MAIL NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1125, 24 July 1883, Page 1

MAIL NEWS.

The 'following items were received by the English mail : A desperate attempt was made on the 25th June in a railway carriage between Calais and Paris ' to'irmrder and rob the Rev. Mr Whiteboon, an English clergyman.' The murderer attacked him with a chisel, stabbing him five times. The assailant an Englishman, was captured.

Mr Labouchere recently challenged Irving Bishop the 'Thought Reader,'-to tell the number of a bank note known only to the challenger and to Mr Firth, M. ?., while the latter had hold .of the n'dti'. J Mr Labouchere put up £IOO.O against £IOO, the winner to devote the money to charities. Bishop guessed the number of the note at once. The Prince of Wales is said to have won £20,000 at the Ascot races.

."With the money won at Ihe Ascot "rapes ; the. Prince of Wales paid oft' several of his old. debts. lie is in con-,

Isequence quite popular just now

''A despatch from New York, of June 16th, says a private letter to a gentleman in that city from an officer attached Jo the (household df the Prince of; Wales gave some interesting, facts in relation to the condition of the Queen They corroborate the- statement already made of the. morbid condition of Her Majesty, and that she is a prey to strange fancies and superstitious,.fears .She appears to be in-constant "dread of the receipt pf bad news,-and insists on daily despatches as to of the Crown Priuc'e of Prussia, and his "family*. Apprehensions are excited that the Queen's present condition may result in likoithat of George the Thi r d.{ A despatch from London of the 17th says Her Majesty's health continues to cause great anxiety. -Since she Was tfeen' at (Balmoral she/\has done little but make, excursions to' Jdhn Brown's grave. She- has put all the servants in deep mourning, and spends the most of her time in a stale of the deepest depression. The loss of her faithful servant has been a more serious blow to lier than was supposed to be possible. A strenuous effort has been made to get her to go abroad, as her "™- ~"

The London Truth of June 20th says the Queen for two months has been in a state of mild melancholy, which in ihe course of time, if not relieved, will probably become very difficult to treat. Her condition has naturally caused great anxiety, because of the tendencies of her family. Her Majesty and Princess Beatrice will in th» autumn go to the vicinity of Florence, Italy, where they will remain two months.

A mass meeting has been held in Chicago to rebuke the Pope for interfering in Irish politics.

Kedmond guarantees £IOOO for the Parnell Fund.

The Waitara, which was in collision with the Hurunui, sank in two minutes. The Hurunui'o boats rescued 15 persons struggling in the water. Among these was a lady saloon passenger to whom a sailor, who was saved, had given his lifebelt. All the second-class and steerage passeDgers were lost. The captain of the Waitara was dragged on board the Hurunui by the aid of ropes. The Hurunui struck the Waitara. end on, just in the front of the saloon on the starboard side. The survivors state that no crash was heard, but the side of the Waitara gave way like cardboard. More of the passengers might have been saved had a barque and a steamer seen near by heeded the Waitara's signals of distress.

A calamity at Sunderland occurred at the close of a performance, at which several thousand children were present and but few adults. At the top of the first flight of stairs from the gallery was a door which was opened only twenty iuches and thus but oru child at a time could get through. At this p.-i t, while a mass of children was purthin.tr forward, one of them fell, and was unable to rise owing to the crowding- Ths result was thai a great number was pushed down, trampled on and suffocated. The scene was terrible. No effort could stop the mad rush of the affrighted children. They came on pell-mell, struggling without much shouting, and soon over 200 were knocked down and Biiffocated to death by the others trampling on them. The grea'er number of bodies recovered were badly mangled from trampling, aod laid seven or eight deep. Many of the victims killed had the clothing torn from their bodies, and this, together with the bleeding wounds of th« unfortunates, showed the terrible nature of the struggle, The excitement in the town was tcrribK A crowd of 20.000 people surrounded tl e hall and the authorities ordered out the military to preserve order. The bodies were laid out in the hull, and the parents of those killed were admitted to identify their lost children. Heartrending sceuus

