ARRIVAL OF THE TRISCO MAIL

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 113, 8 April 1884, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE TRISCO MAIL

(united pßEssf Assoq^Tioisr.) j Auckland, ApriP7. The Australia, from 'Frisco, arrived at 9 p.ua. London, March 16. The war m Egypt has led to a controversy coacoruiug the restoiation of Baker Pasha to the English Army. Lord jfoeton^ ,speks j&, jii voise. Jlwb!*Tns^wife^cnr the ground that she "had another husband living when he married her. . = , ; .,.. .„ -■ •_- ■-— ~J "Mr* TBradlauglf, while .lecturing a[t Bridgewater #h March J , against -perpetual pensions, jfast gelfegd;witi rotten eggs, fruit and , fireworks. The roughs afterwards wicked the houss where the chairman of the, meeting .lived.- .:-• y <■■ ■:■■■• ■ - . '■'■ * . ■>THa Midland Misery: . fefcpry/ aJL . ■Bushfoi-a was' burned' on Hihb'^ihL Loss £40,000; ■■'-'' r -•■ " ' ''''• " : !: \ 3 t \ -) Tliei ■ London ; tsommiinists' : wer.e' 'to have met on Sunday; M&rcE 15, at the grave of Carl~ Max, Socialist. Th 6 police 'however, closed^ the cemetery gates and prevented the meeting. , Despatches of JMTaTrch 14tlk|ay,.it i$ doubtful, if the Qifean' will be able t<j go to Darm&acit toj attend the wedj ding of.Princess Victoria, as her< : coni . clitum ! is''i-)ronounc.ed precarious,-; Sle is apparently m good health 6ne> day, and tlic next day suffers extreme; tits of depression. .If she" goes twp pUysi-l ciams will accompany her, and she will be attended by a very limited suite. Ai quiet ..retreat at Karnichstejnj three miles from Darmstadt,, is being put m readiness for her. The Emperor and Eujpretjs of Austria will , meet -the! Qhfeeri there, ami ' the Czar k will join them m April. „ . :■ ''"'" " ' • Memoirs' of Tnucesf AJioe , will, ap''pWaryarly m J A : p;r.iJ, edited by Prince; Christian. Murray will publish thd book. ... . . . ..., I B&ron Rowton has nearly cbnipieted; the memoirs of Beaconslield. \ # Sergeant Ballantine has written an ,atcouht-o£ his to'urin the'' United States m which; ihe handles the; - Americans! kindly. , , ;.- i Lord Garnioyle'^ defence in/the action] for breaeh'of pi i omis 1 c DVoufftit by Miss' Fortescue has beeii .delivered, to* Jibe! Poo;^sEe^dmf|i . the iconfcrWl 3li the breach of it, and leaves, the Jury to! assess • -damages 'but -submits that £30,000 is too much. He is at Con- 1 stantiuople. ... MT-Gladstpue.was; indisposed our tfee 13th, suffering from catarrh, and, c^n-j <fi# ; ejl , to j hi§ room- , ; LaJ&'i reports . saj the trouble is owing to a disagreement . with the Marquiß bfjiHartington, tliatj England must control the Bed Sea ! ports>of EgyDfci •! i' XL IvY r// '- . A race between George Bubear, the ' well-known-Englfeti baWmdn, and Wai- 1 lace floss, the famous New Brunswick I s/diilfer; Waaf decided 'O L n tne Thames l on | March 10th. The distance rowed was • four miles and two farloug-s, over the ; regular course from Putney to Mort- : lake.. Epss; coiioeded^JßubearKtOsecs, but von easily. The contest was virtually over, at<i i^ammersmithv Eoss's time was 26 minutes and 10 seconds, j He ,caine,home ,ij(teen.h3ngths ahead.