CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 162, 14 June 1883, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

THE CZAti Of RUSSIA. AMERICAN OFFICERS FOR THE CHINESE JNAVY. THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF THE SEW HEBRIDES. LONDON AND COLONIAL MARKETS. ~ ~ TjIE "DYNAMLTE TRIALS. 1] THE DECEASED WIFE'S BILL. GENERAL EUROPEAN NE\ES^ -•" < ; ■ j . l_ i v? (special to united pbess association^) ■ London, -June 11. On the arrival of .the , , Czar at St. Petersbuigh he was received' wifch-'greafc enthusiasm, and he then, proceeded to the Imperial residence .'&s.' Pete%off. A number of -American officers are making applications for poMtidiian the Chinese navy. ... :•• ,j ; . The Agents-General of the various Australasian colonies 1 ''consider that before approaching, thelmperial Government m reference' to the propriety of the annexation of- the JNew. 'Hebrides and other Pacific' Islandß-, v the ccil'orniis should firat dee'de what atnoant they sreprepared to -contribute towapdß-the> cost of management $>i{ the new possessions. Mr Murray Smith, Agenc-Gene-ral for Victoria^ andiSiri.F. Dillon Bell, Agqnt-General of /New, Zealand^ have cabled to this effact to their representative GovemmentSi / ; The trial of the seven dynamite conspirators who were arrested .m Agril last m London f and "Birmingham wtfs commenced at the Old Bailey to-day^ before Lord Chief jastice Coleridge, Lord Justice Brett, and. Mr Justice Grove. . . . \-' '/' '[' .;;' :\ . In the House of Lords last? night* the second reading of the Bill ior } ifeg ; i|lairig marriage with" a " deceks sd ! W"ff^ .sister was, after some «u3ussib'n ; ried by a ma jority of s'eWni '' '^ J ;[ *' j: ' " : * ; Cbhßois remain 'at ! l00|> J , : t l ' 3^!^ There are no changed to 'report 'in' quotations for colonial securities >and prodube. ' ' f ' Jl "" o > ''''', l "-'' ' !: '{'^ y^"'^':. " } At'ih^'W6l'''arfctio"A';tip-{ia^ foffift bale 3 were offered.' ' TChe " tone ot ! tHe sale was again ; firm. . Hop reports to hand' cbntin'ilb favorable, and a, gooff yield, is e^pectei. The P. and O. Shannon arrived at P|ymoutn tb^daj from Melbourne (April 24.) June 12. 1 NotwithßtandirTgiJSmel"Cal-ey7':flie informer m the;Phoenir:Eark murders, being expelled from the Dublin. Council, the Judges m Ireland have decided that he is still entitled to -hol3 the^osition of councillor,, ;.-■ x • The trial of Ma rquia Deelaus commences oh" Wednesday;' ' " It is announced that Prince Albert " Victor will enter "Cambridge' tFniversity m October next.. .; '• '' I.JJ A procession, consisting 1 . oi^o,otilo persons, escorted the Ki^ht 'Hon. John Bright at Birmingham. Zokertort, a welUknown German player, won the first prize m the receot chess tournament. •.. : -..: ■■::- Mr Roe (Liberal) been elected for Derby m the place =of i Mr Michael Thomas Baas, who resigned a short time back. . s .■•-..■:■;.. Her Von Benaingsen, leader of the Central Parly m the German Reichstag, has resigned his seat. -. ■ ' ■■■:.> .-.]■■■ : ; Melbourne, June:l2.'^| Sailed, this afternoon-^-lJnioQ Campany's steamship fttanaponri, for the Bluff. - ■- • The Melbourne manager of > the National Mortgrage and Agency Company of New Zealand '( Limited) reports of the local grain markot as fv>llows;-^ Shipping wheat is quieter, bub steady at;ss ;to 5s Id. For New Zealand oats prices are bare'y raaintaiDe-l ; feeding sorts are auoted'at 3s "to" 3s 3d ; milling ditto, 3a 3d to 3s 4 j ; New Zealand oats, under bono\: 2* :3d to ,2si. 6j. The market is slightly -in -favor of buyers.