LATEST CABLE NEWS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume I, Issue 55, 20 October 1880, Page 2

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

TERRIBLE DISASTER IN SOUTH

AMERICA. '

[Reuter's Special to Star.]

London, October 18. News has been received frozn South America of a terrible disaster in the Argentine Republic. A most severe snowstorm, lasting for three days, fell over an enormous tract of country, and caused the death of 700.000 cattle, 500,000 sheep, and 250,000 horses, No news has come to hand as to any loss of human life.

Mr. Parnell, M.P., made a speech at Longford yesterday, in the course of which he said the proposed prosecution by the Government of the leaders of .the Irish league would be useless.

The detached squadron, with H.M.S. Bacchante, has gone on a prolonged cruise.

A report is current at St. Petersburg, on the best authority, that owing to tbe Czar having contracted marriage with Princess Dolgororaski, his Majesty will appoint the Czarwitch co-regent, and will live in retirement at Livadia, in the Crimea.

The Government are taking active measures to prosecute the leaders of the Irish League. Troops are being sent to the west of Ireland. '

Arrangements have been made for a match between Laycock and Hosmer* of Boston, on the 2nd November. On the 13th November Laycock rows Hawdon, of Newcastle, for £200 a side, over the champion course. It is expected that the vessels of the various fleets forming the combined squadron at Cattaro will remain there until the surrender of Dulcigno to Montenegro has been effected, and that they will then disperse. No active steps have yet been taken by the Porte to make the cession, but some early acttion is-looked for, for the Albanians have resolved to resist the surrender of Dulcigno to the last extremity.

An Invercargill loan of £20,000, at 6 per cent., has been issued. Tenders at 98 will receive 16 per cent, of allotment; tenders above 98 will receive in full.

The total reserve of notes and bullion in tbe Bank oi England is about J15,250,000.

All the persons arrested on. suspicion of being concerned in the murder of Viscount Montm orris have been released, the evidence being insufficient to convict them. Constantinople, October 18. The Porte has nominated a German to fill a post in then: Foreign Ministry. Riza Pasha, the Turkish Commander at Dulciguo, is pacifying the Albanians.

Delegates have been appointed by ,Tur* key and the other Powers to meet at Cettinge, and negotiate for the cession of Dulcigno to the Montenegrins. Intelligence has been received that the dragoman, or interpreter, attached' to the Austrian Consulate at Priesnd, in Albania, has been assassinated.

BerbiNj October 18.

Cologne Cathedral, -which has. lately teen completed, was- opened yesferday by splendor. Several p«»ces were present at the ceremony.

Paeis, 'October 17i

The French Government is continuing to expel the various religious dfders from France.

Bate of discount {Bank of France) now is 8$ per cent., in consequence of the large efflux of gold.