EUROPEAN.

Temuka Leader, Volume I, Issue 65, 31 July 1878, Page 3

EUROPEAN.

W« condeupj i'-o fo'lowing i.om p home Je-yjr. da.ed Lo don, May 2G, to

the 'Oiftj'o Wuiie-s'

ACa' s hi .he East a-e looking brighter, and the sternum of Errope is tuned towauls what may almost be cal'ed the last efoio to prevent a co n: sion between t'>e-wo great empi/es of the Q.'.een and the Czar. Diplomalisis and a'terwavds demo'isi'ed, woud-Ot's pby uulil ihe/ bzcrme themselve? A~/ep.ry o,: the usehass h'bo.r;, and at lasl h-'ve betaken to the s ; mp'e anc<. s>a coarse of direel ?n:er-chan-j.e ofopidr.ns. The Bass : an Ambf.ssador in England, having receded from orr a Tair and open statement of the views of orr Cabinet, reuUi-ned last week to St. Petersburg to lay tho~e views ,"a +'ie : r simpHclty be r o.e the Czar, and thus enable the Br.ss ; aa Govevxiaient to know exa'lly v/hat En,],Imd wil. 1 not agree to on fmy te mis, and what congressional dec's : ons E"jhn<l will be preoiu-ed io abide by. saje so sent has been kept a p'-ofornd secret from the world, as also will be I he answer returned by im-il ?« J >;> p -| 1 have been considered by ne British Cabinet, The answer he brings caanot but be of inimense • i.-vportarce, » r <\ iborgh we do not know the nature o" the mission of Count SchouvalofT, we may fi.it-ly coi-cl-ide thai it wi!l l.'p.ve the ef act of putting an end to ail the t-ncer-thin.'y of montiis past, and settle finally the question whether we are to or shake bands with I„.*ss<a. In the i ocnti.ne, pr<p:'n\t ; o:is for war are beingcarried on as vij-oro'-sty as if wa<- a ere unavoidable. There is no thickening of the o;".e;i-e--p. r essed dete-i.-inalion of ihe Cover.Tiie«n. not to trost the iina l i-sne to cl-aoce or d* r vtomacy, but wi'ile leaving these a f.d" • , •" I,t, t 0 prep?re for -he wor=i. This deterni'up.'.lon they adhe-.e to in spite of oppOv-' i 0 n and crit \<-v ,n hoJx from the prrlv at home and an ani.iBri'sh pess on the con-.'neot. Tl>e decision of the Government iob ivj over the S'klis aoo! Goo/khaa, not ?n.>orrced rni : l pfie r ti>e separation of Parliament fov -he E:«sie-w recess, astonished py l expressed thei**' astonish-eent and vaniei. their auge'.- Li pla'-fcm speeciies. On the re-nste of Parliament, the di> cession on the piop'iety of the action of the Government issmeed 'athcr a h-igal than ?• party aspect. The corist ; ti'''.io-ial qaci.'ons, "Whether the Crown hrs power to for the services o" troops of India outside the boundaries of the dependency] and if, wlien >bey ?re ori.si.le such bou'-davies, w>ey or ?ra not sphject A o the E-i.v'iwii Act for India]" are di-'ficull to aisver. Lords Ci- : '"i's a**' 1 . Se-borne <'ih:er as to <be Tne'e has not been lurch acli.i y i'ie opi'.o-hig foicei in the "»i\>.s<, iieh'iet* shie cai ing to taJ:e the fc iep i'i miv iiroor- j t-".nt iii.)ve<iicnfc. The g'-wt .scheme r o'j si n-'t.-'oeoj.s wj.'tidi.:.\-,;\l of t''e l!iis-i<m I arm<C"< and the li-iiisli fee., w!>ic , i^-. l - , ' j 'l I _'or P tni'.R SO proici'.bi-j, d'e ! a natiu.-d de.ith. Tlie Russia-is ere s'i ' ao Si St ■].)'■ -ano, and the Briosti feet s; : 'l in ;:-e Sea of iUarmoiv. Gueral To'ii.eb-- l i has succee«K?|] -o i'-'ie s.m-«i'i'eco'i'Piai)«'l ,if ihe KussbMi : .«'o!'«':i>s iu 'ni'Aey, a>rl is a'-Lady m-'ie his re.s'yss « iin<oriil'oiiabV >*e'L '• I am no d'oin ,v,t ; st." say's the^vet--r?.o, '-but p, sohb'er, and I sli.-'l b'3 glided ii x-iy aci. : oi>..s by nidi'ary He ban Stepliauo miheaUhy, and or-.c-ed a change, whe'ei'pon l"'s f;oops advanced so ne-ir the Tir.kish oi'fcposls (hat Bi-ker Pasha sent aii a : de-de-con.p t'» say that they m>'sc coine no f.i-ilie-. " I have ihe permission of the Tnr'-. : s'i said Todicben. " I L.-iow of no such pe/missioo., aud shall fire if any f,'"„!>er advance is made," replied Baker Pasha. But for forbearance on both s ; des, this lit tie spark mijht have rekind'ed the flame ol war. Todlebeo is ■"ort : ."y'ng Adrianople, and should hos.' : l : .ties be ,cesdined, the Itnss : ans wi 1 ! here esconce themselves. Todleben demands the fulfilment of the San Treay—the immediate evacua.ion of the foit-.-esses of Varna, Schamla, and Batoem. The Turks de'ay the evacuation by every shirt and promise they cui devise, while the} 7 strengthen -lie defence of Constantinople, and hold ihcnselves in readiness to profit by the first sign of cooimotion. The inhabitants of Batoum flatly refuse to surrender the town to the Russians. The keeping of large armies in the fie'd is a heavy, and a double drain on Ross'a, through the cost in money on the one hand, and the loss o.f men, dying as they do in hundreds from exposure and privation, on the other. While li'ts appear in the clouds overhanging the East, a dark shadow hangs over our own island. Serious cotton riots in Lancashire divide our attention 'with the Eascein Question. The Masters' Association having given notice of-a reduction of wages ~by ten p3r cent., an almost general strike followed, and next a general lock-out:' The masters were resolute in demanding the reduction, and the operatives equally in resisting it Their small stock of funds exhausted, hungry and angoy, the lower classes of operatives brofe into riot. The disturbances commenced'at Darwen, near Blackburn, aud the evil spirit soon -spread to Blackburn, Burnley, Aceringroh, Padiham, Havwood, Clilheroa, - and othei places. Auarcby : vvas ! f'iiimpliant. Lawless inobs paraded the stceets,' smashing windows, and destroyiug property of all kinds. The house of one great millowner was broken into, ics contents wrecked, and then burned, the owner barely escaping with his L'fe. Every shop was closed, and every house that could be, boardi-d up. The Riot Act was read, and the military called out to assist the overpowered police in roost of the towns named. So serious did the disturbances become, that the Home Secretary gave orders that they must be quelled at any cost, even though the garrison at Aldershot should have to be transporfcednoi ihward. Comparative peace is now established, tnougb the current of disaffection is still umningdeep. Were it not for the troops fearful scenes would infa'tibly ensue. The better class of operatives disapprove of the doings of their more ignorant fellows, and do their utmost to prevent their rushing into such fearful extremes, but their efforts are of little avail A dangerous circumstance of i the case is that masters have immense

