ADDITIONAL MAIL NEWS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 181, 2 August 1877, Page 2

ADDITIONAL MAIL NEWS.

In the House of Commons on the. 26th June Sir Stafford Norfchcote said that the Porte had assented to the views entertained by the British Ministry respecting the navigation of the Suez Canal by neutrals, but had refused to grant the same privileges to the enemy. A return jus. published shows thafc the i grand total of militia, yeomanry, and efficient volunteers is at present 263,909, which gives I a percentage of 636 of tbe male population berween 15 and 35 years of age. "V At a meeting of the shareholders ! of ".b. Suez Canal held at Paris on fche 6th, great satisfaction was expressed afc the determination of the British Government to prevent any interference with it at all hazards. v. Samuel Brown, a smack master, and his wife, at Lowestof t, are under remand, charged with murdering their three children by poi- | SOU. . .: Mr James Young, of Barnstown Castle, J.P. for Roscommon, was shot dead with a revolver in his own avenue, close to the town. He was struck by three bullets . The murderer escaped, leaving his cap on the ground. Mr Young was very popular, and no cause is assigned for fche murder. A special service in commemoration of the 400 th anniversary of the introduction of printing into England by William Caxton was held on Saturday in presence of a large congregation. Dean Stanley presided on the occasion. At the miners' conference held at Durham ' Mr Macdonald, M.P., said the best cure for the present depression in the coal trade was to limit the production. A committee was appointed to make inquiries relative to foreign competition, and to emigration as a means of relieving the labor market. One hundred and fifty houses in the Jewish, quarter of the town of Dorobain, Roumania. were sacked last Sunday, and the owners robbed of 90,000 ducats; several persons were killed, and twenfcy-four seriously wounded. Two arrests only have been made. A large gathering of Czechians was held on the Liska Mountain, near Prague, last Sunday, afc which .ha Pope was burnt in" emgy, together wifch copies of his late antillussian allocution. A number of fche parties have been arrested, and will be prosecuted. On the day of the celebration of the Pope's jubilee, Victor Emanuel had a grand review, it being the anniversary of the declaration.t>f " : Italian liberty. At a reception at Liege during the annual fetes, the King of tbe Belgians stated thafc in consequence of the very grave aspect of affairs m Eurppe large subsidies would have to be asked for the army. Colonel H. C. Fletcher, C.M.G., of the ; bcots Guards, read a paper lasfc week before +J e rr lnfluential and numerous audience at the United Service Institution, upon the sub jectof a volunteer force, British and colonial in the event of war. Many gentlemen connected with the colonies were present. Col < Fletcher suggested that a roll should be formed of all those volunteers willing to serve abroad in case of war. Canada, he thought;, should be encouraged to organize,

eqtpp and officer its wn troops. The AtfstMiasians; he considered, were tooferd-gtan. &" tt r^_l!.5 aF^ forEa^P eaa warfare, bat an Australian fleet ia the Pac_Sc,or Aus-.ra-tan troops in sqme of our importan. garnsons, wool€ relieve oute ahip. and.solx dter--from diatantduty, a_i_-pe-__.t of their utilisation near home. An interesting discussion followed, in which General Macmurdo was the only one who deprecated the volunteers going on foreign service.