LATE CABLE NEWS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 2033, 29 March 1881, Page 2

LATE CABLE NEWS.

[By Telegraph.] : (Per Tararua at the Bluff.) l [SI'ECUL TO THE MELBOURNE "AIIGUS."] jj London, March 14. ' In the House of Commons a division \ has been taken on Mr Gladstone's motion <■ to declare the question of Supply urgent. There wa3 a full House, and tho result c showed 212 for tho motion, and 290 ' against, giving a majority of eigthy-four agiinst the Government. March 15. Tho Irish members of the House of Commons have agreed not to obstruct Supply except as regards certain votes. It is expected that tho death of Emperor Alexandor of Russia will force a solution of the Eastern question. It is announced that if it should be considered desirable by the military authorities m the Transvaal, the armistice which is about to expire will be prolonged. The Home Government have authorised its continuance until the 18th instant. Notwithstanding the recent decision m the action Clhvk v. Bradlaugh, the Speaker will continue to recognise Mr ■ Bradlaugh as a member of the House until otherwise ordered by a distinct re- , solution of the House. Earl Granvillo m the House of Lords, and Mr Gladstone m the House of Commons, referred to the assassination of the Emperor of Russia at St. Petersburg, and spoke m eulogistic terms of his late Majesty. Both Houses have agreed to addresses of condolence to Her Majesty ; the Queen, and also to H.R.H. the '. Duchess of Edinburgh on the death of [ their illustrious relative. Patrick Joseph Sheridan, who was one L of the traverscrs recently tried for con- , spiracy m the Court of Queen's Beech, , Ireland, and discharged because the jury ' were unable to agree, has been arrested uuder the Coercion Ac. Tlie celebration of St. Patrick's Day was j attended by some rioting amongst the t Irish soldiery quartered at Aldershot. The disturbance lasted three hours, and it was found necessary to charge the 1 rioters at tho point of the bayonet. Some serious injuries wnro inflicted. The Prince of Wales will represent the j Queen at the funeral of the late Emperor Alexander of Russia. t The attempt to destroy the Mansion |. House by exploding a box of gunpowder I which was placed on the window sills, is , attributed to Fouians. March 17. , A mine loading to the palace of the Czarewitch, the present Emperor of [ Russia, has been found under the street m wliich the building is situated, and m a house closa by a large quantity of exj plosives was discovered. Tiie object m view was evidently the destruction of the Czurewitch's palaco and inmates ' The Russian Press advocato great ' political changes m the Empire m the , direction of liberalising the form of Go- ' vernment. A decree has been issued by the t Emperor of Russia which lessens the i severity of Siberian exiles. , Parliament has voted L 500.000, being the amount of subsidy to the Indian revenue on account if England's liability for the expenses of the Afghan war. March 20. Tho Emperor of Russia has thanked , the Houses of Lor.ls and Commons for their addresses of condolence on tho , death of his father the late Emperor ' Alexander. A circular issued by the Russian Government, promising internal developments with a view to ameliorating the political condition of the people, and I advocating a pacific foreign policy, has favorably impressed the various European Governments. The ceremony of removing tho rek mains of tho late Emperor Alexander to t the Cathedral at St. Petersburg was performed with great pomp. The new Czar looked pale, but was cool and collected. Several important arrests of Nihilists have been made, and fresh discoveries aro ' continually being made at St. Petersburg ' cif Nihilist plots and infernal machines, 1 which are laid down m various parts of the city. Mr Lev-}' Lawson, editor and proprietor f of the Daily Telegraph, has brought an action for libel m the Court of Queen's Bench against M. Labouchere, M. P. for ! Northampton, and proprietor of Truth. Lord Chief Justico Coleridge's remarks . during the hearing of tho case have been m favor of Labouchere.