MAIL NEWS VIA SAN FRANCISCO.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3541, 14 November 1882, Page 3

MAIL NEWS VIA SAN FRANCISCO.

Sir Stafford Northcote made a speech in Glasgow on the 4th of October, in which he declared tne Egyptian war unnecessary and unjustifiable, and that it could have been avoided by a firm stand at the beginning. It is reported that the authorities of the Suez Canal have prohibited the employment of anyone who worked for or assisted the British troops, and that consequently many are thrown out of employment. Mr Dillon has replied fo the Liverpool Land League that nothing but ill-health could have caused him to quit politics. A man flamed Flannigan and his wife have been arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the murder of Lord Mount Morris at Clonbar, County Galway, on September Bth. The closing of the Land League in America is regarded as a victory for Mr Gladstone's Land Act, and it is believed that agitation in Ireland will cease to be formidable the moment American supplies are cut off. The returns issued by the Board of Trade for October show that during September the British imports decreased as compared with the corresponding month last year by £55,000, while the exports increased by £22,000. John Bright has been sharply attacked by the leading Radical journals for declaring the Egyptian war unjust and unnecessary. It is even said that at the

next election he will lose his seat for Bir-

mingham, just aa he lost his seat for ' Manchester at the time of the Crimean war. It is rumored that he will retire

from public life at the end of the year. The prospectus of the Irish Banking Company has been circulated. The proposed capital is £1,000,000. . Owing to the alarming increase of pauperism in the South of Ireland, the Dublin Union has taken the lead in a proposal to send 1000 able-bodied mea and women to Canada at a cost of £7000.

A number of Irish farmers and peasantry assembled at Curraghmore on the 12th of October, and forcibly put a stop to the hunt then proceeding. The committee appointed to report on the Channel tunnel considered that the exit of the tunnel should be commanded by a fortress of first-class strength; that the tunnel should be provided with a portcullis, and with an arrangement for filling it with irrespirable "gas; and that "measures should be taken which would enable the demolishing of the land portion, the temporary flooding of the main tunnel, and its total destruction by a mine. These arrangements should be controlled by separate parties, both inside and outside, commanding the fortress, but when all this is done the committee admit that it would be presumptuous to place absolute reliance upon even the most comprehensive arrangements. Memos. from Sir Garnet Wolseley and the Duke of Cambridge are appended to the report condemning the proposed tunnel in even stronger terms. The Times considers the report has settled the question of a Channel tunnel adversely for a long time to come. The statement is again made that as Boon as the Marqnis of Lome's term expires Sir John M'Donald will be raised to tbe Ipeerage, and be appointed Gover-nor-General of the Dominion.

There was a hurricane in Ireland on the ldt October, by which more damage ■was done in the vicinity of Cork than by any storm for 20 years past. The American ship Harvey Mills, from Liverpool for New York, which was lying at Queenstown, was driven ashore, and Beveral yachts were sunk. Mr Henry Edmund Knight, Alderman of Cripplegate Ward, has been elected Lord Mayor of London. In an enquiry held on October 12 into the murder of the process-servers, the Huddeys, near Lough Mask, a fanner named Kerrigan and his wife testified that the elder Huddey was stunned with a stone as he was serving the paper, and he was then kicked, while an assassin from a cover fired into his body, killing him. The younger Huddey , s head was then dashed against a heap of stones, and he was afterwards shot in the presence of a crowd of villagers.

Mr Gladstone reiterates the declaration that he is unable to interfere with the operations of the Mormons in England, as be presumes that converts go with them williDjjly. General William Booth, of the Salvation Army, London, has somewhat surprised and grieved the judicious by applying for a renewal of the dancing license of the Eagle Tavern. The Magistrates refused to consider it. Some of the General's recent exploits have not redounded to the honor of the Salvation Array. Stanley, the African explorer, returned to London on the 16th October. He considers the work he undertook on the Congo for the King of the Belgians practically finished, and will not return to Africa for the present. A belief is current among Mr Gladstone's friends that he intends absolutely to retire into private life after the autumn session. The Marquis of Hartington is regarded as the coming Premier. General Havelock Allen has written to The Times concerning the charge that the English soldiery killed the Egyptian wounded. He begins by flatly contradicting the charges, but ends by admitting that wounded men were killed in some instance?.

The Republique Francaise refuses to believe that Lord Granville will set aside the Egyptian Control without fust consulting France.

Before the Egyptian Ministry consented to Arabi having English counsel at his trial they informed Sir Edward Malct that they would not be responsible for (he Government of the country if tbe English counsel introduced a metbed of procedure unknown to the Egyptian

Courts. Arabi persisted in declaring that he would defend himself if he were denied English counsel at his trial. Evidence of his complicity in the June massacres at Alexandria will nut be obtainable, but it is said it can be proved that many Bedouins were shot at Arabi's order for looting. In regard to the

defence of Alexandria, Arabi avers fhat he acted under the orders of the Khedive, and that he continued the war after the bombardment by order of the Native Council at Cairo. The Household Cavalry returned to

London on October 19, and were welcomed by crowds. The Duchess of Teck and the Duke of Albany visited the ship that brought the troops.

The chief counts of the indictment against Arabi Pasha are :— (1) That in violation of the rights of nations he hoisted a white flag in Alexandria, and, imder cover thereof retired with his troops and gave up the city to fire and pillage. (2) That he excited the Egyptians to aim against the Khedive. (3) That he continued the war despite the news of peace. (4) That he incited civil war, devastation, massacre and pillage in Egyptian territory. The Council of Egyptian Ministers have adopted a preliminary scheme of Baker Pasha's for the re-organisation of the army. The field officers are to" be half British and half Egyptian, and the staff officers to be divided in the same way. It is estimated that the expense of the army will be £368,000 yearly, and the force 11,000 men. Very little documentary evidence has been adduced in the examination of the rebel prisoners beyond a file of Arabi Pasha's official journal published in Cairo during the campaign. Arabi has admitted nothing, nor has he imitated his colleagues in seeking to throw the blame on others. According to agreement between Messrs Broadley and Napier (Arabi's counsel) and the Government lawyers in regard to whether during tha course of procedure the English counsel will be permitted to have access to Arabi, the right of recalling the witnesses for the prosecution for cross-examination, and the right of calling witnesses for the defence, and of examining the evidence given during the preliminary investigation. Counsel expect that the Egyptian Government will appoint several additional members to tho Court Martial who will be able to speak English, and will generally take steps to raise the proceedings to the dignity of a great State trial.

Virjel, Arabi's Swiss adviser, declares he has received no reward, and can prove that Alexandria was evacuated and the defence of the country ordered by the Khedive and sanctioned by the Ministry. The state of tbe natives in Egypt is most unsatisfactory. Underlying a thin stratum of fear there is a deep hatred among them of Christians.

or in default one month's imprisonment.