CABLEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1244, 13 April 1880, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

LATEST HOME AND • FOREIGN NEWS. (rectter's telegram, per press association) - London, April 10. The total quantity of wheat afloat for Great Britain is l,Uoo,o.oo.quarters. Best Australian beef tallow, 325; best mutton tallow, 345. Three per cent, consols, 98|, The Orient Company's steamship Lusitania arrived at Plymouth to-day. Tlie new loan of two millions, which, is to be raised for Queensland, has proved a brilliant success, having been subscribed twice over, Obitiiary—Lord Hampton, April 12. In the elections now going on, the Liberal gains amount to 108, The Times publishes a paragraph in which it states as being probable that Earl Derby will be appointed Secretary of State for the Colonies, St. PgTERSBURQH. April 9. Prince GortschakofF, Chancellor of the Empire, is seriously ill. * ~* DIRECT AUSTRALIA!* .NEWS. (renter's telegram per press ASSOCIATION.) Melbourne, April 10, ' Victoria won the boat race easily by three lengths. April 12, Sugar market dull, April 13. Arrived—Ringaroonda, from New Zealand. . . Albany, April 13. The P. and O. Co.'s steamship Hydaspes arrived in King George's Sound to-day from Ceylon with the inwai'd Suez {nail. passenger fbr Dunedin, Mr. Scott. The Hydaspes brings news that the P. and O. steamer Travancore had run ashore at Otranto on the Italian coast, a few miles south of Brinclisi. She was expected to become a total wreck.

Brisbane, April 12. Mr. Long, tlie prospector, reports having discovered a. splendid looking auriferous country at Sefton River, Carpentaria. Mr. Jack, Government Geologist, has prospected Cape York unsuccessfully I He was speared through the neclc by natives while they were attacking his camp, but has now quite recovered from the effects of the wound. (FPvOM THE MELBOURNE PAPERS.) London, March 31.

The Emperor of Russia has returned to St. Petersburgh from Livadia, after the recent attempt. upon his life. In honor of the 83 rd anniversary of the birthday of the Emperor of Germany, a Stfite dinner was given in the Winter Palace, at which the Corps Diplomatique was largely represented. The Czar, in replying to the toast of his health, made reference to the existing relations between Russia and the other European Powers, and more particik larly with Germany. He expressed a hope that the Emperor William would live to celebi'ate his birthday for years to come.

His Holiness the Pcipp in common with the several potentates of Europe, addressed, a letter to the Emperor of Russia, conveying his congratulations upon the occasion of the 25th anniversary of his accession tf> the throne. In this document allusion was made to the case of the Roman Catholic hierarchy in Poland, on behalf of whom Leo Xlll. craved certain privileges. The Czar's reply was formal in tone, and evasive on the ppint submitted. Tfie Pgpe" feels deeply chagrined by the ill-suceess of his efforts.