ENGLISH NEWS.

Dunstan Times, Issue 935, 19 March 1880, Page 3

ENGLISH NEWS.

( Via San Fraiteineo ) A bill making is .1 mis leme mour for females to engage in.walking matches is before the Now York Senate. Eleven Chinese we e burnt to death in a San Francisc > laundry. Ssanrnn, an Englishman, has won the bieycleraeeforapu.se and the championship of America, lie made 50 miles in 3 hours 6 ininures 11 seconds. At Springfield. Massachusetts, Mr Parnell, M P , attacked tin veracity of Lord Alfred Churchill, who, by cable, denied Parnell’s statement that Queen Victoria contribute 1 nothin" to the Irish Famine Fund in 1847. and also restrained the Sultan of I’urkey from giving. Mr Parnell addressed the United States Congress at an imformal meeting on the present condition of Ireland, lie believed that the force af American public opinion would bring about, the desired reforms. The county Hospital at Milwaukee was burnt on the 3rd of February, and two lives 10-it. The Mormans have Utah united as a State, which, ns they hoi I the powers, would enable them to expel their opponents by taxation. They are also making overtures to several Indian tribes for an alliance. M‘Vickers’ theatre, Chicago, is illuminated by the electric light, a local electrician having anticipated E lison and overcome the difficulty of dividing the current, Mackay, the Bonanza magnate, gives 10 000 dollars to the Irish Belief Fund, and the Neva m Bank of San Francisco 2500 dollars. There is great distress among the poorer fishermen in Canada, and efforts are making for their relief. The heavy cannons in the Dominion are being converted into rifle guns. Parnell and Dillon address an urgent appeal to the Canadians for help to the distie°sed population in Ireland. At Ottawa a small pox victim was rescued alive from a coffin after the gravedigger had partially covered it with earth. The gravedigger heard a noise, and inquiring into the cause, succeeded in saving the unfortunate Mr Parnell refused to visit Montreal, on account of the strong feeling against him. Captain Win. Tower, of the barque Brothers, has arrived at St. John’s, charged with scuttling the vessel at. sea in order to defraud the insurance companies of 72,000 dollars. The people of Lucan, Ontario, suspecting a family named Donnelly of an act of incendiarism and other offences, formed a vigilance committee, attacked the Donnellys’ house, murdered all five inmates, fired the building, and consumed the bodies at the same time. It was a fearful affair, and caused great excitement. Four arrests have been made, one of the prisoners being a constable at Ottawa. Sir S. Northcote announced in the House of Commons that the Government would advance Ireland three-quarters of a million instead of half a million. The Turkish tro' ■ps revolted, but returned to duty on receiving arrears of PjW- . It is reported that Princess Louise returned to Canada against her will. The Japanese -Government are making extensive war. preparations. The Chinese are equally active. Extensive fires have occurred at Japan, in Yeddo. Ten thousand four hundred and thirty houses were burned, and 35,930 •persons.are .homeless...' • . Ten thousand, three hundred and sixtysix persons died of cholera last year.

The House of Commons has passed a bill authorising the relieving officers to grant seed potatoes to the distressed Irish. Germany proposes to largely increase i her garrison in Alsace anil Lorraine, and the artillery at Met* and other fortresses. Two trains collided at Clichy, in Panee. Seven persons were killed and 40injured. High military officers in Russia are said to sympathise with the Nihilists. A Russian transport vessel was lost in the Caspian Sea. Two thousaim troops perished. Montenegro is preparing for war. She has ordered 4,000,00.) cartridges from American manufacturers. Accounts from Irelmd represent the people in some localities as living on meal and turnips. Stanley has established a Btdgian trading station at Congo. A famine has broken out among the Adrian people. Many have been starved to death. The Duke of Edinburgh has ordered the coast-guard service in Ireland to take charge of relief stores. Mr O’Donnell, M.P. for Dunjgarvan, stigmatised the abuses practised by the Government as worse than treason. H' became much excited, and wept when describing Mr Parnell’s services to his country. The Irish National Land League hag resolved to thank the United States Congress for according the privilege of the floor to Mr Parnell. The National Zaitung reviews Mr Par nell’s tour to America, and consolers it dangerous for the Home Rulers to make capital out of their country’s troubles. The Irish and English landlord question increases in importance. Mr Bright’s colleagues accept substantially his scheme to aid the tenants in buying the farms by Treasury loans. The Lord Mayor of Dublin writes that Englishpeople fail to realise the gravity of the Irish crisis, and that, unless prompt assistance he forthcoming, tens of thousands of Irish people must die of starvation. He complains that England has contributed less to the Mansion llouse Fund than Melbourne. The Baroness Burdott Coutts has Sent 1.590 to Ireland by a special agent, to ensure its proper distribution. Quarrels have arisen in the management of the various relief funds, and it is hope 1 that means will be devised of concentrating the charities under one head. A petroleum basin, said to be as extensive and prolific as that of Pennsylvania, has been discovered at Borengoin, in Hanover. One well yielJs 4000 cwt. of oil per day\Tr Archibald Forbes attaches Lord Chelmsford in the “ Nineteenth (Jentnry. It.is reported that a special alliance is to conclude 1 between England, Austria, and Germany.