SPECIAL GABLE NEWS.

West Coast Times, Issue 7287, 7 January 1889, Page 2

SPECIAL GABLE NEWS.

London, Jan, 3.

It is probable that negotiations will be renewed for tbe union of the Free and United Churches of Scot» laod. Twenty-five men of the Berkshire Regiment paraded the streets of Kil* rush, County Clare, Ireland, singing " God Save Ireland." The police dispersed the mob, who were cheering them; but the soldiers defied their efforts to arrest them. The official enquiry into the circumstances attending the issue of defective swords to the British troops, brought to light; by the battle of Suakim, has disclosed the fact that the weapons in question were manufactured in Germany. The London Standard states that an Australian shipping firm of some standing has become involved in difficulty. Its liabilities are estimated at £120,000. E. Harrington has been sentenced to six months' imprisonment for reporting 1 the proceedings at meetings of the National League. Canon Baynes has been sentenced to four months imprisonment for passing a fraudulent cheque. The Earl of Aberdeen, speaking on the subject of the appointment of Colonial Governors, said he considered the action of Queensland was a tern» perate assertion of her rights. The Primrose League is stated to now number 800,000 members, and its ranks are still increasing. The English Government view the visit of Mr Gladstone to the Vatican with disfavor. Truth asserts that the Earl of Kins tore was appointed to the Governorship of South Australia because the Captaincy of the Yeomen of the Guard is to be abolished, to facilitate Royal economy. The Board of Trade is compelling Electric Companies to obtain Parliamentary sanction to their operations. Mr Buskin is ill, and much anxiety is felt on his accouut. Sir W. Gull is recovering from his illness. Mr Gladstone, in an article in the Nineteenth Century, says O'Connell was the greatest popular leader of the ceutury, and the greatest Irishman who has lived. He was superior to such National leaders as Kossutb, Mazzini and Cavour. English hatred to Ireland was inherited, and was indicative of tbe feelings of wrong-doers to the wronged nation. Mr L. Courtenay, Chairman of Com* mitteo in the House of Commons, has been created a Privy Councillor. The Pall Mall Gazette says the Queen recently sent a present of £25 to Miss Wiedmann, the plaintiff in the breach of promise action against the heir to the Earldom of Oxford. Captain Lake, of H.M.S. Nelson, has been appointed President of the Greenwich Naval College. The name of the Bradford victim was Gill, which gave rise to the supposition that the child was a girl. At the inquest the police are trying to prove that the accused, Burnett and tbe boy were delivering milk, when the former decoyed him into a stable and there committed the crime. Mr Matthews, Home Secretary, refused to reprieve the two lads who brutally murdered an overseer at Tunbridge Wells, and they were executed, being repentant at the last, Three thousand pounds 1 worth of jewellery has been stolen by burglars from the house of (he Austrian Ambassador in London. Suarim, Jan. 3. Convicts are being employed on the fortifications outside the town, A Soudanese refugee has offered to restord Gordon's clothes and papers, which were concealed at Berber, where the local tribes are friendly, A Greek, who left Khartoum two {See fourth page,)

months ago, states that nothing had then been heard of the alleged capture of Emm Bey by the Mahdi'e forces. Rome, Jan. 3, By an explosion in one of the forts Bear Messina, in Sicily, a captain and Sixteen soldiers were killed, I King Humbert, addressing bis Minis- j ters, said his most ardent desire was to maintain peace ; and ha firmly believed it was assured during 1889. Mr Gladstone, who is now on a visit to Italy, bas mitten a letter to an Italian nobleman, in which he expressed the opinion that the present attitude of the European powers is of sufficient | importance to warrant a grand appeal for an arbitration of the nations for the purpose of averting a sanguinary European war. King Humbert invited Mr Gladstone to witness a review of tbe cavalry, and the latter was highly pleased at tbe dashing display made by the Italian horsemen. St. Petersburg, Jan. 3. The mental depression of the Czarina is increasing. Belgrade, Jan, 3. Four Radical Deputies have been arrested on the charge of conspiracy against King Milan, Paris, Jan. 3. There have been many disputes lately between the Panama Canal Company and the contractor. The quarrels culminated in the latter discharging 2000 ont of 9000 work* mm. Berlin, Jan. 3. In deference to the wishes of the Emperor, the Berlin Racing Clubs have decided not to hold raco meetings on Sundays. Washington, Jan. 3. A man named Schloops, of Philadelphia, haß confessed that, enraged at the glottony of a boarder, he murdered him. The dissected limbß have been found. The authorities of St. Louis, Missouri, have prohibited the boxing ex» bibition by Kilrain and Mitchell. Madras, Dec 31. Loyd and Lndy Connemara, according to current reports, have separated and her Ladyship is now staying at an hotel here preparatory to returning to England. The husband is generally blamed as being the cause of the esclandre.