LATE CABLE NEWS.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2422, 10 January 1882, Page 3

LATE CABLE NEWS.

[By Telegraph.]

[Per b.b. Arawata, at the Bluff.] LONDON, December 27. A serious accident has occurred at Cam" borne, a town in Cornwall. A bazaar was being held in a chapel, and in order to provide extra accommodation, a temporary flooring had been constructed above the ground floor, th* bazaar being crowded. The visitors numbered 3CO ; when the flooring suddenly collapsed, precipitating those who were above ground, and bringing down the whole underneath. A fearful scene followed. The air was filled with the screams of the wounded and dying. The neighbors assembled at the spot to render all possible assistance, but it was some time before the survivors could be extricated from the ruins, and the dead bodies be collected together.

Tho riots at Warsaw, which originated in the loss of life through a panic in one of the churches owing to the conduct of a Jewish pickpocket, have become general. Houses and shops have been pillaged by the rioters, and numbers of persons have boon robbed and insulted. The military had to be called upon to suppress tho outbreak, which they did with some difficulty. Six hundred rioters have been arrested and imprisoned. A proposal is made to curtail the duration of the judicial vacations, and is strongly opposed by the judges. They contend that the largo amount of work which they have to got through during the year renders it absolutely necessary that they should have a reasonably long period of holiday. An extraordinary and fatal accident happened to a steamer lying in York River, State of Maine. A terrific explosion suddenly occurred, which killed twenty persons who were on board at the time. The cause of the catastrophe is not yet ascertained. A serious riot broke out at one of tho theatres in Cork. The audience was seized with a panic, and made a desperate rush for the doors. In tbe struggle to escape a number of persons were trampled to death, and others were seriously injured. The recent terrible catastrophe of the Ring Theatre in Vienna has excited wide-spread sympathy, and subscriptions to the fund for the relief of the relatives of those who perished on that occasion have come in handsomely. In Vienna alone the sum of 1,009,000 florins has been subscribed.

In fulfilment of the fiscal policy established by Bismarck, under which Hamburg, formerly a free city, will be brought within scope of the highly protective tariff of Germany, the German Government have placed upon the river Elbe twelve cutters for the purpose of collecting the revenue and preventing any attempts at smuggling. The United States Congress has now under consideration the question of tbe control of the Panama Canal, which was claimed by Mr Blain, the late Secretary of State, as belonging solely to the United States. The subject is exciting great interest. Arrangements are being made for the construction of new harbor works at Montreal, which are much required, owing to the great increase of shipping at that port. It is proposed to establish a syndicate, with a capital of £4,500,0C0, by whom these improvements will be undertaken. The scheme is receiving warm support, and ia likely to be carried out.

The line of railway completing more direct communication between San Francisco and New Orleans, and greatly shortening the distance between these two important seaports, has been opened. Serious riots have broken out among the negroes of Carolina. The police attempted to suppress the outbreak and arrest the rioters, but were met with obstinate resistance. In the course of the struggle two constables were killed. The police force being deemed insufficient, tbe United States Government has despatched troops to the spot to put an end to the disturbance. The Nihilists of Bussia have issued a manifesto, in which they appeal for assistance from all who desire to free the country from its present tyrannical Government, and establish political liberty throughout the empire. A telegram just received from Ireland states that with a view of checking the spread of disaffection and disturbance in Ireland, the Government has decided upon the suppression of all newspapers that encourage seditious conduct. Immediate steps will be taken to give effect to this decision. Bennett, of the “New York Herald,” is at present at St. Petersburg, where he is engaged in organising a new expedition to the Arctic regions.. Consequent upon the great number of immigrants to America, smallpox has increased to an alarming extent in the United States. With the view of preventing its spread across the continent to tbe Western States, it is proposed that a system of quarantine should be established for their protection. Several emigrant steamers from Europe to America are missing, and it is feared that they have perished during the recent violent storms that have been raging in the Atlantic. The total number of immigrants who arrived at the United States during the year 1881 was 440,000. Some disturbances have taken place in connection with the ceremonies upon the installation of Guitnowan Caroda. The Sepoys refused to share the sports which were held in celebration of the event, and riots ensued which were suppressed with some difficulty. It is the intention of the authorities to abolish the prison of Newgate in the city of London and distribute the prisoners among the other gaols. These arrangements are now in progress and the prison will shortly be cleared.