SPECIAL CABLE NEWS.

West Coast Times, Issue 9067, 4 July 1891, Page 4

SPECIAL CABLE NEWS.

London, July 1. The « Nautch Girl " at the Savoy is a success. This is the opera that Nellie Stewart refused to appear in, on the ground that it was not put on strong enough. Par nell, speaking at Borne, accused T. Healey of being a liar and slanderer, who had deserted every party, and bit every band that had cherished him, He also asserted Healey had joined the Fenians and violated the oath he took to them. Cardinal Manning*, speaking at the Catholic Conference, said the drink trade was the potent political influence in England, and Government was the sleeping partner in it. He praised the efforts of the Temperance Alliance to mitigate the cvii. The Queen has conferred the peerage on Lady M'Donald, widow of the late Pi emier of Canada. Pir W. Cumming has been removed from the position of Deputy-Lieutenant of Elgin. The Quarter's Revenue shows an increase of £450,000. The principal items in excess are those which gave evidence of general prosperity. In consequence of the alteration in the age limit, which has been fixed at th 9 maximum of 15, the annual vote will ba7e to b» increased by £200,000. The minimum Bge is now reduced to three years. Berlin, June 30. The Emperor was enthusiastically welcome on his arrival in Heligoland. Constantinople, Jane 30. The Pert vril] shortly issued decree legalising the union between Roumelia and Bulgaria, and recognising Prince Ferdinand as Sovereign of Bulgaria. Rome, June 30. A severe earthquake was experienced at Verne. Valpabaiso, June 30. The President's troops attemped to penetrate into the j rovince of Ataeama, but were repulted. New York, July 1. Details of the war in Chili received here, state that the crew of the torpedo ■ launch, Girelvo, plotted to deserr, but one of their number refused to join, and informed the commander o( the Government torpedo cruiser who pursued and captured the- deserters, who were " starved in filthy cells swarming with remain before thegt-were finally shot. Citizenß who are suspected by the Santiago Government of leaning towards the insurgents, are to made to walk on red hot iron and whipped, in prder to extort confession, There are

tea thousand insurgents at Iquique, waiting to inarch on Coquimbo.