NEWS BY THE MAIL,

Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 212, 22 February 1872, Page 6

NEWS BY THE MAIL,

A fearful affray has taken place between German and Bohemian navvies, on a branch ot the Eastern Bavarian Railway, now in course of construction, not far from llatishon. The Germans objected to the Bohemians working for too little pay. They finally camo to blows, spades being used as weapons, and tho Bohemians left seven men dead on the field.

In a sermon preached in London recently, Archbishop Manning aaid :—: — i: I for one do not desire that the Catholic Church in England should ever depend on anything except free alms of her members. Gold corrupts and poverty keeps the heart pure, and I saj this even of the clergy. Voluntary offerings are required, for a priest is not able to earn wages. There is no pearl in poverty, though T often wish we had something more, so as to open additional churches and schools, especially for our poor. Poverty is the calf that keepeth away corruption, and I hope that the Catholic Church in England will continue to be poor and pure."

Notices are published by three rival compauics for spanning the Severn b}' a bridge a mile long. Ono company propose to extend the line from Forest of Dean coalfields to Southampton, at "a cost of £2, 000,00 a

Tlie law reports of the Berlin journals have been rather rich lately in curious cases before the criminal courts. A shoemaker, condemned for a petty theft to three days' imprisonment; quite seriously begged the judge to let him undergo the punishment on three consecutive Sundays, because he had so much to do, and his customers could not go without boots ; and a w rkiug man had to be taken into custody because in a drunken mood

he committed practical jokes on the corpse of his wife in the coffin, adorning her with a pair of spectacles and putting a bottle of gin in her hand. The London Street Tramways Company contemplate the construction of over forty new tramways ia and near London.

A monument in white marble has been placed over the grave of Cardinal Wiseman, in the Eoman Catholic Cemetery at Kensal-green. Ag it might be injured by exposure to the weather> it ia covered by a frame of wood and glass, aud.will> it is paid, be

placed hereafter in the new Roman Catholic Cathedral of the diocese. The work has been executed from designs by Mr. Pnuin. Above the tomb is a rccumhent.fijjure of the Cardinal in ecclesiastical vestments, and on the sides are sculptured several scenes in his life.^ One represents a meeting of the Bishops, another the Pope giving the brief of the restoration of the hierarchy to the Cardinal, another of the deathbed of his Eminence. There are many ecclesiastical devices, and an inscription, in which, in addition to t^e dates of birth and death, the Cardinal is described as " Orania pro Christo invita agens, omnia per Caristum in morte sperans."

The gossip column of the "Home News" contains a very few items of interest -to colonists. Dr. Feat 1 erstone's arrangements are for sending out at least twenty thousand persons every year for a good many years to come. The ureat want he has observed in his travels was that of iuformHtiou as to the resources of New Zealand ; and m order to remedy tin's he has had a handbook prepared, filled with simply told and authentic iut'ur nation, and this he propos< s'diNtributiiiu r a ! non^ the people upon whom he ripsin s !"i> operate. In this matter he is beinj wt II assisted by the Norwegians, who emigrated last year. Nearly tie whole of these have written to their frien h at home, telling them of the plenty and com fort they have found in New Zealand, and expressing surprise at any one remaining in the cold north, whilst the Islands of the South are ready to receive them. — A telegram from New Zealand reached the Doctor, in London, on Nov. 27. twenty-five days after its despatch from Wellington. — Mr C. Thorne of Dundee, who is indefatigable in his endeavors to utilise N. Z flax, bas at length so far succeeded as to be able to furnish Dv Feaihjrstone, with a piece of said cloth, made from tho fibix*. Tho sample has been forwarded to Dr. Hector, chairman of the flux comuussinnvra. Mr. T!ion-e Inpos to produce j^ood samples of towelling and sheeting before long.

The London Society for" the Reclamation of Fallen Women held twe-u-ty-six midnight meetings last year, some in the aristocratic portions of the cii.y, but" the most of them, of course, in the miserable dens of vice in the East End. There were 1.165 women at tho meetings last year, varying in a<ie from fifteen to thirty-five years. Of this number 169 wero reclaimed. One hundred and ei'jrht were returned to their homes, and the others wore sent to different reformatory institutions. Those engaged in efforts to reclaim these unfortunates number seventy-five men and twenty women. ,V The British Foreign OfhVa lias sent.: instructions to all its agents abroad t<J invostij^ata the oruanizntion of s-tht>s -tht> various" branches of the International Society in countries to which they are respectively accredited, and report thereon.

English merchants, when the illness of the PriYice of Wales was considered alarming, bought the entire stock of black gloves, black artificial flowers, dry goods and jet ornaments in Paris.

One of the features of the far.ous Tichborne case has been the issue of bonds which have been offered to the public like any other security, and the quotable value of which have considerably fluctuated. The bonds were gold to raise money to carry on the plaintiff's case, Rumors have been heard of t'lern before, but we now^et information more definite. They were first " placed" at £65. the price }itre r Jeinptionhein'j:£ LOO. They ( ngage, ontheir facetlmtSir Roger C. D. Tichborne, his heirs and assigns, shall pay the last named sum to the bearer, with the five per cent, interest, unfil paid. Naturally, the market values of these securities has risen and fallen with the apparent chances for success of the plaintiff's suit. It is said that at one time the bonds could be bought in Birmingham for ten shillings each. They are now worth about fifty-pounds. A young Englishman of twenty-two, son of. a general in the British army, has""conic before the Court of Bankruptcy with a list of debts amounting to a 'total of £24,000. Ono of the creditors presents a bill of £333 for cut flowers supplied in the course of six months, and amonij the items in the bill such entries are to be found as "early lilies of the valley, £10 10s;" " a moss rose, 10s 6d,"

A London letter says that at least one-third, if not one-half, of the entire population of that city is in favor of a republican form of government in Great Britain. The spread of republican principles has been extraordinarily rapid in England during the last two years, and is now t more rapid than ever.

A sect of Mohammedans has arisen in Persia, now numbering 200,000. which recognize the Bible as the word of God, and attempts to reconcile the creeds of Islam and Christianity. The sect is under powerful oppression, and many of its adherents have been slain, but in its strength of numbers and influence, and in its persistence, is of peculiar significance and hopefulness.

"Trade Disputes" is a standing heading in English newspapers. The "Echo" believes Mr. Bright would be gladly received into the Cabinet again without portfolio ; but that, while cordially disposed to support the Ministry, he is reluctant to connect himself again with the responsibilities of office. ' '