GABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 190, 18 July 1883, Page 2

GABLE NEWS.

— ♦ MADAGASCAR. GENERAL NEWS. THE StTEZ~~OANAL. MADAGASCAR. THE WEXPoId SEAT: (SPECIAL TO UKIW. i*^ ASSOCIAtS^ I ~...V , . London, July 16. a f ?«?£ ** p atches from Tamatave, dated 6th July are entirely, silent as to the reported insiilts to the British authorities and the v officers of the Dryad. Two night attacks have been made by the Hovas, who hare been repulsed with serious loss. The French naval authorities at Tamatare, on the 26th Jane, boarded Messrs Ourne s mail steamer Tynemouth Castle placed sentries on Various positions on board, and overhauled the muls. The captain alone was allowed to land at Madagascar, and the cargo and passengers had to be taken on to Mauritius. .The balance of the. Western Australian loan has been withdrawn. • Mr Cbilders, Chancellor of the Ex* • t re^. lying t0 a deputation, stated that the agreement made with Count de Lesseps fora second Suez Canal was the best obtainable. It is considered probable that the I ahan Government will consent to the landing of the mails at.Brindisi. ; The New Zealand Shipping Company is increasing its capital by a quarter of a million. Barren De Lesseps threatens that unless some decision is come tt^^h respect to the second canal acrosswfc he will appeal to the French to resist farther ooicessions, Mr Childers Chancellor of the Exchequer will resign if the agreement Is rejected. Tamatave ba 8 been proclaimed a French town, and the various. Consuls resident there have been forbidden to hoist the flat of the country they represent. The captain of fi.M.S. Dryad becoming. irritated at the conduct of the French Admiral, is sending a body of marines ashore to guard the Consulate, and boats to assist the fugitives. The Governor of Mauritius is also sending a steamer to Tamatave to bring away any .fugitives that n>ay care to leave. The Liberals and Tories will support the nomination of the O'Connor Don for the vacancy at Wexford.