'FRISCO MAIL NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 224, 15 January 1880, Page 2

'FRISCO MAIL NEWS.

Six ladies from the Sacred Hearfc Convent , Chicago, go to New Zealand to form a convent of the Order there. Over two millions of white fish c-.iTS forwarded by Mr Crcighton per Australia for the Government, wero shirped in prime condition. They were packed in mountain h-e i rouglit' from Sierra Nevada ranges.

Card'nal Manning appeals for sub- 1 scriptions for the relief of the distress in Ireland during the coming winjfer, Hunger and want are expected suslr &s have never Wn known since 1847. Baker Pasha has started on his first visit to Aleppo. He has no executive authority, hut his powers will enable liim to make a thorough investigation of all brandies of the adminstration, and report directly to the Sultan.: By an explosion of fire-damp iii a coal mine near Chemnitz, 80 miners were killed.

At a meeting of Irish sympathisers held iii Glasgow, a resolntion was passed calling for the impeachment of Lords Beacoiisfield and (Salisbury. A tenant, evicted by Lord Fimdy, struck him with a cudgel on tho stops of the Limerick Club, and felled him to the he lay insensible for some time. His assailant received five years penal servitude.

In the north of Ireland the landlords generally'are reducing their rent* from 10 to 20 per cent. The war is progressing between the tribes of the west coast of Africa, and the British naval force his consequently been increased. A British expedition up the Digea destroyed two towns. Heavy floods at the Isthmus of Panama submerged the railroad over almost the entire length, flooding out the natives along the line, and destroying much property. Passengers from the could not land The Aspinall, steamer, went to sea to escape the hurricane, which wrecked seven vessels in the harbour, and destroyed a portion of the Pacific Mail Company's wharf. SOftjaesengers and freight were destroyedl^F Sixty Mahomedan refugees "welre starved to death at Sophia. A Calcutta despatch Bays executions continue in the Palace at Mandalay. Five Princesses were recently murdered Press prosecutions arid rioting prevail at Madrid.

Floods in Hungary and Traosylvanii have done preat damage. Severe frog to inland Groescyerdeen and adjacent village sharing the 6ame fate. Szegedin, Demovar, Arad, and several Transvlvanian towns were suddenly inundated for many Imnrs. The level country was submerged. The dAftress is'extre-ne. Thout auds of iuhi«tantß are fugitives, and many have perifned.

The famine extends to four province* of Silesisv Bread riots have occnred in Rovcua. Tlie Rev. Arthur Wagner, of St. Paul's Church, at Brighton, has joined the Church of Rome. Tho assassin' who fired at Viceroy Tiytton, in Calcutta, is a native of Bengal, and has a grievance agaianfc tho Government. Ho was recontly discharged from the Allahabad Lunatic Asylum. The Irish agitation contiuues unabated. Parnoll delivered a hfghly inflammatory speech at Liverpool, amounting to a challenge to tho Government to arrest him, but no notice jas taken, r " ' •:.- A motion has been made before the Lord Justice, on appeal for the release of- the • .vTichbome.... Claimant. Seven yearsjhaving expired of his first sentencej it is claimed that the-other sentence should have . run / concurrently. The ruling by the New York Supreme . Court In the Bros. Weed trial regarding cumulative inlictnients have been accepted by the Lord Chief Justice as *> precedent for opening the case. This shows an intimate relation between English and American Jurisprudence. Gordon Pasha is still detained in Abyssinia. A Catholic vicar of tho Apostolic order has been imprisoned by King John. He wi'l be .released owing to representations frota the Pope- 'N Activo preparations for war ar«^oing>^ forward between Egypt and Abyssinia. '■ The French Chamber has appointed a Committee.to enquire into.the tsyst* '? of discipline and punishment in New Caledonia;''•" "'■"' Baker Pasha has fixed the Turkish , force in Asia Miner at 60,000. \, ~ Irish relief meetings have been "held in the large centres of population in tho United States, Canada, and San Franciseo. Parnell was well received at a public ovation in New York. Resolutions were passed denouncing theJUnd system of Ireland, expressing sympathy with tho Irish people, and requesting. the__ President to represent the wish of the American people, in favor of * peuaeL., proprietary, to the British Governn«at. ~ "

A bill being introduced in Congress will authorise the resumption ol a hundred million acres of piojected reread grants, which will then be open settlement and homestead entry. - One thousand picked men surrou£«led the platform of an anti-rent the i ounty Mayo recently at which Daly, the agitator, was present. Catholic clergymen took part ia the proceedings. An international exhibition will be held at Rome in 1882.

The Duchesss of Marlborough has written to the Times, appealing- to England for funds towards the relief of the'di.-'tresf in the:west of Irelanl. IThe j Times wja-ml* - supports the appeal. . j

The' Viceroy of India ref'ised to receive a 'Burmese embassy, because it was not empowered to treat in regard to the outrages committed on (he. British residents at Mandalay. '•-A'junction of two galleries in the St. Gothard tunnel will be effected in one -month.-

-i' Two English travellers have been J captured in fipirus, by. .who 'demand L4OO0 J for their ransom. ' . A tremendous south-east gale has wrought great destruction of property, 'and some loss of life in San Frai ciseo.

party of prominent men have gene :fr '"to AspinWall to receive De Lesseps. - They are all in favor of his canal scheme, especially the railroad men. Horatio Seymour declines to be norai- ■■•' hated to the Presidency by the democratic party;. A company lias been organised to :' promote building a railroad across the Isthmus of Tehuntepec.

