NEWS BY THE MAIL.

Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4281, 20 September 1882, Page 2

NEWS BY THE MAIL.

Two men, while attempting to climb over a railing of the Tuilleries Gardens, daring a display of fireworks on the 7th, thoughtlessly grasped an electric wire used in the illumination of the grounds, and both were instantaneously killed. Richard Kelly, proprietor of the Tuam Herald, was committed for trial at Tuam on the sth August, for publishing an article written by James Redpath, which is alleged to be an incitement to „ the murder of Burke. Bail was accepted. The vicinity of the Courthouse was crowded. Mr Jenkinson, Private Secretary of Earl Spencer, has been appointed to succeed Colonel Brackenbury as director of the Irish Criminal Investigation Department. Pollock Castle, Renfrewshire, the most ancient family seat in West Scotland, was burned on July 31st. The loss is estimated at £30,000. The effect of the unsettled state of Europe has again been to throw large sums of money into the American securities market. The rush to get out of Turkish and Egyptian stocks shows no abatement, although the large purchases made by continental speculators prevent a panic, and even a serious failure in wool. Henry George, formerly connected with the San Pranciscp'Press aad a writer of some note on political economy, was arrested at Loughrea, on the ,9th instant. 'Mr Joynes, a master at Eton College' who was in his company, was taken into custody at the same time; The arrest was made on a telegraphic order from headquarters, in Dublin. They were drfKn to the barracks, and after their baggage had been searched and papers read,-and submitting to a brief examination, were discharged. George is correspondent to the New York Irish World, and of late has taken strong personal interest in the agitation in Ireland. He was subsequently re-arrested and again discharged. At a meeting of the Cork constabulary, held on the 9th, the following resolutionapproved by delegates from Dublin and Belfast—was passed:—"Having seen with surprise and disgust the calumny cast upon our loyalty by insinuation that we are in collusion with Fenians, we desire to show our sense of itsutter falsity by withdrawing from further agitation, and rely on a speedy redross of the grievances." Canadian whisky recently jjot the best of Slade, the spiritualist, and he gave a humorous seance,, in which he unwittingly exposed a good many of his own tricks, slate>«writing and others. Some young men, it is said, plied him with this object in view. The Chilean garrison, 74 strong, at Conception, Junin Valley, having illtreated some women, was attacked by the inhabitants, and were all massacred. All the Knights Templar of the Masonic Order in the United States, will meet in grand conclave at San. Francisco in August, 1883. The British ship Cypromene arrived at San Francisco, August 6th, from Newcastle. She passed through gales, electrical storms and calms interspersed with electrical disturbances,|during which balls of fire flew around the ship, showing brilliant elemental pyrotechnicing. The cargo shifted badly. To stem the turbulence of the sea the captain utilised fifteen barrels of oil with satisfactory results. Mrs Scoville, sister of Guiteau, has filed a bill for divorce from her husband. In France Le Siecle describes the seizure of the Suez Canal as the act of a thief. La France expresses similar views. The Telegraph says the Suez Canal Company will sue England for damages. The Pays, Gambetta's paper, declares if the policy tOf Gambetta had been followed, the country would have been spared the humiliation of making the canal a branch channel. The Temps believes England will permanently remain mistress of the canal, but is inclined to acquiesce ia such a settlement as is advantageous to European interests. The Journal Dcs Debats says: As the Chamber declined to allow France to co-operate with England, we have no right to reproach England with exclusiveness.