ADDITIONAL MAIL NEWS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 252, 15 December 1880, Page 2

ADDITIONAL MAIL NEWS.

! London, November 20. Garibaldi declined the poet Tennyson's invitation to visit him in England. On the 27th October, a fierce south-western gale prevailed along the coast of England, and 160 vessels of all descriptions were wrecked and many lives lost. Much damage was also done inland from the floods. The Sussex and Warwickshire lowlands were covered with water for miles. Charles Harcourt, the actor, died in London ou 27th October, from the effects of the fall of the trap on which he was standing during a performance. The British ship Mildred, from New York to Marseilles in France, foundered, and every body on board was loir. At Durham many miners and familiea were evicted from their houses in a snowstorm because they would not submit to reductions of a shilling a day from their wageg. The ship Galaha, from Bombay to London, foundered off Cape Clear, and 21 lives were lost. The American schooner Abraham was loit off Siberia and 30 lives were lost. The coasting steamer Airsia was lost off St. Governor Head, England. Thirty-four lives were lost. • -•- The keeper of a farm in Limeriok, from which the people had been evicted, was shot dead on the night of the 18th November. The nephew of an evicted tenant has been identified as a man who shot a custodian, near New Poplars. The custodian is not dead yet, but is likely to die. On the"24th October, Mr Parnell addressed a Land League meeting at Galway, in. the presence of 40,000 people, and said the Government was responsible for the assassinations that had been committed, and maintained that the only remedy was the autonomy of Ireland. Next day, " Mr 'Parnell, at a banquet in Galway, said he was convinced that Ireland could obtain trained and organised assistance from America if there was a fair chance of success in breaking the British yoke. The London Times, commenting upon the latter speech, said :— "lt is impossible to mistake the meaning of such an argument or the purpose ol a Wfta who

uses it. The condition of Ireland and the temper of the men who are criminally misleading the people call for immediate attention." Mr Parnell spoke at Limerick on the 31st October. He was escorted into the town by an immense procession, including the Corporation officials. In his address, he said Parliament Would not reduce the rents, but he said France and other countries had got rid of their great land proprietors, and why not Ireland ? . M'Valley, one of the agitators indicted for conspiracy in the speech at Tuam, on the Ist November, recommended the use of dynamite and gun-cotton against landlords. A Leaguers 1 meeting at Shanagry was dispersed by a powerful body of farmer* and landlords. Near Avoca, County Limerick, a man. nnmed Wheeler waa Shot dead by unknown parties. Two brothers named Moore have been arrested at Cork oh a charge of being concerned in the murder. Michael Moore accompanied Wheeler when he waa killed. The victim is the son of a Protestant farmer. He had taken a farm from which the tenants had been evicted. The steward of Colonel Cooper, of Dublin, was shot and wounded at Dunrobin by an unknown boy. . John Bright, in a speech at Birmingham on 15th November, strongly condemned the land laws of Ireland, which, be said, virtually gave the landlords a monopoly of the land. The custodian of a farm near Dublin, from which a tenant had been evicted, wasjmot dead by his fireside". The World's special correspondent Bays that members of the Land League, apprehending seizures of their persons and property by the Government, have invested the amount of their funds in foreign securities, and lodged them in a Continental bank. All their books and papers, which might have beon of immense service to the Government in securing their conviction, have been removed to a place of Bafetyj but Whether this place is in the British' realm or oh the Continent is & matter of conjecture. Accounts received from various parts by agents for property represent the state of the country as still more disturbed and demoralised. Combination against payment of jrentß is extending into districts hitherto peaceable; and the terrorism ,whieh followed closely in the wake of the Land League is steadily breaking down the opposition of the law abiding classes. Tenants do not now pretend to be unable to pay their rents to landlords, but definitely refuse to pay more than two-fifths of the valuation, and in some cases decline to pay at all, or else demand arbitrary abatements. The O'Connor Power, M.P., speaking at a public meeting in Galway, said that when the objects of the Land League shall have been attained, Irish people will have a more noble object in view, namely, to wrench themselves from the rule of England. The London Spoitsman thus explains Trickett's defeati— " We believe, flratly, that Hanlon is far superior as a sculler to Trickett; and, secondly, we do not think Trickett was at all as well as could be hoped. Weeks ago he made a trip to the III* of Wight and France. He was overtrained. He bad worked himielf to a pitch of muscular i tension which nature refused to sustain long and relaxation ensued. Probably h« wta suffering from one of those relapiei yester- ! day. It mutt be remembered that Trickatt bad always a bronchial affection, but w« do ; not heaitate to say that he would never beat Hanlon even in the best of health. With regard to Hanlon probably many years muit . elapse before such a perfect sculler appttrs ! again," The Marquis of Lome sent a despatch to Hanlon, congratulating him on bis victory. The amount of money wagered on the event was tremendoua. Tha backer* of the Canadian in Toronto along wagerad over 300,000 dollars."