CABLE NEWS.

Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 966, 1 December 1882, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

HOME AND FOREIGN. [REUTER —COI'YH IGHT. ] (Received Nov. 30, 1 n.tn.) LONDON, Nov. 28. In consequence of the- state of excitement now prevailing in .Dublin, further stringent measures have been adopted for the preservation of peace in the city, and a proclamation lias been issued by the Executvie to-day declaring that the Curfew clause of the Coercion Act, under which persons found abroad after dark are liable to arrest, will be enforced. A reward of £SOOO has been offered for the apprehension of the assassins of the juryman engaged in Hynes’s trial. The murderers are, however, still at large. Parliament will on Friday next be prorogued until February, 1883. In the House of Commons last night Mr Gladstone introduced the supplementary estimates of the expenditure in Egypt up to October last, amounting to £1,060,000. The, premier announced that all the cost arising from the British occupation after October will be borne entirely by Egypt. The total cost of the Egyptian campaign to England and India will amount to four and a half millions sterling. PARTS, Nov. 28. M. Gambatta met with a serious accident yesterday. While handling a revolver the charge wont off, and the shot entered the arm and ploughed some distance through the flesh, inflicting a bad wound. M. Gambetta now lies in a verv feverish state. LONDON, Nov. 29. Earl Granville, Foreign Secretary, replying to a deputation which waited upon him in reference to De Brazza’s treaty and negotiations between the French Government and envoys from Madagascar, stated that ho was not aware of the existence of any treaty giving France a protectorate over the Island of Madagascar, CAIRO, Nov. 28. Earl Dufferin has had under consideration the evidence taken by the Commission of Inquiry, and has advised that the charges against Arabi in connection with the massacres at Alexandria and other places, and the burning of that city, should not be brought forward at the trial. (Received Dec. 1. 1 a.ra.) LONDON, Nov. 30 Two of the men charged with being concerned in the murder of the detective in. Dublin on the 27th instant, have been committed for trial. It is announced that Sir George Fergnsson Bowen, Governor of Mauritius, has been appointed to the Governorship of Hong Kong, and that Sir John Pope Hennessy will take the vacant Governorship of Mauritius. BERLIN, Nov. 30. The Rhine is now higher than it has been for a century, and the principal towns along the banks are inundated. Great distress prevails in consequence.

AUSTRALIAN. [REUTER —COPYRIGHT.] (Received Nov. 29, i.25 a.in.) MELBOURNE, Nov. 28. Dr Bnaney has instituted an action at law against the proprietors of the Argus for having published an article commenting unfavorably upon his public career in connection with the election proceedings. Damages are laid at £IO,OOO. (Received Dec, 1, 1 a. m.) SYDNEY, Nov. 80. The election of four members for the East Sydney constituency took place to - day, and resulted in the return of Messrs Reid, Barton, Griffiths, and Mcllhone, Sir Henry Parkes and Dr Renwick were defeated. Great excitement prevails in the city to-night.

INTERPROVINCIAL. (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) NEW PLYMOUTH, Nov. 30. Good progress is now being made with the harbour works, and during, the month fifty-four feet have been added to the breakwater, besides the damage being repaired which was done by the late stormy weather. The Mayor, Mr William Bayly, who was president of the Taranaki Jockey Club, has sent in his resignation to the Club, owing to the attitude taken by some members respecting the matter of a town reserve used as a racecourse, but the lease of which will expire in a few years. WELLINGTON, Nov. 30. The contest for the mayoralty yesterday resulted in the re-election of Mr George Fisher by a majority of 620 votes. The numbers were—Fisher, 812 ; A. Young, 192 Mr E. Shaw, solicitor, has renewed his application to the Minister of Justice that the remainder of the sentence passed upon Longhnrst be remitted. It is understood that now the judgment of the Appeal Court has been delivered the Cabinet will definitely decide whether or not any action should be taken with regard to releasing Longhnrst, WESTPORT, Nov. 29. Mr W. R. Hascldcn was re-elcctcd Mayor by a majority of one over Mr John Carr. Mr W. Lloyd was the third candidate. GREYMOUTH, Nov. 29. There is a regular water famine in parts of the town, and water is being packed from the river to parts without wells, LYTTELTON, Nov. 29. Mr 11. K. Webb was elected Mayor of Lyttelton by 195 votes to 131 for the other candidate, Mr B. Weybnrn. DUNEDIN, Nov. 29. The mayoral election to-day resulted as follows: Thomson, 927; Ross, 405 Considerable interest was taken in the election.