Additional Mail News.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 114, 9 April 1884, Page 2

Additional Mail News.

A despatch from Berlin, dated March 3, says the German Ministerial organs associate the alliance of Russia, Germany, aud Austria with the coming league of Continental Powers against the maritime and the commercial preponderance of England. ' A letter written by Morton Freeman of England, the owner of 25,000 cattle at Powder River, has created great excitement among- the dressed beefmenof Chicago, and also throughout the: West generally. He aays the English Government is introducing a Bill for the purpose of making easy the shipments of herders from that country by way of Canada andjjthe lakes. ?■ England," he says, " could take 3,000,000 head of cattle annually if the Western States ; could supply that number. There was an explosion in*a hotel at Fulham on March 14, . which blew one man m pieces. ..,-.- .1 The London police, according to dispatches, on March 3, were doing their utmost to discover the authors of the dynamite plots, but the clues didy uot promise much. The authorities offered a reward of £1000 for the detection of the authors of the dynamite outrages, and four railway companies offered an additional £10,000, and insisted upon an inspection of fc all baggage left, at terminal stations. Meetings of the Irish organisations m London and the provinces, held on Match the 2nd, were watched by Irish detectives, but nothing unusual wasi discovered ac Paddington. The police are convinced that the advanced Irish party has made Paris its headquarters m Europe for the per- - petraiion of their dynamite schemes. Mrs Frank Leslie, the publisher of the New York illustrated papers that bear her tiame, is about to marry the Marquis De Leubrir.e, of France. ! The Irish party has organised a political club m London. The Exhibition of the Royal Hibernian Academy at Dublin was a great success. The best English artists pontributed. i A box containing clockwork exploded m the post office at Genesen. The murder of Colonel Juuekin, late chief of police, has so frightened the masses m Russia that it is difficult to obtain any candidates for that force. General Gressen is constantly m ! receipt of threatening letters. ; The Toronto Presbytery, at their synod on March 7, took up a position with regard to secret societies, declaring they were opposed to religion. Archduke John has published a pamphlet on spiritualism. He, says that spiritualism is cherished m huts and palaces.' In Austria and m the United States the adherents number upwards of 2,000,000. The United States Government is ..pressing -its claims against Spain for 293,000 dollars, being the balance of awards due on account of American losses during" the rebellion m Cuba, •and al?o for 6,000,000 dollars for Estates embargoed durin« the same period,. and'- which have not been restored to Iheir Ameiican owners. Messrs Redmond Brothers arrived m Queehstown on March 8 from New Yd'rkj and were met by a number of .friends. Michael Da vitt read an addres of welcome. John Redmond said his mission tv Australia, and the United States had been a success. Mr Remington, an arms manufacturer of New York, confesses that the pistol found m the infernal machine at Charing Cross, London,' was made by his firm. All the IrUh papers are discussing 1 the emigration question, anil m the bitterest spirit. One paper heads an article " Bleeding- to Death," and another " Dying By Inches." Mr Sexton, M.P. for Sligo, has published a letter m London from former Orangemen, whose names and addresses he gave, showing 1 that the Orange Organisation was a secret societv, and revealing its mysteries and explaining its object, which is purely antipapist. ; ■; ■ Trichinosis, engendered by eating native pork is ravaging m various parlls of Germany. . An international treaty for the protection of submarine cables was signed m Paris, March 13, by 27, delegates, including the United States. Joachim Miller has been before Congress on the Mormon question. He argued earnestly against hostilities, and recommended a thorough system of education as the best solvent of the

difficulty, He coii«idered the Mornidtis a community of ctanl<» through ignot lauce. Tlie influx of pauper European labor into the cotd district of Pennsylvania is exciting Press discussion. Theiv are 15,000 m one colony, chiefly Poles, Sclavs, Grouts, and others. Chinese art' said to be preferable, on account of their greater cleanliness.' The police, are searching for dynamite m all directions m London, as it is believed th*t bags of thisje-xplosive material have been deposited- m various parts of the city. : The agitation for the expulsion of the Orleans Princes from France is constantly gaiuiiig strength. A letter purporting to h^re been written by the Hon. Juddali Beuja,min before the Confederate war urgiug the Southern States to declare allegiance to Great Britain,, has been unveiled by Thurtow, bu^ Barnes, Benjatnir«, who is now m England, denies the authorship. . i