MAIL NEWS.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1105, 6 July 1883, Page 3

MAIL NEWS.

A foot of snow covered the preater part of lerland on May 14 A snowstorm also did great damage in England and Scotland. All branches of tr.i c, except agriculture, are unprecedently pro.-merous in Britain Eighty thousand (?) Mormons passed thnmah Hull lately, hound for America The Prince of Wales is reported to bo anxious that Mr Henry Irving, the actor, should be knighted, hut the Queen ohjecs to it, as the honour has never before o.eu conferred on an actor. It is reported that Mrs Langtry will sue, in America, for a divorce from her hush n I. _ The authorities of the Vatican have so little misgiving about the late manifesto that the Papal Propaganda are preparing to reprint five acts of the present* Pontificate relative to Ireland for circulation amon" the Irish. A Dublin despatch dated June 7th, says that the Lorddieutenant refused a reprieve to Kelly, one ot the Phoenix Park murderers. Pole, already arrested, is charge! with the murder of Kennedy', in Savill place, Dublin, years ago. Hanlan is expected to visit San Francisco in September next, along with Triekett anil Laycoca. Exceptional hot weather was experierc d in San F.aueisco On June sth The ihirmometcr indicated 92 degrees in the shade, and 103 in the sun. W iliam Smart Clalstone, nephew ot the Engl Eh Premier, is vis.ting the Western Sums. Slusihv, one of the Guiteau jurors, has become insane through remorse, lie believed the assassin to lie a lunatic, hut dared not vote so in the face of pu diccla nonr The death rate is incr.-asing in KewY.uk as the mercury vises in the thermometer. On June 6th there were 15 rasi s of sunstroke, the temperature being 92deg in the | shade. James Carey, the i if .rmer, says tint if he is compelled to leave Ireland he will r; turn. ] Eight men were arrested in Duh in on Jun. 0 for conspiracy to murder Co .stable Dili. It is stated that the murder of the Constable was decided on at a re u.ar meet- 1 ing, at which they actually appointed a car- ; mao, the murderer. A Loo ion Cahieg'am, da ed June 2nl. ' savs : -Qu- en Vic-oria is living quiue retired at Balm nil, and sel bom goes out. Sha is still suffering from low spirits and a shattered nervous system. A large monument of gray granite bra been erected over the grave of John Brown in the Crathie churchyard. A monumental biass has also been placed in the P. inoc Consort’s mausoleum at Erogmore, and a tablet in St. George’s Chapel at Wiudsos, Her Majesty is tireless of devising means for the perpetuation of the memory of her faithful servant. Mr Parnell has at last made an official utterance, in the form of an open letter to a Paris journal, concurring in the Pope’s circular. He considers that the effect will be the divorcing of Irish politics from the domination of religious bodies altogether, and is pleased with the situation. Edward Barrington and Edward Carey, editor and proprietor respectively of the Dub in Standard, weie on June 5 sentenced to six months imprisonment for publishing a placard inviting pe.sons to join thel.nvincibles and to attend their meetings. Two compositors, for assisting in the publication, got two month’s eachA box, with fuse attached, was disco vered on the steps of Peterborough Cathedral on May 20. The affair was considered a hoax, but the worshippers at the cathedral were much alarmed nevertheless. Various rumours of a disquieting nature ■were circulate 1 on May 27 about the conditi n of the Queen’s health. It was stated tuat fits of depress! m continued. On the day preceding the date mentioned, her Majesty Efc for Scotland. The training ship d ars was partially destroyed hv fire at Dun-lee, Scotland. Four hundred hoy's were on board when the flames were discovered, and all were saved. It is suspected that the fire was started by an incendiary. It is boldly declared by the London even, ing papers on May 27 that o‘Donovan Ilossa, the dynamite projector, now in Hew York, and Peter J. Tynan, the “ No 1" of the Phoenix Park murde-s, are undoubtedly British spies under vegu’ar pay. These de durations were backed up by certain noted statements, and have produced a genuine sensation among the Irish. .Nearly all the members of the Irish Parliamentary party ridiculed the statement. The Crown proposes to distribute the reward offered for the detection ot the Plica nix Park murderers among the informers, and will send abroad all of them who desire to leave the country. James Carey, the informer, was released from custody on May 21. He declared Ins intention to remain in Dublin, and further, to vigorously prosecute those of the tenants occupying his premises who refuse to pay routr since he became informer. The guard about his house was doubled on his liberation dav. Kinsella, who made a voluntary confession that he was concerned in the murder of Lord Leitrim, was arraigned in Dublin on May 12. The Judge came to the conclusion that he was a lunatic, and was about to discharge him, but the prisoner begged so bard to he allowed to remain in prison that his request was granted. He believed his life to ne in danger. A later dispatch ot May 27, referring to the informer Carey, says he is closing up hi* business and preparing to sell off all his property. He seems now to have no friends even among the officials, who have no fur ■ ther use for .him. It is believed he will settle down abroad under an assumed name. I

The Irish prisoners under the Coercion Act are now dopuved of the privilege of friends’ visits The B dish Government, it is sai' 1 , has abandoned uli fur (pr attempts to procure the extradi ion of tie Irish refugees at p eomit in tne U of'd St.ves. Mr Curr. u, divihijnai magistrate f the metropo itau police, Dublin ; M i la v, the chief doteoiive ; and the juror Field, have all received let erg tliveateniii'g vengeance. Tlio pnen,,ters Af tub Parnell fund hope to raise 0110,000, of wJi oil America is ox pecte 1 to contribute one-half. The 0;-; ir has handsomely pensioned the family of M, Maclmilf, president of the Society fir regulating the social condition of Russian Jews, who committed suicide in April last. The reports that Maokroffs sell-murder was diu to speculation were groundle-s A London cablegram of June 5, puh'ish' d in a reputable Bostoi journal, stales tttat Queen Victoria's health is exciting alarm. Dropsical symp imshave developed, an I as the injury to the luce prevents outdoor exercise,'a belief is c intent that she may become a confirm'd invalid. This dis pa lea was followed, howeviir, by another, which states that it is officially stated there is no foundation for anv alarm in regard to t c state of health i f her Majesty, She is said lo be progressing slowly towards a comply c recovery of health, ami is pronounced to be decidedly bet er since she has been at fid moral. A Court circular issued on Juno 7 states that she drove out twice on Mond >y with the Princess Beatrice The fact that the Prince of Wales wis at Ascot both yesterday an i to day shows conclusively that no alarm is felt ia the’household about the condition of the Queen. Chic igo papers of June 3 mulish a dispatch from Lo dm to the effect th it Lo cl Charles Beresf ird has entered the prize ring The arrival of Mace and his Maori was no sooner announced than his Lordship’s aristocratic blood stirred for a fight. He cuallenged the Maori and Mace, and a set to was arranged in a private room ne ir the i’kephant and (Jasile public house, in Borough road. The Prince of Wales was present, surrounded by numerous sporting gen'd emeu. Heavy betting was indulged in Af.er several exciting rounds, in which excellent stience was di played on both sides, Mace failed to come to tune, and finally acknowledged himself badly beaten. Lord Cha les won an easy victory, an i almost without a scratch. When he hid fiinisbel with Mace bo invred Bbide to take a tarn, but the Maori refuse 1 to enter. Maoe took his defeat quietly. If. is now known that Lord Be esford bad intimated to his Royal Highness that an Fnglishtn m could always whip a professional tighter, and he expressed a determiuati u to meet Jem Mace and the Maori on the first occasion. Lord Eeresford, it wll be remembered, commanded tbe Con I m gunboat during the attack at close quarters on the Alexandria forts.