LATEST CABLE NEWS.

Dunstan Times, Issue 959, 3 September 1880, Page 3

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN. (From Exchanges.) London. August 21st. It is announced that the Ambassadors of the P wers at Constantinople have been instructed by their Governments to declare to the Porte that they must refuse to dis-co-o' further the lino of demarcation of the Tu’co-Oreek frontier as fixed by the Berli" '.'■ inference. The ambassadpra will, bower . 'xpress their willingness to negotiate v. i hj the Porte regarding the evacuation of tlm territO'-y to he ceded to Greece. Friendly relations between Russia and t nina are reported as being on the increase.

(From the Melbourne Dailies.) The state of Ireland is alarming and distressing. A great fire has occurred at St. Petersburg by which twenty buildings weie destroyed and others damaged. Several religious riots have occurred in Ireland.

Intense excUementhasbeencreated owing to the discovery of a plot to blow up tho military barracks in the City of Cork, where a large number of troops have been concentrated owing to the threatening aspect of affairs. A tunnel was constructed commencing at a considerable distance from the barracks and extending to a point under the main building, where the greater portion of the soldiers were located. Here a large chamber had been opened and filled with several barrels of gunpowder, with a fuse attached ready for ignition. The military have since been reinforced, and with a view to prevent disturbances the city ia patroPed night and day by the troops. Since the lace acts of coercion in Ireland large purchases of arms are being made in that country, and trouble is expected after harvest, when the landlords will claim their hack rents.

The Queen lias I'efiiseil the use of the Savoy Chapel for the celebration of the marriage of Baroness Burdett Coutts. Calcutta, August 23rd. Further intelligence has been received from Camlahar, which states that the garrison had made a sortie on Yakoub Klnn’s army, inflicting heavy loss on the hostile tribes of Heratees, who have gathered in force to the north of Khnjah. August 24th. lleports have come to hand that a portion of Ayoub Khan’s force is advancing to oppose General Roberts. The shipments of wheat fr°m America to England are now diminishing. Hanlan is expected to arrive in England on the 15th September to go into training for his race with Triokett

It is contemplated to hold a grand demonstration of the ships of the British navy off one of the English ports at an early date.

The total reterve in notes and bullion in the Bank of England is Lid, 875,300. Whitechapel Church has been burnt down.

August 2?tb. A report is current at Plymouth to day that the troop-ship Serapis is to be fitted out to convey the Prince and Princess of Wales to Melbourne, and that the detached squadron and the Bacchante will accompany their Royal Highnesses.

A telegram was received to day to the effect that a terrific hurricane lias passed over Jamacii, in the West Indies, and has caused great damage. Thousands have been renders I hj mseless, an 1 are starving . The total quantity of wheat afloat for Great Britain is l.SflO.ftflt) quarters. Trickett and Laycock are now both at Putney, training together for their respective races with ITanlan and Blackman.