EUROPEAN ITEMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume III, Issue 657, 8 June 1882, Page 2

EUROPEAN ITEMS.

London, May 22.

The police have failed to find any definite clue to the murderers of Lord Cavendish and Mr Bourke. All persons hitherto arrested on suspicion have been discharged, as there was no evidence forthcoming to connect them with the outrage. The Nihilists are still persevering in secret plots against the existing order of things in Russia. The police, on the other hand, are exercising the utmost vigilance to counteract their designs, and have recently made a number of fresh arrests at St. Petersburg. The new tariff adopted by the Spanish Cortes provides for the imposition of a variety of duties in the protective direction. Provision is made for their gradual extinction by a series of fixed reductions, to take effect every five years. The Zulus who have recently been agitating for the release of Cetewayo, and who were ordered to disperse by Bulvver, are exceedingly sullen in their demeanor. John Dunn, the Irish chief who distinguished himself in the late war, is taking an active part in fomenting the discontent. Bloodshed seems imminent. London, May 24.

Smallpox is raging with terrible virulence at Serajevo, the capital of the Austrian province of Bosnia. The mortality averages twenty deaths each day. The military committee appointed to consider the propriety, from a military point of view, of constructing the tunnel between England and France, have reported in favor of the project. They suggest, however, that the tunnel should be° commenced further inland than was contemplated by the promoters. There are strong indications of disruption in the Parnellite party. In the House of Commons last night, Mr Parnell delivered a moderate speech on the condemned the abuse of Boycotting, and Irish situation, in the course of which he deprecated the irreconcilable character of the opposition offered to Government by Mr Dillon, member for Tipperary.