Condensed Cablegrams.

Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue 269, 24 May 1889, Page 2

Condensed Cablegrams.

LONDON. Sir "William Jervois, ex Governor of New Zealand, has arrived in London. It is stated that he mil shortly toe appointed to superintend some important military engineering works. Henri Eochefort, the Frenchpolitical refugee, who is at present visiting London in company with General Boulanger, has been arrested for attempting to shoot Pilotel, an artist, in Regent street. It is asserted that the latter first assaulted Eochefort. General Boulanger offered bail for Eochefort upon his arrest tut the offer was declined by the police. Henri Eochefort, arrested for attempted shooting, was bailed out by Frank Harris, editor of the Fortnightly Eeview. Henri Eochefort asserted during the hearing of the charge against him that his object was merely to frighten Pilotel, the artist, whom he had been charged with attempting to shoot, and the revolver he presented at him was enclosed in a leather case. He was bound over to keep the peace for six month 3. All the gamblers arrested at Park Place have been discharged. The Club owner was lined £500, and the other officials in similar sums. No penalties were inflicted on the visitors charged with baccarat playing. The Times paid forty shillings into Court in satisfaction of the claim brought by Mr Pavnell. The motion tabled by Mr H. Labouchere injthe House of Commons, in the direction of abolishing the House of Lords, has been rejected by a majority of 41. It is intended to hold a grand military review at .-\ldershot durin g the visit of the Emperor of Germany to England. The medical gentlemen "who performed the autopsy of the late Irving Bishop, the thought-reader, have been arrested on a charge that the body was dissected contrary to the provisions of his will. Bail was allowed. The Marquis of Salisbury has forcibly expressed himself in favour of a British protectorate over Matabeleland, and considers that by the Zambesie Kiver an international highway and permanent entrance has been discovered outside of the Portugese territory The informant who laid the oharge against Lord Mandeville, son of the Duke of Manchester, for obtaining the sum of L IBSO by means of false pretences, refuses to offer any evidence in the case, but the magistrate who heard the preliminary stage insists on the charge being proceeded with, and has iustru ctes the public prosecutor to take action.