CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 15 December 1891, Page 2

CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

London. The Prince of Wales, speaking at a banquet m the City said he was delighted to see that the nation approved the Duke of Clarence and Avondale marrying an Englishwomen. The Archbishop of Canterbury will shortly visit the United States and Canada. Eight hundred pounds in gold and cheques was stolen from the counter in i-lynn. Mills, and Co.'sbank. Nine more underwriters, in connection with Lloyds', will resign in consequence of losses, and some alarm is felt. There is uo market for colonial stocks, the balance of former loans not having been digested. The condition will be worse if any fresh loans are forced by the colonies. The market simply wants rest. • In the course of a speech on December 10th Mr Goschen declared the Unionists were not afraid to face a general election, and they would carry the war into the enemy's camp, New Zealand long berried wheat, 4^3 6d. The market is quiet. For off coast cargoes, sellors ask 445, but buyers are only willing to give 435. Canterbury mutton, Bsd ; beef, forequarfctsra, 2sd. New Zealand hemp quiet ; prices unchanged. The lifeboat crew at Liverpool put to sea wheu in a state of drunkenness ft nd bring ttpftbto tn find %ha w«rnU, ;

drifted helplessly about the iiieh \ Her Majesty the Queen will leave England in the middle of March and spend a month at the Isles of Hyeres, a cluster of islets in the Mediterranean, near the south coast of France, remarkable for the salubrity of their climate. Mr Gladstone leaves on Tuesday for Biaritz, a maritime port of France much resorted to for its baths. In addressing the Liberal Rural Conference Mr Gladstone earnestly advocated the establishment of Parish Councils, and favoured the compulsory purchase of land for allotments. The Court has ordered the release of a girl sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment by Cambridge University authorities for being found in company with an undergraduate. The release was granted on a technical point. It is officially announced that the Earl of Dufferin succeeds the late Lord Lytton as British Ambassador in Paris. Foreign. In his message to Congress President Harrison mentioned that the Behriug Sea difficulty has been favourably arranged. He advised a joint fixture regarding the frontier between Canada and the United States, and expressed regret that the boundary of British Guiana had not yet been settled. He opposed free coinage, and, referring to the European situation, said he rejoiced that affairs were peaceful. M. de Freycinet, addressing the French Senate, stated the Government was determined that the Cburch should bow to the authority of the State, and a revolt on the part of the clergy would compel the separation of Church and' State. Advices from Rio de Janeiro state that an agitation has broken out in that province. The Governor of the province, F. Porfcella, holds Nitcheroy, while those who are seeking to bring about the downfall of the present Adminstration have established a temporary Government at Parahyba. Both parties are arming. Q]he province of Rio de Janeiro is in a state of ferment. Riots have occurred at Campos, in which ten persons are reported to have been killed and thirty injured. H.M.S. Dart returned to Sydney from a cruise among the Islands on December 11th. While at New Hebrides a number of chiefs requested that the Islands should be placed under a British Protectorate. The captain suggested they should memorialise the authorities. News from the Gilbert Group announces the death of Tenbenik, King of Apemama. The Russian Government is spending 300,000,000 roubles on reliei works, which will give employment to 800,000 men. Lieutenant Mansfield ascended in a balloon in the presence of Lord Harris, Governor of Bombay, but when he had reached a height oi 400 ft the balloon barst, and he fell to the ground and was killed instantaneously, the body being horribly mutilated. He had made a previous ascent, and descended by means of a parachute from a height of 1 1 ,000 ft. He was an enthusiast in the use of balloons for military pui'poses. The Pamir tribesmen are menacing Gilgit, a town in the north-eastern boundary of Afghanistan. The Ghorkas have advanced against Fort Nilt, near Chalt. Captain Aylmer destroyed the gates of the fort with gun-cotton and afterwards stormed the place, capturing nine prisoners and one gun. In the engagement seven Sepoys were killed and twenty-six wounded. Captain Aylmer, Colonel Durand, and Lieutenants Badcock and Gorton were severely injured. Captain Bradshaw has assumed command of the expedition.