LATE CABLE NEWS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LVI, Issue 6500, 27 December 1881, Page 4

LATE CABLE NEWS.

(for §Jh StagawooM* rll th# BIuS.) (Amos Uncut*.] ~~~WSDOS t Dae 15 M. Houston, too Irofflto Minister r**id»v •d Tunis, hoo prosecuted M. Boobfon, of the trdfomigmnl (m extrem# r»d i-*j loomti pubJlsbod i» Ftrith (or libel—Urm, falsely comaed bfaa to Ibo column* 9 ( v.. paper of hartaf ptowotod os outbreak 0 * boatlllllm ia Bcrlh Afrtoa from » cwru-t deelro to boaoSt hi* speculations on if* Bourn to Tunisian bond*. Tbe trial k«t«i for Ibroo days, and woe watched with »iu v ordinary Internet. . Iho trial. bowoetr, ... •olud to too ftC«|uiUftl of Bochofovt. Wh,. tbo dttltim mm oaaottaood, too *p*eUton !C Ooeui ftpolooded loudly. A peofetmd «r,*v torn boo aooa ertfttod, not oaly to to# e»ptui. bnUhfOßjthot* Vtoaoo. If. Bottotoa k** Um eoudoauMd to fifty too oxCo of too msium. Tbo BvMto Oorimmoot M* wlto too United ftfttoo, Qmtmmf ftad Frv,.-., toft IhMft Powers pvimftpily iatorceled in th* South SOM, lor too mmtioa of m Inom*. iboftl Cmri for to* control of tbo V»murr. Pooifto. Poedtof too eondmiou of si K h mnammentt to* ddadiuity will t»k* vj.-h. ttouoTpmftaitoiM fovtoo fmtettioo of Britijfj •übjoelo, md for Buuatftlricf • imt« ful supavtlsba ortr too tautual r»iM«an* cf whito and aadlro rsooo.

Ckmraealciitlosf hftfft bam ricbMf«d batwam too BSitiab osd Wtrach Gh**m~ with raapoet to too aftomlioo hj th* Iftltor of Batotaw, mo of lift Socfety !«ksd*. Tbo French Oororaatml ntynti ft deeir* io tetftto poaoaaatott of Ihftlmd, to order tlsatlhe praotlg* tA the BspoMe in too Sooth m*» m«y ad auffar. Britiah Oorerumeat rapliod that, if toot rmfdao th« Inmtj osdarwUoh to* Itousd two been ceded to Prsacft, oftto anal b* tftbao to Meoeo sol only that too totonela of th« Bnthh md» on pcotoetod* but lh*l too pladfe# gften to cftHvea to too group mm ntetwct«d. Xtol Biabcrlay cm toforaed the BM»I of Steal tost to* adminlctmkio of affairs eocsaeted with to*' Tncmal ho* bm anlnstod to Sir Baveulm Itobtojos, lli«ik OoaatiMtooes’ for South Africa. Tbs yoprsssßtatirso of 20 Brlltah Cable Ooutpftoks waltsd upos lari Orsimll#, Secretory of Stats fet fo*e%» After*, yeeterduy, m 4 ssquostod that Govcromant weald uk* atom to protoot ooem cftUas from e*nl«a or rnSUttl ifilsrltoftucft. It is ramoered that Mr Soorg* KnixgUto, awmb«r tor Cousty leMgfotd. who 1* twists* ltoat% has bsco sstreatod with a blwtos by to* British Oovsmmt to to* Ttoksa. The Bosm Ofttbelto Btahop of Sftllord hue ctoted that Mr Bnisgtoo hold* eceSdesttol taatrscttoos Cms tho Geransmat, abhoagh be » mt as acaredltod Mtoiator. It ia reported that Mooatgßor Jaeobial, Seeretorj of Affairs Eitruerdisary, being diaappoiotod at pcogsuaa of mgoftteiocs, has taucm tb« esattor iutobiaewQ band*, with • tiaw to toeOitstlsf *ettl#aeet. Tha balkMQ whkh drifted across the Boglito Obaaaftl co Saturday U*t ni •eta off Aldercey, toa taoct acvtherly of the Chmsei Island*. B.SJ. Doaiwr «*• deepatebed ia th« dcreetwm ia which the oallooß aoantad drjltlcg, tor the purpom of plddag up to« occupant* of the ear should ho abls to descend. The Uftabar baa txseo returned to her status ; her emtstaaderreports that the search forth* ballooe was frui&bss. The balkou hu line# bam aosa at Saatotsdsr, a sea port of Berth Spate. It was thee procoedisg m sc •aatoriy dJiwettoa. UtuUi Inlomdt tlia orgsa of the Irish Hat ice al land leafs#, bm bees artred by ardor of to* Goruramml. on account of the highly seditious ehancter of it* wr.Siar*. 1m staff of too journal hare beec arr atm.

