LATE CABLE NEWS.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2294, 10 August 1881, Page 3

LATE CABLE NEWS.

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(Per s.s. Hero at the Bluff.) LONDON, July 26.

The Nelscn, a double iron armour-plat el ship of 7320 ton;, has left Chatham Docks for Australia.

Ayoub Khan, continuing his advance, has reaohed the River Helmund, from which place he has again despatched an offer of peace to the Ameer on the basis of a division of territory. The Chinese loan has been successfully floated, three times the amount required having been subscribed locally. July 30.

A banquet has boen given by the Liberal party in recognition of the sorvices of the Special Ambassador to Turkey. The disaffection amongst the native tribes in Tunis is increasing, and according to the latest advices the city has boeu surrounded by tribes. It is reported that an engagement has taken place between the forces of Ayoub Khan, and those under tho Ameer Abdul Rahman, whioh resulted in the detent of the latter. The convention lately drawn up by the representatives of Great Britain and the Boers, according to which the whole Transvaal is retroceded to the latter, will, it is expected, be signed to-day. Signs of disaffection have lately appeared amongst the Zulus, and renewal hostilities are threatened. A number of Bedfordshire farmers, for paying their rent, have been threatened with shooting. Midhat Pasha, who was sentenced to death for complicity in the assassination of the late Sultan Abdul Az:z, but was subsequently reprieved, has been exiled to the island of Rhodes, a dependency of Turkey, in the Mediterranean. An Italian exploring expedition has accomplished the journey across .Northern Africa from Egypt to Guinea. July 31. The victory gained by Ayoub Khau will, it is believed, lead to a grave rupturo in the relations between Great Britain and Afghanistan. In the House of Commons this afternoon, Mr Gladstone admitted the importance of the engagement as affecting Candahar, but stated that there was a strong AngloIndian force in proximity to that city. Ayoub Khan's proposal of peace, based on a redistribution of territory, was merely a feint. He advanced with all possible expedition as far as the river Helmund, but rinding the opposite bank occupied by the Ameer's troops, under General Ghulam Gaider, Ayoub made a diversion and slipped across the river higher up, thereby petting between his opponents and Candahar. Finding himself taken in the rear and his army weakened by wholesale defection, General Ghulam was forced to fly, and in the retreat lost everything. Tho General was reSorted to be retreating towards Oabul. The Iritish hold Quettah and the outpost Chaman, but tho Ameer and his rival will be allowed to fight out the struggle without interference. In addition to a quantity of war material, Ayoub Khan at the recent battle of Helmund oaptured two and quarter lacs of rupees.

["Age" Specials.] LONDON, July 26.

The new docks recently completed at Leitb, tbe seaport of Edinburgh, were reopened today by the Duke of Edinburgh. The ceremony was a most brilliant affair, and was attended by thousands of spectators. The Queen had been invited to perform the ceremony, but she was unable to accept the invitation, and deputed the duty to her son. The new docks have been constructed on the ground lately reclaimed from the sea at a cost of £375,000. Captain Boycott believes that the feeling against him has subsided sufficiently to enabie him again to resume operations. Much interest has been oteated among naval architects by the adoption by Germany of a new type of war vessel. The German naval authorities have given instructions for building a gun boat on a novel and improved principle. The vessel will be constructed for speed, and will carry a gun of unusual power. July 27. A movement is on foot for the purpose of petitioning the Government to grant the release of Cetewayo, the Zulu King. There is a growing feeling in favor of generous treatment of the deposed King, and the; memorial is being extensively signed. It is believed that the prayer of the petition will be acceded to.

Mr Bradlaugh'e case has presented another aspect. In the proceedings instituted nominally by Mr Clarke against Mr Bradlaugh for illegally sitting and voting in the House of Commons without having first taken the oath prescribed by the Act of 1866, and for which he recovered heavy penalties, it was freely stated that Mr Newdegate, the member for North Warwickshire, was the real promoter, and found the necessary expenses. Mr Bradlaugh, acting under legal advioe, has now instituted an action againßt Mr Newdegate, charging him with having guaranteed Mr Clarke'i.coeti. The summonß is returnable on an early day, and the case is exciting great interest.

July 28. A terrible gale hns been blowing, and has caused great damage in the east of London. Several vessels havo been wrecked, and forty people have been drowned. Mr Bradlaugh has determined to apply at the law Oourtsjfor a new trial in the case of Clark v Bradlaugh. July 30.

The French Chamber of Deputies has been dissolved. The election for the new Chamber will take place immediately, and groat preparations are being made for the approaohing electoral campaign. The utmost interest is manifested, and great excitement is felt as to the result.

Prince Bißmarok has completely recovered from his recent severe illness, and is now enjoying excellent health. Owing to the continued spread of Socialistic principles in Germany, it is roported that the Imperial Government contemplates fresh legislation, with a view to its suppression, and it is believed that very stringont measures are being prepared with that object, and will shortly be proposed. The anti- Jewish feeling in Germany shows no signs of abatement, and serious riots have taken place in various parts of the country, in which the Jews have been subjected to sovere maltreatment, and have sustained great losses through the excesses of the rioters. The Fenians are continuing their machinations in Great Britain with unabated activity. A ci;covery has been made by the police of a quantity of dynamite concealed in a workshop in Glasgow, tho object of which is believed to have been the distruction of the chief public buildings of that city. Agram, the capital of Croatia, which was reoently almost entirely destroyed by successive shocks of earthquake, has experienced another severe visitation of the same kind, which has caueed great destruction of property, ai d produoed quite a panic among the inhabitants. Hartmann, the Russian Nihilist, who was reported to have been captured by the German police, and delivered to the Bussian authorities, has escaped to America, and taken up his residence in New York. The Bussian Government has made an application to the United States for his extradi tion.