CABLEGRAMS. EUROPEAN.

Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 135, 2 January 1886, Page 5

CABLEGRAMS. EUROPEAN.

- London, December 28. f .^ Petitions containing over three hundred and fifty thousand signatures haye been prepared, praying for the release of, Mr Stead. ,-■, -■ _ - - ' / . 1 The War Office authorities have invited the Agents- General to discuss with, them the desirableness of revising the regulations affecting the status of retired officers. l ' At a meeting of the Marylebone Cricket Club, Lord Harris moved, and Dr. W. W. Grace seconded, " That, it is to be hoped that in future visits of Australian teams the convenience of English clubs will be consulted " Twenty-eight matches haye been arranged with the Melbourne Cricket Club, their engagements ending on September 2nd. Five vacant dates have been virtually lost on account of the indecision in sending home a team. The matches against All England and the Manchester Gentlemen will be- played at Lords. The Australians are to receive half of the gross gate money. It has transpired that the manifesto on the Irish question, purporting to have emanated from Mr Gladstone, was a u pilot balloon," set afloat by Mr Herbert Gladstone to learn how his father would be likely to act if Lord Salisbury refused to accede to the Irish demands. The disclaimer published by Mr W. E. Gladstone does, not deny the intentions ascribed to him in the manifesto. The letter which was published in the " Times " on the subject by the Marquis of Hartington was written by him after travelling to London to see Mr Goschen. Both tho Marquis of Hartington and Mr Goschen are evidently opposed to the formationof an Irish Tarliament. The agitation caused by the manifesto is now subsiding.

London, December 22. — Messrs Lupton and Co., wool merchants, Bradford, have suspended payment, with liabilities amounting to £60,000. The Parnellite press are urging a conference of landlords with the view of effecting a compromise with their tenants regarding the payment of rents.

London, December 22. — Mr J. Douglas, CM G., has been appointed interim High CommisBioner of New Guinea. The parleying which has been proceeding between the Agents-General and the Colonial Office regarding the appointment, as moII as to matters respecting Fiji, has been suspended until after the holidays

London, December 22. — The reduction in cable charges for prees messages, which was expected to come into oporation at the commencement of the New Year, will not, it has now been decided, take effect until March.

London, December 23.— Obituary : Mr Brooke, of the firm of Brooke and Co., Australian merchants. The conference on New Guinea affairs between the Agents-General and Colonel Stanley, Secretary of State for the Colonies, resulted in the appointment of a succeseor to the late Genera) Seratchley being referred to the Cabinet, who chose Mr John Douglas, formerly Premier of Queensland, and now Government Resident on Thursday Island, to fill the post. Twenty guineas per cent, has been charged for underwriting the ship Tosshead, bound from Australia to San Francisco, which is now overdue. Mr Forster opposes the establishment of an Irish Parliament. Mr Gladstone states that he will support any adequate Government measure that may be brought forward for the settlement of affaire in Ireland. Mr Rowe has been elected to the directorate of, the London Chartered Bank of Australia The Right Hon. W. E. Foster has written a letter to the papers in which he speaks in terms of condemnation of tho proposal to grant Homo Rule to Ireland. London, "December 24th. — The Cable Companies have completed arrangements in Great Britian re the proposed reduction in cable charges. They are now submitting the question of reduced rates for press messages to the foreign Powers, and no difficulty is expected in satisfactory arranging the charges. It is expected that a large influx of gold from North America to London will shortly take place. The Hon. A. J. Mundelia has agreed to serve on the Education Commission. London, December 24. —A most disastrous explosion has occurred at the Mamhilad Colliery, near Pontypool. Over two hundred miners are still below ground, and it is feared they hay© perished. It is reported that Mr Murray Smith, Agent-General of Victoria, will return to Victoria before the opening of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition, instead of October, as at first arranged Mr Grahan Berry will succeed Mr Smith as Agent-General. London, Dec. 25. —Latest advices from Pontypridd state that the majority of the miners employed at'Wardy Colliery are safe. It is definitely known, however, that sev-enty-six men have lost their lives. London, December 25.— The trial of Wm, Sheehan, who was arrested in New Zealand some months ago charged with the murder of several members of his family at Castletownroche, County Cork, Ireland, has resulted in a verdict of " Guilty," and ho has been sentenced to death. It -is intimated to Colonel Stanley that South Australia has declined to continue the subsidy towards the cost of maintaining a British protectorate over New Guinea after July next. London, December 26. —The PostmasterGeneral and First Lord of the Treasury have approved of the proposals of Mr R. C. Baker, of South Australia, for a federal mail service to the colonies, and tendors will, it is understood, shortly be invited. Mr Frederick Napier Broaine, Governor of Western Australia, has not been allowed to send a delegate from that colony to attend the Federal Council which is to be held at Hobart. William Sheehan, who was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of his mother, brother, and sister, at Caßtletownroche, has confessed to having committed the crime. London, December 27. — Mr Parnell has eceived a large remittance from America towards the Parliamentary Fund. Obituary : The Right Hon. Marcus G. Beresford, D.D., Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of Ireland, 84 years of dge. London, December 27. — M Jules Grevy, if re-elected President, will grant an amnesty to all political prisoners. It is believed that M. Brisson will reform the Cabinet. r \ Occasional caees of cholera have occurred in Venice and Trieste. It i8 believed that Osman Digna, who was stated to be dead, is still alive, and is preparing to attack tho Abyeinnians. The Servian forces have evacuated Widdin. Prince • Alexaader has made a triumphal entry into Sofia. <„ Mr Labouchere affirms that Mr Parnell is prepared to accept an Irish Parliament (a fourth of its members to be the nominees of the Crowjn), a customs tjnidn with England, and the right to vote £t'' Westminster on Imperial questions j ' also" a Royal Viceroy in Ireland exercising the right of veto with

