LONDON.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3073, 3 May 1881, Page 3

LONDON.

April 22.

Her Majesty on learning of the death of the ,Earl of Beaconsfield, expressed great sorrow. In an autograph letter of condolence the Queen says that in Lord Beaconsfield she has lost a most valued and devoted friend and counsellor. Her Majesty expressed a desire to visit the Earl of Beaconsfield duringihis illness, but the doctors forbade the interview, fearing the result might be injurious to the patient. Lord Rowtpn controls the private papers of the Earl of Beaconsfield.

General Eoberts has returned from South Africa, having been recalled at the Conclusion of peace.with the Boers. The Queen, it is supposed, is trying to overrule Lord. Beaconsfield's will, and the press urges that the remains of the deceased statesmen should be interred in Westminster Abbey. Telegrams of condolence have been received , from. statesmen and sovereigns throughout the world. Bismarck says that the death of Beaconsfield is a European loss. Lithorodes, the most powerful and warlike Bauto ohief, has offered to submit to the British.

The Irish land owners condemn the Land Bill introduced by the Government. At a meeting held in Dublin the release of Michael .Davitt, the- Fenian, was advocated. Mr Parnell spoke on the subject of the Irish Land Bill, and said that the basis upon which the measure was constructed was unscientific; its effect would /be to,raise.the rentals,Vwhile the laborers would still be left out in the cold. Earl Q-raville continues to suffer .from an attack of gout. April 23. It is anticipated that the recent collision which has taken place in Maoedonia • will retard the progress of negotiations for the settlement of the Greek question, besides endangering the' tranquility of the ' southeast position of Europe. The British fleet will visit the Russian port of Cronstadt in the Baltic during the summer. The Russian naval and other authorities have promised a most cordial reception for the British. The Irish Land League Convocation which is now ' sitting 'in Dublin for the purpose of considering the new Irish Land Bill, has condemned the emigration clauses of the bill. An election ;has. taken place in West, Cheshire, and a Conservative candidate was returned. Ifc is expected that the international exhibition which was intended to have been held in; New York next year will be abandoned.' I » ' | A terrible disaster has occurred in Lem•bary, the capital of the Kingdom of Gt-al-liera. ,;An overcrowded ferry-boat sank, and Bixfcy, .per sons were drowned, i Ifc is proposed to erect a national memojrial to the late' Earl of Beaconsfield in Westj minster' Abbey i" ; ' ' <■-■

1 Affairs in the Transvaal are becoming 'more and^more.unsettled.. The condition of things.is sp.unsatisfactory that English residents' arc*leaving. '"■ ■ >' ; ■'• ° ;. : ' ..;

The Conservatives are strongly assaulting the Irish Land Bill in the House. ". ,

John Leyden, a-landlord in. County Gal-way,-has been murdered. The crime was committed in consequence of the exercise of his rights as a landlord.