NEWS VIA 'FRISCO.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2297, 9 December 1889, Page 2

NEWS VIA 'FRISCO.

Madame Patti receives £700 for each concert at tbe Albert Hall,

I Belfast has established a strong branch of the Knights of Labor.

!fhe Grand Duke Nfcholau, unol© of the Czar, is now slowly dying from ojDcerons formation In the ear

M?he Emperor of China, who married againßt his will and In obedience to his mother, now refuses to see either her or his wife,

Clergymen of the Ohurch of England who hold brewery stock, as members of ttt.j Clergy Assurance Society, have been directed to so 1 out,

General Bonl anger remaias m Jersey arid has just bid a conference with his frfends on his prospects. He is now writing his autobiography, for wbibh a Paris publisher offers 250, 000 fr. :

.The " Tvet," of St. Patersbqrg, of pth Nrvember, nays that Ohlna is arming her troops on the Raoolaa frontier with repeatiag rlflas, and that her aoldhrs are being drilled by German .< ffloera. Sic J. B Lafies, on2B;h October, said that the British wheat orop forecast must be considerably dlaoonnted Ho puts the quarters ' required for bbnanmptloa at 27 000,000. According to this, England's requirements w<ll be higher than last year. ■ • ■ : •■•■. ;••••••,

;A. Tradesmen's League was formed In London' oh November 2nd against landlords. Its purpose la the Introduction o? » Bill to create a Court similar 1 to the' Irish Land Oourt, to arbitrate between landlords and tenants upon the renewal of feaieo, and to ensure fair rents. 'Tenapleton and Oo'.'s oarpet mills In Glasgow were partially destroyed by fire on the afternon of November Ist The tdtal number of operatives killed was forty. Twenty- nine bodies were reoovered. They had beea crashed by a falling wall. The fiaanolal loss Is 16,000 dollar^. Despjfcohea on the 11th loatant Bay that Boulanger had honed from the Island of Jet'sey, a fresh mtaifeato, deolarlng the revleloo of the Constitution has only been postponed, and the Beverslonlata Wdre uever more certain of ultimate vlotory. The attempted Boulanglst demaustratlon at Parla on the 11th was a failure.

Rltuallam has oaused a serious split In St George's Ohuich, Ottowa. When the " Eyrie" wts sung on Sunday, September 3rd, Sic Wm KlichJe, Chief Justioe of the Supremo Court of Ginsda, and a score of other prominent worahipparg, promptly walked out of the ohurob. Sir William wants the matter settled by the Court*, and is willing to aabaorlbe for a fund seeking that objeot. The Empress of Austria, while visiting the Italian shore of Lagodl ,Gaska, early In November, was greeted by roughs with oat culls and howls, and when the steamer left the landing a volley of Btones fell upon Its deck, .. Tha Emperor iras enraged beyond all moasure wheu tha matter wsi reported to htm, and the Italian Ambassador at once oal'ed npon Count Kalnoky and presented the apologies of his Government, ...,...'■

The failure of the Labrador fisheries and the destitution of the Inhabitants are attributed to the Inroads of American and French E«hermen, who use trip nets and other engines of wholesale deatauotlon. It la asserted that during the eeaaon vesicle from Gloucester awept thesa ahorea, getting full cargoes, and treating three mile limit with contempt. The Canadian Flahery Departmont is making an Investigation, On Sunday, November 3rd, the elevator of the Eiffel Tower fell almost 100 feet, and»lhirty ocaupants were injured. It is said th.at since tbe opening of the Exhibition a doaen men have lost their lives m tbe Eiffel elevators, and mno $uch instance has auoh an accident been made public. MaDy workmen were killed during the construction of the tower, and this fact has also been care • fully kept from the public. Sir Henry Isaacs was installed Lord Mayor of London on November 9th, At the banquet m the evening the Premier, Lord Salisbury, responding to the Quaternary toast, reviewed the state of foreign affairs. He referred to the success of the Mahdi m Africa, and said his conquests would probably induce him to again invade Egypt, but he declared England would sustain that oountry against all its enemies. The British were not ready to evaouate and leave the land to its fate. The only known cause of disturbance m Europe was faction fighting among Cretans. A.ll indications, however, pointed to peace. The closing of the Exhibition at ParU on November 6tb, was mwked by a brilliant feU at which 400,000 people were present, being the largest attendance ■Ince the opening. There were a few accidents, due to the orunb, The weathor was beautiful and tha/efe was a auooess The Exhibition having olo^d, tho , Parisians are contemplating stitlatlos and counting tbelr gains. It In eatimatod that 5,000,00Q French people oame from the proviuoea, and that their agcreKate expenditure waa 50,000,000 franca: One million five hundred thousand foreigners visited Paris and the Expoaltlon, and T¥ 1 70 - 000 » 000 «»no». Eo^lahm 8 n head tho foreign lists with 380 000 the Belglane | oomenext, w1th226,000, Germans third with 169,000, and Amerlcluß fourth with nearly 120,000. The total number SK?SfinhA ylßltoMtft the K «P^'«oa was jSD.OQp.QOpyaH oomparodwith 12 000 000 In Is7B, and 8,000.000 la 1867, ' :

TUB LONDON 80ANDALB, With regard to the tq(\adal at a O^b m tho Weat End, *n ft despatch of November 10th, Lord. AsthuE Somerset, Major of ihe Horse Guards, who is a oon of theDako of Beaufort, is >penly acoueed of tbQ moat villainous conduct, and it }a p» : d has fled the o<untry ]pr|nQj , Albert Victo^, the eldest eon of the Prlnoo of ■^•tys, is said to hive , njore preying

r aeoaa for bis trip to India than pleasure. It I'- understood he Will retaain till the esci otiiaat of the scandal has subsided. • I'-e Privy Oounoll held a meeting on November 9 h to dieouaa this revolting biz sltt'n^i had been held m eeoretatthe Marl borough street Court and several lads and postal messengers were arrent'jd In conaeoion with the case, The tfoverament, however, did not desire to ape. ad the scandal, sod by their advice the naa-j^t-ave* »bandoaed furtbot pro* ( ceedinga. O i November 14 'h, the Com- ! inis'iloner ot Poliao, Mr Munro, threatened to lealgn unless wariants fof tha arreat of I those, who figured In the aanndal were Issued WiihJn fen days precedld|/Lbfd -"" Salisbury received a tequett from M» x - Munro who asked to be allowed to iiiua r / fchtj warran^si m iha -meantime. Lord Salisbury quietly gave warning lo'tfie'"*' 11 accused, who iui for the Continent. Mr Manro Ueolaireß, if he 'goes, he will publish ibe teutU of the eoandal, Among tho ?' names, mentioned In o/nneotion with it *k ate Lords Ronald Gower and Efrol, the I Equerry of Prince Albeit Victor. 'Lord > - Somerset, also mentioned; haa leilgiied fcoia the Gaatds. '.' '"'' ••■"-■•?"' : -