CABLEGRAMS.
[aßETtkh’s telegbams], BY ELECTRIO TELEGRAFH.-fCOPYRIGHI.) LONDON, Jan. 18. Earl Derby, Secretary of State for the Colonies, received the various Colonial Agenta-General to-day. Sir Alexander Gait Canadian High Commissioner, congratulated Earl Derby on his appointment to the Colonial Office, and expressed confidence in his Lordship’s desire to promote the interests of the Colonies. Earl Derby in reply said he was gratified with the kind expressions of his visitors, and hoped that their intercourse would be of a friendly character and tend to promote the welfare of the Colonies. The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone started to-day for Cannes, in the South of France, on a trip for the benefit of his health. The homeward mails via Sues and Brindisi. which left Melbourne Dec. 7th, were delivered here to-day. Consols 99J. New Zealand Securities: Five per Cent. 10-40 Loan, 105; Five per Cent. 1889-1994 Loan 102| (sic). Colonial Breadstuffs unchanged, Adelaide wheat, ex store, £49, new, ditto, £46, New Zealand wheat, £44 to £47. Adelaide flour, ex warehouse, £3B. Australian tallow: best beef, £43; best mutton, £45. Jan. 17. This evening the total amount subscribed for the Victorian Loan was £600,000. The list was closed to-day. The other prisoners convicted for the Lough Mask murders were executed to-day at Galway. ALEXANDRIA, Jan, 16. The first battalion of the Shropshire Regiment, formerly the 53rd Foot, and first battalion of Royal Irish Regiment, formeqjy the 18th Foot, now stationed in Egypt, have been ordered to Malta, and will proceed there without delay. PARIS, Jan. 16. A manifesto, signed by Prince Jerome Bonaparte, has been placarded throughout Paris, It strongly denounces the Government, and lays claims to the Napoleonic heritage. Prince Jerome has been arrested in consequence of the manifesto. In the Chamber of Deputies this evening, attention was drawn to the manifesto which had been placarded throughout the city, signed by Prince Jerome Bonaparte, in which he denounced the Government, and claimed the right to assume the Imperial title. The Government declared that the matter was one requiring immediate repressive action, and moved the expulsion from France of the Bonapartist families. An excited discussion followed, but the motion was ultimately carried by a large majority. Jan. 17. It has transpired that Prince Jerome will be prosecuted in the ordinary manner for his seditious proclamation. It is not probable that the resolution of the Chamber of Deputies for the expulsion of all members of the Bonapartist families from France will be carried out. CAIRO, January 16. Earl Dufferin has recently had under consideration the question of establishing a responsible form of seif government in Egypt, and has now made a proposal to the Egyptian Council of the Legislative Chambers.
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1250, 18 January 1883, Page 2
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445CABLEGRAMS. Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1250, 18 January 1883, Page 2
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