ENGLISH TELEGRAMS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue XV, 19 November 1880, Page 2

ENGLISH TELEGRAMS.

[Special to the Australian Papers.] ..■-.'. ■. .j ■ . London, November 6. ■ Governor Arthur has been .elected Yice-1 President of the United States. ■ = ■ ■ The Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Hon. \ Mr Gladstone, has definitely announced; the : determination of the Government with regard; to the application made -by sugar refiners, in ; England for the imposition of duties on im-j ported sugar, sufficient to- countervail the; bounty, accorded to manufacturers by the; French Government. Aselect committee of ' :the House of , Commons bad reported in favor, the request, but the- Government decisively; refused to consent to the .imposition , of ; countervailing duties. , . . . • A vacancy has ocourred in the representa- \ tion of Wexford in ; the Houseof Qqmmons, ! and the Home Rule party have^cletermiued to • put, forward, as their candidate, Mr. Healey, ' the private secretary of M.r Pa,rnel!, who was ; arrested at Cork on the 24th ult., on a charge of conspiracy and sedition. ... L . . , November 3. : : Sir Alexander Cockburn, the Lord Chief Justice of England, is suffering froni.severe illness. •■■-.-■; Notwithstanding the Increase in the military and police at the south And west of Ire-' land, agrarian outrages continue. At Clondra . an attempt was made to shoot a magistrate, which, fortunately failed. At Conschen a farmer, whose only offence had been compliouce with the demands of his landlord, was, dragged from his house at night and muti-i latedin a shocking manner by having his. ears amputated. . '. sth November. Mr Parneli has issued a manifesto denouncing the action of the Government in instituting proceedings for conspiracy against him ; as an attempt to evade the just grievances of Ireland, and demanding a speedy trial. Amongst the lowest classes of Irish people a bitter feeling is manifested on account of the proceedings taken against the prominent; agitators. The detectives who have been instrumental in working up the case, and. most of the reporters employed in taking down the seditious speeches at the various meetings, are specially obnoxious, and threats; have been made to drown them if opportunity offers.- , : . Mr. Parneli and the others charged with conspiracy and intimidation, haying entered an appearance as legally required, demand; from the Government that they shall be immediately placed upon their trial. The author- j itien display no desire to depart from the usual course. A manifesto has been published by the ( leaders of the Land League of Ireland. The document is defiant ft} tone, and denounces the action of the Government in unmeasured terms. It declares Mr. Gladstone and his colleagues have abandoned the principles of Liberalism, and are following in the footpath of the Tories. An appeal is also made to the people of Ireland for funds to continue the agitation in favor of land reform, and for the defence of those prosecuted for conspiracy. The Earl of Rosebery has been elected Lord Rector of the University of Edinburgh. ; . ' Bth November. . Evictions are numerous in the south and west of Ireland, owing to the refusal of tenants to pay rent. A. very- bitter feeling arising between landlords and tenants, "and at meetings which have been held;' the conduct

of the landlords is denounced as arbitrary and unjust. . ' Bth November. ' Owing to a rumor of intended intrusion by persons sympathising with the victims of the League, the people of the greater part of County Mayo are arming. ■ . .. Monastic expulsions are Causing increased excitement in France. The priests of the ■Chartreuse Monastery have emigrated to Switzerland. The Trench troops are starving out the inmates of the monastery at Tarascon. The Home papers revietf favorably a work . just issued by .Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, en*; titled " Thirty Years' History of Ypung Ireland/ The town of Oraquat, lately besieged bythe Kurds, is again in a critical position. The Kurdish chief crucified thirty of his followers for excesses perpetrated by them on Persian peasants.