ENGLISH NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1303, 10 June 1880, Page 2

ENGLISH NEWS.

e (SYDNEY HEKAXD AND NEWS SPECIALS ) London, May 31. New Zealand 5 per cents. (1880) are at 107. June 1. A telegram in the Standard says that the emeute in Burmah is still progressing. A Standard telegram states that the Arabs of Bagdad demand self-government under the protection of England. Intelligence has been received that Mahomed Jan is collecting his army at 2jurmut, and is shortly expected to resume hostile operations. The agitation among the Radicals against the appointment of Sir Bartle Frere as High Commissioner and Governor of the Cape is reviving. The extreme members of the party are now clamoring for Sir Bartle Frere's recall.

Many Jesuites that have been expelled . from France have gone to Switzealand for refuge, but are not allowed to remain. The authorities there warned all the members of the Society to leave Swiss territory within a certain period. His Excellency the Marquis of Bipon, . the new Viceroy of India, has arrived at 3 Bombay, on lijs way to Calcutta, and has had an interview with the Governor of the Presidency, The rebellion in Burmah is spreading, The rebels are gaining accessions to their ranks. King Thebau troops are utterly powerless to check the rebellion 3 and the rebels progress. The town , of Skuboung has been burnt by I the rebels in revenge for the encourage- . ment given to the King's forces. Several villages have also been destroyed, and many of the inhabitants put to death, j • June 2. The Radicals are signing a round robin . for the recall of Sir Bartle Frere from the j Governorship of the Cape. Mr. Glad- . stone is evidently in hopes that Sir Bartle . Frere will resign, and the. <3abiiiet are divide 4 pn the question. (news special.) London, June 1. The Right Rev. Monsignor Capel is dead. One of the most destinguished English Roman Catholic prelates has been declared bankrupt. H,R R- the Duke of Edinburgh intends to return to Ireland, his primary object being to assist the wprk of affording relief to the distressed people. M. Henri Rochefort, the well-known Communist, had a quarrel with M. Cocehlin, and it has transpired that the disputants intend to fight a duel. The serious asppgt of affairs in Burmah, which promised to result in indiscriminate slaughter oh the part of the rebels and King's adherents, has induced the British Government to interfere with the object of preventing bloodshed and destruction. The rebels have been communicated with by the military authorities of India, and have been ordered to surrender their arms and discontinue acts of violence. In return the rebels were promised the fullest protection by the British against the vengeance of 3£ing Thebau. Communication has been opened up with King Thebau, who has been fully apprised of the intention of the British. June 2. Mr. Parnell has given notice of his intention to move in the House of Com? ! mons that Sir Bartle Frere be recalled from the Cape. ' The Imperial Government have resolved 1 to grant the sum of L.30,00p for the purpose of constructing harbor piers in Jrer ' land, in order to provide employment for ' the distressed inhabitants, ' An agitation is now going on in Berlin in favor of emigration and colonisation 1 as a means of furnishing an outlet for the surplus population of Germany, more ] particularly,, for the purpose of restoring the unexpanding trade and commerce of the empire. The leaders of the move- ] ment suggest the Island of Borneo as an j eligible field for German colpniaation. f