NEWS BY THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1687, 14 October 1887, Page 3

NEWS BY THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL

gskeral Summary. [Dated from Earopa op to September 23.] 1 The British Government has assented . 1 1 granting a subsidy of £45,000 yearly to th* Canadian Pacific Railway for carrying | tho miils toaud from the Hast. -The assent | was given oa SeptPinber Bth. S Michael Davilt sailed from Qaeenstown on September 22nd for New York, He has j been ordered the trip by his physician, and I will not make any public appearance m [ the United States. t A deopptoh of September 22 td says the ; Canadian Government haa received an intimation from the Imperial authorities thai tho Biitish Government cannot undertake the coat of a epecial survey of the route of the proposed traue-Pucißo cable between British Columbia and Dew Zealand and Australia, unless some guarantee is given that the line will be actually laid. Sir* John Thuraton, long associated with British rule m the Fiji Islands, h»8 made a bitter complaint to the Colonial Office reßpeoting its apathy on the subject of German aggression m the South Pacific The S a moan difficulty has especially aroused Sir John Thunton'a anger. The Trafalgar, the laigest ironolad ever oonetructed was successfully launched on September 20th at Portsmouth. The vessel ie 11,940 tons, and of 13, C00 horsepower, and is to carry twelve gone, four of sixty-sdven tons acd eight of forty cwt. The side armour is 20in thick. The Duke of Devonshire has been converted to Mr Gladstone's Irish policy, and will induce Lord Hartington to follow his lead. ■ The address of the Executive Gonimittte of the New Rational (English) Labor Party, jast Issued, announces that the party will have » separate organisation from Trades Unions, bnt will co operate with them as far as possible. The programme is an adult suffrage, one man to have one vote, state payment of members of Parliament, free Education, land reform, poor law reform, maintenance of freetrade but abolition of State paid bounties, Home Role, local government reform, and religious equality. It m ■igned by twenty-one representatives of popular centres m England. Ireland, Wales and Scotland are not yet represented. While a big gun was being oast at Veker's Foundry, Sheffield, on September 26th it exploded, killing five men outright; three r>thers wounded at the time died subsrqaently m the hospital. Lord Lovat dropped dead suddenly on September 6th while moor shooting at j Inverness, Scotland. The English Trades Congress has adopted a resolution to form a Labor Electoral Association for the purpose of securing an Increase qf the labor representation m Parliament. Another resolution demands land reform, beginning with the imposition of such taxes aa will eventually leave the land m the pisßessinn of the people. The Congress also debated a motion m favor of the eight hours movement. The sp6eobes of the delegates chewed strongly developed tendencies tiwards Socialism. Mr Gladstone declined an invitation from Mr George W. Childs, proprietor of the " Philadelphia Ledgor," to be present at the Centennial cc ebration m that city. The London " Times " is the only paper that published the invitation, and com meats on it and its non acceptance bitterly. Mr Childe* letter conveyed the assurance of unbounded hospitality, not only m Philadelphia, but throughout the Dnion, and declared that Mr Gladstone should be entertained as no nuin had been since La Fayette's visit The "Times" regards the selection of Mr Gladstone as improper. It Bays his refusal is hardly compiimen tary to the American people, and his reply is ißadequate to s.) splendid an offer, reinforced by such hospitality It evtn says that Mr Gladstone has been asked, because they wish to show that his attitude during a portion of the civil war is now forgotten and forgiven. The visit would be unwise, if not unsafe (adds the despatch, which is dated London, September 7th) during the la6t few weeks his voice has come back to something like it should be m its marvellous powers, but he is subject to relapses. He has to guard chiefly against chills, which are sometimes followed by periods of prostration John Bright aleo declined. Archbishop Walsh, m a letter published on September Bth, declared that Lord Aphbourne's land purchase scheme is the best and most suitable for Ireland that has yet been passed. Lonnargan's funeral at Mitchellstown was attended by 10 000 people, and the prossesßlon was over half a mile long. He bad been shot by the polioe on September 9th. A frieDd of an English M.P. present at the lhte Her tier town elections wee terribly beaten by a police inspector, who afterwards apologised. " I mistook him," he said, " for an Irish member. They pay us out m the Houee of Commons, and we mean to pay them out m Ireland." While returning from a funeral tit Mitchellstown, en the evening of September 14th, a mob of about 300 wrecked the houses of several obnoxious tenants m Galbally, who was compelled to flee for life. The police were etoned, and compelled to take refqge m the barracks. Mr Dillon remarked to an interviewer on the 18th, that the outlook for the Irish cause was gloomy. Mr Balfoar was determined, apparently, to bag all the Nationalist leaders. He (Mr Dl'lon) would not be eurpriaeif m a month or no if a mojority ofjthem including hlmidlf were foond picking oaknm. The Dublin ' Gsz-atte" of September 20th publishes a proclamation suppressing tbe League and all its branches m va r iou3 place b specified. The proclamation is signed by Prince Edward of Saxe- Weimar, Commander of the Forces m Ireland ; Baron Aahbourne, Lord Chancellor of Ireland ; Hy. Bruen, Justice of the Peace ; J. G. Gibson, Attorney-General of Ireland ; and General Sir H . Redvers Bailer. The " GBzstte " announces that General Buller haß been sworn m bb a member of the Privy Council. The pro clamation makeß it criminal to convoke, hold or publish meetings, or do anything m connection with the League. The Nationalist leaderß are hurriedly oonsulting as to what measures are to be taken. No appeal to Parliament is neceasary to cover this fresh act. It will not be possible to evade the LordLieutenant's order by turning over the work of the National League to any other association. The Liberal League of London purpoaes Borne oourge of this sort, and thsy havp asked tho Irish leaders m London to meet them and discuss a plan for substituting branches of that Assocla« tion m every place where a branch of the ; National League is suppressed. The Lord-Lieutenant's order will defeat manoeuvres of this kind, Frder It, all meetings of a League m specified dlstriota are unlawful, and any person calling togethar soch meeting or publishing any such notice concerning it, ia liable to six months' imprisonment According to a despatch from Berlin, published m the American papers on September 10 :b, Great Britain, haa concluded a treaty with the King of the Tonga Island under which that monarch will cede nothing to foreign Powers without the assent of England. This treaty is an unplpaeant surprise to Germany, as the Tonga Islands have been considered a promising field for German enterprise. If has also deeply chagrined the officials of the State Department of the United States. Realising the commercial value of Tonga or the Friendly Jslanda, the United States State Department last year entered into negotiations with King George, and concluded a treaty by whioh I dlplomntlo pifai ooniajnr relation* were to

\ be established between the lalimdß and the Urittd Staies. Congress, bowevor, rofuied to make any nppr priation f. r the service, and tho treaty la^aed, and caanot now be rovived iv fuoo of England's dominant influence. The papers are spying that although at tbe present time the bulk of the Tonga Island trade Is with Australia, and some of it ia going direct to England, there Is uo earthly reason why New York and 'Frisco should not be the export and import markets,