LATE CABLE NEWS.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2823, 12 April 1882, Page 2

LATE CABLE NEWS.

(Per Ringarooma at the Bluff.) London, March 28. An attempt was made to blow up the house of Mr Lucas, agent for Lord Clanbrook, at Ballinasloe, County Galway, by throwing a shell containing dynamite into the building. Mr Lucas’ house and that of hi# neighbor, Mr Kennedy, were both damaged by the explosion, but the occupants escaped without injury.

A dinner given by Sir Saul Samuel, Agent-General for New South Wales, to Sir Henry Parkes, was attended by the Agents General and a number of members of Parliament and others. On Sunday Sir Henry Parkes attended church, and lunched with the Lord Mayor at the Mansion House, He will shortly visit Mr Alfred Tennyson, Poet Laureate, at the Isle of Wight. Sir Henry Parkes dines this week separately with Earl Granville, Sir Stafford Northcote, Lord Sherbrook, and the Marquis of Salisbury ; with also the Institute of Engineers. The residents of Stoneleigh his birthplace, invited Sir Henry Parkes to visit that place. He has also received an invitation from the Mayor of Birmingham to visit that city. Overtures, which have recently taken place with the object of securing the admission of colonial goods into France under “ tho most favored , nation ” arrangement have fallen through. A Fenian was shot in Dublin by a companion, who was arrested. In the prisoner’s possession was found a large quantity of stores r and ammunition, and a number of important documents were also found.

The police in St Petersburg have succeeded in arresting the chief of the Nihilist Executive Committee.

It is stated that Germany has given orders for the construction of six torpedo boats to be employed in the Baltic. A landlord named Herbert in County Kerry, sout-west of Ireland, has been murdered, Disastrous floods have occurred in Louisiana. A large number of the iihabitants have been drowned, latest telegrams estimating the number at 125. Disturbances have taken place in Catalonia, a Spanish province in which silk and woollen goods are manufactured. The operatives opposed the commercial treaty 1 between Spain and France.

The Great Powers have joined England and France in urging Egypt to give a better guarantee to her creditors than is at present afforded. The fight Hon. Henry Fawcett, Post-master-General, intimated that shortly. hehopesto.be able to reduce the rates for money orders between Great Britain and the colonies.

Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, is recovering from the indisposition from which he has been suffering. His marriage with the Princess Helena of. Waldeck, has, however, been postponed. The Marquis of Huntley, who surrendered himself to the London police 1 on a charge of obtaining money by false pretences, has arranged for a settlement with the persons who obtained the warrant for his apprehension.

Great discontent has existed for some time past among the men of H.M.S. Bacchante, of the detached squadron. The Admiralty have had the matter under inquiry, and have censured Lord Charles Scott and Commander George W. Hill for having exercised unnecessary severity. The “ Nineteenth Century ” contains a tremendous protest against the proposed tunnel between Dover and Calais. The protest is signed by a number of peers, generals, poets and editors. The United States Senate have passed a motion ordering inquiries to be made into the condition of American subjects imprisoned as “ suspects ” in Ireland. At the St Katherine Dock, on the Thames, eleven refrigerating chambers have been erected, capable of receiving 8000 carcases from ships bringing consignments of frozen meat. Sir Thomas Brassey, M.P. for Hastings, and one of the junior Lords of the Admiralty, addressed a public meeting at Lambeth last night, at which he foreshadowed the possibility of extreme Irish members being excluded from Parliament, also the introduction of sweeping changes in regard to Ireland.

Lord Donoughmore’s motion for a Committee of enquiry was voted by a majority of nearly two to one. It was defended by the author on the ground that the Land Act was not administered on the principle promised by the Government. The Assistant - Commissioners, in reducing the rents all round, were acting as if the landlords had no interests requiring consideration. The members of the Lords’ Committee include the Dukes of Norfolk, Marl borough and Abercorn, the Marquises of Salisbury and Waterford, Earls Cairns, Stanhope, Pembroke and Donoughmore, Conservatives; and in spite of Lord Granville’s announcement of the refusal of the Governmeut to take any part in the direction of the proceedings of the Committeee, the following Liberal peers are also members —The Duke of Somerset, Lords Dunraven, Clarendon, • Penzance, Braybone and Carysfort. Unless the Peers give way, or comprise with the Government, a serious conflict must ensue between the two Houses. The powers of the Select Committee are very extensive, but the Government may obstruct their progress by declining to pay the witnesses out of the Treasury, besides generally withholding facilities and rendering the enqiry as difficult as possible. Mr Gladstone made one concession regarding the cloture, viz., that a debate can never be summarily stopped in a House of less than 140 members. The objections of the Opposition to cloture are principally the danger of the minority being systematically suppressed and silenced by the majority and the danger to decorum in the House itself, since no security is afforded against the Speaker hereafter becoming as much a servant to the Government as dnring the Stuart monarchy. The debate on the Address lasted nine days and was followed by a long debate on the report of the address upon Irish affairs. Mr Gladstone, in explaining last week’s remarks concerning Home Rule, said he favored its decent realisation not only in Ireland, but in all parts of the United Kingdom, and that it was for Irish advocates of Home Rule to formulate their demands and show that they were not inconsistent with the supremacy of Parliament, nor tended to the disintegration of the Empire. Mr Bradlaugh’s scenes were* ended by the expulsion of the Member for Northampton. Mr Labouchere moved, as his colleague was disqualified by a vote of the House from taking his seat, that a vacancy bo declared. This was rejected by an overwhelming majority. Immediately after, Mr Bradlaugh advanced to the table of the House of Commons, pulled a Testament out of his pocket administered the oath to himself and deposited the Testament with a copy of the oath with his signature and affidavit on the tabic. Ho then took his seat below the gangway but withdrew on the order of the Speaker on having accomplished his object of having taken the oath and scat. A heated discussion

