MAIL NEWS.

Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 994, 7 February 1883, Page 3

MAIL NEWS.

Mr Henry M. Stanley, the explorer, was reported on January 10th to be 150 miles up the Congo River, with 300 tons of goods. Ho will reseht all inleiferenee in his movements by M. De Biazza, the emissary of the French Government.

The most tangible thing in Ireland (says the despatch pf December 31st) is the distress and misery of the people in the western districts, particularly .in places where ,there , are hundreds of evicted families without shelter and who are starving. -Information about these is derived chiefly from Catholic priests, whose own resources are all exhausted, and about whose dwellings these unfortunate creatures are gathering, crying pilebifsly for- a potato or a little corn meal. Mr James Much, a heavy-financial operator on the New York market, S dicts that the United States, through overtrading and excessive railroad build-, iugf is on the eve of a financial crisis. The Pall Mall Gazette assorts, and the German embassy denies, that the German residents Jn . London have received notice to; hold themselves ready to return to Germany to fulfil their - —ternvof-milithiy Service. The Langtry- Labouchoro quarrel attracted much attention front English society papers. Vanity Fair entered into elaborate details,,and described the quarrel at length, introducing young Galchardt to the notice of the British public in anything but a complimentary manner. The papers, as a rule, treated Mrs Langtry very charitably, but some of her illustrious friends in London took up R'c cudgels for her vigorously, and a good many windows were threatened if not shattered. New plans for the Channel tunnel were issued on December 4, and are said to meet the approval of the critics. They bring the entrance and approach to the tunnel three miles inland, within the ranges of -the defences of : Dover garrison. A sculling match between Barber and Goodwin took place bn the 23rd, from Putney to Mortlake, bn the Thames. It was easily, won by Barber. The return match between the team of the National Guard of United States and British Militiamen will take .place in the fall of 1883, at Wimbledon. Dr Manin, a well known writer on political economy, shot his wife and himself in London bn December 27th. The murder and suicide wore committed by mutual agreement. Manin was pecuniarily embarrassed, and his wife suffered from an incurable bodily ’ ailment. A series of boxing matches, extending over three days, organised by William Madden, of New York,’ who offered prizes amounting to £SO, ended in London on the 24th December. The object was to find the best pugilist in England, with a view of making a match with America’s best man. Matched, of Birmingham, a middle weight, won, displaying great smartness. There were 32 entries. H.M.S. Undine, it is reported, had captured eight slave dhows on the cast coast of Africa . A number of Isle of Skye crofters have paid their rent, and the agitation is at an end. Among the notable deaths daring the month are the Earl of Werayss and Oardinal Donnetti Archbishop of Bordeaux. Francis Corshilland Sons, merchants and shipowners, of London and Liverpool, failed for £300,000. , Sir Charles Dilke was appointed President of the Local Board on the 31st December. It] is said that the Queen was adverse to (the appointment, but Mr Gladstone overcame her scruples and made his Radical friend a Minister. ta speech on the 291h Sir Charles ke said that some of his earlier opinions were those of his political infancy, which anyone might regard as unwise as he grew older. The partial recantation did a good deal towards smoothing Sir Charles Dilke’s way to office. . Lord Napier, ■of Magdala, has been appointed a Field Marshal. The Mayor of Wexford, proprietor of a local journal, was sentenced to five weeks’ imprisonment for publishing a portion of a report of a meeting of the Ladies League calculated to cause intimidation.' . . ' T , : J - A largo meeting was held in Cork the purpose of originating a movement for holding an exhibition in that city in 1883. Every class in the community, was represented. Mrs Langtry is very outspoken in her indignation at the way in which she has been annoyed by American reporters, especially those of Chicago. A portion of the sum-shipped to Panama to pay the United States fleet in the (Pacific; £50,000, has'been stolen from the Railroad Company’s vaults. There is no clue to the thieves. The Bouapartists held a banquet at Boauvbis, the object of the meeting being to proclaim ' Prince/ Victor Napolean President of the Republic. One hundred persons on an average are .searched nightly in Dublin under the curfew clause of the Repression Act. General Butler, the New Governor of Massachusetts, was threatened by letter with assassination by a man who signs himself Guitean No 2. There are indications that China is abonfc to move on Corea. De Lesseps announces a scheme for the creation of an inland sea in Africa, to be prosecuted by private enterprise. ■ Puff and Bartlett, convicted of the murder of Thomas Browne, a farmer, near Castle Island, were sentenced to be banged at Cork on January 13, They .protest their innocence. A company is in course of organisation in Dublin, with a capital reaching £1,000,000, for developing Irish manufactures.

Tuesday, January 9th, being the anniversary of the death of Victor Emmanuel, 4000 persons, headed by the Mayor of Rome, placed wreaths on his tomb.

The London Despatch, of December 22, siys that an arrangement has been made for the creation of a Minister of Agriculture. Mr Chamberlain is to ho made first Minister. Mr Dobson, whoso place Sir Charles Dilke takes is to be given the Chancellorship of the Duchy of Lancaster.

The French Government introduced into the Chambers a credit of 1,275,000 francs for De Brazza’s expedition to Congo. He considers it possible to complete the exploration of Upper Congo in two years. Count Yon Wimpffon, the AustroHungarian Ambassador to France, killed himself by blowing his brains out. Opinion is about equally divided’Ws to the cause, insanity or financial embarrassment, - ; f- • -• A detachment of soldiers, returning [from foreign, service, j?ho;jilandedf In Cork oriiDecemberdiJi/ wereummeduffoly attacked by a band of drunken civilians. The soldiers defended, themselves with knives, and several of the- assailants were cut. .Mr.John Given, M.P. for Moynahan/ was appointed Permanent Under-Secre* tary for Ireland on the 15th instant. Captain Talbot, Chief Commissioner pf the Dublin Police, resigned, on the same date./ Mr' David/’Hammel, R:M.y succeeds him. Starvation is reported at Balidasloe. A husband and wife were found dead on the sth from this cause. Large numbers of farmers at Skibbereen, with holdings of from one to twenty acres, are absolutely without stock or food. Another self-confessed Cavendish and Bourke murderer named O’Reilly, turned up at Rochester, New York, on January Bth.' It is believed to be humbug, seeking a free passage to Ireland.