MAIL NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 269, 10 July 1880, Page 3

MAIL NEWS.

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„London, June 29. of representatives • of the held to-da/ to consider of Imperial unity; "Sir President, and Sir A. Pasiey, Mr Westgarth, members of Parliament was whether the subject initiated, by representatives Colonies, or England to the .Finally, a feeling, was ex-: in favor of appointing, a Royal to include the Colonial ., Sir D. Cooper, Mr Arthur and Sir A" V. Gait were : to attend.- The meeting adfor a weekPall M»ll Gazette attributes Mr defeat to the Action of the dissappointed place men. of the appeal to the country, believes the Colony is generally ' with Mr Graham Berry's «-democratic * policy and Chinese dodge. - Sir H. Courtney notice of a question in tlie Ilouse as to whether Mr Service asked for a dissolution ; if the Gjverhor has acceded to request. Sunday—school Centenary eelein London occupies the whole Three hundred * churches take The Dissenters sent delegates America, N<w Zealand, and AusTwelve million children are The £ish< p <>f London .leading dissenting ministers take in the proceedings. The Daily News iii u leader regrets greal. English crickf ters seek to instead of to riieet t!ie Au-fra-Mfiaris/ "whose spirit has been goodBhumored throughout, and deplores the ■improbability of the Australian team ■ playing /at Lords or the Oval. It I nopee tke hatchet will be buried before ■ another Australian team visits England 1 June SO. I. At t e Irish Revolu ioiury ConvenI tfion held at Philadelphia, several proI minent Irish American citizens wen. the f moving spirits in-the affair. Delegates ' are.expected from the di affected districts in Ireland. So far, the movement has given littlf anxiety to EnglalVd. . Intense excifiment prevails in Paris in consequence « f the arrest and expulsion cf Jesuits from Franc . It is reported that 10,000 men have died from famine in Central Asia, and vjfrightful sufferings aie experienc d by €*ie tribes. It is expected that many thousands more will succumb to the terrible calamity. There is no possibility of any ioimqdiate relief with liope of saving the population of a hundred village^.;., Turkey stilf continues obstinate, and refuses .to carry-out the reforms agreed on at the previous conference of the Great Powers, or xo be bound by the decision of the present Berlin assembly of representatives of European countries The Porte has determined to submit the c]cestfon to the final arbitration of the bayonet,- and great preparations for war lire now being made in Constantinople and other Turkish cities.

July I. Cablegrams from New York state "that the heat there tbis summer is the most oppressive experienced for years. • Fifty-six deaths occurred from sunstroke . Land agitation in Ireland continues, and several agrarian outrages are reported . ° The s?ar.)ort town of Newbury, County Down, was the scene of a serious riot. Several outrages occurred at Mayo. Valparaiso, the chief seaport town in Chili, has been the scene of a disastrous hurricane, which destroyed a large amount of house and shipping property; An appeal made to the Secretary of State for thw release of certain Fenun prisoners was refused. The Indian authorities are in possession'of information from reliable sources which shows that Syria has been secretly agita ed, in conjunction with Arabia, in favour of separate autonomy for their provinces. The inhabitants of Syria and Arabia are reported to be impatient of the misrule of Turkish officials.