CABLEGRAMS.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 396, 24 August 1889, Page 5

CABLEGRAMS.

London, August 13. The proposal to decrease the capital of the Peninsular and Oriental Company has beer\, favourably received, and shares have already risen to Mr Matthews has refused to receive a deputation from the House of Commons on the Maybrick case. An excited meeting was held in London in favour of a reprieve. Judge Stephen has had a conference with the Home Secretary (Mr Matthews) on the Maybrick case. He approves of the verdict.

August 14. ) A MAN.narae unknown,has been mur- ' dered on the Brighton railway. SuAitui is not very well at present. He scales I2st. stripped. O'Connor is in splendid condition.

August 15. / Smith is willing to fight Slavin for £500 or £1,000. Greece has been stopped from preparing a fleet for despatch to Crete. Owing to the lateness of the sea°on, many of the Ministerial supporters aie absent fiom London, and the Govtrnmenj has experienced some very small majorities. In consequence of this, the provisions of the Tithes Bill have been alteied, giving a lemedy against the occupier, he in his turn being able to recover from the owner. It is understood the Government will resume possession of-land in Western Ireland, regulate the population, consolidate nnd resell holdings. The Eastern districts will not be resjmed except in special instances. Land banks with Imperial guarantee will also be established. Mr Chapjm has been appointed' Minister of Agriculture. The announcement of the Government s new departure in Ireland is published at Birmingham on Mi Chamberlain's authority. The alteration has brought the Ministry into grave discredit. One of the officials of tho Queensland National Bank is believed to have absconded. The summer naval manoeuvres are now going on. War is supposed to have been declared, and Admirals Try on and Tracy are defending England, which is being attacked iiom Ireland by Admirals Baird and Darcy Irvine. General Crenfell, in recognition of his victory at Toski, has been promoted to the permanent rank of Majoi -General. It is repoi ted that the Princess Victoria of Walea has been betrothed to Prince Hohenlohe of Langenbourg. Mr Solomon, of Sydney, has been appointed Queen's Counsel for Fiji. Prince Henry of Prussia, who accompanied his brother the Emperor to England, has been invested with the Order of the Garter.

August 18. Ab auction 500 bales of New Zealand hemp were sold from £22 10s to £28 10s. Eleven hundred cases kauri gum have been sold at from 5s to Ss advance. Tallow : Medium mutton, 26s 6d ; beef, 24b 6d. The arrivals of wool to date total 215,000 bales ; sent forward, 43,000 bales. New Zealand four per cent, inscribed stock, 107^. Market active. The Bank of England reserve is £11,894,000 ; and the pioporbion of reserve to liabilities 37J per cent. Consols, 95. Freights generally are unchanged, but steamers are advancing somewhat alter late decline. Unsettled weather is checking the harvest, but early samples of grain show excellent quality. A verdict ot murder was returned in the last Whilechapel tragedy. Ai rived : Ship Brahmin, from Wellington, sailed May 4th ; Barque Salamanca, from Lyttelton, sailed May 15th. Se\enteen thousand bales ot Australian wool have arrived, and 1,000 more are on the way. The "European Mail thinks O'Connor will beat Searle. Sir Jas. Ferguson denies the statement of an approaching alliance between England and Germany. Two sailors who were sleeping in the forecabin of a toipedo boat were suffocated during the naval manoeuvres. TiiiN thousand docklabourers are on strike in London, and the export trade of the city is disturbed in consequence. Mr Samuel Smith, member for Plintshiie, will move the rejection of the Western Australian Bill. Archbishop Croke will shortly proceed to Australia on a private visit. Mr Matthews, Home Secretary, will consider the petiiions m favour of Mrs Maybnck beiore the sentence is carried out. These petitions have been signed by a quarter of a million people. The " Lancet " medical journal considers the verdict was justified by the evidence. As is usual in these cases, Mrs Maybrick has received plenty of offers of marriage,* at least seven being known of ; but besides these, one infatuated admirer has carried his folly as far as to offer himself as a substitute on the scaffold. The Speaker ruled that the Government changes in the Tithes Bill constitute it a new measure, and it has consequently been withdrawn. Mr C. W. Gray, M.P. for Mai don, Independent- Tory, has intioduced a new Bill similar to the Government measure. It is expected it will be read a second time and then abandoned. The Government will introduce their Bill again next year. The papers urge that in the meantime very severe punishment should be inflicted on the non-payers ,of tithes, who number 15,000, and' include the Mayors of nine parishes. The English Press Association states that Mrs Maybriok's sentence has been commuted to penal servitude (or life, but the announcement is regarded as premature,, as Mr Matthews is still considering the case. Dr. Baird, in ! a letter to the " Mcdi-

cal Journal," opposes the Maybrick verdict. Boulanger asserts that his conviction is the result of a corrupt compact between the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate for the purpose of preserv ing the latter's existence. He is confident the result of the general election will reverse the verdict. The Antwerp wool sales will take place between August 27 th and September 4th.

Chicago, August 13. The owners of the cottage in which Cronin was murdered have identified Burke as the man who lived the house.

Parts, August 13. The members of theßight have withdrawn from the Senatonal High Court. The Council of State has decided Boulanger is ineligible as ConsulGeneral, and declared his seat vacant. Boulanger denies that he ever embezzled 120,000 francs, and says the money was expended by his son-in-law, Captain Briant, on disabled soldiers.

