Additional Mail News.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 293, 14 November 1883, Page 2

Additional Mail News.

AMERICAN NEWS.

Chicagq sent to the Parnell Fueid Committee, on the 4th October, £1628. This fund will close at the end of November. It is expected that with, the-, donations from Australia the fuhd-.-wi.lr reach a total of £40,000. A cable despatch from Paris, received m New York on October 9, says that there is no truth m the reported assassination of the United States Conirtl (Seymour) at Canton. Lieut. Lee, H.B.M. .ship Swiftsture, met with a terrible accideni-at Victoria, S.C., on October 2, by being thrown from a hor.se, which trampled on his face, which was literally smashed out of shape. He died the next day. Chinese are bsiug smuggled into the Pacific States and territories m such large numbers from Victoria, 8.C., I that the restrictive law has become virtually a dead letter. The Chinese ! themselves look upon Victoria merely as the open gateway to the United States. The Rev. D. Fulton, the Brooklyn' sensational preacher, made a tremendous pulpit attack on Monsignore Capel, and the Ragle criticises it severely, to which Fulton responds : "A3 this one lecture so disturbs Alonf-.ignore, by_ God's help I will so preach about Roman Catholics as to make the Eagle j scream and disturb all lovers of eri;6r." Capel says m the World : "My slanderer is a stranger utterly to what truth and justice demand of honorable xnen. I cannot notice him. further." Joseph Donohue, the Californiari millionaire, had 13 trunks seized at New York on arrival from / Europe.) The trunks contained articles to—the value; of 7000dolij. , Among the articles; were a number of priests' vestments. / A cable special from London,_ October 13, says n newspaper discussion regarding Mary Anderson, an America^ actress, who refused to meet the Prince of Wales, waxes' lioV The j Catholic Times Bays the actress refhsed the proposition point blank, and upon being'questioried about the matter said, : " Yes, P was asked to meet the Prince of Wales; but I perfectly understood the light m which he : regards actresses, as a rule, and I refused. I have always maintained my dignity and selfrespect, and would rrbt place myself m. a position Avherp I might be compelled ; to forget them." ;, \ The Ne^ York Tribune pf October i 4 complains 'that the English guests invited by Mx Viliard to accompany the party for 1 the purpose of driving the last spike m the Northern Pacific Railroad did not behave themselves as ;gen—: tleinen.' Thisstatement beingchallenged by the New, York Evening Post and ; other papers, the. Tribune, on data supplied by Its correspondents, goes ; into details of the tourists' offences against good manners and theordinary courtesies of life. It names as offendders: Stanley F. Stubbs,., Charles G. Eastman, , Guy V . Bethell, and Slingsby Bethell, the Hon. P. Finch (a kinsman of; Lord Aylesford), B. H.D.Kirabar, G IL Courie, and Me Morriß, and then describes their^offences.suc.h.. .as^non-playment for dnnks, sending their wasli bills to their host, refusing :to pay livery bills, seizing upon first seats at a table to: tho exclusion of ladies, placing themselves,'. in front of the president' and staring at him, and iother misconduct. ' The Consul-General of the United States m ondon writes that commercial bodies there arc importuning Parliament to open ■ commercial relations with Mexico, 'as there is danger that the proposed commercial treaty between that country and the United States will absorb all the Mexican trade. .'.-.,- • .i.-v On. Mrs Langfcry's- ; arrival m New York the. other .day,' in the; course of Icasual conversation ■ sire reriiarljed she r had left, her husband for good, and^was only a wife m name. Neverfcheiess; she would a| least ..for the present. ' .- : 1" >• 1 JV : H v Tyiian ("Number One'") : was at aii hotel m Rochester, New York, on October 18, = :■ : : ■ j Mrs Langtry visited- Wall-street on Qctober 19 to consult hbr lawyer. She U'as i-ecogcuaed by ;the. passers by as she , alighted from her 'Carriage. A crowd soon gatheredyto^stavo and hoot at her, and the street; urchins called aloud for "Freddie," and, pelted her with remarks more or less complimentary. The business failures "m ihe United States and Canada- for the week ending October 19 wera 243. -■ ■ Hanlon, the rower; made this vigorous proposition on September 26 : "I am ready to bet 5000 dollars I^any^thte^ miles^-faster'Hthah anjr man alive. X will make another proposition! I will 1 ' undertake the task of- rowing six races m jone,. weelfc that r ;is, I" will match \ myself against six picked oarsmen of the I world to. rpw-;six : ,racesj,.pf .one= mile, each, the .stages .to be ipOO .dollars each."'' ' ■""■•■■■• ' ''^' i> ' : \"' "■'*""■ ' ! Arrangements are being ma<ie m Ottawa ; for' the- reception of ths new Governor-General. ~ . i iParliameniassembe? on January 8, 4 month earlier than usual. ;A stolen; marriage m Montreal; a month ago, ib.etween Joseph Dion, the great billiard-player, and Miss Mary of New 1 York, has just Been made public. : ; Edwin Robbins, superintendent of !' the Electric Light Company at Dayton* Ohio, was killed by an electric shock on October 13, while fixing a lamp that had been broken from the. cable. Benjamin Schardt, his assistant, testified, ( f I carried the.lamp m from* the street and pulled it Up the pole. Robbins : said to me, ' Cut it but.' I was doing as requested , -when the .lamp and Robl«ns s grabbed holdof'on'e of 'the wiras. I heard him cry out, andsaw; liim fall. " Jumping from the ladder, ]. lijook hold 'of liip^.^tid said, ' What is the matter ?' He. replied.* t ain burned t|o death?" ■"" "V .-. i Montreal had a great financial -.scare 6n October 13, when it wajj known,; that an extensive wholesale firm, a client of the Bank of, Montreal, was m trouble, 'theleadmg banks resolved to see the house through, as its c llapse. would be a national calamity m disturbing confidence. The .Excbangty Barik Stopped specie payments on Octb-: |er 9. ' ;'"/;■■ ",y."'.. : ' o ~." ... ... i ,,..' ! It is aunpunceHthat Mr John Br|g|jt ' jti\l visit" America next Spring, an.d'jiir <Jelivcr ! adcir'esse3 m all" the 'greai/cities^ <if the Union. The Queen has issued a memorandum forbidding the privileged occupants of

