LATE CABLE NEWS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 2798, 11 September 1883, Page 2

LATE CABLE NEWS.

[By Telegraph.] (Per s.e. Mannpouri ntthe hluff.) [Special to thb MKiuofH^n •• aoe."l London, Aug. 20. The Pall Mall Gazette to-d-iy dispute: the proposal ol ihfl French Government t-j deport, habitual criminals to Noumea, nni rexere]y condemns tho pcheme, ani predicts that if it is carried into effvct 11 collifion between the Fre eh colonies and th> Mother Country will inevitably ensue. The eepnruto action of New Zealand m relation to annexation of islands m the FsciOo is generally condemned. Surprise and indigna'ion have been occasioned m London by a «emi-ou"icial intimation from Franca thst «ha is determined to as?ert her claim to the New Hebrides. The Criminal Court at Capetown has re. fused to try O'Donnell, who is charged with having murdered Caroy. It ie probable that the French Government will grant compensation to the Rer. Sir Shaw, the agent of the London Missionary Society, who was recently acquitted of a charge of holding communication with the Uovas at Tamatavc, contrury to the French martial law then m force at that, place. Benor Bagasta, President of the Council of Ministers m Spain, ha? resigned. Hop-picking is now general. Medium quality of tho new crop is selling at £9 per cwt. Tho Globe and St. James' Gazette both di»cu?s the action of tho Imperial Government m relation to the annexation question, and both condemn the English Government for persisting iv a stubborn policy of nonanneiation m epita of tha repented and earnest protestations of tha Australian oolonios, nnd they contend that m doing so the Government are grossly neglecting the colonial interests. The Imperial authorities have, it is argued, not attached sufficient weight to tho expressed fear that if England does cot annex these islands some foreign Power will. That this fear is warranted iv shown br a reoeut announcement that France intends to assert her claim to tho Nhw Hebrirlei. Professor Beesly and Frederic Harrison, two distinguished contributors to the FoHnightly and other Reviews, intend to visii Australia shortly for the purpose of delivering o course of lectures. A consignment of Kuecian boef has realised 6i per lb m the London market. The Sultan of Turkey has announced that ho will not allow a survey to be made along the Jordan Valloy for tho purpose of obtaining a route for the railway proposed to be constructed there. A Commission has b6en appointed to enquire into the disturbances which have arisen m Croatia, between the Crotß and Magyar.'. Lorillas, the leader of the Bpanish inßurreotiorj, who was recently reported to hav^ eictped to France, has now reached Gene»a. Sept. 2. A complete etate of anarchy b reported to,

pr. vail m Zuuland, nml Cetewayo is sppealing f.'T af-istanre to the Birra. Ttio Morning Fast and Standard fo day rr-fiT t-j ilu> annexation of New Guinea. They contend Ihut the Imperial Government are pursuing an ur.wi-o policy m refusing to accede ti the wi9h of the colonifs, nnd they iDciefc that the refusal, if permitted m, will beattpndrd with danger.