THE ENGLISH MAIL (VIA SAN FRANCISCO).

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 179, 20 November 1886, Page 4

THE ENGLISH MAIL (VIA SAN FRANCISCO).

c Hot Weather in Europe. The temperature in London has been Abnormally high. The thermometer registered 80 degrees in the shade on October 5. Never before during the past forty-six years ha|s the temperature of the city been so warm at any time during the month of October. Two chocks of earthquake were felt throughout Balta, one of the Shetland isUnds, on October 4. The weather J'on the Continent is reported to be extremely warm.

A Demand for Higher Wages. The miners of Yorkshire demand an increase of 10 per cent, in wages. If a strike sh6uld result from a refusal to grant the increase asked for, it will affect 40,000 persons.

Trouble in Wales. The cause of the Land League has just ■won its first victory in Wales A farmer's goods at Rutben were dietrained for ront, and his horse was sold for £3 and re-sold to the tenant. The sale came to a standstill. The auctioneer and bailiffs withdrew, pelted with rotten 6gg3. Then followed an indignation meeting of farmers. Wales is nowtaking a step from tithes to rent.

Riotous Fishermen. The fisherman's riofc at Ramsgato is an ngly event. It is "w ell known that the Engheh fishermen suffer much from the Joes and destruction of their net^ by French and Dutch rivals. The latter use an implement known as "the devil." which in as harmful as the torpedo. The riota at Ramegate arose partly from the circumstance that an Englishman fancied that he saw his net in a French bout, and partly from the illfeelhif* engendered by tho recent detention of English boats at Havre. The French Ambassador is already demanding explanations and punishment of the Ramsgate rioters, and the bellicose newspapers of Paris are indulging in lofty adjectivea.

Free Schools. The crusade »>f the London School Board to secure the sharp payment of foes, mainly the work ot the Chairman of that body, is causing immense irritation among the poorer classes. It is denounced as a piece of official pedantry, and will have a result Which its promoters never expected, and to which they will much object, namely, make free schools inevitable. la connection with thii?, it dotw not oscape observation that Churchiu'd nvw dispensation contained an indication that his party may make free education a plank in its programme.

The Cholera Epidemic. Raports from Yladvoßiock: show that the cholera continues to make the most frightful ravages. In the Seoul ai-trict of Corea, hundreds of paoplo ara taid to be dying daily.

Russia's Advance m tiio East. A traveller from Bokhara, who has reached Peshavror, in Noith India, reports that Russia has completed the Merv and Oius Railway to within five ptages of Sarake. The Russian? irtend to establish a military cantonment for 30,009 men near Bokhara. Russian officers d^guised as merchants are actively engaged inspecting the passages to India. The traveller also reports that the Czar is displeased at the Ameer of Bokhara for refusing to enlist Russians among his troops.

End of the laman Line. At a meeting of the creditors of the Inman Steamsuip Company it was resolved to sell the concern to tho International Steam Navigation Company for the ?uin of d£205,000. Tbo liabiHtit of tho Inman Company securtd to creditor? Avill amount to £174,500, and tbo«e to unsecured creditors to £91,000, i; clud'nij tradesmen's bill? aggregating £49.300 The Company's steamers are valued nt £105,500. Unsecured creditors will rc<j:i\e little over 10s on the pound.

Wrecked at Gallipoli. The Britieh despatch 00-it lmogene was •wrecked at Galiipoli during a fog. She was at the time proceeding from Constantinople to Salonici, when' c -V., v. r .e to convey Sir William White, the newly-appointed British Minister to Turkey, to Constantinople. The crew was saved. The Imogene was an iron yacht of 560 tone.

The Iron and Tin Trade. Hematite hae advanced 3* per ton at Sheffield, and common iron from Is to 2s. .The tin plate trade in the south of Wale 3 is improving slightly.

Mining Troubles in Scotland, The coal-mine owners of Fifeshire, Scotland, refuse to concede the demand of the miners for an increase of 10 per cent, in wages. The miners throughout Scotland are ia favour of a genei.U lockout unleea the men abate their demand Thirty-five thousand, miners would be involved in such a lockout.

Sir Gladstone's Illness. Gladstone has been conlined to hia bed nearly all the week with a cold, which he caught when he went out to foil a tree last week. He had stripped himself to the waist, but aa the weather was damp and cold he was taken with a light chill when he returned home. He was able to walk Out to church yesterday morning, and is not considered in any danger.

Sir Edward Thornton's Recall. Sir Edward Thornton's recall from Constantinople after so recent an appointment causes much gossip.* His misfortunes began by bis unhappy selection of a moment for presenting Lord Roseberry's note concerning Armenian reforms. The Russian Ambassador made much of this, and the Sultan nas eince made Sir Edward's position impossible. His Majesty treated him with marked discourtesy on his leaving. He will now join Elliott and Layford in retreat.

Herbert Spencer's Health, Herbert Spencer is at Brighton for the winter. He is in a bad state of health, and has assumed a completely recumbent attitude in his wheel chair.

The Czarowitz Seriously 111. The Grand Duke Kicholoo, heir to the Russian throne, who is afflicted with a pultnoaary disease, ie in a precarious condition. It is feared that he will not recover.

A Father and Three Sous Suffocated in a Coal Mine. Mr Lakin, son of the proprietor of a colliery at Newbold, Leicester, descended the shaft, fearing eomethiDg wrong. He did not return, and one of hie brothers de scended in search of him. He also failed to return, when another brother and then the father descended. The latter two not appearing at the Burface again, a careful search was made, resulting in finding the bodies of the four men, who had been suffocated by choke damp. The colliers were subsequently rescued from the other parts ■of the mine.

Henry Ward Beeoher and the Congregational Union. - Beecber's absence from the Congregational Union provoked great initation among Congregationaliats. The General Committee was unwise in inviting him before taking the opinion of outside churchmen. Many of these latter fire dissatisfied

with the issue of the Tiiton case. Beeoher'i doctrinal developments of late years have also caused distrust as to hie orthodoxy. Nevertheless White's offensive suggestion that Beeoher had already had a good innings in England and could be spared from Norwich, has brought the Preßident of the Union into much reproach. Since the Norwich incident Beecher has given further cause to blaspheme. In his address at the City Temple to the clergy and students he protested with great emphasis against the barbaric doctrine of retribution, drawing protests from several ministers. He has offered to preach in St. Paul's or the Abbey, but after these deliverances his offer is not likely to be accepted. Beecher's visit certainly has not increased his reputation.

Sale of Lonadale's Horses. The sale of Lord Lonadale's stud and Lady Lonndale's carriage horses took place at TaUersall'B, London,, on October 19. The eale was well attended, and the prices obtained good, the net result being £5,000, nearly an average of £200 per horse. When seen last night, Lonsdalo expressed himself well satisfied with the prices. His wife's ponieß, her own property, were not cold. Lonsdale has a standing offer of £1,500 for the pair. He says he will reestablish a stud on his return home.

The Fato of a Countess. A Berlin despatch says :— " The Countess Yon Arnim, the insane wife of Count Arnim, recently fled from a private asylum to the Black Forest Her body was found in the river Murg

The Cholera in Europe. The cholera returns for October 18 are : Trieste, sixteen new cases and three deaths ; Pesth, thirty-nine ca«e9 and twenty deaths.