CABLE NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 42, 6 October 1891, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

(PER UNITED PHICSS ASSOCIATION.) London, October 2. Mr Gladstone received an ovation on his arrival !it Neweaslle to take part in the proceedings of the .National Liberal Federation League. Speaking at the annual meeting of the Bank of Australasia, Mr Macartbur, chairman, said he did not fear serious danger from the success of the Labour Party in New South Wales and New Zealand. He did not believe the dominance of this section would lead to the expulsion of capital or the paralysis of October 3 It is reported that a Federation of 38 Unions, embracing 450.000 members, has been completed, and is likely to force the masters to a universal lock-out, so far as Riverside labour is concerned. Speaking at the National Liberal Federation League at Newcastle, Mr Gladstone declared that he was prepared to advocate the re-adjustment of taxation, and would advance temperance. He asserted that the refusal to concede the demands of the Irish people would no longer be the oppression of the Government, but one people oppressing an« other. He cautioned workmen against fe tering the individual liberty of the people. Brussels, October 3 The funeral of General Boulenger took place *o day without much ceremony. By his will Miss Griffiths, his cousin, becomes heiress to his fortune. October .4 One of the chorus girls engaged at the Gaiety Theatre has commil.'ea suicide under circumstances which are alleged to be somewhat suspicious. The nature of the evidence adduced at, and the result of ihe inquest, have been kept quiet, but it is rumoured that % very exalted person age is implicated. Mr Gladstone has been presented with the freedom of the City of Newcastle. In the course of his remarks at Newcastle, Mr Gladstone advocated the shortening of tne existence of Parliament. Referring to t'ae British occupation of Egypt, he looked upou it as burdensome and embarrassing. He desired to spe a larger representation of labour in Parliament and increased allotments to labourers, also an extension of the lodger franchise. With regard to the hours of labour he favoured a reduction if such could be achieved without further violation of the rights of man. The position of the House of Lords would be menaced if it opposed the granting of Home Rule to Ireland. He complained that the benefits derived from the conversion scheme of the Chancellor of the Exchequer were absorbed by the enormous increase in the army and navy. Hundreds of wreaths were placed on Boulanger's coffin, and earth taken from French soil was sprinkled over the remains as the coffia was lowered into the grave. Immense crowds attended the cemetery to witness the funeral, and as there was some disorder several arrests were made M. Rochefort was hooted in the cemetery. Rome, October 3. Three French pilgrims were arrested for displaying disrespect to K'ng Victor Emmanuel's tomb in the Pantheon. They spat on the register on the tomb, and | shouted " Long live the Pope." The guards expelled the populace from the I temple, and nearly killed the offending pilgrims. October 5. The Pope has notified his regret to the French Government at the hehaviour of the pilgrims which led to the scpne in the Pantheon His Holiness was much dis» tressed at this outburst of popular indignation. On the motion of Menotfci Garibaldi, the veterans of the Italian War of Independence passed a resolution in favour of abolishing the article in the Constitution making Romanism the State religion. New York, October 3. Mr Poultney Bigelow, an American, who has just returned from a tour through Europe, declares that Russia is prepared and anxious for war, and th it the people believe that the yast move* ments of troops are not simply manoeuvres. He' asserts that the antiJewish crusade is only part of a huge movement against foreigners with the object of Russianising the whole country and that Germans and Poles are the chief victims. Ten negroes have been lynched in Arkansas for murdering A policeman. A serious fire has taken place at Halifax, Nova Scotia, resulting in the destruc tion of ten wharves and thirty five warehouses. The estimated damage is half a million dollars; The Irish Convention at Chicago is uninfluential, and is controlled by the Clan na»Gael, under the leadership of Tynam and Byrne* The Convention refused to interfere in the Irish quarrel, and declines to make further contributions until the funds in the hands of Paris bankers are released. The general tone of the Convention is hostile to Mr P-rnell. Munich, October 3. The Bavarian Government propose to ask Parliament to sauction a two million credit for the construction of strategic railways. Boda Pesth, October 4 In the Hungarian Diet a motion was carried expressing indignation at the attempted outrage on the life of the Em> per.;r, and gratitude at his escape, Berlin, October 4. The exhibition of the Holy Coat at Treves has been closed. Since the open* ing it is estimated that fully 2,000,000 people inspecied the exhibit. Constantinople, October 4. The Turkish troops have re-occupied Sana, and 40,000 men are being massed for an advance on Yemen.