the royal palaces from indulging m exeessivo gambling. A society for promoting State-aided emigration is canvassing the East End of London, to see how lhany persons aij§c£ disposed to go to North Western" Canada. The life, letters, and literary works of Lord Lytton, by hw son Earl Lytton, will shortly appear, Blackwood is about to publish Anthony Trollope's authobiography. It will, according to report, put novelists m a new light. Prince Victory Napoleon has applied for service m the Swedish Army. -Late despatches say 100 ' JLnaniite convicts, who were erecting a lighthouse m Cochin China, mulinied and murdered the French officers. They seized the arms and ammunition and escaped m boats. k ~ The Mayor of Marseilles has accepted the Pharo residence as a gift from the ex-Empress Eugenic to the city. A- despatch from Hong Kong, October 18, says that China is actively preparing to close the Port of Canton, ! and the ports on the Canton River are being provisioned. The London Standard says there is a strong apprehension that if Spain does not obtain satisfaction for the insult to King Alfonso, Germany will interpose and exact it. It is also asserted Germany will require an apology as well as Spain. : The Cabinet has adopted the proposal of Admiral Peyson, Minister of Marine^ and of the Colpnies, to create a superior Council for the colonies, to be composed of thirty-six members. It is stated that Adnvral Peyson intends to give the" Catholic Missionran important part m the system of colonial extension, as he considers the Catholic missionaries may render essential ser-' - vice: <■'•- '■: • ''■ > - '■.'■ -The animosity of the French toward I thd .Germans gvo\r deeper and deeper. I The/papers; advise the removal of all; employes m Paris of German nationality, i Hostile demonstrations were made! during" the week ending. October 7, against establishments where' German^ workmen' were known id be. Charlahd, the proprietor of a large printing house, dis2hargec| all his Germans'; and 'a number m the State tobacco jEactory are forced to leave. " ; The London magazine called Money, inareeent article, expressed gratification that the Australasian colonies continue to come to the English market. It points out that though' the annual: debt charge on Australasian loans is two millions more than it was ten" years ago, this is^inet by an increase m the revenue pf eleven millions. ' ', ! t _ The Earl of Derby has accept the dedication of Mr Vessey S'tewa'rt'rhew ; book . entitled " Notes oil Stewart's . Special Settlements, Bay. of Plenty,' 1 which has just been published. . The Itev. Mr Green shortly publishes; .a book called the " High Alps: of New ' Zealand."" ; *; : ;\ \ A consignment of frozen fish froihl .Neyvr Zealanjd was sold retail in the central fish inarkefc on 29£h September. ... The kindsj^ere principally sea flounders and mullet.. The pale was pronounced a success, the mullet realising 8d and 9d.eachi . : . s ,<j . , -.,■■■ .. Tlie gjtatpe "of^ Xiermania on" the Rhine, at Niederwald, near Ttudesshem, • wasnunveffeU^witu^^dt^ercniony^by the Emperor and; the Crown Prince on- the- 28th September. The' inscription upon the monument says : — <J In memory of the unanimous and victorious rising ofNjhe * ;German people and re-establishMen<£>iof the German Empire, 1870-|ip "' TJh> total cost is over one raillioufmarks./ The statue is 36ft high. As a counter demonstration, crowds): of Parisians assembled around the statue of Strasbourg, m the Place de La CoricoriSy and' indulged m patriotic cries. The Emperor sent Von : Schilling, the {sculptor of; "Germania," : a photograph, conferring a decoration, and including a. gift of 30,00Qniarks, r < ;