NEWS BY CABLE.
ENGLISHLondos, October 28. The Duke of Edinburgh did not attend the funeral of the late King of Portugal, as intended, being indisposed. Lord Wolseley will attend the ceremony of unveiling the statue of General Robert Lee, -Confederate Commander in Chief, at Bichmond, Virginia, Mr Bradlatigh has been ordered to take a sea voyage for the sake of his health. Admiral Fairfax has assumed the duties of a Lord of the Admiralty. The Monte Christo Gold Mining Company is being wound up. Dr Magee, Bishop of Peterborough, lias created some sensation by expressing the opinion during the course of a sermon at Leicester that no Christian State which acted in all its relations according io tho precepts laid down by Christ in his sermon on tho mount would retain its independence a week.
FOREIGN,
Athens, October 28.
Tho marriage of Princess Sophie, third sister of the Emperor of Germany, to Constantino, Duke of Sparta, eldest son of the King of Greece, was celebrated to-day. The ceremony was attended with much dclat, and iinmeuso enthusiasm was exbibiicd by the populace toward tho royal visitors, especially to the Prince and Princess of Wales.
Beiiuk, October 28. ei
The German authorities have oxpellcd Count Dillon from Alsace.
Australian.
Melbourne, Octjber 29,
Sir Honry Loch was entertained at au official dinner last night, He said lie hoped tho union of the Australian Colonies would ultimately bo brought about, and he thought tho Federal Council presented the readiest moans of attaining that cud. Tho importation of New Zealand sheep into Victoria and .South Australia has been prohibited after November, in conseqiierco of the existence of scab in that colony.
Sydney, October 29,
The Eastern and Australian Steamship Company's Catterthem has arrived from the East with nearly all her crew sulking from Java fever. Two died on tho voyage, and the third officer is in a critical condition. Tho vessel has been admitted to pratique, as tho disease is not contagious.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3348, 30 October 1889, Page 2
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327NEWS BY CABLE. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3348, 30 October 1889, Page 2
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