HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 249, 24 April 1895, Page 2

HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

MRS BESANT AND THE THEOSOPHISTS. BIG OFFER FOR A RACEHORSE. (Per Preßs Association) London, April 23. Th© P. and O. Company has accepted the Admiralty subsidy, which entitles the Government in case of need to arm and employ the following large steamers : — Britannia, Oceana, Peninsula, Valetta, Massillia, Rome, Carthage, Ballarat and Parramatta. England has arranged with Newfoundland for the settlement of the shore rights claimed by France under the treaty t Mr Peel, ex-speaker, has been created a viscount. In the House of Commons the Factories and Workshop's Bill was read a second time. Mrs Besant is relying for support from the Australian and Indian sections of Theosophists, and intends to reopen the accusation brought against her by Mr Judge. It is reported that a sum of 10,000 guineas was offered for Reminder (by Melanion Postcript), favorite for the City and Suburban Handicap, which is ran at Epsom to-morrow. The Oroya has been floated off the rocks at Naples. Mr Loader, chairman of the Melbourne Board of Directors of the City of Melbourne Bank, with the assistance of a firm of experts, is preparing a scheme tor submission to depositors. St. Petersburg, April 23. The Russian Executive has approved a scheme for initiating gold currency. Constantinople, April 23. A general Armenian rebellion has been planned, which is to begin in Constantinople by an attack on the Sultan'i palace in May. A large quantity of stores has been hidden in the mountains, and enormous sums of money are said to be at the disposal of the plotters. The men are well armed, Canada, April 23. It is reported the Newfoundland Government offers France exclusive rights over 50 miles of the French ahore, on condition that France renounces the treaty priviligea over the remaining portion.