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HOME' AnITfOREIGN. Excitement in Ireland. .Tli© Mails. Mfirquls of Kay ©©ntenceci to Four Years r . Imprisonment, Calcutta Exhibition. [REUTER —OOPTRIdHT.J " LONDON, Jfth T, Canon Wcstcolt, who preached the sermon-at tbe consecration of Dr Barry, in referring to the ceremony, expatiated upon the peculiar fitness of Dr Barry for the office to which he had been chosen. Jan 2. Great excitement prevailed in Dromore, County Down, Ireland, in conse- , qnenceof the Orangemen, who numbered 20,000, attacking a Parnallito gathering. A strong force of troops who were present prevented serious collision of the two factions. The homeward Australian mails via Suez and Brindisi, which lelt Melbourne on November 22 wore delivered to-day . ; Jan, 3. Baron Maclay, the New Guinea explorer, has addressed a letter to Lord Derby, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, urging the British Government, if it should decide to annex New Guinea, to respect the rights of the natives, and expressing a fear that an attempt will bo made to kidnap them for the labour trade. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 31. The steamship Zealnndia, with the Homeward mails, dated Auckland, December 12tb, arrived here yesterday. PARIS. Jan 2. The trial of the Marquis Do Ray on of fraud and deception in conviction with the New Ireland expedition Concluded to-day, when prisoner was found guilty and sentenced to four years’ imprisonment; and to pay a fine of 8000 francs. The associates of the JJarquis wore also found guilty, nnd sentenced to shorter terras of imprisonmenl nnd fined in the same amount. (Received Jan. 4, 1.10 a.in.) CALCUTTA, Jan. 2. Up to the present time the international exhibition has been visited by 238,500 persons. The Jnrics will commence allocation of awards on January 15th. OTTAWA, Jan. 2. A serious disaster has occurred on the railway near Toronto. The workmen’s train collided shortly after leaving the city, with a goods train, and twenty passengers were killed, thirty others being seriously injured.
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Patea Mail, Volume IX, Issue 1134, 4 January 1884, Page 3
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