NEWS BY THE MAIL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1443, 19 December 1885, Page 1

NEWS BY THE MAIL.

The cattle dealers of Cork rejoiced over the, arrival, pf the Danish steamer Constantine bn October 30th, the pioneer of the fleet which is expected to usqrp,||i,e place of the boycottejd, Cork, steamer pocket,’ The Constantine and the' other vessels* siniilsrly chartered are adiNiVably fitted 1 for the transportation of jcattle, When the steamer arrived, at ,the ( moafli of the River Tee she wan welconijed by groups or people along the bank* who cheered the newcomer until she rencheo'; Cork, where enormous crowds .assembled, on the quays'^! Wfaeii the Da'pisb fljtc waseen Some of the more enthusiastiCjof tin; Nationalists, yelled,, “Down with tlm Danish flag j .hoist the harp and shamrock she’s an, Irish vessel now.”, Whpn tb»> Constagtipe waßinopred a crowd of mac rqshed on board, and the Danieh jsaiJor>v mistaking them for piratesj struck out right and left' with hfelsydg-pibs and other weapons. Many -of the ( Bailors drpw 'their ehesiih knives, and were about tO' iiße ' thbm;’ when the matter was explained: The Captain then .civilly requested the infrulers to leave, jbufc the request was unheeded. Several ipvaders. attempted to mount to.' the while 1 others began hauling on tjhei.flkg, halyards.' The Danes iresented thp Jeterference, and- after a lively the landsmen were driven off .the 1 vessel. 1 Their' leader'; had three - of. his (fingers chopped off by a Danish sailor, who was arrested,, arid tlip vessel was put under a police guard, The new Teasels make three round trips, pyc week between Cork and Liverpool, and the merchants and traders in both cities have promised support enough to Cork Steam Packet Company with ru ! p. The Company have already lipd up tlie bigjsteamer Pqlican- and..discharged t)Ve ,crew. The Dover Packet Company , got the best of the boyebttors, and the greatest injury .they suffered at their, hands was! annoyance and 'temporary j’jDiprrqptionj of the trade.

AMERICAN SUMMARY. , .William. Heath, a leading New York broker, has recently, failed for) several millions... lie was attested. J

A tremendous fire at Gal vestop,. Texas, destroyed 52 blocks of buildings. The loss is twd million dollars and insurance a million, mostly in foreign companies. (JoVernor Stanford 6! Californja has endowed the University .at Palo with landed estate valued at 5,000,000 dols. Minister Carter, of the Hawiian [stands, Is here to propose! a, plan to England, France, and Germany,to.secure (the neutrality of the Pacific Islands, anjl ceptralising authority in the Sandwich Islands, whose integrity is guaranteed by the Po*era,*’ Ferdinand Ward, Grant’s partner, has been sentenced to ten years’ (imprisonment. John Sullivan,.,the. jrtarts for Australia in April. ' " . A crusade against the liquor; traffic in the Upited 'States under Catholic auspices is threatened by this Pope’s endorsement of the anti-liquor decree of thelAmerican Plenary Council. [ .■ John Bownian, ex-Mayor of St. Louis, was ftessssinated; within: 6 few feet of his own door, it is believed by his political ;opponents. ,r Hannah Masterson ~haß obtained « divorce.at San Francisco frofrn Joseph Masterson, the’ Athlete. ,qf on the grounds otcruelty., . ... Rodrigues,.: who accompanied Da Lesseps. to Panama, has > published* book at NeW York in which are damaging criticisms regarding thfl<-ca,pal. .. JHA..deolarep th#/"cheme, has already.obist £20,00f>,0(j6 sterling,' to inevitable failure. The Ecohdraistj Francaise warns jts co,untrycnen that the (whole coocorn is oh the verge of probable bankruptcy, and the collapse will be the moat terrible of the century., . A great storm has occurred, off ~the coast of Labrador in which |BO fishing vessels were wrecked, apd 70 nun lost tiieirliv**.

There ip, a great revival in the American iron trade and the mills are 'iictivb'.

• Opposition to vaccination still continues at Montreal and Toronto,* god smallpox continues its ravages. It hae now Jlpread to Prince Edward’s Island, and .41 cases are repotted at Charlotte town. ’ Sir Jndi McDonald has left Ottawa for Englapd, confer with the Imperial authorities re 'be American fishery rights.

A cablegram ©! Nov. Bth says a move* ment of great'importance is being cjuietljr organised among the various societies of Irishmen.*' It ia jjroppsdd .M form a vast federation cbm prising allihefj representatives of organised labor in Ireland for the solo purpose of keeping out of thb country all goods of British, manufacture with the exception of such as,lreland hi;unable to produce. movement , M warmly approved of by Michael ppd a deputation waited on Mr Parnell tp ; secure his approval and .that of .the Irish, National League,! ~ , [The foregoing wae .crowded out of our lastlwo issues.]