'FRISCO MAIL NEWS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1758, 4 February 1888, Page 2

'FRISCO MAIL NEWS

(Per Mabipoba.)

GENERAL SUMMARY. (Dates to January 12th.) Ringold Cooper, an American forger, waß bi rested m Paris on January 12th on an extradition warrant for forgery on the London and Westminster Bank, by whioh he realised £3600. The death of Bonamy Price, MA., Pro* fessor of politioal economy m Oxford University, wad announced m the London papers of January Bth. fie was 80 years old. , In a collision between the steamers Short* ham and Oatirah, off Dover, the former was sunk and seven persons drowned. The London " Daily News' " eorrespon* dent at Constantinople wrote on January Bth : — " The Porte learns that Lord Salisbury has informed the German Government that if war shall be ocoasioned by an attempt of Russia to occupy Bulgaria, England will Bend two squadrons to the Black Sea." The remains of Napoleon 111, and hit son, the Prince Imperial, were removed from Ghislehurst to Farnborough on January 9th. They will be deposited m the mausoleum ereoted by the ex-Empress Eugenic. Trouble has occurred among the orofters of Argash, m Invernesshire, Scotland. Landless crofters,, to the number of one thousand, drove the sheep off the farms and offered a determined resistance to the police. Troops were sent to the scene on January Bth, and numbers were wounded on both sides, and many crofters were arrested. On the 4th of January the Prince of Wales took pains to deny a story that he was a member of the Smith-Kilrain banquet committee. A fight has been arranged between Jaok Burke, the Australian champion, and Kilrain the American bruiser. On January 2nd the " London Times " celebrated the 100 th anniversary of its foundation. Numerous New Year honors were conferred by Queen Victoria, Among the persons dis- j tinguised were Sir Cbaß. Warren, Commissioner of Metropolitan Police, who wan made j a 0.8., and Mr Browning (Mr Balfour's seoretary), who became a companion of the same order. It is announced that Mr Parnell will resume the active leadership of the Irish party Borne time during January, and will summon a meeting of bis colleagues. The Crown Prince of Greeoe will visit London m May, to be formally betrothed to ibis cousin, Princess Victoria ot Wales. The friends of Sir Charles Dilke are agitating a proposition that ,a seat must be found for him m Parliament. En route to Italy, Mr Gladstone, the ex* Premier, indulged m some utterances, during his speech at Dover, about Protection that Bre exoiting a certain amount of uneasiness among tils Freetrade friends. At Florence on Ist January, he was the recipient of a grand demonstration and serenade. He after* wards received a deputation of oitizens, who expressed the admiration of the liberal democracy of Italy for the ex-Premier's politioal achievements. Mr Gladstone, who responded m Italian, thanked them for their kind wishes. The Italian papers of the 2nd say the distinguished visitor will treat with the Vatican for its support m the efforts being made to obtain autonomy for Ireland. Returns issued by the British Board ot Trade, on January 9th, show that the imports for the month preceding were increased by £3,162,600, a3 compared with the corres* ponding month m 1886, and that the exports for the came month had increased £3,260,000. i It is proposed to devote the surplus of the Women's Jubilee Offering to founding an in* otitution m London for the maintenance and education of nurses to attend poor people m their homes. There will be branohea m the principal oities of the realm. A son of the Oomte de Paris and a son of the Duo de Cbartres have joined the Russian army. Prinoa Ferdinand has deolared ha will rather die on the battlefield than abdicate the Bulgarian Throne. It 18 reported from Russia (January 10th) that negotiations have been begun for the construction of three great Russo-Chinese railways between Semipalatinsks and Shanghai, between Olerta and Pekin, and between Eiakhta and Pekin. A Franco-Belgium banking syndicate is - Bucfclnga ul&kj jlbio 1 tuuvjoooluu from thej Government for tho construction of napttta conduits from Baku to Batoum with the right of exporting naptha products duty free. The Counoil of the Empire and firms interested m the naptha trade oppose the concession, but Government favora the idea, hoping it is aaid to Qontraot a loan m exchange.