CABLEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1096, 23 October 1879, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

LATEST HOME AND FOUEIGN NEWS. (HKUTEK'STKLKUIiAM. i'KLt I'ItESSASSOCIATION.) London, October 21. Arrived—Cuzco, from Adelaide. The Times publishes a telegram from Simla, stating that tlxe Russian troops in Turkestan have been severely repulsed, and had retired to the Caspian. Tho P. and 0. steame: 1 Australia, with tin; Southampton mails, lias broken down. The JVkin replaces her with the least possible delay. The Cambridgeshire Stakes was run at Newmarket yesterday. Mereille, 1 ; O.iiii.i.ia, 2 ; Ont-of-Bounds, 3. There were J.!)'/ entries, < (ciober 22. The total quantity of wheal afloat for Great Ijritain up to dale is 1,000,000 nuarier*. Qu:n::i\ ' K'tohcr 21. IT. R.H. 'Mi'ivhinjiii'jHS <>f Lome has nailed lor England. Vienna, '• >»•-< fiber 21. There i-i a <:erlrus famine in Hungary. The failure of the crops is general. (spki ial to nir.i.i:ori:>i; Ai:iit':i.) I Lonjwx, October 20. i Lord Salisbury met wiih an enthusiastic lvcep.ion at (tardous, ManI c'iie.iter, oil Saturday. "00,000 people I witro present. Hi; said the meetingproved tiie confidence of tho country in the .Ministry, despite the statements of the Opposition to the contrary. English papers approve of Yakoob Khan's abdication, and suggest to convene a meetirg of Surdurfs to choose a suci cessor to him. subject to the approval oi" ihe Viceroy. 15.i11i 1 lie Home awl Foreign Press strongly disapprove or tiiu new Turkish VJ iiii.sli'v, who propose reforms favorable to Russia. Tho report of the capture of Merv is discredited. The Government- have no knowledge of it. Mr. Childers. speaking at Pontefract, declared what would be the future policy of the Liberals in the event of their attaining oltice. They would accept the responsibility of the foreign policy of the present Ministry, but would apply Liberal principles with their actions. They would decline to govern through alliance with the Home Rulers, but would favor extensive decentralisation, and especially transfer private Pills and regulations affecting Ireland to Ireland, instead of to Select Committees in London. T:.e Home and Foreign Press regard the speech as a Liberal manifesto, and comment favorably upon it.

!.;! lIXOT ..;wrHA;.U:: NKWs. (Sl'EI/JAI. 'l'" i-I'.I.SS ~r.MH.IAV[I).\. ) Melbourne, October 22. The proposed stamp duties have been modified, making the minimum payment LSO, a:id I he maximum LfjOO. The postal difficulty between Victoria vnd South Australia is still unadjusted. Sailed—llingarooma. {HKCTKK S TKI.r.OHAM. I'l'.l: PUK.-'S ASSOCIATION) Melbourne, October 22. Sailed—Claud Hamilton, for New Zealand.