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CABJLE MESSAGES.
(FBOM O oa LONDON ConnESPONDENT.)
MEAT IMPORTEES* COMMITTEE.
LONDON, November l8.
A movement is on foot for the formation of an advisory committee of moat importers on similar lines to those of the committee appointed a few days ago in connection with the colonial butter trade.
THE KEY.. DE. JEFFEB1S.
, LONDON, November l8.
The Bev. Dr. Jefferis, formerly pastor of the Pitt-street Congregational 'Church in Sydney, has declined the call to the pasto- rate of the Congregational Church at Croydon, near Sydney.
DEATH OF LADY BOWEN.
LONDON, November 18.
The death is announced of Lady Bowen, wife of Sir George Ferguson Bowen, who was the first Governor of Queensland. Her ladyship was suffering from an attack of bronchitis, which proved fatal.
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THE MELBOURNE CONSPIRACY
CASE.
LONDON, November l8.
John Knox M'Reedy, a Melbourne mer- chant, who was arrested some time ago on a oharge of conspiring to defraud Scheurer and Co., of Melbourne andParis, of £10,000, was brought up again to-day and discharged, his extradition being refused, on tho ground that his dealings with the Paris firm wore of a legitimate character.
THE BEITISH NAVY.
LONDON, November l8.
Replying to a question in the House of Commons last night, Mr. Gladstone, while declining to announce any programme for building additional ships before February next, declared that it was the intention of the Government to maintain the distinct naval supremacy of Great Britain.
TEERIBLE STORM IN ENGLAND.
. " LONDON, November 19.
Severe gales have been experienced on the coasts of Great Britain, and a large number of vessels have been driven ashore, causing great loss of life. The gale was also very destructive inland,. many buildings and chimneys being blown down, and a large number of people were killed.
.THE AFGHAN SETTLEMENT.
LONDON, November l8.
With regard to the settlement of the difficulties between India and Afghanistan arrived at by Sir Mortimer Durand and the Ameer, information has been received that the Ameer has agreed that Chitral, Bajaur, Swat, and the adjacent States bordering on the River Indus in Kohistan and "Wazistan, shall come altogether under British influence. The Ameer has withdrawn all the charges he had made against the Indian Government, and it has been arranged that he is to receive a sum of 600,000 rupees per annum in addition to the subsidy already paid to him by the Government of
India.
[Sir Mortimer Durand's mission to Cabul seems to have been in every respect successful. The frontier dispute with Afghanistan was a constant source of trouble, and has caused a number of petty wars. The States mentioned in our cable message have hitherto been a sort of debatable land over whioh there has been no efficient control. While outside the actual north-western frontier of India they are within the British political frontier as arranged with Russia, but they are occupied by turbulent and praotioally independent tribes over whom the Ameer of Afghanistan exercises a nominal suzerainty. It would appear that the Ameer has now surrendered his rights-which were nominal ratbor than actual-in this borderland to the Government of India, and there is no doubt that, as in the case of Gilgit and other States on the northern slopes of the Himalaya Bange, the British authority will soon be firmly established there.]
THE REVOLUTION IN BRAZIL.
^ LONDON, November l8.
News has been received from Rio de Janeiro that Admiral de Mello, the insur- gent leader, has proclaimed as Emperor of Brazil the son of the Comte d'Eu, and grand-' ? son of the late Emperor Dom Pedro. The prince is now on board the rebel feet, but it is considered very doubtful whether Admiral de Mello will succeed in restoring the monarchy before the arrival of the fleet which President Peixoto has equipped
at New York.
Eight foreign nations have decided to take steps to prevent the landing of muni- tions of war at Rio de Janeiro.
THE MATABELE WAR.
LONDON, November l8.
Major Forbes has been gazetted British High Commissioner at Buluwayo, in Mata
beleland.
LONDON, Novembor 19.
Latest news from South Africa states that King Lobengula, with an impi of 8000 men, is now at a place twenty miles north of Buluwayo. Major Forbes has sent out a mounted'patrol to arrange, if possible, terms of peace with the Matabele King.
OBITUARY.
LONDON, November 19.
The death is announced of Viscount Bury, eldest son and heir of the Earl of Albemarle.
THE P. AND O. COMPANY.
LONDON, November 17.
The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company has declared a further dividend at the rate of 6". per cent on the deferred stock of the company.