CABLEGRAM.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3066, 25 April 1881, Page 3

CABLEGRAM.

(Special to Australian Papers.) LONDON. April 13. At a Land League conference held in Dublin, Mr Parnell showed the various defects which existed in the Land Bill of the Government, but advocated no special course. Mr Dillon and numerous other delegates who are absolutely hostile to that measure, agreed to hold a convention in order to decide definitely the merits or otherwise of the bill. M. Waddington has proceeded to Tunis in connection with the recent dispute between the French Government at Algiers and the Bey of Tunis. At the Central Criminal Court a Mrs Susan Willis Fletcher has been sentenced to one year's imprisonment for unlawfully obtaining jewellery by means of false pretences from Mrs Davies. The prisoner represented herself as a spiritualistic medium, and by this means succeeded in obtaining valuable property from the prosecutrix at various times. An election has been held at St. Ives to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Sir Charles Reed, and a Conservative candidate won the seat. Mr Dillon, on addressing a meeting, condemned the Irish Land Bill now before the House of Commons, and advocated a measure of reform in reference to Ireland. April 14. The new frontier proposed by Turkey for the settlement of the Greek claims, and supported by the Powers, has been accepted by Greece. April 15. Owing to the outrages committed by the Boers on those of their countrymen who during the late war, remained loyal to the British crown, retaliatory measures have been adopted, and a civil war in the Transvaal is now feared. The Pall Mall Gazette remarks in a leading article that the practice of permitting political parties to control the Government Departments endangers the existence of popular rule in Australia.

April 17. At a meeting of Irishmen held at Newcastle to discuss the new Land Bill, Mr Parnell, who was the principal speaker, after referring to the Bill which had been introduced into the House, said Mr Gladstone had made a bona fide attempt to settle the question. The Governor of Candahar who has been appointed by the Ameer Abdul Rahman entered the city yesterday and will commence his functions forthwith.

Another engagement has taken place in Basuto Land between the colonial troops and the Basutos, which the latter were defeated with heavy loss. April 18.

A feeling of dissatisfaction prevails in Athens over the recent acceptance by the Greek Ministry of the terms offered by Turkey, and warlike motions have been passed at popular meetings. The council of the province of Samara, in the district of Volga, Russia, has refused to vote a royal address to the Czar on the occasion of his accession to the throne, but demands popular representation. Other provincial councils will probably follow the example set by the council of Samara.

England, India, and the Dominion of Canada will be represented at the monetary conference which is to be held in Paris to-morrow to consider the silver question.