CABLEGRAMS. London, March 18.

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CABLEGRAMS. London, March 18.

Sir E. B. MALET,Bntish Ambassador at Berlin, will lcpresent England at the Samoan Conference, while Germany will be represented by Count Herbeit Bismarck and Dr. Kranei. Miss Mary Anderson, the celebrated actress, is in a precarious state of health. Spalding and Hodge, wholesale stationeis, Drury Lane, have suspended payment. The manager of an hotel at Bath has obtained ,£3,000 damages against Arthur Willoughby, newspaper cones-! pondent, who repotted that a sensa- : tional robbery and attempted murder had occuired in his hotel. Rev. Josias Leslie Porter, D.D , Piesident of Queen's College, Belfast., and the wife ut Sir Edwin Arnold, poetf and journalist, aie dead. The Blue Spur G.M. Co., Otago, is issuing 10,000 debentures at a discount of one quartet. The Channel squadron has sailed for Tangicrs, to support the Bnti&U demands regarding the cable question.

London, jSJarcli J9. Messrs Wm. OBrien and E. Hainnston, M.P.'s, lcfuso to be released tioui gaol (in order to prepaie their defence against the charges made against them before the Commission) on the conditions imposed on them — namely, that they refrain from taking part in political agitation whilst they are free. The London agents of the French copper syndicate, >Societe dcs Metaux, are unable to meet their engagements. Small lots of copper have been sold at 35. When the lists closed yesterday buyeis were offering 38, and selleis were asking 43. The banks have control of the bulk in the markets, and it it is rot likely that the latter will be flooded. Spalding and Hodge, stationers, have suspended payment. The liabilities stand at £ 500,000; the as&cts at The Maori Football Team defeated "Rochdale Bornets by 3 goais and a try to nil. A panic has occurred in the copper market, and numerous failures are impending. Messrs llolhschild and others, who are agents foi the conversion of the Russian loan, ha\e mioimecl Russia that it is necessary to restrain her intrigues in the Balkans, or otherwise they will be unable to act further in the matter of the loan. The Australian and Now Zealand Mortgage Company has declared a dividend of 7. 1 , per cent. SamuelCartcr Hall,F.S>A , journalist and author, and Percy St. John, novelist, are dead. Mrs Langtry and Miss Mary Anderson are both recovering from their illnesses. The Panama con ti acts are being continued, and the liquidator is reforming the company. la his monthly circular just issued. Mr F. O. Licht, the sugar expeit, estimates that the European beet crop for the first six months will exceed that of last year by 170,000 tons.

DnuLiN T , March 18. Mr J. L. CaueWjWlio is under a sentence of imprisonment, was forcibly stripped in prison. Heielused to wear gaol clothes, and lemained naked in his cell for four days.

Paris, 1 larch 18. A terrible colliery explosion has occutred in the Depaittnent yard. Fifteen persons killed. The Bank of Farlvamle and Co., at De Maus, has Mispend'd payment. The liabilities amount to several million francs. General _Boulauger,spealring£tt Tours, expressed himse'f in favour or a libeial, toleiant, hospitable, and non-parlia-mentary Kcpublic, and sad it was not possille that France could revert to the monarchical sjstem without encountering a violent upheaval. The schooner "Northern Belle has been wrecked at Banks Group. Four Europeans and sixteen Kanakas were drowned. j A further sum of 40,000,000 francs is requiied to tide the Comptoir d'Escompte over its difficulties. Of this amount the Bank of Fiance is willing to advance half, if the balance is subscribed outside. Altogether 36,000,000 fiancs have been provided, and shares in the Comptoir have closed at 220 francs.

Paris, March 19. Rothschilds and the Credit Fonder have offered five million francs to help the Comptoir d'Escomple. Shares in the Comptoir d'Escompte are now quoted at 160 francs.. It is believed the Bank will go into liquidation, and that it will be reorganised under the title of the Comptoir National. The Comrtoir d'Escomple is repudiating the bills of the copper syndicate, which it had guaranteed. At the Antwerp wool sales, 10,000 bales are catalogued, including 700 from Australia.

Hongkoxg, March 17. A report has reached here from Tientsin that the natives of Kaunghi have massacred a hundred Frenchmen.

St. Petersburg, March 18. It is stated here that the Czar has advised the ex-Queen Natalie not to return to Servia.

Rio dk Jajsiero, March 18. Yellow fever is raging here, and a hunched deaths are reported daily.

Cairo, March 18. It is reported that El Senouissi has been defeated at Khalifa. Captain Weissman, the German Commissioner, has engaged 500 Soudanese troops for service on the East Coast of Africa.

Buda-Pesth, March 19. Ex-King Milan, of Servia, lias arrived in this city,

Albany, March 20. Arrived : P. and O. Company's Ballarat. Passenger for New Zealand — Mr Turnbull.

Melbourne, March 18. William Harrison, sentenced to death for the muider of John Duggan at Jilsmoro, near Bundigo, in Juno last, was executed this morning at Sandhurst Gaol. The condemned protebted his innocence to the last. Replying to Way Lee, merchant, of this ciiy, the Chinese Ambassador in London says it has been decided that a confeience between England and China will be held shortly to consider me emigration question. He lequests Way Lee to petition New South Wales and Queensland to remove the border tax, and if his efforts are fi unless urgent appeals will be made to England. China objects to her subj&Si^JiSJng taxed at all. Harrison, who was executed yesterday for the murder of John Duggan at Elsmore, near Bendigo, in June last, stated in his dying confession that Coidine, who was executed four years ago for a murder at Demliquin, was innocent. He revealed nothing more. Wheat is quiet at 5s iod, and Adelaide wheat is veiy firm at 5s 3d. Sellers ask 3d more.

Sydney, March 19. Owing to the advances of Victoria and >South Australian -wheat markets, business in these colonies has practically closed. New Zealand wheat ranges from 4s 9d to 5s 2d. Supplies of vegetables are falling off, and prices are rising. In the couise of an interview with a newspaper coi respondent yesterday, Mr Xtoundiiig, the representative of the Canadian Pacific Jiailway Company, said he considered an extension of the present San Francisco mail service contiact for one year to alloAv of consideration of the Canadian proposals was not necessary. The Canadian Company, he said, if their proposals were enteitained would have veiy little difficulty in obtaining suitable vessels. They were now having three 5,000ton steamships built, and these would be finished in October of the present year.

Brisbane, March 19. The schooner Northern Belle, which was wiecked at Banks Group, struck with terrific force, and foundered immediately afterwards. The scene was one of wild confusion. The natives looted the suivivors, who were only rescued with difficulty.

EToBxVRT, March 20. The direct steamer Aorangi, from London to New Zealand, has arrived here. She has on board 25 Australian and 85 Now Zealand passengers. She continues her voyage to-day.