LONDON.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3194, 23 September 1881, Page 3

LONDON.

September 18. The Parmer's Alliance has demanded that the Government shall introduce a bill to amend the land laws of England tad Scotland.

The Greek inhabitants of Larissa, the capital of the province ofThessally which has been ceded by Turkey to Greece, are publicly rejoicing over the event of 1 the cession. The steamship Columbia foundered in Lake Michigan, and fifteen persons were drowned. At the recent election meetings in the Transvaal the Boers displayed a more pacific spirit towards the British. The Zulu chief Masupha has submitted to the British. September 14. Sir Gavan Duffy has abandoned his intention of entering Parliament. Sir Samuel Wilson, the well-known Victorian squatter, has become the tenant of Hughenden Manor, the seat of the Earl of Beaconsfield. Heavy indecisive fighting has taken place between the French troops and the Arabs at Zaghovan, Tunis. The cotton spinners of Liverpool are carrying out their threat to break up the ring of cotton brokers, and have stopped their mills for a week. The sculling contest for a prize of £150 offered by Chinnery to senior scullers came off on the Thames to-day on a course from the Aqueduct to Mortlake. The race was won by Boyd, Largan second, and Hawdon third. Time, 4min_. 24aecs. Great interest was taken in the contest. September 15. A collision has taken place between two trains on tbe Cork railway. A collision has also occurred on the Scarborough line. The cotton strikers of New Orleans are creating riots, and the consuls have demanded military interference to protect the shipping interest of the countries they respectively represent. The team of cricketers who will shortly visit Australia played eighteen of Halbeck yesterday, and beat them by 65 runs. The Khedive has decreed the total abolition of slavery in Egypt.

[Reoter's Special to Telegraph.]