LATEST ENGLISH NEWS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 123, 25 May 1881, Page 2

LATEST ENGLISH NEWS.

London, May 21. Arived— Pleionc, from Wellington? sailed February 12. May 23. The condition of Ireland continues to cause grave anxiety to the Government, and six flying colutnn9 of troops have been organised to assist in enforcing the Bervice of writs in the disaffected districts. The various amendments already put down against the clauses of the Irish Land Laws Bill for consideration in .Committee iu the House of Commons occupy forty-two pages of the Notice taper. - Consols remain unchanged at 102$. . New Zealaud securities are without quota ble change/ ' ' ' " Adelaide ( wfaeat ex warehouse, 48a ; Adolaido flour, ex warehouse, 33s 6d ; New Zaaland wheat, 445. Australian tallow, bait beef, 84s Gd ; best mutton, S6» 6d. Beet Australian leather, lid. J Thomas Brennan, Secretary of the Land League, a mercantile clerk in Dublin, has been arrested upon a warrant issued by the Viceroy under the provisions of the Coercion Aqt. . .... . ;. , '■; . ; ' . Her Majesty the Queen has conferred the honor of r Knighthood upon the Hon C. -Lilley, Chief Justice of Queensland, the Hon. James Prendergaat, Chief Justice of New Zealand, and John Gorrie, Chief Justice of Fiji. The Grand Crosa of St. Michael *rid St. George has been conferred upon Sir Arthur Kennedy, Governor of Queensland, Sir F. D. Bell, Aprent-General for New Zealand, and the Hon H. A. Palmer, who are created Comjnandejs, and: the Hon. M. Fraser, Surveyor-General of South Australia, a Companion of the tame Order. Prince- Leopold has been created Duke of Albany. Arao'bg tlfe names of gentlemen' recently created . £omp>atiioris of the Ordir of St Michael aud St. George is that of Mr W. A. Duncan, Collector of Customs at Sydney. . ; -."' Calcutta, May 28 Intelligence has been received from Afghanistan that Ayoub Khan has openly an nounced his intention of seizing Candahar. It is, however, reported that such a movement ou Ma part will meet with general resistance from the inhabitants of tha city and surrounding districts. Ameer Abdul Babman is' making active preparations for a struggle. .• \ • : : .--[". Age .":BpeciaU.>].' (Per Te Anau at the Bluff.) [The following telegram was put into the Bluff Office at 7 o'clock on Monday night but was detained at Dunedin and did not reach us until 11 o'clock yesterday morning.] London, May 14. ; A smart, shock of earthquake has been experienced in Volo, a seaport town in Theisaly, situated on the north side of the gulf of. the same Dame; Much alarm was caused among the inhabitants of the district who feared another shock. ' ' ' " '■ The severe floods in the United States caused by the overflow of the Miasokri and the Mißsisippi rivers are now; subsiding. The damage done, however, tat been enorsaous. In Russia a very strong feeling of hoitility is exhibited against' the Jews, slumbers of whom have been outraged, their. -property de.s.trojed; rod ' .themselves BMioualy maltreated. The bigotrV has been inflamed by the priesthood. ;•■ r .■ :■ The > Arabs have; risen: in insurrection against the Turks and thrown off the Sultan's I authority. The city of Mecca, sacred as ttie birthplace of Mahomraed,i Has been pillaged ' by the insurgents, who committed great outrages. • . ■ .. . • ,■;■>'•! In Scotland a strong agitation has been set on foot among the farming population with ihe object of having the principles of the land legislation embodied in the Irish Land Bill extended to Scotland. The movement ia regarded as one likely to have important results in effecting changes of tenure throughout Great Britain. The stream of immigration to the United States from Great Britain, Germany, and other European countries continues unchecked. On Monday last no less than 6500 people landed at New York. The warlike feeling in Greece is very strong. Intense dissatisfaction exists ink the army at thepro3pect;of a settlement of the •frontier. difficulty with Turkey withpit any fight|Dg, and a Mutinous Bpirjl'ia displayed. Tfie second reading of the'lrisH Land Bill is expected to take place on Monday, and on /Tuesday the. If nsse wH] go iutp •ommittefe oa the Bill, ' r {

In consequence of the continued obstruction of the Irish members it is expected that the Government will propose that the measures be declared " urgent." Owing to the disturbed state of Ireland and the continuance of outrages in various parta of the country, the troops at present .stationed there ale considered insufficient' for the maintenance of peace, and reinforcements have thorefoie been despatched. The Russian Government baa despatched a special mission to Cabul to negotiate a commercial treaty with the Ameer Abdul Rahman and to felicitate him upon the withdrawal frotu his country of the British troops. The French Tariffs Bill, as amended by the Senate, has occasioned considerable dis satisfaction and is bitterly criticised owing to the protective nature of its provisions. The Island of Cyprus has been overrun with a plague of locusts Which have devastated the country, destroying tbe crops and all Vegetation in their flight. The Committee of divines aud scholars who have been for Borne time engaged upon the revised translation oE the Scriptures have completed the .revision of tha Sew Testament which has just been issued* Adelaide Pattl baa tinnounced ber intention of taking leave of the operatic stage. Her farewell performance* will take platSe nefct year, after whiten she will retire into private life. Edward Trickett, the well known Sydney . oarsman, will not return to Australia. Ho; has decided to remain in England, having • become landlord of a sporting tavern ia the village of Barnes on the Thames.