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London, August 7 Mr John Dillon, M. P f < r the County of Tipperary, who wr3 arrested on the 2nd May last unrler the Irish Protection Act, and who has been lodged in Kilmainham gaol since the date named, was to-day released from custody. Arrived— Ship Loch Murren from LytteltGn, sailed May 7. Calcutta, August 8. Telegrams to hana from Afghanistan announce that the Ameer Abdui Rahman is i now at Khelat engaged in massing troops from the eurroaadlDg country.

Vienna, August 6. It bss trcuspired th:it the meetings which took place to-day at Gastejn between the Emperor Franei3 Joseph and minor German Sovereigns have no political significance, but that th-3 visits which were exchanged were merely those cf courtesy. Fams, August 6 Telegrams irom Tunis report that the state of that country is now much calmer, t'ae Arab rising having considerably subsided. New Yoke, August 6. A largely attended meeting was held at Chicago to-day under tha auspices of the Irish Revolution Congress, at which the condition of Ireland and the action of the British Government in connection with that country were discussed in violent and inflammatory language, and tha use of firearms and explosives as a means of redress were freely commended. It is stated that this Congress is engaged in drawing up a programme for future action, in which dynamite will have a prominent place.