ARRIVAL OF THE MARIPOSA WITH THE THE ENGLISH MAIL (VIA SAN FRANCISCO). GENERAL SUMMARY. Dates From Europe to December 15th.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 332, 9 January 1889, Page 4

ARRIVAL OF THE MARI PO S A WITH THE THE ENGLISH MAIL (VIA SAN FRANCISCO). GENERAL SUMMARY. Dates From Europe to December 15th.

George Routledge, the publisher, died in London, December 14th. Lord Hartington and a majority of his followers formally resigned from tiie National Liberal Club, December 14th. A woman named Gallagher, jusfc arrived at Queenstown by the steamship Umbria from Now York, was arrested on December 15th. She had titty dynamite cartridges concealed in her dress. She was remanded to prison. The note presented to the British Government; by the American Minister on the Sackville atiair has been refened to Lord SackviPe for his comment*. When complete the coi respondent on the subject will be published. At a meeting of the Koyal Colonial Institute in London, December 12fch. Sir Charles Tupper threw cold water on the colonial federation scheme. Ho said he could not, after thirty years' experience in public life, say, with the Federationists, that unless the'system of the empire radically change? it must fall to pieces. Other speakers attacked Sir Charles for the sentiment* expressed, but the Marquis of Lome defended him. It was reported in London, Decembei 12th, that tlie steamship Glengarry, fi'onj New York, had been in collision with an unknown steamship off Gravesend. and put into port greatly damaged. It was feaied several lives were lost. Parliament will be prorogued on December 20th until the end of February. The interim will be spent by Gladstone in Icaly. He will live at the Villa Koccabelle, neai Posillippo. On the 10th, Gladstone pub lished a letter in which he stated that John Bright and himself were always the best friends. In a cheap restaurant on Bermondseystreet, London, December 10th, a mar made an unprovoked attack on the land lady's daughter, and cut her throat f>o thai her life was endangered. G reat excitemeni prevailed, as the assailant is supposed to be "Jack the Ripper." The lastest bulletins announce improve ment in John Bright's condition. Th( fever disappeared on December 12ch, th« congestion is reduced, and there is little o^ no pain. The doctors say there is no immediate danger. Sir Donald Smith was elected as Deputy Governor of the Hudson Bay Company or December sth.- The session was a long and stormy one. , The British ship Hartlepool was wrecked off Eggersund, Norway, and only four member 3 of the crew of 21 were saved. Senator George Hearst, of California, purchased the Derby winner, Ormonde (said by the London " Standard "to be "a roarer "), on December 7th, paying therefor £17,000. After the sale the horse was taken seriously sick. A petition in favour of decimal coinage in England was signed by 70 members of Parliament on December Sth. United States Minister Phelps, it is said, proposes to leave England for the United States in January, and before his successor is appointed. Mattel s have been very tin pleasant for him since the Sack\ille- West incident A lifeboat upset at Whitby'on Xovember 27th, ami twehe persons were drowned. .British ship The Douglas, Captain Bebts, foundered oft Jexel, in the Noitb Sea, on No\ ember 27th. Two seamen drowned. The Inman steamer City of New Yoik, notwithstanding a heavy sea and opposing winds, arrived at Queenstown, November 28, in six dayb and twenty hom> fiom Xe'.v York. On the voyage, &he supplied a famine-stricken American whaleship with provisions. Sir Morell Macken/ie resigned fiom the College of Physicians, London, No\ ember 29th, having been censured for a violation of professional confidence in connection with Emperor Frederick's illne^. The Cambridge Yale boat lace has been fixed approximately for April 15th. A French man-of-war co-operated with the German in blockading the Zanzibar coa&t on December Sth. Coast villages opposite Zanzibar are being constantly burned by the Germans. A meeting of British Indians was held in Zanzibar on December 10th to consider means to rescue fellow-subjects forcibly detained by the Arab?. They also hope to prevent a bombardment of Pangani, Tonga, Jadani, Hilwa Linda and Widkindani, where there are no German subjects or property. Mr 3 Parsons, widow of one of the executed anarchitts oi Chicago, left London on December Ist, disgusted with her cold reception by the British branch. Henry George was banqueted in London, December Ist. He unfolded his theories in an after-dinner speech, and was much applauded. Large crowds attended all his meetings held in England. Dr. Tumblefcy, lately arrested in London on suspicion of being the Whitechapel murderer, and then discharged, was missing on December l^t from New York, and is there under police surveillance. \V. S. Gilbert's new play "Brantingham Hall " was produced at the St. James's, November 30fch and damned. Gilbert took its cool reception so much to heart that he refused to appear when some friends called him. The School Elections in London, November 27th, resulted in a net gain of three seats to the advocates of non -sectarian education. A boy named Husband, 11 years old, the first to give notice of the discovery of a boy named Searle 3. who was found dying in the streets ot Havant, a market-town in Hampshire, on November 27th, with his throat cut, was arrested for the murder. The crime was undoubtedly committed in imitation of "Jack the Hipper,'' the unknown Whitechapel murderor. R. Y. Dent, M.I 3 ., was committed to gaol on November 29th, for failing to pay money due by him as an administrator. In the House of Commons his expulsion was asked.

