CABLE NEWS

Patea Mail, 15 May 1882, Page 3

CABLE NEWS

TO THE ■ “ MAIL.”

PUBIOVS QALEB-STEAMERS IN

danger. ■ Melbourne,, 13th.—The, steamship Te yA.nau, which arrived, last, evening, from the Bluff,encountered a most furious gale, which lasted', during the whole: of Sunday and Monday' last. 1 The seas- were very high’’and’ ’most dangerous, but the vessel beha'ved admirably. ~The passengers ,on their ar T rival f here, presented, an .address and puree of soyereigns-.■ to, iGaptain.. Careys My■ Russell, .the mafcp, ,and ; ; Mr Macreig, the chief engineer. | steamship Tainar' arrived here yesterday from Hobart, after a passage df eleven days; during whicff tiniJ she encountered a’mostVterrific gale. J V ■ Mr Gladstone Over-worked. London,' i3th. u —. The ; Daily News publishes a paragraph, i,n’this.morning’s issue, stating that the!,flight Hon.. W,E..Gladstone is. expected to yesign,;thpi Chancellorship of the Exchequer. : I Crisis in Egypl&i ;•> : .Cairo, 12 th.—The : Chamber of NotK , ables refuse to respond to the. call 1 of the' Ministry to meet forthwith, and Arabi Pasha pp#: threatens to r depose the Khedive with the help of the army. It is understood here that English and French ironclads will.arrive off the coast shortly. STATE OP IRELAND. MR PARNELL THREATENED. London, rllth.—Mr Parnell is iipw under police protection, in consequence of a threatening letter 'which he has received In regard - to; his action in supporting the ! Irish policy of the- Government. f' j.,. ■

The Press generally . approve of the provisions of the BilLintroduced.by, Mr Gladstone for the adoption of repressive measures in Ireland. . . .. Great Funeral Demonstration. London , 11th.—The funeral of the late Lord Frederick Cavendish took place to-day at Chatsworth, Derbyshire. Fiilly fifty thousand persons were present, including members : of the Ministry and . members. ,of both Houses of Parliament. • ■ ' Promotions. Loudon, llth.—lt is announced that Leonard Courtney, M.P,,- Under-Secre-tary for the Colonies, has been appointed Financial.Secretary to the.Treasury, vice ithe late Bord Frederick Cavendish, and that the : Hon. -A. Evelyn. Ashley, Parliamentary . Secretary to the, r ;B.oar4 of Trade, has been, appointed t6 succeed Mb’Courtney as ‘ Under-Secretary for’' the Colonies.

: We learn v that 'Mr Barton’has been iappoinfedfi Orowh tofLthtetJ district, in successiDh'itolMr} Barleyman, remdvied tor Blenheim,- ;nrMr TBartoh’S "ordinary duty will' be* crimi-- j iia! bases at/fife District Gourt/'beld in' u /Patent ; ■ He’ fs to ‘bb Pn - " this ' a'p^oihtmeht; £l)fr it '{all that ■'Mr' Barion J has mide"'a very ' • ! :r. '}<■ . rO: rni/ir!:.-; jO jjoorn . j’i r > 11 favorable ; impression,sjnce J he..sp|tlea l itt f ,, ,ap.d that Shis, success as a•;lll®ase r . ; ; is .united ito \sterling .integrity £ of icba- r’ I- -jr-iq 3*-.rt s.vr m ■ ; A miller in:Pern,>lnd., fell iasleepin hi* '-' mill and bant forward till his.hair caught-‘inlfiome-m’aebinery and.'was prilled-pul ! ; r ! and,; of - course; ; dt awakened hitnpand his . first bewildered exclamation .was— ‘‘ Dura it, -wifepwhat’s theimattßP how?”|f - f ;