THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1880.

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

THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1880.

The mail news received by the Australia is anything but cheering. The Land Question in Ireland is a source of great trouble and anxiety to the British Government, and the Cabinet has been compelled, by the serious turn affairs have taken, to dispatch troops to Ireland. Agitations have been in vogue all over the conntry, and scarcely a day is allowed to pass without the perpetration of some dastardly, murderous outrage. That such things can be in a country under the maternal supervision of the English Houses of Parliament, is a matter of great surprise. The Irish, however, who have been foremost in this wail against the landlords. have undoubtedly been the mere tools of unprincipled rascals, seeking to benefit themselves by the work of misguided sons of Erin. Although the Land Question is one which claims the gravest consideration at the hands of the English statesmen and philanthropists, and although there are numerous grievances that need remedying, the cause does not justify the numerous outrages on humanity we daily read of. The British Government have taken the matter in hand, and we have no doubt will give their decisions and advice with the impartiality characteristic of the Government, but they will not be intimidated into giving a hurried conclusion by pressure being brought to bear on them. We think, however, that there are other causes, besides those social and political, for the grumblings, and there is little doubt that religious feelings have had a considerable influence over the easily excited Irish brain, and we should not be at all surprised to find that some deeply laid scheme had been at the bottom of these highly demoralising and. undesirable disturbances. With regard to the East, the circular note issued by the Porte to the European Concert is practically valueless after the cession of Dulciguo. The ancieat feudß between Turkey and Greece have been systematically and fanatically kept up, and increasing years appear only to fan the hostile embers of the belligerents instead of assisting in the healing of the wounds mutually inflicted by the heroic followers of Helen anl the Allah worshipping Mahommetans. These two nations, of whom Byron speaks in such mournful terms, never allow an opportunity of possible hostilities to pass without an effort to embrace it, and perpetuate those sanguinary conflicts which both nations delight in. However, they have good guardians in the Powers, who treat them with parental tenderness and kindly' prevented them engaging in bellicose operations. The obstinate Sultan should be warned in time, a*

the most amiable tempers are apt to become ruffled. From America tbere is nothing worthy of notice. The Americana are just now recovering from the late elections, and appear to be suffering from the reaction. That ingenious scientist Edison has made frosh discoveries, and claims to have discovered the secret by which elec-. tricity can be sub-divided. We read of inundations in Brazil, and the warlike Peruvians and Chillians areas bloodthirsty as ever. The United States and Britain had intended mediating between the two States, but their offer was scorned and the beligerents prefer to exchange shot and shell rather than amicable converse. Altogether the news is distressing, and instead of each mail bringing cheering information the intelligence received is every mail more distressing, and the report of fresh complications accompanys the satisfactory settlement of old causes of anxiety.