ARRIVAL OF THE S.S. ZEALANDIA WITH THE EUROPEAN & AMERICAN MAILS

Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3498, 11 March 1880, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE S.S. ZEALANDIA WITH THE EUROPEAN & AMERICAN MAILS

VIA SAN FRANCISCO,*

(Pee Pbess Association.) "

AUCKLAND.

This day. , GENERAL SUMMARY. London; February 16.

. Sir Stafford Northcote announced in the House of Commons that the Govern* ment would advance Ireland three quarters instead of half a million of money. Fever has appeared in Tipperary and western parts of the County Cork. An Irish' Belief Committee has been formed in Paris.

The English residents of St. Peters* burg presented an address to the Czar on the anniversary of the twenty-fifth year since his accession to the throne.

Some Turkish troops revolted, but returned to their duty on receiving their arrears of pay.

It is reported that the Princess Louise returned to Canada against her will.

A civil war is impending in Abyssinia

"Bull's Eun" Russell charges the British troops in Afghanistan with excesses.

Instructions have been sent to Candahar for the army to advance early in March. . Germany proposes a treaty with the Hawiian Government.

An alliance is expected between England, Germany and Austria.

In opening the lieichstag, the Emperor justified the military armaments as a defensive measure.

Bills are announced prolonging the law against Socialism, and one to authorise a commercial treaty with the South Sea Islands.

The North German Gazette says the French army estimates for the present ysar exceed those of 1870 by four million francs, and her army is { numerically stronger than that of Germany.

The Russian army is considerably in* creased.

The Japanese Government are making extensive war preparations, and the Chinese are equally actire.

Extensive fires hare also occurred ia Japan. In Tokio. 10,430 houses were burned, leaving 35,980 persons homeless ; 101,366 persons also died from cholera last year.

Sir Stafford JNorthcote in the House of Commons admitted that the cession of Herat to Persia was considered, but no agreement was made.

The House of Commons passed a bill authorising the Relieving Officer to grant seed potatoes to the distressed Irish.

Germany proposes large increases ia

the garrisons of Alsace and Lorraine, and artillery at Metz and other fortresses.

Trains collided at Cliichy, Prance, and ' seven persons were killed and forty injured. High military officers iv Bussia are j said to sympathise with IVihilism. | A railway is proposed to Candahar. . It is estimated that 2000 families have been exterminated by Ghilgais. A Russian transport vessel has been lost in the Caspian Pea, and two thousand troops perished. Montenegro is preparing for war, and has ordered four million cartridges from American manufacturers. Holland and Greece have recognised the independence of Eoumelia. I Accounts from Ireland represent the people in some localities as living on one meal of turnips a day. John Bright proposes that the Government should advance three-fourths of the purchase money for the farms in Ireland, principal and interest to be repayable in thirty five years. Large bodies of Chinese troops are reported on the Kuldja frontier. The inhabitants protest to liussia against the cession to China.

Stanley, the explorer, has established a Belgium trading station on the Congo. Ey the. famine in Adrienople many persons were starved. Exertions are being made to abolish the charge 5 of hundred tbousand dollars for conveying the Australian mails across America.

The Duke of Edinburgh has been ordered for coast guard service in Ireland to take charge of the relief storesFrancisco wheat of the test quality, two dollars.