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Dunstan Times, Issue 1174, 29 August 1884, Page 3

MAIL NEWS.

i.-, ■ •—r —;<** -f-, *'•.■■■ Tfi« Contagipug I)wo.#e« Itjul pfiled its third reading in the House ofLortU.,ofiith« Ist instx -:■• • -h, .<■•' i I ■l ’ - O’Brien, of the Dublin United Ireland, flatly refused to pay the L 3090 awarded as d%m»gea to Bolton, Crown solicitor, in big suit for libel against the paper. |O’Brien’s reply to the demand for payment was : “I will-not pay a farthing. The award is preposterous. It violates all common; .sense." It was reported from Cardiff on ' the first that a man bad died of cholera on- tha; steamcrOrahyille. from Marseilles, at anchor; inPenjirtli roads. The body was thrown?’ overboard. There was another case or/boanj thp vessel at the data. ■ >. ■ i The son of dhe British./.vice consul at Rodistv was captured by brigahds, who damand LIOOO ransom..’ Charles Money Penny, a linen manufacturer of Belfast, was found on July 25 m a, carriage On the night train . between Paris and Brussels, with his brains blowu out. It it supposed he was murdered. King Oscar, of Sweden, visited London incognito.

It is positively asaertednn Catholic circles in London that there is great liklihood of Mary Anderson joining the Catholic nuns. Ireland won the Klcho Shield rifle match at Wimbledon. The scores were : IrHaud, 1583 ; -Scotland, 1476; England, 1474. The deerstalkers, gillies, and labourers on the estate of the American millionaire Win nans, near Inverness, Scoslau 1, engaged in a teniblo fight. A gillie named Campbell was arrested.

A great fire took place at Wappmg Crane Wharf, resulting in a loss of L 500,000. ■ j • Lord Randolph Churchill proposes to take an American tour during the recess. Henry M Stanley, the African, explorer, and lately director of the African International Association’s work in the Cougo country, has a'-rived in England. Dispatches from Dublin of July 23 say that Johnstone and Little, implicated in the Cornwall scandal, were arrested at Maghcrafot and brought to the former place. An inquiry into case of Jantes Allis French, of tho Royal Constabulary, who was. arrested the preceding week, charged with felonious practices in this matter, was privately con ducted. The evidence was so revolting that the reporters were requested to withdraw. A dispatch (July .26) say the excitement regarding .this investigation had spread from Dublin ,to London, aftd hj vdo Liir-td becone as intense.there as if was in the-lrish capital. The -arrest of D. Ferendav, of tho. Coldstream Guards, oa a charge of being an accomplice o f Cornwall in his crime, has caused ' a great sensation in Dublin. On July 29 two more persons wore arrested in connection with this unsavoury matter. Many others, becoming frightened at the prospect of arrest, have left the country. , The condition of tho Thames, in view of the cholera in France, excites alarm in London ; for the sewage, though di ch-rge I far below the city, washes past the Houses of Parliament. , . '

A deputation, introduosd-by the MAaquis of Lome, recently waited on Lord Carlmg. ford in favour ot the importation of lieatuby ca'tie-from the Western States ot America through Can via. They urged that the. farmers ot England want American cattle, arid that the laws ot the States f mm which the cattle would come are sufficiently strict to prevent the spread of disease. It was reported on August 1 that the Oran 1 Duke Louis of Hesse will abdicate in favour of his son Einest, under the advice of the Emp nor of (derm my. His morganatic marriage with Madame, Coldernr.in and his suosequent divorce have compromised his position Two robberies at Windsor Castle have created sums .talk, hut particulars -aro-ilot. g v-oa 'Clarke (John ’Brown’s successor) was 1 the victim of pne’of tirem. ■ ■ A rec u* fe'e for the London Hioipitalp was participated in by the leading nieai 'ors of London* society. JP iucasseS and ‘ ootmtesaes abounded ns saleswomen. The Prince and Princess of Wales were almost trampled down in tho enthusiasm "f their welcome. Great precautions wore taken at Warwick on July 2? to ensure orde-in tho trial of Daly, Egan, an I M’Uonnell, suspected dynamiters. ntr oi'g barriers were -.erected to protect the approaches to and from the Court, and constables armed with revolve s Vvere 1 placed on guard at. all the public buildrrigs; M’Donnell p’eaded guiliy to thechargo of-treason and felony. Thereupon tie other charges against him were withdrawn. Daly and Egan also pleaded guilty. Lordß.sebery unveiled a statue of Robert Barns on the Thames Embankment on July 21. A heavy rainstorm prevails I at the time, an I delayed Lord Rosebery’s address. Some Scotch songs were sun? by those present, hut the proceedings were exceedingly tame. Mr Proctor, the English astitmomer, has selected St Josephs, Misaou i, as his future placo of residence. Theplngue has made its appearance at Kars and other stations in the Caucasus Eight hundred persons died at Bedra during May. Russia and Germany have adopted a treaty against the anarchists. In future Russians will not bo allowed to reside in Germany wifhnnt the permission of the Gorman Government. ] The cholera in France has reduced trave to Europe very much. Only 350 passengeis in all the first class steamers sailed from New York on July 24. Manager Gye, of London, who recently signed a contract with the Metropolitan Opera-house Company of Now York, has thrown it up, being unable to obtain artistes. The run of Salmon during July in the Columbia River was enormously groat, but tho canneries not being prepared with stock to handle the fish, nearly all shut down. Business is rapidly improving in New York The health authorities in San Francisco have taken ampin precaution against the probable visit of cholera, and there example is followed by all the seaports in the Unite! States.

The New York Times says that Lord' Mandcville is in'bad o lour at Long Branch. He has not paid bis betting debts, and there is a movement to expel him from Monmouth Park Racecourse . At last reoorta Mandevillo was lying ill in this citv. Among those who have suffers! from the late shrinkage in stock on Wall street, New York, istho well-known capitalist Russel Saga. He was reported to be worth 15.000. on May I last, and bis financial condition was state! at less than, 1.000. iol. on July 10 Serious fears are entertained that Sage will become insane. The Secretary of the Treasury has a warning circular to all collectors ef ops-, turns in the United Siates recommending extra vigilance in regard io incoming vessels Opium smoking has increased to such ah' extent in New York that the authorities confess their inability to prevent it by law’.

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