NEWS BY THE MAIL.

Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3735, 14 December 1880, Page 2

NEWS BY THE MAIL.

GEEAT BRITAIN. It is stated that a .Reform Club raised £270,000 for election purposes. It is reported that the Queen asked Mr Gladstone to propose to Parliament a vote of £40,000 to enable the Prince of Wales to pay his most pressing debts, and the Premier refused. Fifty thousand delegates of all trades are to meet at Glamorganshire to take action with reference to foreign tariffs. Mr Gladstone at the Lord Mayor's banquet, London, said possibly the Government might have to ask increased power in regard to Ireland, but he would not anticipate such a contingency. He said no progress had been made on the Greek question. Cardinal Manning opposes French Jeßuits settling in England. Mr Gladstone refuses to support the scheme for the Euphrates Valley Bailway. - IRELAND. ; Eight thousand rifles were received in Ireland from Italy. The Land Leaguers are tampering with the troops. Mr Gladstone denies that dissension! in the Cabinet have arisen on the Irish question. . Mr Parnell, at a meeting, expressed a conviction that Ireland would obtain organised aid from America if there is any chance of breaking the British yoke. Signal-flashing by night is carried on by the Land Leaguers.

The Grand Orange Lodge, Ireland, has passed a resolution to combine against the agitation, and with all its power foster and favor an overwhelming display of power to overawe the Land League. The Pope condemns the agragrian movement in Ireland. TRICKETT AND HANLAN. The London Sportsman says:—Trickett | was not well in the match with Hanlan, and was over trained. Relaxation ensued, but he would never beat Hanlan in his best form. The Marquis of Lome has sent a dispatch congratulating Hanlan. FRANCE. The Panama Canal Company has funds to make a beginning. RUSSIA. The Russian Government are concenrating troops on the Chinese frontier. The Czar is in a state of mental and and physical prostration. He has lost popularity since his Morganatic mar» riage. Another powerful Nihilist rising is eminent. , The Turkish Government are preparing to close the Dardanelles at the shortest notice. The Greek Government has ordered the formation of fifty additional battalions of 250 men each. The Turks^are sending arms and ammunition to the Greek frontier. War is certain unless the Turks retire. J - The Chinese Government are making large purchases of war material.