NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3719, 26 January 1891, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

ENGLISH. London, January 23. The Financial News assertsthat the Victorian railways must either have been recklessly expended or grossly mismanaged. Mr Bradlaugh has given notice to move expunging the resolution of the House forbidding affirmation in lieu of taking an oath.

The attacks of the " bears " ou certain financial houses which have branches in Australia, and on others connected with South American business, have failed. The tone of the money market is now distinctly better. The Coroner states that the inquest was held at the Duke of Bedford's house, without taking any steps to exclude the public. The Duke told two nurses who were attending him to leave the room. He then entered an adjoining lavatory, and instantly shot himself. The Cremating Society require the special certificates which are given announcing cases of suicide. The Home Secretary was questioned with reference to the Duke of Bedford'a death, and promised to produce papers on the subject. The Dundee dockers have refused to come out on strike in sympathy with the railway hands. It is now believed that the gasometer explosions, which recently took place at Glasgow, were not due to an accident as was at first supposed, but were exploded by means of dynamite. The railway strike has collapsed. Lord Carrington, speaking at a banquet given by the Lord Mayor of London, testified to the resolve of the Australian colonies to.remain British at all hazards, and their determination to keep their Anglo-Saxon origin pure. Lord Carrington has contributed an article to The Times, stating that the Australian Admiral's precedence was fixed wholly in the interests of colonists in the event of war, and it was not intended to lower the rank of Colonial Governors,

Mr Parnell has given notice of a motion criticising the administration of the Crimes Act. The Times states that Mr Parnell informed Mr O'Brien lie would only retire if Mr Gladstone's assurance as to his land policy were satisfactory to the seceders. The Times doubts whether it is possible to reconcile the differences. At the reopening of Parliament Mr Parnell forced himself into a seat between Mr Sexton and Mr Justice M'Carthy. Mr Parnell's motion to discuss the application of the Crimes Act with reference to Messrs Dillon and O'Brien, before Mr M'Carthy, is regarded as an undaunted assumption of the leadership of the Irish Party.

Mr M'Carthy holds a further conference with Messrs Dillon and O'Brien at Boulogne, the latter hav ing abandoned his intentions to surrender. Mr Dillon demands that Mr Par~ nell should absolutely retire. Lord Easton has recovered. The Australian cruisers are having their crews put on board. It is intended to rendezvous in King George's Sound, and thence proceed to the principal ports of the different colonies. Parliament has re-opened. FOREIGN.

Valparaiso, January 22. The insurgents have captured Piseiqua. The Government is in financial straits. The gunshops in Valparaiso have been sacked by the mob. Foreigners are safe. It is believed that the whole army will join the insurgents if the President fails to resign. New York, January 28. Booms have been engaged in the city for Mr Parnell in March.

AUSTRALIAN. Sydney, January 28. Captain Rossi was summoned for disturbing the service at the Goulburn Cathedral, but the charge was dismissed on technical grounds. January 24. The river is falling at Wagga, but the Darling is still rising at Bourke. Melbourne, January 24. The loss on penny postage during the year amounted to £79,000. The Postmaster General estimated the loss at £96,000. The Gas Company lost £83,000 by the late strike. Hobart, January 24. The Federal Council has closed,