Telegraphic.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1010, 26 August 1881, Page 3

Telegraphic.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN LONDON, August 17. A further rise of Is has occurred in Australian and New Zealand wheat. Mr Parnell announces that he will con-;, tinne the agitation foi redress of grievances-' of tho Irish tenants after the present aes' t ion closes, when he will visit Ireland and address the people at various places. At me same time, however, ho recommends that a fair trial should be given to the wording of the Irish Land Bill which has been passed by Parliament. August 18. In the House of Commons to-day, the motion introduced by Mr Parnell, censuring the Government for the manner in which the Irish Coercion Act has been administered, was rejected by a considerable majority. In the course of the debate, the Right Hon. Mr W. E. Forster, Irish Secretary, and the Right Hon. Mr Gladstone stated their refusal to agree to the demands of Mr Parnell that suspected persons who were now in custody in Ireland should be immediately released. August 19. It has transpired that the French Government have sent an official note to the British Government in reply to the latter’s communication announcing thit England has declined to resume negotiations for a new commercial treaty in consequence of tho refusal of France to agree to a temporary prolongation of the present treaties. The French Government explain that their refusal is due to the fact that it is thought that a proposal to prolong the existing treaties is contrary to law. At the same time the hope is expressed that it may yet be found possible to overcome the obstacles which have arisen. August 20, In the House of Commons to-day a motion was introduced by Mr Parnell condemning the Government for the re-arrest -of Davitt. After debate, the motion was negatived by 61 to 19 votes. The death is announced of Dr Tanner, the New York physician who last year fulfilled a self-imposed task of fasting for 40 days. His medical attendants state that there is no doubt that the strain to the system caused by this long abstinence from food hastened his death. Another infernal machine has been discovered and seized at Dundee. Ayoub Khan’s Treasury is reported to be exhausted. A highly interesting exhibition, illustrating the development of electricity and all most modern applications, has been opened in Paris, under the supervision of .some of the leading French scientists. Some most wonderful inventions are exhibited, the novelty of which has attracted universal attention. The whole of the territory in the Transvaal retroceded to the Boers by tho recent convention has been proclaimed a republic. Sir Bartle Frere his stated publicly that the recent speeches of Mr Gladstone with reference to the British colonial policy are having a most disastrous effect in South Africa. NEW YORK, August 18. A bulletin issued this morning reports that President Garfield’s health is rallying and his condition has greatly improved. August 22. President Garfield has taken a less favorable turn. He has experienced severe attacks of vomiting, and is now unable to take food through the mouth. August 23. r President Garfield’s medical attendants have now but faint hopes of his recovery from the relapse which recently set in. CONSTANTINOPE, August 20. The territory in Thessaly which forms the extended Greek frontier has now been evacuated by the Turks, and the Greeks have entered upon possession. ST. PETERSBURG!!. August 20. Tho treaty between the Russian and the ■Chinese Governments for the retrocession of the Kiildja territory to China has been ratified here. CALCUTTA, August 20. Telegrams to hand from Afghanistan report that the Ameer Abdul Rahman’s forces are now concentrating in the neighborhood of Kelat-i-Ghilzai. Ayoub Khan is still at Candahar, where he continues tho massing of his troops.