LATE CABLE NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 6440, 3 December 1881, Page 3

LATE CABLE NEWS.

(SYDNEY MOBNINQ HERALD SPECIALS.)

(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

EXTRAORDINARY SCENE IN THE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT.

THE STATE OF IRELAND. London, November 22. The “Daily News” bag a leading article in this morning’s issue upon the success of Mr Bryce and the colonial forces under his command in apprehending Te Whiti and other agitators, and dispersing the large assemblage of Natives at Parihaka. The bloodlessness of the victory is noted with great satisfaction, and, while the hope is expressed that the probabilities of a renewal of hostilities between the two races have been crushed by the decisive measures adopted, the New Zealand Government is again exhorted to deal asgeneronsly with Te Whiti and his fellow-fanatics as the circumstances of the case will allow. The defence of the assassin Guiteau commenced to-day. The prisoner continues to betray an extreme anxiety about his personal safety. The utmost possible precautions have been adopted by the authorities to prevent any further attempts upon his life. The Government continue to pursue a firm policy in Ireland, and further arrests of seditious orators have been made. The Irish suspects who have been imprisoned by order of |the' Government under the Coercion Act have been put upon prison diet. Hitherto the funds of the Irish Land League have been employed in supplying them with food. It was, however, found to be a heavy drain upon tte funds, which have now been relieved of the expenditure. Last night, while the Italian Parliament was sitting, a Sicilian entered the Chamber, and threw a loaded revolver at the bead of the Premier. The weapon grazed his face, but inflicted no serious injury, and did not explode. The affair has’ created a painful sensation in Rome.

An extraordinary event befell the city of Rome last night. The gas supply was stopped, and the whole city was in darkness. Whether the stoppage was the result of accident or purpose has not yet transpired. November 24.

An animated tone pervades the wool market, and English and Scotch manufacturers are buying up large quantities of the staple. The tide of emigration to America has largely-increased. New York is already overcrowded with immigrants from the United and as there is a dearth of employment for farm laborers, privations are feared amongst the new arrivals. Riotous proceedings took place at an election meeting for Londonderry, and several arrests were made.

Another agrarian outrage has occurred at Meath, in Ireland, where a farmer has been shot for paying his rent. The Moslem inhabitants at Cyprus are indignant at the desecration of their tombs by the Greeks. Biota are imminent.

The proclamation declaring Berlin to be in a state of siege has been farther extended for 12 months.

The Chilians have kidnapped the President of Peru, aud carried him off to Santiago, This has caused an angry feeling on the part of the United States Government. November 25. The election for Brittany, in France, has been cancelled, in consequence of the clerical candidate having advocated that the influence of the pulpit was injurious. A fresh election will take place. The Eight Hon. Sir J. Alexander Macdonald, Premier of Canada, has delivered an important speech at Toronto, in which be ridiculed the idea of federation of the Canadian Empire. Intelligence has been received of the wreck of the ship Jura, with the loss of 20 lives. The Jura was a sailing vessel of 1199 tons, and was built at Glasgow in 1875.