HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 222, 25 January 1894, Page 2

HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

i ROBBED OF HIS WINNINGS. j AN ENORMOUS YIELD OF GOLD. I AN OUTRAGEOUS PROPOSAL. THE MONTE CARLO MURDER. AMERICAN TARIFF. PRERIDENT CLEVELAND AND THE DEMOCRATS. THE SILVER CRISIS. (PEE PRESS ASSOCIATION.) London, January 22 Lord Roslyn, after winning a large sum of money at Monte Carlo, was robbed of -£14,000. January 24. Sir C. Tapper and the Agents-General had an interview with the Marquis of llipon to urge the churn of the Captain and crew of the Costa Rica to proper reparation. Sir Saul Samuel put the case in a most forcible light. Sir Thos. Sanderson, Secretary to the Foreign Office, stated that the Crown law officers considered the owners and crew had no claim. The Agents-General and Sir C. Tup per, along with Mr Huddart. asked Lord Ripon to grant a subsidy to the Huddart steamer line. Mr Huddart stated that the line is an important one and an additional protection to the British nation. Lord Ripon undertook to consult tbe Foreign Office on the matter. Mr McPherson, Labour member of the South Australian Parliament, has written to the English press warning intending emigrants from going to that colony until the land question has been fettled. He asserts that the relations between roasters and men will not improve while freedom of contract is enforced. The Standard is of opinion that as the coinage of silver in India is likely to be soon resumed, the Government had better raise a loan of ten millions sterling than throw upon the market ten millions worth of drafts, which would reduce the value of the rupee to 9d. A majority of the Labor Commission regard a universal eight hours as impracticable. They are in favor of the length of the working week being fixed at forty-eight hours at all trades. Mr A, J, fialfour speaking at Man übester. advocated the establishment of an Imperial Defence Department, and stated the lons of the colonies would be England's rain. He declared that the active naral preparations at present canitid on by Russia and Fiance were directed against England. Lord Ripon, yielding to pressure from Mr Huddart, has undertaken to consider the question of a subsidy on behalf of Figi in connection with the proposed Pacific cable. Ottawa, Jaouarj 24 Canada claims £155,000 compensation under the award of tbe Behring Sea Commission. Calcutta. January 22. A section of the European press in India contain scathing criticisms on the Marquis of Lansdowne's administration while Viceroy. January 24. The Indian press strongly censiu'e Lord Ivimberley's action over the silver crisis. Business is paralysed in Shanghai and Hong Kong. Caprtown, January 22. The gold export of Cape Colony for the last year was valued at five and a quarter million pounds. Madrid, January 22. The Spanish Government demand twenty thousand francs (sic) indemnity over the Morocco incident. Spanish military experts are advising the fortification of the Bay of Algeciras, in order to secure power to silence the British forts at Gibraltar. Washington, January 22. Congress is believed to be favorable to a provisional Government being established in Hawaii. The manifesto of American Irish National League advocates the return of the dynamite and murder policy. January 24. The House of Representatives has placed raw and refined sugar on the free list. There are symptoms of a serious disagreement between President Cleveland and the New York Democratic Senators, who will probably attempt to defeat the Tariff Bill. Paris, January 24. Two Italians, a man and a woman, have been arrested at Nice on suspicion of being concerned in the murder of the Englishman, Mr Allender, on the Monte Carlo hills, a few weeks ago. A bomb was discovered outside an extensive warehouse in the city, but fortunately the fuse had failed. Rome, January 24. The note circulation of the banks in Italy and Sicily have been increased by five millions sterling to allay the panic. Eio DE Janirko, January 24 Yellow fever is still prevalent in the city. Caibo. January 22. Lord Cromerjhas demanded an apology from the Khedive who is expected to issue a minute praising the frontier forces and ordering the Under-Secre-tary of War to resign.