CABLE NEWS.

Patea Mail, Volume VI, Issue 515, 4 May 1880, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

HOME RULE SPLIT. London, April 21. There is a split in the camp of Home Rulers. The followers of Air. Parnell are dissatisfied with the moderation of a small section of the party. IRISH PRESS LIBEL,' London, April 22. The Irish’Nation newspaper has indentifled itself with the extreme party, and'inconsequence of its violent articles in recent issues, the proprietor, Arthur M. Sullivan, has been served with a writ for libel by Phillip' Cal I an, member for Dundalk, a well-known Home Ruler. MEETING OF THE IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. London, April .29,; Parliament re-assembled to-day after the Ministerial crisis, and the new members were sworn in. The Right Hon Brand was re-elected Speaker. AMBSSADORSHIP OP CONSTAN-, TINOPLE. . London, April 30, i Lord Carlihgford has declined the Ambassadorship.of Constantinople. : ' NEW SOLICITOR-GENERAL. Mr Fairer Herschol has been appointed Solicitor-General. He is a very youngpolitician, and has had a remarkably rapid rise at the bar. He practised on the Northern circuit. i THE NEW GOVERNMENT. London, April 29. The following further appointments to the Gladstone Ministry are announced : J. G. Dodson, President Local Govt. Board, with a seat in the Cabinet; Joseph.Chamberlain, President of the Board of Trade ; Mr Grant-Divlf, Under-Secretary for the Colonies ; Mr Muhdella, Vice-President of the Committee of Council of Education; Sir Henry Janies, Attorney-General ; Professor Fawcett, Postmaster-General. IRELAND’S LORD LIEUTENANT AND LORD CHANCELLOR. London, May 1, Earl Cowpor has been appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and Lord O’Hagan has been appointed Lord Chancellor of Ireland. GOVERNOR of WINDWARD ISLANDS. London, April 22.’ Sir Henry Bnlwer, Lieutenant-Gover-nor of Natal, succeeds Major Strathan at Windward Islands. LONDON MARKETS. London, May 1. At the wool sales to-day', 10,000 bales were offered, making a total of 111,200 catalogued since the opening. The tone of the sale was quieter and weaker. For inferior and faulty wool the demand is purely speculative. . April 28. At the wool sales to-day 11,300 bales were offered, making a total of 81.500 bales catalogued since the opening. The tone of the sale was. rather weaker, and cross-breds of common to medium quality were £d to Id lower. MUTINOUS CREW. Sydney', Monday. The crew of the Chandernagaro having shown a mutinous spirit, police observation of the vessel day' and night has been necessary'.

Later. After consultations in presence of foreign Consuls the Chandernagare affair has been settled, and the crew have obtained their discharge. COLONISING NEW lEELAND. Sydney, Monday. News has been received that a steamer with several hundred foreigners for colonisation of New Ireland has been sighted in the vicinity of that island. OUTWARD STEAMER. The Orient Company’s steamship Aconcagua has anived herefrom Plymouth.