LATE CABLE NEWS.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2717, 3 December 1881, Page 2

LATE CABLE NEWS.

(Special to “ Sydney Morning Herald.”)

(Per s.s. Wakatipu at Wellington.) London, Nov. 22. The “ Daily News ” has a leading article upon the success of Mr Bryce and the colonial force in apprehending Te Whiti and other agitators, and dispersing the assembly of Natives at Parihaka, The bloodlessness of the victory is noted with satisfaction, and while* a hope is expressed that the probabilities of a renewal of hostilties between the two race have been crushed by the decisive measures adopted, the Zealand Government is again exhorted to deal as generously with Te Whiti and and his fellow fanatics as the circumstances of the case will permit.

The assassin Guiteau continues to betray extreme anxiety about his personal safety. The utmost possible precautions have been adopted by the authorities to prevent any further attempts on his life.

The British Government continues to pursue a firm policy in Ireland, and further arrests of seditious orators have been made. The Irish suspects imprisoned by order of the Government under the Coercion Act have been put upon prison diet. Hitherto the funds of the Land League have been employed in supplying them with food. It was however, found to be a heavy drain upon the funds, which have now been relieved of the expenditure. Last evening, while the Italian Parliament was sitting, a Sicilian entered the Chamber and threw a loaded revolver at the head of the Premier. The weapon grazed his face, but inflicted no serions hurt and did not explode. The affair created a painful sensation in the room. An extraordinary event befel the city of Rome last night. The gas supply was stopped and the whole city was in darkness. Whether the stoppage was the result cf accident or of criminal purpose has not transpired. Nov. 24.

An animated tone pervades the wool market, and English and Scotch manufacturers are buying large quantities of the staple. The tide of emigration to America has largely increased. New York is already overcrowded with emigrants from the United Kingdom, and as there is a dearth of employment for farm laborers privations are feared among the new arrivals.

[Riotous prceedings took place at an election meeting for Londondery and several arrests were made.

Another agrarian outrage occurred at Meath, where a farmer has been shot for paying his rent. -r The Moslem inhabitants of Cyprus are indignant at the desecration of tombs by Greeks. Eiots are imminent. The Proclamation declaring Berlin to be in a state of siege, has been further extended for twelve months. The Chilians have kidnapped the president of Peru and carried him off to Santiago. This caused angry feeeling on the part of the United Stages Government. Nov. 25. Another severe shock of earthquake has been experienced at Berne, Switzerland. Sir J. Alexander McDonald, Premier of Canada delivered an important speech at Toronto, in which he ridiculed the idea of a federation of the Canadian empire. Intelligence has been received of the wreck of the jjJura, 1199 tons, with the loss of 20 lives.

The Spanish Cortes has passed a Bill anthorising the Government to undertake in conjunction with France the construction of a tunnel throughout the Pyrenees. Howard Smith and Sons have concontracted for the supply of two new steamships of 3000 tons register each, to be employed in the Australian coasting trade.

The Irish party are retaliating upon the Liberals by forcibly stopping their meetings. They have stopped meetings at Newcastle and Marylebone. Considerable excitement has been caused among the British residents in Constantinople, owing to the arrest of Mr J. H. Fawcett, the British Judge and Consul-General. On the fact becoming known, a number of London boys, numbering fourteen, armed themselves with staves, broke into Mr Fawcett’s place of detention and liberated him. The affair made a great noise in the Turkish capital.