NEWS IN BRIEF.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 32, 5 April 1879, Page 3

NEWS IN BRIEF.

, Mr Moody, according to the Chicago Ai- ' vmnce, "is preparing, a set of new sermons After, they are. completed, it is; possible that he may go to England and join Mr. Iwikey m another revival 'tbnr."" - Six .thousand stabbing cases occurred, m Italy iri the morithi of August, and 600 of , them proved fatal. The Italian newspapers give a-~deplorable picture of the state of Sublic security m < Italy, h? §arinia and Sicily. A munificent gift of £1000 has been made anonymously to the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, through the EeVißrownlow Maitland; to jyhdm it was handed at the repent Churcli Congress by a gentleman unknown to him. . About' £75,000 has been promised towards the fund required for endowing a bishopric for Liverpool.. This sum includes four subscriptions ;pf £10,0p0 each. The total amount needed for th 4 endowing is I £85,000, so that only. £10,0$) more is rek quired. - ■■",,''■■• The Baptists m Sweden haye a inombership of 13V773", m 253 churches. Last year 12 new cliurches were formed, and 2579 members added. There were 17,759 chili dren iri their Sunday-schools,' and upwards £6000 was collected m their, churches for benevolent objects. j Theremin a woman now residing m Abbe"'ville district, S.C, whosemaiden narue wasWingate. She has bgen married four times arid'has answered tp five names, viz., Wingate, Wood, Walker, Woinbles, and Wade, : and she is now a widow ;' likely to, add another, W. tothe list bobore 'Winter,, fairly sets m. ' It is stated, m recent;, advices from Shang-^ hai^ that the. ..-possibility of a conflict bo- A tween England- and "Russia, m connection with Afghanistan, is being speculated upon by^^hfii, Chinese/ The relations between China! arid Russia are anything but friendly, j ancia war wou^dbg hailed with considerable. • satisfaction, there. ' : '! ' The Eastern. Telegraph Company announce. extension of their . subinjirinp sjstem to CypriUs. The cable has been laid by 1 the! Telegraph Construction a^jd Maintenance!.. Company between Alexandria arid and. Mas just been opened 'for traflyj. ..'. | Fc-.irful accpxuits comc^ tb-us : , Pf; the.fti- | mine iti Cashmere; it;i^ said, that 200,000 P'-op'.e; at: neajrly half. thei,pppiila ; tipn; haye perished. The, Maharajah's mpnbpolies are partly responsible for this.. The Hindoo population are. better off than the, Mussulf^' flio bppr^is^ '" C—

The cost of the twelve new bells which have been placed m the north-western tower of \\. i'siuVn . ,Ai"lral, London, together h' it h. the wirk of mounting them, ha* btjen about £ r 2G.(.:uO. T' • largest bell weighs 65001bs and the smake.t 5U>, wade the weight of all U nearly 'LV. OOGibs. The engagement of the King of the Netherlands and Prineesss Emma cf WaldivUPyrmont ha-j been solemnly announced ;it the Court of Arolsen. The eagngvmenl f\ Ilows closely upon 'the marriage of Prince Henry of the Netherlands with Princess Marie of Prussia, nged respectively fiftyseven and twenty-three, whose issue, if their should be any, might ascend the throne, the two sons of the king not. being expected to marry. It appears from a Hammersmith police report that the itinerant, organ-grinders ai\« now recruited from English, rather than Italian sources. British girls m Italian c.os- . tumes are sent out to grind, and expected to bripg home from twelve to fourteen shillings nightly ! This seems to be a kind pf slave traffic that the law should lose no time iv repressing. The King of Dahomey has returned to his evils ways. He compels the Portuguese Consul and seven soldiers, whom he has taken prisoners, to go through a series of evolutions for the purpose of amusing him. J-fe has forbidden tne English agents at Wydah to dispatch letters from that town Finally, he has permitted the sacrifices known as " Grand Cu-toms," and over 500 human beings were immolated within one month. An acoustic experiment was made at Paris recently with the Exhibition captive balloon. Twenty musicians went up m it and played Bilse " Stir-n," while the other half of the band responded from below. The ruins of tho'Tuilefries gave back a decided echo.