CABLE NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 146, 2 June 1891, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

Bj Electric Telegraph. — Copyright fPER UNITIiD PBIi-S A<»aOCI ATION.) London. May 29. The election for the vacant seat in the House of Commons for' North Bucks, rendered necessary by the expulsion of Captain Yerney, who was imprisoned for an offence against females, resulted in the return of a Home Ruler. In the House . of Commons to-day Mr Smith, m reply to a question, said the Government would consider the necessity of placing some restriction on the influx of destitute foreigners into U-reat Britain. May 30. The Archbishop of Canterbury ia Buffering from influenza. Obituary..— Earl of Olancarty, ffltat 57. His Bon William Freaerich, Viscount Dunlo, aged 23, who married Belle Bilton, the burlesque actress, succeeds to the title.- ' ' ] The gallant seamanship of Captain v Kane, of H.M.S. Calliope, during the severe hurricane at Apia in March, 1889, has been recognised by Her Majesty, and he haß been created a Companion of the Bath. ' Leading financiers in- the City fear there will be a long continuance of dear money. The Financial News considers that the failure of the Queensland loan is mainly due to the reluctance of English capitalists to encourage further borrowing by I the Australian colonies, and it advises the Imperial Parliament ' to reject the Trustees' Liability "Bill, which provides for trustees investing in colonial stocks.. May 31. The action brought by Sir William Gordon^Cumming against Mr Wilson and others for- slander in - connection with the baccarat scandal case, will be heard before the Lord Chief Justice on Monday. It is not yet known whether the Prince of Wales will be called on as a witness. June 1. , .The export trade to the Australian Colonies is brisker than it has been for years, and the dock sheds are chocked with goods. The aggregate tonnage in London waiting for cargoes is 80,000. The -House of Commons" has reported the Irish Laud "Purchase Bill with thirteen pages of amendments. The firm of Robert .Shaw and Sons, spinners of Bradford, have assigned their estate.. The liabilities are set down at £60,0CH>. . , Mr William Lidderdale, Governor of , the Bank of England, has been appointed , member of the Privy Council. , Pabts, May 29. ' The French Minister of War has sent a grateful message of thanks to Lord Charles Beraford, commander of H.M.S. Undaunted, for the assistance- rendered by him to the French warship Seiguelay, when she stranded on a sandbakk. off Jaffa, on the Levant coaßt. June 1. Letters have been discovered which prore thi'it M. Turpin, the inventor of melinite, h<id offered to sell the secret of his invention to the Qerman Government before he offered it to Sir William Armstrong and Co. ' Washington, M"ay 30. An unsuccessful attempt has been made to steal the body of the late Mr P. T. Barnuin, who' died on, the 7th ulfc. - '. May. 31. A son of President Harrison declares that his father will decline re-election to the Presidency, . - The French aggression in St. George's Bay, Newfoundland, "is regarded here as an invasion of American rights under the Anglo-American treaty. • - St. Pkthbsbubg, M ay 30. Thirty thousand Jews have been ordered to leave Warsaw. Owiug to the Eussian authorities harassing exhibitors and visitors to the Moscow Exhibition, some unpleasantness with France has been occasioned. June 1. A society has been established at Odessa for the purpo&e of assisting Jews vrho have been ordered to quit the country to emigrate to Great Britain. It is estimated that 60,000 Jews will be landed in Great Britain in the autumn. New Yobk, May 29. Experiments have been made with Edison's latest iuveution, the kiuetograph— combining the phonograph with the photograph — and the results obtainedhaye been marvellous. May 30. The strike of cokemen at Scottdale, Pittsburgh has collapsed, and those who went out are in a terribly distressed condition. ' • . . . St Johns, May 29. British residents in are wildly furious at the action of the French Admiral in enforcing the exclusive claims of France to fish in St George's Bay. ' - , Calcutta, May 29. The trial of the native Regent of Mampur is fixed for Ist June, and that of the Senapati follows. It has been decided to allow them the assistance of -British officers in their defence. June I. Two of (he Manipur officers have been senienced to death for complicity in the murder of Messrs Quinton, Grimwood, and others; ~ Beblin, May 29. , The high corn duties in Northern Grer--1 many have had the effect of forcing the price of bread up to famine prices. . • June 1. A central committee has been -formed here to assist the Jews expelled from .Russia.