CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 136, 16 May 1883, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

THE POPE AND THE IRISH. REBELLION. - : GERMANY AND MADAGASCAR. SIR HERCULES ROBINSON. i[R BRADLAIIGH AIST) THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. : ;.:.:, SHIPPING. ADJOURNMENT OF PARLIA- .-..,. ; ; :u (MENT.,, .1,1 THE TIMES AND THE MINISTRY. '■■■■'■"■" A NEW BARONET. DUBLIN TRIALS. DOUBLING . THE, . SUEZ CANAL. DEFEAT OF EL M^mDl. ' - THE FISHERIES EXHIBITION. ' (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH— COPYRI&HT.) (SPECIAL TO UNITED PBESS^ASSpCUTIdN^ London, May 14-,: Intelligence is to hand from the West Coast of "Africa that De Brazza landed with a laijge party at Gaboon on the 21st April. Stanley has not y«t made a move with his party. : _, The Pope condemns the collection of money to farther the ends of rebellion in Ireland. ; ; Germany has concluded a commercial treaty with Madagascar. ; : Sir Hercules Robinson has arrived in England from the Cape. Mr B'^adlaugh denounces the House of Commons as guilty of treason to the Constitution. . . Per Merchant Shipping and Underwriters' Association :— Amye£r>-Shipß Blitz, from Port Chalmers (January 29); Waitara, from Wellington (Feb. 17); Coromaudel, from Napier (January 27). Parliament has been adjourned "until the 21st instant. „ The Times complains strongly of the Gladstone Ministry pandering to the crotchets of varions. sections of his supporters instead of boldly pursuing a national policy; The lories are jubilant/ f= - : r Mr William Chambers, thewell-known publisher of Edinburgh, has been crested a baronet. The brother, of Joseph Brady has been . committed for trial. Counsel consulted by the Khedive, in view of the agitation for the duplication of the Suez Canal j report that the concession granted to Baron de Lesseps confers upon him an exclusive right. . , .-, . ::: ; ; •:■ • ■ :,:. : . His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales attended the banquet of the Fishmongers' Company, and in his speech expressed regret that the destruction of the Garden Palace by fire had destroyed half the Sydney exhibits. El Mehdi has been badly defeated at Gebaline. A Hygienic Exhibition has been opened at Berlin. The opening of the Fisheries Exhibition in London was a brilliant affair, although it rained steadily throughout. The decorations were profuse and effeo tive. The whole of the Royal Family, except the Queen, were present, as well as the members of the Cabinet, Foreign Embassies, and Colonial Commissioners; There were numbers of foreign fishing girls present, dressed in their national costumes; and hundreds of British fishermen were admitted after the grand .procession through the courts. The Duke of Richmond delivered an address. His Royal Highness the Prince of ;Wales formally opened the Exhibition, promising to read a paper by His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh before the Fisheries Congress. The collection in the Exhibition is very complete in all respects, and there is an unequalled display of life»saving apparatus. The Canadian is the best colonial court. The British,Swe<2ish, and Dutch Courts are also excellent. . : ; i . : . ■ Berlin, May 14. M, Waddington is now in this city, en route for Moscow. He is emnowered by his Government to assure Germany of the perfect amity of France.