EUROPEAN ITEMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 855, 30 January 1883, Page 2

EUROPEAN ITEMS.

London, Jan. 15. GreaV dissatisfaction has prevailed- fur some time past among the employees of the Caledonian Railway Company with respect to the rate of. wages paid them. The Company, however, refused to make, the desired concessions, attd 600 employees have therefore gone out on strike, the public, meanwhile, having,to undergo considerable inconvenience, with some prospect of the entire cessation of f traffic.? Special medals have been struck .. off commemorative of the services' rendered by the corltingomt of the Post Office Volunteers during the Egyptian campaign. They were presented to the memberaof the corps by the Duke of Teck yesterday. Numerous arrests are being made in connection with; the^recent plot to murder, the chief and some of the ..leading officers of the Irish police. Several arrests were made yesterday in Dublin, and it is believed tllat all the principal conspirators are now in custody. ; . '

The Russian Government have published their annual Budget. The mates are so far Satisfactory that it wjU not be necessary to float'd further loan tor ' meet-lhe-’exigenoies of lmperial tration. , f

Terrific; storms ; have A e.wept over the Atlantic during the past few daiys, and there have been numerous Jtccompanied by great loss of life.’ ' The disturbed stats of feeling which has recently prevailed in Armenia is gradually subsiding, and there seems every likfclD hood of a peaceful solution of the I 'late difficulties.

London, Jan 16. The strike amongst the employees of Ike Caledonian Railway Company still l 'continues. The Company their 1 intention not to yield to the demands of the men, but it is thought that they must ultimately give way, as the mea-aeehl thoroughly, determined.to maintain! the position they have taken up. —• A disastrous'fire occurred last night; i% Bishopsgate street. Every effort ;wa| made to rescue the idmates from the premises, but five persona were burned before aid could be afforded.

The ' Western Pacific-- Commission, - of which,Sir A. Gordon is still High Com*, misaioner, will meet in 'February to consider certain amendments in their .method deprocedure. Mr G orrie, late Chief Justice in Fiji, and Baron Makley will be askejd to assist the Commission with then: addpa as' to the policy t’e be pursued in deinrig with various difficulties with which toe Commissioners will havejtos edge. i The United S tates Congress are .certain to reject the report. o^tj^ u taitfff Cam* s mission as far asreiates toareduction in import duties. 1 ‘ J , Lord .Dufferin is still busy devisimg a scheme of ooristitulfiii&l 1 f Vdf ortaf J ; ■Tor figypt., He is preparing ja plahM'jfife formation of a Legislative Council w&icti will introduce the principle of popular representation into thegovernmentofth* country. 1 '■ ’■ > j Til Oil springs have beeen discoverediin Flintshire, 'which it is believed will jStdve to be of great commercial value. : '-■ HO , ’ The Italian Premier*, Signor *Deprdtis has proposed- that therailwaysun'ltStV which at tho present timehelong ' ; to the State and partly to private r d6i£> panies, shall be gradually" placed'under the sole control of thej; H§ CM*, tends that they will then be both mm effectively and more economically managed. A conference of representatives injuondon of the Associated: Bankshas/beep held, at which the best method, of dealmg with the unallotted balance of the.ylctorian L 4,000,000 loan Was disefisked. The indecision displayed by the O’LoghilSbi Government during the progress of fhegotiations was generally condemned, but> «s matters had reached their present stage it,, was unanimously felt that it would |*e the height' of impolicy to display ariy' J dpdue haste in altering the. terms -qgou which the loan was originally offered. Under-the circumstances it was decided to advise Sir B. O'Loghlen not to accept the suggestion which had been mooted in some quarters for a reduction ia rniuimum from par to LBB,

January 22. The death of Prince .Charlas, brother of the Emperor William.of Germany-, baa proved V severe shock to the latter." In consequence of the melancholyevent, the celebration of the - silver wedding of the Crown. Prince and .Princess Royal of England has been definitely abandoned. The annual banquet of. the Chamber of Commerce will take place on Wednesday, when it is expected that the AgentfeGeneral and cither leading representatifts of the Australasian colonies will be preaefit and deliver important speeches. .; qa The Dublin detectives are daily accumulating fresh evidence with respectfito the Phoenix Park murderers, and thpv are now very sanguine that they twml shortly be able to put their hands ono the actual perpetrators of the crime. TAe carman Cavanagh, who it -was belief®! drove the assassins to the scene, and: who is also suspected of having driven theta men who recently attempted the Hfa.ipf Field, the obnoxious juror, has been re-ar-rested. Very strong incriminating; ■ aaidence has, it is alleged, been obtained against him. Patrick Delaney, who was recently convicted on a charge of attempting to murder Judge Lawson is stated to have made some startling revelations since hia incarceration, and expresses his willingness to give 'valuable information in return for k free pardon.' Fear of detection hhs induced other suspected persons to vpliintekf statements to the police. " . :