Morning journal and courier., 1880-08-19

consternation in consequence of She discove ry of 8 plot to blow up the railway tunnel and the barracks. The military and con. stabulary are much alarmed, and although the Government officials pretend to make light of the discovery, there is no doubt they are in state of great alarm and apprehen- taken are ridiculously absurd. Even the newspaper reporters in the discharge of their duties are marched between file of soldiers and are watched as narrowly as Ii they were Fenian conspirators in disguise.
 Rt. Hon. William E. Forster, chief secreta- ry for Ireland, on receiving news of the plot to blow up the Cork barracks, immediately started for Ireland to confer with the author ities in Cork and institute thorough investi- gation of the outrage.
 The RiotinG I'm IreIand-Redpath Speaks
 at a Land Meeting.
 LONDON, Aug. 18.-A dispatch from Bel fast says the rioting was resumed to-day and continued until night. The police charged on both parties repeatedly and many persons were injured.
 At land meeting held to-day in Lenore, the principal orator was MT. Redpath, the correspondent of New York paper. His speech is stated to have been infammatory and greatly excited the audience.
 Fhe Evacuation of Cabul-An Afghan
 Coalition Forming.
 LONDON, Aug. 18.-The Viceroy has tele- graphed the War office that the last brigade of the evacuating British forces has arrived at Gundamuk without a single shot being fired at the rear guard by the tribesmen among the passes. Persons here who are well informed as to the topography of Af- ghanistan and of the military situation there say that England's only alternative now is to abandon the country altogether soon as it can be done with safety. The probability of a coalition between Abdur Rahmann and Ayoob Khan to expel the English grows stronger with every fresh batch of news.
 A dispatch from Gandamuk under date of to-day, the 10th, reports the situation at Ga bull as generally satisfactory. A slight dis. turbance had occurred in the city, instigated by some of the lower classes of the popula- ton who were unfriendly towards the Eng fish, but it was quickly suppressed. No gathering of the hostile tribes is reported in the direction of Ghuznir It is not consid counter any of the hostiles or have any fight ing to do north of Khelat-I- -Ghilzai. A Demand for Coercion in Irela nd-Glatl-
 stones Health-The Liberals Want
 Different System ofLegisIation.
 LONDON, Aug 19.-In order to defend the estimates from the numerous attacks of the Home Rulers in Parlia- ment the Conservatives, under the leadership of Lord Churchill, have decided to induce the Government to renew the coercion acts in Ireland.
 Premier Gladstone will it is stated, return to London on Saturday next. His health still causes his physicians much anxiety and they urge him to take a trip by the sea to the Madeiras
 A conference of the Liberal electors and delegates representing Liberal associations was held tonight at the Westminster Palace Hotel, at which resolutions were passed de- 1ouncing the habitual obstruction of necessa- y reforms by the Lords and squirearchy in Parliament, demanding the abolition of he ,editary legislators and the substitution of a senate on the American plan for the present House of Lords. It was decided to organize meetings for an expression of public opinion turing the coming recess. The meeting was crowded and enthusiastic. Among those present were Sir John Bennett Admiral Iaxse and other representative radicals.