CABLE NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 106, 14 March 1889, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright I JPEU UNITED PRKSs ASSOCIATION [ London. Mirch 11. The R.M.S. Rimutaka sailed from Ply. mouth at midnight on Saturday. Her ' mails were delayed by the floods in the west of England. t Creagh, a laudlord, was shot dead while driving to church at Quin, Co Clare, on j Sunday last. His sister, who accompanied him, had the tip of her nose shot off. i Dr Sellon, of London, who abduited Miss Wilcox, his neice, an American ] heiress, early in February last, has been sentenced to eight months' impns nment. ' Charles Stanley, the famous baritone 1 will sail for Australia in April and will ( appear at 40 concerts. Barrett, charged with the murder of the boy Gill at Bradford in December last, has been acquitted. Lord Tennyson's health is again failing The poet laureate will proceed to Madeira for the ben-fit of tbe climate. Copper is now quoted at L 53 per ton, and shows signs of rallying, the financier'! having come to the rescue of the syndicate, and arranged with the mines for the suspension of the output for two' months. It is expected that this will have the effect of raising the minimum price to £67 per ton. In the Hnuße of Commons Mr Stanhope said it was possible even now to provide coaling stations with substantial mine defences in two days, and in three days they could be put in a state to offer considerable resistence to hostilo cruisers. March 12 In the House of Commons Mr Stanhope Under-Secretary for War, said that he hoped the work of arming all the British coaling stations would be com- , pleted before the cud of the year. Large contracts for heavy guns had been granted to Vickers, of Sheffield. In the House of Lords the Earl of Carnarvon has introduced a Bill providing for the disqualification of peers guilty * of certain offences. Ottawa, March 12. j The Canadian Government has agreed to grant a subsidy of LIO.OOO to the Canadian Pacific Company's Atlantic * line of steamers. » Calcutta, March 12. * The Ameer declares that, notwithstand- ) ing the statements circulated by his v enemies, he is hostile to the designs of r Russia. The Maharajah of Cashmere, who was discovered plotting to poison the British Resident, is said to have become insane. Paris, March I).' The Chamber of Deputies have de - cided to prosecute several deputies for . alleged complicity in the recently cup- . pressed Patriotic League. It is expected that Boulanger will be included in the list of accussed. In the course of an interview, ex- ' President Grevy expressed an opinion r that between the Boulangists and the Orleanists the Bapubho was being des- - troyed. b NkwYobk, March 11. «» A party of five French tourists fell in - _ to the hands ludians at Yellowstone g Park, and after being tortured, weie scalped and massacred St. Pbteb6BUKo, March 11. o The " Free Cossaok" Atohmob, who [ a recently attempted tv establish a mi-sunu n ' in Tajurah Bay, has been deported to the Caucasus, Pobt An Pbincb, March 11 f Fighting has been rene-ved le'iween '' General Legitime' a and the ii>b .raents. '' Great barbarity is reported on both sides.