CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1468, 30 September 1885, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

(BY ELECTRIC TKLKGIUPA— COPYBIGHT.) (SPECIAL TO-UNITICD PBESS ASSOCIATION.) ■ .Loxdon, Sept. 27. Mr Clmm'berlain's attitude m the Liberal party is. much condemned. Mr Gladstone ateo unites with him. . The Tories sympathise with and the Court 'influence stronsrly favors Prince Alexander of Bulgaria. The Marquis of Salisbury has joined the Powers .m accepting the position of iafifairs m KfriVmeli-i, and it is untrue that Whai demanded that matters be restored to the status quo. At the preliminary examination of W. W. Stead, m connection with the abduction of the girl Lilly Armstrong, that gentleman cast grave reflections upon the King of the Belgians, and upon leading members of the Government and Opposition.': The Magistrates ruled that these remarks were irrelevant. Sept. 28. Tqe Land and Pastoral Company of Adelaide •iias been voluntarily wound up. The liquidators of the Oriental Bank estate have declared a further dividend of 2s 6d m the £. At the battle of Drin the Turks lost 200 men killed and wounded, while that of the Albanians was 1000 killed and wounded. (reuter's telegrams). - London, Sept. 28. In consequence of a revival of boycotting m the south' of" Ireland, an association has been formed' at Cork under the name of the Loyalist Protective Union, the object being to combat the influence of the National League. Constantinople, Sept. 28. In view of the serious position of affairs m llouinelia, it has been decided to hold a conference of the Ambassadors of the rations powers accredited to the Porte, and it is expected to meet at an oarlv date m this city. Negotiations between Wolff, British envoy extraordinary to the Porte, and the officials appointed by the Sultan to confer with him on the Egyptian question, have been resumed after being held m abeyance for some time. Prince Alexander of Bulgaria is adopting energetic measures to secure quietude on the Macedonian frontier. Amsterdam, Sept. 28. Several Socialist riots have occurred m this city during the past few days, culminating yesterday m a severe encounter with the police, who charged the crowd, wounding several persons with their sabres. . \; k •- \