LATE CABLE NEWS.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2379, 17 November 1881, Page 3

LATE CABLE NEWS.

[Bx Telegraph.] [Per s.s. Alhambra at the Bluff.] LONDON, November 1, The “Standard” announces this morning that important changes in the constitution of the Cabinet are impending. Mr Gladstone, whose health is far from satisfactory, contemplates resigning the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer, and is even meditating the advisability of closing his political career and retiring into private life. The tenant farmers of Ireland are exhibiting a general desire to appeal to the Irish Land Court for the redress of their grievances. Already 10,000 applications have been submitted for the decision of the commissioners. The sub-commissioners have commenced to hold sittings in Armagh and Antrim, two of the principal agricultural counties in the province of Ulster. Acting under instructions from the Govern-

ment, the police have stopped several meeting!

which were to have been held in London under the auspices of the Irish National Land League. The Mechanics’ National Bank, the largest banking establishment in New Jersey, has been compelled to suspend payment in consei quence of the extensive embezzlements of the ; cashier, who succeeded! in converting to his i own uao 1,000,000 dollars before he was discovered and arrested. It has since transpired that tho Bank has lost 2,OK),000 dollars, it is believed through a conspiracy. Some borrowers, to whom improper concessions were granted, have been arrested. A* man who is believed to be insane was arrested yesterday at tho White House, Washington,, tho official residence of the President of tie United States. Tho intruder carried arms.

Mr Alexander Macdonald, She Liberal member for Stafford and president of the Minero' National Association, died yesterday. A Nihilist laboratory for the manufacture of explboives has boon discovered at St. Petersburg!! and seised by the Russian police. : The agitation which has been in progress in Canada for some time past for the complete independence of the Dominion is reported to be increasing. Mr Duciett has been fined £l5GO' for having voted as- a member of the Quebec Legislature when he was no! qualified to take hie seat.

Tho negotiations which' were resumed’ at Paris on September 15th> for the conclusion of the new treaty of commerce between France and England hare again collapaed, owing to the Commissioners' being unable to arrive at a satis* factory basis of agreement with respect to the principal demand? submitted by the British Government.

The mission of’Messrs Bourlre and Valfrey, representatives respectively of the Turkish bondholders from England and France, to try and obtain a guarantee from the Porte for tha redemption of tha national l debt of Turkey, and for the resumption of the payment of interest, has resulted’in failure, partly owing to the obstruction of the Russian Government, which demanded that the war indemnity due on account of tho late Rmsso-Turkish war should be included’ in any arrangement that might be arrived at.

The Liberals are losing heavily in the municipal elections which are now being held throughout England, in consequence of the Irish vote being given to the Conservative candidates in obedience to tho instructions of the Irish leaders. A fatal boat accident has occurred off Dieppe, a seaport town of France, situated in the English Channel. A boat full of passengers suddenly •capsized,, and thirteen lives were lost.

It is stated that the police, in suppressing the meeting recently held in London in connection with the Irish Land' League, acted illegally. Several meetings of the same kind are announced for to-morrow. The Irish Land Court has reduced the rents of tenants by one-fourth in a-large number of cases.

Lord Hartington, speaking publicly, has declared that tho tenure-of land in England is artificial and insecure; He also expressed the opinion that the capital invested by tenants must be secured, but without giving them co-proprietary-righta, Tho retirement of Lord ©'Eagan, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, ie announced. He will be succeeded by Mr Law, formerly Attorney-General of Ireland. With reference to tho failure of negotiations for a new treaty of commerce between France and England, it is stated that Sir O. Dilko, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, will return to Paris in about three weeks for the purpose of treating,with the new Government, which M. Oamoetta is now farming. The Marquis of Lome, Governor-General of Canada, has sailed for England. The Hon. West, who was recently appointed to succeed Sir Thornton, British Minister in the United States, has received a great public welcome at Philadelphia. It is rumoured that the Porte has agreed to the cession of Armenia to Bussia in substitution for the indemnity payable by Turkey on account of the late war.

The insurgents who recently abandoned Kairwan, on tho approach of the French, leaving the latter in ocoupation, are said to be returning to the city. The Anti-Vivisection Society has taken steps for the prosecution of Dr. Ferrier, a well-known experimentalist and discoverer, for conducting experiments upon living animals without obtaining a lioense for the purpose under the Anti-Vivisection Act.

Mr Blaine, the American Secretary of the United States, has announced that the United States Government prohibits Ohili from taking advantage of its victories and absorbing Peru. Austria intends to formally annex to the Austro-Hungarian empire the Turkish province of Bosnia, which it has occupied and administered since July, 1878, under the 23rd article of the treaty of Berlin. The “Novi Vrmya,’’ a semi-official journal published at St. Petersburg, states that an alliance hostile to Bussia has been completed between Germany, Austria and Italy, and that the peace of Europe hangs upon a hair.

The Austrian Government have issued a circular note to thoir diplomatic representatives abroad, which is intended to allay the excitement which has been aroused throughout Russia by the recent interview between the King of Italy and the Emperor of Austria.

At the official reception given at Washington yesterday, in honor of the Hon. West, Mr Blaine, Secretary of State, proposed the health of Her Majesty the Queen. The toast was received with peculiar enthusiasm. Acting under instructions from the Land League the tenantry are attempting to create a deadlock by inundating the Irish Land Court with applications for a reduction in rent. During the last week the applications have averaged 1300 per day, and 16,000 cases are now awaiting decision. The commissioners will meet the immense pressure of work caused by these tactics, and four additional sub-commissioners have been appointed. Some of the recent appointments made by Mr Childers, Secretary of State for War, are highly disapproved by the Duke of Cambridge, and the amicable relations hitherto existing between the Commander-in-Ohief and Mr Childers have been seriously disturbed in consequence.

