LATE CABLE NEWS.

Press, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4705, 31 August 1880, Page 2

LATE CABLE NEWS.

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fPer b.b. Botomahana, at the BluS.l LONDON, August 16. In the House of Commons today Lord Hartinglon was questioned as to whether the Government was in possession of news whioK in any way tended to confirm the intelligence reoeived via St. Petersburg of collusion be. tween Abdur Rahman and Ay oub Khan. Lqkl Hartington expressed his entire disbelief in any suoh entente cordiale, and he added thai her Majesty's Government had no reason to doubt the good faith of the new Ameer in La relations with this country. .

, August 17, The condition of Ireland is seriow. Throughout the North, rioting hae been general for some weeks; arising from the embittered religions feeling amongit diffewat sections of the population. At DuDgaimoit, County Tyrone, a riot ooourred, whioh waa only suppressed with bloodshed. The mob had taken possession of the town and refused to disperse after the reading of the Act; whereupon the police were ordered to clear the streets and were resisted by the crowd. The police then fired upon the latter anj several pereons were killed. The proposition by Count Dβ Leseeps for the construction of the Panama Canal his reoeived the approval ot the United BtatM, The President has intimated that America will waive any opposition to the project and will guarantee the neutrality of the Canal. The new Ameer, Abdur Rahman, has tales possession of Oabul on the evaouation of the oity by the British, and has established him*, self in the Sherpur entrenohmente. ■■ : There are indications that the annual rising of the Nile will be this year unusually high. The river is rapidly ihoreasing'kvvolume, end oauies grave alarm that inundations of & serious oharaoter are likely to take place. ' The Hon. Charles Stewart Wortley, Conseryative member for maniel the daughter of Mr Anthony Trollope, &» well known novelist.

The death is announced of Miss Adelaide Neilson, the well known actress, who Trailer] gaged m a tour through, the XTnitad BtorJ It was her intention to viait Melbourne during the holding of the Exhibition, . ; The "Daily News" states that Manommwl Jan and other Af ghau ohief s are proceeding to join the army of Ayonb Khan. 3?he fortir fioations at Cabul are to remain, .

Since the repeal of the late ooaroive Acts, there have been large purchases of arms m Ireland, and trouble is expected after harvost, when the landlords will claim their back rent. The language uaed by the tenants is inorese" ingly aggressive. Some speakers at meetings have urged the formation cf a union to the number of 300,000, to refuse the payment of rent, and harass the landlords. - Serious religious riots have occurred :st Portadown, in Armagh, Down Patriot, in the oounty of Down and Dungannon in the oounty of Tyrone. At the last-named plwa the police fired on the mob, killing one person and wounding sixteen. The British Government is aware thai; inflammatory papers have been forwarded from Constantinople with the knowledge of the Porte for circulation amongst theMahommedan population of India. Whilst mass was being celebrated in a: ohapel at Gweedore, a place on the coast of Ireland, oounty Donegal, the flood water rushed down a ravine and filled the ohapel to the height of 10ft. Fifteen persons who wen within the building were drowned. An extensive burglary has taken place si the residence of the Earl of Eldon, in Hamilton place, Hyde park corner. The article* stolen, the value of whioh is estimated a& £20,000, inolude jewellery, plate, and the great seal presented to Lord Chancellor Eldon by George IV. Her Majesty the Queen hag refused the ose oi Savoy* Ohapel, in the Strand, for the marriage of Baroness Bnrdett Coutts with Mr Ellis Ashmead Bartlett.

August 18. Intense excitement has been created owing to the discovery of a plot to blow up the military barracks at Cork City, where a large number of troops have been concentrated, owing to the threatening aspect; of aSain. A tunnel was constructed commencing at a considerable distance from tho barracks, and extending to a point under the main buildings, where thejreater portion of tho soldiers were located. Here a large chamber hsd been opened and filled with several barrels of gun* powder, with a fuse attaohed ready for ignitißgThe military have since been reinforced, ana, with a view to prevent disturbances, thecifcj is patrolled night and day by troops. Lord Hartington annonnoed in tho Hones of Commons last night that, after fall exanunation of the state of the Indian finances, the deficit was found to amount to £7,000,000. He intimated that it was the intention or tho Government to propoee that Britain should undertake to bear a portion of the cost of the Afghan war, as the expense, >f solely oast npon the Indian Government* would seriously embarrass its finances. Iα the opinion of the Government the war bed an Imperial significance, and England shoala* therefore, contribute towards the psymes-*-It was proposed that £18;000 should be madethe oharge upon the Imperial revenue. " Sir Charles DUke has been unable to attend to his official and Parliamentary duties lot some days, owing to a severe attack of gout. No danger is anticipated. A great conflagration has occurred at ofPetersburg. The fire raged with fury fi* several hours, and twenty of the pnnoip» buildings of the city were destroyed. 1W origin of the fire has not been aecerteiflea, but it is believed to have Been the work o* incendiaries.

