LATE CABLE NEWS.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2503, 29 March 1881, Page 2

LATE CABLE NEWS.

SECOND EDITION

[By Telegraph.] (Per Tararua, at the Bluff.) London, March 14. . The Commission of Inquiry appointed at the instance of the Queensland Government to investigate the circumstances connected with contracts for the supply of steel rails to the Queensland Government, and to consicfbr the charges in connection therewith made by Hemmant, ex-Treasurer, against Premier Macilwraith, has ..commenced its. sittings. The Commission consists .of Mr King, appointed by the Queensland Government, and an English barrister, appointed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies. The proceedings are private.

Some members of the local Land League who were arrested and lodged in the Kilmainham Gaol, County Meath, were serenaded at night by a number of sympathisers.

. The frequency of earthquakes in Italy has caused great alarm among the inhabitants, Another severe shock is reported from Perugia, a city in central Italy. In the Pariament of the Dominion of Canada a resolution was submitted proposing to abandon a protectionist tariff and revert to free-trade. After an animated debate, the resolution was rejected 'by 131 votes to 53. Gorst v member for Chatham,; vy has withdrawn his motion tabled, House of Commons for the ; issue of writ for Northampton, pending tjie'.final decision of the Law Courts as to whether Bradlaugh is legally entitled to hold his seat. . March 15. Bradlaugh having determined to resign his seat for Northampton in view of the recent decision of the Law Courts, has applied to the Crown to be appointed to the stewardship of theChilternHundreds. The application was refused on the ground that the legal points involved in his case had not yet been definitely settled. The Socialist Association of Chicago has publicly announced its approval *0! the assassination of the Czar, and has

commended, the act _as one striking a fatal blow at despotism. , March 16. Serious riots resulting in bloodshed have occurred at Galway, one of the most disturbed districts in Ireland. The condition of affairs in Albania is most deplorable. Turkish rule has been utterly thrown off, no settled authority exists, and outrages are of frequent oc* March 19. Information has been received by the police of threatened outrages by Fenian emissaries. In consequence the police force in charge of the Houses of Parliament has been doubled. The Lord Mayor of London, Alderman McArthur, jMJP. for.Lambeth, has received numerous letters which are sup. posed to come from Ffenians. The matter has been placed in the hands of the ,police* and precautions against any mttpmpt at violence have been taken. ; The .Chinese immigration into the United States is reviving. The San Francisco papers strongly urge the President to put into operation, the , powers restricting the influx of Chinese conferred under the recent treaty concluded with China.

The town of Belden situated in Corinthia Province, Austria, lias been destroyed by fire. The place has actually been burned to the ground. A : subscription has been raised to relieve the distress of the inhabitants. Indian tribes in the territory of New Mexico, Uhited Slates are on tbo war path. The'y’ have attacked the white inhabitants and have massacred thirty persons. London, March 18. Notwithstanding the recent decision in the action Clark v. Bradlaugh, the Speaker will continue to recognise Mr Bradlaugh as a member of the House - until otherwise ordered by a distinct resolution of the House. EartGranville in the House of Lords, and Mr Gladstone in the House of Commons, referred to the assassination of the Emperor of Eussia at St. Petersburg, and spoke,in eulogistic terms of his late Majesty; ■ ! Patrick Joseph Sheridan, one of the Tra versers recently tried and discharged, has been arrested.* i The attempt' to destroy the Mansion House by exploding a box of gunpowder which was placed oh the** window sills, is attributed to Fenians...., , The celebration of St. Patrick’s Day waß*atlonded :l»y some rioting amongst the Irish soldiery quartered at Alderfchbt. The - disturbance lasted three, hoUjfs; and it was found necessary to* charge tlie -rioters at the point of the. Some serious- injuries Were-* inflicted.