IRISH MATTERS. An infernal machine exploded on Kovember 28th in the shop of a boycotted tradesman in Kilrush. Fortunately, no one was hurt. On the 29th November the Land Commission reduced, the rents on the Kenmoor estate 50 per cent. Lord Wolverton and five other Englishmen were, on December 2nd, elected members of the JSlitchelstown branch of the Irish National League. Father Kennedy, R.C. priest, was wrested, in County Cork, December 7fcb, '

for attending nice' ings of suppiessed bianohes of the League. The intended evictions from the Olanricarde Estates, on December lOlh, failed, the officials having refused to furnish a military force to pro tout the bailiffs. The people lighted bonfires in rejoicing. A sensation had been created in Rome by the refusal of the Pope to blc&s a number of medals and relics sent to him by an Irish priest, for the Papal benediction before distribution in It eland. In refusing to perform the act the Pope sternly paid : "1 cannot blots them. The people of Ireland are disobedient. They seem to prefer the gospel of Dillon and OBrien to the Gospel of Jesus Christ."

FROM AFRICA. The Uennan men-of-war Leipzig and Sachsen have proceeded lo Bagamoyo, November 28bh, on account of hVhtiniy having broken out fchoie. On tlie 29th a Oermun cor\etto bombarded Lhuli, and the day followintr, Laadani, u village opposite Zanzibar. The British fleel co-operated. The native fciibes along the coast have du«j trenches to protect themscJ\os from the Gorman shell tire. The Arab caravans, with slaves and ivory, have to tight their way through the coast tribes. The Soudanese around Suakim, looming that British troops were coming.to reinforce the srairison, became panic-stricken, and gave .-igns of abandoning tho ?iegc of that place.

