ADDITIONAL MAIL NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1347, 21 September 1886, Page 3

ADDITIONAL MAIL NEWS.

London, August 27Mr Gladstone’s brochure on the Irish Question published to—day, contains fiftythree pages, and is similar in the exce'lence of ita i trie to his pamnhlrt on the Bulgarian atrocities. At the outset Mr Gladstone compares it with the apology be wrote on his charge of attitude regarding the Irish Church. “But.” ho continues, “in the present case I have no such change to indicate, hut have only to point out the mode in which my language and conduct were governed, and the uniformity of principle I have simply followed, in the various steps by wh h the great question of autonomy for Ireland h»s been brought to a stage of ripeness for practical legislation.” In conclusion, Mr Gladstone says : — “lf I am not egregiously wrong in all that Laa been said, Ireland h»a now lying before her a broad and even way in which to work the consumption of her wishes. Before her eyes is opened that same path of constitutional peaceful action of steady, ft so, and fall discussion, which has led England an i Scotland to the achievement .of all their pacific triumphs.” Two years ago a man named Traynor started from Bath, in the Cored States, with the Intention (f going round tho world in a canoe. As nothing has be> n beard of him since ha touched at the port of Newfoundland, it is supposed ho baa perished, but Dr Bibber, one of bis friends, has just made arrangements with a man named Chsnd er to lopoa: the experiment, D- Bibber undeitaking to supply a C'uoe. 14ft ! oog. Ticbard of Chandler wh • is •!(> years of Bgr. aid a native of Northampton, Mi-s*a-ohUEseta, will first cros< the Atlsmic to Sweden and Norway, and there' make bis way along thi c a=t of Holland, Belgium, Franco and Spain to the Medi terranean, pissing through the Suez Canal in to tho Red Sea, and so by tho South Pec fio to Australia ; thenso by way of China and Japan to San Francisco. From San Francisco he will goby lan-1 to tho Mississip i, and descend that river to New Orleans, completing his tour of the world by going up the Atlantic coast to Ntw York South and Central America, Mexico, and the West Indies. Smallpox is increasing rspi’ly, not only in Santiago and Chili, but in cither parts of the Republic, vaccination being made compulsory. Out of those attacked 60 or 70 per cent died. The disease also made its appearance on the Is’hmus of Panama, introduced by the steamer Atlas from Jamaica. Peru proposes to use the American gold dollar as a basis cf all monetary transactions. A despatch from Monteroy, Mexico, ■ays that the Republic ia preparing for war with the United States The assassination of Santop, President of tile Argentine Cor.fede afio i, was idtempted at Monte Video recent T y, and it is thouiht it portends a revolution The wound h flictod Is ret dangerous Several persons were imprisoned on August 22 on account.of thesffa.r, 1 mong them being the widow cf General Pagota and four ladirs. her renames. A singular affair occurred at Barnes Ayres on July 11, wherein Albert P Cook and lie daughter were ki led by a lunatic and his wife, and left for dead. Cook had been president of the Bank of Havannah, New Yorfc, and had embezz'ed the funds of the bank and fl;d to Canada and thence to South America, where he was joined by his family. The lunatic who commit ed the murders was a railway servant and it cannot be ascertained that the sc - had anything to do with Cook’s financial escapade. A popular, and what promised to be a successful revolution was reported as in progress in the state of Honduras on August 1. Generals Delgado and Sii r a had occupied several towns, and President ißogran appeared to be isolated and left *to his fate, but on August 23 the Consul- . General of that Republic at New York, ■received a despatch from the “ left alone President to the effect that a body of •revolutionists, who had invaded the •country, were conquered, and Morey and various other chiefs killed, peace being completely restored.