ROYALTY AT LEITH. AGITATION FOR CETEWAYO'S RELEASE.

Evening Post, Volume XXII, Issue 35, 10 August 1881, Page 2

ROYALTY AT LEITH. AGITATION FOR CETEWAYO'S RELEASE.

NEW PHASE OF THE BRADLAUGH CASE. TERRIBLE GALE AND LOSS OF LIFE. THE ANTI-JEWISH RIOTS IN GERMANY. FENIAN ACTIVITY IN GREAT BRITAIN. DISCOVERY OF DYNAMITE AT GLASGuW. ANOTHER GREAT EARTHQUAKE AT AGRAM. [SPECIAL TO MELBOURNE AGE.) London, 26' h July. The new docks recently constructed at Leith, the seaport of Edinburgh, were opened to day by the Duke of Edinburgh. The ceremony was a mc&t brilliant affair, and was attended by thousands of spectators. The Queen had been invited to p.-rform the ceremony, but she w«s unable to accept the invitation, and deputed the duty to lier son. Tho new dooks have been constructed on ground lately reclaimed from the sea at a cost of £375,000. Captain Boycott believes that the feeling against him has subsided sufficiently to enable him again to return to his district. Much interest has been created among naval architects by the adoption by Germany of a new type of war-vessel. The German naval authorities have given instructions for the building of a gunboat on a novel and improved principle. The vessel will be constructed lor speed, and carry a gun of unusual power. 27th July. A movement is on foot for the purpose of petitioning the Government to grant the release 01 Cetewayo, the Zulu King. There is a growing feeling in lavor of generous treatment ot the deposed King, and the memorial is being extensively signed. It is believed that the prayer of the petition wiil be acceded to. '1 he Bradlaugh case his developed another aspect. In the proceeding instituted nominally by Mr. Clarke against Mr. Bradlaugh for illegally sitting and voting in the House of Commons witbont having first taken the oath prescribed by the Act, and in which he recovered heavy penalties, it was freely stated that Mr. Newdegate, member I for North Warickshire, was the real promoter, and fonnd the necessary expenses. Mr. Bradlangh, acting under legal advice, has now instituted an action against Mr. Newdegate, charging him with *' maintenance," in having guaranteed Clarke's costs. | The summons is returnable on an early day, and the case is exciting interest. 28th July, A terrible gale has been blowing, and has caused great damage. At East Haddon several vessels have been wrecked, and forty people have been drowned. 30th July. The French Chamber of Deputies has been dissolved. The election for the new Chamber will take place immediately, and great preparations are being made for the approaching electoral campaign, and great excitement is felt as to the result. Prince Bismarok has completely recovered from his recent severe illness, and is now enjoying excellent hnalth. uwing 1 to the continued spread of Socialistic principles in Germany, it ia reported that the Imperial Government contemplates fresh legislation with a view to its suppression, it is believed that very stringent measures are preparing with that object, and will shortljr be proposed. The anti-Jewish feeling in Germany shows no s;gn3 of abatement. Serious riots have taken place in various parts of the country, in which the Jews hare been subjected to severe maltreatment, and have sustained great losses through the excesses of the rioters. The Fenians are continuing their machinations in Great Britain with unabated activity. A discovery has been made by the police of

a quantity of dynamite conoealed in a workshop in Glasgow. The object is believed to have been the destruction of the chief public buildings in that city. Agram, the capital of Croatia, which was recently almost entirely destroyod by a succession of shocks of earthquake, has undergone another severe visitation of the same kind, which has caused great destruction of property, and produced quite a panic among the inhabitants. Hartmann, the Russian Nihilist, who waß reported to have been captured by the German police and delivered to tha Russian authorities, escaped to America, and taken up his residence in New York. Tho Russian Government has made application to the United States for his extradition.