A BIG DEAL IN GARNETS. Messrs Streeter and Co., the well-known dealers in valuable stones, have bought a million carats of South Australian garnets from the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company for £5, and have offered to resell to Mr J. T. Turnbull for £10. DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER BILL. April 4. (Becsived April 5, fit 1.35 a.m.) In the House of Commons the Scotch Deceased Wife's Sister Bill has been read a second time by a majority of three. SPORTING. The Duke of Portland's Donovan is a strong favourite for the Prince of Wales Stakes at the Leicester meeting. BOULANGER'S MANIFESTO. Paris, April 3. (Kecelved April 4, at 12.40 p.m.)

'' The Paris Figaro, a Boulangist organ, states = that General Boulanger and Henri Rochefort i are at Brussels. The general has telegraphed i a manifesto to the effect that he will never con [ sentto be judged by a Senate which is blinded , by personal passions, but that he is ready to I answer any accusations that may be brought , against him before a magistrate or jury; ' otherwise he will wait in a free country till the general election has resulted in the return of men who will make the Republic habitable for honest, free, and honourable men. ACCUSED OF COWARDICE. Paris, April 4. (Received April 5, at 1.35 a.m.) The action of General Boulanger in leaving France has caused several of his principal followers to accuse him of cowardice. GERMANY AND SAMOA. Berlin, April i. (Heceived April 5, at 1.35 a.m.) Admiral Welusner, discussing Samoan affairs in the Keichstag, said it was neces sary that Germany should be strongly represented there. A HEAVY FAILURE. Emil Treitel, a well-known corn dealer, has suspended payment with liabilities amounting to 15,000,000 marks. A PLOT AGAINST THE SULTAN. CONSTANTINOPLE, April 4. (Received April 5, ac 1.35 a.m.> A plot has been discovered in the city for deposing the Su'.tan in favour of his brother, Meheruid-Reshad Efi'endi, heir ap parent to the throne of Turkey. ANARCHY IN ABYSSINIA. Massowah, April 4. (Eeceivea April 5, at 1.35 a.m.) It is reported that the Negus of Abyssinia has been defeated and slain in a conflict with dervishes, and that Abyssina is in a state of anarchy. (Special to Press Association.) EXPECTED APPOINTMENT. London, April 3. atenuived Ann! 4, ar. 