slocks of cotton on hand and are rather phased tii n<t .er\/ ; se to lock op their mids. or course ibis c : cum.s uv e iends the iro'.'c u> Crc t hope.-, hoY/ever, ar- eru:i..tuie-l of nn irni co .-cessions s nd, it' the efforts nov7 being made are sjcce*>i'i'l, ;i few days wi 1 .sec the end of the series of w'ld disturbances which h?,ve been a to o.v boosted on. The gvesfcPa'.is Exhibition was foimally opened on the dale f xed upon, but long before it was ready for opening. _ Tlie only section tliat WoS at t-.1l sufficiently advvueed was the British, every _ other cot'.nv.y. including France he seh", is still fa* behi-dhand. The exhibition as a whole, how eve , promises well, and the French ere e~ p oi'd of it. The mo-;i pop.-b'v ra.va ?d all Paris is ocx o.vn F.-ince o- Wat as, to whose e.ei lions is t.ep.t'y due Ihe advanced sliue of ihe Lntis . seclme.. At a great dinner given I^ll.R.rt. a:.dthe E,?j,l : siiConim.isvo-.?e:s, the Pii-me made so Hpoy « speech that in -lh> few wercs he did more to win the French in any fclme strjgle than 'all the yn CfrY.e. world ha;e done in a ye f vr. A good armory for our futme l.in^.

