LATE CABLE NEWS.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2496, 21 March 1881, Page 2

LATE CABLE NEWS.

[By Telegraph.] (Per Kotor ua, at the Bluff.) London, March 8. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has resumed its sittings. There is a large number of appeals now pending befoi’e it. Sir Arthur Hobshouse, Q.C., has been appointed a member of the Judicial Committee, and took his seat for the first time. The “ Globe ” to-day publishes an article on Protection, commenting on the fiscal policy pursued by Victoria, as one marked by an intelligent appreciation of its own interest, and as well calculated to advance the material prosperity of a young country. Intelligence from the Transvaal states that the leaders of the Boers exhibit pacific tendencies and are desirous of bringing hostilities to a conclusion. They demand autonomy, but are willing to recognise the suzerainty of the British Government. These proposals are under the consideration of the Cabinet. *

Important changes in the management and regulation of the army, indicated by Mr Childers in the House of Commons have excited much criticism in military circles. It is announced that General Wolseley will be entrusted with the carrying into effect of the new scheme of army reform. The aspect of affairs in the East is most ominous. Both Turkey and Greece continue their preparations for war. The Turkish Government have sent orders to the United States for a large quantity of ammunition, and are placing the navy in a thorough state of equipment. A serious railway collision took place at Baltimore, the chief city of the State of Maryland. Several persons were injured. Among the passengers was Mr Hayes, late President of the United States, but he escaped unhurt. March 12. Boyton has asked Mr Lowell, to request the American Government to interfere legally for the protection of the Irish.

' Marked'sympathy is evinced by the Irish in the United States with the agrarian agitation in Ireland. Branches of the Land League have been esslablished in all the .principal centres, and it is stated that they number no less than 920. Large contributions have been forwarded to the head of the League in Dublin. In Portugal a hostile feeling is manifested against the Jesuits. The Government have determined to suppress the educational establishment of that body, and to prevent the Jesuits from teaching. Another severe shock of earthquake has been experienced in Switzerland, the effects of which were felt principally in the cantons of Lucern and Zurich. Great alarm is felt amongst the inhabitants. March 10. It is rumored that Mr Gladstone is about to resign the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer, and that bo will be succeeded by Mr Childers, while the Marquis of Hartington will succeed Mr Childers as Secretary of War. Mr Gladstone will continue to hold office as First Lord of the Treasury. Mr Lowell, the United States Minister in London, has demanded the release of Boyton, 'who was arrested under the Coercion Act on the ground that he is an American citizen, and claims the protection of the United States Government. A plague of a virulent type hos broken out in Bagdad, Asiatic Turkey.

Mr Grant Duff has*asserted that Lord Carnarvon, in consequence of his action when Secretary for the Colonies, was the real cause of the Transvaal difficulty. In case Clark v. Bradlaugh, an action, brought against the member for Northampton, for illegally taking his seat in the House of Commons, judgment has been given for the plaintiff on the main question. Since the decision Mr Bradlaugh has absented himself from the House.

Mr Forster has given notice of his intention to move that a new writ be issued for Northampton. Mr Bradlaugh offers to resign his seat and seek re-election. In the divorce suit Barrel v. Farrel and Powell, in which the petitioner sought to obtain a divorce from his wife on the ground of adultery, the Court condemned the co-respondent, Captain Powell, master of the Orient steamship Lusitania, to pay £SOO damages. March 14.

Sir Stafford Northcote, the Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons, has issued a manifesto in which he declares Mr Gladstone’s proposal to apply cloture to the Committee of Supply, subversive of the liberty of the House of Commons. It is probable that this question will bring about a collision between Government and the Opposition. The non-arrest of the leading members of the Irish Land League is much criticised.