LONDON.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3007, 14 February 1881, Page 3

LONDON.

January 01

Owing to the recent severe weather, and the succeeding thaw, the Thames has

overflowed its banks, and baa caused much damage to the low-lying localities about Lambeth. The inundation has been very great, and hundred': of the inhabitants by the waterside have been flooded out of their houses.

The death is announced of Mr Marsh, an old Australian colonist, and a fellow of the Royal Colonial Institute. Some years ago Mr Marsh represented Salisbury in the House of Commons.

February 1. The weather in California has been unusually severe, snd the heavy and continuous downfall of rain has resulted in floods in several parts of the State, causing great loss. The damage done to the Sacramento Valley is estimated at over 1,000,000 dollars.

A meeting has been held in Paris of the promoters of the scheme for the construction of a canal across the Isthmus of Panama. Baron de Lesseps stated that, although the work was one of enormous magnitude, he had no hesitation in affirming that the undertaking would be completed within seven years.

February 8

A public meeting of the Conservative party has been held at which Earl Beacousfield delivered an important speech upon the actiou of the obstructives in Parliament. He contrasted the present indecent conduct exhibited by the Parnellites with the dignity and decorum which had hitherto been the boast of the House of Commons,

February 6

The feeling expressed by the Radical press and the representative of that party upon the action taken by the House of Commons in the expulsion of Mr Parnell an his adherents is that while condemning strongly the continued obstruction of those members insulting the Legislature, they deplore that any action should bo taken calculated in any way to seriously infringe upon the rights of minorities for free untrammelled discussion.

It is rumoured to-day that the Cabinet have under consideration the desirability of taking measures to disband the Irish Land League aa being dangerous to the well-being of Ireland, and inimical to the authority of the Imperial Government in that country. An agitation has been commenced among the women of Ireland, headed by Miss Parnell for tbe purpose of advocating the claims of the Irish Land League, and meetings are being held, at which inflammatory harangues are made in support of the movement. There is no prospect of the strike among the coal miners in Lancashire being brought to an end. The workmen persist in their demands, and the maßters have signified their intention not to yield. Other collieries have joined those on strike, and it is feared the other trades will be affected.

A telegram has been received from Suez announcing that the Arabian tribes are forming themselves into a military league for the purpose of forcing themselves from tbe Dominion of Turkey.

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