NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3666, 19 November 1890, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

ENGLISH. London, November 17The CpQhtesa of Jersey w • slightly Fifty bodies of tliosu lostm ihewrecif v, of fl M S Serpent have been recovered.' IL ! Tiie Dukeof .Edinburgh is expected to ( preside aUlie court martial to enquire JL into the loss of tho ship", ' ~ In the Divorce Ooiirt to-Jay iii' the case O'Shea v O'Shea and Parhell, a domestio servant formerly in the' employ of Captniu O'Shea at Brighton gave evidence to the effeofc that Paraell.' visited Mrs 0 Shea under an assumed " name, and that on one'; occasion, ha' made bis cscapoby ft window, owin® lo the unexpected arrival of Captain O'Shea, The jury found Pnrnell guilty of adultery with Mrs O'Shea, and a decree msi was' granted/ ' Baring Brothers ia the financial house which ia.in /difficulties; Their liabilities aro put afc but the estate shows a surplus of £3,000,000. '- :

The Bank of England, the Rothschilds, and other leading houses ouai" antes £10,000,000. The Government ia supporting the Bank to tho extent of £2,000,000- The liquidation of the The prompt action of the Bank-has reassured the. market, and stooks are recovering. V ' .

The Standard is the only paper whioh mentions Baring's firm byname. . There was considerable commotion on upon receiptof the news of withdrawals. • "/

The Bank of England borrowed four or five millions in France, Eiissia, and Brazil to enable it to meet the ofisis. The British Government is prepared to advance two million#, and to permit the suspension of the Bank Act; but these precautions will probably to needless, and it ia not thought likely thorewill.be any furthertrouble, . Stanley's Zanzibar servant Btites tlidt JflDQiQßoii himself handed tlis girl whom he bought to the cannibals, It is proposed to prosecute Messrs Troup, Ward, and Bonny, to slioit the truth about Barttolot and Jamieson. The Irish party aro opposed to Mr Parnell's retirement, and Mr Dillon considers it impossible. Ottawa, November 17. A steamer is loading 2,000,000 feet of Canadian timber for Australia. Berlin, Novcmbor 17. There aro now 1500 foreign doctors in Berlin studying Dr Koch's discovery. Ho calls his specific paratoloid.

AUSTRALIAN, Sydney, November 17, - The race between Stansbury and .1-. McLean, for £2OO a side, was rowed * this afternoon. The former thonpP not in good health,started the favorite. McLean, who was in the pink of condition, obtained a good' start, but at Ulir's Point his opponent led by three lengths. Crossing to the northern shore the water was very lumpy, and Stansbury began to lose ground. MoLean gradually drew level, and for some time the men were pulling stroke for stroke,, and MoLean passed the mile post half a length ahead. By this time Stansbury was showing aigns of • distress, and McLean quickly increased his lead, till off the gasworks he was twenty lengths-in front. Stansbury then gave up, The winner's time wa3 28min 43j8e0.