LATE ENGLISH NEWS.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4428, 14 March 1883, Page 2

LATE ENGLISH NEWS.

(Via the Bluff.) (Pee Press Association.) [Age Specials.] London, March 6. The House of Commons is stilljengagedin debating the Irish question. The causes of the prevailing distress, and the best remedies applied having been made the subject of a warm debate. It is considered that hostilities must inevitably break out between Turkey and Albania, the latter country being determined to resist by force any interference with her affairs'by-the'Ottoman Porte. The promoters have failed in floating the Australian Loan and Agency Company which was being formed in London with-a capital of £1,000,000. There being very few applications for shares it has been decided not to allot the shares, applied for. Applicants will therefore have their deposits returned. . The report that a warrant bad been issued for the arrest of the mysterious individunl known as " No. 1," who directed the movements of the assassins committee, is now stated to be incorrect, as up to the present time no clue has been obtained as to his identity. Egan, the Treasurer of the Irish Land League, has levanted to Spain, taking with him the principal books and papers of the League. It is reported that their documents include accounts showing appropriation from the funds of the League for a " secret murder fund," and that Egan's action is part of a preconcerted plan to render the proposed audit of the books impossible. '.'.-. ; Theaction of the man Carey, who has gained such notoriety through turning Queen's evidence at the trial of a number of persons for conspiring to shoot Government officials,'is viewed with feelings of indignation by the Dublin Corporation, of which he was a member, and at a recent meeting of that body, it was accordingly resolved to expel him from his municipal office. With the view of rendering knowledge of colonial matters more general,, the London School Board has decided to amend the curriculum now in force in the schools, and distribute a series of books containing special information with regard to the colonies. The prosecution of a man named Toole for blasphemy has resulted in his conviction; he has been sentenced to one year's imprisonment, with hard labor. The Scotch residents in London are. agitating for the amendment of land law relating to the Highlands of Scotland, and several public meetings have been held for the purpose of bringing their views under the notice of the Government. '.' . ." . „-. .' . ■;■ ._. . '.'. ; '■; Mi Ferry, the French Premier, has announced that his Ministry do not propose to make any alteration in the attitude which France has assumed with regard to members of the Legitimist faction. The Duo de Chartres, one of the French Princes who on the 25th ult. were placed on the." retired " listof the French army, intends to visit India shortly. The Prussian Government has resolved to expel Danish residents from Prussia, on the ground that tho Danes refuse to perform military service with the army now stationed at Sohleswig. London, February 23. The members of tbe Irish L>»nd League in America are greatly disappointed with the leadership of Mr Parnell. His recent speech in the House of Commons has created general disgust by its hesitating and evasive tone. The Irish population; of the United States are greatly incensed at the action -of the Government in consenting to the demand pf the English, authorities for the extradition of Sheridan, and it is now considered extremely doubtful whether he will be given up when arrested. . An action has been" brought by Mr Pombart, a third class passenger by one of the Orient Steam Navigation Company's steamers, against that company for alleged , neglectful treatment during the voyage, and lias been dismissed. The Times, in an article on the case, fully sustains, the justice of the decision arrived at. ' . ■■- ' ■■■ ■ • ■ •■.■■■■■•■' London, March 3. | Mr Pombarfc, whose action against the Orient Steam Navigation Co,, was recently ! dismissed, has applied for and obtained a rule nisi for a new trial. London, March 2. The German Press have recently devoted considerable attention to the Irish question. They unanimously condemn tbe action of Mr Parnell in not more decidedly disowning sympathy with the Pboenix Park outrages, Thessaly has been for some time past infested by bands of brigands. The authorities have at length brought one of the most dangerous bands to bay, and succeeded in killing the chief of the party.