LATE TELEGRAMS.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 17, 20 July 1893, Page 2

LATE TELEGRAMS.

By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright. A DISASTROUS FIRE. DAMAGES, HALF A MILLION. THE VICTORIA DISASTER. FURTHER EVIDENCE. FINANCIAL PANIC IN AMERICA. (per pbkss assocatiox.) London, July 19. The damage by the fire in St. Mary Axe is now estimated at half a million Staff-Commander Smith said Admiral Tryon's last words, just before the ship went down, were addressed to amid-ship-man on the bridge, to whom he said : 11 Don't stop, youngster. Go to the boat." At the enquiry to-day Captain Bourke admitted that he ought to have reversed the Victoria's screw without orders, and said he would hare done so if Admiral Tryon had not been present. The Rev. Henry Tope, of Manchester, had been elected president of the Wesleyan Conference, Tho Daily Chronicle says it is expected that fifty Radicals will vote against debarring the Irish Parliament irora dealing with land for the next three years, ; The London County Council has withdrawn the fair-wages clause in all its contracts. The Lord Mayor's fund on behalf of the sufferers by the naval disaster has closed. The Standard says there is great depression on change, owing to the bankers forcing the brokers to increase their margins on advances, or to sell. The paper thinks it is probable disastrous failures will be the result. The London branch of the Mercantile Finance Trust and Acency Company has refused to accept deposits for the last eight months. A cab in which the Prince of Wales was riding through St James' Park, collided with another vehicle. The Prince received a severe shaking. Paris, July 19. If the French ultimatum is ignored, Bankok will be blockaded. France demands an indemnity of three million francs and requires an answer in 48 hours Capktown, July 19. The lin pi of the Matabeles refuses to withdraw from Victoria in Mashonaland. Tho Indunas became insolent and thirtyeight horsemen chased them killing thirty. Berlin, July 19. The Emperor bestowed his warmest commendation on the Chancellor for his success in getting the Army Bill passed. Washington, July 19. The is an acute panic in Denver city, Colorado. The Union National Bank, with a capital of a million dollars, has suspended. The Commercial National and the National Bank of Commerce, Denver, also failed, and runs arc proceeding on several others. Twelve banks in Kansas and Colorado fniled yesterday. Hong Kong, July 18. The decision of the Chinese Government not to punish the murderers of the Swedish missionaries has caused considerable alarm among the foreign residents in Shanghai.