Arrival of the English Mail PER S.S 'AUSTRALIA.'

Auckland Star, Volume IX, Issue 2602, 20 August 1878, Page 2

Arrival of the English Mail PER S.S 'AUSTRALIA.'

COMMUNISTIC PROSECUTIONS IN

GERMANY.

RELIGIOUS RIOTS AT KATJSCE

THE KAFFIR WAR.

GENERAL SUMMARY. The session of the Austrian Reichsrath and the Hungarian Diet was closed last week. ; The Houses were warmly congratulated by the Emperor for their patriotic spirit in settling the terms of a compromise •in the : financial commercial questions which have so long occasioned discord. The assassin Nobiling still lies in a precarious state. The trial of Woudd is fixed. for July 8, and on behalf of the Crown 38 witnesses are subpoenaed. Prosecutions for treasonable language continue, and meetings are frequently interrupted: by the police. All persons wishing to reside m Berlin must be provided with passports or papers of legitimation. The new legislative measures to be adopted against Social democracy are now under the consideration of the Ministers of Justice and the interior. Riots have occurred at Kausch.. at the instigation of persons taking part ma Roman Catholic procession. , .The disturbance was repressed by the miliiary, but not until thirteen persons were killed and the Jewish Synagogue .■ and.; several shops were sacked. Eighty persons, among them several clergymen, were arrestea. A French journal reports the [death ot the Emperor of Morocco. Owing to a drought, which has lasted an entire year J:a terrible famine is raging in that country; crops have failed and crops are pehshing. Recent news of the Kaffir war is favourable. Sandili's body has beerr fotmO. Magole, a noted leader, and bfliidiiis brother, Sonata, have been captured, ana Edmund Sandili has offered to.surrenuer, Blith's force, after six days' continuous fighting, completely defeated tbr^Gnquas at Mulgas on sth June. They 'idledJ2 rebels and captured 2,000 sheep. 800 rebels also have been defeated with great loss, « Griquatown, which has greatly discouragea the natives. Mr Merriman's motion, in pc House of Assembly, condemning the acW of the Governor, Sir Bartle Frere,^ regard to the command of the coionuu forces, was rejected by 37 votes to 22. The King of Dahomey having refused to pay the balance of the fine of 200 puncheon 3 of palm oil, has been informed that «w bombardment of Whydah will be renercm It is expected, however, that the nne^ be paid by the French traders. In American military circles aPPf^r sionsare entertained of a gennral incu^

WThe negotiations between Germany and the Vatieau, which commenced (ffl>* accession of Leo XIII. to the, Pont ficate, have come to a dead lock. In^-v letter from the Pope, the CrownPnnce» timated plainly that the ways of «i^ f :;, could not be altered to suit the views ecclesiastics. w ' p o f Since the Whitsun recess the House v . Cords has been chiefly engaged; sing a bill dealing with intermediate equw tion in Ireland, the Public Health Ac Amendment Bill; and a measure : further amendment of the Poor Law^ * • A bill has been passed for legak"j£ «£ use of steam on tramways. A snort cussion was raised by LordGranvule on .* publication by the " Globe" of a secret m ■ ment stolen from the Foreign O^ce. understood that the memo of agj 8"^ between Schouvaloff and Salisbury a besn put into the hands of ■ & 'WJ 0 | clerk named Marvin, receiving the^ p»J lOd. per hour, and who was now «•. remand from Bow-stree;, charged *™l* munieating the document toat« Uug He strongly censured the Practlf °* tVeie in such aid'where confidence and tog J a , of so imich importance and declarea u< nothing of the kind had ever happeneu

ieg the twenty years he had presided over the Foreign Office. Lord Selborne and Hammond spoke to the same effect. As the case was sub judice, the Dutte of Richmond declined to go into details. In the house of. Commons the principal measure of discussion is a Contagious Diseases in Animals Bill, which has given rise to a protracted struggle. During the past fortnight, numerous deaths from sunstroke are reported. There has been serious rioting at Belfast. Nearly all the cotton mills in the Blackburn district are in full operation. There has been a partial strike at Bury, and the spinners are still out. A projected strike , in the carpet trade will, it is thought, be averted. The wages cf miners are being reduced. Hanlon, of Toronto, the American rowing champion, has won the International fourmiles sculling race at Brockville, Ontario, by ten lengths. A complimentary dinner is to be given to Higgins, the champion sculler, at the Alexandria Palace. A new Ecidystone lighthouse is to be built at a cost of £105,000. On Saturday last GOO Mormons left Liverpool en route for Salt Lake City. The carpet-works of Messrs John Brinton and Company, at Kidderminster, have been burned, damage estimated at £30,000; also the mill of Donisthorpe and Company, wool and cotton spinners, at Leicester, damage £25,000The shooting lodye at Dalnamacin. belonging to the Duko of A thole, at Tunnel, near Schwelter, iv Prussia, has fallen, and 27 persons were buried in the ruins. An extraordinary series of violent thun-der-storms have visited the metropolis and various parts of the country. The new steamer Menmuir has sailed from the Weir, to commence a monthly mail service between Hongkong and Australia direct. The Canadian rifle team has taken up its quarters at Wimbledon. There were more competitors this year for the Queen's and St. George's prizes than en any previous occasion. During his visit to Paris Mr Stanley has received the Cros3 of a Chevelier of the Legion of Honour, and the Gold Medal of the French Geographical Society. Mr S. Birch, the Orientalist, is preparing a translation of tho inscription on Cleopatra's Needle, which, when written on parchment and packed in a bottle, will be deposited at the foot of the obelisk. Dr. R. Gregg, Bishop [of Ossory, has been elected in succession to his father to the bishopric of Cork. The Prince and Princess of Wales left London on a visit to the Duke of St. Alban's, near Nottingham. On the following day, according to arrangements, the Prince repaired to that town for the purpose of opening the Castle Arts Museum, established there for the benefit of the Midland counties. The day was kept as a general holiday, and multitudes thronged into Nottingham from the country around. Lord Granville, as Warden of the Cinque Ports, has turned the first sod of a direct railway between Deal and Dover. An exhibition of fans, promoted by the Fanmakers' Company, has been opened in London. The Great Crosby School, for the Merchant Tailor's Company, situated near Liverpool, and coating £12,000, has been opened.