GENERAL SUMMARY.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4521, 2 July 1883, Page 2

GENERAL SUMMARY.

LATEST NEWS.

London. June 9.

I "I ■The Vatican has so few. misgivings about the late manifesto, that the Papal propagandists are preparing to reprint five acts of the present Pontificate, relative to Ireland, for circulation among the Irish people by the Pope and clergy.

Dublin. A despatch dated June 7th, says that the Lord Lieutenant has refused to re prieve Kelly, one of the Phoenix Park murderers. Poole, already arrested, is charged with, the murder of Kenny in >Saville Place, Dublin, a year ago.

! James Carey, the in/ormer, wrote to the Irish Executive on June 7th, protesting against ;being kept in confinement, and he also writes daily. He still declines to ilelave Ireland, and says that if he is compelled to go, he will return. The truth of the story about poisoning by the Inrinoibles in Dublin of a number of persons, obnoxious to them, is doubted. Eight men were arrested in Dublin on June 6th for conspiracy to murder a con* stable. A girl testified that the murder of the constable was decided upon at a regular meeting, «t vhieh on«^9f. the prisoners, and the actually appointed murderer, was chairman. ' ! A London cable, dated^ Jane 2nd, says that Victoria was living quite retired at Balmoral, and seldom goes out. She is suffering from low spirits and a shattered nervous system. A large monument of grey granite has been placed orer the grave of John Brown in Crathie churchyard. There will also be a monumental brass erection in Prince Consort's mausoleum at Frogmore, and a tablet in the nare of St George's Chapel, Windsor. Her Majesty is tireless in devising means for the perpetuation of her faithful servants name. The' Duke of Albany's request to be appointed^Gover-nor-General of Canada, to succeed Lome was supported by a personal intimation from the Queen that her son should hare the position. Mr Gladstone refused, feeling the appointment would be a special favor to royalty; besides, sending the Queen's son to Canada would be to invite some desperate action on the part of the Irish Fenians in America. The appointment of the Marquis of Landsowne to the position was bitterly opposed by nearly all the Radicals in the Cabinet, and Sir Charles Dilke proposed to relieve the party by sending the ■ Hon. W. Forster to fill the position." Mr Gladstone opposed this strongly, as extremely inexpedient, upon the ground that Mr Forster's presence in Canada as Governor-General would act upon a large proportion of citizens of the United States as a constant irritant, and per • haps affect friendly relations between the American Government and Great Britain.

Mr Parnell has at iast made an official utterance in the form of an open letter to a Paris journalist concerning the Pope's circular. He considers the effect will be the divorcing of Irish politics from tbe domination of religious bodies altogether, and is pleased with the situation.

The Irish National League is preparing for a campaign of extraordinary energy, and hope to increase the number of the Parnell party in Parliament, from thirty to sixty. Prince George of,. Wales enters the warship Canada during tbe present month.

The Vatican has expressed thanks to the British Government for aid extended to Catholic missionaries in London.

; Lord Boseberry becoming piqued, at some remarks made by Sir William Harcoart id debate, on the sth of Jaae, to the effect that owing to Lord Koseberry's incapacity as Under-Secretary for the Home Department he was specially charged with the Scotch interests merely as a temporary plan intended to propitiate Scotch members, |bas resigned the office, and John Tomlioson Halbert succeeds him.

Lord Dufferin has been decorated with the Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath. Edward Barrington and Edward Kerry, editor and printer of the Dublin Standard, were on June 6th sentenced to six months imprisonment tor publishing a placard inviting persons to join the Inrineibies, and to attend a meeting ; two compositors for assisting in the publication got two months each.

Despatches dated Jape 3rd wy that the labor market iv London, is extremely lively j building is going oo in all parts ?f the Metropolii, and skilled workmen are in great demand at the principal shops. Shipbuilding ii actire, most of the yards

being in full work; in the engineer shops especially. Id the North of England there is a boom. The colliery districts are unsettled, and Sheffield cutlery works ar * languid. At Leicester, Nottingham, and Manchester, there are plenty of orders in textile fabrics, but at unpaying rates. At Lee s the hat and cap makers are busy.

Earl Dufferin recommends that the proposals for Irish emigration to Canada be refused.

