MAIL NEWS.

Manawatu Times, Volume IV, Issue 66, 28 August 1880, Page 2

MAIL NEWS.

' . [BiSFTBB'S SPEdIAX UtflSAGß.j] mi. W v A™***' August 16. The Bangalore arrived this evening. ■ ■ • . %om>ON, Ju]j 16. ■^ a ™ ament w "till occupied with the Bill granting compensation to evicted Irish tenants, and progress is Very slow, partly owing to the vacillation 6f. the Governirieritj and partly t6 r obstructionist tactic* of PairnelL "theJtone'of whiiseremiutsmdicatethatth* ••Irish party wish to dictate terms to the GovernmimV who are accused m- some quarters of undue deference to the Iri«h extremists; The* Bill - was originally introduced as additional clause to Belief of Irish,!! Distress Bill, was 'advocated; *» relief™ measure, and was next transferred into the Land Bill Amending 'Developiag Act, 1879, .The debate on the second reading showed thutMr. ParnelTs followers were satisfied with the measures, but that the moderate supporters of the. . Government'; were alarmed. Lord Lansdowne resigned, several prominent Liberals we>e opposec! to the> measure,; several representatives of the great Whig families ydted against it, and many other Liberals abstained from voting. On ; tbe.9th inst.. the tash .Attorijev-GeneV ral introduced an Amendment giving land* lords the option of escaping^ from the penal operations of the Bill : by offering defaulting tenants the. opportunity of selling their interests m their holdings.: Thereupon the Irish party lustily declared that the amende men t was wdrthless. Gladstone wasatfirsfc unmoved by the denunciations, but^n the 12th he gave notice of substitution fos: previous- «rnentim«ht. . Tae^Prami«r'« n«w proposal relieved the penalties for disturßanee, only i» cases "where he offered the tenant a. reasonable alteration before proceeding to eviction, A; heated discussion followed, and since then ihe Irish member* have generallly »;ded the '..:;.'.:. j^<..', r '..;^j The new crisis m the Eastern question is. rapidly approaching ;tht'culminn ting pointy The Porte aqiher^stct the, old dilatory tactics. Ait hough-it wili not meet a collective note of the Powers by open refusal, it will certainly do nothing to execute decisions of the Berlin Conference/ but will rather carry, on an unauthorised war against Qreece and Montenegro, wh ile" professing - inability to comply with European demands. The d«riiissalof Qsnfari Pashaj aCfiinatical partisan, of resistance, was first regarded as •favorable sign, but this hope was dispelled when it became known :tliat this; Osmah Pasha remains marshal of the Palace Guard. • . /; Skfrmishing!b«<s ,. already odjnmenced between the Montenegrins and v Albanians, The latter are being the aggressors, arid undoubtedly encouraged indirectly by Turkish anthofiEiei from the rojitrtfcr^ ,- ' Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria and Eastern Koumelia have.; been arming, and there are mauy;:omino.us signs .of impending; strife observable, .A strong movement is afloat for the union of Bulgaria and Eastern Kou:mclia, and is warmly eupp.qrted; by Eussia t - but is deemed unacceptable by Auvtria and Germany. ■"' -,•'. ■:_■ ' '. '. .'-.'' .;'■; '".'.".". - •>>. ' A number of Ruiiim officers and soldiers are arriving m Bulgaria, thus repeating the ; tactics followed by RussiapreTiously to force the'Seryian war. . The Porte is making large .preparations against warlike eventualities ia this direction. IJighty thousand^ men are being concentrated - The National fete afc Paris on the 14th, on the anniversary of the taking of the " JBattUle, was a perfect success. The chief event was the dißtrib^tion of new colors to, the army, which took place on the racscourie at Lbngchauipts, m the presence of s,n enormous concourse of 'speckators. >M. Greyy addressed the soldiers m eloquent terms, and explained thg feelings • under which thei 1 nation commitwd the colors fo the safe keeping of her troops. . The Minister o£ Wav inspected the soldier* afterwards, knd a "march past " took place. Every- quarter: ~of the city made some; demonstration, and the dar was~obseryed a3 ; "a univerail holiday, ■ especially among the working classes. There was great enthusiiam at'Siigh.t, Vgrand illuminations and fireworks. . .' ''■'.■..;"-.- ' A gas mam pipe •iploaed on the sth nearTottenham. Court road, and a gr*nt gap wm made m the r6ad,ft^d several; adjoining. houses were alrnpst 'dejitroyed. Two persoJjß were killed and several badly injured. :; ' . . : The weather m the British 'Islands hag been very ''nnsettle'd.V'':^ ; *i!Mquent.. violentstorms, accompanied by tremendous downfall* of rain, have occurred, and floods, taken place, m several.paTts of the country. " At the Cobden Club dinner the Chairman said that the club would' not invite Ministew this year, u.nless ,; they wguld : carry through Parliament a miasureforradicalTO-. form of the land laws," comprising abolitiou of the law of primogeniture and prehibifcing^ ebtaU or long seltlemehts. The Canadian Premier and his Ministerial v colleagues are coming to England on biisiness connected with the construction of the. Great Pacific Railway.. : ; v: •''. ; : A Canadian team is competing at the Wimbledon rifle- meeting, and some papers ask why the . Australians who are so suc^ : cs'ssful at cricket, do not send a detachment of Rifle Volunteers to. compete, at Wimble.-. ,don >s i ; ■-;.'■■.-•;•-•.;:■■■;-::.;;•.::>■ ,J ■y; : ..~^. : '-. - .'" The Lord; Mayojf has opened a subscription at Mansion House for relief of widows and; relatives of ; men killed iri ; th^e Ki«ka, colliery explosion near Newport. ' Every soul m the pit, 119; perished. It is supposed that the coal gas caused an explosion, being fia-ed by a flash" of lightning which, i was observed at the^pit's mouth previously. ' Bombay, July 30. At the moment when peace seemed assured m Afghanistan, and the British -were arranging: to evacuate Cabul, on Abdul Rah.nikn: accepting th^ Ameership^ » terrible "disaster happened -to Burrow's brigade m Southern Afghanistan. Ajoub Ehan, with a large, and disciplined armed force, marched from Herat on. Candahar. : s Butrowi was or4er,ed out to check hi» adxaniße. The general had crossed the. Helruund, .but retired- within 40 /miles of , Oftnd&b*>¥» wh«e :he took up a pp*itipn and iivaited- attack:. - Here a fight took place on the; 25tH arid resultod m the almost complete Annihilation, of the brigade^ Latest news sayr General Burrows unU several offloers reached t?andii • ■•■haiy--and' foar guns were aa-redf.; (general Burrows had the . following brigades .; und^j;. his commnncl :— E. B. HoiseArtillery, 168 j., ■;Std Nat iye. Light Cavalry; 48f ; 66th Regi^ m?nt (le^ two Qoinnainie^ <?i i^th, 5%.^%

