MAIL ITEMS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 267, 21 November 1879, Page 2

MAIL ITEMS.

Major Cavagnari and Dr Kelly are said to buried beneath the pile of debris and charred logs at the northern end of the court yard in Cabul . Search will be made. Cavagnari'a visiting diary has been found at the Ameer's palace. At a banquet at Manchester, the speech delivered by the Marquis of Salisbury recapitulated and justified the policy of Government, strong hostility to Russia being noticeable throughout the remarks. Kefer-

«!?? • * non -°ccupation of the Balkans, he ?m • £ present position of the Russian j-mnire, lurkey bad uo reason (o expect lavasion.. Sit;ce the Austrian occupation of Fovi B?2arj, the advance of ,S.usa)a beyoqd the Daaube was 1 upossible, and in the independence and strength of Anstria rested the last hope of European stability. It the assertion that a defensive Rllianee had been formed between Austria and (Jerniany were true, all who valued the peace of Europe should hail it as tidings of great joy. He declared that Russian aggressions threatened the happiness and independence of the world. The Russian Press *s wrath w?fh th.e,Marquis of Salisbury for his allusion, and says such langunge is not calculated to contribute Jo the^ maintenance of peace and good will. The Golos says of the speech that it not only opens Russia's eyes, but gives her freedom of action. , Moving bands of Ribbon meu have Created disturbances in various parts of Ireland, and the military have b,een strengthened. Tha cotton and iron Industrie:! are reviving, a d mUls at Preston have been re-opened The sentence of five of the City of Glasgow Bank directors has expired. On leaving the gaol they were hooted by ,the crowd. Potter and S.tronach still remain in prison. Leading Bonapartists have arrived in London to effect a reconciliation between Eugenie and Prince Jerome. Eugenie is going to pray on the spot where her son was killed. Severe frosts have occurred in the wine districts in France. , , The Petersburg Vremya newspaper says that sooner or later a war of life and death with England is inevitable. The Kban of Merv has 3ent assistance to the defeated Turkomans. A sanguinary conflict occurred between the military of the Russian town Kasan, and some people resisting the arrest of .some students who were members of the Liberal League. There is great distress in Hungary, owing to the bad harvest, and numerous deaths have occurred from starvation. By a waterspout in Switzerland twelve bridges were destroyed and seVeral vineyards flooded. The famine in Cashmere is nearly over. The Feet Indians in Colorado have surrendered the white women whom they held as captives. The war broke out through the whites encroaching. In the first battle the troops were defeated. A telegram has been received from New York, guaranteeing a sum of dollars, if the Irish members of the "advanced party " will visit the United States. Mr Parnell will probably go. An expote has been made of the management of the Milwaukee House of Correction, which ia horrible in the extreme. The inmates were imprisoned in a place where they could neither sit,. staqd; or lie at ease, and glandered horses furnished the convicts with food. Two thousand strikers at Bristol have accepted a reduction of wages. Skilled engineers are emigrating in numbers to America. England requires 17,000,000 quarters of grain this year. The Irish harvest prospects are improving. Vhe Miners' Emigrant Association allows £12 to each man emigrating for his expenses. Thirty thousand people received Mr Parnell at Meath; Five hundred tenants of the Marquis of Sligo have solemnly declared tbat they will pay no rent till a reduction is granted. Notice has been posted up at Warren Point, County Down, that any one coming into the country and paying more than a pound an acre rent will be shot. At an anti rent demonstration at Belfast 13,000 persons were present. A the tenants' conference, Dublin, thirty counties sent in delegates, and a league was formed to secure a reduction of rack rents and give facilities for acquiring ownership of the land. Mr Parnell declared that the English Government was indifferent, though they knew that distress was coming as bad as the famine of 1847. Major O'Gorman " declared before God " that the Irish had more came for violence than the French before the revolution. Mr Parnell advocated positive physical resistance, asserting that so long as Englishmen governed Ireland they would rob and oppress the country. The Duke of Beaufort advises British farmers to raise cattle only, as they cannot compete with American production. Mr John Waltsrs, M.P., principal proprietor of the Timer newspaper, expresses similar views, saying that British farmers must direct attention to what pays best. Telegrams referring to the Afghan war show tbat the success of the British arms has been complete. The enemy fled ia all directions, and the hill tribes who had assembled to fight bad returned home. General Sir Frederick Roberts made a public entry into Cabul on the 12th October, at which time he delivered a speech, stating that the buildings would be destroyed, and a heavy fine would be levied on the citizens. A military Governor will be placed over the city and tha country withiu a radius of ten miles. Afterwards, with his staff, General Roberts viiited the late Residency, portions of which are burned, but the greater part is still standing, through completely looted. Count Schouvaloff had an interview with the Marquis of Salisbury, and proposed tbat Russia should exercise control in the eastern part of Afghanistan, and England in the western part. The Marquis of Salisbury indignantly refused, and declared that ! England must have sole control in Afghanistan. ■ Iu Turkey there are grave apprehensions j of serious disturbances during the ensuing winter in Constantinople, as robbery and murder are on the increase. Notwithstanding that the Sultan has ordered the disbandment of 9000 troops, placards are baing j posted, asking the people to revolt. The situation in Syria is alarming. Tha Arabs have joined the Kurds in opposing Mid hat Pasha's reforms. Forty battalions of regular troops have been sent to maintain order. Mr Layard and M. Daufournier, the British and French ambassadors, lodged protests against the policy of farming Customs generally. The Governor of Khelat Ghjlzai, professedly a friend of the British, decamped on the 24th, with all his staff. On the same day two Afghan troopers and a Sepoy of one of the Herat regiments were banged for complicity in the late massacre. The Clyde shipbuilders have advanced the rates for the construction of vessels nearly a sovereign per t»n, to meet the increased price of iron. .» At the conference of delegates, representing 140,000 miners, held at Leeds, a resolution was passed in favour of a national emigration scheme to lessen competition. The scheme consists of a small weekly subscription, subscribers after a certain time to ballot for chances to emigrate. Those going to Australia or New Zealand will receive £12 I of the passage money, and those going to i America will receive £5 passage money. \ ,r-r . ■■„,__ „,,. „ „ .^.jg^j^