CABLE NEWS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4370, 23 March 1893, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

London, March 21, At tho trials in connection with the Liberator Building Hooieiy frauds, Kentish, who was in Hobbs' employ ■ as a clerk, admitted tho charges of theft and forgery, and confessed that whilo concealing tho frauds lie lectured in aid of religious missions. The announcement that the Indian Government will shortly put a loan of thirty millions rupees on the market has depressed silver stocks. Tho'Duko of Westministoi', referring to Mr .Gladstone's oonduct with regard to tho Welsh Church Bill, said he bad acted in an utterly unscrupulous manner, disregarding almost every shred o£ principle and honour. Mr John Morley, Secretary for Ireland, denies that it is the intention of the Government to send extra troops to Belfast. In the House of Commons the vole for Uganda was passed by 3GB to 46. In tho course of tho discussion, Mr Gladstone denied that Sir Gerald Portal was authorised to occupy or annex tho country. Mr Labouchere m/ido a violent attack on Lord Rosebery's foreign policy, Many telegrams and letters havo been received in Ulster from Australia and New Zealand offering men and money. It is hoped that Lord Salisbury will recover his health in time to keep liis engagement to deliver an addresß at Most. The Daily Telegraph continues to publish alarming reports of the arming and enrolling of men in Ulster, but they are not confirmed by any otlior paper. Mr H. Fowler, President of the ' local Government Board, has intro- , duced a Bill creating a Parish Council, with large powers, in orory parish containing a population of 300, j Paris, March 21. | MM. Charles de Le6sep3, Baihaut (ex Minister for Public Works), and Blondin have boon iound Guilty of j bribery, The remainder of tho directors were acquitted, t Do Lesseps and Blondin, in whose cases extenuating circumstances wero 1 added to the verdic, were sentenced ' —De Lesseps to one year's and Blondin to two jeara' imprisonment, to ' run concurrently with their previous sentences. Baihaut was sentenced to five years'imprisonment, with the loss of civil rights, and fined three-quarters j of a million francs (£30,000), Sx. Petersburg, March 21. The Russian Government will demand a limit of thirty miles off the coasts of all islands in bokring Bea, | and ten miles in Kamschatka, lor Beating purposes. Rome, March ?1, An official report on the suspension • of tho Banca Rornana stated that grave irregularities have beon dis- | covered in connection with the management of the institution, and a few , members of the Chamber of Deputies , are indebtod to the bank for advancos , The other banks in tho city are, ac- | cording to reports in a sound condi- ( tion. , The Pope declines an audiouce with | the German Emperor unless the cere- | monial is similar to that ol 1888. ; New York, March 21, , Explosives havo been found in the holds of three vessels which havo arrived in the harbor within the last few days and their presence has been traced to a conspiracy among the sea- , men. ' It is now suggested that the missing steamer Nerolio was blown up at sea. | Brisbane, March 22. | Mr Nelson has informed the Gov ernment that he is unable to form a ' Cabinet, and has advised that Sir Thomas Mcllwraith be summoned, The latter is now engaged in construoting a Ministry. ' Paris, March 21. j The French Government has published a Note in which it is admitted . that the Germans supplied the Dnhomoyans with Gatling ?uns during the late war,