CABLE NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 24, 9 August 1884, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

Special to " Star."

beutkb's telegrams. Received August 9, 1.10 a.m. London, August 8. In the House of Commons last night Lord Edmund Fiizmaunce stated in reply to a question that the reported seizure by Admiral Combett of the harbor and coal mines at Kelung, on the Island cf Formosa, was untrue. There had not, he added, been any rupture of the FrancoChinese negotiations for the settlement ef the Lnngson affair, and parleying is still proceeding. Bhussels, August 7. A renewal of the Anti-Clerical riots occurred here to-day on account of Bills produced by the Clerical members of the Ministry. The approaches to the chambers are guarded, and the civil fire brigade, which was called out to assist tbe police, turned their hose on the mob and deluged the crowd with water. London. August 5. The Congress Committee advise that one-fifth of the rccidiyistes be sent to New Caledonia, and that for tbe first j year tive number be limited to 1,000. j The Times states that the colonials will j not be satisfied with these suggestions. In the House of Lords, Earl Granville intimated that tho Franchise Bill in its present form would be introduced at the autumn session of ParliamentThe Federation Conference will reassemble in the autumn.. The leaders of the Tory party are not opposed to the the principle of the Federation Enabling Bill, but they demand time for a full discussion of the question. The con gress have referred the Revision Bill to a committee. El Mahdi has* ordered a body of 50,000 strong to reinforce o*man Digna. ! Hono Kong, August 7. | The latest news from Canton states ' that the viceroy of the province has ordered torpedoes to be placed in the Canton river, in order to bar the passage, and the work is now being rapidly proceeded with. Capetown, August 8. Telegrams from Transvaal state that severe fighting has taken place between the natives under Montsva and a large force of Boers. The battle was fought with great determination on both sides and a large number, among them several Englishmen, were killed. The conflict resulted in the defeat oi the Boers, who lost heavily during the day.