NEWS BY CABLE.

Manawatu Herald, 26 July 1881, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

_ * (reuter's telegrams). London, July 20. In the House of Cpnypona -today, #»c postponed clauses of the Trifch* Land Bill i * were passed through committee after de* bate. The Bill was. reported to the House with amendments, ancLthe. third reading fixed for next Otting; 1 l • ' ' [MM .W In the course of today's sitting, the appointments to the Irish- Land Commission were approved by the House of Commons, without opposition.' - ' > f ■■•" f -J -**■■„ ".«» ,'*■! \I r f •*, July 21. j Australian and New Ze^an^L bre^dstaffii ~* : , and Australian tallow are without qnot- " : able change., A fair r demand exirts for most descriptions of A'ustralf if* Wdefc*- -«« Sii A strong movement is being made to organise a public banquet to' < V&6 triekriber* '-.-.' -a of the Cabinet, as an expression of gratitude of the Liberals at Government. The Daily News today publish** a' tele-' aI gram from Lahore announcing that Ayoub rKhan's troops have inflicted a'tffefa§t'*tf|»n '• ' the Ameer's outposts in Candahar. Paris, July 20. Telegrams are to hand from Tunis, an*, nouncing' that numerous deeerHbriii in* /. taking place from the Tunisian army, ow* ing to a strong feeling among the troops of sympathy with the rising fojtfjj&ft.Arab**^. Bbw§a^ July 2?. r Three children, living in South tt\B6&DK), l ■** were examined by doctors yesterday,' with the object of ascertaining Whether they are suffering from -small-pox. The doctors believe they are attacked with that disease, but are unable yet to decide definitely. -■' ■ ■ * -•'(Later. The doctors have decided today that the malady from which the three Children J» : ,*. South Brisbane are suffering ie small-pox, and the authorities have, . therefore,; oc^nn % sidered it advisable to place them iii quarantine. Every possible precaution is being taken to prevent the spread of the disease. ; Capetown, July 22. Nowa is to hand from Pretoria that the Royal Commission appointed to undertake a settlement ' 6f affaiVa in the 4fi*navaal, which has been sitting since May, has concluded its labors. A draft convention has been arranged with the Boer leaders, pro viding for the retrocession of the whole o

tHe Transvaal to the Boers, subject tothe suzerain rights of Great Britain. The convention moreover provides for the recognition of olaims on the part of British snbJ'eets in the Transvaal for compensation for oases during the late war to the extent of £500,000. The newß to hand further states that the Volksraad will be forthwith elected, and will meet without delay for the pnrpose of ratifying the convention. Sydney, July 22. The exact date cf departure of the detaohed squadron for Auckland is now rendered uncertain, owing to the serious illnesa of Admiral the Right Hon. the Earl Clanwilliam, who wa« today attacked with severe fainting fits. His lordship has since recovered consciousness. JIEmoUKNE, Jujy 22. • Judgment in the JFerrett prosecution wasdelivored to-day. Henderson, the reputed owner, and Wallace, the purser, have eaoh been sentenced to seven yearß' imprisonment, and Wright, the captain, to three and n-hali years Brisbane, July 22. After further examination of the three children residing in South Brisbane, the doctors pronounce their cases net to be small-pox* The house, however, in which the children live is isolated until ali doubt ai to the nature of the disease is removed. London, July 22. Ifc having definitely transpired that the report received oc the Bth thafc the sentenoe of death passed upon Midhat Pasha for complicity in the murder of the Sultan Abdul Azia, has been commuted to -banishment to Arabia — was incorrect, and that the death sentenoe is to be carried out, the British Government has sent a communication to the Earl of Dufferin, the Ambassador at Constantinople, instructing hira to intercede with the Porte on behalf of Mid hat, and to urge a commutation of tho sentence of death. In the action Clarke versus Bradlaugh, to recover penalties from the latter for sitting, and voting in tha House of Commons without first taking the oath, a verdict 6has now been finally returned for the plaintiff;' :■■■ July 21. Admiral the Earl of Clanwilliam is i'6w better The squadron will not, however, leave for Auokland before Tuesday next, and it| departure may probably be further postponed to allow timo for the Bacchante to come on from Melbourne to join. Cape Town, July 23. Telegrams are to hand from Pretoria in Transvaal announcing that since conclusion of drafts convention by JRoyal Commission a hitch has occurred in further negotiations which have beer opened between the Commissioners and the Boer leaders. The diffioulty, it is feared, may delay thd Transvaal settlement. JNews is also' to hand from Pretoria that the trial has been concluded of tbe Boers who were arrested and charged with the murder oi Captain Elliot, a British officer, while he was unarmed and a prisoner of war on pirole during the war. The jury, which was composed of Dutch residents, has returned a verdict of not guilty, and the prisoners **ye beeh released. . > j Washinotom, July 23. President Garfield has suffered a temporary relapße. -„.-■ July 24. News of a relapse suffered by President Garfield his created renewed anxiety throughout the States. - - i . i ' '■

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