HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 219, 20 January 1894, Page 2

HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

• 1 AN APPEAL FOR FUNDS. THE CORBETT MITCHELL FIGHT. CONDITIONS OF THE FRENCH NAVY. THE WAR AT RIO. THE SILVER CRISIS. THE ATTEMPT TO DYNAMITE NELSON'S MONUMENT. ILLNESS OF PRINCE BISMARCK. (PER PREHS ASSOCIATION.) London, January 19. Arrived — lone, barque, from the Bluff September 9. Sir Blake, M.P., appeals to the Irish .sympathisers to raise £48,000, £9000 of which are wanted for the payment of members. An injunction has been obtained against Madame Tussaucl for putting the effiegy of Mr Monsou on fc view. The steamer Malabar is overdue from Bombay, and some anxiety is felt on her account. The New Zealand Trust and Loan Company has declared a dividend of 9 per cent. Later. The overdue steamer Malabar lias arrived. Sir Andrew Clarke and Sir Saul Saruuel concur that it is desirable that Mr Duncau Gillies (recently appointed Agent - General for Victoria), should bring a formal agreement from the colonies respecting the coinage of silver and bronze, otherwise it will be futile to re-open the discussion on the subject. Nk.w York. January 19. The Committee of the Duval Athletic Club iv Jacksonville declare tbat in the event of interference by the militia to prevent the prize fight between Mitchell and Corbett, the Club will be prepared to resist, and can rely on the support of 6000 men. Paris. January 19 | The Government has appointed a Commission to inquire into the condition I of the French navy. Rio dk Janiero, January 19. The insurgents have captured Paranaqua, a maritime town of seven thousand inhabitants. French imports and exports for the year each show a decrease of two hundred and fifty million francs (£10,000,000 sterling). Hong Kong, January 19. There is a silver crisis in Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Singapore, owing to the scarce ty of Mexican dollars. Ottawa. January 19 The three French-Canadians who attempted to dynamite Nelson's Monument in Montreal were fined twenty -five dollars. The Government altered the charge to one of wilful damage to property. Beblin, January 19. • Prince Bismarck's health is causing some anxiety. Madrid, January 18. Starring labourers at Cadiz, have armed themselves, and are pillaging the farms and shops, nnd raiding the roads in the district*