// The actress, Miss Fortescue, vrho was \ recently jilted,by.liord,€rariuoYle, con- ' tinues an object of interest" to the I London public.' She is- playing »t the ; : Court Theatre as Dorothy m " Daniel i Deronda," and altkrotrgb. her parrot like \ delivery and mechanical care com- • \ menea 6ri >1 B^ A rtre press,' "'the house is ' ; nightly filled to _overflowiug, and the ; j audience sliow their sympathy for her 'h y :f l1 ?qp en| { .r.epalfe. jHe? :weekjy/Bfci)- , • pend at the Savoy Theatre before the ! Q-armoyle incident was J63, and it is now £50. .." , r . , . , t "i!Des/patdbWal Ne* Yok frtJA-fetfai : don, March 9, mentipn, .Captain | Naresj <c; 'wlio 1 'coramuifidecl 1 1 ; Arctic expedition m 18 75,. assisted by iCaptairt Markham, 'lias drawn up a • memorandum joC-grca^yalue;' regarding [the ice and "navigation of Smith Sound, iwliich has been, sent_ to, the American ! authorities. ' v " | The Times says~the~ Greeley search ! expeditiofiT^|jj b^ wktchecrlwith as imuch anxiety by Europe and Ame.ii<yi i«s tirnt * went for -the "teiiel df jLeigh Smith°in 1882 i ; "^ - J *-. j The London- World and Truth h,ave jbeeu oHWa%sing ; her Maijes^Vith- ihl 'the utmost freedom. Tb^e first char&e^ I |her-with d^o^iiihg^he^Duseh^l^lSto providing presents for the Princii'-'VTc- 1 itoria on her approaching marriage with iPriricgiLatiisVidf l Battenbu^ !^h4"flie second say^slie" is d'elaying Vi the'^p'p'^ar-; iance of the Princes Alice's letteis till 1 janotherTiddrtion'of'herow^'jouwidrhas been sold. ;i> ' !ii ' l^--i An ? important Tmceting- of : British shipowners took place m ' London on .March 4^h,^to .cjonsider, the^ jji'oposed 'legislation' ciffecfcinsj_ their interest. ;Men}bers of . deprejsated sfc | i?gisl a^9n H in/^^ard\.t OrUl erchant jshippi^' The sejiiimenbi : ot uioe'ting jwas eni'fiodied in ' a" resolution' which isays^^jThe t enorniouy nterests'iuxol v^dr Jdemand that CTie^prbpojsed be referred i'o a select committee,!' ! . A bnst of the American poet Longjfellow was unveiled' ;at Westminster j Abbey on March the Ist; Earl GranIville, Sir Hugh Childers, Minister Lowell? LongielXov^ iLohgfellow (daughters of the^ pofit)/. Mpncure Conwayj- and Tkeodore<Mar-* jtinj were among the ! persons- 'preset*. 1 lEarl Grauville made an eulpgistic speech: ' Tfrtffet n'W' 'KeWfl^plated m the Poats r i Comet 11 - between 1 those of ,Cht*nge£ apt Bryd;enU T -\ W A • : A II ■; Hejj^y, : ilryin^'a , votes: ob admission ;to thf-Keiirm OLub, were almost nnauimous^e negatives only-out. iof 329 ba ( Uot§ Joeing cast. )fi c .+ .i: ,Tfc2\&\ L ndbn u d^atchof Marc^,,4 says,f •a treaty With Portugal, appointing, an Anglo-Portugese . Commission to reigulate trade and 'navigation on the iCongo River, is~ approved by (he majorityjof Lj^eraLiandja Qurbber of .Conservative niembers, of rarUa,meiit r . ilb ; i» that France w l .'d'3t4rr !mined to resi^the recognition of jihjft, 'SovereiSnity of Portugal on the moiitii jof the Congo/and f also to insist '^pdu : ■the rights of France to be representecl' on the commission.^ ' iy j George Elliott's biography wiU be publislied m tfie autum)i.' f ' J ."''■ Wm. Thactery Harriott 7 , (tl^eral),, jmbmlier-for Bri«ihW, ; !O bced- re^ elected to the^blfeeiif dbmmons. He resigned h.ig;^af| fi test.^ho, f^e|mg^ itne constifcuency pn, Government's iEgypiian policy. '_"'__" : Two niembers^of the firm, pf P^arker, solicitors^ m Bedford Eow, London,

March sth, having mig* ;appi'oJH'iate|l their clients' title deeds. >rhe liabilities are between £1,000,000 ; and £2,000,000. They had borrowed £50,QOO ; for various speculations. ;'■■ The captain of the steamer Nisero, arrived m London on March sth to interview Lord Granville regarding his *wew, who are now held m bondage. The isero was wrecked on the coast of Beeheen, Sumatra, m November, 1872, and the vessel was looted by the subjects of the Rajah of Tenem, and the crew of 55 men (among whom was ,an Jbtttaaftin) «•«* Ukea -eapti^epand are mnvlidd by the Rajakfor £52,000 > The Ehglish4rid / Dutch have .made.Moiit^tQ^auccQt the 4»p"tlves.