NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3124, 8 February 1889, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

London, February 6,

Major Lecaron, under examination before theTimes-Parnell Commission, said the - Fenians in America plotted another invasion of Canada in 1870, after their attempts in 1866 had been ignominiously defeated,. He asserted that members of the Clan-im-Gael Society had been employedby J. J; O'lelly, M.P; for Roscommon IJorth, to ship arms to Ireland, and that they had received Parhell and Dillon in America in 1881. He produced secret papers, passwords, and ciphers of the Society. Cross-examined, he confessed li 9 had been secretly supplying information to the British Government tor years, The Queen has issued instructions permitting ladies to wear highuecked dresses at Court instead of evening costume, which has hitherto beeii the rule.

The South Australianvloan is.a failure, only £558,700 being subscribed, in place of- the £1,517,800 asked k\ The average' price was jeioQ4ssd. The balance will be left open at par. Syndicates refrained from tendering., Sir Julius Vogel is undecided as to whether hewillreturn to New Zealand or not at present. The Archbishop of Canterbury and Bishop of London have written to the Times protesting against the issue of the edition of the New York Herald in London on Sunday, Mr John Morley condemns the treatment of Mr O'Brien by the prison authorities as brutal and senseless. O'Brien, whose health Buffered

during his imprisonment, has been Bent to the infirmary, His clothes have been restored to him.

Vienna, Oth February. Prince Rudolph was buried to-day at the Capuchin Chapel. There was little or no pomp' displayed, the family only, being present. Princess Stephanie did not attend the funeral, Tile Emperor Francis broke down completely at the crypt,

Immense crowds viewed the body of the Archduke Rudolph, as it la] in state. The crush was tremendoui and numerous accidents occurred one person was'killed, and twentj others injured. -

Brussels, February 6. A local paper states that the bodies of Rudolph and the young Bohemian BaroneßS were found side by side, from which the inference Is drawn that the Prince first shot his companion, and then himself, both having resolved to die; rather than endure the shame and exposure, ' Zanzibar, February 6. The terms demanded by the Arabs for the surrender of the captured missionaries are so extravagant that overtures have been .suspended, Natives of the town have surrounded the tinltan's palace, and protested vociferously against the blockade of the Court by foreigners. Ottawa, February C. Principal Grant, who recently made a tour of the Colonies, considers it necessary that England, Canada, and Australia, should protest against the action of America. in rejectiug the Extradition treaty. •