MAIL NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1322, 23 August 1886, Page 2

MAIL NEWS.

GENBRAD SUMMARY. London, July 30

Circulars are being distributed in Wales demanding borne rule, free education, aho’ition of landlordism, and disestablish ment of the Church The sensation in the Cabinet is the appointment of Mr H. Matthews »s Home Secretary. It was made at the r quest of the Qieon, who was charmed by his vindication In the Crawford t iv cf the sanctities of the home. He is entiie'y an experiment, and is without Government experience, a Roman Catholic and antlcoercionist.

Mr Jno. Raskin is reported to ba naane

The Prince of Wales’ son? are charged with plagiarism in the “ Orniso of the Bacchante." The passage which begins “ We should be leea than men," and ends “ but sad memories of their useless valor,” is taken almost word for word from Charles Kingsley's “ At Last,” where it will be found in the second chapter. An attempt on the pact of the autho-i-

tles of Amsterdam to prohibit a popular gsme called “ Eelkilllng,” on Sunday led to a conflict with the police on July 28th. The rioters erreoted barricades, and the police fired Into the crowd, killing twenty persons and wounding eighty. Twentyeight arrests have been made. A convention between England and China has been signed at Pekin, by the terms of which China agrees to the occu pation of Burmsh by the English, and promises to encourage trade between China and Burmabl A Commission is being formed to delimitate the Burmese frontier.

Lord Salisbury was cordially received by the Queen at Osborne House on 20th inst., and on his retnrn from Osborne House His Lordship was cheered all along the route by immense crowds in London. He declined to speak anywhere. The parents of KHzs Armstrong who figured so conspicuously la the Pall Mall Gazette exposure, have arranged to bring a suit for £9OOO damages against Mr Stead (the Editor), Its publishers, and General Booth, Salvation Army. The claim will be for libel on the girl’s parents and for assaulting the child. The Sultan of Soumalt has expelled members of the German East African Socletyfrom his dominions. Wassis Bey, who arrive! at Cdro from the Soudan on Jnly 20ih reported that the siege of Khartoum was being raised by the rebels In his opinion the force march!?g to re-establish the Khedive’s • i*hor y would] meat with welcome rather tnan resistance.

Mr Oavitt has written to the editor of the New York Irish World, taking him to task for admiring the policy of paltry obstruction on the part of the Homo Role metnb r, He say* the true policy fur Home Rulers is to advooue the reforms required by the workers|of Great Britain, while advocating justice to Ireland. Tha London World says tbit Mr Gladstone Is going on a yachting excursion as soon as he Is released from official work After the preliminary debate hs will not be seen again in the House of Commons for several months. He proposes to start for Rome early In November, snl to remain In Italy till after Eas'er.

IRISH TBODBLES. Two thousand persons attended an Orange soiree given at Dublin In the Rotunda on July 12 h. Tha hall was guarded by the police. Thousands of Nationalists surrounded the building, and many p’acards were posted with Inscriptions, “ We will pay you Orange dogs in Irish coin the one long debt which Ireland owes all braggarts of the Boyne.” An Orange lodge in Coalistln, a small village In County Tyrone, four miles from Dungannon, was attacked on the night of the 13 h by a number of m"n belonging t > the National League. The stacking party were armed with rifles, and kept up a fire for two hours on the lodge. The police have been powerless to interfere. Armed Moonlighters came the same night and attacked and took possession of two houses in Free Mount and Keoturk, County of C -tk, where they entered and severely beat tha inmates. A tremendous riot occured in Belfast, on the night of the 13th, between the Catholics and P.otestants, during which four taverns and a number of dwellinghouses were wrecked. The police and soldiers charged the rioters several times, and at last succeeded in clearing the streets. Among those wounded was a sergeant; his injuries are said to bo mortal. A constable and several civilians were severely hurt. The fighting wse between the police and the Orangemen, the latter assailing the officers because they prevented the Orangemen from attacking Catholics. A policeman named Gartin is among those who died from their injuries. Two civilians, named MoDujtton and Mrlllroy, were shot dead, and fifteen persons were sent to the Hospital, The police garrison has been largely increased. The wreckage caused by the rioting resembled the effects of a tornado. Men, women and children were struck down bruised and bleeding, but still there were cries of defiance and

threats of revenge. The Protestants were beaten by sheer numbers, and many of their ho ises were afterwards raided. Twenty.thne prisoners while on their way to th * police station sang •' Rule Britannia” and enraed Parnell and Sextos.

