SAN FRANCISCO MAIL NEWS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 61, 11 March 1880, Page 2

SAN FRANCISCO MAIL NEWS.

London, Feb. 16. Sir S. Northcote announced in the House of Commons that the Government would advance to Ireland three quarters instead of half a million. Fever has appeared in Tipperary aud West Cork. An Irish relief committee is formed in Paris. The English residents in St. Petersburg presented a congratulatory address to the Czar on the 25th anniversary of Mb accession to the throne. the Turkish troops revolted but returned to duty on receiving the arrears of their pay. It is reported that Princess Louise returned to Canada against her will. A civil war is impending in Abyssinia. Instructions have been sent to Candahar for the army to advance early in March. An alliance is expected between England, Germany, and Austria. The North German Gazette says that the French army estimates for the present year exceed those of 1870 by four million francß, and that her army is numerically stronger than the German army. The Russian army has been considerably increased. The Japanese Government are making extensive war preparations, aud the Chinese are equally active. An extensive fire occurred in Japan in Lodo, when 10,430 bouses were burned, and 35,980 persons were rendered homeless. 10,366 persons died of cholera last year. Sir S. Northcote in the House of Commonß admitted that the cession of Herat to Persia has been considered, but that no agreement had been made. The House of Commons passed a Bill authorising the relieving officers to grant Beed potatoes to the distressed Irish. Germany proposes to largely increase her garrisons in Alsace and Lorraine, and th.c artillery at Metz and other fortresses. Two trams collided at Clichy, in France, and seven were killed and forty injured. High military officers in Russia are said to sympathise with the Nihilists. A railway is proposed to Candahar, the estimated distance being 200 miles. A Russian transport vessel has been lost in the Caspian Sea, and 2000 troops perished. Montenegro is preparing for war, and has ordered four million cartridges from American manufacturers. Holland and Greece hare recognised the independence of Roumelia. Accounts from Ireland represent the people in some localities to be living on one meal of turnips a day. Mr Bright proposes that Government advance three-fourths of the purchase money of the farms in Ireland, the principal and interest to be repayable in thirty- five years. Large bodies of Chinese troops are reported on the Kuldja frontier, and the inhabitants protest to Russia against the cession to China. Stanley has established a Belgian trading station at Congo. There is a famine in Adrianople, and many have been starved to death. Exertions are being made to abolish the 100,000 dollars charge for conveying the Australian mail across America. The Duke of Edinburgh haa ordered the oast guard service of Ireland to take charge of all relief stores.