CABLE NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 1075, 16 October 1883, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

LAThST FROM EUROPE.

[eeutkr’s telegrams—copyright.] , Shipping. London, Oct. 13. ' Arrived, from Lyttelton —Ships Himalaya (June 22nd) and Bencleugh (July 21 st). The Europeans in China. Lonpon, Oct. .15. 1 Telegrams to hand from Foochow stale that a serious anti-European riot occurred there, No details* hflwcsMf are yet to band. At Hainan the popu? lace are also in an excited state, and placards menacing the Mandarins and European residents ,have been posted and paraded by the natives.: . Cetewayo. Capetown, Oct, 13. The latest intelligence from Zululand states that Osborne, the British Resident Commissioner, has gone ! to interview Cetewayo, with a view of inducing him to surrender to the British authorities.

[Received:Oot.’l6,3l.3o a.m.] Prance and Spain. 1 Madrid, Oct. 15. It has transpired that the new Ministry formed by Senor Hen rra has decided to drop the dispute with the French Government regarding the insult offered to King Alfonso last month at Paris. French Politics. Paris, Oct. 15. M. Ferry, President of the Council Of Ministers, who is now in the provinces, has made speeches at Rouen and : Havre. He urged moderation and unity on the part of Ministerialists in the coming struggle with the Extremists during the session of the Chambers to commence next week. A Sad Catastrophe. St Petersburg, Oct. 15. ;; 1 Intelligence .is to hand from . Zeoonka, a town in the province of '.ippdolia, Southern Russia, that during tthe service in the Jewish Synagogue an •alarm of fire was raised and a panic occurred, i In the ; rush for the doors ol the building 40 women were crushed to death and 36 others seriously injured.

The CzarThe Czar arrived at Peterhof to-day from Cronstadt. The Chinese'in Tonquin. Hong Kong. Oct 15. The latest news from Tonquin states that the Chinese troops are now quitting their positions and retiring into the interior. Frozen Meat. ■London, Oct. 15. The steamship : Catalonia, from Tiyttelton (August 25th), and the ; British King, from Lyttelton (Septem..fajfii), arrived atPlymouth. Their cargoes of frozen meat are reported to be in good condition. [Received Oct. ! 16. 1.30 p m ] A’Serious Earthquake: ' ■ , Constantinofliß, Oct. 15. , Intelligence has been received from Chios, an island off the coast of Asia ' Minor, that a severe shock of earthquake has been experienced there. A large number ot houses have been destroyed and ; several persons seriously wounded though no loss of life 0 6curred.' News is to hand that the earthquake caused serious damage at Aivali (sic), and that a number of have occurred.

AUSTRA L I A N

[RRUTRb’sIELKGRAMS —COPTEIOHT.] [Received Oct. 16,1.30 p.m.] j- The Bank Bobbery. t- s Melbourne, Yesterday. The trial of Richard Corbett for ’robbing the Commercial Bank of Ausr ’ oh the night of ‘September 18th, . bis; been commenced in the Supreme i Court to-day. The prisoner pleaded * Guilty.”. The Brindisi Mails. Melbourne, To-day. ’ Arrived, this’mdming—The P. and O. steamship Thames with mails, via Brindisi, which -left London on Sep»lenaber 7. ‘