LATE CABLE NEWS.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2342, 5 October 1881, Page 3

LATE CABLE NEWS.

[By Tbleqraph.] [Per is.s. To Anau, at the Bluff. | LONDON, September 21. lie Spanish Cortes, returned at the recent genral election,, in which the Liberals obtaind a decided majority, met yesterday at Malrid, and was opened by King Alfonso in peron. In his address from the throne the Kiig laid especial'emphasis upon the negotiatioi recently entered into with Great Britain anc other countries- for the establishment of conmercial treaties, and expressed bis desire the they should be carried to a satisfactory issie.

Revolutionary feeling is again strongly mmifesting itself in Russia. The Qovernmoit are determined to strongly repress distunanoes, and a most stringent ukase has bea issued by the Czar imposing severe resraints on the inhabitants of St. Petersburg. Serious disturbances have occurred in several parts of Russia, and the military have beei called out to maintain order. Numerous districts have been proclaimed in a state of siege, and are subject only to military governmoit.

trouble is likely to arise in the Dulcigno district ceded by Turkey to Montenegro about a year ago after great complications. The Mussulman inhabitants are extremely discontented, and threaten to rise against Montenegrin authority. At audacious outrage has been perpetrated at Kingston, a suburb of London. Two criminals, who were discovered by a policeman in tie act of committing a burglary, resisted him, and one, drawing a revolver, shot the constable dead. He then, with his companion, male his escape. A terrible gale has been experienced in the Ba tio, which has caused great damage among thi shipping. Intelligence already received reprts that no less than thirty ships were los:, and a large number of sailors were drowned.

A very strong Republican spirit is being evlroed in Spain, and at the recent general eleoAon a number of deputies representing this feeling were returned to the Cortes. Much excitement has been occasioned at Madrid by the refusal of many of those deputies to subscribe the oath of fealty to the Kin*, and allegiance to the existing constitution.

Though Ireland has been quieter since the passing of the Irish Land Bill, outrages are of occasional occurrence. Two justices of the peace, residents at Atblone, who have made themselves prominent in carrying out evictions, have received threatening letters, warning them that their lives would be taken unless they desist.

Disturbances have occurred in the Punjaub, the most northerly province of India. Raids have been made by some unsettled mountain tribes, and it has been found necessary to dispatch punitive expeditions against them. Some uneasiness has been occasioned in Cyprus by the frequency of forest fires, whiohi are undoubtedly attributed to inoendiarismv Enquiries are being made to ascertain the cause of the action.

The Spanish Government has adopted a scheme for the establishment of military colonies in various parts of Cuba. Inducements are held out to settlers, on condition that they undertake military service if required. A violent storm has raged on the northeast coast of England, and has done much damage. The fine breakwater at the mouth of the Tyne, on which river the great shipping port of Newcastle is situated, was extensively injured by the force of the waves. Another shock of earthquake has been experienced in Italy. The town of Ohieti, the capital of the province of the same name, situated on a hill near Pescard, forty miles east of Aquilla, has been much damaged. This town was nearly destroyed by an earthquake in 1702. A most destructive tornado has taken place in Illinois, United States. The storm raged with fearful violence, and its course was marked by the destruction of all that lay its path. Several persons were killed, and the damage to property was extensive. The town of Jeremaie, a seaport in the Island of Hayti, on its south-west peninsula, 120 miles west of Port-au-Prince, has been almost entirely destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at 500,000 dollars. In the province of Galicia, Austria, a Jewish tabernacle was discovered to be on fire during the progress of Divine service. When the alarm was given a terrible panic ensued among the congregation, and in the struggle to leave the burning building four persons were killed.

A difficulty is already experienced by the Transvaal Republic in dealing with the natives, and serious oomplications are feared. The Swazis, one of the most powerful tribes, have made a number of raids into the Transvaal territory, and openly express their defiance of the Boers.

Cholera has made its appearance among the Mussulman pilgrims flocking to the sacred city of Mecca, in Arabia. ’The disease is causing fearful ravages, Hanlon has finally decided to accept the challenge of Wallace Ross for a match for the rowing championship contest, which will probably take place at Toronto, and will be held on November Ist. [Per s.s. Wakatipu at Wellington.] [heutek’s special telkgbamb.] ALBANY, October 3, The Vonetia arrived this evening. Passengers for New Zealand—Mrs Wooton, Mrs Clifton, Mr Tomsi. GENERAL SUMMARY. LONDON, August 26. The continous rainfall in England has seriously damaged the crops, which at one time were expected to equal the averages preceding 1874. These hopes, however, are now dispelled. Little corn can be carted at present, and unless settled weather speedily sets in a repetition of the disaster of 1879 is inevitable. Barley is the only cereal up to the average. Wheat is under the average, and oats much below. Beans are very bad, and roots are also below the average. The volunteer review in Edinburgh Park yesterday was much marred by heavy rain. Forty thousand Scotch volunteers marched past the Queen, Mr Gladstone, replying to a question put by Mr James Howard, the Bedfordshire agriculturist, said the Government had not decided to introduce a measure for reform in the English land laws next session, but at the same time they fully recognised the imperative necessity of dealing with the subject sooner or later. It is believed the passing of the Irish Land Act will give an impetus ta the land reform movement in England, and if the harvest fails, the question may come at once to the front.

The Irish Laud Bill received the Queen’s assent on the 22nd. The provisions of the Act as they now stand have been well summarised in a letter by Sir O. Duffy to the Irish people, published last week. Sir Charles says all the arbitrary powers and unjust practices complained of by the Irish tenants have been swept away, and the Act is a boon such as no Parliament, native or foreign, ever made to the Irish people. The power of raising the rent, as the Land Commission pronounces, is fair, and the tenant’s improvements are effectually secured to him. He can sell them along with the rights of possession for the best price as freely as the landlord can sell the estate. He cannot be ejected for fifteen years, and in the bulk of cases tenants can never be ejected while complying with certain conditions and paying a fair rent fixed by the commission. The tenants have an easy method and substantial help to transform themselves into proprietors. Landlordism will be disestablished in a manner as effective us the Irish Church. Nevertheless, no public expression of gratitude has yet been made in Ireland. Mr Parnell and his parliamentary satellites, as well as the Land League orators, continue to denounce the Government as bitterly as ever. Numerous outrages are reported in the South of Ireland, and even those who are willing, like Archbishop! ;Oroke, to give the Bill a fair trial, regard it merely as an instalment of good things to come.

At the Saone-et-Loire Assizes M. Asselin, who killed M. St. Victor, steward to the Countess Talleyrand, in a duel near Autun in May last, has been condemned to four months’ imprisonment and to pay 100,000 francs damages to the family of the victim. The J“ United Service Gazette” says that the War Office has ordered, for the use of the navy, sixty additional Nordenfelt 1 min. guns for delivery during the next six months, in addition to the 290 previously supplied. It is added that 400 more are required to complete the armament of the fleet with these weapons.