TELEGRAPHIC

Evening Star, Issue 5592, 9 February 1881, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC

o> HOMK AND FOREIGN. [Reutkr's I'eleora.ks. ] LONDON, February 7. Michael D».vitt will brc sxempt from hard labor during tho remainder of his sentence. The following appeared in the Melbourne papers : The greatest alarm, amounting to panic, has prevailed en tho receipt of information by the polioe which led to the belief that an attempt was about to be nude by the Fenians to destroy 83v*r.d of the more prominent public buildings in London. Those h»v« now been pla:ed under strong guards o£ military and police, but no Violent acts have been committed.

A cable despatch has bean received from Sir G. Colley, ia which the Governor reports that ha is hopeful of bringing the Boer rebellion to a satiafcctoiy termination. Tho 1 »898 of officers in tho recent engagements were very serious. then new* of a discouraging character h*s been received fr-fin Sir G. Colley. His Exocllency reports the Boars io hava been Urgaly reinforced, and now accordingly outnumbnred the available oolonial troops. On the 31st It was reported that the Boera had Le*n guilty el atrocieuiiy butchering the v/oundod of izo C(»t>nial force. This lu» boon officially co> - tradicted, and it had been ascertained that they treat their prisoners humanely, Their attitude, however, 13 intensely warlike. At tha meetings of the Uaior f and English, and Australian Banks, ehart. holders were jubilant. Satisfactory reports were areeanted.

The crews of tho Oxford and Cambridge Universities hare commerced practiiiDg far the annual aquatic contest.

Tho latest edvicce from Natal state that the Basuto rebellion is practically cruthed, and the hostilo tribes are now sueiug for peaoe.

from St. Petersburg efcaia that General Skobeloff, the Russian commander of *he expedition against the Tekke TurcomM«, after hi« victory over iko ©mmy ail Qeok Tepe, purnued them fed Askhafhad, Qaaen Victoria eenfc a cable mowage of I condolence to Governor C-jlley on the r*ojnt rovoraea sustained by the troops, ard on the serious losa by death of to many < ftioera of his staff, and mentioning specially Colonel*Denno and &*pfea(a lamaa. Tne message contains worda of enoouragoment atid hope. INTERCOLONIAL. [Rkutrr'b TKiJifliUMa.J PERTH, Feb&uary 8. News has been received that a cyclone of a jmat Bevere character has visited ohe town of Roeborne, In the norfch-wei* of this colony, the site of a pearl fishery, and twelve boats used by the pearlera have been totally loot. SYDNEY, February 9. The Coroner's jury has found that the flro at Bsckett's premises la Barrack street last month was caused by some person or person? unknown. The Estimates wore tabled in the Assembly last night. Tne total expenditure ie | Bet down at L 4,280,000, beirig an fnorcase of I L 165.000. The iucreaso ia almost entirely in the expenditure for eduoalion. INTEHPROViNCIAL. [United Press Association.) NEW PLYMOUTH, February 9. A prospecting party ia starting to Bearch for gold between Tarauaki and Waikato. They propose going Inland from Mokau or Awaklngo. The party is hoaded by a wellknown Thames prrspector nam*d and they say that they have the permission of the Government, CHRISTCHURCH, February 9. A Cvown lands sale yesterday of township and suburban sections realised LI,BOO. L'ittoit) are appearing iu the dally papers urging the Cricket Association to take steps to engsgo a professional to give instruction to our young p'ayers. At the Polios Court this morning John Wiiiiam Weaiou, a schoolmaster, was sontencod to twelve month!*' hard labor on six charges < f indecent expo;uro, Nows has been recdved heie o' the death of Mrs William Hotkiija (Florence Colvilh) at Melbourne, aged thirty-four, TAPANUI, February 9. A te3t case—the Borough Council v. Short, for havkg aa unregistered dog—was heard

before Mr Carew, R.M., to-day. The difend&nt pleaded havhg a licence ticket np till Marco. The B-iiUU ruled that the ticket under the old Act was no good, and that the Borough muat charge the full fee cf 10 i.