NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3152, 13 March 1889, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

■ London,' March 10' John Hooper, member for' Cork S.E,, ban resigned bis seat, < •, It is stated that a- prominent Parnellite member is aomnii'ncing a libel aotion against Mesais W. H. Smith and Sons, tho well-known nows-vendors. The alleged libel is contained in a publication recently I offered forsale by Smith & Sons. Lord Randolph Churchill, in a letter to Tho Times on the proposed naval oxpeudttuio, attacks the proposals of the _ 'First Lord of the Admiralty, on tho ground that the Admiralty cannot be with tho expenditure of such ti large suifi as proposed.

It is expected that English Gnanciers will inteipose to arrest 'the fall ot copper below the basis of £SO per ton by arranging for a reduotion of the output. The copper syndicate is modifying existing contracts with a view of effecting sales gradually. Air Stevenson, the novelist, in a letter to Tho Times, defends Mr J. C, Klein, .the San Francisco journalist, fiora the attacks made on him in reference to Samoun affairs, Paris, 10th March. All the depositors of the Comptoir d'EsconVpte have been paid, Ib,ia reported that the Shanghai branch of the Bank susponded payment temporarily owing to lack of specie.

11th March. The press insibts that the Comptoir d'Escompte should be reoiganibed, and that a iww company should continue tho business exclusive of the liability on 'he guarantee to the copper syndicate, nnd thus ensure the lepayment of deposits. N Berlin. 10th,Maich.

: The Samaon Conference will 'not commence its sittings until .after the arrival ■ of Mr Kassan, the recentlyappointed American Minister to this [Court.

. ■, Albany, llth March, Late papers by the mail steamer Rive details of the murder of Inspector. Martin whilst attempting the arrest ol Father. M'Fndden at Gweedore On the 3rd February last. It appears tliot after celebrating mass that day, the police appeared at the doors of the Ghurch with Hie intention of arresting the priest. The latter, however, succeeded in reaching'his house, the police being in close pursuit. For tlm greater part of tho distance, from the church to the house the police had to face the rushes ot about 100 peasants. The Inspector'was stuntied by a blow, and while he was lying on the groand he was beaten oy. tho peasants, who ran away at the-priest's command. Every bone in Martin's body except the right temporal bone was fractured. The skull was smashed, and. the boue driven into the brain. The body presented a most shocking spectacle.

Australian. . Melbourne, March 12, Mr Gillies, Premier, has put forward a statement of the Government platform, Tbey propose to reduce the duty on tea and to abolish the duties on coffee, cocoa and kerosene; also, the probate duties below certain value; to reduce tho postage to one penny; to grant bonuses to producing industries to the extent of a quarter of a million, and to devolo tbesiim of £467,000 to the development of agricultural ihdustries. - Mr Dessy and Sit 'f, Esmonde, Irish M.P.'s, have arrived hore. They. ; will wait for Mr Dillon before beginning their tour of the colonies. Adelaide, March 11, • The Imperial Hovernment has consented to allow Major General Downes to retain his position as Commandant of the Soutli Australian Forces, provided ho does not draw his pension.