LATE CABLE NEWS.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2408, 23 December 1881, Page 4

LATE CABLE NEWS.

Tho following have appeared in the Australian papers : LONDON, December 13. At a large and influentially attended meeting, held in tho Chapter House, Westminster, H.R.H. the Prince of Wales moved that i' was desirable that a national memorial should bo establiehed in honor of Dean Stanley, the late Dean of Westminster, ia recognition of the great esteem and affsotion in which he was held. Tho motion wa*t warmly supported and was unanimously carried. It is officially estimated that the revenue derived from taxation in Italy during the present year will amount to 50,000,000 lire (£2,000,000) in excess of that obtained in 1880. . In opposition to the evidence tendered by the prosecution, from experts who hsd examined Guitrau, the assassin of the late President Garfield, and who declared him to be sane, counsel for tho defence has brought forward experts who testify that Quiteuu is •offering from delusions, and is not altogether accountable for his notions. Outrageous ■oenes occurred in Court during the time that this evidence was being given, owing to the excitement among the spectators. A -large number of tho victims of the calamity at tho King Theatre, Vienna, wore interred yesterday. The ceremony assumed the proportions of a semi pnblio funeral. Tho Arohduko Rudolf, the heir apparent to the throne, and other members of the Court, with the dignitaries of the Cathedral of Bt. Stephen, , joined in the procession. At the cemetery the clergy of four churches united to conduct the icrvice. Many heartrending scenes occurred as the coffins —162 in all — were being consigned to tho grave. Nothing has been heard of the balloon which drifted across the English Channel on Saturday last. Grave fears are now entertained for the safety of Mr Walter Powell, the member for Malmesbury, and tho other occupants of the car. December 14. The emigration to the United State* ha* for some time past been on such on extensive ■cole that great complaints have been made of overcrowding and of tho treatment extended to passengers during the voyage. A steamer has just arrived in New York bringing a largo number of immigrants, and fearful exposures have been made concerning the hardships to which they had been subjected. The Press has taken np tho matter indignantly, and the authorities have promised that a full investigation shall be made. Mi- Libouohero, M.P., for Northampton, has informed his constituents that he has received from tho Premier, Mr Gladstone, a promise that the Government will give their support, in the ensuing session of Parliament, to some mean* whereby hie colleague, Mr Bradlaugh, may be allowed to take bis seat in the House of Commons. A large and influential public meeting has been held in Euter Hal), for the purpose of promoting female emigration to Canada. His Excellency tho Marquis of Lome, GovernorGeneral of the Dominion, who is now on a visit to England, was among the speakers, and warmly supported the movement, pointing oat the numerous advantages which the colony held out to all those who were willing to work. Thtrßnndesratb, or Federal Council, consisting of seven members, in whom is lodged tho chief executive authority in Switzerland, and which is elected for three years by the Federal Assembly, has ju*t been chosen. The late members of the Council have been reelected. Some sensation has been caused in London hj the mysterious disappearance of Viscount Boyle, the eldest son of the Earl of Shannon. He is a young man, twenty-one years of age. Ho has been missing for several days, and his family can iind no trace of bis movements. Foul pipy is feared. Several steamers expected from America and other foreign ports are now overdue. Sinoe the recent heavy galea in the Atlantic considerable alarm is felt for the safety of the missing vessels. Sinee the discovery of the outrage perpetrated upon tho remains of the late Karl of Crawford, steps have been taken, by direction of her Mnj»*ty, to protect the Boyal Mausoleum at Frogmore Park, which contains tho sarcophagus of H R H. the late Prince Consort, from a similar de-ecration.