. followed but an adjournment took place ! till the following day, when Mr | Gladstone, though admitting Mr Bradlaugh’a proceedings to be scandalous, 1 and the necessity for the House taking ' notice of them himself declined to take j the initiative, having always held that : Mr Bradlaugh had been wrongfully excluded in the first instance. Sir Stafford Northcote moved that Mr Bradlaugh be not admitted within the precincts of the House, which Lord' Rand oil: Churchill described as a milk and water proposal. Sir Stafford Northcote then -moved Mr Bradlaugh's expulsion, which was carried and a new writ

issued. The election of Michael Davitt for Meath, unopposed, is regarded as evidence of the character of Irish disaffection. The election of course will be quashed, as Davitt, being a convicted felon, is ineligible, but in that case the election of Patrick Egan, Treasurer of the League, is considered certain. The Anglo-French commercial treaty negotiations have finally collapsed. The French Minister of Commerce introduced a Bill in the Chamber yesterday with the object of ameliorating the evil consequences arising from the nonfulfilment of the treaty. The Bill provides first, that goods of English origin or manufacture be treated on entering France as “ most favored nation ” ; next, that colonial products should remain subject to the general tariff. The speech of General Skobeloffi to the Servian students at Paris excited a tremendous sensation on the Continent, following as it did on the same General’s strongly Pan-slavist speech at the Geoke Tepe anniversary celebration. Skobeloff denounced Germany as Russia’s deadliest enemy, with whom war was inevitable. Skobeloffi’s language has been officially disavowed at St. Petersburg, and the General himself has now been recalled, hut the uneasiness produced by his utterances remains. The Moscow “ Telegraph ’’ says that his words need excite no astonishment, since they express the thoughts of millions of Russians.

(Melbourne Age Specials.) London, March 27.

The statement that a meeting will take place at any early date between the Emperors Alexander of Russia and Francis Joseph of Austria, is unfounded. It is considered unlikely that any such interview will take place at present. A councillor of Northampton,who was injured by being hit with a stone during the riot which occurred previous to the; last election for Northampton, when Mr Bradlaugh was opposed by Mr Corbett, Conservative candidate, died to-day. Pope Leo XIII. has decided to introduce more economical management at the Vatican, and with this object the Palace expenses have been greatly; reduced, and a number of superflous offices abolished.

Owing to the increase in the number of outrages in Ireland lately, the Imperial Government have under consideration a scheme for more decisive suppression of crime in that country. M. Marino, President of St. Domingo and a priest in holy'- orders, has been fired at, but fortunately escaped unhurt. The would-be assassin has not yet been arrested. March 30. It is'reported that a misunderstanding has arisen between Germany, France, and Turkey, and that the relations between these countries at present are very strained. The persecution of Jews in Southern Russia continues. In Kieff, an important city in Dnieper, a proclamation has been issued by the civic authorities forbidding Jews to reside or carry on business in the city, and ordering them to take up their quarters in future in the suburbs, under heavy penalties. The authorities of St. Petersburg have arrested one of the principal members of the Nihilist Executive. M. Leon Gambetta, late President of the French Republic, is engaged to be married, and the cermony will shortly be celebrated. March 31. Great military preparations are being made by Germany, which indicate that the Government regards an early outbreak of war ns highly probable. Orders have been given for the immediate construction of a large number of torpedoes, which will be used for the protection of the towns and harbors of the Baltic. April 2. At a banquet given by the Institution of Civil Engineers in honor of Sir Henry Parkes, the latter in responding to the toast of the Colonies, said they were most anxious for a fixed and permanent union with England, but he thought the bonds of connection would be knit more closely if, the colonies were, left more fully to their own devices. Australia would cling fast to her august mother, and softer cords would only eventuate in stronger union. Looking to the increasing growth and importance of the solonies, their continual attachment to her was becoming a matter of increasing national importance to England, and when an aggregation of the Australian Colonies took place, their progress during the next decade would surprise the world.The annual boat race between the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge was rowed on Saturday over the usual course from Putney to Mortlako. Oxford again proved victorious, winning by two lengths. The New York immigration returns for March have been published. During the month 48,000 immigrants landed in New York. The Russian Government has decided to expel all foreigners from the country who have not been naturalised subjects for five years. The Arab coolies employed in coaling the steamers at Port Said, at the entrance to the Suez Canal, have struck for higher wages. Considerable delay and inconvenience have been consequently caused to steamers passing through the Canal.