LATE CABLE NEWS.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2873, 9 June 1882, Page 2

LATE CABLE NEWS.

[By Telegraph.] (Per s.s. Manipouri at Port Chalmers). THIS DAY. The Manipouri crossed the bar at 6.30 this morning,, and was berthed at Port Chalmers shortly after 8 o’clock, She has been thrown , open to a visitors to-day.: Moffatt, late manager of the Post Office Savings Bank at Moonta, who absconded in April last, was arrested ori board the steamer Pekin at London, on a charge of embezzlement, but was remanded, pending the arrival of certain legal documents from South Australia. The balance of . the shipment of frozen meat by the Dunedin, was placed on Smithfield market. 1600 carcases were offered, and/they realised an average of 6d per lb. The cargo is highly commended by the trade, as being exactly suitable for the Home market. . . Earl Spencer, in replying to a deputa tion to urge the release of the suspects,stated that ho hoped a general amnesty for past political offences would shortly be proclaimed. In his ppiniori it would be desirable for the State to grant a wise extension of local autonomy to Ireland. The Duke of Manchester, on behalf of a syndicate of Scotch . capitd,. is. reported'to have purchased the partially constructed Canadian Pacific Railway, and all the rights, secured to projectors under their charter. The Company intend to eolonise 10,000,000 acres of land along the lino. ; ; In consequence of the increasing gravity of the situation in Egypt, .the. British Government have directed five additional irbn-olads to proceed immediately to reinforce the English squadron at Alexandria. « '

Russia has made an unsuccessful attempt to float a loan on tho Paris Bourse. . A collision occurred between two trams at Wieblingeh, in the Grand Duchy of Baden, and a number of carriages were completely smashed. Thirteen passengers wore killed and a number wore seriously injured. The approval expressed by O’Donovan Rossa of the murder of Lord Cavendish and Mv Burke, has ifbndored him an object of general indignation in tho district whoro ho resides. In order to mark their sense of his conduct tho tradesmen have refused to supply him, and the residents generally refuse to have any dealings with him. Tho Czar has, given audience to the Chief Rabbi of the Jews in Russia. In tho course of tho interview, the Czar

pledged himself to protect the. Jews from further persecution, to the utmost of hisfpower.' : Extraordinary frosts haye been experienced in British North America. The ; '&nlf of St. Lawrence is partially frozen over, and at the present time no less than 50 vessels are icebound in the Gulf.