NEWS BY CABLE.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5347, 17 May 1878, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

(REUTER'S SPECIAL TO PRESS AGENCYJ London, May 11. The lock-out in Lancashire is extending, and a settlement is at present unlikely; Pams, May 11. The British Ambassador has assured the French Government that England will do nothing in the matter of the Suez Canal without the accord of the French Government. . Berlin, May 11. The Russian Ambassador at London visited Prince Bismarck, and then proceeded to St. Petersburg. Athens, May 11. After desperate fighting in Thessaly and Epirus, an armistice has been arranged with the insurgents. Capetown (undated). The Kaffir rising is extending. London (undated). The Allan, Sardinian steamer, bound to Montreal, was burned by an explosion of coal gas off Mobille. 450 passengers were on board ; three were lulled, and forty injured. SPECIAL TELEGRAM. London (undated). Viscount Sandon joins the Cabinet. Bismarck is rspbrtod to have urged on Sohouvaloff, during his late visit, the necessity of peace both for Russia itself and for Europe. Admiral De Horsey, commander of the Pacific station, arrived at Panama in H.M.S. Shah, to watch the movements of suspected vessels. The negotiations between the Vatican and England, to establish diplomatic relations, have been suspended, from failure to agree upon:a basis.. There has been serious rioting at Darwen,in Lancashire. Blood was shed iu an encounter with the police. The military were summoned to quell the disturbance.