LATE CABLE NEWS.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2881, 20 June 1882, Page 2

LATE CABLE NEWS.

[By Telegraph.J (Per As. Rotorua at the Bluff.) [Special to Melbourne “ Argus.”] London, June 9. There has been much discussion in the papers upon the frozen meat trade, and the probability of its successful and profitable establishment. Complaints are made that the Australian meat is sold by butchers as English. A shocking outrage in Ireland is reported. Three farmers vvere fired upon, one was killed and the other two were shot in the legs, and seriously injured. - 1 The object of the mission of Michael Davitt to the United States is to reanimate the spirits of Land Leaguers there, and stimulate contributions to the funds of the League, which have been failing.

The death is announced of ViceAdmiral Hall, aged 65/ A largo body of the native population who hackbeen roused to a high pitch of excitement by the exhortations of Mohammedan fanatics, made a murderous attack yesterday upon the European residents of Alexandria. Mr Cookson, the British Consul, was shot at and severely wounded. One of the engineers of H.M.S. Superb, who was walking quietly in the street, was attacked by the mob and killed. The. rioting lasted .five hours, the police remaining supine. The military were at last called upon to suppress the disturbance, and they succeeded in ultimately restoring order. The wounded received shelter at the French Consulate. During the outbreak a number of shops were plundered by the rioters. The Greek and Italian Consuls were wounded. The European ladies and children me re sent for safety on board the ironclads stationed injharbor. The number of lives lost during the outbreak, is estimated at 40. Immediately on learning of the outbreak Dervish Pasha, the Turkish commissioner, left Cairo and proceeded with all possible haste to Alexandria.

[Special to Melbourne “ Agls”j London, June 7. Cetewayo is greatly disconcerted by the decision of the British Government not to permit him to return to his own country. His dejection is extreme, and he has ceased to express any pleasure in the idea of his projected visit to England. The number of agrarian outrages committed daring the month of March, was not so large as has been the case in some previous months. The number returned as having been committed last month, however, reaches the large total of 390. Violent tempests have been experienced in Switzerland. A succession of storms swept over Lake Lucerne, doing considerable damage to shipping and property. The police of Paris have for some time past, been dissatisfied with their pay and position generally. Ho concessions having been made, they have formed a Union, and are determined to make a decisive stand; In pursuance of resolutions arrived at, they have given notice of their intention to quit the force unless their demands are complied with' If this action has no effect, they will at once go out on strike. ;

A great fire has taken place at Ravona in France. Some naptha became ignited and a large amount of property was gutted before the. flames could be extinguished. The recent explosion on board H.M.S. Swiftsure, at Madeira, has formed the subject of an official inquiry. The effect of the evidence produced showed that the grossest carelessness prevailed, and that, but for the negligence of those in charge, the accident would not have occurred.

According to reports which have come to hand from different agricultural districts in France, the harvest has been an exceptionally good one. The gross yield is considerably in excess of the most favorable estimates of late years. The strike amongst the iron workers in the United States has come to an end, and a compromise has been] effected with the men, who have now returned to work.

•The County of Fife in Scotland, has just been visited with "a severe snow storm, which has seriously damaged the crops throughout the district. The event hrs created great astonishment, as snow at this time of the year is quite unprecedented. The Roman Catholic Bishops of Ireland have issued a joint pastoral denouncing the recent agrarian outrages and crimes committed in Ireland, also animadverting in the strongest terms upon the wholesale evictions which have lately been carried out in various parts of the country. (Pers.s. Zealandia at Auckland). London, June 13. Shaw and .Selby have addressed a letter to the committee of the Marylobone Cricket Club, emphatically denying the truth of the alleged scandalous proceedings imputed to Shaw’s team while in Australia. , Hanlon is recovering from a serious attack of fever with which he was laid up at Toronto. The division in the House of Lords on the Bill introducedsinto that Chamber for legalising marriage with a deceased wife’s sjstef was 132 to 128. The Prince of Wales, the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Leopold, the Duke of Cambridge, and the members, of the Government in the Upper Chamber, with the exception of Lord Selborne, voted with the minority. The majority included seventeen prelates.

Dervish Pasha and Arabi Pasha have jointly guaranteed security to European residents in Egypt, political questions being reserved for future consideration.