NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4028, 5 February 1892, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

nra London, February 2, The crow of the s,s, Eider were rescued, Further assistance has been sent to the stranded warsbip Victoria, from Malta, Constantinople and Patras. In the case of the Pacific Mail Company v Roberts, triedin London, judgment lias besn reserved. Baroness Albert Rothschild is dying of caneer in Paris, The Czarina'B health is improving. The London shareholders of the Standard Bank, Melbourne, readily responded to the call for assistance, and expressed a desire that the business should be resumed, The funeral service over the late C. H. Spurgeon will be held in tie Presbyterian Ohnrch at Mentone on Thursday, In the meantime the body has been embalmed, and the coffin will reach London on Monday. The remains will be interred tempo 1 - rarily at Norwood, and finally at Stockwell,

. February 3. Succi, tho faster, accompanied by a German mesmerist, will visit Austialia shortly. Great difficulty was experienced in rescuing the crow ot the steamship Eider on account of the furious gale that was raging at the time. The ship has become a total wreck, It is supposed that the officers confounded the Needles light with Huret Castle light. The Rev, Mr Woods, of Clapton, has been appointed secretary to the Congregational Union, in the place of the late Dr Hannay. H.M.S. Victoria has been lightened to the extent of 1600 tons, and the efforts of the tugs succeeded in moving her a distance of half her length, It is hoped she will be floated off to-day. It is suggested Prince George should be created-Duke of London, General Booth characterises, New Zealand as a garden for emigrants. The London County Council has resolved to divide the l taxation between the owners and occupiers of property. five hundred^and seven deaths occurred in London last week from influenza. The death rate is 41 per 1000.

Mr Spurgeon's body, after arrival in London, will be in the Tabernacle for three days, and during that period memorial services will be beld, Tha Prince of Wales sent a meS' sage to Mrs Bpurgeon expressing hif deep sympathy with her in hei bereavement,

Messages of condolence are beinj received by the widow from man; denominations in England, Unite! States-and Australia,

Dr Parker, of the Congregational Church, in a letter to the Times, eloquently eulogises the late Mr Spurgeon,

Lord Salisbury addressed a large meeting at Exeter Hall last night, the attendance being estimated at upwards ot 10,(100, Referring' to Egyptian affairs he said that the new Khedive, Abbas Boy, would follow the policy of his late father, and on the iand question,he declared that the Government were very anxious to multiply the number of small holdings. Ireland was still the burning question of the day, and he warned the people of England that if a separate Parliament was set up in Dublin it would produce a result which would compel the whole world to declare that England was in a state of senile decay, He appealed to the country to avert tin's crowningcalamity and disgrace. Throughout his address Lord Salisbury made no reference whatever to dissolving Parliament before the date on which it will expire by effluxion of time.

February 8. In his speech at Eieter Hall, Lord Salisbury said the approaching election would only be the beginning of a protracted struggle. ■ If England lacked the nerve and manliness to control Ireland; then one by one the jewels would be plucked from the diadem of the Empire until Great Britain stood alone,

Lord Salisbury, in his Exeter Hall speech, ridicaled the idea of Parish Councils, on the ground that they would dnly increase the amount of local rates. He minimised tho value of by-elections, and insisted that 110 general deduction could be drawn from them. Home Rule, he argued, would create an ultra-protection and clerical State under the rule of Archbishops Croke and Walsh. The majority in Ireland had been allied to the enemies of England in every crisis of its history. Lord Salisbury, in his speech at Exeter Hall, referring to the condition of agricultural labourers, said at present no Government could afford to propose to supplement provision for old age. Such an experiment would be .very risky.

■ FOREMWashington, February 3. Many of the i)poora|ic members on the Committee of \Vays and Means are in favour of larger reductions in tho duties on woollen goods than the Bill introduced by the Chairman provides. Some support a reduotion of as much as 40 per cent, Fhe Finance Committee of the Senate is considered certain to report adversely to the free coinage of silver. New York, February 3, The schooner Glendon, which arrived at Bridgeport flying the Union Jack, eventually . lowered if, but