CABLEGRAMS.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 371, 25 May 1889, Page 4

CABLEGRAMS.

London, May 20. Colonel Maitland, Brigadier-Genera of Ordinance of Woolwich, has been compelled to resign his office, and also his membership of the Army and Navy Club. It is alleged that Maitland had been guilty of immorality with a depraved character. Wallace Ross, the oarsman, who is now in England, has issued a challenge to EHas Laycock of Australia. The barque Enchanter, bound from Sydney to Panama, is reported to have sunk at sea. The crew are aboard the Wanlock. j Mrs Dallas Glyn, the actress, is dead. She was born in Edinburgh in 1525, and made her first appearance at the Olympic Theatre London in January, 1848; specifically as a pupil of Charles Kemble, in the character of Lady Macbeth. She had a most successful career, and practically retired from the stage in 1868. The coroner who held the inquiry into the circumstances connected with the death of Irving Bishop, the thoughtreader, has decided that the autopsy of- the body was illegal, having been made without the consent of the relatives. He has, therefore, ordered the arrest of three doctors. Sir Hercules Robinson, ex-Gover-nor of the Cape, has arrived here. Mrs Maybrick, who is charged with poisoning her husband's brother, is .1 niece of Jefferson Davis, of the United States. The following colonists are mentioned as among probable recipients of honours to be distributed on tho anniversary of Her Majesty's birthday :—: — Hon. Colonel Sargood, CM. G., M.L.C., Victoria, to be Knight Commandei of St. Michael and St. George ; Hon. H. M. Davies, Speaker of the Legislative Assemblj', Victoria, and the Hon. James Henry Young, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, New South Wales, to be Companions of St. Michael and ! St. George. ' It is asserted that Irving Bishop had previously to death expressed a desire for prompt autopsy of liis remains. The doctors state that the body was enclosed in an air-tight box before autopsy was performed, therefore it was impossible that Bishop could be alive at the time of the operation. The Antwerp wool sales were largely attended. The advances as compared with the March sales were as under :—: — Ten centimes on Buenos Ayres wool, and fifteen centimes on Monte Video ■wools. No Australian wools were offered. Yesterdaj', 1,700 bales of Australian wool were sold in the city at |d advance on the prices obtained at the last wool series. Henri Eocheforfe, arrested for attempted shooting, has been bound over to keep the peace for six months. He asserted during the hearing of the charge that his object was merely to frighten Pilotel, the artist whom he was charged with attempting to shoot, and that the revolver he presented at him was enclosed in a leather case. In the House of Commons Baron de Worms, replying to a question, said the Government were fully alive to the importance of retaining the Sugar Convention, which had been accepted by seven out ot the eight great bounty Powers. The eighth Power referred to had approved the principle of the Convention.

Londo>', May 21. The Earl|of Meath's Bill to qualify women to hold seats in County Councils, has been rejected by a large majority in the House of Lords. Another social sensation has been caused here by an action brought by the wife of Phil Robinson, the war correspondent, who recently made a tour of Australia and New Zealand. She is suing her husband for divorce. It is alleged on behalf of the petitioner that he forced her to swallow morphia, thus producing insanity, and then had her interned in an asylum. Princess Beatrice, who is married to Prince Henry of Battenberg. has given birth to a son. This is their third child, the others being a son and daughter.

Berlin, May 20. Prince BiSxMarck urged the Reichstag to-day to pass the Workman's Insurance Bill promptly, remarking that they might have very different things to do next year. Prince Bismarck, speaking in reference to the colltery strikes, said the Government would take measures to prevent a minority from paralysing all industry. The Westphalian strikes will terminate on Tuesday, the masters having agreed to concede everything except the demand for overtime, on which point they are bound by the regulations of the standing committee composed of masters and men. The strikes, however, are spreading in Silesia. In the course of a speech in the Reichstag Prince Bismarck, referring to the utterance of M. An tone (Deputy for Metz, Alsace-Lorraine, who recently resigned his seat in the Reichstag and returned to France) said that it was impossible to forecast the events of 1890, and expressed the opinion that the conquest of France by Germany would be useless if, as in the present case, deputies from the conquered territory were to be permitted to inoculate their brother deputies in the Reichstag with their opinions.

• , Paris, May 20. Thirteen Americans who are now in Paris have banquetted the French Government in this city,

St. Petersburg, May 9. General Gourka's palace at Warsaw has been undermined. The police in this city are aware that several bombs have reached St, Petersburg, and the Czar has been advised not to meet the Shah of Persia at the railway terminus on the occasion of his official reception here. The plot discovered against the life of the Czar is confined to the military, but it is believed that its ramifications are of a most extensive nature. The Czar has directed Durnovo, who recently succeeded the late Count Tolstoi as Minister of the Interior for Russia, [to adheie inflexibly to the policy of reform proposed by the de- | ceased stateman.

