ADDITIONAL MAIL NEWS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 62, 12 March 1880, Page 2

ADDITIONAL MAIL NEWS.

The New York Commercial Bulletin, in an elaborate article, shows that the De Lesseps canal scheme is chimerical, and that the tonnage passing through at 4dol. per ton, as proposed, would fail by 6,000,000d01s to meet the annual interest charges, to say nothing of the working expense*?. The calculation is based on an estimated cost of 260,000,000d01., and the tonnage passing through yearly at from two and a half to three millions. The Theatre Eoyal, Dublin, was burnt on the 9th. The fire was caused by the ignition of the curtains of the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough's state box. The manager, property manager, and four assistants perished in the flames. The loss is £200,000. Experts estimate the loss to the British farmers during the year 1879 at from £100,000,000 to £150,000,000. In the foundation of an obelisk now being removed in Egypt, Masonic emblems were discovered. It is said these relica show tbat Masonry originated with the building of the Pyramids, and the discovery may furnish some clue to the mystery of the structures. The Irish and English landlords question increases in importance. Bright's colleagues accept substantially his scheme to aid tenants in buying farms by Treasury loans. The Lord Mayor of Dublin writes that the English people fail to realise the gravity of the Irish crisis, and except prompt assistance be forthcoming tens of thousands of the Irish people must die of starvation. He complains that England has contributed less to the Mansion House fund than Mcl bourne. Baroness .Burdett Coutts has sent £500 to Ireland by a special agent, to insure its proper distribution. Quarrels have arisen in the management of the various relief funds, and it is hoped that means will be devised of concentrating the charities under one head. Davitt, Daly, and Killen will be tried in March. In the meantime the former will be sent to the Continent to enlist sympathy and assistance for Irish sufferers. Subscriptions have been opened in Bombay. One native banker gave £1000, and the French bishops have appealed to the cures to collect funds for a similar purpose. James Keene, of New York, proposes to send a shipload of wheat to Ireland as his donation, and under the presidency of the Archbishop of Paris an Irish relief committee has been formed. CANADA. There is great distress among the poorer fishermen, and efforts are being made for their relief. The heavy cannon in the Dominion are beiDg converted into rifled guns. Parnell and Dillon address an urgent appeal to Canada for help to the distressed in Ireland. At Ottawa, a small-pox victim was rescued alive from a coffin. After the grave digger had partially covered it with earth he heard a noise, and inquiring into the caase succeeded in saving the unfortunate. Parnell has refused to visit Montreal on account of the strong feeling against him. Princess Louise has returned from England. Captain W. Tower, of the barque Brother's Pride, has been arrested at St. John's, charged with scuttling the vessel at sea, in order to defraud the insurance companies of 72,000 dollars. The people of Chucan, Ontario, suspecting a family rn mod Donnelly of numerous acts of inceudimism, end other offences, formed a vigilant committee, Donnelly's house, murdered all the five inmates, fired the building, and consumed the bodies at the same time. It was a horrible affair, and caused great excitement. Four arrests have been made, one of them a constable. At Ottawa the Governor-General's carriage was run away with by the horses, and the danger was imminent till one of the aides sprang into tbe roadway and stopped the team, after being dragged 100 yards. Princess Louise quickly recovered from the shock.