NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3806, 9 May 1891, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

ENGLISH. London, May G. It is reported that Dr Moorhouse, Bishop of Manchester, will bo promoted to the Archbishopric of York, rendered vacant by tho doath of Dr Magec.

Mr Liddcrdale, Oovtrnor of the Bank of England, was prcwentcd with the freedom of the city of London, in recognition of bin prudent conduct during the Barings' crisis, and was entertained at a banquet.

May 7. The following is the result of the race for the Chester Gup:—Vasistas by Idus-Veranda, 1 ; Tommy Tittlemouse, 2 ; Burnaby, 3.

An English nobleman is reported to have won a quarter of a million francs at Monte Carlo in one coup. The Union fI.S. Company's new steamer Ovalau, bound from Dumbarton to Port Chalmers, has put into Plymouth with her machinery disabled.

It is probable that Captain Verney will be expelled from the House ot Commons.

The Times says that acceptances in the Barings' estate have been run off to within half a million. The prospects of satisfactory realisation are improving.

Lord Chancellor Halsbury is appealing for £IOO,OOO to enable the Church and Salvation Army to extend their field of operations in the colonies. The Standard says that Russia can take a million and a half of gold from London about the middle of May, but will probably make withdrawals gradually. Country bankers have decided to issue quarterly balance sheets. Influenza is spreading to an alarming extent. The death is announced of Thomas Hare, the inventor of Hare's system of Parliamentary representation. Adamson, Bell, and Company, China house, have suspended payment. The liabilities are £200,000.

FOREIGN. Paris, May 7. i ranee has reduced the import duty on wheat to two francs per 100 kilos. Berlin, May 7. Bismarck does not intend to take his seat in the Reichstag till the autumn.

Princess Bismarck is seriously ill. St. Petersburg, May 6. The Russian Government denies that the Rothschilds have cancelled their contract for the new loan. The expulsion of Jews from Moscow is suspended,

May 7. Three hundred students have been arrested for attending the Polish centenary fete at Warsaw.

Constantinople, May 7. The difficulty with Russia over the stopping at the Dardanelles of vessels dying the Russian mercantile flag has been satisfactorily arranged. Paris, May 7. The Customs Committee has decided that the reductions in the tax on flour and corn shall operate for one year.

Two nitro-glycerine petards have been discovered in the cellars of the hotel where the Marquis Trevise was residing.

Washington, May 6. The press of the United States endorses the refusal of the grand jury to indite the New Orlean lynchers. The American Government has seized a Chilian rebel steamer which was loading arms at San Diego in Lower California.

Valparaiso, May 8. The insurgents demand that the President shall resign and disband the army and navy.

May 7. President Balmaceda's side is inviting meditation with a view to ending the insurrection. AU&TRALIAN. Sydney, May 7. By the bursting of an ammonia cylinder at the iceworks six men were seriously injured by noxious fumes, and one named Clarke is supposed to be dying. Four horses were killed.

The railway revenue returns show a net gain of £IIB,OOO for the half year.

The Railway Commissioners are about to make thorough test of air brakes, and are only awaiting the arriyal of Mr Rotherham, Locomotive Superintendent of New Zealand Railways, who is expected today.

News by the Lubeck frow Apia confirms the death of the Samoan ex-king, Tamasese. Clark, injured by the bursting of on an ammonia cylinder yesterday, succumbed last night. The others are recovering.

Melbourne, May 8. The Presbyterian Assembly has adopted a scheme for uniting the Churches of Victoria Tasmania, and South Australia, to be called the Southern United Church. The scheme is to be submitted to the variows Presbyteries interested for consideiation.