LATE TELEGRAMS.

Otago Witness, Issue 1934, 19 March 1891, Page 22

LATE TELEGRAMS.

BBITISH AND FOREIGN. (Pjsk Pbese Association.) London, March 17. Writs of habeas corpus have been granted for the purpose of enabling Messrs Dillon and O'Brien to appear as witnesses for the defence in the cases of Dalton and others at Cork on Saturday. The press are unanimous in the opinion that Mr Parnell is conducting the campaign with energy, and the effect is contrasted strongly with the spiritless display of his antagonists. The Ameiican press condemn Mr Pencil's recent manifesto, and advise the public not to support him. The Swiss Fe]eral Government have adopted the principal of a standing army, and will fortify the St. G'jthard and other tunnels. Tho arbitrators in the Newfoundland dispute rueel at Brussels iminodiafelr. The recent advance on Tokur is re£;.rdcd as p/urt of tho pl:ui for the )■_■;•. .p'urc u£ ilio Soudan and an advance on Kh:utouui, to coi.nWTaoi the lUi'.i.in ,A\;\i :^ i! c X'\\ The French An');-,s^ V.r at LV.lm has been recalled. This step is believed to have

some connection with the recent visit of the Dowager Empress to Paris. ' Sir J. Fergusson, in reply to a question, said that the Portuguese authorities accused" the steamer Countess of Carnarvon of smuggling. It is reported that the libel action brought by Sir W. Camming will result in an apology being tendered without an attempt to prove thte charges; leaving the |jury to assess the damages. It is said that this course will be taken owing to the pressure of the Prince°of Wales. Public sentiment in the United States sustains the conviction felt in few Orleans that the jury were corrupted. President Harrison deplores the outbreak of popular feeling, and will take measures to prevent further bloodshed. March 18. In a paper read before the Colonial Institute, Sir E. O. N. Braddon, Agentgeneral for Tasmania, urged that there was scope for crofters in Tasmania in developing the Whaling and deep sea fisheries ; and he also advocated the export of timber and apples from Tasmania to Great Britain Telephonic communication between London and Paris has been successfully carried but. Parts of 90 carcases of frozen meat landed from the Kaikoura were found to be bad. 27,000 carcases were in perfect condition. Some 5000 carcases have yet to be discharged. The insulation appears perfect. New York, March 17. The epidemic of influenza is spreading in Chicago, and fully 50,000 of the residents are affected by it. It is estimated that onetenth of tbe Chicago police are also affected. Seven hundred Italian residents of New Orleans have fled from the country, fearing further bloodshed. The Mayor of New Orleans declares that Parkinson, who is alleged to be the chief leader of the lynching party, was quite right in the action he took. In explanation, Parkinson states that while the Mafia Society confined their action to killing their own members nobody interfered, but directly they murdered Detective Hennessy American liberty was endangered. The New York newspapers reiterate the statement that the jury were bribed, and state they have no doubt but that the Sicilians were guilty of the crime of which the jury acquitted them. The foreman of the jury has been expelled from New Orleans. Caiko, March 16. News has been received from Khartoum tbat a magaainej exploded at Omdurman, and that 100 persons were killed^

Caiko, March 16.