CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XII, Issue 1738, 19 June 1886, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

(ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. — COPYRIGHT. ) , (SPECIAL UNITED PBESB ASSOCIATION.) LONDON, JUQB 16. .. The recent suicide of the Ring of Bavaria has caused considerable excite ment m Bavaria, and sinister rumors, ar? current concerning tbie new Kin's* Bishop Moorhouse will be allowed to have a suffragan. , Sir John Hall, has complained of the silence of the English leaders .regarding; French Aggression ifc'the fca&fic*' * J^ -•* The wool "sales opened to-day. The joint catalogue of .Messrs Charles Balme and Jacorab and Co., comprise 12,700 bales, onetbird of which are New Zealand wool and one third from New South Wales. There was a ..large attendance of bidders, and the bidding waa excited. Merinos show an advance upon last sales of 20 to : ; 25 per, cent;, I and crossbreds range from 5 to 15 percent. Foreign buyers are making large purchase*. The seizures of American fiihingsmacks by „ Canada will form the«? subject of an inquiry 1 by a joint GouimisRioh.' *■'■■ . The general elections m Nova Scotia have resulted m the return of candidates favorable to the separation of Nora Scotia from Canada. '".'■■. It is reported that the Rev Mr Thompson, of- Cardiff, has been offered the Bishopric of Melbourne. 1; Mr DeFreycinet'^ta'tfts thatthe>troopß despatched to the New Hebrides will remain there until -tip French gettlera are safe, and tranquillity is restored. The GUbe considers the action of the French ; Government m the matter & flagrant breach of -faith, and that it amounts to virtual annexation. ; V \Mr Berry's despatche on the subject will be forwarded to-morrow. It suggests a joint occupation of the, islands as a precautionary measure, but the English Government, disapprove of such a proposal. . '■ ■ f The death is announced of Sir Alex, ander Stuart,.; formerly Premier of New South Wales, and who was acting as Executive Commissiouer for that Colony at the Indian-Colonial Exhibition, aged 61. A contract for the .construction of 30 miles of the Midland Railway has been virtually let. /

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