LATE CABLE NEWS.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2469, 6 March 1882, Page 3

LATE CABLE NEWS.

fßi Telegraph.] [Per M. Eingarooma, at the Bluff.J ["age" specials. 1 LONDON, February 23. A question will be raised in the House of Commons as to whether Davitt, who has just been elected for Meatb, in succession to Sullivan, can be allowed to take his seat in Parliament. Mr Gladstone has given notioe of his intention to move that Davitt, having been convicted of tieaion and felony, is ineligible for a seat in the Legislature. The same point was upheld in the oase of O'Donovan Rossa, who though eleoted was not allowed to sit. The Irish members are highly indignant at the aotion proposed to be taken, and intend to raise a long debate about the motion. A small committee has been appointed to examine the precedent for the purpose of showing that the return of persons similarly situated has been heretofore reoognised. Sir 0. Dilke, Under Seoretary of State, has again visited Paris for the purpose of conferring with M. Tirard, the new Frenoh Minister of Commerce, in order to ascertain whether, on the re-opening of negotiations for a renewal of the commercial treaty, there was any hope of arriving at a suooessful issue. After conferring with M. Tirard, Sir 0. Dilke was unable to obtain any satisfactory assurance, and it has now been definitely accepted that the treaty will be allowed to lapse. Arrangementi have been made that Great Britain will come in under the " most favored nation" prinoiple. The new order of things will come into operation on May 15th. The United States have offered to weloomo the Bussian Jews who are fleeing from the atrocious outrages inflicted upon them in their own country and have sought refuge there. Free grants of land have been offered to those desirous of settling, and every effort has been made to relieve their miserablo condition. The United States Congress has voted a sum of 60,000d01. (about £I2,OCD) to defray the fees charged by the medical men to President G»rfield during his last illness. The Egyptian Government has issued an order abolishing the regulations which were considered neoessary to prevent the introduction of cholera which had been rife at Aden and Arabia. The epidemic has now subsided, and extreme precautions are no longer considered necessary.

February 24.

Another outrage of a horrible character ha* been committed in Ireland. A band of miscreants broke into the house of a tenant who had been paying hi» rent, and dragging the unfortunate man out of his bed deliberately shot him dead. They then took an infant from its cradle where it was sleeping and dashed itß brain out. In oonsrquenoe of the hostility shown by a number of natives in Basutoland to the terms Sir Hercules Robinson awarded, the Government intends taking steps to _ punish those chiefly concerned in the opposition, and measures will be immediately taken to confiscate their territory. It has been decided to hold a conference at Hague during the summer for the purpose of devising means to put a stop to the infamous traffic in young girls from England and elsewhere, who are decoyed over to Belgium and other parts of the Continent for immoral purposes. Representatives are invited to attend from the chief European countries. A sudden explosion ooourred at the railway sheds at Berlin, causing a considerable amount of damage. It was discovered that an infernal maohino had been placed there, which had burst. The police are endeavoring to discover the perpetrators of the deed. The United States Congress has voted a pension of 10,000 dollars (£2000) to General Grant, on account of his "distinguished eervioes to the nation during the oivil war. The Austrian Govemmant has decided to prosec. tJ officials of the Ring Theatre at Vienna for gross neglect in not having proper arrangements, whereby the fearful loss of life which was occasioned on December Bth last, when the Theatre took fire, might have been obviated. Eight officials have been indicted and will shortly be tried. The feeling is still very general throughout Europe that war will break oat before long, and military preparations continue to be made by nearly all the Powers. The kingdom of Roumania is making great efforts to inorease its armaments, with the evident intention of taking part in the approaching struggle. Th fl Russian Government has prohibited all public discussion as to its policy at the present junoture, and the press has been warned to abstain from all criticism on the actions of the Government. Any violation of this prohibition will be rigorously dealt with. The present situation of the Pope at Rome continues to be the subjeot of general discussion. Negotiations are still on foot among the ohief European Powers, with the object of providing his Holiness with another place of residence, should his position at Rome oompel him to abandon that city. It has been suggested that Quebeo would be suitable for the purpose, and the proposal is being seriously entertained.