LATE TELEGRAMS.

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 102, 25 February 1892, Page 2

LATE TELEGRAMS.

By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright [PKR UNITKD TRKSS ASSOCIATION! London, February 24. The Agents-General of the Australian colonies will interview Mr Stanhope, Minister for War, respecting the appointment of a military adviser for the colonies. It is feared that money will be still dearer. An impression prevails in financial circles in the city that there would be little difficulty in placing the Victorian loan of two millions on the market at 4£ per cent at par, on condition that the Government of the colony gave a pledge that they would not borrow in London for a period of two years. Professor Morland, ex-tutoi 1 at Oxford University, who was arrested a few days ago on a charge of blackmailing Lord Hothfield, is to be proceeded against on further charges of blackmailing. The hearing of the first charge came on to-day when it was proved that Morland had undergone a sentence some time ago for perjury. The Magistrate remarked that the Treasury ought to prosecute. The accused was remanded. The Marquis of Blandford, son and heir of the Duke of Marlborough, applied to Justice Butt for an order to compel his father to make an increase in his annual allowance of £380, hut his Honor decided that he had no jurisdiction in the matter. The creditors of William Perry and Co,, the Sydney merchants, unanimously passed a resolution agreeing to accept loa in the pound on unsecured claims. Universal sympathy is expressed for the firm in their misfortune. Mr Balfour will move that Mr De Cobain be expelled unless he is in his place in the House on the following Tuesday. The Lidderdale wno is missing is a banker at Uminisfcer, in Somersetshire, and not the son of the Governor of the Bank of England. The police disbelieve the drowning theory, and consider that Lidderdale has been kidnapped by an American lady, who declared that she would not marry any other man. The campaigns which have been organnised in London and the counties by the Liberal party in view of the general elections are being conducted on an extensive scale. The meetings are largely attended , and the proceedings are characterised by great enthusiasm. The Party are growing in confidence that they will gain the victory. The stoppage of the Durham collieries may possibly affect 400,000 men. Mr Wise, formerly Attorney -General of New South Wales, addressed a meet ing at Slough, in Buckinghamshire. Lord Carrington presiding. He said that the refusal to grant aulomony to Ireland would create perpetual discord in the United States and Australia, anil ridiculed the fear entertained by Lords Salisbury and Xnutsford, that the granting of automony would cause the seces* sionofthe colonies. He considered Mr Gladstone's foreign policy was the best for Australia, as it was to tbeir interest to maintain friendship with France. Blake the jockey, is dead. Earl Denbigh is in a critical state of health. M. Visconselles, a former director of the Portuguese Railway Companies, has committed suicide. lie was involved in some scandals which came to light recently. £A theatre at Capetown has been de« strayed by fire. Mrs Brown-Potter's wardrobe was destroyed. The New York Democratic Convention has adopted Governor Hill as its candidate for the Presidency of the United States. St. Petebsbubg, February 24. Count Tolstoi has been banished to his estate for publishing details of the iamiae. Madrid, February 23. Severe floods have occurred in Spain and the farmers have suffered enormous losses. New York, February 23. A Democratic convention will be held at Syracuse in May for the purpose of making a final selection of a candidate for the Presidency. The ironmasters in Cleveland have announced to the men that they will make a reduction in wages in March unless the trade improves. Berlin, February 24. A number of murders of a similar character to those perpetrated by the Schneiders in Vienna have been discovered at Magdeburg. A man and a woman haye been arrested. Sydney, February 24. Intense heat has prevailed throughout the country during the past week.