It is stated that a general system of govw®" menfc eeponiage exitts in Cork. Agents aw employed by the police who are engaged« secret detectives, and who eadearor to sw* themselves familiar with the private o&»*»£l suspected persons, and sucoeed in gaafflg access to meetings held whether political .03. private. The result is to spread a epirat-ot distrust, especially among the offieiaK «?~ seem apprehensive of being marked out for vengeance by the Fenians. . • There is much competition between uw French and Italian Eailway Companies «r construction of railways in Tunis. The C«£ snls of the two countries are v* matter, which has occasioned an angry feeliflg. and the journals of Fiance end Itolj an> W* criminatory in tone. .. . i ft Complications have arisen between in* Powers with reference to the personnel of u»»

■ntHtiasn OommiMion, the International body = BSS&p*'*' «"*** of the Danube. fee matter, and Prince Bu- - 2*s*iSihat Austria should haw the "Smentof president of the Commission, that she is the power most Sally oancsrned in the management ofthe England strongly objects to proposal. The matter is earning oon.Wer&ble excitement, and is yet unsettled. ffteaen many Irish/Americans hare svmvea . taHSd, the official* attach leu importance taFenienum than to the anti-rent agitation. « the lawlessness continues, a winter session Sparlisment wfll be held. B « beEeTed that the grnpowder found aetf the Police Barracks »t Cork was not inJesSed to destroy the Barracie, being too SJat &on» bpilding. It is believed, prefer, that it was intended for some other jjrißßOUi pnrpcee. Strong military patrols feuuned with forty rounds of ammunition --}. are itationed in the disaffected districte. Angoet 20. Iα aeoordanee with an xtndewtanding arat Bubeequent to the treaty of Berlin, -ggtßauia ihoold withdraw her troopi from galiaria within a apeeified period, iostruehave been given for the immediate saadrawal of the Buesian troope etillremainase in the principality. The port of emwill be Euetchuek, on the Danube, »he» they now being concentrated. A large fsaO&y of munitions of war belonging to jjoeia will also be removed. fbs TarMeh Government, in purstiance of tfceir promiie to cede Daleigno to Montenegro, lave despatched a number of men-of-war to Uai place for the purpose of traneporfing the Jlahaniinedan population desirous or cmito otier portions of the Turkish In the House of Commons, Mr Grant Duff, ffnder-Socretary for the Colonies promised gat an immediate icqniry should be held iota the case of Lieutenant Chippendale, ehareed with the murder of natives of the SsEth Seas, and also into the conduct of Sir irthnr Gordon as High Commissioner in the Peetfio in reference thereto. A collision' has occurred on the Midland Eifliray through the Scotch' express overjakicg, through a failure in the brake,' in the Ble&mor tunnel, a train bound to Carlisle, which was at a standstill. Both bains were full of passengers. None of gmn were killed, but many were somewhat injuredlie eialstone, who has been ordered by his siedical advisers to leave England for a time, «ul nroceed to Madeira on the 31st inefc. August 21. Obsßg How, the Chinese Special Plenipotentiary who negotiated the Treaty of Livaaia ■eittißtiaria, providing for the retrocession of Soldi*, and who, on his return to China, was tbroirn nsto prison and sentenced to be executed, has been released. He had been under confinement several months. Representations had been made to the Court of Pekin an his behal r by the Foreign Ambassadors. His release is regarded as a sign of a more friendly feeling having arisen between Coins end Bnsßta, and it is deemed grobable Shat s war will be averted.

Daring the progress of the match with Scarborough, much objection was raised by the Australians to the bowling of Franks, one of the members of the opposing team. They accused him of throwing, and appealed to the umpire, but were overruled. Pranks' bowling ins very dangerous, and Spoffortb, while at the wickets, had bis hand severely injured by x ball-delivered by Franks. An outbreak of cholera is reported amongst the Russian troope stationed at Saratoff, an iraportant town situated on the Volga. The epidemic is believed to have been introduced from Asia, Saratoff being the depot of the trade route from Astrakan to Moecow.

All furloughs in Ireland have been stopped. Several steamers have been searched, with a Tie* of finding persons suspected of disaffection towards the Government.

Serious illfeeling has arisen between Bouinania and Bulgaria, concerning the potaassion of the Dobrudsoha, the territory south of the Danube, which was ceded to Boumania as ecmpewation for Bessarabia, which was taken by Buuia. . The death is announced of Mrs Charles Scan (Miss Ellen Tree), widow of the late Mr Ghailes Kean, the celebrated actor. The deceased lady, who was herself an eminent ajamber of the profession, retired from the «age about twelve years ago. August 23. Petty robberies of arms continue in Ireland, ifc» jnewnte hating no other meane of ao- " -Information has been re<jefre4 that the police barracks at Banagher, etnatedin Sing's Oounfcy, near Tullamore, -ma entered and the rifles of the Constabulary earned off. CALCUTTA, August 16. Intelligence has been today that the Patnan tribes, who some 'months ago attacked and -massacred a , small party of . British in the vicinity of the Solan Pass, have renewed their hostilities against the troops stationed at Kachamadan, which place has been garrisoned for some time past. They were however repulsed and routed, the British cavalry pursuing them for several miles, and committing great havoo on then: ■forces.