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. — o GENERAL SUMMARY. London, Jano 2. The firßfc oredifc of £2,600,000 for the natioual defences will bo followed by othera. The war soare m Great Britain oontinaesn Mr Morgan, owner of the recently die— oovered Welsh gold mines, atatea that the anriferoua area is ten miles In length by fifty miles m breadth. Soma of the output of hlu immediate properties Ib said to have contained from 600 to 1000 tzs of gold to the ton. The metal assays are almost chemically pure. Rowe won the Milo Bicyole Championship at Birmingham, oa May 23? d, iv 2 rain 45ieo. Temple won the Mile Handicap m 3min 443e0. Mt Matthew Arnold's will, dated July, 1883, consists of a single olanae, leaving everything to hla wife. The estate is valued at about £10,000. Mr Blalne, who reoeutly declined the nomination by the Republican party for the Presidency of the United States, will nnke a coasting trip with Mr Andrew Carnegie throughout England and Sootland, journeying 700 miles. The Barlog Brothers' Oanadlan-Paoifio bond Issue is a anooesa, thirty millions sterling was subscribed by eleven o'olook on Jane 1st — nearly ten times the amount asked for. The bonda ace quoted at 4$ to 4§ premium. The provisions of Lord Salisbury's {Bill for the reform of the House of Lords would probably make that body a permanent senate It ii provided the life Peers shall not exceed the hereditary Peers In number, and their qualifications must be judged by the Sovereign. The entire nation would also take a hand m oritiolslng candidates for the peerage; Paul Feohter, son of the great actor, was killed m Paris on May 31st while fencing with a brother-in-law, The foil entered hla brain through the eye, killing him instantaneously, Bubear has issued a ohallenge to Bobs to row In England for £200 a-sido. A number of representative Quakers have issued a letter disavowing sympathy with Mr Gladstone and the tactics of the National League. The new trains of the Great Northern Railway will cover the distance between | London and Edinburgh m eight and a | half hour?, and between London aad I Glasgow m nine hours. I filr Spurgeou will not return to membership of the Baptist Union, as haa been Btated • The first edition of Ignatius Donnelly's "GreatOryptogram" book on the Biconlan theory regarding the authorship of Shakespeare is not selling m London. The book is maoh criticised, but nobody buys It. Donnelly lectured before Oxford students on May 31st. Investigations into the frauds on the Equitable Life Insurance of New York, whioh began m Belfast, have been extended to Dablia. Prominent merchants has been arrested m the former city m oonsequenoe of the disclosures by Rue, the manager of the Equitable Agency m Dublin. The Birmingham "Post," Me Chamberlain's personal organ, published on May 22ad the following as his Irish programme; — Extensive public works, aided by the Iriah Exchequer j land purchase on Irish credit, worked under Irish authority ; reform of executive administrations and municipal government ; and re-establish-ment of Provincial Council with looal legislative powers. From various reports received m Dublin up to ,-iay 24th It is estimated that 103 fishermen have been lost m recent gales on the coast of Ireland. Desperate rioting ooourred at Dunglow, county Donegal, on May 24th. The police used their clubs at first without avail, and finally charged upon the mob with drawn swords. A number were iojared on both sides. A meeting of 2000 strong was held at Limerick on May 27th, at which Editor O'Brion attacked the Bishop of that diocese for his efforts to make a praolical application of the Pope's rescript. Hia remarks were endorsed by those present; Ib v rumored that a number of Irish prießts, who baoame prominent advooatea of the plan of campaign, will be drafted to the oolonias as missionaries, and kept out of reach of political events for several years. It is asserted tlut Mr Gladstone and Lord R. Churchill will attempt m oollaboration a new eoheme for the government of Ireland, and to foroa it upon Lord Salisbury, by holding over his head the Unionists' vote, At tha celebration of the Queen's Birthday m Dublin the troops were reviewed. At Limerick the military were cheered, while connler-oheers were given outside the barracks for Wm, O'Brien and the Plan of Campaign, A Committee of Frenohmen has been formed under the title of "L'Union Medlterranienne," to prevent the conversion of the Mediterranean Sea into an English lake. It is expected to organise a league of France, Spain, and Italy to nse their combined strength to combat England and Germany m acqairing control. Six thousand persons assembled m the Photalx Park, Dublin, on May 20th, to take action on tha resolutions adopted by Irish Catholic members of Parliament with reference to the recant papal rescript. No priests were present. The Lord M*yor (Mr Sexton) present. Messrs J. Dillon, Wm. O'Brien), aud other Parnollltes made speeches, and the manifesto of the Irish memberH was endorsed with acclamation. The crowd then dispersed In an orderly •mnner. Mr Dillon denied that the rescript, was only moral dojtrlne, He said the Vatican would treat no other country m Europe m the same manner, and the Irish would neither submit nor bow to Rome ; they would ahoiv they were able to discern between spiritual and political domains. Mr O'Briea Bald it was hoartrending that auoh a resoripf;, m the name of Rome, should bo thrown In the teeth of the Irish people, and a' courageous, respectful, but firm protest was necessary. Lord Salisbury wrote to the Mayor of Birmingham on May 24th to the effect that the British Government will take no part m the French Exhibition, as It is organised to celebrate the revolution against Monarchy. Herr Tiezi, the Premier, m reply to Horr Helfin m the Hungarian Diet on 25th May, advised Hungarians not to take part m this exhibition m Franco, for fiir the peace between France and Austria should oeaae ere it was over, and exhibitors Inonr lo«a. and even iosaea to the national £Ug. This remark created great sensation m Vienna. The French Ambassador was instructed to aak Count Kalnoky, the Austro-Hangarian Foreign Minister, to explain Herr Tlbzi'b speech. The Paris Bnarsa waa excited jon May 28fch over these utterances. Count Kalnoky made a satisfactory explanation on the 30th. Erlooe Henry, eeoond son of the Emperor Fredenok, aud the P/fnceas 1 Irene, third daughter of Duke Ludwlg of Hesse, we're married oa Ma/ 24th, at the Chapel of Oharlofctenburg Oaatle. The Emperor waa present,' and his erect bearing and fjrm tread seemed to promise, returning health. He, as well as Von Moltke, Was enthusiastically greetad'by the poople present. The police authorities of Vienna have forbidden the pubjic singing of "Die Vyaoht am Rheiu," the antj-Semltes havlng made it a parly song. The issue of the Panama Canal loan was ordered by the Senate on Miy 25th In the. form, passatl by the Chamber o_f Deputies. The Military Bill was also passed fixing the d-icuton of service m the army at three years., vU aud. a" half m the reserve, b\z In Up iorritorlai foroe, »nd nine, and a htl? io. the territorial reserve* A number of anarchists Invaded Rochefoit'i editorial room oa May 30th iod i
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1876, 25 June 1888, Page 2
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