NEWS BY THE MAIL.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 88, 1 November 1879, Page 4

NEWS BY THE MAIL.

.Burne's distillery in Londouhas been burned. The loss is estimated at £400,000. ,-.■■; . Cue of the- largest firms of agents inj LancasMre claim that they have taken in a fortnight recently more orders for American cloth for India than they received during the same period for all the English firms they represent. The European beet sugar crop will "be 1,600,000 tons, against 1,500,000 tons last year. •":.. ':.. : ■ ; A' considerable tportion of the Irii3h harvest has been lost. The potatoes are short, and on many farms the whole crop has been dost. W ._. „ . The Mayor of MiddlesbproTigh,having appealed to the' Home Secretary to relieve the distress in and about that place, on account of the depression in trade, received for a reply : "No funds" —but his letter would be laid before the Chancellor of the Exchequer for consideration. 30,000 persons are said to be utterly penniless. The King of Abyssinia has written to the 4vieen : a,;letter of conipiaint concerning the Egyptians, in ; which he says that Mr. Kirkham, ; h-n --'English gentleman 'in-rhis service, has been poisoned by them while on bis way .to England with a memorial to the Government. . ; The Lanarkshire 'coal masters have advanced the-price of coal to 10s. per ton, and-:the :^^ages:fi;oi^ ;V 6di.'...'tQ' Is. a .- day.- ■■■'"■' ' ••'•'..''■■■'"■ ■-".' ' ''-. '■"'.., - - . The Duke of Edinburgh will become Superintendent -ofithe Naval Reserve, succeeding Admiral Philiniore, whose term had expired. ' Meetings have been held' in Ireland-, demanding an immediate reduction-^in rent, and'a' radical, refsrni in the existing land laws.; - i - . • Mr. John O'Connor Power, M..?. for Mayo, addressed some of the meetings, and staves were carried by some of the contingent, which; -resembled pikes in shape, and a jafge green banner was displayed with? a , device'of Erin escorting her sons to struggle for freedom. Mr. O'Connor Power put it to the. Goyerrimeht whether'it was not better to recogiiiseitherpressure of the agitation tba^\;tp have to: recognise the possibiSty*Qfia-ijcbelli6iiP''\-.tr-'. Tlie reduction of wages: by the eartlicnware and china manufacturers of Staffordshire is p; rty a,ttributed to th'p American .prptedi ye duties. The employers desire to returii'tb the scale .of wages paid-in 1871. - : = :■.-,■.• ..-•;,- --■ A great tteia its'- rights meeting' »ras held in Mallow, Ireland, on September 14. Sir Joseph M.'K.enna : and otherM.P.'s . were -present, • and delivered addresses, to nearly- 20,000 people. Resolution Si were passed calling the attention of the Government io the "distressed condiiion : of Iceland , \ and suggesting the establishment of a system oi State relief; '■■■:•-.. According to present appearances the distress amongst tne. working classes of the thickly ipopulated towns in the north-eastern portion' of England will be most intense. It is estimated that 2'50,000 persons in the district referred to have been tltrown put of work during the three past vyearsi' There are thousands of empty houses in Darlington, and Stockton and Newport are also seriously affected. The climax of distress has been reached at Middlesborough. ' '".' The cotton operatives at . Ashtpn-under-Lvne. are on strike; : > It is said to be one of the greatest, struggles •ever known in^ the trade, a8 : nearly all the working people are .involved, and em- , ployers declinq to withdraw their notices of five .per. cent, reduction. , > Fifty" companies of Oldham operatives, working 20,0^0^000 spindles, resolved to go on short Time immediatelj. An explosion in a colliery in- Wales Irilled seven persons. Attempts on the life of the Sultan of have been made. An insane pan tried to force his way to the gardens of the Palace, and wounded three soldiers in the attempt. • T.he brigands, lieadedjby Sal Pietoa, •who a'year, ago escaped from prisbn. in Palmeiro,: has i been capturedafter a desperate resistance. - Sal Pietpa had two soldiers and a lieutenant^killed.., . ;, .: ; It is prpppsed te 'tunnef Mount Switzerland. A waterspout inunadated the galley of Zatebad, sweeping away several mills and houses. • - ... The British Resident has. left Mandalay, and .the move is considered a triumph for the party hostile to the British. The King mil ref use all communication with the minor officials, ;.and there are signs of a conspiracy among Ministers who wish to form a regency. It is believed in Paris and Vienna that the outrage -at Cabul is due to Russian intrigue. -"■' ■ '':'[' . The reports fromCashmere are '.■still gloomy. :■' >" .• . • -f The JRepubliquaFraneaise publishes " under .reserve," the Marquis Olivero and; D^uJßorie- fought a; duel on the Prussian frontier. Du Borie had spoken offensively of Martinez Campos.' The Spaniard was seriously wounded. The grape crop' is bad in quality, and deficient in quantity.' "' The Russian gain , has ".decreased 12Vper cent, as compai'ed with ' la'it year.. Wheat . has l'iseu from 80 copecks in 1878, .to 125 copecks* and 3 % ye to 74 copecks, tfi'pni 50 copeoks in 1878, per A 3olbs; ' ,* ; The "last batch of amnestied Com--munists who arrived from Caledonia are in a fearful state of destitution, and .are all suffering from ophthalmia. The carpenfe'rs of Paris 'have struck for higher wages and shorter hours. Soma German workmen from London have been arrested at Boulogne, charged witii distributing Socialistic publications. Lord Salisbury, in a recent interview with M. Waddington, assured him'that England would endeavor to obtain the unconditional cession of Candia \to „ Greece. ' N v The proposed boat race ' between x ] T owden and Kempstou has been deflared off. In a rowing niateb, with J. M. Felly, over the chiuujiionship course, ICempslon won easily. The stakes were £200. Elliott has challenged JlanioD, the Cisnadian, to row over *hj Thames or Tyue course for the _ tSpo. t-'"a;i (Jlialleiij^f Cup and £200 a g 10. Hanlou is ill, and purposes to feu:';32ider tlic (Jup uiiuo^toated.