NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3895, 25 August 1891, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

ENGLISH.

[UNITED r-RESB ASSOCIATION.! London, August 21. Mr Kershaw, coal merchant, carrying on business at Salford, Manchester, has been committed for trial on the charge of attempting to bribe an official of the City Corporation with respect to a contract for the supply of coal. Lord Esme Gordon, son of tho 19th Marquis of Huntly, has been declared bankrupt. During a storm at Kilburn, Yorkshire, two houses collapsed, but fortunately without any injury to person. The Salvationists at Eastbourne, Essex, intend to sue the Mayor of the town for damages for false imprisonment. The Admiral and officers of the French fleet, who were entertained by the Queen, express themselves delighted at her Majesty's demeanour. The Queen, on board the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, reviewed the French fleet amidst deafening cheers, and salutes from the shore, which was lined by people for miles. Two hundred members of Parha • tnent, with their wives and families, engaged a special steamer and took part in the ceremony .of welcoming the visitors.

The weather was not favourable, light showers falling at intervals. August 22. - Mr Logan, who was returned in May last to represent the Harborough Division -of Leicestershire in the House of Commons, has sailed for Australia.

Obituary—Duke of Cleveland, sstal 88.

The Lord Mayor of Portsmouth entertained the officers of the French fleet at a banquet. The proceedings were marked by great enthusiasm.

It is reported King Humbert of Italy will visit England in the spring, and the vessel in which he will make the voyage will be escorted by several Italian warships. There has been a sharp decline in the stock or the Bank ot South Australia, which is due to sales by several nervous holders, who are alarmed at the recent Melbourne failures. The directors of the bank have issued a circular, in which they state that the position of the institution is not affected, and that they are ignorant of anything to justify the depreciation in the value of stock. They also assert that the earnings of the past half-year have been fully maintained. At the end of the review of the French fleet Her Majesty signalled from the Royal yacht "very gratified." The officers of the visiting warships attended a ball given in tbeir honour in the evening. Vice-Admiral Fisher entertained the French press representatives who haye been sent oyer in connection with the visit of the fleet. Ottawa, August 22. A Royal Commission has been appointed to make full enquiry into the alleged corruption in the Canadian Civil Service. Pekin, August 22. The negotiations between the European Powers and the Chinese Government in connection with the recent riots ia becoming more favour* able.

roßEiair. Vienna, August 22. Irredentists have murdered the Chief of Police in Trieste. Several Austrian newspapers have been suppressed for condemning the exhibition ot the " Holy Coat." Constantinople., August 22. Gsman Pasha, the hero of Plevna, hbS been appointed Minister for War. Information has been received that a number of Turkish soldiers were profaning the Christian Church in Assigonia when some Greek civilians turned on them, and alter killing three fled to the mount-tins. Madrid, August 22, The Spanish Government has J «"ided to terminate the commercial u^- . '" '• «««.!ord to British treaties whicn c- . Linn „ colonies "most favoured nan.,treatment. Lisbon, August 22, The financial crisis in Portugal iB increasing. There is no gold, and both silver and cooper are spa roe, New Yobk, August 22. Many experiments in Texas and elsewhere to test the contrivance to cause rain to fall have been successful. Pobt-atj-PbinCE, August 22. The Government is endeavouring to raise a loan of 9,000,000 dollars. New Yobk, August 22. The explosion of a boiler caused the collapse of a five-storey building in the citv. The ground floor wbb occupied by a restaurant keeper and cigar factory, and printing works were situated in the upper stories. A large number of people were buried in the ruins, which caught fire soon after the collapse. - J Some sixty persons were either killed by falling timbers or burnt to death, among the number being several who were lunching in the restaurant when the accident occurred. Some of the unfortunates were slowly roasted- to death before the eyes of the rescuers, j Paris, August 22.

Further information confirms the great destruction of property and losb Of life by the hurricane at Martinique, a French colony in the West Indies Two hundred and eighty people were killed and two hundred injured by falling houses, trees, etc. The devastation is fearful. Arrangements are being made to hold an exhibition in Paris next year, for the purpose ot a comparison of the products of the French colonies with those from the colonies of other nations. . The Bank of France ib husbanding its gold, and intend* to purchase American wh_eat to th.e extent ot a hundred million francs. Beussklls, August 22. ) The Socialist Congress has res&ved

bat militaryisin h the product of capitalism. Disorderly scenes were enacted at the Socialists Congress in this city. Thirty one of the English delegates of the new Unionism became aunoyed at the motions introduced by the delegates from older and more stable Unions, and refused to attend. It is alleged that Anarchists control the proceeding.s