NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3738, 17 February 1891, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

ENGLISHLondon, February 14. It is reported that on the expiry of Lord Charles Scott's commission as Admiral of the Australian Station, he will be succeeded by Admiral Stevenson, iuH.M.S. Blake, 12 guns, with Prince George of Wales as Commander. Tbe cargo of the ship West Lothian, from Sydney to London, which put into Pernambuco, is only slightly damaged by the fire, but a portion of it will have to be discharged in order to execute rcpiirs to the vessel, It is stated that the demand made by 3tf r Baroell for an absolute pledge that the control of the police in Ireland would be conceded at an early date, prevented an amicable settlement of tbe question of the leadership.

Messrs Dillon and O'Brien will serve their sentence in the Clonmel Gaol, Tipperary. They met with a poor reception on their arrival in Dublin.

The Executive Oounoil of the Shipping Federation today discussed the proposals submitted to the Federated Unions. They agreed that no prefer ence should be given to non-Union men, and that seamen should sign on at the Mercantile Marine Office, provided that the Sailors' Unions were not to have the monopoly, and also that the men engaged keep their contracts. The Council declined to agree to the proposal that nil the free labour at present employed should be discharged, The Shipping Federation will issue a manifesto throughout the country on Monday. February 15, There is a block, amongst the shipping in the docks. The police on duty have been increased.

It is considered likely that Mess r Dillon and O'Brien will be released at an early date. Tb«* New Zealand Government have annnounced the conversion of the remaining stocks on which high rates of interest are being paid, into 8i per cents.j to he carried on )xtoi]Kissa with existing loans. The conversions are— £491,100 in six per cent., redeemable in 1801 ; £64,500 in five por cents., redeemable in 1883; and £313,800 of old provincial loans, redeemable between 1893 and 1916. The total amount of applications

for the South Australian loan was £455,400, and the balance has been withdrawn. FOEEiaN. Washington, February 14. The Semite has laid aside tbo Copyright Bill. St. Johnb, February 14. In the House of Assembly a motion was carried protesting against Great Britain hesitating to ratify the reciprocity treaty entered into between Newfoundland and the United States. Valparaiso, February 14. It is reported that the towns of Pisajua itud Iqueque has been bombarded by the insurgents, and that they are now in flames. The blockade of Valparaiso has raised. February 15. In an engagement between the Government troops and the insurgents at Tarapaca, the former were defeated. Rome, February 15. Cardinal Lucido Parocchi, Vicar General of his Holiness the Pope, has been detected intriguing to secure the succession to the Papacy. The Pope has commanded him to resign.