CABLEGRAMS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue 38, 6 January 1880, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

(reuter's telegrams.) London, December 31. Consols, 97J. The total quantity of wheat afloat for Great Britain is 2,070,000 quarters. The diver who has been searching the River Tar at the spot where the late terrible disaster occurred, found the carriages all right, but could find none of the bodies of the victims. January 1. Sir Garnet Wolsely returns from the Cape this month. The total reserve in notes and bullion in the Bank of England is £15,000,000. The total stock of tallow in London on the Ist inßt-ant was 17,125 casks. Kartell's and Hennessy's brandy is offering for export at 10s 6d. January 1. The direr has found portions of the train which fell through the Tay bridge, and some bodies have also been recovered. Subscription lists have been opened for the relief of the widows and orphans of ihe sufferers. The revenue returns for the December quarter show a decrease of half a million compared with the corresponding quarter last year. Cape Towx, December 30. The Transvaal Boers have held a meeting, at which they adopted resolutions to reassemble in April, and summon the Volksrad. Tlip meeting elected a president, and the chiefs then dispersed. Madrid, December 31. An unsuccessful attempt was made to-day to assassinate the King of Spain and Queen Christine, when they were entering the Royal Palace in this city. The assassin is named Gonzales, a Gallician by birth, and a waiter by trado. He fired a pistol at the King and Queen, but their Majesties happily were untouched. The assassin has been arrested. Bombay, December 31. Affairs at Uabul are quieter. General Baker is now in active pursuit of the Xohistanis. Constantinople, January 1 . Sir Henry Layard, the British Ambassador at Constantinople, has suspended relations with the Porte, and now awaits the orders of the British Government as to his further action. St. Petersburg, January 1. The Empress is recovering from her recent attack of pleurisy. Bombay, January 1. The dispersion of ■ the . Afghans since the action of the 28th, has been complete. The enemy lost 3000 killed. Melbourne, Thursday. The Champion Race Meeting was held to-day. The weather was mag* nificent, and the attendance was good. The Champion Eace resulted as follows :— First King, 1 ; Wellington, 2 ; Petrea, 3 It was won easily by two lengths. Seven horses started. Time, smin 40£eec. j The cricket match was commenced to-day between the Australian combined eleven and fifteen Victorians. The latter in their first innings made 207. The combined team in their first inningslost two wicketg for 17 runs. Friday. The Australian in their first innings made 167 runs. The fifteen in their second innings had 12 wickets down for 109 runs. The revenue for the quarter amounts to £1,059,000, being a deciease of £79,000 compared with last year. The revenue for the year is £4,413.000, being a decrease oi £182,000 compared with last year. The Customs returns show a decrease of £41,000, and inland revenue a decrease of £69,000 The territorial revenue shows an increase of £48,000, whilst miscellaneous items show a decrease of £46,000. Sybaey, Friday. Hennessy's case, 45s (sic) ; bulk, 10s 6d; Patna rice, £21 10s; New Zealand wheat, 4s 6d ; oats, 2s 6d ; maize, 2s 5d ; Sugar Company's No 1, 38s. Mr Parkes, eldest son of Sir Henry Parkes, Premier, died to-day. Adelaide, Friday Wheat, os 4d ; flour, £13 10s London, January 8. A fund has been initiated to compensate Edmund Gabey, who, it was discovered some time ago, had been wrongfully sentenced to penal servitude for life, and for whom a free pardon was sent to Australia, where he was living at the time; It has been ascertained that the conduct of the Turkish Ministry in regard to the representations of the British Government arose through jealousy of Sir HenryLayard's influence with the Sultan. The Ministry persisted in evasion in the demands of the British Ambassador, and the latter was compelled to take a decisive stand. The Home Government has expressed its regret at the incident, but supports Sir Henry Layard, t

whom it has given carts blap&e to deal with the Porte according* Jjia judgment.