occurred, tlie muh'r-i •!" deid uhillrert constantly utteriii.r pic-iving sh'iek-f, and in any fainted mi Wis ;ovyr'mg ;lih of their little ones, The Ida-cue for tlis calamity is thrown upon the. uteri connected with the enlertniijmVi.LJw4io. it . • . i Jo .11 i'j. t appears, fastened the open io order tlvt p iz"s mightod>e'' givrn out one at a time. One hundred -'free ur tves were provided in one' c MiWe/y for the reception of the victim*. ■ Toe, E-npress of Geruany wrote to t tyimn hxit-ss-inar her deep sympa The Philade'piu.ui poM I'fouii I on the 20tli June, in the ccihiroi ,in>! hotel on North Fif li.-Btrnety n ; perfect golgotha Some Sfl'Jskulls.or ./por ions of skulls of infants" were unearthed he-ides' a lurije number of bones, belonging to adult-*. Tiie hous'o \vasfoirner!y (.ccupied by a Dr Hnrraway, who, had,, been -arrested;; frequently'as an abortionist. .;" ', , _'.._ .'lntelligence of a frightful calamity at a place of amusement in Derdio, on the phoro of Uake Conio reached London on June the 25th-, When the performance was in progress at a puppet show, the structure took tire, and was 'entirely, -destroyed. 47",persoii8 lost theiii djy'cg/jand 12 were injured The show was held in a large hall'over' a tavern .TheYe" weie 90 persons: in the hou-ie. A Bengal light was used to.represent a fire, and sparks from this set fire to a quantity 'of straw and firewood in the i.djacent-rooui. On perceiving the flames, the showman shouted 'Fire,' b'ut'the spectators thought the firo was merely a realistic defctd. f>f thu show, and remained seated. iTfre'Bry of fire was sbo'rP raised butsile tlvff-hall, 9:, arld the audience, thinking an affray had risen n tlu street "burst the door leadinlf from the hall; They. did not discover" their mistake till the flames broke .into t_e room. After the tire wis extinguished ,47, corpses were found n,enr ( a tabic, ineluded among the bodies were' those; of the showman and his wife. A laigo numbjr of ihe lost an; women .aid. children. Tlie wouuded werj hurt by h-apiug through the-window. A child-was filing out of a window by its mother, and f'll on a pile of straw. This wasthe ouy one of the'spectators,present 'ii'i 1 the had not hurt^^i^r^n — """"Spain and Madrid are rife with, ; riiinsrs of a great Court scandal, which are lo the effect that having ascertained the relations of the King with a lady of t e Royal.circle, and being unwilling to take the view of such mailers imially induced in by Royal persons, the Queen has sidled with her children from Spain, a- d Will neverleturn.

For the amusement of the E nper. r of Austria and his suite, a novel hunt is being arranged. Mr H Backhard has bronght from Victoria kangaroos, which are to he hunted in Prater in atmui a m nth with ilogs and hor+-man.' In the Hoii3e of Commons on ihe afternoon of the 2'ih. the A'torneyGeneral for Ireland siaied that Carey should be pardoned. He said the Executive clemency would he couple 1 with conditions.

society, s:iys a London despatch of June 27th' ' has been greatly scandalised "ever since Peck-; won the Grand Ascok It is said that Peck felt.so sorry to learn that the Prince of; Wales had lost heavily by be'ting" ■aaaitis-t the winner that he tried to make: amends for his own good luck !>y 'compensating His Rojal Highness for h : s heavy losses in presenting the Prince with the very valuable cup as a # iff.. To make mutters worse it was alhged that the Piince of Wales accepted the cup and had it sent home. The story became the talk of the town, and it became a necessity 'or the Prince's'friends to make an explanation. The facts came out on the. day that th» despatch was sent, and it has be<"n state 1 that, although His Pvoyal Hi ?hn«ss doe* at present posses a cup -vnn on th« turf bv another mare, he dM n-t obtain it as gift, but paid £6OO for it. in hard .dish. This explanation has marie matters mnch worse, an" there is some talk of Imvinur both Peck and the Prince disciplined according to turf ethics for dealing in

p*izes.' An affr-y occurred nl the Ounng'V »'» the evening of Ju"« 24th between'a i> -ly of North Miyoand Dublin military men. It originated in a gamb'ing dispute,- during which the Mayo men called the ■Qui 1 n men ' Careys' and ' luvincibW The fight lasted over an hour, each side nsiig stones and firearms freely. The conflict was onlyquelled by the officers thrfa'e - ing to fire on the men. During the five men were kiil.d, ona a t -erge nt, and J 6 wounded. .

Captain Webb, the (h-unoion English swimmer, undertakes to swim throu-li the Niagara wnirlito.il on Jidv 21st

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