ENGLISH MAIL NEWS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1254, 6 August 1872, Page 2

ENGLISH MAIL NEWS.

\ The visit: of Mr Gladstone to Belfast will take place immediately after the close of \%e Parliamentary session, when it ia 3Aid that he will probably be accompanied by Mr Bright. The Philadelphia Ledger says that opium-eating has become common JafrAhe United States, and particularly in. the West. The Legislature of Kentucky, in order to check this practice, has just passed a bill that on the . affidavit of two respectable citizens,. ; any person who, through the excessive use of opium, arsenic, hasheesh, or any drug, has become incompetent to, manage ,himaelf or huj estate, maybe confined itfan asylum, and i placed under guardianshib, as in the case of habitual drunkards or lunatics.. ;The Dublin Corporation have .received acommunicationfromtheLordliieutenarit, stating that he had placed before,. ffir Majesty the resolution of the corporation, praying that the Princess Louise or the the Princess Beatrice might beallqwed to accompany the Duke of Edinbui^i to Dublin on the . occasion of opening. the Exhibition next month. Per Majesty had replied that she fully appreciated the loyal spirit which had prompted; the request, but that the Princess Louise'*.engagements would not permit of her coming to Ireland at that time, and that- the Princess Beatrice was too young to take part in public ceremonies/ , i V t: The Prince Imperial paid a visit to'the House of Commons recently. His Imperial Highnesa, who was ac^mpaiiiediiy ' Viscount Sydney, and. twp or . three, Frewa gentlemen, entered the Peers* Gallery while the Ballot Bill was under consideration in committee, and sat over the clock for a short time, listening with apparent interest to; a not very animated discussion. Soon: after the. prince took his .seat, Mr Ayrton went up to the gallery, and was introduced to him by the Lord Chamberlain. His imperial, highness had-^ppe-viou.sly visited the House of I«okIs, and occupied a seat i» the Diplomatip^gallery for a short time. The princb retyped to the House of Commons later in the evening, and remained for more than an h

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A very singular case has been before a New York Surrogate in^the matter of the final accounting of the 'estate of Alfred L. Cipriant, deceased; Cipriant was a • resident at New York,: but died abroad some two years ago, leaving, a widow mftch younger than himself, to .whom he was married in Dublin about six years prior to his death. By his will a: certain portion of his estate was devised to hißi wife, together with a valuable lot of- personal property. Gen. John A. Dix wan appointed'by the testator one of the executors of his last will and testament. The deceased had in his employ a valet, a. Frenchman; named; Antoine Gumtja, forwhom Mia Cipriant formed a violent attachment, and soon after her husband's death, after returning to America for a few weeks to. arrange her affairs, she hastened back to Europe and married her former servant. It' is charged that the widow used certain moneys of the estate for the purpose of purchasing gifts father present husband. Among .other things brought out on the examination it, .appeared that .who was in Paris dicing the late war, was f ponspripted," -although remon-t atrated withby Gen. Dix, telegraphed to Paris to have a substitute provided at a cost of WOOO. A despatch from Ijouiaville, dated the 30th of April, reports that on the pre* vious afternoon five mounted men rode into the, town of Columbia, and .haying dismounted at the Deposit Bank, two*: of them, with pistols in their hands, held title horses, while the other three, with drawn < revolyera, entered the bank. ]?our unarmed gentlemen, of whom one. was .the cashier, were in the bank. One of the intruders, demanded the keys of the safe. Another attempted to shoot James Garnett, a bank employe, but he struck up the robber's weapon, although las hand waa burned by the explosion. All the bank officers escaped from the building except the cashier, who, although under fearful threats, refused to unlock the safe. He was. shot dead, and the marauding party pillaged all the valuables outside of the safe, which tihey were not able" to unlock. While this was proceeding, the party outside fired their pistols in al| directions, arising everybody" off fh§ street. A raid so sudden and unexpected caused the town to seem panic stricken until the robbers mounted their horses and dashed away. The citizens^immediately organised and started in pursuit, and at last accounts were gaining rapidly on the fugitives. .< The amount of money stolen is supposed to be large. Great excitement prevails in the county, and the robbers will probably be lynched or shot if not captured. At the annual dinner, of the Society of St. George, which took place on the 23rd April at Delmonico's Hotel, New York, Sir Edward Thornton, the Engliflh^Ambassador to the United States, in responding to the toast of "Her Majesty's Minister and Representative in the United States," spoke on the Treaty of Washington. , Gratified >', (he ■■ said) at having had the honor of being one of the signers, J had the firmest faith, in- thp principle of arb,itratiqn. I have sjall.? Mp, one supposes that the British commissioners ever had an idea, that claims for indirect damages were ever included in the treaty. A subsequent thorough examination of its wording has not persuaded them to the contrary, but has confirmed their 'original and publicly proclaimed belief, The .Government of the; United States declare that they think otherwise, and they undoubtedly have a 'right to form their own opinion. I can but hope, however, that the . present attempt to apply the great principle of arbitration will not fail on account of such a misunderstanding, and the solution seems palpable, for whilst it is easy, dignified, generous, and inagnam^iouB { be^eepfwo nations of about equal power, for one/ of them to waive a claim to which she considers herself entitled,' it would be impossible for the other to be bound by a decision that renders lier a debtor on account of a claim which she does not even admit that she ever agreed to submit to arbitration. I am\ convinced that such a solution of the question would be applauded by every nation in the world^ and vould do honor to the great Republic of the United States. ■ ■:.:■-' \ At Callan (Ireland), lately, there was an extraordinary scene on the occasion of the confirmation ceremony, held by Bighpp Moran in despite of Father O'Ketefe, ihp parish priest. The bishop had gone stealthily into the town the' previous night from Kilkenny, and took up hia '

quarters in the Friary adjoining the Friary OhapeL where the ceremony was to be held, the pariah chapel being in possession' of Father CKeefe. At the latter chapel! the bell was kept ringing all the morning,' and the sympathisers with Father O'Keefe came from all parts of the district, and even from the confines of Tipperary. At •bout ten o'clock 3000 persons atiembled* near the pan ih chapeL and with Father! O'Keefe at their head seated on a car,: marched to the Friary Chapel. Here *ney were confronted by a hundred police, fifty of . them , mounted, and with swords; drawn ; fifty more guarded the entrance; toth© chapel with bayonets fixed. The 1 crowd made no attempt to force their: way. Father O'Keefe then addressed; them, and challenged the bishop to come, out and show his authority, otherwise he would proclaim him a coward and a slanderer, to which challenge, of course, no attention was paid. Father O'Keefe was greatly cheered, and Cardinal Cullen's name was bandied about in most uncomplimentary terms. Two other speakers addressed the meeting, and then the crowds turned away on Father O'Eeefe's advice, and separated quietly. About 120 children were confirmed.