ENGLAND.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5679, 4 May 1880, Page 2

ENGLAND.

IiOKDONj April 20i The Anieriedn Congress has decided to assist the promoters of an International Exhibition, open to all the world, to be hold.in New York in the year 1883. A munificent subsidy for the purpose of the uhdei'talung has been proposed.' $hb project has been taken up enthusiastically; and the iiffaii 1 is to be carried, out upon a scale of unprecedented Magnitude! i' A fish oxhibitidri \tyas opened yesterday at Berlin under distinguished patronage, consisting of almost every known specie^ of fish froiii, dll parts Bf the wßrld, together With an infinite ' variety o'J : angling and deep sea fishing instruments, illustrating the science of ichthyology in 'its manifold aspects. Prince Fredericl William was present, and presided at the inaugural ceremony* ■ •Arrived irpm Port Chalmers, Waipul .ship (sailed i.9th January) • frbrri. Lyttel ton, Hiiruniii, ship (sdiled 2srd January) ; ,i i\quh Gisborne, Lochnagar, barque (sailed Stn January); from Bluff harbor, Jessie Headman, ship (sailed 12th January); .. ■ . „ .. ,■ April 2L - ' Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, late Speakei of the Yiotdiian Assembly, has arrived ir Paris, en. route for London. ; He is Sale to have decliped invitations on the par! of several IrisH constituencies to stand ai the late -general elections. . . April 22. '.. A tremendous conflagration decurred in one of the mbst poptiloii§ portions of the -suburb's -of Ottawa, the capital of th< Canadian Dominion, resulting in .an enormous destruction of property. The .^flames, owing to a strong wind prevailing, spread with great rapidity^'resisting all attempts .to ohetik tneir pr:dgre9S. Thousands of persons have been rendered homeless and utterly destitute by the ravages of the fire. A public subscription, headed by the Marquis of Lome anc the 'Princess Louise, has been opened foi the aid of the sufferers. • A serious disaster occurred last night ai the theatre attached to Mi- Patrick Grilmore's gardens, New York. The struc •tufe, which was capable of holding aboiij 10,000 persons, was not of a substantial ; nature, and had been used for some time as a hippodrome. Dui-ing a performance tho roof fell in, burying hundreds oi in the debris. Many persons were injured, and in twenty-five cases the effects are likely to be fatal. April 23. . A telegram has been received from the Viceroy of India announcing that a brilliant victory has been obtained by General Sir Donald Stewart over a large arinj of hostile Afghans. General Stewart, whe had left Candahar some weeks before with a • 'strong force for the purpose of laying seige to Ghuznee, was attacked by the enemy, numbering over 45,000, some miles from the city, A desperate battle ensued. The Afghans had the advantage of position, being posted on an eminence commanding the Ghuznee road, but the heavy artillery oJ the British caused dreadful havoc in theii ranks, and after some hours' hard fighting the Afghans were defeated and fled, I leaving 2000 dead and Avounded on the field. The British casualties were comparatively light, the number killed and wounded being 132. Following up his victory, General Stewart, without delaying to pursue the enemy, ordered the cavalry forward to take possession oi Ghuznee before the retreating Afghans could recover from, their panic. The citj was soon reached and occupied in force without any organised attempt at resistance from the inhabitants, the majoritj of Avhom fled on the approach of the British. General Stewart's army is noTY in'full'occupation of Ghuznee. April 24. The,delay of the Turkish Governrneni in ceding Cussinge, in Albania, to the Montenegrins, under the provisions oi the treaty of Berlin, threatens to lead tc serious, complications. The Prince oi Montenegro has ordered his troops tc march upon the town and occupy it bj for.cc :if necessary. . The inhabitants, inariy' of whom are Mahomedans, have united in resisting the invading forces, and already several sharp encounters have taken placo between tho Montenegrc troops anxLthe Albanians. April 26. : Intelligence has been received from India that fighting has been resumed by tho Afghans at G-huznee. The evening after their recent defeat at the hands oi General Stewart they retreated to the hille in the vicinity of the city, Avhere their scattered- forces were concentrated. A coupcil of war was held by the. rebel chiefs, and it was decided to attack the British from the heights which in part overlook Ghuznee. . General Stewart was fully prepared for the emergency. A determined attack was made upon the city, but the Afghans were repulsed with great slaughter. During the encounter over 400 of the enemy were killed. The British casualties were;trifling.

[SPjECIAL'TO TIIE.MELBOUBNE " AIUHJS."] '■■■.::■:•■■ • London, April 21. His Excellency Sir Garnet Wolseley, Governor of Natal and Transvaal, has been directed to return to England forthwith:' <■'■'■ '• ' ."'.'■ jliis Excellency Sir A. Musgravo has read a paper on Jamaica — of which island ho is Governor — before tho Royal Colonial Institute. There was a large attendance on the occasion. The Royal Geographical Society havo awarded gold medals to Mr Ernest Giles, the Australian explorer, and Lieutenant Palander. The Right Hon 0. E. Childera haa resigned the Chairmanship of tho Eoyal Mail Steam Company for political reasons. Intelligence has been received that the ■Hagars, "a tribe friendly to the British, have, captured Ghuznce, the Afghan rebels' stronghold. The Kohistanis chiefs have arrived at Cabul. They are well disposed to the British. ■ : : The news that King 1 Theebaw had caused' 700 '^nien ; women, and childreh to be burned, a^iye as an. expiatory sacrifice to tljp deitiies \wjtli . tfaie yievv of r restraining atrotitbrenlc of small pox, is denibdt

April 23. Mr Childers has renewed the proposal that a commission should take charge of the .British Courfc'^at '^the Melbourne . Exhibition, and it is believed that the new (rovernment will arrange the 'matter"; .... . :& . Ap-rii iL , A; desfcriictivo fire ;fias occurred at Hiili, in Canada, causing daniage to the amount of three million dollars: r -. The Right Hon. R. Lowe, who filled successively the offices of Chancellor of the Exchequer and Home Secretary. in the last Liberal Cabinet, is to be raised to the peerage. The Porte is dismissing the English Inspectors of Gendarmes who Were appointed during and after the iate War. April 25. The Princess Frederick Sopphia Marie of Hanover, 'eldest daughter of H.E.H. the Duke of Cumberland,, has, been niafried at Windsor Castle to Mr Hammington, her father's secretary. The royal family of Hanover and the Prince and Princess of "Wales were not present at the ceremony. .;.'■. April 26. It is stated that tite revenue of the Indian. Government was over estimated by.^3,d00,000 for election purposog, Russia insists on the execution of the assassinators of Colonel Commeraoff, who was fired at and killed in the streets of Pera on the 29th of February last. The Standard believes that the exclusion of the Radical element from the new Ministry will render Mr Gladstone's course, in tlie House of Commons a difficult; oii& Her Majesty hesitated to send for Mr Gladstone to form a new Ministry, but yielded to the persuasions of Lord Har- ; tington and Earl Granville. LoKDON, May 1. Earl Cowpei* has been appointed LordLieutenant of Ireland. Lord. O'Hagan has been appointed Lord Chancellor of Ireland. At tkd wool sale to-day 10,000 bales Wetfe ofiered; ; making a total of 111,200 bales catalogued since the opening. The tdne of the sale was duieter and Weaker. For inferior and faulty Wool the demand is purely speculative. ...The Orient Col's Lusitania" sailed from Plymouth to-day t May 3. . The Orient steamship Garonne has arrived at Plymouth with the Australian cricketets aboard, all of whom are quite well. The corvette Bachante, with the sons of the Prince of Wales on board, has returned to Englandi