GENERAL SUMMARY.

Auckland Star, Volume XVI, Issue 3825, 13 November 1882, Page 2

GENERAL SUMMARY.

(For the Month ending October 2,2 nd.)

Great Britain.

Professor Blackie, of Glasgow, and Others, are about to start a fresh land agitation in the Highlands. Ihe movement is wholly independent of the Land League.

A dispatch trora Dublin, October 4th, sayb tbo polico believe that tbc murderers of Lot d Frederick Cavendish and Under Secrctaiy Burke numbered ten, and are still in Ireland ; but that unless thg aid of some informer can be secured, the ciirne canaot be brought home to the guilty parties- Tho weupon9 used in the commission of the murders were found some days ago concealed in the raftors of stables in the rear of a house belonging to a man recently sentenced to penal servitude for intimidatiDgaMis Kenncy, widow of tho man murdered in Saville Place, bec*use ho was suspected of having given information concerning ihe murderer.!. It is_ alleged that Kenny was driver of the car in which the murderers rode. The weapons found were four knives nine inches long, with blades three-quarters of an inch wide. They are quite new, very sharp, and evidently surreal dissecting knives; tho blades were dißColourtd by, «r proved by chemic»l analysis, human blo»d. 'Ihe authorities maintain tho Btrictest wlence. Tbreo London detectives arrived at Dublin on the 15th of October,with three of the crow of the Gladstone, one of whom w isWesttfate, tho self-accused assaadu, who, as mentioned before, had sailed f »i the Wo»t Indiss. Tbo sailors wcto subjected to a searching examination, and the authorities arc thoroughly detcrmiued to sift the Wcstgate assertions, in order to quiet the public mind. Ttie police firmly adhere to the belief that Weatßfttc ia crazy, and that his assertions aro unworthy of belief. The directors of the Irish Exhibition Company held a meeting in Dublin on October 4th, and teconimended that tbo present building remain another year, and also that a series of cla»s exhibitions be held similar to those arranged at Agricultural Hall, London. The committee advised the holding of exhibitions ia vaiious pln.c«s in England and the United States, whh a view to popularising Irish manufactures. Tney urge, in addition, the formation of a new association to assist manufacturers. Kir Stafford Northcote made a spcoch in Glasgow on the 4th inistant, in which he declared the Egyptian w»r unnecessary and unjustifiable, and that it c«uld hava been avoided by a firm stand vt the beginning. It is reported that the authorities of the Suiz Canul have the employment of anyone who worked for or assisted the British troops Consequently many aro thrown out of employment. Crcmedi Sons As Co., London morchants,' failed on October sth for £120,000. 'Ihe Rational Conference of Minors have decided th»t there was not sufficient unanimity to admit of a national strike, but, as an alternative, the eight-boar day system would be genorally adopted. Mr Dilon replies to the Liverpool land League that nothing but ill-health could have caused him to quit politic?. Flannigan and wife, suapocted of being concerned in tho murder of Lord Mountmorris at Clonbur, county Galw»y, on Septombor Bth, wero arrested at Con&, in tho county named, on October sth. Thomas Bollan & Co., cotton tpinncrs of Blaokbnrn, failed on October Gtb, for £33,000. , _ . Charles Chabot, the well-known London expert in caligraphy, died on October 17th. Despatobes irom London, October Bth, say tbe comet ia all the talk of scientific circles at prceenr. It is being regarded with considerabla apptebeoslon^ hicbard A. Proctor, who denied tbat it was the comet of 1843 and 1880, now finds that he made a mistake in his calbulaiioni, and so has withdrawn hi* statement. Moio cautious astronomers than he have no doubt of tho identity of the comet, and believe that it will return at thn late»t ia October, 1883, and will then fall into the sun, with results that will dispense with tho future publication of tho nowspipors of tho world. It U said this is the opinion of tho most eminent scionlisls of tho d»y, C. Piazzi Smith, the e'ever Astronomer Koyal of Scotland, In patticu'ar, having made no seciet of his bolief that the end of tho world is at hand. Mr Morloy"s rotircraont from the " Fortnightly Review," reported October Bih elicits regret from tho nwt opposite quarters. Tho " Spectator " says he introduced seiioua thought Into tho magazine. Tho "Saturday JKoviow" laments »ho withdrawal of an eloquent, virtuous, and strictly honourable editor. Ilenry George, correspondent, of the "Irish World" (New York)...in Ireland, where bo was arrested and detained some thirteen hours as a surjooct, kas written a letter to President Arthur, in which ho potes as an AmericQinmaitjr. It baa created laughtor inJLtufarts'ticlea. ln-^Lfeiand the closing of tho Laod league ia America is regarded as a victory for Gladstone's Land Act; agitation ia Ireland will ccaao to be formidable the moment American supplies are cut off. Tho' returns issued by tho Hoard of Trade, October"Stb, show that during September British imports decreased, as compared with that month of lust year,£ss;ooo, while tho exports increased £22 000. John Bright has beoa sharply attacked by leading Radical journals for declaring tbe Egyptian war to nave been unjnst and unnecessary. It is even said tbat at the next election ho will lose his [scat for Birmingham, jmt as he lost his scat for Manchester at the time of the Crimean war. It is rumoured he "will retire from puolic life at the end of the year. Baker's flour mill, Bristol, was destroyed by fire on the Bth instant. Lojs, £50,000. Tho West Concert Hall, Brighton, England, was burned on the 9th instant. Loss: £43,000. Tempting oilers hive been mado to Matthew Arnold to engage in a lecture tour through tho United States. Ho hesitates, because be doubts whether he has enough to interest the lago and miscellaneous audiences which would there great him. Ingestre Hall, seat of the i£arl of Shrewsbury, wa« burned on October 12. The loss is put at £500,000, The prospectus of the Irish Banking Company has been circulated, the proposed eapit il being £1,000.000. Jho n«w steamer Belgium, of 4000 tons burtnen,built at Aberdeen for the American trade, was totally wrecked on October 12tb, on her trial trip. Tenders for £2,000,000 worth of Indian four per cent debsntu'cs wero opened at tho liink of England on the 10th of October. Tho loan was csvered twice at about a, par. Owing to the alarming increase of pamperism in the Si.uth Island, the Dublin Union nas taken tho lead in a proposal to rend one thousand able-bodi'd men and women to Canada at a co»t of £7,000,

