CABLE MESSAGES. British and Foreign Telegrams

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8639, 27 November 1889, Page 2

CABLE MESSAGES. British and Foreign Telegrams

By Electric Telegraph — United, Press Association Copyright —Received 27\11,50. 9.30 a.m.

AFFAIRS IN IRELAND QUIETER. London, November 26. As a much quieter state of affairs prevails in Ireland, the Government have ordered the withdrawal of the troops quartered in Killarney for many years past. CLOSING OF PARNELL COMMISSION. The speech of Sir Henry James before the Parnell Commission is generally regarded as much abler than that of his colleague, Sir R. C. Webster, the Attorney-General. Sir Henry James said, in the course of ( his speech, that the Irish people ' would ultimately despise their leaders for the connection with the Clan-na-Gael and the League, and declared that the charges made by '1 he Times against Mr Parnell had been absolutely proved. Ho concluded amidst applause. Sir James Hannen said the Judges hoped that the result of the Commission would be to vindicate the truth, and he trusted they would be able to put the matters at issue plainly to the sight of all men. ML\TNG ACCIDENT IN PRUSSIA. Berlin, November 2(>. By the subsidence of a mine at Becklinghausen, a town thirty miles south-west of Miinster, 250 miners have been entombed alive. Food is sent down by means of air pipes, and it is expected all of them will be rescued. ARMENIAN OUTRAGES. Constantinople, November 26. The Sultan has ordered a strict enquiry to be made in connection with the outrages committed on Armenian residents by the Kurds under Moussa Bey.