A motion interesting to colonists was mi.de by Mr Ben thick, who wished to restrict the speed of the steamers of the P. and 0. Co. The lion member was possessed with the idep, that, through stringently keeping the Company to vhe contract times, the captains were obliged to steam full speed whether a blue sky or a dense fog prevailed, to the danger of their passengers and cargo Lord John Manners ancl othe.-s completely refcted this idea, the Postmrster-Geneiv,! proving that hardly a single»rjiden* had occ. rred hrough over has.e ; he could not entertain the hon member's Several members weie o" opinion, indeed, that the mail service cou.id, and should be pe.rcrmed with even greater speed thpn ao pre".ent, so tnv-fc whatever i-e c vlts we at all evenl? sh -H <.'ot lose time with the Bviodisi and Scuihamoton mails, a o ainst which 11-e San F.;?.wisco route is alveac'y a eviage/ous compeouor.

It is ptoposed to erect several memorial to the late Bishop SeLvyn, but perhaoa that whieh appe?. l * most to one's sympathy is the idea of founding and endowing m Cambridge University a college to be called the " Selwyn College," at which young men shall be trained more es.ischJly for lel'gious and missionary work. No.hiog could, one feels sure, have so m.'ch delighted the heart of the good Bishop as this, and from the subscriptions promised it is fanly hoped that the scheme may be a success. Hex-e is a splendid opportunity for ISleiv Tealandlovers of the Bishop to te-tify their admiration of his li:?e and works.

An exrrao-dmnry case has been tried before Judge Warren in Dublin, which ba= excited a large amount of interest amem'st the clubs and society oc the j risk capital. AMr Bagot, a man with a fortune of £SOOO p year, and £50,000 in hard but a paralytic, had led a very dbssij-ated li-"e and become a confirmed invalid. In the course of his numerous niffjrej he came aiross Miss Vemer and li'r sis er, daughters of Sir William "Vfvner. Tie acquaintance rioened rap ; Hly, and its co.-rs'- was covducted in a way ha'«Uy according to the modern ciions of propriety, the ladies being undoubtedly fast, and the gentleman being quite capable, if not physically, at least morelly, of keepihg up the pace. Even.uady, after moie than one nocturnal expedition, Mr Bagot and Miss Verne.r we/e in a very dojbtful way by a doubtful eccles : :;.stic. They lived together not very happily, but before the bi'ih of their club I the marriage was so'emnised in proper forin. From this poii't o.iward the evidence in Court of the plaintiffs and defendant's witnesses as to the manner of He of the happy couple was ufte'ly contradictory. Mr Bagot is now dead'and the suit is that his will :md property be applied +o Irs wife and child'instead of to other quarters. It was averred on one side that Mr Bagot and his brothers led Mrs Bagot the life of a dog, enmloyiug detectives to watch her ev°ry movement, and treating her with eveiy insult ; on the other hand it was alleged that Mrs Bagot was a virago and a vixen of the most approved type, and employed every artifice to torment her husbaud, illtreating him when he was ill, going out late at nights, dining with officers of the 17th Lancers alone, and altogether behaving in the most termagant way. The evidence was nothing if not pic.uaut and full of scandal, and little bits of domestic b'fe which were extorted by the defendant's cross-ej;am'.nation were relished heartily by the well-dressed audiences, aud retailed with much gusto in the clubs, the appearance and examination of Mrs Bagot herself, who is a lady both young ancl prepossessing, being the bonnebouche. After a trial of three weeks, on each day of which the most extraordinary disclosures were made, the Jury were unable to agree to anything like a satisfactory verdict, and the case will probably go to a new trial. People have not had such a niorceau of scandal since the Bravo case.