On the looming qf the 14th the head constable of Waterford forced private soldiers to attempt to arrest tyy.q Orangemen (fath;r and son). During the struggle that ensu ;d both Orangemen were killed. The streets of Waterford were patrolled by the police and cavalry, A Nationalist m'eling at Stewart’s Town on the same evening was attacked by the mob and the Riot Act read. Several police were injured. The Government have declined to inati-

tuto an enquiry into the conduct of the police on the occasion of the recent election in Londonderry. The Viceroy’s order summoning the inhabitants of London lerry to deliver up their arms and ammunition befo e July 25th has been discharged. United Ireland of July 20th says : “The truce with the landlords is shattered, and the Irish people have not the least intention to estrange the English masses. It would be impossible to produce a more eloquent example of the policy of ramming English rule down Irish throats than is afforded by the appointment as Irish Viceroy of the Marquis of Londonderry, inheriting as be does the blood and the of cut throat Castlereagb.” The Freeman’s Journal says the appointment is ominons of cGorc’pn, and Irishmen must be prepared for this. Tho Loyalist press of Ireland is de; lighted over the appointment of Lord Londonderry as Lord Lieutenant.

MISCELLANEOUS. The Prince of Wales gave a garden party at Marlborough House on Saturday, 24th, to a number of guest*, Including the French now In exile The following day notices appeared in all the Orleaniat papers in Paris to the effect that ha had given a magnificent entettiioment in honor of the Comte de Paris, and that the Queen had come to town from Windsor for the purpose of meeting the prctmdef at Marlborough House. The Prince was furious, and the matter created the worst possible Impression at Paris, where •t first it was looked upon as a dir. ct Insult to the Government, and matters wore very sUght'y improved by an official communication in. The Times indignantly denying tho Orleanist despatches. Tho Com'e do Paris gave orders for the statement to be contradicted in Franc*. The French Radical press are ma<|| amused over the affair,

Private despatches received iu London on July 21st, tand to confirm the th-ei> toned occupation by the Russians of Pert Lazaroff. Russia has long had a coaling station there, for which she paid a ye.rly bounty to the Corean Government. Russia and China recently made a mutual concession regarding the Manchuria; frontier, and it is believed China will qu ckly acquiesce in the Russian ocoupa tioa of Port Lazaroff in revenge for England’s refusal to acknowledge China's suzerainty over Bnrmah. In tho event of war between Russia and Ragland, Port Lagaroff, places Russia in s mote advantageous position for both offensive and defensive operations than daring the recent Russo-Afhgan crisis. The occupation of Port Hamilton by Bngland at the time was a serious blow to Russian operations. In military circles the'matter is regarded as of serious importance. The London Standard had an alarmist article on the 2lst inst. concerning the Afghan question, in which Russia was hotly denounced.

London despatches on the 23rd say Russia is getting bolder, and now demands the cession of E zsroum, which would give her the key of the whole country south of the Caucasus Military prestations by both Russia and Tnrkey are going forward. A cable is proposed to connect Japan, New Zealand and Australia with Canada. Commissioner Fleming left for England on July 14th to confer with the Imperial Government on the subject. Maxwell, the murderer, was sentenced to be hanged on August 27th. The St. John's (Newfoundland) Colonist of July 28th oontradic's the sensational reports of destitution in that colony, and says there have been no deatha from starvation. The same paper denounces Weddel, who is in Canada seeking assistance, aa an imposter. Despatches from Ottawa say the Government has no offiiial knowledge of the repotted woeful condition of things in Labrador, and believes the reports to be without foundation. The mining region of Menow Lake, Oalifonia, which is rich in ores, the working of which was impraotlbable on account oi tbeir rebellions nature, has suddenly come to the front again on account of the difficulty being overcome. A Syndicate ol English capitalist* is erecting mills costing 16.000 dollars.

Mr William John Horst, a prominent cltizsn of Anckland and member of the New Zealand Parliament, fell into the hands of press interviewers after his arrival in ’Frisco. He gave rather a sad colored view of affairs in New Z island, and said the colony was suffering from depression ; that taxes were excessive and growing heavier every year ; but he hoped that the news would be better when the Opposition had ousted the present Ministry. He attributed the depression to the fact that for many years the people of the colony have been living on one another and on the country. The extradition treaty between the

United Statas and Great Britain, signed in London on June 25th, was sent to the U.S, Senate on July Bth with a message from the President advising i s passage. The list of crimes subject to extradition under the new treaty adds manslaught r, burglary, embezzlement, or larceny involving 50Mols or upwards and finally—the main clausa destruction of property which endangers the life of others which in either country is made a crime of which dynamiters and SociaUa‘B are gu-i.ty The treaty specially exempts from extradition

persona who have been convcted of political offences. Mr Howard Vincent has written ti the American Press quoting from his reports an extradition treaty with the United States directed entirely against Fenians and dynamiters. He concludes by saying the wh de civilised world are watching the Senate. The anniva aary of the battle of the

Boyne was celebrated on July 12th by the Orangemen of Canada on a much larger scale than usual. At Peterborough Belleville, Kingston, O.taws, Halifax and other places there were large gatherings, processions, and meetings at which addresses were made. At the Kingston meeting resolutions were passed deploring the perturbed state into whioh the Home Bale agitation had led the empire, and denouncng Mr Qltdstcne’s measure as one which must bring about the dissolution of Great Britain, bat at the same time favoring any measure which won’d create and give power to local Councils or Assemblies in England, Ireland, and Scotland to deal with local measures. At Peterborough on the llih a Home Rale tanner was pelted with rotten eggs