LATEST CABLE NEWS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume II, Issue 132, 20 July 1881, Page 2

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

[Reuter's Special to Star.]

LONDON, July 18.

The agitation in favor of Irish tenants, which was recently manifesting itself among Irish laboring" classes in England, is now showing signs of revival. The weather in England during the' past fortnight has been of most extreme heat, having been quite tropical. Many cases of sunstroke are reported to have occurred.

The National Bank of New Zealand has declared a dividend of 4 per cent, for the past half year ; and £1000 carried to the reserve fund.

PARIS, July 17.

Don Carlos, the well-known claimant to the Spanish throne, who has been residing in France since the termination of the Spanish civil war, has been accused by Government of intriguing 'with the Legitimist party, was arrested to-day, and conducted to the frontier, and forbidden to re-enter the' country.

Intelligence regarding the battle" preceding the capture of Sfax by the' French states that the Arabs offered a most stubborn resistance to the storming party, and inflicted upon it a loss of 80 killed and 40 wounded. The engagement lasted some time, and the insurgents did not give way until they had suffered heavily. The French troops in occupation of Sfax have now been largely reinforced from the Squadron, and have taken up a strong position in and around the city, in preparation for attacks by the Arabs.

WASHINGTON, July 16.

This morning's bulletin reports that President Garfield progresses -favorably. He is rapidly gaining strength', and his complete recovery now seems assured.

NEW YOEK, July 16.

The weather throughout the "Northern States of America has been intensely hot for some tune past. Over 550 deaths from sunstroke have occurred since the extreme heat set in.

CALCUTTA, July 17.

Intelligence has been received from Afghanistan, reporting that Ayoub Khan is now at Ferrah, a city about 30 miles south of Herat, and is supported by a large body of troops. The Ameer's forces are still at Girishk, and it is expected that hostilities between the two armies will shortly commence.