CABLE NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 10, 9 July 1887, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

./ [By^Klpctctc TeTeera^h,— Copyright f htEUTKB's TELEGRAMS I ; i - i ' r London, July 7^ : The anter-umversity/ cricket snatch; Oxford versus Cambridge, Vas won by ■ Oxford by seven wtckets. Mr Goschen. in an article in St. James' Gazette, defends the application of closure, and vsCOAtends (hat rlegnlatrotrfcnr 1 ' England had hitherle " been impossible, owing to the obstruction in Parliament. He states that the has pro* pared measures for the relief et the pro. railing^imvißraaV^^^ai^' wlnih it is anxious to present to Parliament. '-- The treason trial now proceeding at Llepsic proves that M. Schnaebell, who was recently arrested' tefi the German authorities has contacted an elaborate system of espionage for years, with the approval of the French War Office! ' ( j s ~- The refusal of Mr Matthews, Home Secretary, to inqnire into the ease of a girl alleged to hare been wrongfully arrested by a constable, Rare rise to an adverse motion in the House, and the Government were defeated by a majority of fire< The motion for an inquiry was adjourned. ' ■ ' ..■>.'-■:, - ; .:-'X\ I Mr Stanhope,, inrthe House of Com« moßS,' denied that the .sepret. of iha • Brehnan torpedo has l>een divalgect in the description published by the £n* ;-gine«r. ; -v-: : -i--- ,;- ! --" : ■"■■ ' - ;/ -'•■' : '- L ,/ ' ii>: ,Mr Parnell is seriously ill. ; >■ , Pnnce Alexander has finally declined ' to return tojßiUgariv thus upsettiag the plans which had been .fprmed lor his re? ; election. \ . ''■'."■■■■ -„' -,.-.. ]\ "' ■ „,,",V-. -'■• . ; -r-\ \ It is hoped that^the .transit rates on mftils adross the Continent ' i^ill r reduced to ia penny -for letters. r/ y ," x!> .' Sir Patrick Jennings, in an interview' with a representative of the Freeman's Jourpal, stated that colonists believed it would tend to r ßtrengthen the integrity, dt the Empire if eaoh portion were allowed to freely manage its individual affairs. •.," ; In the House* of Commons lkst night Mr Gladstone^ mored the rejection of the Irish Grimes' - Bill. He declared; tKe measure wai unwarranted; created new offences, aftd placed the liberties of the people of Ireland at the mercy of the Government, In perpetuity, Mr Balfour, Chift Secretary for Ireland, replied ; the Bill was jhiec&sary as a forerunner of remedial measures and was amply justified by'the criminal statistics and was intended to control the defiance to law' and th* terrorism now prevailing, v r , The debate was adjourned until 4»r day. It is expected the division, on Mr Gladstone'i toohon will be taken to* night. '. "" . ■",'. ' ...,'. -. - ;,--•- >V "■■."'";•'■.'■ P^^^y^v * ! Reports are to. hand from Quebec j iiuit a seri»us fire is raging in the' citadel that lefty* ;Mariy and > immtnseicquaM titles <bf munitions and rtorwl s h*tef fbe«n ! ,» aeatroyed* iand" the Gjovernment ' ma^ajiiQO l « »k Venous dnnger. A .panic has .arisen^ ; and /jthe-. people arefly ing to^he oity for safety ? .< L The ' fire ' in ; - the' ; Citadel of ' Quebec w , extinguished.' It ! 'irsts' 'fortunitely coni« : trolled before it*reached the maj^si^e where) large/ qua tftitifitsAof explos»vp»iaf^ stored. The ipMtin horses arid munitions stores has ,been imniease. ; - U ■ ; . ■ : v ■ ' Constantinople, July, 7. . ; , tt is announced that the Porte has advised the Sultan to ratify the Anglos Ttirllsb 'convention relative to Egypt. r |