ENGLISH SUMMARY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume VIII, Issue 135, 18 November 1884, Page 2

ENGLISH SUMMARY.

European dates are to October 24. The iron and steel works of Crawshaw Bros., Mertbyr Tydvil, South Wales, have closed owing to stagnation m the WoJBh iron and steel trade. - . V Tho Eoudon Standard of 20th Oct. says m its financial column : — There are renewed reports of serious difficulties impending m the Liverpool produce and shipping trades. One company of American lines recently called a formal meeting of its creditors, and revealed its inability to fully meet its engagements, but no formal bankruptcy was apprehended. *;.•*■ ....Prince* Albert'. Victor,- eldest son of the Prince of Wales, will start next spring on a long tour on the Continent, and Will afterwards visit the United States and Canada. '' The Tichborne Claimant was aecretly brought to Pentonville Prison on the night of October 20th. He was discharged next morning quit" unexpectedly to himself, as his time had still three days to run. At. Scotland Yard the claimant received a ticket-of-leave, requiring him to report monthly by letter to the authorities. He appeared to be m good health and will remain (juiet for the;; present,, keeping his residence,a secret. ,;.: „ . ; „. • , the lowest price m the London market' on October' l9 since the American .Civil War. ' Government lias decided to expend one million on its fortifications m Aden, ; Singapore, . and- Hong Kong. Orders have! been sent from the, War Office to, hasten. the work. „ . ; ' < Tdry election, agents throughout the country, m reporting to headquarters m London 1 on October 19' as to the effect of the Grovernment redistribution scheme, declare that it' will be destructive to the' fortunes; of the party. • A; Lqndon.despatoh of October 19 saysi on the opening of Parliament a commission will, bei appointed to inquire into 'the condition of the Navy, and the Will ask for an increased .grant for shipbuilding to enable it to' giyoj ordert 1 ' to 1 'private firms for the construction of swift-armored and light-' armored vesseels. . .. ;< The distress at the shipbuilding centres of the North is increasing. Trade on the Tyne, and' adjacent .districts is paralysed. "Forty* bcean steamers, are lying idle m the docks at Sunderlahd, and most of %he alripyards are closed. Public subscriptions are being made for the; laborers out of employment. It is reported that' the War .Office is about to send an expedition of 8000 men to South Africa, a portion of which will be drawn from the East Indian Army. The British emigration statistics for the nine months ending September 30 showed a decline of 70,000, over 30,000 of thje number being Irish; ;s " ' A j Homof for Female Inebriates has been established m London. A;des^atch of October 12 pays it is now jknown' that the English hop crop will 'amount to 41 5,000. cwt., which is considerably below the average yield } but the quality, is better than for years/ The Pontinental crop is an average one but the quality is not so fine. The whoje world's crop is said to be above' the annual consumption. A;fundjrb,eiog raised m England to enable Homy George to continue his I agitation m favor of land nationalisation, but subscriptions come m slowly. According, to a. London despatch 6fj .October l^EnglisW landowner ire tneni i ■ acedj with i mpecuniosifcy, for jno less than! 30,000 acres vainly demand tenancy. (In Essex, within thirty miles of London, lately 170 aere,s were sold for ,£2409, for which £5000 was 1 refused years ago. The low price of wheat and cattle with high rents left by the Land Courts have. impoverished the Irish farmer^- .<■■•••: :•-■ : ..: /(;■'!' Conservative meetings m Acton grounds; the Town Ha]l> ami Skating Rink, Birminghrm, announced for October J3i, were^broken up ; by the Liberals m great numbers, who forced an entrance into the . Town Hall by batterino: m the doors with heavy planks, and over whelmed the Conservatives. A free! fight took ,place, m 'which the furniture was broken and freely u>ed for weapons. The mob £B#ej>t , from the platform the lofficers: of the meeting. The speakers (Sir Stafford. J^prlhcote and, Lord Randolph Cliurcbill) endeavored to address the people present; ■' but i 'their efforts were ineffectual, and they \yere obliged to retire to a side-room, where they made short addresses to a small parfcy, the mob endeavoring to pre- ! verit thd .speakers being heard; v - .• j An attempt by Lord Ly (.ton to prevent ! (lie' father's i letters has raised some very interesting legal questions; It 'appears Miss Deyey canuot be stopped m publishr ! ing| the letters. .>....</. Tlie Lord Mayor gave a dinner on I tho 20th to the Incorporated Society of • Authors. Among the notables pfekent were Lord Hbuahtdn, 1 Walter Bezant, George A. Sala, William Black, EtfrnunU^Yates, 'Jifstioe Carthys and many others. Mr Besattt majcle a • speech, 1 5 denying that f the socpty'waa hostile to publishers. l It only songbfr^o obtain justice for Eng- • lisli authors. ; An anti-slavery jubilee meeting was held m Manchester on October 23, -j Henry M. Stanley was present, and assured the English people that slavery, had not been abolished,,. but, what ,was cal led free labor m Africa was the I nbor of captured slaves. He' said the cause of the existidg slavery wrts the action oi the Portuguese Government, and that a strong expression of public opinion on the subijedt would, do much to 'abolish the evil. jMapleaon concluded contracts with Patti, and Neilson for a. Druary-laue seison , o» the 23rd, paying the former £450 '.njglitly ;' the latter '£3so. ' If da : Therese Foot©; daughter of Captain •> Fpote, TT.S.N,, and Lord Montague Pauller, son of 'the Marquits of Winchester, were married >at ■ Stl George's Church* London, Qcto— bejr i 4. The Queen sent an antique ' bracelet, and -a gold breakri fast service ; Prince and Princess of Wales, a diamond necklace^ and an 'Indiaiushawl. . : 'Cnrlstine Neilsbri Wet with an accident m beipg thrown from a vehicle , while driving m Hyde Park and will not go to the United States this year. 'Tii c injuries, are painful but ..apt. Serious. 1 ; \ : ' ' C<