LATE CABLE NEWS.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2399, 24 November 1880, Page 2

LATE CABLE NEWS.

SECOND EDITION

[By Teleguaiml]

(Per Tararua at the Bluff;-) GLADSTONE ON HUSH LAND HE FORM. ' London, Nov. 10. Mr Gladstone delivered an important address on the political situation at the Lord Mayor’s banquet in the Guild Hall last evening, in response to the toast of Her Majesty’s Ministers. Dealing with the condition of affairs in Ireland, he stated that the circumstances of that country were such as to cause the most serious anxiety to the Government. Ho attributed the agitatation that had arisen to the undeniable evils of the existing land system, and expressed his conviction that the Irish land laws required amendment in the direction of giving greater security of tenure to the tenants. He viewed with great regret the grave excesses to which some of the people had been led, and stated that Government were determined to uphold order and preserve the peace, and that they would not shrink from coercive measures if necessary to secure this end. He indicated that Government had under consideration measures which would remedy the grievances of which Ireland complained, and that they woidd be submitted to Parliament during the coming session. Referring to the position of affairs in the East, he declared that the Powers were determined to enforce the provisions of the Berlin Treaty, and added his belief that Turkey’s very existence depended upon her fulfilment of the pledges she had given. DOINGS OF THE LAND LEAGUE. Nov. 11-

Karl Kenmare, a prominent Irish nobleman who has extensive estates in County Kerry, near Killarnoy, has received threatening letters, in which his life is declared to be in danger.

A national manifesto has been issued by the Irish Land League, calling upon the people to be linn in their passive resistance to the tyranny of the landlords, but to refrain from overt acts of aggression which would enable the British Covernment b}’ a display of military power to crush the national movement. The command given in the manifesto is, Let the British display their despotism unheeded.” An application has been made to the Court of Queen’s Bench on behalf of .Mr Parnell and others, against whom proceedings have been instituted for conspiracy and sedition, to require the Crown to specify the exact nature of the charges brought against them. The Judges, after hearing arguments, granted the applications, and have made an order accordingly. Mr Wheeler,the agent of an absentee landlord in the vicinity of Limerick, whose life had been threatened on several occasions in consequence of his carrying out evictions, has been shot dead. The murder is undoubtedly due to the agrarian agitation. Nov. lb. The state of alfairs in the west of Ireland still causes grave anxiety. -The interference of the Orangemen, who seek to protect the landlords, and the coercion brought to bear by the authorities, have engendered the bitterest feelings amongst the peasantry. The’ Land Leaguers have issued a manifesto, and threaten reprisals in the event of any of their members being harrassed or evicted from their holdings. MUTINY OF CONVICTS. Nov. lb. A serious outbreak has occurred in Dartmoor convict prison, situated about seven miles from Tavistock, County Devon. For some time past a spirit of insubordination has been manifested amongst the convicts, and this has culminated in an open mutiny. An attempt was made to overpower the guards, and two of the convicts were shot. The outbreak was then speedily suppressed.