LATE CABLE NEWS.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2411, 27 December 1881, Page 3

LATE CABLE NEWS.

f_BT TbXBGBAPH.J [Per s.s. Bingarooma, at the Bluff.] LONDON, December 15. The balloon which drifted across tbe English Channel on Saturday last has been seen off Alderney, one of the most northerly of the Channel Islands. H.M.S. Dasher has been despatched in tbe direotion in which the balloon seemed drifting, for the purpose of picking up the oocupants of the car, should they be able to descend. The " United Ireland," the organ of the Irish National Land League, has been seized by order of the Government on account of the highly seditious character of it* writings. The staff of the journal have been arrested. The Marquis of Lome, the GovernorGeneral of the Canadian Dominion, hut evening addressed a meeting convened in the interests of the Women's Emigration Society of England. He proposed that committees should be organised in England, and affiliated with oommittees established in the colonies, and that the two should work in unison, one ! collecting and despatching suitable emigrants to the colonial dependencies of the empire, and the other watching over the interests of the emigrants on their arrival. The disposition exhibited bv Mr Blaine, late Secretary of State for the United States, to interfere in the affairs of foreign nations is resented by many Americans as an infringement of the national policy of neutrality abroad. The English press denounces the proposal of Blaine to revise the Bulwer-Clayton treaty, for the purpose of giving the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the Panama Canal. Chili reasserts her right to annex Peru. A slave dhow has been captured at Zanzibar. Her captain was made prisoner. The robbers who carried off £40,000 worth of jewellery from Brynkinalt, tbe seat of Lord Hill Trevor, at Chirk, in Denbighshire, have not been discovered. Two servants who were arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the robbery, have been discharged. With regard to the disappearance of "Viscount Boyle, Lieutenant in the Prince Consort's Own (Rifle Brigade), from the garrison at Dublin, it tarns out that the Viscount if merely absent without leave. A Fenian plot to destroy some public building in Dublin, has been frustrated by the activity of the police, who have seized a quantity of dynamite which was concealed in the city. They also seized a number of firearms and some documents, which indicato the character of the plot and implicate some conspirators. Three persons have already been arrested. The balloon which drifted across the English Channel on Saturday, the 10th inst., has been again sighted. It has been carried across the Bay of Biscay, and has been seen at Santander, a port in North Spain. It waa then proceeding in an easterly direction. Another plot to murder the Czar, Alexander 111., has just been discovered. The plan proposed was to blow up the Imperial Palace at Gatchina by means of a mine. A number of officers of the guard have been arrested on suspioion. Murders and other crimes of violenoe are still of frequent occurrence in Ireland, and persons who refuse to obey the orders of the Land League are kept in a state of constant fear. In County Roscommon a farmer has been shot for no other reason but paying his rent. In spite of the vigorous efforts of the Government to put them down terrorism, and intimidation are still wildly resorted to by the Land League and its agents in all parts of Ireland. Placards have been discovered threatening death to all who disobey the mandate of the Land League, or in any way submit to the established Government. The police authorities are endeavoring to discover the agents employed in distributing and posting these placards. As evidence of the strong sympathy entertained for Mr Parnell, now confined in Kilmainham Gaol, a large number of tenant farmers and laborers assembled at his estate at Wioklow, and performed the necessary operation of ploughing. Over 3000 assembled to undertake the work, which waa done gratuitously. This action has occasioned considerable comment.

The greatest sympathy continues to be felt in Yienna for the families of those who perished in the terrible catastrophe at the Ring Theatre. A subscription list in aid of the sufferers has been started in Yienna, to which all classes are contributing, the Emperor and Royal Family heading the list. The Emperor of Austria, who is staying at G-odollo, a small town about fifteen miles from Pestb, the capital of Hungary, which he usually visits during the hunting season, has publicly expressed his sympathy with the sufferers, and has ordered that a solemn requiem mass be performed in memory of those who perished. Public indignation has been so much excited at the lack of management displayed by the police and fire brigades at the fire that a movement has been started to establish a volunteer fire brigade on an efficient basis, and the matter is being taken up warmly. The Turcoman chiefs have besought the Russian Government that they may be taken under the protection of the Ozar. Their application has been favorably received, and will be taken into consideration immediately. The Teke Turoomans, impressed by their defeat at Q-eok Tepe and tbe continued advances of the Russians, have abandoned Merv, their principal city, and now sue for peace. An English steamer has been seized at Constantinople by the Turkish authorities on suspicion of its being utilised for some nofarious purpose directed against the Porte. A large quantity of gunpowder was discovered on board, and despite the denial of the captain and agents that any wrongful act was intended the vessel has been detained. Tho assistance of the British Ambassador has been invoked. Arrangements are now being made for a visit from the King of Italy to the Emperor of Germany. It is anticipated that the vicit will be made shortly. The Manchester Chamber of Commerce has passed a series of resolutions, declaring the desirability of developing trade with India, and strongly urging the Government to carry out the abolition of the cotton duties. A destructive fire ocourred at Leeds which, before it could be extinguished, destroyed a large amount of property. The damage is estimated at £IO,OOO. In consequence of the continuance of disturbances in Ireland, it is rumored that the Irish Executive, in pursuance of a policy of suppressing all organisations whosa object is to promote sedition and lawlessness, has resolved upon the immediate suppression of the Ladies' League, of which Miss Parneil is one of the chief leaders. December 17. Mr Blaine has been selected to deliver the panegyric on the deceased president before the Senate of the United States. There have been severe storms on the coast of North Africa. Algeria and Tunis particularly have suffered severely. A number of wrecks are reported, accompanied by considerable loss of life. It is officially announced thit thoro has been a marked decrease of crime in Italy during the last year. The Government has, in oonsequonce, decided to reduce the number of the police force, which has hitherto been very large. A deputation waited on the Home Secretary to request mitigation of tho severe sentence passed on the prisoners convicted recently of bribery in conr.occion with £h« elections held at Macclesfield and Sandwich. It was urged that the offence was oao which hitherto had not been regarded as of so heinous a character, and that, bs they had already suffered heavy punishment, they might now be released. In reply, Sir William Harcourt rofused to accede to the application, pointing out that it was absolutely necessary to preserve the purity of electiuns. Owing to recent activity displayed aaong the Nihilists, the Russian police Lava been on the aiert, and numerous arrests of suspected persons have beer made. At St. Petersburg during the last few days 200 Nihilists have been arrested, who, it is hewpra engaged in a plot against the life of the Czar. A very heavy gale has passed over London, which did a considerable amount of damage. Several lives were lobl during the fury of the tempest. The Island ef Chios, off tho west coast Asia Minor, which h-m during the last few months been the scone of great, volcanic disturbiir.cep, appears to be gracually sinking, and it is feared that tho whole island will be submerged. Some loss of life has been caused in Algeria through the bursting of a dam, fifty-four l persoLS being drowned in the torrent,