THE PAR NELL COMMISSION. Hearing 1 was resumed on the 27th. After wrangling over the production of a record of outrages kept by Sergeant Gilnooty, of the County Kerry, Justice Hannen suggested that the counsel on both sides should [ j inspect- the book. If they did not agree, then the judges would see it. Inspector Davis testified that there were inner circles of the League, which organised Fenians to execute the League's behests. His informant was not in the pay of the police, but was a member of the League, who had participated in the work of the inner circle. On the 2Qth Inspector Crane gave cvij deuce to the effect that wherever League 01 sanitation started in Ireland outrages followed. Inspector Rice deposed that he always understood the Moonlighters oxecuted the behests of the League. On the 30th Russell, for the Parnellites, called attention of Justice Hannen to a placard announcing that a man named M itchell and Noah Fitzmaurice, who had appeared as witnesses for the defence before the Commission, would address a pubHd meeting. The Justice said the placard was un justifiable, and he would serve a notice on the firm publishing it. Land Agent Hussey then testified that tenants paid lents secretly, or did not pay them at all, because they were- afraid of beinjr shot. There were no Moonlighter s, secret societies or outrages in County Kerry before the League was formed. On the Ist December it was seriously proposed by Parnell's counsel to withdraw trom the case, until evidence directly against the League be produced ; otherwise, the dilatory tactics of the " Times" aie such that the Pavnell defence fund is likely to give out and the case thereby fail. " On December 6th, the Commission committed Molloy, who refused to obey a subpoena to testify, to prison until further ordeis, and took the testimony of a, labourer named Burke, who alleged that it was decided at a bianch meeting at Clonbar that Lord Mountmoiris should be killed, and that witne&s was asked by a League member on the day of the assassination to take part in the killing and he refused. Then on the evening of the killing another member of the League told witness that he e%poctcd Lord Mountmorris would be put away that night. Witness afterwaids told Sweeney, Muhoe, Fallon, and Murphy, all members oi the Leaguethathe might assist themindoing away with Lord Mountmorris, but he suddenly missed them later in thenieht. He*>aw Mulroe,whohad been wounded in the hand, and Mulroe &aid that he had done away w ith Lord Mountmonis. On cross-examination the witness said he would not swear that tnere was a biancli of the League at Clonbai befoio the minder. A man named Houston, Secretary of the lush Loyal and Patriotic 1 Union, is said to have sold the Parnell letters to the " Timei." He bought them from Riehaid Pimot, by whom they \seie toiged.

(,'ERUAXV. The Empcior io said to bo i-uflering fro m hisear-biuuble to such an extent th.it th e Court physicking aie alaimed. it »va<^ announced on November 27th that he would remain indoors for a week. Baron Hirsch has donated five million dollars for the establi-hment and maintenance of hchools for Jews in Gallicia. (■'erman papers <=ay that the triple alliance is being impeiilied. Colonel Staffil, formerly a French militaty attach*, has heen expelled from AKace and Loiraine. Bismarck and the SLellin merchants have quanelled. The latter iefu.se unanimously to comply with the order to alter the conditions in the delivery of corn in accordance with the regulations issued in September. A man named Danth was arrested at Carlcruheon November 28th, chained with the mmder of Huelsbcijr, of the HamburgAmerican Packet Company. Heconfes&ed his crime, and tried to commit suicide. The Emperor William is writing a narrative of his x-ecent visits to the northern capitals, illustrated with woodcuts by the Emperor and sketches by the artist Salzman. Two German students named Gichler and Beuhm, disputed and quarrelled in a Berlin cafe on the night of December 11th over Dr. Mackenzie's character. Inaults were exchanged and a challenge given and accepted. A duel with pistols was fought next morning. Beuhnu was shot through the chest at the first fire and died. °

FRANCE. Thousands have been made homeless by Lie burning of the village of Vandecourt, near Nancy, November 27th. Ifc ie unanimously decided by the Panama Canal Company to i&me the remainder of the lottery loan on December 12th at a price 30 francs below that of the original issue. Members ot the Radical Department. Chamber of Deputies, took part in the demonstration at Baudin's grave on December 28th. Dr. JBaudin, cousin of tbo revolutionist, refused to participate. Boulanger hung a m-eath on the tomb. There was°no trouble. AJadame Boulanger denies that she has applied for a divorce. She has retired to a convent with her youngest daughter. Paul Devonlede and M. Reinach, editor of "Republique Franyai&e," fought a duel near Paris on November 30, the cause being an article attacking Devonlede's guidance of the Patriot League. Pistols were used j four shots were exchanged ; nobody hurt. The Budget Committee has assented to an extra war appropriation of 1,000,000 francs. The charges made against various members of the Committee by M. Anma Gily have been ordered to be prosecuted by the Committee of the Chamber of Depucies. The Prince yon Pleas, of the German Embassy, was engaged in Paris, November 30th, to a beautiful American girl from Baltimove, Miss Bessie Woodiord, j

