'Frisco Mail.

Manawatu Standard, Issue 1508, 17 November 1885, Page 4

'Frisco Mail.

GENERA-L SUMMARYi

'• The Roman 'Qaihplic Bishops of Ireland liaye passed a Tesotytion coiidei'u n : ing acts of violence and intimidation, ,'".. and. warning ; tt>ejr , respective , that irijiudulging m such acts t.h^y |are certain tq bring the anger of ■ God u£on the evildoers and their families, besides disgrace .upon .the people m the eyes j of - „./.„...._ . .Two hundred respectable citizens; at 1 Stradbally, Quften'sjCouaty^ were arrested for boycotting. They were csn'^"victßd,"but*electedto'go to prison rather than furnish bail.. The Magistrate '\ liesitate'd.'to cotHmit 'jtheuv^aritf Ifiuajly 1 gave them a fortnight m which to conV»idjer.tho>ria|tten!,:; v '" •■ ■: ! ' A pilgrimage of Catholics to the .„ shrine of Edward the Confessor, We^t,injtoiß.ter Abbey, has -taken ,-place- the ■ object being to pray for, the ■>.• conversion • . „ .•-■ •; •! • j Mr Parnell, speaking at on open-air meeting after the Wicklow Conventicjn, l »:Bai*H6ihe Rule woiild stop all (lisjoyol ' 'prbce'edihgs and. outrages and 'thirst for disuniohL U; rhelriali; he claimed; would tKen become lik« their countrymen m ".;theßriti3li' colonies, be -loyal I ' citizens >■'■■ andprbpß to- the' constitution; V * -'_, ; - Mr Parnell talks confidently of carry- ■ 'ing every Parliamentary seat m Ireland • ' m 'the interests' of the NationaiisW ex- ! e'ept one division m Dublin and ten .m .' ' Illsbr, "wlieiro the Orange Tories are too strong for him. These seats the NationAlists will make no struggle for, Messrs Parnell- and John Deasey willY dfter j themselves tor I , re-election for vthe City i: diG6rk. • : ' ; "' •■ '. : " ;/ " ;- : - i;^ !i : ;\ ; '- [■ Samuel Newton Brookes, the supposed father of Walter Lennox Maxwell, arrived at St.Louis on the 22nd to -sec i*f the murderer is his son. : I The Irish-Americans of Now York 'haveiisiibscribeid 5 15,000- dollar* t"he Parnell ParliarbentaryFdh'3. ■•■.' j The Daily News blames Mr Parnell .-, :fpr;.no^denQuiicing bloycOtting/ Kiil| adf jrnlfsfijh^t ihis.speechro^herWiiiseiw&s Slaij- ' and '.moderate. ..ft is, possible, the Nswk fays, tlint the force ,v^ith which he spoke '"wasay "'"mach as . Parneirs; '!<s!&' Telegraph says Mr Pairuell hail ' an 'iaiinoat-'." regal' court at Wicklow 'dmid htheifrantic 'ftdulations bf his followers, when lie successfully inaugurated thej f first -pfithpsefies of conyehtions. M What; ' I \?e';w l i'£pej^Bßd>tf' Wicklj).w. t ?' i it.; coptinupa ■'^' is a con&biracy' Jo parajvse' tlio Par-j " ]iament J qf ' oreatßntain, ty or^er that ''i;n*« ; lrwh'tf^dße:of;VC6ra'rabng limay1 imay. 1 tax: ' Brit lSH^Hod net i, 1 and main tai^a Wzi . of. m: arnie'd menace ■pf j Bicitishf jpeace And ' security.? 1 ' ' The ;2!p)wc?iß^y^tbat Jjfis a ; . "fact )thßt;ithe [Cfovernment^f - Irel and, is, . Tapidly . ; paasin^Qiitbt jth'e hands 'of Hec Majesty's . .. • . ; . In Montreal and Toronto compulsory TiCcihation and 'the' condemnation of IteH 'to death are provoking trouble. Assaults and riots are frequent m - Ot-ta-y^a..^ ; -.' ■■• ; .. ■:■ ■-.•■■■ ■ ■ ■■' '■; ' . The,, fisheries haye this seaspn; proved a failure. "Famine extends along the. entire .coast. { Several ships load ed .vpith pro'visioiis Have 'beeh despatched to reIfeve'tlie tirifortunates^ ' = - The r rSsolufcibn of the' Montreal Board of 'Health, - calling upon -the Central Bpard^to close .the churches on account <5f ) ;jth,e-ißijaaU-.ppx[ epidemic, has> ( raise.d tremenaouV qppositiqn, aoipngst- .the. Catholic. , : .clergy; \ who absolutely refusedto cbmplf iwf^H any orders of. this kiiid> ; ''".'' : ' :;(? ' r< - . '.-.'„, Advices of October 19 from Tdnqnin to the Paris Temps describe the situation as very gloomy. Since the beginning of suninter 3000 Frenchmen died of cholera and large numbers were daily succumbing to that disease. The mortality among tHd f troops hinders 'the progress of the canljpaigni:' ; reinforcements sent from FrancV ; being scarcely sufficient to fill the gaps made m theiFrehch rariksby the [plague. ; , Despatches .of the 22nd say that the French , troops recently, made a, reconnoisaance from Ho^ghoa to Huanqnari.Vnd found ,f^or'mjiaabla, number^ of Black Flags I ' m J th'e f! vicinlty' of' tliose places. 3000 fresh troops were about to leave France for Tbnqu in. -