The Channel Tunnel scheme is emerging from its lone slumber. A. great majority of scientific engineers, who hare given their testimony before a: committee of investigation, are- in favor of it, and opposed to the opinion of the military authorities. General Adige, Surveyor. General of Ordinance, and General Clarke, Inspector of fortifications, agree with the engineer?. A foot of snow covered the greater part of Ireland on May 14th. and snowstorms did great damage in England and Scotland. The Hon. Wyndham Stanhope has ob> tamed a divorce,from his wife, formerly Camille Caroline, the pretty actress, for adultery with Lieut. Adye, of the Royal Irish Eifles, who was a close friend of her husband. Society at Cannes is much scandalised by the disclosures. All branches of trade, except agriculture, are unprecedented in prosperity in Great Britain. ,

Eight thousand Mormons passed through-Hull lately, bound for America. The Prince of Wale* is reported to have expressed a wish to knight Henry Irving, the tragedian, but the Queen objects, and says that the honor has never before been conferred on an actor..

London despatches in tbe Chicago papers give an account of a private prize fight between Lord Charles Beresford and the pugilist Mace on the arrival of the pugilists in London! The Prince of Wales was present. Lord Beresford gave Mace a severe thrashing, escaping him«elf. almost without a scratch; he then challenged the Maori §lade, but the latter declined. . „ , - It is reported that Mrs Langtry will sue in America for a divorce from, her husband.

A terrible disinter occurred on the afternoon of tbe 30th, six days ofter the bridge between Brooklyn and New York had been opened to tbe public. The occurrence resulted from a crush at the New York approach' involving the killing of fourteen people, and wounding many others., The crush began shortly before four o'clock;' at that hour there were thousands of people on the bridge, mostly coming from Brooklyn; the air was clear and brisk, and the people walked rapidly. As the crowd approached a short flight of steps, those in front pushed back, for fear they would be precipitated over the flight, a distance of about six feet; these people,,in drawing back trom the steps made the nucleus of a jam, for the thousands behind them pushed on almost instantly. People began to shout, " Bt|pd back." " Give us room." Meanwhile the crowd from-New York which was at the foot of the steps -got blooked. Men at the head of the New York crowd fought their way back, leaving a clear space at the ateps. The shouting and crowding from the Brooklyn side increased, and people in the advance guard of the Brooklyn crowd were pntbed forward. They seemed to have s bbrror of going over the steps. They locked arms and pushed furiously back against the thousands coming steadily over from Brooklyn, and in a few minutes, at the point near the fire steps, there was a slow •yielding to the frightful pressure from behind, and tbe front* of the crowd was forced : forward near ■ the edge of the steps. Women and children were crying for help, men were shouting confusedly, and parcels and canes were thrown over by people who needed their hands to fight their way out of the desperate crowd. At last with a single shout that cut through the clamour of thousands of voices, a young girl, who had lost her footing on the perilous edge, fell headlong, and struck the hatchway at the foot of the steps, and lay for a moment, she raised herself on her hands, and would have got up, but in another moment she was buried four deep under the .bodies of others, who fell over the steps after her; she was dead when they got her out more than half an hour after. Men sprang upon the. rails at the side and waved the crowd back from the New York end. but people continued to crowd on towards the steps. No police were in sight, and very great excitement grew worse. Men in the crowd lifted their children,above their heads to save them from being crushed. People were , still i paying their pennies at the both gates, i and squeezing in. At last the people at the New York end of tbe bridge understood what was happening; the gates were closed and word was sent to Brooklyn to close the gates there; messengers were sent to the police station in Oak street, but before any outside help came, the .bridge police assisted by citizens pressed two grocers' wagons into ambulance service, and they were loaded up with dead and dying, and driven off the bridge, followed by crowds of distracted people. Wagons were followed off the bridge by women crying for their children, and men crying for their wives; several of the women were half naked, many had on only rags, one woman bad both her shoes torn off, and almost all were bareheaded. There were hundreds of them dishevelled and crying; their faces were white and in many instances, covered with dust and dirt. The stoppage* lasted nearly an hour. The cause of this terrible calamity appears to be that some ruffianly young men, who thought people in front of them did not move quickly .enough, began to push.