Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-12-05
CABLE NEWS.

UABLE NEWS.
CAIRO, December 5.-The Khediv,
has been informed that the Englisl
government recommends General Sil
Evelyn Wood for the command Of tn,
Egyptian army.
Arab Pashs writes letter thank
ing England for her interposition il
his behalf.
LIVERPOOL, December 5. The
Allan Line steamer Peruvian, from
Montreal, while entering the rivel
Mersey, this morning, collided with
an unknown steamer. The Peru yian
was considerably damaged and lies
sunk on Crosby beach. The crew and
passengers we're saved.
LONDON, December 5.-A dispatch
from Dublin says the proceedings
against Davitt, Healy and Quinn have
been adjourned ten days to enable the
defendants to meet the charges entered
against them.
Seventy-two soldiers left Curragh
Camp for Galway in connection with
the execution of the murderers Of the
Joyce family at Maamstrasna.
Miss Parnell publishes long letter
declaring untrue the statement Of
Healy published in the United States.
asserting that Parnell, in Treley, or
dered the stOppage of the circulation
OF the mo rent" manifesto, and that
this order was disobeyed by the Ladies
Land League.
ODESSA, December 5. = Solomon
Hacker, for distributing revolutionary
papers, has been sentenced to ten years
in the mines.
ST. PETERSBURG, December g.
The Gar has assumed the title {
Lord Of Turkestan.
PARIS, December 5.-Relative TO
the report that the United States
government contemplates making
claim against France in regard to the
murder Of two American citizens in
Madagascar, the Moniteur Universal
publishes an insulting article, declar.
ing that the American navy is SO
reduced by psculation that the United
States were recently obliged to back
down from Chill. France" it says,
could ruin every American port"
LONDON, December Sit is ru
mOred that the Bishop of Winchester
will succeed to the Archbishopric OF
Canterbury.
A Home Rule demonstration was
held at Sanford last evening. Among
those present were 0'Donnell and
Kenny, Members Of Parliament. A
resolution was passed condemning the
government for its determination to
prosecute Davitt and Healy, and con.
graduating these true patriots on their
refusal to enter into terms for bail.
Kenny in an address declared if the
government imprisoned Davitt and
Healy it must face the task of arrest
ing the whole Of the Irish Parliamen-
tary party.
sT; p1e%rssRsBtRG, December g.
The Danish Arctic exploring Yegaol,
Deimphna, appears to have drilted
into the Kara Sea 10 the south Of
Nova Zembla. tits proposed to or
ganize an expedition with from ten to
fifteen sledges and one hundred and
fifty reindeer to search for the vessel
LONDON, December 5.-The Brit
ish steamer Strathmore, from Saron-
fOurche for Bremen, is ashore at
Calandsoog, in the Netherlands, and
has iettisoned part Of her cargo. As.
sistance has been sent the ironolad
Peruvian from Montreal.
LIVERPOOL, December 5.-The Pc
ruvian was cut down to the water's
edge smidships. The weather was
thick at the time Of the collision. The
tugs forwardel the crew and passen-
gers here. Hopes are entertained that
the breach viii be repaired and the
vessel doated. The vessel With which
the Peruvian oollided is a steamer OF
the Clyde Lino. Her fore compart-
ment is full Of water and she has been
docked.
PARIS, December 5.-The cellars
of Palais Bourbon, the wine vaults
at Bercy, and the printing Offices Of
the newspapers, Union and Universe,
are flooded by the overflow Of the
Seine. Engineers apprehend the
pressure Of the Seine will destroy the
Oiuseway protecting Eutrepet Des
Wins. The bridge near Charenton
has been shaken. The altitude of the
water at Austerlitz bridge is 5.S8
metres.