CABLEGRAMS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 6192, 13 December 1881, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

BRITISH AND FUtMmii. (Reuteh's Special. London, December 12th. The Times to-day publishes a telegram frcm glianistan stating that dissension has arisoi among the adherents of Ameer Abdur Rahman. The discontent is chiefly manifesting itsell amongst the Duvanie tribes. Viknna, December 12th. It is now officially stated that !H7 persons who were present at the theatre on the nighi of the Bth inst. are missing, and it is feare<. that the total loss of life amounts to thai number. Paws, December 12th. Telegrams are to hand from Tunis reporting that heavy rains have fallen in that country causing severe floods in many parts, and tha1 the operations of the French troops, agains the insurgents are in consequence temporaril} stopped. INTERCOLONIAL. (Reutsr's Special.) Sydney, December 12th. A case of smallpox is reported to have oc curred at Bega, a small town in the south ol this Colony, about 250 miles from Sydney Precautions have been taken to prevent th< spread of contagion. The cricket match between the English tean and Eleven of New South Wales was continued to .day. The local team were all disposed of ii the first innings for 210, of which Murdocl contributed SS. At the close of the day's plaj the Englishmen had put together 145 runs foi the loss of six wickets, Midwinter being nol out for 45, and Barlow not out for 26. Melbourne, December 12th. The prosecutions initiated by the poliei against certain parties for raising sweeps oi the Melbourne Cup have been dismissed. Biusiiank, December 12th. At the Brisbane regatta on Saturday th sculling race was won easily by E. Lay cock. « Tho following hsyo been published in th Melbourne papers, under dates from Ist to 5t December: — (Special to Age.) Field-marshal Count Yon Moltke, chief o tho staff of the German Imperial army, wh has recently completed his 81st year, has an nounced his intention of shortly resigning, o: c account of his great age. He will be succeeded by General Waldersee {sic), of the Impena a staff. . . . " A fire of great magnitude is now burning a d Bristol. A store containing a large quantit; ,8 of petroleum caught fire, and owing to th highly inflammable nature of its contents a] efforts to extinguish tho conflagration were un ? availing. The flames have spread to othe '■ buildings, also containing petroleum, and th d fire is still burning furiously. It is feared tha the amount of damage caused will be euoi mous. - v Disturbances have occurred at Preston, , i- larn-e manufacturing town in Lancashire o owing to the riotous conduct of some of th ' soldiery stationed there. The police endeavoured 'voured to quell the disturbance, but wer )f resisted by the soldiers, and a free figh ■r ensued. Eventually the police were enablei k to suppress the riot, and they arrested 20 o 0 the ringleaders, who will be tried for th '. offence. ls Outrages in Ireland, both upon persons am »' property, havo lately been increasing to ai it alarming extent. The mutilation of cattle ha •„ been extensively practised. At Kilmore, ii ' county Cavan, 100 cattle were found lying oi )e tho ground houghed and otherwise muti le lated. The frequency of earthquakes in Switzarlam. n lately has occasioned much alarm,_and been th< cau?e of a good deal of speculation. Xo les, le than 20 shocks wore recorded during the montl :e of November. [y Mr John Dillon, the momber for Tipperary 0 . who was recently rcarreßtod and imprisonec by tho Government for using seditious! Lan guage, is seriously ill, His condition I 10 considered critical. r- The Times, in an article, on Australian loans le expresses an opinion that the Colonies liavi „ been making demands upon tha money market ' too frequently, and that such extensive borrow a ing is unwise and impolitic. 10 A groat fire has occurred at Glasgow. It it broke out in some mills, and caused a largi ie amount of damage. The loss is estimated as ai 10 least £50,000. A serious explosion took place in the pre 1-0 raises of an Orange lodge in the city oi Limerick, which wore completely destroyed. is The explosion, which was produced ,bj dynamite, is believed to be the work of the Land League, who are continuing their system 11 of intimidation by acts of violence. ;h Extraordinary disturbances have taken place if in the town of Odessa, in the south of Russia, .1 where the anti-Jewish feeling has been foi some time past very strong. Sara Boi-nhardt, l'~ tho distinguished actress, who recently visited ''* the town on a professional engagement, liae ie been made tho subject of a hostile demonstraid tion by excited mobs. She with difficulty sue- , ceeded in making her escape, after throwing l" her jewellery and other valuables to tho mobs who threatened her. »' ■ In the beginning of last month some serious ;o disturbances took placo at Bolmullet, a soaport „, town in Ireland, in tho county of Mayo, 11 / miles weat of Baugor, which were witli difficulty suppressed by tho police, who were 'f obliged to use their arms. One of the rioters m then injured has sinco died from the effects of „ tho wounds received. The coroner's jury, in t tho teeth of tho ovidonco that tho police had been acting in strict accordance with tho law, ■" and in defiance of tho summing-up of the y coroner, havo roturnod a verdict of wilful mury der against one of the constables, cr Tho anti-Jewish fooling in Russia shows no ° signs of abatement. In St. Petersburg tho popular antipathy is so strong that it is believed Ii an attack upon tho members o.f the Jewish v community in that city is imminent. Numbers ], of Jews are leaving, so as to. escape the lmt pending outbreak. A (Special to Argus.) ■o Seven electioneering agents and three publiis cans, who have been convicted of bribery in ,1 connection with the general election in 18S0 _ have boon sentenced to terms of imprisonment varying from two to nine months, with '" hard labour. '.- The will of the late Mr C. Pond, the well- . known partner in the catering firm of Spiers '.' and Pond, has been proved under £215,000. It is roported that General Ignatieff, head "of the Russian Government, has been '■ dismissed in consequence of recent dynamite c plots. a A great "jewel robbery has been committed at Brynkinalt, the seat of Lord Arthur Edwin Hill-Trevor, situated in the village oof Chirk, in Denbighshire. Many thousands Ii of pounds' worth of jewellery belonging y to Lord Arthur Hill-Trevor was successfully „ carried off. The Government of India have it m contem- '" plation to supersede the duties on imported '> cotton manufactures in favour of an income il tax. General consternation prevails in cono sequence, and an agitation has been commenced 0 to induce tho Executive not to carry out their intentions. '" Mr J. G. Blaino, tho Secretary of State and head of the United States Cabinet, has fork warded his resignation to President Arthur, j who has appointed Mr Froyhughusen as his successor.