CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS,

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 20 October 1891, Page 2

CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS,

London. Pere Hyncinthe has become a convert to Theosophy. The crankshatt of the Parramatta's frozen meat chamber has broken down in the Red Sea, and^ifc is feared all the mutton on board must have been destroyed. Mr * Gutteridge, a Radical, will oppose the son of the late Right Hon W. H. Smith for the Strand seat. It the Salonica route is adopted as an alternative route for the Indian and Australian mails, the English Postal Department will insist on a saving of time and cost and transit, and expects the service to carry the mails at cost price. The Hon E. Stanhope, Secretary of State for War, speaking at >pilsley, deplored Mr Gladstone's reckless references to Egypt. British troops, however, would remain there till their mission was accomplished. John Pevoy, editor of the Irish World, expresses sympathy with Mr Parnell, and dec'ares the interference of the priests in Irish politics must be stopped. The Irish League of Great Britain urges the Irish people to force the bishops and priests to retire from politics. The death of Mr Parnell has been a deep personal blow to Mr Gladstone. Mrs Parnell is seriously ill. The new Paruellite organ is to be known as the Irish Daily Independent, and its evening edition as the Evening Herald. The St James Gazette says that the movements of the Russian expedition to the Pamir Plateau are taking place upon Afghan and Chinese territory. England and China will probably take joint action in the matter. A Commission consisting ol delegates from four countries interested in the Pamir Plateau, Central Asia, will probably proceed there lor the purposes of delineating the various spheres. St Stephen's Review says Mr Balfour has accepted the leadership of the House of Commons, Mr de Cobain, M.P., who is wanted on a criminal charge, is seriously ill. The Privy Council has had laid fully before it the Imperial Act under which the conviction of the Rev Dr McLeod in Sydney, on which he was sentenced to three years' imprisonment for bigamy was quashed, and the Council expresses the opinion that no jurisdiction lies where bigamy was committed in a foreign country. The Methodist Conference at New York, closed its sittings on Friday consequent on continued disorder arising out of offensive remarks of Mr H. J. Atkinson, M.P. for Hoston, England. Mr Atkinson is the mem- J ber who, shortly before prorogation of British Parliament, was suspended for a week for disrespect to the Speaker. The Economist advises the Premier

jf New Zealand to exchange New Plymouth bonds for New Zealand 4 per cents, which are cheap. The Taranaki Iron and Petroleum Company, with a capital of £125,000, has been registered. * ■■46 The Imperial are awaiting a reporJFfrom Captain Younghusband before coming to any | ' decision as to the action they will take with regard to the delimitation of the Pamir Plateau. The Chinese Government fear that Russia is trying to advance on the frontier at Kashgar, and some un~ easiness is occasioned, The expulsion of Jews from the southern distriots of Russia has been , stopped, ' The Sultan is hurrying on further ". fortification of the Dardanelles, V ' Mr Tim Healy, M.P., threatens to make startling disclosures in reference to the conference at Boulogne between Messrs Parnell and O'Brien. Mr O'Brien, in a letter to the Freeman's 1 Journal, says that at the Boulogne conference the Parneliiteß consented at first to Mr Dillon, and afterwards to himself, taking the leadership of the Party. He publishes a letter of thanks from Mr Parnell for the manner in whioh he had carried on the negotiations on the subject. Mr T. Harrington, Secretary of the Irish National Land League, challenges Mr W. O'Brien to produce the documents confirming the statements contained in a letter to the Freeman's Journal as to what took place at the Boulogne Conference respecting the leadership of the Irish Party.