CABLE NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 104, 24 February 1891, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright fPEII UNITBD PHKSS ASSOCIATION".) London, February 21. Lord Carrington has dined with Mr Gladstone. Charles Dilke has been requested to stand for the Forest of Dean electorate. Mr Duncan, editor of the Matrimonial News, has paid Miss Knowles-the amount of the judgment in the breach of promise case -£IO,OOO. The Colonising Committee recommend emigration as a means of relieving distressed districts in the Highlands, on the principle of Mr Balfour's Irish scheme. In the House of Commons the principal for the disestablishment of the Church of England in Wales was defeated in a thin House by a majority of 32. Mr Gladstone supported the proposal, explaining that what appeared impossible in 1870 was now possible. The Committee of the Guards' Club having enquired into the charges made against Sir William Gumming, have recommended that he should not be compelled to resign his membership. A meeting of joint stock banks has been called to discuss Mr Goschen's suggestions for strengthening the cash reserve of the Bank of England. At present the banks appear little disposed to disturb the status quo. Mr W. O'Brien condemns the hostility shown by the hierarchy of Ireland to Mr Parnell's leadership. "Messrs Dillon and O'Brien have been removed to Galway — the former to an infirmary, and the latter to a cell. The Prince and Princess of Wales will visit Ireland in the summer. . The National League of r Great Britain supports the Irish Party under the leadership of Mr Justin McCarthy. New Zealand long-berried wheat, 38s 6d. For New Zealand wheat on passage sellers ask 87s 3d, but buyers will not give more than 36s 9d. New Zealand flour, 24s 6d. Oats common sorts, 22s 6d. Peas. 37s 6d. Canterbury mutton, 4fd; Wellington, 4£d;. Canterbury lamb, 6£d. Beef forequarters, 3£d ; hindquarters, 4£d. Wellington hemp, fair quality, averages £24 ; inferior averages £22 10s. The market has a downward tendency. 392,000 bales of wool have been catalogued up to date. The Kuapehu's cheese of best quality realised 52s per cwt. John Burns declines an invitation to visit Australia. Twenty thousand coal miners in Durham have gone out on strike in sympathy with the tenants evicted from the Silksworth estate of the Marquis of Londonderry. Mr Wilson, Secretary of the Seamen's Union, who was arrested on a charge of inciting to riot, has been committed for trial. The Shipping Federation has cancelled the clause in the Federation ticket giving preference to free labourers. The Daily Chronicle considers that the greatest labour struggle of the century is looming in the distance. The Waterloo Cup was won by Colonel North's Fullerton, Mr Fawcett'a Faster and Faster being the runner-up. Washington, February 20 The remains of the late General Sherman were removed from New York to St. Louis, escorted by 20,000 troops. The flood at Johnstown is subsiding, loss at Pittsburg from flood amounts to a million dollars.. New York, February 21. A railway accident attended with sad loss of life occurred to-day. A passenger train in passing through a tunnel was telescoped by an empty train, and while the debris was burning a third engine ran into the wreckage. Fifteen persons were killed. The estimated cost of the construction of the buildings for the Chicago World's Fair, which opens on May Ist, 1893, is 13,000,000 dollars. St. Johns, February 21. Tte Nowfoun<l]an<l House of Assembly charges the Marquis of Salisbury with neglect in making the colonies' interests subservient to party politics. Vai.paba.iso, February 2!. The Chilian insurgents have captured Iquique, and have destroyed the town of Pisagua by bombardment. Bsblin, February 21. The Emperor, speaking at Bradenburg, expressed his determination to combat the disobedience now abroad. • Count Herbert Bismarck, disapproving of the attitude taken up by his father, has gone on a visit to Egypt. The illness of the Kaiser is denied. The German loan of 450 million marks has been largely subscribed. Buenos Atees, February 21. Further disturbances hare taken place here, and the city is in a state of siege. An attempt was made, to assassinate General TRoca, Minister of the Interior, but it failed. Ottawa, February 21. Sir B. Cartwright ridicules the charge of treason brought against him by Sir John Macdonuld, and. challenges the Go rernment to arrest him, Despite the treason revelations made by Sir John Macdonald in his recent speech, the Canadian Liberals regard their ch-inue a good fighting one. Lisbon, February 21. The Portuguese Fovernment is trying to raise a loan of nine millions in Paris. Pabis, February 21. The Dowager Empress Victoria will remain in Paris for a week. She is going about seeing the sights of the city unattended.