SUEZ MAIL NEWS.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2030, 26 August 1880, Page 3

SUEZ MAIL NEWS.

ALBANY, August 18. The Bangalore arrived this evening. LONDON, July 16. Parliament is still occupied with the Bill granting compensation to evicted Irish tenants, and progress is very slow, partly owing to the vaccillation of the Government, and partly to obstructionist tactics of Parnell, the tone of whose remarks indicate that the Irish party wish to dictate terms to the Government, who are accused in some quarters _ of undue deference to the Irish extremists. The Bill was originally introduced as additional clause to Belief of Irish Distress Bill, was advocated as relief measure, and was next transferred into the Land Bill Amending Developing Act, 1879, The [debate on tho second reading showed that Mr Parnell’s followers were satisfied with tho measures, but that the moderate supporters of the Government were alarmed. Lord Lansdownoresigned several prominent Liberals were opposed to tho measure, several representatives of the great Whig families voted against it, and many other Liberals abstained from voting. On the 9th inst, the Irish Attorney-General introduced an amendment .'giving landlords the option of escaping from tho penal operations of the Bill by offering defaulting tenants tho opportunity of selling their interests in their holdings. Thereupon the Irish party, lustily declared that the amendment was worthless. Gladstone was at first unmoved by the denunciations, but on the 12th he gave notice of substitution for previous amendment. The Premier’s new proposal relieved the landlord from penalties for disturbance, only in oases where he offered the tenant a reasonable alternative before proceeding to eviction. A heated discussion followed, and since then the Irish members have generally sided against the Government.

The new crisis in the Eastern question is rapidly approaching the culminating point. The Porte adheres to the old dilatory tactics. Although it will not meet a collective note of the Powers by open refusal, it will certainly do nothing to execute decisions of the Berlin Conference, but will rather carry on on unauthrised war against Greece ana Montenegro, while professing inability to comply with European demands. The dismissal of Osman Pasha, a fanatical partisan of resistanbe, was first regarded as a favorable sign, bat this hope was dispelled when it became known that this Osman Pasha remains marshal of tho Palace Guard.

Skirmishing hag already commenced between the Montenegrins and Albanians, The latter are being the aggressors, and undoubtedly encouraged indirectly by Turkish authorities from the outset.

Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria, and Eastern Boumelia hate been arming, and there are many ominous signs of impending strife observable. A strong movement is afloat for the union of .Bulgaria and Eastern Roumelia, and is warmly supported by Russia, but is deemed unacceptable by Austria and Germany.

A number of Russian officers and soldiers are arriving in Bulgaria, thus repeating the tactics followed by Russia previously to force the Servian war. The Porte is making large preparations against warlike eventualities in this direction. Eighty thousand men are being concentrated at Adrianople. The National fete at Paris on the 14th, on the anniversary of the taking of the Bastille, was a perfect success. The chief event was the distribution of new colors to the army, which took place on the race o curse at Longchamps, in the presence of an enormous concourse of spectators. M. Grevy addressed the soldiers in eloquent terms, and explained the feelings under which the nation committed the colors to the safe keeping of her troops. The Minister of war inspected the soldiers afterwards, and a “march past" took place. Every quarter of the city made some demonstration, and the day was observed as a universal holiday, especially among tho working classes. There was great enthusiasm at night, graud illuminations and fireworks.

A gas main pipe exploded on the sth near Tottenham Court road, and a great gap was made in thejroad, and several adjoining houses were almost completely destroyed. Two persons were killed and several badly injured. The weather in the British Islands has been very unsettled. Frequent violent storms, accompanied by tremendous downfalls of rain, have occuared, and floods taken place, in several parts of tho country. At the Cobden Club dinner the chairman said that the club would not invite Ministers this year unless they would carry through Parliament a measure for radical reform of the land laws, comprising abolition of the law of primogeniture and prohibiting entail or long settlements. The Canadian Premier aad his Ministerial colleagues are coming to England on business connected with the construction of the Great Pacific Railway. A Canadian team is competing at the Wimbeldon rifle meeting, and some papers ask why the Australians, who are so successful at cricket, do not send a detachment of Rifle Volunteers to compete at Wimbledon. The Lord Mayor has opened a subscription at Mansion House for relief of widows and relatives of men killed in the Rieka colliery explosion near Newport. Every soul in tho pit, 119, perished. It is supposed that the coal gas caused an explosion being fired by a flash of lightning which was observed at the pit’s mouth previously. BOMBAY, July 30.

At the moment when peace seemed assured in Afghanistan, and the British were arranging to evacuate Cabul, on Abdul Rahman accepting the Ameership, a terrible disaster happened to Burrows’ brigade in Southern Afghanistan. Ayoub Khan, with a la-ge and disciplined armed force, marched from Herat on Oandahar. Burrows was ordered out to check his advance. The general had crossed the Helmund, but retired within forty miles of Candahar, where he took up a position and awaited attack. Hera a fight took place on the 25th, and retulted in the almost complete annibiliation of the brigade. Latest news says General Burrows and several officers reached Oandahar, and four guns were saved. General Burrows had the following brigades under his command : —E.B. Horse Artillery, 168; 3rd Native Light Cavalry, 487 ; 66c.1i Regiment (less two companies) of 12 th Native Infantry; 30th Native Infantry; No. 2 Sappers and Miners, 240. The garrison at Oandahar under General Primrose was weak, and much anxiety is felt for his safety. Freeh complications may now arise, and tho war be prolonged.