General Summary.

Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1723, 21 July 1883, Page 2

General Summary.

Sajt Francisco, June 30. A desperate attempt was made on the 28th of June in a railway carriage, between Calais and Paris, to murder, and rob the Rev. Mr Whiteborhe, an English clergyman. The murderer attacked Mr Whiteborne with a chisel, stabbing him five times. The assailant, an Englishman, 'was captured. The Pope is deeply disturbed by the state of affairs in Ireland and France. A large po'r Mori of Aix LaChapele was destroyed by fire on June 29th. The Egyptian ministers have voted £5,000 for the sanitary commission. Great alarm prevails all over Europe respecting the spread of cholera. Earl Gran ville refused a request of the Chinese Ambassador to remonstrate in a friendly manner with France io regard to Anabn' ..'■'•!• ' ] ' • The French Ambassador at Shanghai has behaved with great rudeness toward Lv Hung Chang. A; court of enquiry into the case of the stranding of H M.S. Lively, resulted in the dismissal ' of - the 'commander and navigating lieutenant. The Prince of Wales is said to have won £20,000 at the Ascot races. ' > Mr Redmond guarantees £1000 <fqc the » Parn^functf \ ) i . ! j j>> ' ;> ' , I j \ * The Queen is stated to be in a morbid condition of , mind, and^a prey to strange fancies, and superstitious fears. Strenu. ' 6tfs effort's have been itfade'to 'get her to go abroadtr y j« ?y ? y i; s The repbrcedlse^feto between Mace and , Lord-Charley Beresford i^ ppppunceda 'hoax.V \s','\ 5 ', ' ," - ! ''' " % The 1 v Waitara, which -was iq collision (withithe^Hnrunm^iank dn Wo minutes. , £hf vf Huruo»»i's ,*£s% reffiVed 16 r perspna who. ' 'were „ struggling rin .the water. l? lfdy salobn^pas;. > Ben|eri^^Ktfni>SMlor,^wh6^

ti^^e^«t|i|||g^ft& gave way like caw6oard?^MSre-iiiaaicngers might have belli, saved' l?Sd>a' barque and steamer, i\vluijh wasf sel)& J neSjj^ by, heeded the VWaitara's sjgijaUj of distress. 'Vine calamity!} at Sunrlerland occurred at £tke 'close of >a performance, at which several tbvo\isorfil children were present arid, but fd^'ndul^^ At the top of the first flight of stairs from the gallery was a door which opened only twenty inches, and thus but one child at a time could get through. At this point, while the, mass of children was pushing forward, one of them fell and was unable to rise owing to the crowding. The result was that a great number wero pushed down, trampled and suffocated. The scene was terrific. No effort could stop the mad rush of affrighted children; , They came on pell mell, struggling without miich shouting, and soon over 200 were knocked down _and suffocated to death by others trampling on them. Tne greater number of bodies, which -were, badly mangled from trampling, were Jaid seven or eight deep. Many of the victims killed had their clothing' torn* frdm their bodies, and this, together " with the bleeding' wounds of the unfortunates, showed the terrible nature of the struggle. The excitement in town was terrible. A' crowd of 20,000 people^ surrounded the' hall, and the authorities ordered out the military to preserve order. The bodies were laid out" iv the hall, and the parents' of those killed were admitted to identify' their lost children. A heartrending, scene occurred. The mothers of the dead children constantly uttered piercing' shrieks, and many fainted on discovering) the bodies of their little ones. The ticket-taker throws ' the blame for, the calamity upon the men connected, with the entertainment, who, it appears, fnstened the doors half way open in order that prizes might be given to the children one at a time. One hundred free graves were provided in one cemetery for the reception of the victims. The Empress of Germany wrote to the. Queen; expressing deep sympathy with the sufferers by thia terrible calamity. , A report is current in Dublin that the Government will eventually send Carey to Canada. A cable despatch says he has been offered the alternative of safe conduct to New South Wales, or the risk of remaining in Ireland without a guard. Mr Parnell, in a speech at Monaghan, said the object of his party was to so improve the Lund Act that the majority of the tenants would got a reduction of ,ten per cent. Irishmen met at Paris on the 13th of June, and denounced the recent Dublin executions as massacres. A , mass meeting has been held in Chicago to rebuke the Pope for interfering in Irish politics. Large supplies of arms and aminuuition have been , ordered by the Chinese from the American Government.