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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 68, 21 March 1881, Page 2

[Specials to Melbourne Argus."] (Per Rotorua at the Bluff.) London, March 10. It is rumored that Mr Gladstone is about to resign office as Chancellor of the Exchequer, and that he will be succeeded by Mr Cbilders, now Secretary of State for War, while the Marquis of Hartington, Secretary for India, will succeed Mr Childers as Secretary for War. Mr Gladstone will continue to hold office as [First Lord of the Treasury. Mr Lowell, the United States Minister in London, has demanded the release of Boyton, arrested under the Coercion Act, on the ground of his being an American citizen and claiming the protection of the United States Government. The members of the Irish Land League who have been arrested under the Coerciou Act are satisfied with the treatment they receive in gaol. They have been visited by Mr Dillon, the member for Tipperary. The cloture has been enforced in the House of Commons with the view of expediting the passing of the Arms Bill. It is reported that his Honor Thomas W. Jackson, puisne Judge on the Gold Coast, is dead. Authority has been given by the Home Government to prolong the armistice at Transvaal if it should be considered necessary. Boyton has asked Mr Lowell, the United States Minister in London, to request the American Government to intei fare legally for the protection of the Irish. A plague of a virulent type has broken out at Bagdad in Asiatic Turkey. March 13. Sir Stafford Northcotc, ths leader of tbe Opposition in the House of Commons ha 3 issued a manifesto which delares Mr Gladstone's proposal to apply the cloture to Committee of Supply subversive of the

liberty of the House of Commons, and it is probable that the question will bring about a collision between the Government and Opposition. The non arrest of leading members of the Irish Land League ia much criticised. The Conservatives oppose Mr Gladstone's " urgency " resolution in Committee of Supply. Fewer arrests are now being made in Ireland and for minor offences. A Conservative cmdidate haa been elected to fill the vacancy which occurred in the representation of Coventry in the House of Commons. Hitherto Coventry has returned two Liberals. Mr Grant Duff, speaking at Oxford, said that the Liberals were in no way to blame for the disasters that had occunei to the British arms, and tbat Lord Carnarvon, in consequence of bis action when Secretary for for the Cblonies, was the real Cause of the Transvaal difficulty. In the ease of Clark v. Bradlaqgbjan action brought Egaiust the biefcuber for Northampton for illegally taking his seat in the House of Commons, judgment has been given for tbe plaintiff in the main question. Since the decision Bradlaugh haa absettid himself from the House, and Mr has given notice of his intention to move that a now writ be is3ued for Northampton. Bradlaugh offers to retigu his seat and to seek reelection. In the divorce suit Farrell v. Powell, in which tbo petitioner sought to obtaiu a divorce from his wife on the grounds of adultery, the Court condemned tbe co-respondent, Capt. Towell, the master of the Orient steamship Lusitania, to pay £500 damages. Caird, Williamson, and Co., East and West Indian and Caps merchants of Fenchurchstroet have failed for £1,000,000. Lord Granville, Foreign Secretary, has denied in the House of Lords that Great Britain is Eeekiug to prolong the annislice with the Boers in Transvaal. [Age Specials.] Logoff} March 8, The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has resumed its tittings. Thf re is a large number of appeals now pending before it. Sir Arthur Hothouse QC„ baa been appointed .a member cf the Judicial Committee, and took his seat for the first time today. The Globe to-day publishes an article on protection, commending the fiscal policy pursued by Victoria as oue marked by au intelligent appreciation of its own interests, and aa well calculated to advance the material prosperity of a yohcg country. Intelligence from Trunsvaal states that the leaders of the Boers exhibit pacific tendencies, and are desirous of briugiug hostilities to a conclusion. They demand autonomy, but are williug to recognise the suzerainty of the BritiaU Government. Their proposals are uuder the consideration cf tbe Council. The importaut in the management and r^ uia < L i on 0 f t h e arm y indicated by Mr Childers in the House of Commons have ex cited much criticism in military circles. It is announced that General Wqlseley will be entrusted will! carrying iuto elUect the new scheme of army reform. The aspect of affairs in the East is most ominous. Both Turkey and Greece continue their preparations for war. The Turkish Government have sent orders to the United States for large quantities of ammunition, and are placing the nary in a through state of equipment. A Berious railway collision took place at Baltimore, the chief city of the State of Maryland. Several persona were injured. Among the passengers was Mr Hayes, late President of the United States, but he escaped uuhurfc. March 12. No improvement is manifest iv the relations between Turkey and Greece. The warlike feeling in both countries is very strong, and it is confidently expected that an outbreak of hostilities will take place in the commencement of the spring. Marked sympathy i 3 evinced by tho Irish in the United States with the agrarian agitation in Ireland, aad branches of the Land League have beeu esiablished in all the principal centres, and it ia stated that they number no less than 920 i large contributions have been forwarded to tho head League in Dublin, Iv Portugal, hostile feeling is manifested against the Jesuits. The Government have determined to suppress the educational establishments of that body, and to prevent the Jesuits from teaching. Another severe shock oE earthquake has been experienced in Switzerland, the effects of which were felt principally in the cmtoua of Lucerne and Zurich. Great alarm was felt among the inhabitants.