LATE CABLE NEWS.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2205, 21 March 1881, Page 3

LATE CABLE NEWS.

[By Thzbgraph.] I [Per s.s. Rotomahana, at the Bluff.] , [The " Age" Specials.] , LONDON, Maroh 8. 1 The Government wero ignorant of the pro- i posal to grant an armistico to the Boers in i the Transvaol, but they approve of Sir Evelyn < Wood's oonduct in tho matter. : Maroh 10. i It is rumoured that Mr Gladstone is abou'; to resign office as Chancellor of the Ex- ' chequer, and that he will be succeeded by Mr i Ohilders, while the Marquis of Hartington will sucooed Mr Ohilders as Secretary for War. Mr Gladstone will continue to hold cilice as First Lord of the Treasury. Mr Lowell, the United States Minister in London, has demanded the release of Boyton, arrested under the Coeroion Aot, on the ground that he is an American citizen, and elauxs the protection of the United States Government. The membere of the Irish Land League, who have been arrested under the Coeroion Act, are well satisfied with the treatment they receive in gaol. They have been visited by Mr Dillon, the member for Tipperary. " Cloture " has been enforced in the House of Commons, with a view of expediting the passing of the Arms Bill. The magazines in the parish of Printemps have been burned. Authority has been given by the Home Government to prolong the armistice in the Transvaal if it should be considered necessary. Boyton has asked Mr Lowell, the United States Minister in London, to request the American Government to interfere legally for the protection of the Irish. A plague of a virulent type has broken out in Bagdad, Asiatic Turkey.' Tho Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has resumed its sitting. There to a largo number} of appeals now pending before it. Sir Arthur Hobhouse, Q. 0., has been appointed a member of the Judicial Committee, and took his seat for the first time. The " Globe" to-day publishes an artiole on protection, commending the fiscal policy pursued by Victoria as one marked by an intelligent appreciation of its own interest, and as well calculated to advance the material prosperity of a young country. Intelligence from the Transvaal states that leaders of the Boers exhibit pacific tendencies, and are desirous of bringing hostilities to a conclusion. They demand autonomy, but are willing to recognise the suzerainty of the British Government. These proposals are under consideration by the Cabinet. Important changes in tho management and regulation of tho army are indioated by Mr Ohilders in the House of Commons, and have excited muoh oritioism in military oiroles. It is announced that Sir Garnet Wolsley will be entrusted with carrying into effeot the now scheme of army reform. The aspect of affairs in the East is most ominous ; both Turkey and Greece oontmue their preparations for war. The Turkish Government have sent orders to the United States for large quantities of ammunition, and are placing the navy in a thorough state of equipment. A serious railway collision took place at Baltic a-e, the chief oity ef the State of Maryland. Several persons were injured, and amongst the passengers was Mr Hayes, late President of the United States, but he escaped unhurt. Sir Stofford Northoote, leader of tho Opposition in tho Houao of Commons, has issued

a manifesto which declares that Mr Gladproposal to apply cloture in committee of Supply, is subversive to tho liberty of the House of Commotio. It is probable that this question will bring about a collision between the Government and the Opposition. The non-arrest of tho loading members of the Irish Land League is much criticised.

March 12. The Arms Bill, in relation to Ireland, has been passed by the House of Commons. The Conservative*; opposo Mr Gladstone's urgency resolution in Committee of Supply. A Conservative candidate has been elocted to ail the vacancy which has occurred in the representation of Coventry in the House of Commons. Hitherto Coventry has returned two Liberals. ~ Mr Grant Duff, speaking at Oxford, said that the Liberals were in no way to blame for the disasters that had occurred to the British arms. He asserted that Lord Carnarvon, m consequence of hiß action when Secretary for the Colonies, was the real cause of the Transvaal diffiaulty. In the esse of Clark v Bradlaugh, an action brought against the member for Northampton for illegally taking his seat in the House of Commons, judgment has been given for the plaintiff on the main question. Since the deoision Mr Bradlaugh has absented himself from the House. Mr Gorst has given notice of his intention to move that a new writ be issued for Northampton. Mr Bradlaugh offers to resign his seat and seek re-election. Messrs Oaird, "Williamson and Co., East and West India merchants, Fenehurch streot, have failed for £IO,OOO. Lord Granville, Foreign Secretary, has denied in the House of Lords that Great Britain is seeking to prolong the armistice with the Boers in the Transvaal. No improvement is manifest in the relations between Turkey and Greece. The warlike feeling in both countries is very strong, and it is confidently expected that an outbreak of hostilities will take placa at the commencement of spring. Marked sympathy is evinced by the Irish in the United States with the agrarian agitation in Ireland. Branches of the Land League have been established in all the principal centres, and it is staled that they number no less than 920. Large contributions have been forwarded to the Head League at Dublin. POBTUGAL, March 10. Hostile feelings are manifest against the Jesuits. The Government have determined to suppress the educational establishments of that body, and prevent the Jesuits from teaching. Another severe shook of earthquake has been experienced in Switzerland, tne effects of which were felt principally in the cantons of Lucerne and Zurich. Great alarm is felt among the inhabitants. I