Ualbraith's spinning mills at G'asgow wore burned en the 14th cxtober. Log?, £50,000. A commercial traveller named Brooks was committed for trial in the Bows'reet Police Court, on the 14th_ instant, fir threatening to murder the Prince of Wales unless he received money irotn him, The threat wast contained in a letter to Co], Teasdalo, tho Prince's equerry, he prisoner is considered a crank. He claimed to have nerved several years in the United States army. Tbc Convention at Mhenry, Galway, on the 13th of October, adopted resolutions declaring the right of the country to national independence, accepting the principle ot the land for the people, approving the system of peasant proprietary, and tho amendment of the Bright Clauses of the Lmt;l Act., Resolutions were also passed declaring tiie prevalcnea of grass farming! of the land as tending to paralyze industry and incicase pauperism. The Convention further resolved to prevent hunting until the extra police drafted on the country were dispensed with.

The minera of Lancashire, Berkshire, Derbyshire, and North Wales are to gve notice of a demand for aa advance of 15 per cent, in their wages. Irish farmers and peasantry assembled at Curraghmore, on the 12th inst., and forcibly put a stop to the hunt. By a despatch, dated October 13th, it appears that tba committee under General Sir Archibald Alison, appointed to rfport on tbe Channel Tunnel, considers that the exit of.the tunnel should' he commanded by a fortress of tho lirst class ; that the tuuncl ehould be provided with a port-cullis, and with au arrangement for filling it for a sufficient space with Irrespirable gas, and that measures should be taken for the demolish-

ineei the land portion, forth) temporary flooding of the main tuonel, and also for ita total destruction by a mine. These artansements should be controlled by separate parties, boih inside and outside the commanding fortress. But when all this is done the committee admit that it would be presumptuous to place absolute reliance upon even the most comprehensive arrange- , ments. Memoranda from Sir Garnet | Wolseley and the Duke of Cambridge are appended to the report, condemning the proposed tunnel in even stronger terms. Ine •'Times" coouders that this report has settled the question of a Channel Tuuntl adversely, fur a long time to come. Bradlaugh has i sued another address to the English people. He says, "In this Parliament I will sit." But he does not say how he means to do it. Xhe statement is again made that as Eoon as the Marquis of Lome's term expues, Sir John McDonald will be raised to the peerage and created Governor.^ eDeral of the Dominion. ~ There was a hu:ricane in Ireland on the Ist October, and at Cork more damage was done on land thau by any atorm for 20 yeara past. An American ship, Htrvey Mills, from Liicrpool for New York, lying at Queenstowu, was diivcn ashore, and several yachts sunk. Henry Edmund Knicht, alderman of Cripplegato ward, has besn elected Lord Mayor of London. Sir Garnet Wolseley and Admiral Seymour are to ba raised to the peerage. _ The latter is said to be personally unwilling to accept the elevation. E. Dvvyer Grey, Sheriff of Dublin, was released bo the 30th ult. by Judije JUawson on the payment of £500. In ordering tbe release, the Judge pointed out thata change had taken place in the tone of his paper, " The Freeman's Journal," fince the incarceration

