LONDON.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3104, 9 June 1881, Page 3

LONDON.

June 6

An open air mass meeting was held in Hyde Park to-day with reference to t!>;; state of affairs in Ireland. Mr I'arneli, M.P. for Cork, was preseot, and addressed the meeting. Caromcnting upon the present condition of t'lat country, and demanding that tbe Government should at once take steps to put a sto;> to the eviction of tenants from their holdings in order to avert the serious consequences that would result if such practices were permitted to continue.

A meeting of the Ladies League w?3 held at Tulla, County Clare, to-day, at which Miss Parnell spoke. In the course of her speech Miss Purnell counselled the J lople to adopt measures to completely ostracise the police in Ireland.

The question of the neutrality of the interoceanic canal in course of construction across the Isthmus of Panama is now being considered by the Great Powers, but up to the present time no definite information as to the result of the negotiations has transpired. June 7. News has been received from Ireland that a large number of people assembled to-day at Tramore, in County Waterford, to attend a meeting called together by the League agitators." The authorities, having learned that a meeting was to be held, had previously despatched a large force to the neighbourhood, and as soon as the people assembled the police arrived on the scene and dispersed the meeting. Some resistance was offered by the mob, but no serious disturbance occurred.

The Government hava wi-hiri the past few days had the position of affairs in Ireland under consideration. Several meetings of the Cabinet have been held to discuss the matter, and it has tranepired that it has been decided that the authorities in Ireland should maintain a very firm attitude and adapt the strongest possible measures to suppress the increasing disorder. June 8. Accounts to hand to-day from Ireland continue to give further evidences of the alarming state of the country. Numerous further arrests of prominent agitators and suspected persons have been made during the past few days under the Coercion Act. steps are being taken by the authorities to stop all meetings called together by the Land League. A. large nmber of people assembled yesterday at Mullingar, in County Westmeath, but the police were despatched to the scene, and the meeting was prohibited, and the crowd dispersed. AtShrule, in County Mayo, yesterday, a serious riot occurred between the police and peasantry, who had assembled in large numbers to prevent an ejectment. Severe fighting took place, and several of the rioters were arrested. The mob, however, again attacked the police, and rescued the prisoners after a iurther conflict.

News is to hand from Cork that the roads in that district hive been destroyed, and that the telegraph Hues have been cut in several places. A large detachment of troops accordingly has been despatched to traverse the country, and to prevent further outrages. The relations between Prince Alexander of Bulgaria and hia Parliament, which have for some time been of an' unsatisfactory nature, have now become most discorded. The Prince's demand for reforms in the system of government have met with general opposition on the part of the members of the National Assembly, and a large section of the community. Much of opinion is expressed, however, and considerable disorder prevails in the Principality, which is now declared to be in n state of siege.