CABLE NEWS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 158, 16 June 1884, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

[beuter’s telegrams.] London, June 14.

In the House of Commons the Representation of the People Bill is again under consideration in Committee. An amendment which had been introduced for the purpose of extending the parliamentary franchise to women was, after debate, negatived on division by a majority of 120. In the course of the debate Mr. Gladstone stated that the Government would not be answerable for the Bill if the amendment were carried. The Senior Wranglership for Cambridge this year has been obtained by William Shephard, son of Judge Shephard, of Queensland. The French Government have given the English Government the assurance that France has no design upon Morocco. The Times to-day published a telegram from its correspondent at Korosko, stating that the Mahdi, with a force of thirty-five thousand men, is now marching against Dongola, and the Governor of that place proposes to evacuate it without offering any resistance to the rebels. Berlin, June 14. In the Reichstag to-day Prince Bismarck warmly advocated the proposed mail service to the colonies, with Sydney as the terminus. The matter has been referred to a committee of the House to report upon. Brussels, June 14. A new Belgian Ministry has been formed by the members of the Clerical Party, which was recently returned to Parliament with a large majority.