LONDON, November 3,

Another plot against the Emperor of Russia has been discovered, the object being to destroy by fire the palace at the fortress of Gatchina, situated thirty miles south-west of Bt. Petersburg. Notwithstanding the extreme precautions taken there to secure the safety of the building, the conspiracy was not discovered until the preparations were nearly completed for carrying the plot into operation. Five Nihilists concerned in the affair have been arrested and lodged in prison. A terrible tragedy occurred recently at Carlisle, a nurse girl, only fourteen years of age, having murdered an infant entrusted to her care by her mistress, under circumstances of peculiar atrocity. The girl has been tried for murder at the Carlisle Assizes, and was found “Guilty.” The judge passed sentence of death, but the extreme penalty of the law will not be carried into effect.

In accordance with the wish of the family, the remains of the late President Garfield, which wore interred in Cleveland Cemetery, Ohio, have been removed to the private family vault.

The first train passed through the St. Qothard tunnel to-day. The tunnel connects the railways thatmeets on the Zurich —Swiss—side of the Alps with those of Italy, of which Milan is the centre. The length is about eleven miles, and the tunnel has one uniform height of rather more than 9 s feet, and a width from 25 feet to 261 feet. The train occupied fifty minutes in traversing the tunnel. The projected Italian expedition to the

Sonth Pole haa beefl abandoned, owin® to preliminary difficulties which hare arisen. 3 Arrangements have bee** made for the establishment of a new line ni sailing vessels to Australia. The action has beca taken in consequence of a combination formed amengst the shipowners at present engaged 1 in the trade to raise the rate of freight. j?our of the leading shipowners and brokers have agreed to start a new line, which will be called the Alliance line, and their vessels will sail from London, Adelaide, Melbourne, and Sydney. The first eh.p will be despa'ched early in December, and vessels subsequently will leave at regular monthly Intervals. Very esrera weather has been experienced in England. In the Midland counties enow storms have been universally heavy, and there has been considerable loss of stock. The Municipal Council of Waterford, one of the most important seaports in south Ireland, has conferred the freedom of the city upon Mr Dillon, member for Tipperary, who is now a State prisoner in Kilmainham gaol.

s The visit of tho Sling of Italy to Vienna- ! has been productive-of a most friendly feeling I between Austria and Italy. Perfect accord is now declared to exist between the two countries. | The returns for the elections to the German Reichstag are now complete. The final result t shows that a majority has- been returned in opposition to the Chancellor Count Bismarck, and it is anticipated that serious-complications will occur when the session opens. Disturbances have taken place in County Cork in consequence of tho opposition offered by the tenantry to the eviction of tenants. It was found necessary to despatch an escort of military with tho Sheriff of Odrh, who was levying an execution upon the- goods of a tenant who had refused to pay his rent. A riot was avoided with difficulty; Another outrage has been reported from Ireland. A tenant who tosh 4 a farm in Galway lately in tho occupation of a man who has bren arrested as a suspect under the Coercion Act, has been murdered, 1 He wu ! shot by some persons who have not yet been ! arrested. ; In consequence of the amicable settlement of the Transvaal difficulty througbtjtho ratification of the Convention by the biktraad, the garrisons hitherto maintained in the territory of the Transvaal have been withdrawn, and the troops are returning to NktaL Arrangements have been made for tho return to England! and India of a large number of British 1 forces in South Africa. A statement appears in the “D lily Telegraph” from a correspondent at St. Patersburgh, that it is the intention of the Rusoian Govornment shortly to despatch an expedition to occupy Mery, the principal city- of Turkestan. The- agitation has extended in Scotland among the tenants for a reduction of rents. In Midlothian a movement has been set on ifoot, having- for its object the re-valuing ■farms, and ie extending greatly among ; farmers-. Owing bo the resent very heavy weather experienced in Hungary, serious inundations have taken place and much damage haa been ;caused. The success of the recent Australian shipments of frozen meat has excited the attention of American shippers. A project is being started for tbs establishment of a shop in Loadenhall Market for the sale of beef sent from America, with a view of enabling She public-to purchase the meat direct. The rinderpest ie causing serious havoc amongst the cattle in Norfolk, and tns farmers have suffered heavily from loss of stocks Precautions are being taken to prevent the spread of the epidemic. • The" Daily News ” haa a leading article on the position of Native affairs in New Zealand, and strongly approves of the vigorous action taken by the Government in the arrest of Te Whiti.. The opinion is expressed that prompt and decisive action is much more likely to be effective than any half measures. The many victories gained by the Socialist candidates at the recent election in Germany has excited serious attention. The Socialists are highly jubilant, and regard the result as showing.- the spread of their principles throughout tho country. The coming session of the Reichstag is regarded with much, anxiety. In tho United States the sympathy expressed.! with Ireland has rapidly diminished of late, and subscriptions to the Land League haveshown a decided falling off. The number of persons arrested in Ireland for seditious conduct, and now confined to gaol, amounts to 2-14. A manifesto has been issued by Joseph Egan, treasurer of the Irish Land League, urging the tenants to remain true to the policy of the League and refuse to pay any rent while their leader is imprisoned.