EUROPEAN ITEMS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 39, 14 January 1884, Page 3

EUROPEAN ITEMS.

Chubch Scene.—“ An extraordinary scene was witnessed as Bt. Jude’s Church, Liverb.,pool, a few days since. The church had been dosed by the Bishop’s orders for a wee*, but was opened by the curate in charge for the celebration of a marriage. Mr. Fitzroy, hearing of this went to the church, his Stence having been suspended, and he ig therefore at liberty to olhciate, and at conclusion of the service spoke to the curate in charge. That gentleman, turning to Mr. Fitzroy, said he would knock him down; and, habited in his surplice, went into the street to look for a policeman, followed by Mr. Fitzroy and a crowd. Tue officer, however, decimed to interfere, and Mr. Fitzroy waked away. The curate, the Rev. Mr. Watson, alleges, that Mr, Fitzroy assaulted him violently, and threatened legal proceedings. Mr. Fitzroy, however, demes that he assaulted or had any intendon to assault Mr. Watson.” Another Disgraceful Scene.—The Rev. E. J. A. Fitzroy, in contravention of the order of the Archdeacon that St. Jude's Church, Liverpool, should remain closed, entered it last Sunday morning and administered the Sacarament to se\en persons, four men and three women. The doors being locked from the inside, the people’s warden could not gain admission. Mr. Fitzroy wrote the bishop intimating whut he had done. When the verger entered the church in the afternoon it was found that the cross and vases on the Communion table had been overturned and smashed, the drapery of the pulpit torn to shreds, and other damage done. Mr. Fitzroy also visited the church in the afternoon, and, being followed by an angry crowd, had to claim police protection on leaving.” Relics of Royalty.—The Architect says that “ when the Tuileries Palace was undertaken, a special committee was appointed to see that the work was duly carried out as specified in the contract, and to select such fragments of architecture as it should judge wor ? u J preservation. Now that the ruins of the palace have been entirely cleared away, it remains to arrange and classify the various fragments, and distribute them among the

various city and State museums. These last relics of the old abode of French royalty—columns, capitols, cornices, bas-reliefs, pedestals, Ac., to the amount of fifty waggon-loads—-are now lying in what was formerly the central court of the building. After an inventory hai been taken, the committee will proceed to determine what nieces shall be handed over to the cily of Paris, and then classify and distribute the remainder, according to epoch, nature, and school of architecture, among the State museums—the Louvre, Cluny, St. Germain, &c.— most fitted for their reception.” Wholesale Emigration.—“ Canada has so long cried out for more population to occupy the new regions of the Far West, that she ought to be satisfied with the scheme now propounded for wholesale emigration from Ireland under State auspices. It is true that news of this scheme is based upon the assertion of a journal not too.friendly to the existing Government. Still, the story is told circumstantially. There is to be a largo central office in Ireland, with a full staff ; a number of emigration agents and inspectors on this side, and anv number of official i on the other side. Kloney will be forth coming to facilitate emigration, and local boards are to be empowered to raise any sums required ib pay for passages across the Atlantic, while contracts hdve been made with the large shipping companies for the removal of the emigrants. On arriving in Canada, by arrangement with the Dominion Government, land will be offered to immigrants on easy terms, there is no doubt that such a broad scheme as this would be a boon to both countries, reducing poverty at home, and giving substantial aid to Colonial development. But at present the Irish Irreconcilables can see nothing in It hut an insidious plan for depopulating Ireland, and are already raising up their voices against the scheme. We may yet hear that the dastardly attempts to wreck trains full of innocent people on the under-ground railway Weyq meant to express lively dissatisfaction with new scheme of emigration.

The Regent Bank Frauds.—ln regard to the frauds committed by the Secretary of the River Plate Bank, not a little surprise is expressed at the facility with which securities were given up lu exchange for crossed cheques. Those, however; who understand the nature of Stock Exchange are aware that on the days of settlement, when transactions are heavy, the business can only be carried through by the implicit confidence of one broker in the faith of another. Nor is ‘hat confidence likely to be misplaced. No man in his senses, being in difficulties, would make those difficulties worse by passing a cheque that would be dishonored. The case in point was a very exceptional one. Possibly the position of Watters did not justify ■he trust reposed in him; yet the last suspicion to cross the minds of those who dealt with him would be that he was bringing them stolen securities. The real hardshijj in the case fell upon the unfortunate firms who had to suspend in consequence of his default. It has not, we notice, been said what became of che securities they parted with, to which they must have had a claim of some kind, however indefinite.— Money. Immigration of Irish,—The Dublin Freeman's Journal says:—“ An official circular, marked * Confidential,’ just issued, reveals preparations of an elaborate and portentious kind in relation to a vexed and momentous question. The circular contains suggestions by the Irish Emigration Committee relating to the manner of conducting State-aid emigration submitted to them by the Local Government Board.” The Freeman says:— “ These suggestions disclose a. gigantic and complete scheme for the sweeping emigration of the Irish people. There is to be a bureau of emigration in the Local Government department, with a chief official, a staff of clerks, a troop of inspectors, a brigade of agents at home and a regiment of agents abroad. Boards of guardians are to be offered all facilities by advances of money and licenses, to borrow money to help in emigrating families out of the several unions. Clerks of unions are pressed into the service, are to receive so much per head for every emigrant deported, and authorisation is to be given to vote them increases to their salaries besides for their extra trouble. The agents are to be well remunerated. The country is to be mapped out with military precision for the efficiency of the working of the plan. Contracts are to be entered into for the wholesale deportation with great shipping companies. There is to be a regular emigration system from January to July inclusive. Local philanthropists are invited to join. The Canadian Government is apparently a party to the preparations. Altogether a more carefully organised system •han that submitted—down to the forms of cheques for the landing allowance to the emigrants, nothing is omitted in the invention—cannot be conceived. No paupers out of the workhouse are to be sent.” The Freeman warns the Irish people against this approved and authoritative Government scheme. It is so coinpletly at various with the assurances of the Government last session that it has come as a surprise, and if the scheme be carried out the depopulation of Ireland is a mere matter of time, and England, while raising up another Ireland far away, will fain have rid herself of the Irish home difficulty at her side as effectually as if she had sunk the island fathoms deep beneath the Atlantic, and that sharks and codfish swam across the country,