CABLE NEWS.

Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 995, 9 February 1883, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

HOME AND FOREIGN. [special TO PRESS ASSOCIATION.] LONDON, Feb. 4. Eight men have been charged with complicity in the Phoenix Park murders, and of those O'Brien, Brody, and McOafferty have been fully identified as having been seen lurking in the grass near the scene of the murders. The medical evidence shows that the wounds on the bodies exactly correspond with those likely to be inflicted by the amputation knives found in the loft of a house belonging to another of the prisoners, James Carey, a resident in Dublin, and a councillor. The prisoners, who at first laughed at the charge, appeared greatly alarmed. The most intense excitement prevails in Dublin over the arrests. The Bight Hon. Colonel Taylor, Conservative iqcmber for Dublin, is dead. General Thibandin, the new French Minister of War, asserts that the dynastic princes retain their rank on the unalt ached-list. Feb. 5, The prospectus has been issued of the Anglo-Australian Steam Navigation Company, with a capital of £600,000. The company state they will employ eight or ten largo steamers with extensive capacity for cargo, and they are to do the passage iu-42 to 46 days. Nihilists have warned (he Czar that they will renew their intimidation-policy unless their demands are agreed to and granted before the coronation day. The inhabitants of Madagascar are becoming alarmed, and they fear that the French will bombard Tamative, a port on the eastern coast. Many are anxious for an English protectorate. Mr Gladstone has recovered from his recent illness.