CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Issue 1508, 17 November 1885, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

(BY KLKGTttR; TEI.RORJPB.— OOPTWQHT.) (fc^dJ/LIPfo UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) London, Nov. 14. Three divisions of the Servian army are advancing on Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, under the command ot King Milan. The King >kag<eormnanded*iroprardketf%ttack s asrainst the Bulgarians, which-, it is alleged, will be accepted as casus ■bell is? ■• — ■— — «• '~^*»~'- '■TriV'nWi^; Lous Kiel, the panadimrinsiirgent,.WilibVliin^bfiHll.ndav. The Liberal Party. in Scotland consider that $fr Gladstone's state■men,t * .re^r^ingl Tthe established 'Churches is likely f«» calm a great many Jvnglish Churchmen, and think tliat tlfe|ittac| o|i frie^GhuM has apparently been deferred until Mr Gladstones withdrawal from public life. *' ' \ '^XREVVEIt'S- TELtfOBAMS.^ Rio de Janiero. Nov. t2. The Shaw-Savill-& Albion Com. pany's s.s. Arawa, from Auckland, £lsri October^ arrjyed| r perp last hi<rht with her frozen 'meat' m good orders ■ ...'--; ■=- .- . Calcutta, Nov. 13. The Indian Government are m receipt of advices from Major-Gen-eral Prendergast, commanding the British expeditionary force m Burmah, to the effect that the troops under his command have crossed the Burmese frontier and entered the district of My boja. ■ V_..y '"Nov.. 14. A British proclamation has been issued formally announcing the- deposition of King Theebaw from' the throne.:pOTjiSn»h;/ Major-General Prendergast with the troops under his command has arrjyed fetmyo', ana an attack on the Burmete position at Minhla r^imm'ment. _ /';'■..'',.■ /Eo^ooN^NoyJl^. :'.. The Peninsular >an 4! ; Prjental Steam Navigation Company fras declared a dividend Ibr the past : halfyear at the rate of 8 per cent, per #ninumV --G thidio^L ,tutl'"i 7 Ji , S Una Soirii;)Nov. U. Prince Alexander^ m an ordeV of the day : issued to the. Bulgarian army, denounce! tile 53 Servian invasioH- aa:>s :> cowardly.,^nd ''tr^acKerou?, and calls upon 1 all Bulgarian subjects to defend their homes and annihilate the invaclers. ;'.' ' / Later intelligence states that some sharp skirmishes have occurred between the Bulgarians ;and Servians, several men being killed and a good number wounded. The Bulgarians Hld^tKer th^^or^W^^cTreported to t»e f retir'inglfl 'TiE^GSiDTifNoY. 14. War has been formally declared ,by Servia: againstjljulgaria, laßdi the Servian troops—have crossed the Isaribrod are, upon •Sofia, I the - capital, under the command of King Milan, who has issued a proclamation as'Slgningfas^his grounds invasion the violation by Prince Alexander of the. Treaty of -Berlin and, consequent provocation.