CABLE NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 50, 29 September 1883, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

! Special to " Star." i MR PARNELL ALLEGED TO HAVE RE En SHOT. MEETING OF PARNELL'S SUPPORTERS. TURKEY AND RUSSIA. ! FRENCH-CHINESE DIFFICULTY. EEUTEK'S TELEGKAMB. London, September 25. Exeter Hall is arranging a great reception for the Rev. Mr Shaw, the Madagascar missionary, on his return on Thursday. He i.<advised to claim £10.000 compensation for bis imprisonment by the French authorities. The family of the late James Carey have arrived in London, where the eldest son is required as a witness against O'Donnell. His examination takes place to-day. Hanlan aprees to row Layeock anywhere the latter wishes, if £300 is paid him for expenses. A severe gale has passed over the Country of Limerick, and some considerable damage bas been done, the Town Hall being lowered to the ground. Toynes terminus also sustained seriou 8 injury. Archibald Forbes has published an essay on the social characteristics of the inhabitants of the Australasian colonies. The latest news from China is to the effect that the " Black Flags" mtend to march -on Saigon. ileceived Sept. 29, 0.55 a.ra.~| London. Sentember 28. A report is current here tbat Charles Parnell had been shot. The report, the origin of which has not been traced, caused some excitement but has not gained much credence. The meetings at Dungannon yesterday were largely attended by Parnell's followere, and, notwithstanding the presence of a large number of Orangemen, nothing approaching the nature of a riot occurred, the presence of strong bodies of constabulary and military having been sufficient to preserve order. Constantinople, September 27. Telegrams to hand from .^ofia state that large numbers of arms are being imported into Rulgaria. The arms are declared to be of Russian manufacture, and it is rumored that the Russian Government are cognizant of the movement. Pabis, September 27. It is reported that the Chinese Envoy has definitely declined the French proposals for the settlement of the Tonquin difficulty. Great secrecy, however, is observed regarding the progress of the negotiations, and no official announcement lioc trnf K_a_D>n mnAa