LATE CABLE NEWS.

Kumara Times, Issue 1124, 6 May 1880, Page 2

LATE CABLE NEWS.

The following Cable Messages appeal in the Melbourne papers brought by the Rotomahana, and telegraphed from the Bluff:—

London, April 20. There is a split in the camp of Home Rulers, the followers of Mr Parnell being dissatisfied with his moderation. They are, however, but a. small section of the party. The Irish Nation newspaper identifies itself with the extreme party, and in consequence of a violent article in a recent issue, the proprietor—Mr Arthur M. Sullivan—has been served with a writ for libel by Mr Philip Callan, the member for Dundalk, a well-known Home Ruler. The members of Lord Beaconsfield administratian, with the exception of the Prime Minister, were received by the Queen at Windsor to-day, when the official leave-taking took place,, and their seals of office were delivered up. Her Majesty thanking the retiring Ministers for their services.

An appeal made to the Superior Court in San Francisco against the sentence passed on Dennis Kearney, for using seditious language, has been dismissed. Kearney, who was liberated on bail during the interim, has been re-arrested and committed to prison for the period of his sentence—six months. He is also required to pay a fine of a thousand dollars, imposed by Judge Rex.

April 22. Sir Henry Bulwer, Lieut.-Governor of Natal, succeeds Major Strachan at the Windward Islands.

Sir Charles Gavin Duffy, late Speaker of the Yictorian Assembly, has arrived in Paris en route for London. He is said to have declined an invitation on the part of several Irish constituencies to stand at the late general elections. April 21. Sir Garnet Welseley has been directed to return to England forthwith. The Royal Geographical Society have awarded gold medals to Mr Ernest Giles, the Australian explorer, and Lieutenant Palander.

The news that Bang Theebaw had caused 700 men, women, and children to be burned alive as an expiatory sacrifice to the deities, with the view of averting an outbreak of small pox, is denied. • ApriTiJS. Mr Childers has renewed the proposal that a Commission should take charge of the British Court at the Melbourne International Exhibition. It is believed that the New Government will arrange the matter.

April 24. The Bight Hon. B. Lowe, who filled

Tsuccessfully the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer and Home Secretary in the last Liberal Cabinet, is to be raised to the Peerage. The Porte is dismissing the English Inspectors of gendarmes who were appointed during and after the late war. The delay of the Turkish Government in ceding Gusinje in Albania to Montenegro, under the provisions of the treaty of Berlin, threatens to lead to serious complications. The Prince of Montenegro has ordered his troops to march upon the town and occupy it by force, if necessary. The Inhabitants, many of whom are Mahomedans, have united in resisting the invading force, and already several sharp encounters have taken place between the Montenegrin troops and the Albanians. April 25. The Princess Frederick Sophia Marie of Hanover, eldest daughter of H.R.H. the Duke of Cumberland, has been married at Windsor Castle to Mr Hammington, her father’s Secretary. The Royal family of Hanover, and the Prince and Princess of Wales were not present at the ceremony. April 26.

It it stated that the revenue of the Indian Government was over-estimated by three millions for election purposes.

Russia insists on the execution of the assassinators of Colonel Corameraoff, who was fired at and killed in the streets of Pera on Feb. 19th last. The Standard believes that the exclusion of the Radical element from the new Ministry will render Mr Gladstone’s course in the House of Commons a difficult one.

Her Majesty hesitated to send for Mr Gladstone to form a new administration, but yielded to the persuasions of Lord ■HartingLon and Earl Granville.