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London, Sept. 18. Sir Michael Hicks-Reach, Chancellor of the Exchequer, addressed a public meeting of the electors of East Gloucestershire last night at Cirencester. In the course of his speech he denied the existence of any compact betw en the Parnellites and Conservative parties regarding the Home Rule question. Sir Miehael expressed h'mself m favor of the extension of local self-government to the kingdom. Sept. 20.
Advices from Sicily state that cholera is increasing to an alarming extent at Palermo.
News is to hand from Roumelia of a revolution having taken place there. Fortunately it is ol a peaceful nature, unaccompanied by bloodshed. The inhabitants in the province seized the Turkish Governor, Aleko Pasha, and issued a proclamation declaring the union o Boumelia with Bulgaria. The Roumelian army took the oath of allegiance to Prince Alexander of Boumelia, and are now occupying several strategic points on the Turkish frontier. Consequent on these events, the Bulgarian army has been mobilised. Sept. 21.
A telegram to hand from Roumelia states that Prince Alexander, of Bulgaria, issued a manifesto to the inhabitants of Bulgaria and Roumelia, in which be a-ccepts -the crown of the two Bulgarias, and calls upon the people to help to 'defend the union. Prince Alexander is on his way to Phillppopoli, the principal town in Eastern Roumelia. Sept. 22. Lord Carrington, Governor-el ct of New South Wales, sails for Australia on the 22nd October.
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Lyell Times and Central Buller Gazette, Volume V, Issue 241, 26 September 1885, Page 2
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238LATEST CABLE NEWS. Lyell Times and Central Buller Gazette, Volume V, Issue 241, 26 September 1885, Page 2
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