tho&dyjtae^of the Privy Councilt)f Ireland, Mr^Parnell also agrees to the compensation 'of'landlords.''''' * '

',- •%^%'Z^ ppNSTANTiNOPLK, December ,221 ThVfComniiesion on the Bulgar Servian frontier has arranged for the 'e^acjiati<)n/of^territory. It has been de'cijied^thattbe^Servian forceß atpresentin 'Bulgaria shall" evacuate + their position on Friday;next; and that the Bulgarians who have into Servia shall retire within^}tne(;Bulgarian frontier on Sunday. The prolongation of the armistice until the lst°of March next has also been arranged. Mukhita <Pasha, who was recently appointed Joint Anglo-Turkish Commissioner in'Egypt/hasleft for Alexandria. Bulgaria'and Servia have'expressed "their willingness to agree to the armistice sug gested by the Turkish Commissioners, and have promised to appoint delegates to confer with the Commissioners for the conclusion of peace between the two countries.

Paris, December 23, It is announced that France has concluded peace with Madagascar. The terms embrace the constitutions of a French protectorate over the Island, with absolute control on the part of France over the relations of the Malagasy nation with Foreign Powers. Ifc is also stipulated that the Hovas shall pay a par indemnity amounting to ten million francs. Paris, December 24.—1n the Chamber of Deputies M. Briason insisted upon the passing of the Tonquin credit vote of 75,000,000 francs, and stated that it was impossible for France to evacuate that country.

Paris, December 25 The Chamber of Deputies last evening passed the Tonquin War credit by a majority of four. Pakis, December 28.—M. Grevy has been re-eleted Presidont of the Republic by the National Assembly for a further period of seven years by a large majority. The members of the Right mostly abstained from voting

Sofia, December 24. Prince Alexander of Bulgaria has issued a general order to the army, announcing the conclusion of a prolonged armistice with Servia. In the document the Prince states that he has to thank the Czar of Russia and those Russian officers who acted as instructors to the Bulgarian ai'my for his recent successes in the field.

Calcutta, December 23. Advices from Burmah state that theßritish Expeditionary force has left Mandalay for Bhame

Calcutta, December 26, Advices from Burmah state that British expeditionary force which left Mandalay for Bhamo has arrived at Mutshoho, about 30 miles north of Mandalay. The British troops wero well received by the Burmese populace, who are tendering their submission in large numbers.