MAIL NEWS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1217, 5 December 1882, Page 2

MAIL NEWS.

Age Special. LONDON, Nov. 22, It is reported that the Czar has decided to re-uppoiut Ingatieff to the position of Minister of the Interior, from which he was recently dismissed. The report has given rise to considerable agitation as it is supposed to indicate the return, on the part of Russia to warlike and antiperman policy which General Ingatieff was asserted to favour. The French Government have decided to sell the site of the ruins of the palace of tire Tnllieries, at Paris, by public auction at an early date. The officers and men of the battalions of Foot Guards, who have recently returned from Egypt, were entertained yesterday at a grand banquet at the Westminster Aquarium, The proceedings were enthusiastic and the speeches delivered of a congratulatory character. A Government official has been arrested at • Cettinge, the capital of Montenegro, charj ged with conspiracy against the GovernI went.

Great depression prevails in the Iron trade throughout America, and the principal ironworks at Chicago are about to be closed, A grand banquet has been given at Marseilles to celebrate the inauguration of the new line of steamers belonging to the Mcssageries Maritime Company, who are to trade regularly from December next between Marseilles and Australian ports. Speeches were made of a congratulatory character, and satisfaction was expressed at the opening up of direct commercial relations beween France and the Australian Colonies. It was decided to form a new Liberal Club on a more popular basis than those at present in existence, with the view to promote closer intercourse between leading members of the party throughout the country. The new club will be called the National Liberal Club, and it is being established under the direct sanction of Mr Gladstone, who has promised to make a donation to the Club of his valuable political and historical library. A terrible disaster is reported from Quaysquil, one of the chief cities of the South American Republic of Equador. A large powder magazine exploded suddenly killing ten personsand wounding numbers of others. The arrest of the ringleaders in the recent anarchial disturbances at Paris and Lyons has had a wholesome effect in suppressing the Socialistic agitation which seemed likely to spread over all the large centres of population throughout Europe. Various organisations formed for the purpose of disseminating Socialistic doctrines have ceased operations, and the members liava dispersed. The anti-Jewish agitation is again being revived in various parts of Europe. In St. Petersburg, and several districts of Hungary, attempts have been made to incite the populace to fresh acts of violence against the Jewish residents. The authorities are taking measures to suppress the threatened disturbances.

Hostilities have broken out between Montenegro and the Turkish Provinces of Albania, and the former Government are now making a general call to arms with a view to invading the Albanian territory with, it is said, the secret sanction of Russia. The Porte has applied to the Great Powers of Europe to place a check on the Montenegrin aggression, declaring otherwise that war will be declared against Montenegro and a Turkish army will be sent into Albania to protect the interests of the Sultan’s subjects there. A section of the inhabitants of Albania despairing of receiving substantial succour from Constantinople, have sent a deputation to Austria with an invitation to occupy the country. It is stated that one of the visits of M. Griers to Germany is to consult with some of the leading capitalists on the financial position of Russia, which is at present far from flourishing. It is stated that the existing French Ministry will shortly be reconstructed, with a view to strengthen its position in Parliament and country. November 2(1. It is stated that a basis of agreement has been arrived at between Russia and Germany as to the course to be pursued by the two Powers with respect to affairs in Egypt. The Russian Government is stated to have pledged themselves to support Prince Bismarck in any policy which he may deem advisable to pursue on the subject. Gambetta and his political followers are commencing an agitation for displacement of M. Grcvy, the present President of the French Republic, who was elected to office for a term of 7 years in January, 1870. They disclaim any personal animosity against M. Grevy, but contend as a matter of principle, and in view of probable European complications, the President of the Republic should be a military officer of experience and standing. The movement is being warmly taken up by the military party throughout France. Owing to the harsh treatment to which the Coolie immigrants have been subjected in French Island the Reunion Indian Government have prohibited the exportation of any more coolies to that Island, and it will for the future be summarily stopped as it is considered that the condition of the Coolie population of the Reunion is very little removed from slavery. November 27. Great consternation has been created at Montecarlo, Central Africa, by an explosion which occurred in one of the gambling hells in that place. The origin of the catastrophe is at present unknown. The Egyptian Government have determined to inaugurate a strict system of economy in the management of the public finance, and with that view have announced a number of measures of retrenchment. The bridge at Tariffsic, Aberdeenshire, suddenly collapsed, causing the death of live persons who were crossing at the time.