PRINCE GORTSCHAKOFF'S JUBILEE.

Evening Post, Volume XXI, Issue 108, 10 May 1881, Page 2

PRINCE GORTSCHAKOFF'S JUBILEE.

[SPECIAL TO MELBOURNE ABOUS.J London, 27tli April. The Emperor of .Russia has felicitated P^rinde Gort6ohakeff, thd Imperial Chaflcellor, on the jubilee df his official life, and congratulated him upon the gloriotls services he has rendered to the country. His Majesty hjls presented the Princo with hia portrait set in dianlorids: . . Owing to the increase* in the 1 ritwhbef" of outrages committed^ the Dublin District hM been proclaimed under the Coercion Act; There is considerable excitement amongst adherents of the Land League in. Ireland; It is rumored that the Government propose' to attack the Land League as a body. The Timos declares that the condition of Treland is more serious now than it was before Parliament met and the Government introduced their special legislation, 2nd May. A Turkish Imperial manifesto has been issued, accepting the terms proposed by the Powers for the rectification of the Greek frontier. Mr. Parnell, alluding to the arrest of Mr. Parnell in the Houso of Commons, regretted that the Government had deprived hia friend the member for Tipperary of his rights. The Home Bule members were much irritatod at the action of the Government, and obstructed the business of the House. Very serious floods have caused the overflowing of the Missouri rivor. The damage done i 3 estimated at 4,000,000 dollars. Opposition to the erection of a national monument to the late Lord Boaconsfiold in Westminster Abbey is increasing. Tho Conservatives in the House of Commons have resolved to endeavor to amend the Irish Land Bill introduced by tho Government