LATEST NEWS BY CABLE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 260, 30 September 1884, Page 2

LATEST NEWS BY CABLE.

f Special to iheStaqdardlJ ■ I [by cable.] ! ; London, Sept 27. : All the Agents-Generals with the exception of Sir Saul Samuel,/ are asking Lord Derby for a definite reply m regard to the Pacific question; they also request the extension of an effective jurisdiction to the other islands of the Pacific as well as to New Guinea. ; M. Lee "Veilles 11 mission to Cay- | enne is regarded as an important i indication of the policy of the Recidivistes Bill. Sir F. Dillon Bell has been requested to continue the office of Ageht-Geiieral for NeV Zealand. In monetary circles there ; is a strong feeling, m favor of the universal inscribing, of colonial loans... The /fcpnomist cautions New South Wales against excessive borrowing. The sales of Australian wheat cargoes are averaging 33s 9d, continental purchases have leased. The prospects of the New South Wales loan are considered excellent. ■■;]

It ,is reported that % constable mlbhe despatched to New Zealand for the purpose of arresting Wm. Sheehan. who is suspected of having murdered his sister and brother |at Castleton, A a .township, m the borough of Lancashire. The^ German Colonial Secretary is urging the Reichstag to subsidise a line of steamers to Australia. r •■; Sepfc2B. . Foreign agitators are fomenting a republican rising m Brussels and domiciliary searches by; ; the police are frequent m consequence. Mr Gladstone, .speaking at Carlisle, denied that the falb of the House of Lords would "involve that of the Crown. —He said if the Franchise Bill 'was passed the redistribution of seats would be proceeded with immediately. . The dangerous symptoms which were manifested m the condition of Lord Roseberry who recently broke his collarbone: haye now subsided.* ■The Earl'd'f Carnarvon complains that the Gftyernment have not carried out .the suggestions/ made by the Colonial Defence Commission. Obituary-rr-Frederick Morley, a well-known professional Cricketer.