CABLE NEWS.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 7376, 28 May 1895, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

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Loudon, S-.iiy 23. The Duke ot J-ovounhi-o d_clar~_ that tho Unic::ist~ two satisfi .d thai tho elements of mischief in tho pretuut Hou.o of Oor.amana aro crippled and destroyed, and further, that tho Government ia Btrick.u with mortal pa.aly.i-, and is incapable of achieving ita objects.

In an address to tho Priraroao League, tho Marquis of Salisbury Slid moneyed men would not invest, fearing that t-o.iuli.t measures would render capital tiossfo, and ho dil not anticipate a rovival in, i__d_ until confidence was restored. He declared that a black and impas.'.bla stream of di..tr_„t divides tho sullen ranks of halfstarved workers from iho beat fit. of capital.

In the House of Commons, Mr G. C. Bartloy, referring to Lord Braasoy, enqaired whether there was any for a Governor sneaking in favor of a candidate for n seat iv th. Hou.o. Mr Buxton, Parliamentary Under - Secretary to t.o Colonial Office, replied that Lord Brasaey waa not yet a Governor.

Threo disgui-:od msn fired at Mr McSsviney, a Justice of the Peaco, who was returning from the sessions at Kanturk, County Cork. _. one of the shots took effeot, acd ho replied with a rovolvor, but the men escaped.

Lord Brsesey, addressing the Women's Liberal Association, said that as the son of perhaps one of tho greatest employers of modern times, he had knowledge of the overwork and rci.erable pay of factory women, whioh was repugnant to him, aa also was the present exposed and ill-guarded state of machinery and insanitary condition of the majority of the faoto.iea. He urged that the Stato should take action to protect those women from tho abuses mentioned.

May 24. At the trial of o,_car Wild, the Judge said ho was of opinion that Shelley suffered from delusion., and that there was nothing unnatural in his friendship with accused. Tho ovidence did not prove otherwise \han that the friend-hip was perfectly hoaorablo. In his evidence Wilde denied in toto all the charges mf.de against him.

In his Bradford speech Lord t?alisbury said he doubted whother tho Turks wore answerable for the Armenian atrooiti.s. Wordy protests would only induoo the Moslems to oontiuuo the persecutions, and he did not believe the Great Powers would actively intervene in the matter. The Times, refering to the Associated Chambers of Commerce deputation, urges the Premier to aEßist the Pacific scheme. Messrs Huddart, too, urgo an Imperial expenditure of £100,000 per annum on tho Pacific steamers and cable, which will bo amply repaid by the improved communication, and will strengthen the attachment of the colonies, and develope British influence in the Pacific.

Orton says Slade " gave away " all the details of tho Tichborna family affairs. Be simply sucked Blade's brains. Ho merely asknd Lady lichborne for £300 in tho first instance, but the popular oonfidenoe that he was the hoir forced on the imposition. His intention was to sail for Panama. Mr M'Millan, ex-Colonial Treasurer of Now South Wales, who has boen making enquiries as to the extension of the produco markets, advises the colony to centra its energies in the British market, and not to face a struggle with its rivals on the Continent, where the mizk.ts are virtually closed. May 26 Wilde aftjr being sentonced app3ared quite dazed and hor.or-strickon. In his despair ha weakly mutterod a requost to he permitted to addr.es the Court, but this was unheeded, and the warders hurried him off to his cell. Luting tho trial Wildo, who appeared to be suffering from weakness, was allowed to remain seated in the witness box while givi-g evidence on his own behalf. He said ha always understood Taylor to bo a roapeotable man, and, rofering to his association with him, Baid the reason for the friendship was because he personally liked praise, and lionising was delightful to him. Sir Edward Clarke, Q 0 , counsel for tho accused, declared that tho witnesses for tho prosecution were blackmailers, and that it was impossible to believe them. The jury asked whether it was intended to arrest Lord Alfred Douglas. The Judge replied that he was not aware of the intention of the police, but in any casa it did not affect the present trial. The jury thought that if Wilde's letters showed him to ho guilty, the guilt applied equally to Lord Alfred Douglas. His Hoaor concurred in this opinion, but added that the suspicion of the jury that the son of the Marquis of Qacensberry was being allowed to escape owing to his connections was both unfounded and impossible. At the Bow street Police Court, counsel for Leonard Harper repeated that the aooused was williDg to return to New Ztaland. May 27In the courso of a sermon yesterday Dr. Parker, the well known Congregational divine, urged that England should attack Turkey aud freo Armenia from her bonds. The rev. gentleman said it would be a moat holy and righteous war. Pa. is, May 27._ Particulars have been received of brisk fighting between the Frenoh and a company of bandits on the frontier of French Guiana and Brazil. It appears that Linner, captain of a company of French marines, demanded, under a flag of truce, the relaaee cf a Frenchman who had boen taken prisoner by the bandits. Whilo the negotiations were in progiesa tha bandit chief shot Linner dead, and his followers simultaneously fired on tho marines. Severe fighting ensued, lasting for tivo hours, and ended in the complete defeat of the outlaws. The Frenchmen had five marines killed and twenty wounded, while the bandits lost sixty of their number, besides having a large number of woundtd, Ihe Frenchmen afterwards burnt their village. Calcutta, May 27. The Ameer of Afghanistan upbraided Umrah Khan for tho recent revolt in Chitral, but promised to extend to h'm his hospitality. Rome, May 27. The elections aro proceeding quietly. Signer Crispi has been eieoted for Rome. It is expected the Ministry will have a large majority. Later. Orispi's followers have already seourcd three hundred ssats. New Yoek, May 27. The editors of tho democratic journals in New York havo resolved to resist tho free and unlimited coinage of silver. A mob stormod the gaol at Danevilla, in Illinois, and elfeoted an entranco and •brought out and lynched two whito men who were accused of assaulting woraon.

Ottawa, May 23. Manitob. haa decided to recognise separate Catholic schools, which will be placed under inspection and must be managed by certificated teachers. Me3.boue.ni., May -27. The conference between _heProteotioni_ts' Association and the representatives of local industries confirmed tho principles of a. minimum wage and eight h mrs as the duration of a day's labor, iv crJtr to ensure tho full benefits of Protection.

Sydney, May 27.

Beforo the full Court tho question of the legality of payment to members of the Legislative Assembly has commenced. Tho point S9t up was that the Legislative Assembly was not a cealiuuous body, and the payment merely refers to the Assembly which passes the bill. So far ihe trand of tho Judges' remarks has been in tha direction that the Assembly is a continous institution, although its personnel may ohange. Argument is proceeding. The prohibitive ro.ervo operated against the disposal of Mr Clark's string of raoehorses, with the excoptioa of the Martini—■ Blue White filly, which was sold for 100 guinea.. The rest wero paesod in. Adelaide, May 27. Thß following is tho result of the Birthday Cup : —Hortonsius 1, Roynl Master 2, Jo 3. Won eaßily. Timo, 2rui_ 3.£seo. Dividend, £3 _i.