NEWS BY THE MAIL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2242, 18 August 1891, Page 4

NEWS BY THE MAIL.

Judgment was given on July 2nth in rn action brought by Mrs Maybrick again., lan Insurance Association to recover £2C ' insurance upon her husband’s life. T Court held that as she murdered 3v x husband she could not recover. Miss Loale, of Germany, was one of th • competitors in the rapid firing competition nt the meeting of:the ’National Rifle Association, at Bisley. on July 15th. She fire I seven shots, at 20oyds in scoring bull’s eyes, and then she sent sewjx shots down the range in 33 3-sths sec. She did not win the prize, but stands high on the list Miss Gladys Evel'-n the persistent plain r tiff in the recent action for breach o' promise against ■William Henry Hurlbert editor of the “Neve York World,” lecture i on her woes -t tb- Aquarium.' on July 22n ! During a high t m in the Mersey on Jnlv •‘>th, a tamper r- ’ 2:Vt v.dde. - 011-psc : the debris bio k’rtg t m Shropshire Unm-’, C'-nal md the E -thaiii se tion ot tho pl-p Immense gangs of men were put to work t .; restore the dam.' A second disaster, andtra. giving" wav of another,temporary embank ment on the 13tb, left nothing to prote t the works from the ravages of the floo d--which the high tides are sweeping in giving vast masses of -del ris firmer .lodg njentfand destrov’n g in a few hours tinproduct of years'of 1 ibour. costing millions of money. The engineers now say the. resumption of the work of construction in. the damaged se t’on will be dedayed for months, pending the removal of the debris, and the erection of new barriers. The opening of the new branch of the canal, which was near at nand, has been postpone 1 indefinitely. The shipping_ element of Liverpool is not at all dissatisfied with the situation ~ Five fatal balloon accidents happened m the States during the Fourth o f July celebrations. At Boston. Mrs Allen and Nellie Wheeler, parachute girls, were hurled from a great height and smashed to pieces . # Mrs ShelVn has r turned from Africa worn in health, hut she says t’at she received kiu l treatment from all nlon.j hvi route..- , _ The Pope is gradually falling. One <k the most disquieting symptoms is his falling into n profound sleep, even while taking'an airing in the Vat'.caTigardens A remarkable is report? 1 from Dalton, 150 miles from Los Angelos, in the Colorado dea-rt A subsidence has taken place causing the formation of .an inland sea seventy miles Png ami twelve miles wide. The deepest water is threefeet and the shallowest fourteen inches The reports disagree concerning the source of the water

Death was instantaneous r-t the execution of four criminals by ck" tri Mtv in Ni w York There was no torture, and apparently death was painless Horrible details rre h n ing received fro’" Hayti in rc-1 tion to th 1 Voo'oo feasts among the nerroes at whieb children ere cooked and served up kke meat slaughtered in the shambles.

The latest nows from OhTi states that the prisons are fille 1 with sufferers, without respect of age, cln«s. or sex. Two hundred persons are imprisoned nt Valparaiso .Ho security is afforded to foreigners Judges are removed unless they are friendly to Balmaceda.

Mr Warner Mdlar, president of the Nicaragua Canal Companv, recently vis'te T San Francisco and subceeded in getting stock subscriptions amounting to POO.OPO dollars. The surveys for the final 10-.at’on of the extra canal line have been completed, and detaile.d surveys of all embankments, dams, and locks, arc nearly completed. Reports concerning Prince Bismarck arc to the effect that be is ageing fast. His figure has become bowed when he walks, and he frequently complains of weakness both of sight and hearing. His w r ife and family are seriously alarmed at his condition. and the Princess has been warned by physicians that her husband is likely to drop dead from failure of the heart. A fire in the West Stanley Colliery Company’s mine at Durham caused damage to the extent of £26,000, and threw 500 men out of work.

Charles Mitchell, the pugilist, -mt dmrk and boisterous at the Sportsman's Club, London, on the night of July 21 When the servants interfered he attacked them furiously. He knorked severa 1 o r tHmi down and jumped on their prostrate bodies One had a piece of his nose bitten ow sr-c another a mouthful taken out of his leg Warrants were granted against Mit:hcll for assault.

The story that Lord Randolph Cmrcmll is about to sue for a divorce, narrvnv fo Duke of Clarence and Avondale as - <•■- respondent, is pronounced as pure fabrication. Lord R. Churchill will not return from Africa for six months at least.

A plan is on foot to unite the Western’ farms of the United States in a gigantic Wheat Trust, and so comer the entire < rcr of the country, in which the producers shr JJ be the stock holders, and the speculator.and buyers squeezed. It is formed by the Farmers’ Alliance party. The Duke of Manchester threatens the Marquis of Allesbury. the protector of Miss Bellwood, with a horsewhipping.; The Duke formerly hel 1 the same position in regard to Miss Bellwood as the Marqn’s does now, and the latter is cir Mating reports that the Duke o? Manchester owes the woman borrowed money.

