SUEZ MAIL NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 7 October 1880, Page 2

SUEZ MAIL NEWS.

(By Telegraph from Auckland.) [RETJTER'S SPEOIAX TELEGRAMS.] Albany, September 28. The Hydaspes arrived at 5.30 p.m. London, August 27. A deplorable state of things exists in Ireland. Several faction fights have occurred in various, places, arising from Orange and Catholic processions, and religious and political anniversaries during I the present month. The mobs were very lawless and defiant, and serious conflicts have taken place between the constabulary and populace at Portadown, Dungannon, Downpatrick, Belfast, Lurgan, and several placea in Ulster, Kfany houses were wrecked, and the constabulary desperately attacked with sticks and stones and compelled to fire upon the mobs, killing and wounding several people. Agrarian outrages of all kinds are more frequent than ever. Mr. Dynson, a member of Parliament, and other Parnellists, have delivered very inflammatory speeches which were interpreted by the mob as incentives to violence. Last night, the House of Commons commenced a debate on the vote for the Irish Constabulary. The Irish members obstructed it, and the sitting was prolonged throughout the night. The House finally adjourned at.l o'clock this afternoon, and re=-asseri)bled at 2 o'clock. In the House of Commons on August 8, Lord Hartingdon, in submitting the Indian Budget, said it was undecided as to amount and manner in which Imperial

[assistance would be given Vin, the case of ! the Afghan war, an d< that it was not intended to increase, the permanent Indiati debt-. Reductions' in the army were imas', after the war, the country must be treated considerately. Trickett and Laycock are living together at Bell's, Putney. : Trickett is taking gentle exercise on the river, and he has reduced nearly two stone. Both men are healthy. The betting was sto 1 against the double event of Trickett and Laycock winning. The odds at starting will probably be 2 to .l against Trickett in the match with Hanlon and 6 to 4 against Laycock. .They expect new boats next week, and both are going to. Newcastle when they are finished. Kelly will be with Trickett during his last two months' training. A ukase was issued on the 10th, suppressing the Supreme Commission in Russia, and transferring its extraordinary business to the Minister of the Interior. Count Louis Melikoff was likewise transferred to the Ministry as its chief, with a considerable extension of authority. The terms of the ukase show that Melikoff lias very much mora power than before, and the same rights are conferred as were given him as head of the Supreme Commission, with full authority on all matters connected with State offences, and the right to call the members of the late Commission for consultation. No new franchise is bes,to.\\'ed, and the secret ! police are BRaintained, A seditious proclamation appeared in Constantinople calling upon the Turks to abolish the Sultanate and re-establish Islams. The relations between Russia and China are friendlier in consequence of the Marquis of Isingo negotiating with the Chinese. The Government has released Chung How* acoordanoe with the Marrecommendation. Bombay, Sept. 10. General Burrows' defeat is considered discreditable, and a strict inquiry is tube made into the cause of the disaster.