LATEST CABLEGRAMS.

Clutha Leader, Volume XII, Issue 598, 1 January 1886, Page 3

LATEST CABLEGRAMS.

London, December 21

A m )8t disastrous explosion occurred at Mardy Colliery, near Pontypridd. The majority of miners employed at the Colliery are safe. Ifc is definitely known, however, that 78 mea have lost their lives. Calcutta, December 26. Advice* from Burma!) state that the British expendiHonary foro*, which left Mandalay for Rhamo, 'ha« arrived at Nutshoao, about 30 miles north of Mand«lay. The British corps were well received by tho Burmese populace, who are tendering their submission in lar<*e numbers. Londox, Det'oraher 27.

M. Jules Gnsvy, if re-elected TTreuch President, will grunt an amnesty to all political prison«rs. The Right Hon. Marcus G. Boroaford, D.D., Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of Ireland, is dead. He was 84 years of ago. ■ . . [fc is believed that Osman Digna, who was stated to he (Igh<\\ is-still alivo, and preparing for 1 an. attack on the Abyssinians. ' " Mr Parnell has received large remittances from America toward* the Parliamentary Fund. December 28. Mr TjAbouchere affirms that IVtr Parnell is prepared to accept an Irish Parliament, one-fourth of the members to be nominees of the Crown, a customs, union with England, and- the right of the Irish members to vote at Westminster upon Imoerial questions ; alao a Royal viceroy in Ireland, exercising the right of vote with the advice of the Privy Council of Ireland. Mr Parnell also agrees to the compensation of landlords. It is feared that the parleying which, has been proceeding respecting the proclamation of "a sovereignty over New Guineij and the question of increased, contributions by the Colonies to this end, will be a fiasco. Paris, December 2.8. The National Assembly, by a large majority, re-elected M. Grevy President of the French Republic for a further term of seven years... The members of the Right mostly abstained from voting. ■ December 29. M. Briß3onj French Premier,; persists in tendering his resignation, giving aMm reason the persistent hostility evinced by-: the Chamber of Deputies to his Ministry. The President of the Republic, however, ref uses to accept M. Brisson's resignation. ' December 30. The President of the Repnblic has ac-. cepted the resignation of M. Brisson, and summoned M. De Freycinet to form a Cabinet. M. De Freycinet has not de?,; finitely acceded to M, Grevy 's request, and hesitates to undertake the task. London, December 29. ; The Duke of Argyle, writing to the' Times on the subject of local government for Ireland, protests that it is impossible I to treat Ireland like the Colonies. The Times considers that Mr Gladstone's leadership will imperil the Liberal party. The Right Hon. Mr Forster is very ill. His medical attendant states that he is in a critical condition. He is suffering from affection of the brain. The Aorangi. has arrived at Plymouth with her frozen meat in good condition.