LATEST ENGLISH AND FOREIGN NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 3 September 1880, Page 2

LATEST ENGLISH AND FOREIGN NEWS.

(SPECIAL TO SYDNEY MORNING HERALD.) London, August 24.

General Donald Stewart is evidently returning with his army to Lundi. Cotalundi and even the Klugher will perhaps be abandoned. An agitation has been commenced in England in favor of the retention of Candahar by the British. Permission has been granted to the Tichborne claimant to appeal to the House of Lords against the recent decision of the Court on a writ of error. Nobody credits Lines' statement that since his release he has been able to produce evidence that the claimant landed at Melbourne from the Osprey.

August 25. General Phayre's advance is delayed by w;ant of transport.

Avoub Khan's force is now so increased that he has been able to detach the Cabulese to watch the troops under General Roberts, .

August 26.

, At a banquet given at" Copenhagen to Sarah Bernhardt, the well-known, actress, the .Minister proposed the toast of "prance and Sarah. Bernhardt." In replying,' sEe said she hoped the toast included Alsace and Lorraine. Great confusion, ensued, the dames cheering the sentiment. Mons, Theinter, of the French then descanted on the former intimate relations between France and Denmark. Renewed confusion thereupon ensued, and the chairman left the chair.. The German Government have directed their Minister to'take leave of absence. •"

(news specials.)

London, August 23,

: 'The British troops now occupy various strategetic the Khyber Pass, between Pesawhaur and Jellalabad, southeast of Cabul. General Gough is in command of the garrison- in the "Pass at Keerut. ' A despatch contains information of a fight between a strong bpdy of the enemy and the JEuohammadan, post in the Khyber Pass and the British. The enemy were repulsed after a sharp"engagement with a loss of 100 killed, and a Targe number #oUnded. The British' -loss"was trifling; ■ . ■;

- A daring .theft .has been perpetrated at ithe military barracks: at; Bariagher. Stores : werebrokeh open during riight, : and a jlUirge number- of rifles stolen. < There is no clue to the identity of the persons concerned in the robbery,_but it is generally understood tliat the thieves are.fenians, and that the weapons stblenare intended for aggressive acts p£ disloyalty/' l ! i ' U' - i " '' August 24.

Tfife military authorities in Afghanistan are in .possession of "information showing that" Ayoub Ehan has ordered a division; of the army, consisting of Heratese, to leave Candahar and intercept "General march on the city. News* has been received-that Generals Priiqrqse and. Burrows made a vigorous sortie fr6m Caindahar. ■ A severe engagement jn, which the Anglos-Indian troops tehavea splendidly iri the' face of very-superior numbers, a,nd inflicted a severe defeat upon the Afghans.' The British ldsses were, eight Officers 1 -killed, and total casualties> 190. f It is estimated that; the .Afghan loss:wasnot less thap 1000. News has.beeri received of <!he prisoners taken *by ! Ayoub' ; l£riah when he-surprised arid defeated General Burrow.s'Lbjrigade. It jras fejiired: that'they, were,massacred by the, AfghanSj but Colonel has communicated the fact that he and 'oiHers havebeen -well treated by theiij'Oaf tora.H ; '• £>• General ißobertg; t by .anseFips p|;f,orced .marches,- has. made tojvards reaching CandaHar. He r " has now arrived within' a short distance o'fi Di'laghilzai, about a hundred miles e ton the nprth-east of Candahar, and expects to -reach Cabul on the 29th of the present month. "" ' : '

In the . House hof: t .Commons, in Committee of - Supply, obstruction ■wad 1 - the who Jto .prevents

The obstructing members Averred that the police force in Ireland had\been employed to assist unjust landlords in trampling upon the rights and liberties of the Irish tenantry. They strongly denounced the conduct of the police and the authorities in connection 'With the recent disturbances. August 25. Mahommed Pasha, one of the Reactionary party in Turkey, who had persistently deposed all outside interference ;with;s_Turkish - affairs,....and . was ,some months ago dismissed from his position "as one of the Sultan's advisers, has been again, the Sultan to his, council.; The wool market is weaker, and prices show a tendency to decline. ' ".•• ?:■ August 26. The physicians attending Sir Charles Dilke report that he is suffering from abscess, and that his gout has not improved.; A cable message from Constantinople states that.serious rioting has-taken place by the Bulgarians' in the vicinity of Hutschuk :r ß&ithe Danube. - The riots were quelled by ithe.-fßoumanian soldiery.,but not without terrible slaughter.