TheUanjms of Lore#, Ooreroo r-G tcenl of the Canadian Domtmoo, hut ertzisf *J« disaed a BSStiag convened to !ie of the Vmhb'i Eaueratioc Swit; c! Ezghad. B» ptopowd that Cotta.stee* organiiMfl in Ragland *£eold be affiliated mith Otoroitiaw eetabiiahed ta Use Colons**, and that (ho two thsold work in unwoc, one eofitethiC sod deepMching tniiabl# etaifmatsto tbs CWoaml dependencse# of Use empire, sad the other watching n« the interest* of lauaigraate after their arrival. Tlm diipoeiiioe exhibited hj Mr Blaise, late Seewfe-ry of Stats for the Csited State*, to mtwfmr la the affaire of foreign cation*, » reeeoted by many Americas* a* an infringement el lha nateocai policy of neutrality abroad. The Bngiith Fhw denounce* lbs proposal .of Mr Blame to retire tbs Unlwer-Claytaß treaty, for th« purpose of giving tit* United States exclusive juradicticc ever the Panama canal Chilt reassert* her right to annex Pern. A clara dhow ha* bans captured at Zanzibar Saw captain waa made prisoner. The robber* «bo carried off £IO,OOO worth of jewellery from Brymkxoalt, the reat of Lord Hill Trevor, at Chirk, Denbighshire, hare sot been discovered. Two servant* who were arrested o& eaeakiaa of' being concerned In the robbery bare been discharged. With mud to the disappearance of Tie* coast Boyle, lieutenant is lha Frisco Cob* eort’e Own (Bite Brigade) from the gar-risen at Dahlia, it turns out that the viscount is merely absent without leare. A Petuaa (dot to destroy eons# of the public building* in Babin bee bees frustrated by the activity of the police, who have seised a Quantity of dynamite which wee concealed is the city. They aim Mired a number of ire* arms, and some documents which indicate the character of the plot, amt implicates some conspirators. Three pereoce 'have already been .arrested. Another plot to murder lha Gear, Alexander 111, hae Just been discovered. The phut proposed wee to blew up the Imperial Palace si Qstechins by rasas* a? a mine. A nomtser of oißeare of the Charade hare been arrested on euspjdkm.

fAo« SracuiA] LOBDOfT, Due. 15. Murders and other Crimea of violent are still of frequent occurrence in Ireland, and persons who refused to obey the orders of the UodWue.ro kept in estate of constant fear, la the County of Boseonmon a fanner has been shot few no other neaoo than paying bis wot. In spite of the vigorous efforts of Government to put them down, terrorism and inlimidarim are stiU widely resorted to by the land league and tie ageale in aU part* of Ireland. Placards have been discovered threatening death to aU who disobey the mandate* of the Land league, or ia way way submit to the established Qoreramssl. The police authorities are endeavouring to discover the agent* employed in distributing and posting these placards. In evidence of the strong sympathy entertained for Mr Parnell, now confined in Kilmalnham Gaol, a large number of tenant farmer* and labourers assembled on his estate at Wicklow, and performed tho necessary operation of ploughing. Over 3000 assembled to undertake the work, which was dons gratuitously. This action has occasioned considerable comment.

