CABLE NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 46, 25 September 1888, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright I PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. | London, September 22. It is ashej-ted that a waiter at the Imperial Hotel, Dublin, gave The Times the torged letters in connection with Patnell. A stowaway named McKill has been arrested on suspicion of being concerned in ; the death of the man King, found dead along the Midland Bail tray line. It is rumoured, despite the denial. of Mr Chamberlain, that he becomes Lord Highbury. ' Information has been received from Central Africa that Jamieson, who succeeded Major Barttelot in command of the relief party, died from fever at Bangalas on August 7, Major Barttelot, m j a letter written before his death, expressed a distrnst of the chief Tippoo Tib, and news now received from the Congo con- ; firms his treachery- The general opinion j in Central Africa is that it will be impossible to send any fresh aid to Stanley by way of Congo. The German expedition for the relief of Emm Bey hopes to leave Zanzibar in January next, 'ihe Times urges the British East African Company to taice steps to forestall it. Mr Gladstone is credited with having made a remarkable utterance m the course of an interview to-day. After declaring that the friendship between England and Turkey had not lessened, he stated that the day before the bom» bardment of Alexandra by the British fleet, he urged upon Musurus Pasha, the J urkish Ambassador, that the time was opportune for the occupation of Egypt by Turkey. The Sultan, however, refused to adopt the suggestion. The debentures of the i^ew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company have been partially subscribed. Mr Gladstone is producing written testimony to verify tlte statements be made concerning the release of Mr Par* nell from gaol. Riots haye occurred among the troops quartered in Dublin barracks. Several □ten were severely injured, and a number ot arrests were made. The Bank of England has received L 250.000 in gold from Australia. General Boulanger is paying a yisit to Gibraltar. Arrived yesterday at Plymouth— Rimutaka. Her cargo of frozen meat is in good condition. The barque Zadock, which sailed from Port Geomhn, South Australia, on March 21, is posted as overdue. The members of the various districts of the Wesleyan body, have been disv cussing a report drawn up by the majority of the Education Mission. In every instance sectarian advocates were defeated and much ill-feeling was roused in consequence. The Revs Bush and Garrett, both supporters of the Liberal side of the question, were announced to take part in a service at Wesley Memorial Chapel, Apworth (the birth-place of Wesley) but crowds of Methodists assembled and prevented the service being held. Bush and Garrett were attacked with stones and fled, pursued by an ex* cited throng. Pauis, September 21: The workmen engaged in constructing the iron tower projected by M.. EifEel to commemonte the destruction of the Basiile have struck for higher pay, owing to the unusually dangerous character of the work. The tower, whien i» intended to be a thousand feet hi^h, lias alieady reached a sufficient elevation to dwarf ail the surrounding objects. Admiral Kraniz, Minister of Marine, threatens to resign if the Budget committee reduce the nnv.il estimates. Rome, September 22 The Vatican has requested an assurance that the Emperor vVilliam's visit to King Humbert is not intended to express approval of the relations at present existing between the Vatican and the Qmrinal. A general strike has taken place among the miners of the Loire district. Pekin, September 22. It is officially announced that the Chinese Government have refused to ratify the American Chinese Treaty. Suakim, September 21. Osman Digna is harassing the residents of this city and is curtailing the water supply. Athens, September 22. The Turkish Government have refused a demand from Greece for the seiznre of a Greek fishing vessel by a Turkish war vessel, and in consequence eleyen Greek warships are being equipped to compel the speedy settlement of the dispute. Sikkim, September 22. An encounter has taken place between the British forces and a large number of Thibetans at Jalalapla Pass. Twenty of the latter were killed, and the rebels then retreated, Washington, September 22. The epidemic of yellow fever is extending. It has appeared in Alabama and Mississippi. Jackson, the capital of the latter state, is panic stricken, and the inhabitants are fleeing in large numbers.