The eix-days' pedestiitn contest for Sir John Astley's long distance championship belt was concluded on the 30th. .Littlewood made 451 miles, doing 414 in 70 hours and 20 minutes, beating DoWer'a record iv the United States of 414 miles in 72 hours. Little wood took the belt and £50. X>ay, of Birmingham, -was iccond, scoriDg 377 miles ; and Corbett, of Aberdeen, third, with 347. Scarce, ihe American, finished sixth with 305 rnili s. Dillon will not press the resignation of his seat in Parliament just now.

The castle and military barracks at Ermiskilleu were seriously damaged by fire on the 2nd October.

Non-commissioned officers of the Indian legiments are to be brought to England from Kpypt, to that the Queen may present them with medals.

All the Irish suspects in custody were released on the 29th ultimo, in view of the expiration cf the term of tiie Coercion Act.

A brother of Walsh, recently hanged at Galway, has been found guilty of the murder of Constable Kavaoagh, at Letterfract, and is sentenced to be hanged on October 28th. 'Jhcpriouer was veiy violent, and cried out that justice would yet ovei take his false accusers.

An account of the first cremations which have taken place m England is published. The bodies were those of Lady Hanalum and Mrs Hanaham, who died in Dorsetshire in 1877 and 1876 respectively. They both expressed a wish that their bodies should be cremated, ihe remains were kept in a mortua>y-house until preparaations for the process wetc completed, and oa Sunday, the Bth inst., the remains, inclosed in substantial coflina, wcie placed in the furnace oa plates of iron (live-mob) and reduced to ashes.

In an inquiry, held October 12, into the murder of the process-serrers—the Huddys — near Lough Mask, a farmer named Kerrigan and his wife testified tint the «lder iluddy was stunned with a ito»e us he was serving the paper, and he was then kicked, while an assassin from a cover fired into his body, killing him. The younger Huddy'g head was then dtrhed a»aio»t a heap of stone?, and he was aft rwards shot in the prf sonce of a crowd of villagers. Smith's hosiery factory, at Balbriggan, Scotland, was burned on the 26th ult. 300 people vrero theroby thrown out of employ, mem.

De Ltsstps cla'ma. that Lis company possesses, for 99 jears, the exclusive right to maritime communication between the Gulf of Pelusiuni and the Bay of Suez. Tho "Times" doubts this right. Mr Ghd-tone reiteratos the declaration that he is unable to interfere with the operations of Mormons in Jtngland, as be promimes that converts go with them willingly. General William ffootn, of the Salvation Army, London, has somewhat surprised and grieved tho judicious by applying for a renewal of the dancing license of the Engie Taferu. Tbe magistrates refused to consider it. Some of tho " General's " recent exploits have not redounded to the honour of the Salvation Army.

Stanley, tho African explorer, returned to London on the 16th of October. Be considers tho work he undertook pn the Congo, for the King of the B.lgians, practically liuiished, Jaud will not ieturn to Africa for the present.

Tho belief is current among Gladstone's friends that he intends absolutely to retire to private life after the Autumn Session. The Marquis of Hartiogton 1b regarded as the coming Premier. General Havelock Allen has wiitten to tho "Times" concerning the charge that the English soldiers killed the .Egyptian wounded. He begins by flatly contradicting the c bargee, and ends by admitting the wounded were killed in some itistinces.

There was a riot in limerick on the 15th of Octobor, odnsrd by the arreat of a drunken mau. Xbe mob stoned the police, one of whom had his skull fractured; the police charged tlie mob and arrested tbe leaders. A sentry stationed outside Brabazon Pa'k was fired at on the same day, and dangerously wounded. The Middlesex Magistrates lnve caused a sen*a'ion in London by re-licensing tho well-known Argjlc Room*.