NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3833, 16 June 1891, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

ENGLISH

London, June 13,

A man arrested at Leeds on suspicion of being connected with the murder ot a child there, under circumstances similar to those attributed to "Jack the Ripper," has confessed-that he committed the Whitechapej

murders. The Gazette notifies that Sir William Gordon Cumming has been removed from his position iu the arm/, the Qusen "having no farther occasion for his services."

In commenting on the Baccarat case the Guardian adjures the Prince of Wales to seeksociety suited to his high station. : '_-' The Church Times urges the Prince to openly renounce cards -in the presence' of, the, Archbishop of Canterbury, vvj .-.-. '.:.' Sir William Gordon Cumming was accorded an enthusiastic reception on returning to his country seat at Altyre, near Forres, Scotland. . The statement that a large influx to England of Russian Jews is about to take place is denied. It is now understood that the C#»r is mora favorable to the scheme suggested by Baron. Hirsch that the Jews Should \ leave 1 " by gradual emigration, but he is desirous that' tlie time in, which to

quit ihe country should be reduced froni 20 to 12 years. The memorial service in Westminster Abbey to-day iu honor or the late Sir John Macdonald, Premier of Canada, waa a remarkable and impressive ceremony. Hsr Majesty the Queen and the Prince of Wales were represented, and all tl>e members of the House of Commons were present. Baron de Worms, Political Secretary to the Colonial Office, has informed the Hon Thoß. Playfqrd; Premier of South Australia,, that all the defence needed at Port Darwin at present is sufficient to defend the places where the cables .land, . i 'Pabls, Junell3,

The French fleet in Chinese waters has been ordered to rendezvous in the vicinity of the Yang-tse-.Kiang Biver, owing to fresh excesses committed by. Chinese rioters, and the fact that the latter are assisted by Chinese troops. Rome, June 18; The Italian Government has consented to a number of agriculturalists and experts in fruit growing emigrating to Northern Queensland, and it is expected that about 350 elected at Piedmont and Lombardy by an agent despatched from London by' Sir JasY Garrick, Agent-General for Queensland, will leave for Brisbane towards the end of the month. Vienna, June 13.

Twenty anarchists, who were discovered with dynamite in their possession, have been arrested in this city.

Field-Marshal Weuße, of the Austrian army, has committed suicide. The cause is attributed to poverty; Violent storms have been expeirenced in Galicia, and one village has been entirely swept away. Serious loss of life has taken place, and fifty; persons are known to have perished,

Naples, June 18.

A severe earthquake *as felt at the b*3e.of Mount Vesuvius, and the eruption of the mountain isincreasing. Madrid, June 13.' Many shopkeepers, in Madrid are closing their places of.business as .a protest against the proposed increase of the note issue by the Government Calcutta, June 13.

Drs Baker and Buckmaster, of Simla, a mountainous distiict of the Funjaub, haye been successful in their endeavours to. cultivate the leprosy baccillus.

June 14.

The trial of the Jubraj, or heir apparent (Kula Chandra Singh), for complicity in the Manipur revolt, concluded when he was found guilty and sentenced to death. Valparaiso, June 13.

President Balraaceda has rejected the American proposals for an armistice.

,' Ottawa, June 14. The Hon J. J. C. Abbott, Q.C, who held the position of Minister without office, has "accepted the Premiership q£ the Dominion. Honolulu, June 18.;

It is expected that an, insurrection will shortly- .break out in the- Sandwich Islands. .The conspirators are planning the capture of the Queen unless Her Majesty agrees .to a modification of the Constitution' and increases the power , of-the natives.