CABLE TELEGRAMS.

Southland Times, Issue 1826, 2 December 1873, Page 3

CABLE TELEGRAMS.

♦ London, Nov. 15. Money is easier ; and the Bank of England reserve is stronger, owing to arrivals of gold. The wheat market is firm. Adelaide is quoted at 65s to C6s per quarter for the finer qualities. There has been a recovery in the copper market, and prices are at £93 to £94. The tin market is excited, and prices fluctuate from day to day. Australian is worth £117 for cash. Tallow hasjmproved. Pakis, Nov. 15. A colonel in the French array has been sentenced to be imprisoned for three months for contempt of court at the trial of Marshal Bazaine. London, Nov. 16. Sir Henry James ha^ been appointed Attorney.General, and Mr Vernon Hareourt, member for Oxford City, SolicitorGeneral ; the changes haviug been made through the appointment of Sir J. D. Coleridge to the Chief Justiceship of the Common Pleas. Dr Lyon Playfair, member for Edinburgh and St. Andrews' Universities, has accepted the office of Postmaster- General, vice Monsell resigned. New Tohk, Nov. 16. The Cubans have shot 57 more of the filibusters, and America has demanded retribution, otherwise extreme measures will be resorted to by the United States Government. Paris, Nov. 17. The Committee of Fifteen have arrived at a resolution prolonging Marshal MacMahon's powers as President for a period of five years, and propose that Marshal MacMahon's title shall be President of the Republic. London, Nov. 17. The English troops at Elmina have defeated the Ashantees, after a brisk skirmish. They burned five native villages. The casualties amongst the English amounted to 28 wounded. London, Nov. 17. There were 23 Englishmen on board the filibustering ship Virginius which proceeded to Cuba, and of this number 1 were shot. The British Government has telegraphed to the authorities that, while reserving the question of the men who

have been dealt with, they will hold the Spanish Government responsible if the remainder are executed. Nov. 19. The British Squadron has been ordered to Cuba for the protection oi' Bi'iri-<h interests. Scnnv Castolar, the President of the Spanish Republic, whilst main raining the honor of tin- nation in its entirety, has promised to England and America the satisfaction required by international laws in respect to the rece-nt sn "rnn >ry execution of British and Americii subjects in Cuba. Major-General Sir Garnet Wolseley is advancing in pursuit ot the Ashantee forces towards Coonmssie. Parts, Nov. 10. Marshal MacMahon demands s \en years' unconditional prolongation of tos powers as President of the Republic athe terms of his rv-o!"r!"ion