St. Petersburg, May 20. The Czanvibch has been appointed member ot the Council of the Empire. I Rome, May 20. I King Humbert has taken his departure for Berlin, where he is to visit the Emperor William. The Pope ia recovering from his recent illness.

Constantinople, May 20. The Sultan of Turkey has sent presents to the Emperor William and the Empress worth £70,000.

Nkw York, May 20. Kemmier, the murderer, is to be executed by electricity in this cily on June 24th. It is probable that Weise will win the tournament by half a point, Tokigorih being second, Uurusbery third and Blackburn fourth.

San Franx-isco, May 20. News has reached here that King Kalakaua, of the Hawaiian Islands, will shortly visit the Paris Exhibition.

Melbourne, May 21. It is reported that when the police paraded at the barracks this morning the men were warned to bo on the alert, as it was believed that " Jack the flipper," the alleged author of the recent Whitechapel horrors, had arrived in the colony, the police having received information that lie had been seen in Melbourne. Rumours of the warning were afloat in the city during the day, and caused a great sensation.

Melbourne, May 22. There is very great excitement here concerning the supposed presence of Jack the Ripper in Melbourne. The police throughout the district have been warned to be on the alert. It has transpired to-day that the police have received a letter which is signed "Jack the Ripper," apprising the authorities of his arrival. The writer says he intends to commit crimes in the city, and adds the significant challenge— " Catch me if you can." Notwithstanding that the police believe the letter to be a hoax, every precautionary measure has been taken. Wheat stroner to 53 8d ; flour, stone, £11 10s ; roller, £12, with an upward tendency ; oats improved, 3s lOid ; barley feed, 3s 7d - malting, 5s 6d ; maize, 4s <Hd ; bran, Is 3d Six thousand bags of wheat were sold today at 5s 7d to 5s Bd. New Zealand oats sold to arrive at 3s 3d ex wharf.

Sydney, May 22. The wheat market is glutted. Chick, 3s 6d ; New Zealand milling, 4s 6d to 4s Bd, nominal ; flour, New Zealand, stone, £10 103 to £11 ; roller, £11 5s to £11 14a, Oats, glutted ; heavy feed, 23 9d to 5s 2d : seed, 3s 5d ; maize, large supply, 23 9d to 3s 2d, declining ; barley, Cape, 3s, dull ; bran, steady, Is Id ; pollard, Is 2d to Is 2id; potatoes, New Zealand, £4 10s; Tasmanian, £4 17s 6d ; circulars, £5 2s 6d ; onions, best New Zealand, £15 to £16, scarce ; butter glutted with off qualities, best only saleable; separator, Is to Is Id ; dairy, 8d to lOd ; cheese, dull and plentiful, local, 6d to Ihd ; New Zealand, 7d to 7^d ; bacon, scarce, lOd ; hams in demand at ll^d to Is. Owing to the heavy arrivals of wheat, the market is dull and unsettled at last quotations. At a monster meeting of Loyalists last I night the mission of Mr Dillon and his colleagues was denounced, and sympathy with the Imperial Government was expressed in connection with the Irish difficulty. The baique Enchanter, which is mentioned in a cable message received to-day from London, has had a most eventful voyage. She left Cardiff in June, 1888, bound for Panama with coals. Quite unexpectedly she turned up at Sydney, 171 days out, and short of provisions. She left again on December 30th. „., „ Adelaide, May 22. Wheat : Farmers' lots, 4s 10d ; shipping: parcels, 5s id. Port Adelaide flour : Stono £11 ; roller, £12; bran, Is ; firm pollard, Is Id ; oats, New Zealand, 4s 4d ; barley malting, 4s 3d to 4s 6d ; New Zealand oatmeal, 71b bags have sold at £21 10s ; holders Mauritius best white sugars aak £29. Wheat is firmer at S« irl.

A meeting of the Seddon memorial committee was held at West Maitland last week for the purpose of concluding arrangements for the completion of a suitable monument to perpetuate the memory of Seddon, who was drowned hi the Hunter River last August. The obstacle to tho carrying out of this object, in which so many footballers m Australasia are interested, was the want of sufficient ground, hence the committee deemed itadvisal to let the body rest for 12 months, when it could be removed to a more suitable spot. The difficulty has now been mastered through the purchase of a few extra feet of ground near Seddon's grave, and the erection of the monument will be proceeded with immediately. It has also been determined to place a handsome marble tablet in St. Paul's Church, West Maitland. Sweet Girl Graduate : « Oh, Cicely, dear, Im so tired. These monsters of men do bother me so. I thought I would come over in this quiet corner and sit with you for a while." Cicely (who won three prizes, coldly): "Thanks, dear." The ancients believed that the whole earfch wa & square, but up the hour of going to press wo had not heard that they expressed a similar belief in regard to the inhabitants thereof.