LATE CABLE NEWS

New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 8522, 31 October 1888, Page 5

LATE CABLE NEWS

By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.

(pep. press association.)

(Received October 30, 11.40 p.m.) ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. Washing-tow, October 27. President Cleveland has instructed Mr Phelps, the United States Minister in London, to inform Lord Salisbury that the removal of the present British Minister at Washington will tend to promote an entente cordiale between Great Britain and America. London. October 27.

It is thought that Sir L. Sackville West, British Minister at Washington, will avail himselt of Tais accession to the Peerage as an excuse for a prolonged holiday, and that his return to Washington is unlikely. Should this supposition be correct the difficulty between President Cleveland and himself would be thus ended, and a successor at Washington appointed. It is expected that Sir William Jervois will succeed to tho Governorship of Queensland, rendered vacant by the death of Sir Anthony Musgrave. The title to be assumed by the Earl of Dufferin will b© the Marquis of Dufferin and Ava.

The traffic on the Suez Canal, which was blocked a week ago by a steamer grounding, has been resumed.

(Received, October 30, midnight.) London, October 28Jj The difficulty between Portugal and Morocco has been amicably settled. Lord Harris succeeds Lord Reay as Governor of the Bombay Presidency. It is reported that Sir Morell Mackenzie, in a letter written to a friend, has stated that his book in reference to the illness of the late Emperor Frederick was written at the request of the Queen and the Empress Victoria. In consequence of this rumour, interviews on the subject are being prolonged between Count Katz-? feldt-Wildenberg, the German Ambassador, and Lord Salisbury, and the tension between England and Germany is increasing. Paeis, October 27.

Latest reports regarding the landslip on the Naples-Brindisi line show that the first accounts were exaggerated. Nineteen passengers were killed, not 90 as at first reported, and 55 were injured. M. Clemenceau supports M. Floquet’s scheme for the revision of the Constitution.

It is feared that a crisis is impeudiag ever the proposed income-tax, the Deputies being averse to the proposal. General Boulanger, in the course of a bitter speech in the Chamber, derided the Premier’s Revision Bill, declaring, that it was an insult to France and constructed in defiance of public opinion. He urged the necessity of creating a National Republic, which should unite all former parties, and restore France to her proper place and give her a mission among the nations.

Home, October 27

It is understood that the Emperor William’s speeches at the Quirinal have greatly displeased the Pope. Le Moniteur, the organ of the Vatican, urges the German Catholics to persist in their struggle to obtain denominational schools.

Beklin, October 27.

The hitherto tree ports Hamburg and Bremen have joined the Customs Zollverein.

October 28,

The Dowager Empress Victoria did not attend the Emperor William’s birthday banquet. Calcutta, October 27.

Information is received that the Akozais have submitted to BrigadierGeneral McQueen, but the operations of the British force against the other branches of the Haza tribes will be continued.

Lieutenant-Colonel Cruickshank, ot the Bengal Staff Corps, who was wounded in an engagement with the Akozais on the 7th instant, has since succumbed to hio wounds.

Brigadier - General McQueen’s column occupied the Truud without opposition. Vienna, October 27.

An extensive movement of Russian troops toward the Austrian frontier is creating much excitement'here. St Petersburg, October 27.

The practicability of compelling Turkey to listen to the demands of Russia in reference to the non-recog-nition of Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria is being warmly discussed in official circles here, and the idea is gaining ground

Nf.w Yoke, October 27

The Canadian and Pacific Kailway Company have posted a stronglymanned and victualled train across the place where the Ked River Railway is about to cross the Canadian frontier. Manitoba is supporting the Red River Railway Company, and the authorities have called out the Militia to quell any disturbance that may occur.

Sofia, October 27,

At the opening ot the Sobranje Prince Ferdinand d wclton thesacrifices made by the Bulgarians to assure the progress of the country, aud preserve their independence. In the course of his speech he highly eulogised the army.

(Received October 31, 1.50 a.m.) London, October 29,

Priichard Morgan was elected for Merthyr-Tydvil in defiance of Gladstone’s advice.

- The English press almost unani. mously condemn the action of President Cleveland in connection with Sir Sachvi’.la West. The latter, who is at present on a visit to England,

accompanied by Phelps, the American Minister, proceeds to-day to Hatfield House, Hertfordshire, the residence .of the Premier, to interview Lord Salisbury. The colliers’ strikes has ended, the advance demanded by the miners being agreed to by the owners. Arrived—Tainui, at Plymouth. Mr John Bright has suffered a relapse. St. Petersburg, October 29,

A Nihilist, disguised as a Cossack officer, was arrested in the street just as the Czar appeared. Explosives were found in his possession. Yienna, October 28.

It is estimated that an increase of half a million sterling will be required for army and navy votes next year. New Tore, October 28.

Postmaster-General Vilas advocates a reduction of the postage rates, and declares that it is an absurd system to pay more for letters than for newspapers.

(Received October 30, 11.40 p.m.) THE TIMES-PARNELL CASE, Loudon, October 27.

Sir E. E. Webster, in his opening address before tho Commission, produced the original famous letters. He intimated that he proposed to call a witness to prove Parnell’s repugnance to sign the manifesto condemning the Phoenix Park murders, and stated that he was in possession of certain documents supplied to a clerk, who had until recently been employed in the central office of the National League, which would prove that the outrages were paid for, and that Mr Forster’s name was mentioned. One of the letters was subsequently read to show that it was ingeniously constructed in order that quite another meaning could bo attached, and that nothing like personal outrage was suggested. Altogether there are 400 witnesses to he examined. The Pall Mall Gazette declares that the documents in possession of the Attorney-General came from different sources, and that whilst partly genuine they are partly bogus productions, the vendors being uncertain whether The Times would keep their names secret. They offered the documents to several London papers for LIOOO, and The Times closed for a higher figure.

The Parnell Defence Fund amounts to £II,OOO.

(Received October3o, midnight.) AUSTRALIAN NEWS. SynNET, October 30. The Government have abandoned the further charge of intimidation against the Lambton miners. Mr Quong Tart, the well-known Chinese merchant here, will visit China immediately in response to a semiofficial request from Pekin. Probably the summons is in connection with the Chinese difficulty with Australia, and the question is sure to bo fully discussed. (Received October 31,1.30 a.m.) Hobaet, October 30, Arrived—Aorangi, at 3 o’clock. She sails at 7 to-night for New Zealand. She brings 130 passengers for Australia and 159 for New Zealand,