LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

Evening Post, Volume XXII, Issue 21, 25 July 1881, Page 2

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

THE HEALTH OF THE PRESIDENT. SEVERE STORM IN THE SHETLANDS. SEVENTY FISHERMEN DROWNED. HEAVY BANK ROBBERY IN CUBA. Washington, 23rd July. President Garfield has suffered a relapse, but one which provod only temporary. He is now again making satisfactory progress towards recovery. London, 23rd July. A very severe storm has passed over the Shetland Islands. Eleven fishing vessels have been totally wrecked, and seventy fishermen have been drowned. Telegrams are to hand from Cuba announcing that two employed of the bank at Matanzas have embezzled 200,000 dollars, and have succeeded iv effecting their escape with the money. Per Merchant Shipping and Underwriters' Association :— Arrived — Elizabeth Graham, from Lyttelton (Ist April) ; Cynosure, from Lyttelton (13th April) ; Grecian, from Lyttelton (16th April) ; Coromandel, from Wellington (16th. April) ; May Queen, from Bluff Harbor (16th April). MASSACRE OF TURKISH SOLDIERS AT MECCA. ARREST OF SOCIALISTS IN GERMANY. CONVICTION OF A TORY AGENT FOR BRIBERY. FREEING OF THE SLAVES" IN EGYPT. THE COLONIES AT THE GUILDHALL. PRESENTATION TO HANLAN. BURNING OF 120 WOMEN BY THE KHURDS. [SPECIAL TO MELBOURNE AGE. | London, 11th July. A very excited feeling prevails throughout Arabia, and the authorities of the Porte is openly defied At Mecca, the insurgents are in possession and have defeated the troops sent against them ; 250 Turkish sildiers were captured and massacred in cold blood. Owing to the ill-treatment to which the Jews of Southern Russia have been subjected i on all hands by the populace, there is a wholesale exodus from the country. Thousands of Jews aro realising their property, and emigrating to the United States. 12th Jnly. The relations between Franco and Italy are very strained, owing to the arbitrary course pursued by the French Government in regard to Tunis. Mach excitement exists iv Italy, and the ill-feeling between the two countries 18 rapidly growing, as it has become apparent that France has assumed the virtual protectorate of Tunis. The repressive measures directed against the Socialists of Germany are strictly carried out. At Leipsic a large number of persona, suspected of complicity with tho Socialists, havo been arrested and summarily expelled from the country. Intelligence received from the West Coast of Africa stat9s that bitter quarrels have arisen between the tribes, and that fighting is imminent. The Governor of the Gold Coast Colony has endeavored to pacify the disputes, but without success. It is not thought that tho British settlements will be threatened. At Cincinnati 27 deaths occurred in one day from sunstroke. Owing to tho favourable weather experienced or late, the prospects of the harvest in Europe are more satisfactory. In. France, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy the harvest is most plentiful. The art collection of the late Earl of Beaconsfield is now being offered at public auction by Messrs. Christie and Co., the well-known auotioneors. The collection comprised many curious and • valuable articles, and the sale is attracting much interest. The special commission appointed to inquire into the alleged existence of bribery at the Deal election have reported adversely. Mr. Olds, an agent of the Tory party, has been convicted of bribery, and sentenced to a term of imprisonment. 14th July. The anniversary of the establishment of the French Repnblio was celebrated to-day throughout Franco with great rejoicings. At Paris a grand fete was held, attended by the President and other high officials, in honor of tho event, and the utmost enthuaiasm prevailed. The Khedive of Esjypt, Mohammed Tewfek Pasha, acting under the advice of European ministers, ha 3 issued ail order that all slaves in Kgypt shall be freo. Strenuous exertions will also be made to put down tho Blave trade of the interior. in the vacation match at Cambridge, Rowa, one of the members of the University eleven, made the brilliant score of 10 1, carrying his bat out. fhe total aooro of hia side amounted to 4li. 17th July. The Lord Mayor, Mr. Macarthur, gave a banquet at the Guildhall, at which the Prince of Wales, Kilarania (of the Sandwich Islands, who ib now on a European tour) and other dist'.nguishe'l personages wore present. In the speeches delivered, the high importance of tho colonies to tho empire was recognised, and eulogies were passed on the energy and progress displayed by the Canadian i-ominion and Australia. Special reference was made to the successful resilt of the international exhibitions held at Sydnoy and Melbourne. ¦ At tho Ottawa regatta, at which over 12,000 persons were present, Hanlan, the champion, who acted a? umpire, was accorded a tremendous ovation. He was presented with a gold watch and chain in honor of hia recent victories. The military system of England has been tho subject of discussion in the German Preß3, which comments very favorably on the discipline, efficiency, and martial aptitude displayed by the volunteers, as exhibited at the recent review held at Brighton. In addition to the grand review of the volunteers to be held next month before the Queen at Windsor, arrangements are being j made for holding a review of the Scotch regiments in Scotland. Intellige ice has been received of a horrible massacre perpstrated by the Khurds in Asia Minor. A predatory tribe captured 120 women, who, refusing to work, were imprisoned in a barn. The building was then tet fire to, and the inmates miserably perished.