LONDON.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3217, 21 October 1881, Page 3

LONDON.

October 12. A very destructive fire occurred at New York yesterday, and two hundred houses, more or less, were destroyed before the progress of the conflagration was checked. The Queen has invested King Alphonso of Spain with the Order of the Garter. Mr Jno. Dillon has been addressing his constituents, his principal topic being Mr Gladstone's speech at Leeds. Mr Dillon abused the Jfremier in strong terms. A Bombay trader has foundered off Lisbon, and only seven persons escaped. October 13. In the battle between 5000 French troops and the Arab insurgents at Lusa the French were repulsed. October 14. Prince Albert Victor, the eldest son of the Prince of Wales, will shortly receive his commission for the army. About half the meat shipped from Australia by the steamship Orient has been sold. The opening prices were well maintained. The remainder of the meat is warehoused at the London docks. The Rev. Father Sheeby and Mr Egau, who have taken a prominent part in connection with the Land League of Ireland, have become alarmed at the firm attitude recently displayed by the Government, and have fled from the couutry. A postman who was lately a witness for the Crown at a trial at Longford in Ireland has been shot.

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