Infantry j SOfcH Msfcive Infantry; Sfo^ 2 Sappe» *"d Miner*, 240. The garrison at Cmndahw under General Primrose was weak, and much anxiety is .felt for his safety. Fresh complicationt may now arise, and the mr b« prolonged. - - (SPIOIAi TO THB iITDKBT Piifß«S.) -r IiOiTDOK, August 19. j The Afghani .xinder Ayqub Khan are pushing forward to^th.) Britwii'iMnch**^ Qenoral Primrose haft under his command 1243 ttt>ctiT»;^%rppe»asr and 3400 native troops. He has also sufficient supplies and wator: to la«t'jfprtj-fiVe days. General • Phayre's .messengers have been nnabl* to •nter CanakhaY. , ' : Owing to competition between French and Italians railway companies" for eonifcruetion of railways m Tunis, th'o Consuls of the e■pe_- t : codr.iilji have- becoin>9 : ' involved, and an angrj feeling., hn been occasioned, and the French and Italian journals are u publishing articles of a. . recriminatory nature. . ■_•. ■>-:.;.—.-'—. In the House ofCommoni the RightJlon. W. B^Foriter, Chief Secretary for Ireland, m course of speech on present state of affairs m Ireland, took" occasion recently to denounce m strong terms' the wickedness aad povrardipe of the speech delivered by Mr\X>iiioh, 'member for Tippsrary, at Kit •- dare^in- which- he • made use of' seditious languags against the Queen and GFbvern- , ment of , the cpnntiyi i Replying W. question whether Minister* intended to adopt steps •gainst: Mr Billon; Mr Forster said it was not proposed to institute legal proceedings, although, the S-pvernment considered the language mad* use of was otthjt most reprehensible character. ' , ; f ; V ' '"'^■■V '■ : ■■":/:";;"•■. ■ ; '"Srin^,Au]g;ußt : 17. ; ;riews from Candahar received by, - of India slate that since the, iMTinstant Ayoub Khan has "actively prjjtecuted siege operations, which, at that date, i. had Lbeen.; commenced i against the Sritish. • garrison, % General .-Burrows arid Primrose have continnued strictly on the defensive, and the city is now be'nj; bombardetlliy Ayoub's forces, hut, so far as at prj-ent.. ascertained, JthV' damage sus* tamed has not been of a very serious oharac>r. ■■■ ""■ '■"■ : ■ ■ j ' London, Aufust 17. The state of Ireland is alarming and distressing. . London papers contain lenghtly „; and sensational accounts of .disturbances: that are taking place, m various parts of the courit*yj Rioting is general, m the northern > ' countries/h The tenantry are 'organising for; - offensive and 'defensive operations. They have combined for mutual prottctionn and - assistance against the landlords. . Prospects of a good t stimulated? the :peo-: pie to increased actiTity m resisting eyictions.' Inflammatory speechw continue to . be' : delivered throughout the country by : i; exeit?d ! orators, exhorting the' people to; . -fight for their rights; _ : Everj '• eyictibn that occurs is accompanied by acts : of ! violence ;%rand;r frequently fribtihg. At Diirfgarya'n, County Tyrone, a hot and •anguinapy riot took place. The police fired ' into 'the riptous orowd, and killed sereral persons, and woonding others.^ " Scene's of disorder and : distraction are recorded from many districts m the northern-countries. . J - : The new-Am^er of- GaVul, Abdul Khan, has gone to Sherpur on on official visit, to the British representative. This visit _is regarded as indicative of friendly felling on the parlr of the" Ameer towards the Britishv ahd a desire to conform to their v ideas m the government of Afghanistan. . ; A cablegram; from^NeWYori states that the United States GJ-ovornment has agreed to waive its, opposition to the construction of the Panama .canal., .Further,,- that America-will give a 'guarantee of neutra- : :lityy ../■;;... „-.■-•,::■..; .; :.,. -. , _,: .'V \.\ A^^reat.flre;,hiis, occurrecl ; at.^t^e,tersß'UTgV "20 buildings destroyed, and others da-inage^;;;^-;-airvrJi* i>.--K'-v: v ■ . .' -. '*■ *■ ' Latest news from. Afghanistan show that. JLyqub is preparing to storm >Candaj^, , :: „^ : ... „.... ..^ General Roberts is steadily pursuing his xnardj.. . „/: ..-..'.:. :'v --■■■.. '■-. ■ -\