CABLE NEWS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1298, 20 March 1883, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.-<COi’YRIGHT.) [R euter’s Telegrams.[ LONDON, March 0. Intelligence is to hand horn Paris that Byrne, who was recently arrested here on the charge of complicity in the Irish assassinations, has now' been released from custody. Mr Gladstone has resumed the leadership of his party. It has transpired that Mr Gladstone having refused to facilitate its discussion, Sir Stafford Northcote ban abandoned his motion demanding the appointment of a Committee to enquire into the circumstances connected with the alleged Kilmanham treaty. March 10. Mr Biggar, M.P., for Cavan, has been mulcted in .£3OO damages for breach of promise of marriage. An arrest has been made in connection with the letter containing explosive material, addressed to the Viceroy of Ireland, which was recently detected in the post at Balldehob, County Cork, Ireland. Intelligence is to hand that the passenger steamer Copenhagen, bound from Leith to America, has foundered at sea. It is supposed that G 5 passengers have been drowned. Evidence having been given by Kavanagh and Molloy, the informers, that the knives used in the Ph<vnix Park assassination were thrown into the Dublin canal, and search was made, and the weapons were discovered. In reply to a question put to him in the House of Commons, Mr Gladstone stated that the intelligence of atrocities recently committed by the Boers upon the Transvaal natives w’as seriously occupying the attention of the Government. March 11. It is understood that the English and American Governments have agreed to announce the warrant issued for the arrest of Sheridan, the supposed negotiator of the alleged Kilmanham treaty. In the search for the Phtrnix Park knives in Dublin Canal, the police found other knives, which are proved to have been used in several other murders w'hich have been committed. March 12. It has transpired that the Cabinet has resolved upon certain measures to be taken to protect the Transvaal natives from the Boers’ oppression. The nature of the steps, however, have not been made known. March 13 It has transpired that H.M.S. Dryad, has been ordered to Tamatave, to watch the British interests in Madagascar during the present crisis. A reduction of the British army in Egypt by 6000 men has been ordered. The cargo of frozen mutton, e.v Europa, from Melbourne, realised an average of Sd per lb. In the House of Lords, Earl Derby, Secretary of for the Colonies, announced that the Government had decided only to remonstrate with the Boers as to their oppression of the natives. 'Pho cost of a small expedition to Hie Transvaal would exceed the value of the land in dispute. The natives, his Lordship added, would be protected, but only in the last extremity would force be justified.

In the House of Commons, Mr Parnell in- I troduced a motion ectting forth that a further amendment of the Irish Land Act is necessary. Mr Gladstone stated that he absolutely refused to agree to further legislation in the direction indicated. The motion was rejected by 250 to 63. The University Boat Race resulted in a victory for Oxford, by three lengths. March 15. The Spanish Government has refused to release the Cuban refugees who were handed over to the Spanish authorities by mistake on the part of the British Magistrate at Gibraltar, last year. Intelligence is to hand that tho Roumanian Government persists in ignoring the decisions of the recent conference of Ambassadors upon tho question of the prolongation of the pow ers of the Danubian Commission. March 16. An expolsion of dynamite occurred at the offices of the local Gaol Board in Whitehall. The offices wore completely wrecked. Immense damage was caused to the building, and a large, number of windows in the vicinity were shuttered. Fortunately no one has been injured. One man has been arrested in connection M'ith the outrage, which, it is supposed, was committed as if in vengeance for the rejection by the ( House of Commons of Mr Parnell’s demand for an amendment of the Irish Land Act. A box of explosive material has been discovered in the neighborhood of the “Times” office, but no damage was done, March 17. No clue has yet been obtained to the actual perpetrators of the outrages at the offices of the Local Gove.mment Board and the London “Timeq.” A reward of £lOOO is offered for information leading to the arrest of the guilty parties. In the case of the explosion in Whitehall, military guards at the various Ministerial offices and at the House of Parliament have been doubled, and all necessary precautions are being taken to prevent further outrages.

Intelligence is to hand that John Walsh, who was arrested at Havre, in France, on the 2nd inst. on a charge of complicity in the Irish assassinations, has been released from custody. In the House of Commons to-day, a debate took place upon the policy of the Government in regard to treatment of the Transvaal Natives by the Buers. Mr W. E. Forster strongly condemned the measures proposed to be taken with a view to put a stop to the oppressive action of the Boers. Mr Gladstone made a lengthy defence of the Government policy, and the debate was then adjourned until after the Easter recess. March 18. A determined attack was made upon Lady Florence Dfxie last evening at Windsor, by two men disguised as women. They were armed with daggers, but her ladyship escaped without any injury, as her assailants made off as soon as she raised an alarm. The attack is believed to haue been made in consequence of articles which Lady Dixie has written, condemning the Irish outrages. Sherridan, the Irish agitator, who is now in America, has publicly stated that the explosions which have occurred here are only forerunners of others. ST. PETERSBURG, March 12. The death is announced of Prince Gortechakoff, the well-known Russian statesman, aged 85. An inquest is taking place on the body owing to suspicions that deceased met his de ith through position. Markoff, Russian statesman, has committed suicide. There are suspicions that he had been guilty of peculation in the service of which he was State Secretary. PARIS, March 10. Five thousand Socialists, who had collected at the Place Invalides, were dispersed by the police. Nineteen socialists, have been sentenced to various terms of imprisonment. It is feared that that tho Socialists disturbances will be renewed, and measures are being taken by the authorities to prevent a recurrence. March 12. An attempt was made to-day by the Socialists to renew tho rioting in this city. A display of force by a large body of military and police, however, overawed them, and they dispersed. Fifteen arrests weic made of prominent rioters. March 17. Further arrests have been made of the leaders of the prevailing anarchial agitation in this city. It is expected that a fresh gathering of socialists has been arranged for to-morrow, and extra precautionary measures are being taken by the authorities to prevent a disturbance. NEW YORK, March 11 Egan, treasurer to the Irish Land League, has arrived here. He denies that he has flown from Ireland, and that the funds of the League have been employed in connection with the Irish outrages. Mr Egan is now conferring with the prominent supporters in this country of the Irish League.