£ :•'• Gatlotta Patti has suecV the Pittsburg v -Pa.; Despatch for libel., Tlie paper said the prima donna was intoxicated at j a ";,'" ; .-.-.■■ f»«3ftq©enis-o:,t;J£earney /.vl.e.ft. ; ■ 'Edscp.-. for; , 1 . ! r e'; National Greenbaek-Labov.iCoiiference. ••-

-?. A Hi? A ? clergyman ;y.;nfl:med.; t iiev.'. : A.;FL. y: : :hasi:, been ..expelled;,, from jthe •"• ; Masonic Order In Texas for aiteinpting r '' to seduce a brpther Mason^s v wife.'V :i '■••'■' • :: tfh'o managers of a (heaire; in,. Cinpinnatti are endeavoring ..to., introduce *''■'> - They ..were: all .-: foirested ibifjinfractjon of the law-'.. fhc statute w<].. '■'■-• national memorial to .Prince.,' Napoleon have been abandoned..; ..,.,

: ""-"■- : A California . coLny.. is .being jes ori. tablished.in Hawaii for sugar cultivation. Several families have already, left fori tne ;u r- Vt '..',. '/• ' ;'....' •■>' "wl>diliesse'ps has sailed, fpp Aspiijwall

■ : * 'to accept'the presidencyof-iiie'Nicarftgya .-;'•• I'-'Oartol:-;;Company -when'-formed,,, i; He 1v i\visfts:t?Nicaragua during;,. 'hi^.'...; tyestf K^^TidiaiEiajtd JDenWai ''" '•'•' as ainp*aJ3sadpr ■*s at"'Rome has .created..great exoitehient

■•: »in^Vienna.Cqtirt circles.": . """";'." ! '..."' Spanish Government will tlie Gubari Reform Bill of their tc>? predecessors, which they . will ='pass without • amendment. Tbi.' political ■"'*•■' situation is very critical in Madrid. : ;"' ■' '...The steamship EL Dorado..with ninety "•'----S:vre . passengers ;7 and..a... cr,ew ..of j sixty' *'. i; f iiaaGafs,*,piit; in'tp.. repair; damages received storai an: the * r d rßayriof-rsisoay i .. ; s|fhe • cr^w,'<'paralysed "-% 'with'lfeapj?abandpae,d. ffiale/ " hour? jj M =•* j !;',,; \ The WinterJ?aiace'a't, u S't. .Betejrsnurg ■ is illuminated by the .electric ' light. are taken against attack.

Nt Several, ■.■ military officers .have, been •arrested.for complicity; in ;the attempt *'s'on tlie Czar's life at Moscow, wlien his : *baggage train was blown up ; the police are powerless against the Niliilitfjs* who ■are fonnd in the highest social circles of -' thoeuipire .;'the'Czarhas , appointed a xjammissipir to , consider, what reforms are practicable." \ .' ; , ; ' f ; iie Lt-r.ni is tr.)/im, people cross the* i'iveT on the ice at Bihgen ; .'the r Seihe is .'• frozenralso. j . ' "••* /The Grand Jury at ;Carrick-ou-Siiir '-' ifotind an Jiidictment against the accused agitators who were tiieil at Dublin. "' Bxicited meetings have been held all • over the country, at whicd the police jmraded in' .strong force.; No overt was committed, however. Evictions : 'continue. ;• Ihe agitation ifor land reform in the English and "Scotch towns. Jprogrtsses; and muht • money is being r«ised. About 40 ,000 .•people attended the Hyde Park Sunday demonstration in favour of Ireland. Wesley's Morning Chapel in London was seriously damaged by. fire. • The frescoed ceiling is irreparabiy injured •• Wesley's pulpit was saved. . he London brancfc ; of the firm of -' A 'Godefroy and Son, Hamburg, has failed. Liabilities, Ll,7Boidoo. The. ;firm- offer; for gale the Samoan property "to? Germany on condition of receiving ■'•■"an Imperial guarantee'of an equivalent in money.' ' The Prince imperial:favours the'project. A talk of annexing Samoa 18= prevalent in Berlin, owing the ad vantage England has aaqutred .by Sir. ' /Arthur Gordon's treaty; 1',','.,..,' : - Contracts . • have .been, let for three

sections of the Canam"an-Pacijßc;raih ! oa4

_ :: -- : i *''|iii*licd 'forward; rigorously, from both

end§. Three lines in the United States '"' : are progressing at the rate of two miles a., day. The -Northern- "•' have a terminus in Oregon and the : other ••'"■•lines in San Francisco.- :■';■ .•:• -..>/. An Alsatian exile,: seeking toJ.visit his parents clandestinely -at Dariumere has been killed by a German gendarme, The villagers tried to-lynch the Gen-. * darme. • ■•'•■' ■