ADDITIONAL MAIL NEWS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1269, 7 February 1883, Page 2

ADDITIONAL MAIL NEWS.

LONDON, Jan, Ifi. Twomah’is Petroleum Stores, Exeter, were destroyed by fire. An explosion occurred, Over 60,000 gallons of blazing oil ran into the river setting fire to the shipping. Several vessels were destroyed as well as the buildThe employees of the Caledonian railway struck January 15th, Five hundred men paraded at Hamilton. The Inman steamer City of Brussels from New York for Liverpool was run down in the Channel by a Glasgow steamer—the Kirby Hall—during a fog, and eight of the crew and 2 of the passengers were drowned. The City of Brussels foundered almost immediately ; her main compartment was cut right in two. The cargo is valued at £350,000, and the vessel at £BO,OOO ; the insurance on the cargo is £75,000 to £lOO,OOO. A tall chimney at Bradford fell upon a building full of operatives and killed 36, injuring 50 others, most women and children. The total damage is £60,000, Gaps have appeared in the walls of Peterborough Cathedral, one of the finest in England, and the structure will be demolished. Mr. Biggar, M.P., has been committed for treason on 2nd January. The charge against him is high treason in a recent speech. He has been released on bail. A priest accompanied the Chief Secretary for Ireland in the inspection of the parish of Glen Columkill. In twenty houses visited on January 4th there was not a morsel of food. A farmer named Currane was beaten to death at Hennisford, County Mayo. On January 16, after spending £50,000 for the relief of small farmers cottars, in the West of Ireland, Lady Florence Dixie, refuses to raise another fund for the purpose, believing it to be the duty of the Government, or the Land League to move in the matter.

A delegation of Catholic prelates has brought the condition of Ireland to the notice of the Lord-Lieutenant, and he has promised to look into the subject at once. On the day following General Chanzy’s death, the morning papers said France has lost her greatest strategist. Referring to the decease of Gambetta, the Emperor of Germany is reported to have said on New Year’s morning “We have one peace breaker the less ” It is generally noted that the tone of the German press, commenting on the death of the General, as well as of the Statesman, is one of ill-dis-guised satisfaction, varied, in some instances with outspoken brutal exultation. Emerton and Tullet, two Americans, have been massacred in Madagascar, a French interpreter and an African attendant were were killed in the struggle. The Empress of Germany sent 1000 florins to the Mayence sufferers by the floods. A house to nouse collection has been commenced throughout the German Empire in aid of the sufferers. The Prussian Government have granted £25,000 for their relief, and the Government of Hesse gave the same. The amount of subscriptions in Prussia have reached £175,000. A large sum has been forwarded from England and America.

A German Railway to the Russian frontier will soon be completed. The Prussian force concentrated along the Kars frontier consists of 7000 men.

New plans for the Channel Tunnel have been issued and are said to meet the approval of critics. They bring the entrance

and approach to the tunnel three mile* Inland within range of the defencer of Dover Garrison, Dr Manin, a well-known writer on Pcflitlcal Economy, shot his wife and himself in London, on December 27. The murder and suicide were committed by mutual agreement. Manin was pecuniarily embarrassed, and his wife suffered from an incurable bodily ailment. The Isle of Sky crofters have paid their rent, and the agitation is now at an end. Among the notable deaths during month are the Earls of Weymss and Marcli® Cardinal Domett, Archbishop of Bordeaux.. Francis Corah ill and Sons, merchants, ship owners, London and Liverpool, have, failed for £300,000. Sir Charles Dilke was appointed President of the local Government Board on the 31st December. It is said t'he Queen was averse to the appointment, but; Mr Gladstone overcame her scruples. In his speech on the 29th December, Sir Charles Dilke said some his earlier opinions were those of his political infancy, which anyone might regard as unwise. When he grew older this nurtial recantation did a good deal towards smoothing Mr Dilkes’ 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 the meeting of the Ladies’ League calculated to cause ’ntimidatk n. The London “ Despatch” says an arrangement has been made for the creation of a Minister of Agriculture. The Chamberlain is to be made first Minister. A detachment of soldiers returning from foreign service, landed in Cork on December 31st, and were immediately attacked by a band of drunken civilians. The soldiers defended themselves with their knives, and several of their assaalnts were cut down. A case of starvation is reported at Ballinasloe, A husband and wife were found dead. Large numbers of fanners at Skibbereen, with holdings of from one to twenty acres, are absolutely without stock or food. Fifty thousand pounds, a portion of the sum shipped to Pa.uama to pay the United States fleet in the Pacific, has been stolen from the Railroad Co. ’s vaults at Panama. There is no clue to the thieves.