The French Government proposes, to settle tho (Jardinalate difficulty, that Cardinal Lavigerie bo transferred from Algiers to Paris. The Pope demurs, as he wishes to bestow the French (Jardinalate upon the*prefaenb Archbishop of Paris. Ex-Empress Eugenie formally announced at Brussels on December Ist hor recognition of Victor Napoleon as head of tho Imperialist party. She promised a large fund for partisan purposes. Tho introduction of molanite and other powerful explosives has caused an ontiro change to be made in tho fortifications of the French con&t. Ex-Etnpross Eugcnio went to Paris on December 11th to receive tho Chiofs of the Imperialist Committees. .The Bank of Franco announced on December llbh that the subscriptions tor tho now Russian loan amounted to 2,500,000 bond*., or 1,250,000,000 trancs. The Gerliiiiu picbs attacked this loan, much to '.lie irritation of tho C/ar. who said, in an interview with Schowalcff, that such eUurts to defeat tho loan must be stopped if a continuance of friendly relations betwoen himself and the Emperor William wore defcirofJ. On the Ilrh, the Chamber of Deputies, by a vote of 545 to 9, adopted tho e>.tiaordinary budget for 1889, the estimates being lixccl at 138,800,000 francs. A riot occuvred at Lyons on December 2nd, on account ot the municipal lemulations governing the Grand Theater. The mob smashed the windows of the publication office of " Le Progress.'' Donlanger visited Is'i^mes on tho '2nd of December, and was jjieoted by an orderly crowd. He was banqueted in the evening. Simultaneously a meeting, in opposition, was held in tho theatre, at which Deputy B.isly and Dryalon denounced the (ieneral as a traitor and a plagiarist of Napoleon. In oho cas>c of General Boulanger and his wife, before a Paris Tribunal, on Decembei sth. the lady consented to live with her husband ; but the daughter insisted on becoming a nun. JNlme. Boulanger said to a journalist that her husband was trying to play Napoleon, and to make her Josephine. The Floquet Ministry was defeated on December 13th, on the Government Bill providing for a commercial treaty between France and Greece. M. Goblet made a passionate appeal for support, but in \am. Tho result was due to a combination of various gioups, which M. Clcmenccuu, the Radical leader, is suspected of having organ ised. Mr Bandfoid, formerly of tho t'.S. Legation at Paris, will succeed McLano as Minister to France.

THE PANAMA CAXAL. There was a scene of excitement at. iho othee ot the Panama Canal Company on December 12th. The crush of people to obtain shares was greater than on the day pro\ious. At 4 o'clock p.m., De Lessepfe appeared, and, mounting a table, said, **JMy friends, the subscription i»> safe. Our uchersuvies are confounded. We do not need the help of the financier. "\ ou have sa\ed yourselves by your own exertions. The Canal is made." Here De Lesseps was &o overcome that he wept. Cheering, weeping, and with many congiatulations, all present shook hands with him. When the excitement had partlj bubsided, the news went round that 410,000 bonds had been subs>ciibert for in Paris and thesarae number in thepic^incc B . Martcillci? alone took 86,000. An oflicial ot the Company who replaced Dc Lesseps announced that the subscription lists would bo kept open till Saturday noon. Large numbers immediately renewed their subscriptions, the receiving clerks being completely overtaxed. The next day another exciting scene occurred at the Company's offices. On a call for De Lesaeps, his son appeared and announced that only 180.000 bonds had been subscribed for, and that the Company would therefore begin returning the deposits on the 14th. Referring to his father's remaiks on the 12th, he &aid, " My fathci 13 in spirit, than ]. Uus iemaik« weic made on the stiength ot a hopeful icpoi t 1 made him. The result is banktupu'V or the winding up of the Com pain." He urged tho^-e picbent to petition t!ic < !o\einment to come to the aid of the Company. Panama' shares touched 137 fiance 50 centimes dining the da} , but closed at 156 fumes 25 centimes. There w U" bomo talk of an American Syndicate representina 575,000,000 taking "hold of the Canal enterpii^e. De Lesseps and his colleagues resigned their poctson December 15th. The Tribunal of the Seine appointed M. Hue Bandeloo and M. Tsormanclie ab judicial liquidators. Of the Committee appointed by the Cliamber of Deputies to consider the Canal Bill, seventeen aie opposed to it, two in favour, and three i Chervc their opinions The Bill j postponing payment of the Company's liaI bilities has been i ejected.

