NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3394, 24 December 1889, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

ENGLISH.

London, December 22,

Stanley urges that railway communication , should be- opened up between Morahem on the east coast of Africa, and Lake Victoria Nynnza., Such a lino would afford an impdrtamj market for European manufacturers. The sale of Lord Falmouth's stud realised thirty-three thousand guiuoas. Prince Albert Victor, is now at Bangoon, It is officially announced he will stay in India till March.

Mr O'Brien has heen released. He wasgreeted with an ovaiion.

The epidemio of iufluenza is fo serious as to interfere with the trade of Europe, Bavants will observe the eclipse cf tlio sun to-njortw at Loanda and fiarbadoes.

Bishop Moorhouse,' speaking at Salford, exhorted the trado unions to moderate their demands.

Tho gAS striko is virtually at an end, Blacklegi have been engaged permanently, and a months supply of coal is on hand,

Mr Parnell, speaking nt Liverpool, jjustified tho Irish rebellions in the past. Ho said the Protestants in Ireland had nothing to fear from tho Catholics, The London Chamber of Commerce is appointing a permanent Comniitteu to adjudicate on the strikes, Cardinal Manning, ex-Lord Mayor Whitehead, and the present Lord Mayor • are members, Victorian hutter commands higher pricis if packed in Pond's casks and trozen promptly.

A summons has been issued nsraiiißt Newton, a solicitor, on a charge ol being concerned in a conspiracy to defeat the ends of justice in connection with, tho West End scandal,

A new trial has Wen refused in Mr O'Briun'a libel action - against Lord Salisbury. It is hoped the report of tho Committec on the Investment oi Trust Funds will be amended on 2nd January in such ut form hi will enable MrGoschun to recuninieutl its accepby the Cabinet, The statement tlutaiwet orders in cypher have, been despatched to tin: A ilitiir.it Commanding on the East ; African station is not. confirmed, It. is hopi-il a peaceful settlement of ihc Zambesi difficulty will lie effected.

The Portugese Governim-nt is dilatory in replying to Lord Salis. bury's demands, and asks for tiwn to consult Major Pinto, In the meantime England is pivjiliriug for eventualities. Portugese otriuora intend to present Major Pinto wiih ut sword of honor. Lord Salisbury states it is iiiipossiblfi to eomiteriancn the pulliiijj down of .the British flag hy a foreign power.

FOREIGN, EioDfi Janip.ro, Deo 21, ■■• Tho report that slave owners instigated the reccut revolution is not true. ■. A Commission is ongaged drafting a new Constitution for Brazil. Religions toleration and recognition of civil marriages have been decreed. St PiiTeasuuKG, Deo 21. The Emperor of Germany and his sister Princess Margaret, pay.a visit ■to tho Russia.!) capital in tho summer, Tho report is revived that the Prmcoss will he married to the Czarevitch iu the autumn, but another. version is that the. latter will espouse the Princess of Hesse. The Russian press exlioft France to approve of the Egyptian Conversion scheme, toenahle the corvee to be abolished, Vienna, Dec. 21. It is rumoured that Bulgaria has ceded Widdin, on the Danube, to Austria. Louis Kossuth, Governor of Hungary, who lost his right as a citzon of Hungary in 1879, has been reinstated. He asserts that war between Austria and Russia cannot be avoided, and hopes tho former will not allow tho right moment to pass. Athens, Docomber 21. It that atrocities in Crete still continue,

Havanna, December 21, A Republican agitation is on fool in Cuba,