CABLE NEWS

Patea Mail, 15 February 1881, Page 3

CABLE NEWS

RECEIVED LAST NIGHT. {Reuter's Despatches to the Mail.) DEATH OF COLONEL LIGAR. Melbourne, Monday. News has been received of the death of Colonel Charles Whybrow Ligar, formerly commandant of the New Zealand militia, aged 72. SUPPOSED PLOT TO BLOW UP WINDSOR CASTLE. London, 12th. The police have received information which leads to the belief that a Fenian plot is afoot to blow up Windsor Castle, and the return of Her Majesty to Windsor is consequently delayed. MARRIED AT LAST. London, 12th. The marriage ot the Baroness Burdett Coutts with Mr Ashmead Bartlett took place to-day, NEW GOLD DISCOVERY N.S.W. Sydney, 9th. News has been received that gold has been discovered in the Barrier Ranges on the Western Border of this colony. Appearances arc said to be promising, and there is every prospect of a great rush. 300 MAJORITY IRISH COERCION. London, 9th. In the House of Commons last night the Irish Coercion Bill was read a second time, on a division showing a majority of 300 to the Government. BETTING, HANLAN & LAYCOCK. London 10th. The race which takes place on Monday next between Haulnn and Laycock is generally regarded as a certainty for the former. The belting is now 3 to 1 on Hanlan. PEACE IF POSSIBLE. London, 10th. It is announced that instructions have been sent by Government to Sir George Colley, the Governor of Natal, that he should ask President Brand, of the Orange Free State, to inform the Boers that if they suspend hostilities England will be prepared to arrange a permanent and amicable settlement of affairs in the Transvaal. DEFEAT OF BASUTOS. Capetown, 10th, Intelligence has been received that the Basutos suffered defeat, with heavy loss, at the hands of the Cape forces, on the sth instant. SIR G. COLLEY’S FORCE ISOLATED. Capetown, 11th. Telegrams to hand to-day from Natal report that the force under Sir George Colley is now completely isolated between Newcastle and Ingogo, and that no communication with it is possible. TURKISH WAR POLL TAX. Constantinople, 9th. The Porte has decided to raise an internal loan, and levy a poll tax to defray the cost of the last war. PANAMA CANAL COMMENCED. London, 9th. Intelligence has been received from Panama that the first batch of engineers has arrived, and preliminary operations in connection with the construction of the Isthmus Canal have been commenced. COERCION BILL IN COMMITTEE. London, 10th. In the House of Commons to-day the Irish Coercion Bill was under consideration in Committee. An amendment was proposed by Mr Pugh, the Liberal member for Cardiganshire, that affidavits should be necessary to justify the arrest of suspected persons. The motion was debated at some length, but was finally rejected by the Committee.