and Cleveland are chairman. Their appeals have met with a liberal response. . Teemer easily defeated Hanlan in a. sculling match on the Ohio.