CABLE NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 78, 5 January 1889, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright fl'Blt UNITED PRKS« ASSOCIATION ( London, January 3. The Daily News states that the liabilities of David Clarkßon are estimated at £180,000. It is probable that negotiations will oe renewed for the union of the Free and United Churches of Scotland. Desperate resistance was offered to the evictions on OlphertV estate in Donegal. Two hundred police and soldiers were engaged, and the latter were about to fire when a priest persuaded the people to surrender Mr Gladstone intends to visit the Pope, as an act of politeness. Gas made from water by the Leeds Forge Company saves Ll 0,000 yearly at their works. It is produced at a cost of under 4d per 1000 ft. Mr D. Sheehan, M. P., has been convicted of conspiracy. Sentence was suspended owing to his ill health. Mr J. Finucane, M.P for Limenck East, was sentenced to four months' imprisonment for conspiracy. Notice of appeal was given. The series of wool sales at Antwerp will probably open open on January 14. Mr Gladstone, in an article in the Nineteenth Centiry, say that Daniel O'Oonnell was the greatest popular leader of the century; and the greatest Irishman who ever lived. Beklin, January 2. The German authorities nave increased the stringency of the passport regulations for Frenchmen visiting Alsace and Lorraine. St. Petersburg January 2. The mental depression of the Czarina is increasing. It has been discovered that the recant accident to the tram conveying the Imperial family, whereby some twenty hyes were lost, was the result of a deliberate plot, concocted by dismissed railway officials and the Nihilists. Many arreata have been made. Some, January 1. King Humbert, addressing his Ministers, said his most ardent desire was to maintain peace, and he firmly believed it was assured during 1889. ' Vienna, January 2. The Emperor Francis, writing to the Emperor of Germany and the King of Italy, expresses complete confidence that peace will be maintained. Paris, Taun;iry 2. President Carnot, speaking at his official reception yesterday, by implication, gave his hearers to understand that peace must be maintained during the Exhibition year. Zanzibar, January 3. The Arabs made a determined attack on Dar Es Salam, one of the starting places of caravans for the interor and the great lakes. After heavy fighting, which lasted some hours, they were repulsed. Many of the crew of the German Squadron now operating on this coast are suffering severely from feyer. San Fkancisco, January 2. The total eclipse of the sun yesterday was well observed at Cahfornian stations. Washington, January 1. A man named Schloops, of Philadelphia, has confessed that, enraged at the glutteny of a. boarder, he murdered him. The dissected limbs have been fouud. Baku, January 4. A train on the Tiflia railway, south of the Caucasus, has boeu snored up. Fourteen passengers are reported to be dead and 20 dying. Two hundred people in all are in imminent danger of beiup frozen to death unless rescued immediately. ________ _____