CABLE NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 57, 23 October 1884, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

I Special to " Star."

[eEUTEB's TKLKGRIiIS.] London, October 20. Mr Blackburne, the celebrated English chess champion, will leave on a visit' to Sydney on October 28 for the benefit o^his health. Intelligence received states that the town of Panama is virtually in a state of siege. Tlfe Chinese claim"a r g?&at victory over the French force at Tamsin, on the 15th instant. ■ ■ ' " An exodus of the Chinese inhabitants of Shanghai is taking place. The cargo of frozen meat per lonic is in excellent condition. India will be represented at the Colonial Exhibition to be held in London in 1886: The ? French Government deny that China 1 gained a victory over their troops at Tarasin, and ro-assert their claims to having gained the victory. St. Petebebueg, October 20. A most destructive fire occurred to-day in one of the principal streets of Moscow, causing the total destruction of eighty shops. Tho damage is estimated at 3,000,000 roubles (€500,000 sterling). Hong Kong, Oct. 21. All the ports in the Island of Formosa are now blockaded by the French fleet. IS T sw Yokk, October 21. A most disastrous fire has occurred at Carthage, a town in the State on the Black river. Numerous houses and factories, and several churches, have beeu wholly destroyed, and great loss of property has resulted. Governoi Cleveland, of New York State, and a canditate for the Presidency, was assaulted to-day at Albany, but escaped uninjured. The assailant has been arrested. Received October 23, 2.10 -p.m. London, October 22. The lonic's cargo of frozen mutton is being landed in good condition, and realising full current, rates. St. Petersburg, October 22A Nihilist plot to murder the Czar has been discovered here, and numerous arrests have been made of persons believed to bo implicated.