LATE CABLE NEWS.

Press, Volume XXXVI, Issue 5034, 26 October 1881, Page 2

LATE CABLE NEWS.

I [By Te_.-h.baph.] ! [Per s.s. Arawata, at the Bluff ] LONDON, October 12. Sir Charles Gavaa Duffy is engaged to be married to his cousin, Miss Hall. The marriage will take place next month. Intelligence has been received from India that Ayoub EZhan has abandoned the governorship of Herat, and again sought an asylum in Persia. M. Ferry, President of the Council, yesterday waited upon the President of the Bepublio and handed in his resignation, which was accepted. M. Grevy at once sent for M. Gambetta, the President of the expiring Chamber of Deputies, and requested him to form an administration, and the deputy for Belleville is now engaged upon the task. It h believe 1 that the Government, in pur- ' suance of extraordinary powers granted by Par- . liament, are contemplating the total suppression of the Irish National Land League, on account ' of its persistent attempts to incite tenants to i disobey the law and its open advocacy of 3 agrarian violence and sedition. '1 he Btate of feeling in Dublin is very exoited. 1 Rioting has occurred there, but the Governc ment are adopting stringent measures to pre- . serve peace. An attempt was made yesterday to hold a meeting at Limerick to denounce the aotion of , the Government in reference to the Irish I National Land League. In obedience to instructions recently issued by the authorities ' prohibiting all suoh gatherings, the police interfered and suppressed the meeting. A riot j was the result, and the disturbance became so . serious that the military had to be called out, 1 and they cleared the sheets with drawn sabres, r It is reported that warrants have been issued i for the arrest of O'Connor, Member for Queen's County; Michael Healey, Member for Wea- ' ford, and other prominent members of the Irish ) National Land League, on charges of treason and r felony. The offenders are hiding in England, and up to the present time have evaded the efforts of the police to capture them i Parnell has been interviewed in Eilmainham ■ gaol by soma members of the Irish Press. Be emphatically denies having committed the J offences named in the warrants issued for his _ arrest, and complains bitterly of the unfair l manner in which the Irish Executive are exercising the extraordinary lowers conferred upon them last session. In view of the threatened condition of affairs ' in the disaffected [districts in Ireland the * military authorities have issued orders to Btop 1 the leave of officers of all regiments stationed in Ireland. Arrangements are being made for a great demonstration by Irishmen in London as a pro--7 teat again -t the repressive measures whioh the Government are adopting in Ireland. The meeting will be held on Sunday next, in Hyde 1 Park. A great fire has occurred in New York, which did enormous damage. Before the conflagration could be extinguished no less than 200 1 houses were destroyed. The actual extent of E the loss cannot yet be estimated. 1 The agitation for the extension of the principles of the Irish Land Aot to England and , Scotland is rapidly gaining ground among the . tenant farmers. A meeting to promote this objeot has been held at Forfar, the chief town ' in the Scotch county of that name which was " attended by a large number of Scotoh agricul--3 turists. Resolutions were passed declaring that j some meaß—re of relief was absolutely essential for the maintenance of the agricultural interest. October 14, The "Times" has published an article calling attention to the mineral resources of > Tasmania, which it speaks most highly of. It considers that the island affords an ample field for the employment of British capital. An extensive emigration has commenced among the coal miners on strike in County Durham. Large numbers have already left for America. A tremendous conflagration has occurred in Philadelphia. An immense amount of destruo- '. tion was caused by the fire, no lesß than twenty i mills being burnt. . A terrible fire has occurred in Dorset, one o: tha southern counties of England. Before thi flames could be extinguished an entire villagi was destroyed, and a hundred persons were left homeless, and in a state of utter destitution. The east coast of Scotland has been visited b. severe storms. The steamer Liverpool anc , sixty boats were wrecked, and the telegraphs _ along the coast were destroyed. A destructive waterspout passed over Algeria, killing sixty-five persons, and causing at immense destruction of property. The arrest of Parnell and other Irish members, conpled with the avowed determination of the Government to act with vigor in the suppression of seditious disturbance 3, has occasioned intense excitement. In Dublin the authorities are taking most stringent precautions to prevent any disorder. Mass meetings have been prohibited, and. the streets are patrolled by cavalry, who have instructions to disperse any large assemblage. Serious disturbances have taken place in Cork, and encounters have ensued between the population and police. A mob assembled in thousands and hooted the police, and subsequently pelted them with btones. Eventually the constabulary found it necessarr to fire upon the crowd, and a, number of persons were wounded. Healy, against whom a warrant was issued by the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland for Beditious behaviour, bat who avoided capture, has been discovered in England. Very heavy weather has been experienced throughout .Europe during the 'past week, which has culminated in a series of most violent storms. From all parts of the Continent reports have been received of damage inflicted, whiob ia many districts is declared to be of a disastrous character. ... October 17. The situation in the Transvaal is growing oritical. The Boers are exhibiting a bitter feeling against all those suspected of sympathy with the British, and the practice of "Boycotting" has been applied to a number of English adherents, who were refused assistance of any kind from the Boers. j The proposal for holding an international i exhibition in New York in 1883 having fallen through owing to the apathy displayed, effort* are now being, made tb arrange for a world's fair in Boston in 1835. The citizens there are very desirous of carrying the affair to a sue oessf— issue, and much enthusiasm is being displayed.