ENGLISH NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1296, 2 June 1880, Page 2

ENGLISH NEWS.

(SPECIAL TO MELBOURNE AGE.) London, May 19. Mr. Everet, Secretary for Foreign Affairs for the. United States, strongly repudiates the views expressed by the Beaconsfield Government in reference to the dispute regarding the fisheries. He considers: that; their proposals are wholly inadmissible, and urges retaliatory measures.: The oome Rulers, having accepted the leadership of Mr. Parnell, have given adr hesion to his proposals for reform of the land system in Ireland. • These undertake to give to tenants fixity of tenure. , The .strikes amongst the cotton spinners of Lancashire are decreasing. At Blackburn, and Oldham: all opposition has practically collapsed. : I , '• The sailors connected with Liverpool i have Btruck to obtain an advance of wages. Their action has been supported'

by local trades unions. The result has been to greatly embarrass and delay outgoing vessels.

The ironmasters of Scotland have entered into an arrangement to reduce the wages of the colliers and the ironfounders. The men have taken time to consider their line of action. It is expected that a general strike is inevitable.; Earl Carnarvon, who resigned the position of Secretary of State for the Colonies in the late Government on account of his disapproval of the steps taken-in regard-to Turkey, has effected a reconciliation with his party. Sir JR. Peel, who had likewise taken up a position adverse to the late Government on similar grounds, has also again thrown in his lot with the Conservatives. r May 21. Colonel Paisley, R.E., has accepted temporarily the position of Agent-General of Victoria. On the debate upon the Address in Reply to the Speech, an amendment was submitted by the Home Rulers, declaring that the position of affairs' in Ireland required the immediate attention of the Legislature, and that remedies of a radical nature were essential in connection with the system of land tenure. The amendment was rejected by 253 votes. An agreement has been come to between the signatories' to the Treaty of Berlin, that in order to arrange for giving effect to the unfulfilled provisions thereof another European Congress shall assemble at Berlin shortly. Earl Beaoonsfield, in the Lords, denounced in . emphatic terms Mr. Gladstone's letter to Count Caroli, Austrian Ambassador in London, in which he explained away his statement regarding the aggressive policy of Austria. Lord Salisbury declared that the position taken up by Mr, Gladstone was unworthy of a British statesman.

No intelligence has yet been received of Her Majesty's training ship Atalanta, which has beefl missing since February last, and supposed to have foundered with all hands off the Azores. The Lords of the Admiralty have offered a reward for any information which may throw, light on the fate of the ship or th§ whereabouts of any of the or§\y, who may possibly have escaped to some uninhabited island. May 22. The Bradlaugh oath question was the subject of a warm debate in the House of Commons. A strong expression of opinion was elicited from many in opposition to the finding of the Go.mmittee, that the member should not be exempted from taking the oath. Mr. Gladstone proposed that the question be referrad back to the Committee, S.ir Stafford Northcote declared that it would be a farce to insist upon. an oath being administered, if exemption were to be allowed on any pretext raised. May 24. The anniversary of the establishment of the Commune was celebrated in Paris by a demonstration organised by the extreme leaders. Strict precautions were taken by the Government. The Burmese mission, which Lord Lytton refused to receive, has been definitely dismissed, and its proposals declined until the preliminary conditions laid dqwn are accepted by. the King of Burmah. The Indian Government will not negotiations. The Rumpa rebellion, suppressed some months ago, is again showing signs of activity, and measures of precaution have been taken by the Indian Government. Troops are in readiness, and any outbreak will be sharply and severely dealt with, (SBECIAIi TO MELBOURNE ARGUS.) London, May 19. The Times, in reviewing Victorian and New South Wales political affairs,* con? siders the period qf Austalian nominee Councils is verging upon its close, though two Chambers are essential.

Ayoub Khan, the Governor of Herat, has, according to a Teheran telegram, left Herat for Candahar with 14,000 Cabulese and other troops.

The Pall Mall Gazette comments strongly oil. New Zealand finances, contrasting the excessive debt per head as compared with that of the qther Australian Colonies. May 24. Mr. Goschen's mission to Paris and Yienna has resulted satisfactorily, especially the mission to Vienna.

Mr. Gladstone's pressure upon Turkey has resulted in Russia posing as the friend of Turkey.