NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3712, 16 January 1891, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

ENGLISH. London, January 13. Admiral Sir G. Tyron succeeds Sir A. H. Hoskius in command oi the Mediterranean Fleet. The first batch of reiugeo J oats from Russia has arrived in Loudon. General Booth refusus to allow trustees to be appointed for funds collected in aid of his colonisation project. Bishop Barry has been installed at Windsor.

Lord Carrington has postponed the reading of his paper 011 Australia at the Colonial Institute until tbe 26th January, at the request of the Prince of Wales,

An agitation is on foot in favor ot Mr Dillon as the leader of the Irish party. Despite the movement in politics caused by the Parnoll incident, the Liberal leaders maintain a quiet attitude.

Sir W. V, Hftrcourt, in of a letter which has just beon published, declares that he prefers the peace and comfort of his fireside to political activity at present. In the course of an address at Newcastle, Mr John Marley, M.P., said that no proposal of a binding nature was made to Mr Parnell at- the Hawarden interview. The question of control of Irish police and appointment of magistrates in Ireland was not mentioned, nor was any proposal . whatever made to concede the appoint<(|o|j ment of judges in Ireland. The statement that the Chief Secretaryship of Ireland was offered to Mr Parnell's party was untrue. In conclusion he declared that the Liberal party would still press for Home Rule. Mr J. Chamberlain, speaking at Birmingham, taunted Mr Gladstone with haying disclosed his plans to Mr Parnell, and of being afraid to trust the people. ~ The Victorian loan ha 3 been delayed a fortnight and possibly will be delayed until April. A bad impression has teen created by increasing the amount to three millions, as it is considered there would have Veen a better prospect of success had it been issued for less, and at a minimum of 97i or 98. One syndicate states that all Victorian loans they have dealt in for the last four years have been profitless, and that they would rather have the colonial Btooks depressed by the failure of the proposed loan than : incur the further loss whioh the new loan may bear. Humors are current that loans from all colonies except Tasmani i are impending, but on the other hand one high authority on financial matters declares that New South Wales will not go into the market for at least six months.

The Financial News, while admitting the soundness of many of the colonial stocks, condemns the Bill for proyiding for the investment of trus funds in such stocks, on tho groundst that the Imperial Government has no control over colonial finances. Traffic on the northern railway lines is in a congested state. Therfl are miles of trucks at the various stations waiting to be unloaded. The Lord Provost is mediating between tho railway companies and their men. Strikes are on the increase. The railway companies have refused to accept the Lord Provost as mediator. FOREIGN. Ottawa, Janaary 13. A young Englishman named Wadsworth, who was on a visit to > Canada, is missing under circumstances similar to the disappearanoe> of Ben well, for whose murder Birohall was recently hanged. Paris, January 13. Nine people have been drowned by breaking through the ice on the river Seiue, Washington, January 18. The Indians are quiescent. In the Senate, President Harrison, in the course of a speech, resented the action taken by Canada in regard to the Behring Sea dispute. Valparaiso, January 13. Three Chilian warships have joined the rebels at Valparaso, who are pro* testing against the collection of unjust taxes.

[ . AUSTRALIAN. Brisbane, January 15, The difficulty with the shearers is growing less serious, and large numbers of men have signed the agreement drawn up by the Pastoralists' Union, Sydney, January 14. The Crown has notified the i orporation of Newcastle tbat the electric light wires are dangerous to huruan life, and ordered it to remove them, otherwise it a ill be held responsible for the consequences. The contractors have notified that they will undertake the responsibility. Nearly 700 tons of cargo in the ship Talavera were found to be more or less injured after the fire was subdued. The heat also caused some of her plates to buckle. The damage to the vessel is estimated at £3OOO. The amount is covered by insurance in London.

Melbourne, January 15, Owing to the outbreak of smallpox at Guatemala, the Government has gazetted the republio an infected place.

A public enquiry is demanded into the alleged laxity of discipline prevailing at the City Gaol. It is asserted that for some considerable time the prisoners bavo been carrying on a trade in tea, sugar, and tobasoq. and it is an open secret that skelcrijpr l keys have been made by prisoners, who sold them in exchange for tobacco.