NEWS BY THE MAIL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1325, 9 April 1885, Page 3

NEWS BY THE MAIL.

"Kate," the dynamite woman (otherwise Mrs Koran) has left Paris for Lima' Peru. Since the London explosions she has been living quietly and miserably. Gam abut, a monk, charged with the murder of Madame Zallerich, has confessed hiß crime, and will be guillotined. James Stevens and Eugene Davis, ex Fenian leaders, were ordered out of Paris on the 12th. Stevens pleads he has done nothing inimical to France or any country since his residence in Paris. Stevens, Davis, Leroy, and two other anarchists were taken to the frontier of France and warned not to return. They have gone into Belgium. The programme for the Prince and Princess of Wales' visit was published on March Bth. The Royal party will reach Dublin on April Bth. A levee, ball and banquet will take place, and then they go Kerry as guests of the Earl of Listowel, remaining until the 19th, meantime visiting Cork, Curraghmoor, and Killarney. They attend the Punchestown races. Belfast, Londonderry, and Barrancourt will then be visited, and on the 22nd they cross from Belfast to Scotland by the steamer route. The Freemasons will arrange a Grand Lodge in the Prince's honor. It is proposed to open a subscription throughout Ireland to meet the expenses of a fitting reception. The Loyalist members of the Dublin Municipal Council have resolved to present an address of welcome expressing gratification at the Royal visitors coming, thus proving a desire to put an end to the neglect from which Ireland has so long suffered, and giving rise to a hope that this will be the precursor of many Royal visits. The address also expressesa hope that a Rsyal residcnco will be provided in Ireland. The Marquis of Lome in delivering a speech on March 7th ridiculed the idea of a war with Russia, and said that all would be peacefully settled. The Daily News considers the situation critical, and that the final chance of peace or war lies in the hands of the Russian statesmen. The Times says that if Russia wishes to fight, England is not only ready but willing, and Russia has only to say the word. A despatch from Calcutta, dated March sth, states all preparations for the transportation of troops by railway are rapidly maturing. There is no doubt that Eussia is rapidly concentrating troops in Central Asia. Additional men and guns are being sent in that direction and to the Baltic, and troops are moving in from the Caucasus. The London Evening News of March 12th says all remonstrances in the in. terests of peace addressed lo the Czar, even from the highest quarters, have been coldly received. Russian quarter-masters are purchasing in Bokhara more camels than they want so as to deprive the English troops of means of transportation. The Russian Ambassador at Paris says the Czar's troops cannot withdraw with honor. The tone of the Russian Press continues bellicose. "Russia and England," says the Nova Vremyer of St. Petersburg, " will soon meet on dry land, and the result will be that the isolated security hitherto enjoyed by the British empire will be destroyed." General Wolseley has telegraphed to the British War Office that his health is excellent, and that he has no intention of going to Cairo, Cyprus, or anywhere else, until he has first gone to Khartoum. In a night attack by the rebels on Souakim, on March 12fch, six British Guards were killed and seven wounded. The rebels swarmed into the zareeba crying'• friends." Their leader, Osmau Digna's standard-bearer, was killed. _ AMERICAN SUMMARY. Sullivan, the American champion pugilist, is preparing for an Australian trip. Mrs Sydney Brown, of New "Sork, has been acknowledged by the Court of Queen's Bench, England as the, heiress of the Townley estate of the value of £20,000,000. The Cartridge Company of Bridgeport received on March 6th an order from the British Government for 50,000,000 cartridges and another from Russia tor 100,000,000. These are the largest ordsrs ever made in the United States. Russia also made proposals for the purchase of transports in Mew York.

General Grant suffers f nm cnncer in the tongue attributed to the excessive use of tobacco.

The winter in Canada is exceptionally severe, and many persons have been frozen to death.

There was great excitement along the borders of C'inada on Feb. 25th caused by the published statement that 30,000 Irish revolutionists intended invading the dominion.

President Barrioß, of Guatemala issued a decree on March 9tb, proclaiming the confederation of all the Central American states under one Goverment with himself as Military Dictator. Honduras accepted it bat San Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica rejected it, and commenced active hostilities. The President of Mexico has also instructed a force to march against Gautemala. Troops are moving in every direction and the war will be general all over Central America. The trade relations between San Francisco and the Republics are not disturbed. The Nicaraguan Senate unanimously endorsed atrea'y with the United States, and this is one cause of Barrios' hasty action. [According to our cablegrams Barrios was killed in a battle with the troops of San Salvador, and the Legislative Assembly of Guatamela thereupon anulled the obnoxious decree.]