MAIL NEWS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1510, 16 October 1883, Page 2

MAIL NEWS.

. EONDON, r \- '\; ■ ': . , '{ , September 21. '•'■ A death from cholera is. reported iri Sligo County hospital. : , ', '. September 20.''' Mi- Parnell has selected Edwa : rd McMahon as the' 1 candidate, of ■Hoime; Rulers, \; -. ..•-, ".7 :'•':'

, Elkin; k Go.,'. London' merchants; ■ failed September 21st. for : •'■'- . Professoi- Nordenkfield's'Greenland. party heard from via Thurso, in Sco£ land. had reached a distance of 360kiloinetreskland, and attained a height of 7000 feet above th&ea, The whole region is proved to be a desert. _ Germany interprets Mr. Gladstone's visit to Denmark in a most unfriendly ?*?• .■'■"'■■'..'' '', ' •' 'l~, Mary Anderson, ■-the American actress, was reported on the. lGth as-, playing to. veiy meagre; houses at London Lyceum. : - : .:;!.:. The Diike.and Ducheas of Te ; ck,have: left England, and gone into retiretrient in Germany; to economise, i -Theii 1 apartments in -Kensington Palaco thby have been., placed aHhe • disposal.of Princess Lovtise and'the Marquis; of. Lome. " .. '•■'•■';»' A testimonial.' to. Martin .Tupper' is progressing favorably. • Tennyson," .LbrdXyttoh; and air leading publish era are subscribing liberaUy, ..Also a movement in London to-erect a monument to Dickens; • . -The,.' British Treasury- Department has cancelled 'of variousstock, representing portion oftn| ! National Debtj arid issued 'terminable annuities therefor.

. At a Trades Union Congress held at Birmingham on September 12, Joseph Arch offered a resolution, That considering the large amount of waste land in.the kingdom. capable of culfr vation, radical ohanges in the-land system, .of the country are required inorder that land mayl.be put'under productive cultivation for. the benefit of the community, thereby offering a'tjh'eck to excessive emigration; Anamendmenfcwas" offered calling, .upon the Government to declare such 1 land Goverment property, and'>ith this; addition the resolution was adopted.'.:"' f ' Moody; the evangelist, goes to Ireland in October, not, however, as he says, "to convert Catholics,.only to preach gospel;" . \ j- The fearers of lAshtoh, under Tyne, • held a mass • meeting!o'n. September 17th, at which absolution was adopted rejecting., the' masters' proposals and deciding'that ihejr will remain out another;month; pending preparation, of hew terms;" - Lord. ifangbnie, future ; Lord"'; Favarisham, is shortly, to.be married to' professional Nelly Leraaiywho, with' her sister Kate, has been reigning star for some time at one of the leading variety I

.to^^ath-acted;the iattentionof |iejPiin'(j9;c|f ;Wales' by .heiv singuig, vaorjg |'.' Go and inform" your :that time has boeni 'a|%tiletef Th> Royal Favorite." on.foot to'erecta iflkiimien|#tho late Captain- Webb, "flfh'lhe.-bmks-ofthe Severn,.the spot ■where he first saved life. ;> ■ ot^Ee-:ci^tle.,di9ease f in of England .'uleas]ness. ~Ju ..some sections, only American'beef is now attainable'. ' ':'• ■'.^yp^^dje^.Opttpn l Spinners ,Soqiefy^ nng.that the state of 3 the" cotton goods) trade;teafada a tipn hi bothithe spinning weaving departments.! <>-<•,> ;;:;:■ .-.:-,-,,-,, ; At a meeting, of: the,;Bupporteraio£. Bradlaugh oji the 161 ft ifc'Mrpsolved .that at the next session of Parliament given no rest until Bradlaugh be a% mittedto hifc seat 6^lu9il?gal'disqttalifl- : determined.,'' ; - '. v " ; . "MeSy?-AnScrsbh, ...'tliQ ; -., Airjerican actressj-now in'.Ldndbn) 'recently de-' ;c|ined.the tptior of beingißre,sented to the Prince ■of Wale's. "-''Sne' destreHi* •she.said, -tosaijpid;; scandal. "./•'■'-' ;she ; subscribed s2Oofor-'the relief of the distress in Egypt ■ W .'i?:,. ;The Quepn' has offered to ex-Empress' -Eugene- of Aberge--Il6e Castlejwhich offer was courteously 'declined; | >"i;.v '"; '• V . .The London; night police are -to be armed. ;three ..burglaries in which firearms have played'a "leading' part have changed public opinion on the ; and the general feeling is thatjthe .officer^.shoyld be armed I 'at once; -- ' ' ;: "<v';';'r ; .."'

~ The uncollected, writings of Thackeray are announced; as included in the .and Elder.Edition, which willcontaih'hig'earlier cbrttributions to ; Punch and other magazines.' • • ••■ ■■ < The Prince of Wales had a pleasant, time at BerHnion the. Bth, where he attendedirfanoy. ball, ;;He and.Lord, Chas. Beresford and other .members of tho Royal party were attired as cooks and chambermaids, etc, The. Princess was absent. '' . Marwoad, the • hangman, died in September.'"' An inquest was ordered, as it was said'the Ihvincibles caused his death. It is announced that the Princess Beatress goes to. the north, of Italy for the winter..' . An impression lias gone abroad that tho Queen has practically disgraced the new Duke of Marlborough- by refusingto admit him to herpresunce to -deliver up the insignia of the Garter which his. father wore and his successor, according to...custom delivers to the Sovereign, He has been told'he mus'| leave the' things "• with tho.:' Lord Chamberlain. ~,"'' ---

''•■■ The props?.of distiriguislieil foreign, tourists. iji. 'America. is •■ •watched, in London i'wMVgreat : "interest, and, in -plaiiea 'ofsarliamentary.proceeilings the newspapers are. full of American affairs, emigration, natural resources, 'scenery; social 1 corrditibni etc. ••:. '■•' ;'_'The Vicar of Stratfoiion-Avon has isiafnified his willingness to allow"' the iremains of Shakespehre to be exhumed. The object is to conipare.-tho:- skull of 'him. Some of the' members '"of tKe Town Cquneil,/,ho\yev s er, oppose' : the openin|.of.the'to'mb as a' desecration, Janjl ini? the; intpit jie ;ri"vjer .;■ | Jtler * Tejinys'onia "commfeaon. to-: some' (beautiful which she will have-engraved 'on : some ; of the .numerous' memorial brasses and |-monuinents : which' ,: ai ; e' b'eihg: preparetl •by u^i:-6|ntleV; ! -'Theodore. Martiti ; .w:il|: .same^' s |ispaWh" : ;,,adds, that.'the .poet iaureata'sincome frdm his wofks.is no' longer-what ifc : used to guarantee .him £3OO a' year, ■but catydo as he has been Msting 'fiis'timV writing rubbish for. ■ ■•%•.:;'''',:'.,'!;■'; J '•'■'■''■■ '■■■-■• John-Iqrley has retired'p'ermanently 'from tiie-PalkMall -Gazette. •