NEWS BY THE ENGLISH MAIL.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2297, 28 July 1880, Page 2

NEWS BY THE ENGLISH MAIL.

(Per City of Sydney at Auckland.) Auckland, July 27. The City of Sdyncy arrived at 10.80 a.m.; left 'Frisco on July 1 a day before time. England is making important additions to her torpedo fleet. A statue of llaikes has been erected on the Thames embankment. A great uproar occurred at a Protestant Reform Society meeting in Exeter Hall to protest against Catholic appointments. 1 lomc grown wheat shows a shilling decline in price. The steamer Humbolt at Liverpool, from New York, took fire, and every bale of cotton was thrown overboard. A strike of the Lancashire cotton hands is threatened. During the five weeks ending June two hundred small pox patients have been treated. In Dublin a riot occurred •between the people and police, and several were seriously injured. Hedpath, the “New York Herald” correspondent, condemns Irishmen for their indifference to therr'distressed countrymen. He says that while Australia and New Zealand have subscribed T 00,570, America £5058, Canada £BBIB, Java £8750, and England £IO,OOO there was no Irish subscription. Parnell's Pill proposes to take £200,000 from the Irish Church Fund. The Government Irish Land Hill is strongly opposed by Conservatives and condemned by the Press, which denounces it as confiscation. FRANCE. The execution of the decrees against the Jesuits and unauthorised religious bodies led to most exciting scones. The Jesuit chapels in the provinces were thronged, and meetings were held to protest against the decrees. A riotous condition of affairs prevailed in and around the buildings. The mob hooted the priests, and at the Hue de Levres the priests locked themselves in cells, which police broke open. 8 1 .) establishments with 451 members were broken up. The Archbishop of Avignon offered his hospitality to a number of expelled Jesuits, but received a premptory telegram from the Minister of W orship, which caused him to request the Jesuits to leave without delay. The Spanish Government granted numerous applications to establish Jesuit colleges iu Madrid. All the judges and public prosecutors of Versailles resigned rather than give effect to these decrees.

Several duels have occurred, chielfy with

journalists. Six thousand Communists have returned to Paris.

The German Church Bill passed by 206 to 202. Bismarck said the Bill was drawn up by himself and he would not permit its ventilation. He avows his intention to to leave Parliament fighting, and devote his attention to foreign affairs. The general opinion is that the Vatican got the best of the Chancellor in this Church fight. Twenty persons were killed in a mine at Darmsdt. Thirty-one persons were killed by a storm and waterspout at Dresden. The rain and a tornado at Brestlau killed 56 and destroyed 105 houses. AUSTEIA The village of Hamcna in Hungary has been destroyed by fire. Many persons perished. A famine has raged in the district since the beginning of the year, and the misery is indescribable. 1011 houses have been burnt in Hungary since May. Leading Austrian journals express the belief that the end of 'Turkey is at hand, and advise Austria to take as much Turkish territory as possible. RUSSIA. It is believed the Czar intends a Morganic marriage with a Princess by whom he has had thirteen children. Russia is disgusted at Colonel Gordon’s visit to China. TURKEY AND THE EAST. Lloyd’s agency at Saloncia was blown down and the directors and officials were severely wounded. The Sultan refused to allow the harem of the ex-Khedive of Egypt to land in Constantinople. Pirates are ravaging the coasts of Asia Minor. An attempt on the life of the new Grand Sheriff of Mecca failed. The Sultan, alarmed at the secret designs of the PoAvers, proposes to render the Dardanelles impregnable by torpedoes and forts. A despatch of July 3, says the Porte has proclaimed a state of siege throughout all proA'inces on the Greek frontier, The new territory to be ceded to Greece is estimated at 3(K) square miles, and contains 100,000 inhabitants. The Gothard tunnel is threatened. Landslips arc disintegrating the masonry. On account of new educational laws, diplomatic relations between Belgium and the Vatican have ceased. Earl Kimberley has instructed the High Commissioner of South Africa to avoid extending British jurisdiction there. The cx-Empress Eugene is on her rvay home. Late news from China says that Spain, Portugal, and Peru arc (inarching with the Chinese authorities for interfering with coolie immigration. Spain threatens to to occupy the ports in Formosa rvith troops from Manilla, and to blockade the Chinese coast. Portugal is ascertaining her right to M arao. Clung How’s treaty with Russia has been published, accompanied by a memorial denouncing himself and his document. Russia had the advantage in all the negotiations. She Avas to be paid 5,000,000 roubles, and her merchants avcic to enjoy special privileges and to use convenient routes in travelling. For these considerations China Avas to receive back only a portion of her territory. Cholera has appeared in Japan.