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LATE CABLE NEWS.

[By Thlhghaph.] [Per b.b. Te Anau, at the Bluff.] 11 [“ agb’’ specials,] P Murderous outrages against the Jew* in it Russia and Germany are still occurring. The !• house of a Jewish family at Zinnowitz was k attacked and all the membera of the family, r Jv, ree D ? m^er » brutally murdered. Mr • Gladstone, in answer to several petitions that (' B ave been sent to him by British sympathisers, has announced that it is not hie intention to take any action on behalf of the Jew* at present undergoing severe persecution in Russia and Germany. A plot has been discovered to assaseiuata King George of Greece, brother of the Princess of Wales, during his visit to Corfu, one of the lonian Isles, amongst which he has lately keen travelling. The chief conspirators and several suspected persons have been arrested. Great rejoicings were manifested in Berlin when the news arrived of the downfall of Gambetta sad his Government, His hostile attitude towards Germany since the war of 185 D-71 has caused him to bo regarded as a dangerous enemy to the Empire. The Dutch Government, following in the footsteps of the English, have refused to agree to the terms of the commercial treaty between Holland and France. The reductions proposed by the lattor in the duties- levied on the import of Dutch goods is so inconsiderable that' the treaty has been peremptorily rejected. During the last few days 120 bouses in Ireland have been searched for concealed arms, and in Galway alons twenty arrests of suspects have been made. Serious inconvenience is being felt through. 1 out the suburbs of London owing to all the | men connected with the tramways having I struck for higher wages. ! The “United Ireland” newspaper, which ) Iwaa recently suppressed by the Government, I has been transferred to Paris, where it will | henceforth be published. The movement recently discovered at Oabul to dethrone the Ameer, Abdul Rahman, and place Ayoub Khan on the throne, has been rigorously suppressed by the Ameer, who has 1 dealt severely with all persons suspected of i being concerned in the conspiracy. [“Argue” Specials.] LONDON, January 23. AH the shares have been allotted in the Hawkins’ Hill Gold Mining Company, New South ■ Wales, which was recently started in London ] with a capital of £IOO,OOO. ( Great success has attended the floating of the ITew Zealand Grain Agency Company, ] with a capital of £1,060,000. Applications ’ for shares have been received in excess of the ] capital to be subscribed. A large private dynamite store in Limerick has been entered and plundered of its contents. Two persons have been tried at Cork j assizes for being connected with “Captain r Moonlight ” andghis band, and for being con- : cerned in outrages perpetrated on the >■ tenantry of the Earl of Cork. They were ) each sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment, j Daring the conrse of the trial a man named . Connell—a prisoner on a similar charge— 1 gave evidence testifying that instructions and money for carrying out the outrages were received from Dublin. The Egyptian Assembly of Notables have nominated a committee to confer with 1 members of the Ministry on the subject of the budget and the general condition of the finances of the country. By tho- adoption of this course it is hoped that the impending crisis may be averted. January 24. A memorial has been prepared in London for presentation to the Emperor of Russia on v the subject of the outrages to which the Jews of Warsaw were recently subjected. It is signed I by Baron do Rothschild, Consul-General for t the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and other influential personages, bnt Prince Lobanofi, the Russian Ambassador in London, has declined , to forward it to his Imperial Majesty. * A bookseller hat been arrested in London for having stolen Cooper’s well-known painting “Monarch of the Meadows.” This painting was purchased by Alloroft, Lancaster Gate, London, and during the fire at that gentleman’s premises some months ago it was out from its frame and carried off. Speaking at a meeting of the Colonial Institute last night. Sir Bartle Frere advo- £ oated the policy of the Colonial Governments being allowed to deal with natives and native affairs untrammelled by interference on the . part of the Imperial authorities. The settlement on the London Stock Exchange, which commenced to-day, was looked forward to with considerable anxiety owing to ] tbe recent panic on the Paris Bourse and the ] depreciation of the value of several foreign stocks. Tbe settlement commenced steadily and terminated to-day, and only one large failure is announced as to the result of the { recent financial panic. s Sixteen persons have been arrested on sue- c pioion of being members of the Moonlight baud, and are accused of being the authors of the outrages on the Earl of Cork’s tenantry. They wore tried at the Cork assizes, found J guilty, and sentenced to various terms of ( imprisonment. The Turkish Government have entered into a guarantee by which they pledge themselves to pay an annual instalment of 10,009,000 ( francs towards the war indemnity due to | Russia. A naan named Skilling, whose wife is the keeper of a boarding school, has been committed for trial on a charge of having assaulted eight young girls who boarded at ' the school. 1 The Government have received intelligence 1 of an extensive and dangerous conspiracy in the Counties Clare and Limerick, Ireland. Prompt measures are being taken for its suppression. This conspiracy is of a serious character, and preparations are being made 1 for the despatch of more troops to the disaffected districts. Hanlan’s boat, in which he was to row against Boyd on the Thames for the Championship, has been completely destroyed at Putney. Sir Samuel Wilson has abandoned the petition he had intended to submit to the House of Commons against the return of the Solicitor-General for Derry. The Conservatives, it is said, purpose to place at Sir Samuel’s disposal the next seat left vacant for Bucks. Chili has accepted the intervention of the United States, and does not insist on the annexation of Peru. She demands, instead, an indemnity of 20 i 000,000dols, and the cession of the Tarapaca district. Earl Granville has intimated, in a despatch to the United States Government, that the British Government will uphold the ClaytonBulwer treaty, according to which works like the Panama Canal would be matters of European as well as American concern. Following this, it is announced that President Arthur has revoked the policy enunciated by Blaine, Secretary of State, treating the canal as a local matter, entirely within the control of the United States. Six failures upon the Stock Exchange have taken place. In one case, the amount of liabilities is £BO 000. Another failure has taken place in Dublin, and more are expected. A disastrous collision has occurred near Bow, a station on the North London and Suburban Railway. Five persons were killed and seven seriously injured. The police have arrested forty persons for interfering with and attacking hunting parties in Clare and Limerick.

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Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2447, 8 February 1882, Page 3

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LATE CABLE NEWS. Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2447, 8 February 1882, Page 3

LATE CABLE NEWS. Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2447, 8 February 1882, Page 3

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