GLEANINGS FROM THE PAPERS.

Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 2, Issue 104, 27 September 1879, Page 3

GLEANINGS FROM THE PAPERS.

M. Sibiriakorl", tho wealthy promoter of Professor N'ordenskiuld's Arctic voyage, will send two vessels this spring to lender tho professor assistance, and extricate him. if uecessary, from his present position. <>ii", the Xordenskiiild, a steamer constructed speeially for Arctic navigation, will sail from Sweudeii by way of the Suez Canal and the Indian Ocean to Boh ring's Straits; and the other, tho Lena, which i.ev.l as tinder last year to the Vega. Professor N'ordenskiold's vessel will descend tho Lena from Irkutsk in the name direction. M. Sibiriakoif has goncivusly invited the Imperial Russian (ieugrapliicul Society and tho sister society at Bremen to semi scientific delegates, who will be accommodated free of charge. A curious trial for abduction, resulting in the condemnation of the lady superior of a convent, has ju-l taken place at Bordeaux - . A MY., employed in u large'house of busiuess. having so-1 paratod i'ruiu his wife, had placid his two young daughters by tho marriage wholntd roniai I with him in tho convent « f the Presentation de Mali-, the wife in the meantime going to live in England. A short time back M.R., a commercial traveller, godfather of one of tho girls, called at tho convent, and ob•■1,11. i ! ?«'-:MI f'otu t ■■:. "xb. mir.fr! ir to take them out for a couple of hours. As tiievdid not soon not return, informati .. ■ ; , .iv.-ii to thv |i 'lice, and it was ,:. .. ,mK ,|' ,vi n I that tlu-v had ~ 1.,,,,,] et d to I',; ir m th-.r," who ""'. ] r";'o"i'"iia.:'! ; imui llatrl'v by :.,: . '.a [..ndoii. M.T. sul - pi i.tly re- >,;• ': I'l bis \\ if.., rioting ~.• ■. ; |: id ■hi ■ with 11. r d lllglltel ■ .\ 1,, i i. J'hc father |cosocuted the |., ;,■ superior as responsible for the ab- .; ~ tioii by I) .' '. indigence, and she has i,....,■ I.eeii eondi miiod to pay SOOf. damages and tiio costs. Il„. I.lth July the following account of a disastrous gaui<> ut football, where brute win-, a victory at the expense of a hitman lif,.. The Journal says:- ■" It is with much regret that wo have to record a very sad occurrence, which happened on Saturday afternoon to Robert Craig I'rooks, the second son of our townsinau, Mr, Robert CY-oks. storekeeper, and which terminated fatally about i o'clock on Sunday morning. The deceased fonrietl one of the local team who. on Saturday last, playeil match at football, with the Avoca club, and throughout the ■»aruo exerted himself to tho utmost to soeure a victory for his side, dust before the termination of tho game, one of the Avoca players, twice the lad's weight, throw him with brutal violence on his head. On being picked up he appeared stunned, but after a time was aide to walk with assistance to a seat; but it was soon evident that his injuries were of a very serious nature. A conveyance bavin.; boon obtained, he was put to bed, and tho services of |)r. Johnson called in. At 10 o'clock the same night tho deceased seemed

Letter, ami little fear was entertained that tho case would torminato fatally; but the poor fellow gradually .sink and died at 7 o'clock on Stmday morning, aliout 1-t houra after the occurrence, never having regained consciousness. The deceased, who was l!l years of n<»e, was a young man of considerable promise, and a great favourite with I his companions. Tl nmoj 'in! adds: I The iiii-huifholv death.>i the y-uii'.' man ||;.,|,.. )1 (Vai-t'V'oks, reported c!>ewhcre, .. „,._ v . v |f .jr,., : |,, say the only ca-.ii-a\>y which happened in the football match on Saturday nl'te u. In a melee during the game, M>. W. Hcralcrs.>ii of the Loudon House, Tall-:, sus--1; -|,.,l mj| ■•■ :' V ll.'ll 01. .• -l.:!->'-i[" 11, |11( . V1 .,l ~', l,e'n fractured collar bone. The result of match was in all ways dis- ., ,t,-,,i is , and we trust that it will ho long i„.f,ir„ a similar iv-uil will havo to he ivrorded, or ind I that our c hiinn- will eoiitain ii report i f any " pl.v." of asiiiii- ', i!„. I.evnha fr..m Ih.tiiumh we ■ ; •■' ~y..- the Fiji Times) that the ~..,• , ■ ,': .imiaili have m ..'; an ,ii|'< ■: „i ~.;., ~; their counlrv to lUieeti Sic-(,,,-ia, mid thai the uli'.-r lias been taken l on by 11.M.5. Coullict. We must express our hope that this is corn-ft, and that the idler will nut bu hastily rcji cted hv her Maj'-.i.v's 1 inveniiiiein fr.un fear of further extension of Empire alone. Uotuniah is a very line island and natura'l< b: ! t« thj tijlyfoei). T'he - Daily Telegraph " says :—" One ~!•;rt of the Zulu war has been to furnish n ITe-h illustration of on old truth—that England as a maritime Powor can bring

liur strength to bear nt romoto distances with astonlahlng rapidity. Tho first Lord of tho Admiralty, in returning thanks fur tho Navy, appropriately drew attention to tl»' "harecontributed by his department to the relief ol Ekowe. It was on tho 11th of February that the Government, knew the extent of the ptrili mnl to swiftly won' tho needful measure* adopted that two battalions sent from England wan In the combat at QinahQova on the 2nd of April, and on tho ilftv-lirst day from the llili of P tmtary. Ekowe was relieved. Before

theSttt of March, another battalion a i it'' '.V fully I.■ >i ~. .1. and thn ■• c. unpaid. ••., of tli- Army Service t tops wore awo in Natal, which is about seven thousand mile* front oar shore*. Hut it was no) .• !y lh« centre of power which hail shot •'!! its reserved ftrougth. England is at anchor in her island possessions or aHoat in her >liips of war all over the world. The electric who had set in moil.m the 27th Regiment, quartered in Ceylon, and a transport carried gallant corps to South Africa, in good time for the inarch upon Ekowe. A few troop*, wo believe, likewise hastened from tlio Mauritius. Wherever there is danger, her Majesty's ships appear promptly on tin- scene of notion. As a matter of fact, wo have long possessed the remarkable power recently exemplified. Steam and electricity, which ore the servants of all people, have enabled us to retain the superiority won by our fore, fathers when absolutely dependent on wind and tide. The navy was the real base of operation for the Peninsular campaigns, as it had been, part the foundation of our Eastern Empire. When war broke out, whatever point was selected for attack, it was certain that our war-ships could convoy the transports laden with troops ami secure them a landing. Winn Wellington marched from the frontier of Portugal to the Pyrenees th 3 lleet still preserved bis communications bv the Hiscayan ports, and supplied them with stores and men. At an earlier period in the great contests with Napoleon, India sent an army to Egypt, just as in tho middle of last Centura exhibited by the Admiralty in planting eight thousand men and hundreds of horses on a coast seven thousand miles away is evidence of what might be done on a larger scale with existing naval appliances were it unhappily necessary to perform the operation."