THE LATEST. The debate in the Chamber ot Deputies on December 15, on I'eytud'h Bill. tiuthorish)£ tlio Company to t-u.-pend pajmsnt ot inteiesb on its bonds tor three months, was a lon<£ and exciting one. Pathetic appeals for aid weie made on the one hand and bitter denunciations of mismanagement on the other. Paul de Cassa^nae defended the Company, while M. lleirand, who had opposed it from the beginning> a&sailed the enterprise and its manag-ers mercilessly. The Committee's adverse report on the Bill was adopted by a vote ot 262 to 118. Great unea&inees existed at Panama in regaid to canal matters. The floods caused by the overflow of the (Jhagres river were lepoited as subsiding on December 15th, but railway communication was still in- . tei runted.

MISCELLANEOUS. i II is announced that a large popular l! paper is to be s>tai ted in Italy fco enlighten ; the lower clasise& in regard to the Papacy. : The leading articles will bo written in the Vatican. Hertenfetein, President of Switzerland, died at <!eneva on November 26th. His right leg was amputated a few days before and he failed to rally. Strikes continued in the mining districts of Belgium, and mine-owneis apprehended destruction of their property. Cardinal Rampalla, Papal Secretaiy of State, has officially denied thai the Pope intends to quit Rome. Recent bounds in the Baku oil di&lrict, Russia, produced warm water instead of petroleum, and it is feared the bupply of oil is becoming exhausted. The Spanish Cabinet/ has approved tho Bill which j*ranl& fche suffrage to all persons over 25 years of ago who have had a residence ot two years in the harae place, except officers, soldiers, paupers and criminals. France and Holland will submit to arbitration tho dispute concerning tho boundary line between their respective possessions in Guiana. Russians are building pontoons at Reni, in readiness to bridge the Danube. 35 foreign Jews were arrested at KiefT on December let, for not leaving the town when ordered. The " Pall Mall Cassette" announces the union of the colonies of Tobago and Trinidad. It is denied by the Romo correspondent of the *' London Times " that the Popo bae

authorised Catholics to vote at tho Italian elections. A despatch of Docember 10th says 30 pei'Bons had been bitten by mad wolves near the villages in the neighbourhood of Arolson, an inland town of Gonnany, capital of the lifcblo principality of YValdcck. Tho majority died in great agony. it is as&orted that an American syndicate with a capital of $50,000,000 has been formed to construct a railroad in Siberia, and that, several tormer and present American diplomatic consular ajrouth are intorestod in tho undertaking. Tho death of Prince Alexander, of Jlcsse, was momentarily expected on December 12th. The last, sacraments had been administered. American Protestant Episcopal Church I of the Holy Ghost was formally consecrated I at Nice, December 13. I M. IJn miner was, elected President of I Switzerland, December 13th, and i\l. ivaehonnet, Vico-l'resident. lb was officially announced on December 13th that Iho Pope never intended to leave I'ome. The Chicago f< Time*. " ot December 12th published a long article giving- results ot its investigation of child mnulei> in t!ie city. It say;? : — " ilonibloerimes vie hoinir porpet rated now daily, and no coronets' inquests arc held. The ■\ictimb air so quietly disposed of that not a ripple is caused in the social stream. Prominent physicians and well known midwives are engaged to commit muidors, and they commit them without any compunction of conscience."