The greatest sympathy continues to he frit io Vienna for the fern dice of those who perished by the terrible cehutrophe in the Blog Theetre. A subscription Hat in aid of the sufferers he* been started io Vienne, to which ell 'stance ere contributing, the Em* jperor end Boyel Family heeding the list. The Emperor, who i* staying at Oodoilo, a •mall town about fifteen mile* from Peeih, the capital of Hosgery, which be usually tietU during the hunting Meson, has publicly expressed hi* sympathy with the sufferers by the eetestrophe. S« he* ordered a solemn requiem men to bo performed in memory of those who perished on that occasion. Public Indignation been n much excited el the lack of management displayed by the police mad fire brigade* at the fire that* movement he* been started to establish a Volunteer

Mr* Brigade on an efficient bade, and the mailer isbring taken op warmly. The Turcoman ehiera hare besought the Banian Oomoment, that they may be takes under the jproteriioa of the Osar. Their application hu boss favourably received, end mil he token into consideration immediately. The Telle Tmoomene, impressed by their dtfsel al Qeek Tape, and the continued

•ifißMif of lb® BoMbas, have ahaadwad Sforr, their pbdpal city, and now sue for P X Engltsb eleamar has been edited at hr tbs Turkbh authorities on •mpWoii of It# being milked for some wslariiwi purpose dtreelM against tbo Burl®. A largo natality of gunpowder wa# dk* co'pifoi onboard, and despite the denial of Hie captain and agent# that any wrongful act was blended, the vmnl has been detained, lie srektanoe of lie British AmbaaMslar he# iMO iarokwl. Amogeaente cm now Mug made for a vMthy iba Kbg of Italy to the Bmperor of Omnanyi which II is Mtfeiplid will ho made shortly. lie Manchester OiatthMr of dOttHMm#' baa pawed a mi«* of rosdulibas declaring Hat desirability of devatoplhg t»dt wtlh India, and stiwatly nt-ab® Government lo carry oal the abolition of the cotton dalles. A dcrirnctire lire occamd at Leeds, which, before it could he etliofoklied, destroyed a kp amount of property, lie damage S» eaumted at IU 00,000. Duo. 7.

Mr Birin* hue htm eeleelod ho deliver n panegyric on the deceased President before the B«Mfta of the United fiUMM. There have been revere storms on the coast of .Korth Attica. Algeria and Tunis partial* farlj have suffered sowely. A number of wrecks are reported, accompanied by con* ridenabk loss of life. It ie officially announced .that there has Wa a narked dwsreao* of crime In Italy during !a»t year. Government has tn cone** queue* derided to redeco the number of the amUoolomo, which has hitherto been vary A deputation Ins wasted m ' the Home Secretary to request a mitigation of the •over* oentenot passed 'em prisoners convicted iwoenUy of bribery in ©wneotioo with the ekorioas held at Macclesfield and Sandwich. It««»urged that the of enoo was one which hitherto had cot been regarded a* of eeheltt* me adtot»o{ar,*Bd that as they had already enfered heavy punishmeet they might now be lateaMd. In reply, Sir W. ?. Harcoturt refused to accede to tha application, pointing eel that it wae absolutely MOMHuy to pro* •wv* tho purity of rieritoaa. Owing to. .the moot neUrily displayed asaongihaNihiliite,theßussian police have been m the alert end numerous amots of eoapccted persons have.been made la St Fricrahcaf. During the last lew days, 800 Nihilists feave brim (nested, who, it is behoved, were engaged is a plot against the life ot the o**r. A very heavy gala la# passed over London, which did a eaottderahla amount of damage. 6mnl lives were bet. The lek*d ot Ohio*, of the west coast of A.«* Mmor, which baa daring tho last few months ban too mma ot great volcanic distorbaacea. appears now to be gradually emMnf, and it I*. feared that the whole Island will 'be ouhmsrgod. Some lose of life has been caused In Algeria, through the banting of a dam, §4 persona bring drowned in the torrent.