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Lyell Times and Central Buller Gazette, Volume V, Issue 224, 30 May 1885, Page 2

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

■ - London, ALCV 12. • | The " Times " this states that r f chs affrettucu'u entered into between 'i . T ;. Great Britain and liussia is only & trace, f ami for the purpose of allowing both f nations to complete their prapiratiofts, I , r j la ilia House of Commons last uight. , | the Marquis of Marti ngton denied thai ■ j General Lumpen had been recalled from • the Afghan frontier, and at tlie dictation ! I of the Russian authorities. ' j May 18 I Louis Kiel, leader oi ilie rebellion in :• | north-west Canada, and who was captured >1 by the Canadian troops under General ' j MMdlaton, is to be tried by a civil : J court, ' | Mr Gladstone, in the course of a speech j| m the House of Commons, referred to : i fcli« early close of his political career. ; j Russia claims to be peroQitfcecl so

a diplomatic agent at Calm]. [im'v'.L..« v -a!s stationed m tne vicmatv of the Afghan frontier, are insisting noon t-he retention of toe Zuliiikar Pass. May '2O. Ihe j vnicer of Afghanistan is > j depressed State, and s*«ms disno<'d io buy oO* iiwm <. Onus, has } thrje «>f tlis IV.- icm demands contained in tin p..: t r a treaty. ijf. l VLXiN, -vl::r lii. Glad-none informed the H.<:wi m d:;v i tbat negotiations had cavr e ] on wuh ! the Sublime Pony for the Turkish oaeunaI fciou of Souakim, but that no nower had bet?ii invited to oe.-.-upv that place. iSio •' Standard " m-day, fevrinx to the Aft:'.inn question, skites several now claims have been advmieftd bv ivnssia , to points in thn dispmod territory. In tun House of Commons to-diy tl>*» | Marquis, of Harfcington, Secretary oi Stats I for the War Department, annormee 1 i i reply to a quostion that Her Majesty's Government did not deem it desirable :itthe present juncture to explain the reasons why the Guards had been detained a t Alexandna to await orders. Hartington added that they were massing the troops recently employed in the Sou 1 m with a view to their being available for service eLo where. May 2*2. The " Standard " states that Russia claims Geruk, a town about 110 miles trom Penjdeh, in a north-easterly direction. She also objects to England fortifying Herat, and requires that the Afghan frontier shall remain unfortified. The Ameer has sent a heavy battery of artillery to Herat. The Committee appointed for the purpose of impeaching M. Jules Ferry, exFrench Premier, have declined to do so. M:) y '2B. The temporary dissension winch existed in the Cabinet in regard to Irish Legislation has been smoothed over. Sir Chas, Dilke and the Hon. Joseph Chamberlain insisting on the renewal oi the Prevention of Crimes Act m irtiand tor one year only. May 25. General Sir Don air] Stewart has arrived at Herat and met with a warm welcome from the natives. ; The: members of the Boundary Commission now quartered at the Hill-; -jr. j - V. . | iioiL-i ileiat are ocean e.i surviving tue I Mirioanding districts. f | May _!,{>. ! P-ie fleet ot ironclacis which has been I ' *) "». | assei n i)led at Porlkn 1, un In' the co-u• i mand of Admiral Hortibv, will start : n- ' meuiaUly i@r a cruiss o.[ the iaash (!;•. j The cruise is &ael to be un lertaken for | the oi'ject oi elaborating a numoer oi j naval manoeuvres for futrnv use. I | V,.., o > X 1,1 i! ) JiJj. iCior Hugo Ins wcii-iiHo.vn author,. died to-day, aged 83. I * j Berlin, May 22. j Earl Roaebery arrived here to-day from .j London on a visit.

them. Tli© habit, is of goo i ;•.? \ :r i moral man, depend upon it. Our education makes of us the most eminently selfish men in the world. We fight- for ourselves, we push for ourselves, we yawn for ourselves, we light •« *i;• pipo.v and say we don't go out; we prfffar ourselves and our ease; and the greatest good that comes to a man from a woman's society is, that he has to think of Homebody to whom lift is bound to be constantly attentive and respectful. [Continuation of News see 4'h T^npfo.!