CABLE NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 26, 29 August 1891, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright (PEK UNITKI) PUKsjS AssOCt ATION .) London, August 27. The Jcasualties among Government troops at the passage of the Aconcogua, are now stated to have been 2500, and those of the iusurgeuts, 3000. Conflicting accounts are still receiving of the state of afiairs'm Chili. One report is that Balmaceda 1 c triumph has beeu complete, and adds that he will probably annex Bolivia in revenge for the assistance afforded tbe rebels. Tbe retreat of the insurgents is represented as impossible. Another account makes out that the insurgents haye been continuously victorious. The general opinion of tbe delegates at- ! tending the meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science is adverse to the State regulating tbe hours of labour. The engineers at Chatham Dockyard intend to strike nnlesa their wages are raised to the Society's minimum at 5s 8d per day, Alexandre Jacques, wbo has undertaken aSO days' fast, has completed a half of that time, and appears quite strong and vigorous. The prevailing storms have extended to Ireland. Mr Perm, the Tory candidate, was elected to the Lewishum seat by a majority of 1693 over Mr Warmmgton, the Liberal candidate. Orangeism is now suppressed in the army, both at Home and in India. August 27. Sir J. Gorst, will probably succeed Mr Cecil Raikes as Postmaster-General. The Daily Telegraph estimates that the loss wdl amount to several millions, and the weather will probably prove disas* j trous io the hop crop, which in Kent never promised better. A train was set on fire by electricity at Fiachley, but though the pa-sengers were scared no lives were lostVienna, August 27. Five deaths have been caused by lightning in various parts of Austria. Buenos Ayres. August 26. lt is reported that the Government intend to increase the special issue of paper money in connection with the new Bonk of the Argentine nation to one hundred million piastres. Paris, August. 26. A notary at Angers has decamped, leaving behind him liabilities to the amount of LBO,OOO, August 26. A cyclone at Martinique destroyed the whole township, sweeping every house away. The people are starving. Berlin, August 26. The revenue derived by Treves from the influx of pilgrims is expected to reach 2,000,000 marks. Ottawa, August 26. The Canadian census .-hows the population of the Dominion to be 4,820,000. August 27Several of the chief officials of the Government Printing Office, who haye been called on to give evidence, have absconded Damaging testimony has been adduced in their absence. New York, August 26. Tho Herald's despatch reports that, at the latest date, the insurgents had surrounded Yalpainso on tbe land side, after 72 hours' continuous fighting. Though the loyalists numbered double the insurgent army, the latter was victorious; owing to its being armed with Remington and Winchester repeating rifles.

The rebel commanders manoeuvred for the purpose of getting an opening, to attack, but without success, and it is generally believed the insurgents' intended coup has proved a failure. Hong Kong, August "Zi. A band of five hundred pirates are burning and looting villages along the coast of China, in the vicinity of Mantchoo, in the province of Chekiang. The scoundrels are murdering the natives in all directions, capturing merchants, and sending their ears and noses to the authorities as a token that unless the yictims are ransomed they will be put to death. Pabis, August 28. The steamers belonging to the Mes* sagenes Company engaged in tbo Mediterranean coastal trade are being armed, in consequence of the increase of piracy in the Levant and other places. Received, August 29, 11.45 a.m. •New York. August 28. A Chilian battle is expected to-day. St. Petersburg, August 28. Grain riots have taken place at Vitebsk. The populace captured the railway station and plundered the stores and houses of the Jewish corn dealers. Troops were called out to restore order and two of the rioters were killed.