GENERAL SUMMARY.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1804, 2 April 1888, Page 3

GENERAL SUMMARY.

The Dnko of Leinator was appointed Irish Privy Councillor on March sth. Oount Herbert Bismarck is betrothed to a relative of the Marquis of Londonderay, Lord Lioutonant of Ireland. Lord Herscholl, at tlio dinner of tbo National Liberal Club, on March 7th predicted that the Conservatives before long would propose a Home Tiulo scheme, representing, probably more advanced viewa than those of Mr Gladstone Green's cotton mills, at Blackburn, containing 12 000 spindles, has been destroyed by lire, 'iho loss i 3 lOO.OOOdoI. Adviceß have been received at Loodon on March 2nd that the French schooner Fleur Do La Mer had foutdored off the Island of Cayenne, and that Bixty passengers were drowned. A sculling match at Lako tfTeir, Florida, on February 28th, between Toemer, Happ and Mackay, resulted m favor of the firstnamed. Teemev is now champion of America. The ''Morning Chronjclo " sti»tes that m toply to tbo request of the Duke of Norfolk that the Popo use hio influence with the Irish bishops to stop agitation, Foi^nor P.ampolet, the Papal Heoretary, s irl tbo British Government should, by nn act of concession, grant privileges to Irish Cathodes, which would form * pretext upon which to build a letter to the Bishops, Ihe Paris " Temps " reports that Groat Biitain is negotiating with Turkey for the cession to England of Salonica Island, commanding the JDard.aae.lles, England

guaranteeing to the Sultan poßS9saion o ytamboul, with the immediate distric abouf the B isphorua, and Dardanelles, an all his Asiatic provinces. Tbe 8.-itah atoawec Esowllant wisaunl on February 28fch at .Gibraltar on he pvmge from Philadelphia t.o Msasina.b) collision whh the British steamer Mend in.il. The crew wns saved. Large numbers of unemployed worfcmei m Roma enraged iv a riot on March Ist A baksr'a shop waa broken into aud pillaged. The police who attempted tc arrest tha rioters were driven away with troops. There was no bloodshot. M. de Lessepj m a report to the Panama Can »l Company, P*ris, on February 29:h says :— The C^tnpaDy has been compelled to borrow money through the ill-will of opponent of the oanal at o highar rale of Interest than he exp e'ed, and that ia the on'y reaßOn fo: the ino?eaaaed cost. Owing to heavy rains he can hardly easure the completion of the canal m 1889, but by an arrangement of looks vecsela of large tonnage may pass throagh the oanal m 1891. On January Ist there were on haad 110,000,0C0 france. M. Loseeps has absolute confidence coaoetnlo? the completion of the canal. A thJrd issue of bonds of 100 franca eaoh, to amount to 600,000,000 franca ia to be proceeded with. In tho French Chamber of Deputies on Ma-ob sch a BUI was laid on tbe table which proposes fo authorise the Panama Oanal C >mpany to issue a lottery loan of 240,000,000 francs. It was eupported by a Dumber of Deputies of different politics. The preamble urges tho necessity of furnishing M. de Lesseps with means to continue the construction of the canal, and to prove . the enterprise feasible, aud states that tbe time Is ripe to fix public opinion upon the ultimate prospects of the canal, and settle the question one way or the other. The BUI proposes that the bonds shall not bear leu than 3 per cent Interest.