August 14. The Hi^h Court, by a majority of 206, found Boulanger guilty of conspiracy, and by 198 to to convicted him of treason. Count Dillon and Rochefort were found guilty of complicity.

August 15. Bouisngpr, Dillon, and Rochefort 'were sentenced to imprisonment for life in a fortress. The Fiench Government are conside] mg the advisability of demanding the e\na:lition of Boulanger, Dillon, and Kochtlort. Theie is no excitement over the verdict. The European press regard the matter as purely a political trial. Addit'onal awards at the Exhibition me: — Bionze medals to Donslin's moitice lock and furniture from New Zealand, and hematite paint from Tasmania.

August 17. It is rumoured that the French General Elections will take place on September 22.

New York, August 16. Kilrain, the pugilist, has been airested. The Grand Jury are now trying Sullivan for hm share in the fight. Besides Sullivan and Kiirain, their principals will be indicted by ihe Grand Juiy.

• August 17. Sullivan has been sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment for taking part in the fight with Kilrain.

August 18. Mb TbRKY, barrister of California, struck Chief Justice Field ab the railway station, Rabhrap, and Deputy- Mars hall Nagle shot him dead. Tarry was angry at the Judge committing him for contempt in the Sharon case in 1887. Terry's purpose was suspected, and Nagle was authorised to defend Judge Field. At the inquest, the latter was found guilty of shooting, but will probably be acquit bed. Terry's wife was Althea Hill who claimed to have been married to Senator Sharon, and brought a suic against him, which lasted for a considerable time, and excited great interest in California. She threatens revenge for the death of her husband, and has since issued a warrant against Judge Field whom she accuses of complicity.

Bklgrade, August 17. The Regents object to King Alexander visiting his mother at Yalta, and she has resolved to come to Belgrade shortly. If she persists in her intention it is feared riots will take place.

August 18. It has been arranged that Queen Natalie shall be allowed to visit the Servian capital three times a year.

Constantinople, August 14. Two Turkish ironclads have been despatched to Crete.

August. 16. Thirty thousand Turkish troops and 8 warships have been sent to Crete. The insurrection is now subsiding.

Beklin, August 13. The Emperor of Geimany welcomed the Emperor of Austria, who was accompanied to Berlin by the Archduke Ferdinand and a distinguished suite. Great enthusiasm was shown by the people. The Emperor William, toasting his Imperial guest, said the German people and army would maintain the alliance with Austria, even at the cost of having a war forced on them. The Emperor Francis, in reply, said he desired to be united as brothers and comiades. Austria was grateful for German sympathy.

August 15. The Emperor of Germany has arranged a rapproachment between England and the Tiiple Alliance, the terms ot which are to be rearranged by the Empeiors of Germany and Austria.

August 19. A new smokeless and noiseless powder ha s been successfully tried in a sham tight a fc Spandan.

Zanzibar, Augusb 13. News has reached here that Stanley is going to Katironda Bay, on the eastern side of Victoria Nyaftza, whence he will make a start tor the poit of Mombasa. He is expected to arrive in a few months.

Ottawa, August 16. Mb Brown, member for Ontario, accompanies Mr Abbob, the Canadian delegate, on his mission to Australia.

Perth, August 19. Lord Knutsford has telegraphed that Sir N. Broom's term as Governor will be extended until responsible government is granted.

Capetown, August 19. • The R.M.s. Rimutaka sailed for New [ Zealand via Hobarb to-day.

Sophia, August 19. TnE statement that Bulgaria intehdß to proclaim her freedom is not coufirmed.

" Sydney, August 19. ' - The Government narrowly escaped a serious defeat on Tuesday night on the motion to go into Committee of Supply to consider the Estimates. Mr Dibbs moved that the Hou.se declines to pro- • ceed with their consideration until it had heard the Treasurer's statement, showing the position of the finances. Mr McMillan objectad to be dictated to by the Opposition, and on division there was a tie, and the Speaker gave his casting vote in favour of the Government. Mr McMillan subsequently made a statement, showing the estimated revenue was in excess of last year by 226,000, with a surplus over expenclituie ot '^B4,ooo. 0 Thk local "Freeman's Journal" states that the liish delegates nave collected in Australia so tar ;£ 19,000. . Sir Henry Parkes has received a telesram from the Jmpeiial Govern ment legrKting that no hope can be entertained of passing the Bill giving responsible government to Western Australia.

Melbourne. August 19. In the House of Assembly, Mr McLean has given notice of motion, thai as farmets are entitled to a large measure of protection, it is desirable to impose ? uniform duty of three shillings per cental on all giain pulse ; also, to increase the stock tax. Mr Gillies, the Premier, has accepted the motion as one of want ot confidence, and the House has adjourned until Tuesday, whfn the discussion will be taken. Sit W. Robinson has declined tht Governorship of Mauritius on the score of health, and another appointment h. 1 " been given him, but the locality h. not been made known.

Adelaide, August 19. The Chamber of Commeice has ?esolved that the time is not ripe for the Canadian Pacihc Mail line, and recommends that in ordei to ascertain what market there is in Canada for wooi s sugar, and othei products, conevspondence should be opened with the Vancouver and Montreal Chambers.

Perth, August 19. The Pailiamenl of Western Au straiia agreed to a memoiial praying for the extension of the Governor's term till the question of responsible government is setiied, aud piorogued till October Bth.