Lawyer Win. J. Ju Vo, of. P.”, Nassrn street, New York, recent!'- in London f, on versing with the lea' I V.~ that city, Sttocecd Ma in ■ Blcvrt k . recently deceased, as the head of this new order of religionist s

The fpllowinnr was c;.-l 1 ' N- v T<.>f don. on July lrt' 1 to the j~ yv-rk No-,,. A«rencv s—Soma t/h"0 rrn ' 1 • ton Baird.' Mr i Lil~ T,- ‘ m o t- thr " bought t’ e York TV-m ■>-•-+, ■ -I-,' -. Pi.tlfor the actress, an 1 • k>o «'•" o'*’ ’-r hit in conn<vt ! on with t>c TrV. '*< T u ’trof which he is at p.r s;.rt t'-c tV < recent occasion, B-’r 1 retnimo' l ’•c”-’,- nn expectedlr. an’ fount n ycim- g ntl/'m? n dining with Mrs L-.n t.rv Wit’ out jitt--ado, he proceeded to show hi” l the deer, then he “w>nt -or” the. Inh-. who familiarlv known as " +•’’« L : h-” r.n-’ knocked hrr down, kicking her in the. feci in such a wav t’-at it i< n. d "r- is no • disfigured fer li ? e. JTrs Tan. tr-- h-d tc be. carried to hod and afct.ruled, by

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will never be able, to act again. Tne injures! woman began an action, for assault against Baird, but when, he had sobered up he repented of what he had done, .went to the house an I paid her £SOOO in Bank of England notes to salve her wounds, an I prevent an action being brought. The London correspondent of the Nt w York World has been investigating a stat ment cabled to, the United States that I-.r and Mrs H. Stanley had. parted company, ■and that f.ie African explorer was rusticating by hiasdf in Switzerland'prior to his •departure for Australia. Thera is no trut.i, the correspondent says, in either of : these assertions. As lata as Friday, July 17td, the pair were together at Interlaken, and no separation was contemplated. It must, however, be stated, he adds, that there are rumors afloat ot repeated quarrels between the two, the origin of which is attributed to Stanley’s surliness. The Times of the 13th of July says it hr. a been dccLe i that a Royal Commission is to represent Great Britain at the World’s Fair to be htli in Chicago. The grant given the Commission is £125,000. The Council is confident of having sufficient funds to ensure the success of the British exhibit. British merchants who were represented at the recent Paris .Exposition spent 750,000d01s in exhibiting, and there is every reason to suppose, considering the trade between Great Britain and the United States, taat British exhibitors who will be represented at Chicago in 1803 will contribute at least a million of dollars, towards the expenses of their exhibits. IRELAND. During the debate on the Irish Estimates in the House of Commons on July 24th, .Mr Balfour intimated taat a Local Government Bill for Ireland, based broadly on the same lines as the English and Scotch Acts, wouli be introduced next session He asked whether t ie Bill would have the support of the Irish members.

Mr Healey said it would have their support

The discussion of the Estimates has been made the occasion of long reviews in tho Press, in which tuo improve.! <. ondition of Irek nil, the fact that agrarian crime has diminished, trade increased, evictions lessened in number, bo-cotting almost ec:>.- I, tie Plan of Campaign beconlu almost extinct, and emigration decreased-, arc largely touched upon. During the week ending July 18th five of the principal bank’ng corporations in Ireland have held annual meetings and declared dividends of 10 per cent The Standard, referring to the improvement in Irish affairs, thinks it is due in a great degree to discontinuan.eeof subsidies received from the United States Tenants and others have become more self-reliant. On July 22nd the House of Commons voted £300,000 for the relief of the suffering poor of Ireland.

Mr Balfour stated the Government’s intention was to make the expenditure of this sum a permanent means of promoting tae welfare -of the inhabitants He approved of the suggestion made to establish an agricultural department for giving in .■•ten tions in farming to youths, saying he hoped, to be able to assist tre Irish Lan ■ Commission with, money to continue the work already begun.

Irish-Americans have come to the conclusion that the Carlow election proves that Parnell has no longer any power and that lie ought to retire from public life.. During the election Canon O’Kiel, as a supporter of Parnell, enteral a polling-booth an i voted, but was astonished to see his own curate instructing anti-Parnellites bow to vot o. He vehement!'' protest id against the curate’s a tion, claiming it was an attempt to intimidate people, and bad not the poli o inter dre L a desperate light would have been t.e result. In the midst of tee turmoil a man tried to strike Parnell, but was foiled in the attempt. Parnell’s followers have’now-lo,it heart, an 1 many of them are on the point of goingiover to tae MeCcrt rites on the condition that they be assured t ;ey shall retain their seats at the general election. Mr .Tiutin McCarthy uecliucs to give a plelge, on the ground that t-ie decision must bo left to the eh- 1 tors