CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 21 March 1891, Page 2

CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS

+_ London. The Anchor Line steamer Utopia, 2715 tons, bound from Genoa to New York with 850 passengers on board, chiefly Italian emigrants, collided with the British ironclads, Anson and Rodney, anchored off Gibralter. The Anson's ram tote a hole in her 80 feet wide, and the Utopia sank in ten minutes. Five hundred and seventy lives were losj;,* The boaf- ofthe Channel Squadron rescued many. In the confusion, «. launch belonging to the Immort&nre was smashed, and several Englishmen were drowned. The electric lights of the warships enabled scores to be rescued during the night, and a Swedish corvette also saved many. Further particulars received from Gibralter state that a strong current was running at the spot where the warships were lying, and swept the ill-fated Utopia right across the Anson's bows. A fierce gale was also raging at the time, and the gallant efforts made by the British sailors to save the lives of those who were struggling in the water are said to have been such as have rarely been witnessed before. Mr Parnell addressed a meeting at Cork which was attended by over 50,000 people, and was received with great enthusiasm. At a banquet held by those who have seceded from Mr Parnell's leadership, Mr Justin McCarthy presided. Cardinal Manning wrote to the chairman expressing his agreement with the action taken by the Irish Bishops relative to affairs in Ireland. Referring to Home Rule, Mr Gladstone, in his speech at Hastings, said his views on the subject had not undergone any change. Mr Maurice Healey, M.P. for Cork City has accepted Mr Parnell's challenge, and they both resign their seats for Cork City, and seek re-elec-tion for that electorate. The South African Company deny that the steamer Countess of Carnarvon, which was seized by Portuguese authorities while ascending Limpopo river, had contraband goods on board.