REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 1154, 10 June 1880, Page 2

REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN. London, June 7. Adelaide wheat 51s 6d, The Board of Trade returns. Imports, last month, shew an increase of .£2,781,250 compared with last year. June 8. The wool sales closed to-day. The total quantity sold during the series amounts to 360,000 bales, and 23,000 bales have been 'held over. Merino wools have closed at par, and crossbreds are 2d to 3d lower, coarse sorts being 4d. Rangoon. June 5. The insurrection in Burmah is rapidly extending. A severe encounter has taken place between a force of Burmese Government troops and a body of rebels. The former were defeated and their commander captured by the rebels and beheaded. The four companies of British regiments which were ordered to the frontier of British Burmah have already started. Paris, June 7. The Grand Prlx resulted as follows : Robert the Devil ... 1 Destrier.., ... ... 2 Milan ... ... ... 3 Washington, June 8. The Pvepublicar; CoiV'eatioa have chosen Mr Gar Held as t’vu’ candidate for the Presidential chiolivn.

{special fco MBLBb&RNHi AEOUS.'I ' ! Loniw*, May sl. The thuly News states that Grapcf Viaer. of TUrkeV and dthSfci ministers to resist tlieT£ demands of Ihe .European powers in respect to the fulfilment of the BerlinTreaty.. u i ; Abdul Rahmih is restraining the Afghan chiefs, and hopes Ore now em tertained that a friendly settlement .with the British will shortly' take ■■■• ph*<»- < -■ . r , The unsatisfactory CoMitlon of affairs at Burmah has, culminated in , an,. Cmeute at Mandalay., ' ” JSP&kAfcTO StEtBOUSNK AGE. j I&NDON, May 27. i With the consent of the ' Great Powers, Austria has taken active measures Mth a view. to effecting a settlement bf the difficiilty caused '-’Of ' the Albanfehs refusing to surrender a I* certain portion pf. their territory W Montenegro, in accordance with the express provisions of the Treaty of’ Berlin) / - i '* Earl COwpPr, the new Viceroy of Ireland, arrived yesterday in Dublin, pnd was accorded, n most enthusiastic ‘ reception.; v- : , ’ . The appointment of the. Marquis pf ; ’ Bipon to the important post of Viceroy ~ of India, baa provoked a. strong expres-; Irion of opinion on the part of the Opposition v Pres3, the Marquis has been ;; 1 charged , with being a virulence of the . attacks has induced’ Mr Gladstone to publicly contradict .' this statement. The Premier denies emphatically that the Marquis of Eipon is a member of that religious body. The .negotiations which were opened by the British Government through their Ministers at Fern and Chili, with ,a view pf terminating the war between ,those two countries, have resulted "in failure.- . Much disatisfaction has pressed amongst the radical party; afe’ 1 * the qnnoufacemept; that the ment purpose! continuing;,. Sirlfeiftte ”. Frere as Governor ( qt Cape Colony, apd’ a protect has-been entered by a number..." of the leading politicians on the ground , that Sir Battle FretO Hvis' (hairily res- ’ ponsible fbr the Zulu war, and "that hull* i conduct had been severely condemned by some members of the present Gd« ivernment when in opposition. Mr Gladstone has pointed out that Sir Bar tie Frere/ haring inaugurated the policy of the Confederation of the*" South African Colonies, it, would bp * highly inexpedient .to make any changl at a time when there was great likelihood of this important step being sUca cessfully Carried through; ;; At his‘eas- - solicitation theßadioals abandonedfurther agitation on ttesubject;~ . , ; . May3i. Strong pressure has been brought to bear upon the Forte bythfe Bepreseota-.. tives of the Great Powers, with a’ to enforcing the provisions of the of Berlin, more especially with to the promise of reforms in the,. administration of the afikifti of the ish Empire. A proposal has been fbri mally submitted that Midbat ’Pasha*!'’ " the present Governor of Syria, should' 1 "' be recalled to Constantinople, and rit-™ trusted with the task of giving effect to the views of the European Powew,’ The Sultan has refused hu assent to proposition, on thegtOundthat it wbalff 3,: involve an unwarrantable with his sovereign rights. It is be- ** lievedj howevCr, -that the main - ground : ' ofobjectioh is the strong personal dfe- f ~; favour in which Midhat Pasha is held /\ in the PalacCi - i--'i The latest intelligence from AfgWAul* ; v tan is of a disquieting nature* Ay66liP' : Khan has declared it to he his intention to co-operate with the hostile tribeeof ■ the South against the British. - He has " left Herat at the head of numerous forces for the purpose of marching upoh- ■ Candahar.' Preparations have been - made by General Phayre to resist -the - ■ attack.