LATE ENGLISH NEWS.

Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3643, 30 August 1880, Page 2

LATE ENGLISH NEWS.

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London, August 17. THE STATE OF IRELAND. The condition of Ireland is serious throughout the north, and rioting has been general for some weeks, arising from the bitter religious feeling among the different sections of the population.

At DungannoD, County Tyrone, a riot occurred which was only suppressed with bloodshed. The mob had taken possession of the town, and refused to disperse after reading the Riot Act; whereupon the police were ordered to dear the streets, and were resisted by the crowd. The police then fired upon them, and several persons were killed; The proposition by Count de Lesseps for the construction of the Panama Canal haß received the approval of the United States.

The President has intimated that America will waive any opposition, and will guarantee the neutrality of the Canal.

AFGHANISTAN.

The new Ameer, Abdul Rahman has taken possession of Cabul upon its being evacuated by the British, and has established) himself in the Sharpur entrenchments. EG£PT. There are indications that the annual rising of the Nile will be this year unusually high. The rivers are rapidly increasing in volume, and it causes great alarm.

The Hon. Chas. Stewart Wortley, the Conservative member for Sheffield, has married the daughter of Anthony Trollope, the well known novelist. The death is announced of Miss Adelaide Neilson, the well-known actress, who was engaged in a tour through the United States. It was her intention to visit Melbourne during the holding of the Exhibition. ,

London, August 18. IRISH PLOT. Intense excitement has been created owing to the discovery, of a plot ttf blow up the military barracks in the city of Cork, where a large number of troops hare been concentrated, owing to the threatening aspect of affairs, A tunnel was constructed commencing at a considerable distance from the barracks, and extended to the powder magazine build* ings, where a portion of the soldiers were located. There a large Chamber had been opened, and filled with several barrels of gunpowder with fuse attached, ready for igniting. The military hare since been reinforced, and, with a view to prevent disturbances the city is patrolled night and day by troops. Lord Hartington announced in the House of Commons last night that after a full examination with the state of. Indian finances, the deficit was found to amount to £7,000,000. He intimated that it was the intention of the Government that Great Britain should undertake to bear a portion of the cost of the Afghan war, as if the expenses were solely cast j upon Indian Government, would seriously embarras their finances, and in the opinion of the Government the war had an imperial insignificance, and England should therefore contribute towards the payment.. It was proposed that £18,000,000 should be made a charge upon the Imperial revenue.