TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 901, 7 January 1882, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

ENG.LISU AND, FOREIGN. London, Jan. 2, lady Leaguers wero to-day arrested in, Ireland for seditious conduct. Jan. 3. The cargo of-frozen mutton brought per the steamship Europo, from Mel-

bourne, lias realised an average of from (ivepenco. to sixpence per pouud.

A. meeting ~(l andlords was held today in Dublin to consider the working of the Irish Land Act, and the recent decisions of. the Land Courts in the I canes brought.before them. Resolutions were passed setting forth their willingness to'loyalty abide' by the Land Act, but adding that if certain decisions.which., have been given by Assistant Commis6ion,era were tj\ey, (th,e, landlords) would demand" compensation, from the State for losses occasioned; by the reduction made by the Courts in fixing the rental to be paid by tenants. A large, Liberal meeting was held this evening, at. Bjrmmgham. Messrs John Bright and. Chamberlain, two of the members for- the Borough, were present, aiid, delivered lengthened addresses. The former, in the course of his speech, alluded to England's foreign relationsi and stated that even if the country was without allies, there was no,. had more friends. In reference.to. Irish affairs, Mr ; Brjght justified,* he. policy, of coercion which; j»»d be,en pursued itr,that country, Mr also referred to the .state of affairs in Ireland, and stated that there was already a decrease of fully forty per cent in the number, of, agrarian outrages, and the position was decidedly hopeful. He ridiculed the idea of land'ords being compensated for a reduction of rents.

Obituary—William Harrison Ainsworth, novelist, aged 77. Tunis, Jan. 2.

Mi Rous, tan, the French Resident, was to-day presented with an address on his return to this city fron^Paris. (\kw York, Jan. 3.

A serious disaster occurred to-day at Shawsville (sic), a small town in the State of Ohio. The floor of a room in which a large number of people were congregated gave way, and all were precipitated the space below. Twelve persons were killed instantaneously, And fully one hundred received injuries of a more or less serious character.