LATEST CABLE NEWS.

Lyell Times and Central Buller Gazette, Volume VI, Issue 257, 23 January 1886, Page 2

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

London, January 10. It is expected that an Indian cricket team will visit England during the summer. The Council of the Royal Colonial Institute are urging upon the Government the pressing necessity for modifying the present tariff on wines. The Princess of Wales has been suffering from an attack of diptheria, but is now recovering. Lord Carnarvon has explained that he resigned the Lord Lieutenancy of Ireland in consequence of his ill-health. The Times this morning, referring to the translation of Bishop Moorhouse to the See of Manchester, praises his colonial career. The appointment has been the cause of much gratification in Manchester and Sheffield, Commenting on the Sainoan difficulty, the Cologne Gazette infers that England will not object to the German annexation of Sam')a. The North German Gazette states that the German Government have ordered the German flag, which was hoisted, to be lowered. An exhibition of paintings by Australian and New Zealand artists has been opened in London. A gigantic socialistic plot has been dis covered at Chicago, having for its objec the destruction of Washington. Nine thousand explosive bombs had been distributed among the conspirators for use in the city. Mr J. A. Froude's book descriptive of his recent visit to Australasia advocatei administrative reforms, which are considered likely to gratify colonists.