REUTER'S CABLEGRAMS.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, 30 May 1881, Page 2

REUTER'S CABLEGRAMS.

[FROM OUR OWtf CORRESPONDENT.] Lond n, May 26. Lafer intelMgenae lias Wn received Prom Canada concerning the sfeamsMp accident which occurred nenr London in the province of Ontario, to the effect that 240 corpses liare already l>een recovered. Negotiations have commenced between the Eng'ish and French Governments for the renewal of the treaties for the regulation of international commerce of the two countries. The treaties will under existing arrangements terminate in Octo* ber next, unless their extension or renewal be agreed upon. Home, May 26. A new Ministry has been formed under the Presidency of Signor D.^pretis, who held a portfolio under the last administration. Recent news from Ireland states that a want of harmony is apparent in the work* ing of the Land League. Discord has shown itself in open dissensions between several leading; members. Notwithstanding the amsfs which have been made in Ireland under the Coercion Act, the power of the Land Lesgue contiuues to be felt throughout the country.

Meetings under its auspices are still held in agitation of the Land question, and it is rumored that Ihe Government in con« sequence. intend to instruct the Viceroy to prohibit all meetings of the Lttnd League in Ireland. The TurcO'Greek Convention for the settlement of the frontier difficulty, having been concluded, the Hon. Goschen, Ambassador Extraordinary to the Porte is now returning. His successor, Karl Dufferin, will leave St. Petersbergh shortly for Constantinople. Melbourne, May 27. The Victorian Government s'earaer, Victoria, has returned from the search for the barque Cambria, which left Mauritius on March 15 for Launceston, No sign of the missing vessel has been caught. The members of the Ministerial party in the Legislative Assembly are persist* ing in their opposition to the Reform Bill, as amended by the Council. The Hon. Graham Berry had an interview tcday with the Governor to consider the present political situation. May 28. No particulars have transpired as to the interview which took place yesterday between the Prenrer and Governor. It is generally believed, however, that Berry's chiej^bj<;cjjr|sl^scertain bis Excellency 8 views ostoinedissolutiion of Parliament in the event of the Reform Bill being rejected. Sydney, May 27. Gipps, hydraulic angineer, has com* menced an action of libel against John M'Elhone, member of the Legislative Assemby for the Upper Hunter district. May 28, In the actionjof libel brought by Gipps, hydraulic engineer, agaii st M'Elhcne, the latter pleaded privileKe of Parlia* ment ; the alleged libel having been vrrit?. ten in a pocket book of Withers, M.L.A., within the precincts of the Assembly. The plaintiff has been nonsuited. An enthusiastic meeting was held at the Masonic Hall last night, at which it was resolved to raise the whole of the amount of the Bulletin's costs in the recent libel action. A large amount has already been subscribed by all classes of the community.