LATE CABLE NEWS.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1136, 8 December 1893, Page 19

LATE CABLE NEWS.

THE LATE PROFESSOR TYNDALL. London, December 5. . Professor Tyndall died from an overdose of chloral. FRENCH MILITARY OPERATIONS. Paris, December 5. About 40,000 French soldiers are being echeloned near the Italian frontier. THE EDUCATION QUESTION IN IRELAND. London, December 5. The Christian Brothers in Ireland decline to adopt compulsory attendance of pupils, on the ground that their schools are not endowed by the State. In the House of Commons, Mr Sexton and his colleagues oppose the Government compelling the Brothers to comply with the Act. WHAT A SHERIFF FOUND. London, December 5.

A sheriff who was distraining for rent discovered a box of dynamite with a fuse attached in a house at Hampstead. The tenant was a man named Schneider, who had recently arrived from America. Some 241 b of dynamite has also been found in Schneider’s room in Chancery lane.London, December 6. The man Schneider, in whose house at Hampstead a box of dynamite was found by the sheriff, is a director of a dynamite projectile company, and it is now believed that the packages of dynamite found on the premises were trade samples. NEW ORIENTAL BANK. London, December 5. The Committee of the New Oriental Bank reports a deficiency of nearly <£1,500,000. The Committee fears that the creditors will only receive a further dividend of 6s in the pound. MR GLADSTONE’S BUSY LIFE. London, December 5. It is reported that Mr Gladstone is engaged in translating the whole of the works of Horace. His studies occupy him some-hours daily. _

INSURANCE OF BANK DEPOSITS. London, December 5. The Appeal Court has decided that the insurance companies must pay in full on bank deposits insured by them, without allowing for the dividends that may be paid when the affairs of the bank are liquidated. LAWSUIT AGAINST TRUSTEES. London, December 5. The trustees in the estate of the late Mr Justice Kerferd invested the sum of £BSOO in the stocks of certain banks which have undergone reconstruction. The estate is liable for £SOOO in calls. Action has been taken to compel the trustees to pay the calls, it being alleged that they did not exercise proper discretion in investing. The presiding Judge held that the trustees had acted honestly, and therefore were not liable. THE PRIVY COUNCIL. London, December 5. The Duke of Coburg (Prince Alfred of Edinburgh) has resigned his seat in the Privy Council. LIQUOR LEGISLATION IN NEW SOUTH WALES. Sydney, December 6. Mr Kidd has again re-introduced the Local Option Bill. It has been decided by 47 to 35 to retain the compensation clause.

SENTENCED FOR EMBEZZLEMENT. Sydney, December 6. Davis, an accountant who was charged with embezzling £3OOO belonging to a local firm, was sentenced to three years’ penal servitude, and ordered to pay a fine of £IOOO out of the estate. MR GLADSTONE AND THE UNEMPLOYED. London, December 6. Mr Gladstone has declined to agree to a temporary reduction of the eight hours principle in the Government departments in the interest of the unemployed. He says it is impossible to have a uniform rate of working hours in the Government service. THE DUBLIN OUTRAGE. London, December 6. Three more arrests have been made in connection with the recent dynamite outrage in Dublin. VICTORIAN BUTTER. London, December 6. The War Office is arranging with the chief military hospitals in Great Britain to test the suitability of Victorian-tinned butter. The Admiralty has selected a committee to test and experiment with Victorian-tinned butter at certain stations on the homeward route, and also to test the article at the officers’ mess tables.

THE BUFFER STATE IN SIAM. Paris, December 6. Commenting on the work of the Delimitation Commission in Siam, the Parisian newspapers complain that the buffer State is of benefit only to England and China. FRENCH CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES. Paris, December 6. M. Dupuy, the late Premier, has been elected President of the Chamber of Deputies. SCOTTISH MINERS’ STRIKE. London, December 6. The Scotch miners, who struck some days ago for an advance in wages, have asked Mr Gladstone to intervene with the colliery owners.