NEWS OF THE WORLD

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8005, 26 October 1887, Page 2

NEWS OF THE WORLD

BRITISH AND FOREIGN TELEGRAMS. [from rkutkr and otuer socmons] . TORCHLIGHT PROCESSION ABANDONED. London, Ootober 24. Acting upon the advice tendered to them by Mr. Gladstone, the organisers of the torohiight proaession to Rotherhithe have decided to abandon the idea of oarrying torohes at the demonstration. UNEMPLOYED AGITATION. The unemployed leaders declare that numbers are marching to London from the provinces to assist in the agitation. EVICTIONS AT WEXFORD. Feeling has been running high at Woodford since the proclamation of the League there, and the police found it necessary to oharge a crowd which had assembled, with the result that 30 people were injured. The evictions at Wexford are being violently resisted, and three bailiffs have been horribly injured by vitriol being thrown over them. NEUTRALISATION OP THE SUEZ CANAL. The Paris correspondent of The Times hints that if it is considered preferable, there are islands near the New Hebrides which France might occupy without dispute. He also states that the principle of neutralisation of the Suez Canal has been recognised by France, and that the International Commission will probably submit a soheme for the armed protection of the Canal ana the creation of a neutral zone. CATHOLIC CONGRESS. A Catholic congress, to be held in London in the summer, is projected. Cardinal Manning, Archbishop of Westminster, expects that Cardinal Moran, of Sydney, will be present. All colonial delegates have been in. vited, CHURCHILL AT NEWCASTLE. Lord Randolph Churchill, addressing a meeting of 4000 persons at Newcastle, answered Mr. Gladstone's indictment against the police and Government, and warned democracy that sympathy with anarphy meant ruin. His Lordship met with an excellent reception. RUSSIA'S REPRISAL ON GERMANY. It is understood that the remission of duties by Russia on English and French goods is done as a reprisal against Germany for opposiug the Russian loan, which it was recently attempted to float. BRITISH AMBASSADOR AT PARI". It is reported that Lord Lyttou. suoceeds Lord Lyons as British &mbassador at Paris. PRINCE ALFRED MADE ADMIRAL. The Duke of Edinburgh has been promoted to the ppsition pf Admiral, and will probably be placed in command of the fleet at Portsmouth. GLAD3TONB ILL. Mr. Gladstone is suffering from a severe cold. CANADIAN FI3HERIKS. Mr. Chamberlain sails for Amorica on Saturday to fulfil his duties as Chief British Commissioner on the Fisheries Commission. ,NEW IIEbUIDES CONVENTION. Paris, October 24. The French newspapers generally agree to the conventions recently concluded between the French and English Governments relative to the New Hebrides and the Suez Oaual, and it will result in the establishment of good feelings between the two countries. The journals regret that ihe popular prejudice hitherto has often caused dissension in matters affeoting England and France. ANNEXATION OF TAIIITIAN AUOHIPELAGO. Paris, October 25. Le Temps says that Englnud hns oone,onted to France auuexiog the leeward islands" of the Tahjtjan Archipelago. ' ROYAL PRINCESSES RECOVERING FROM MEASLIfiS. Copenhangen, October 24. The attendants of Princesses Victoria, Maude, and Louise of report that their fiighue&SQS ore recovering irom their illness. CORN DUTY. St. Petersburg, Ostober 24. Russia is likely to remit 20 per pent,

of the dafeies levied on English imports . and 10 per cent, ou French, because ■ England admits corn free and Prance only inaposos a small duty. AN ASSASSIN ARRESTED. ] St. Petersbubg, October 25. I c Amassivich, suspected of being con- . 1 oerned in the recent attempt to assas- ( ainate the Czar, has been arrested at ( Vienna in a dying condition. 5 TROOPS MASSING AT ABYSSINIA, i Calcutta, October 2. Eas Aloula, the Abyssinian leader, ! is massing 35,000 troops between j Ghenda and Clet. THE NEW REPUBLIC. ! Capetown, October 25. The Orange Free State refuses to amalgamate with the Transvaal in order to form a new Republic.