AMERICAN SUMMARY.

Auckland Star, Volume XIX, Issue 149, 25 June 1888, Page 5

AMERICAN SUMMARY.

Lieutenant Adolph Marix, or Marx, of the United States JSavy, selected by the Secretary of the Navy, Whitney, to act as Secretary of the United States Commission at Melbourne, for the approaching Exposition, will leave for his post ot duty at date, June 2nd.

A conference of San Francisco merchants was held on May 9th, in relation to the exposition, at which Hugh Craig presided and Chief Commissioner McCoppin was present. A letter was received from Spreckels Bros., offering to make a reduction of 50 per cenb. in the freight charge on all goods intended for the Exposition shipped by the Oceanic steamships from San Francisco. A circular was ordered to be prepared for distribution among the business men of California. A good.deal of interest is manifested, and the exhibits from America will probably be numerous and interesting. Chief Commissioner McCoppin had gone to Washington for the purpose of inducing the Secretary of the Navy to put a United States war vessel at his disposition to convey himself and his deputy commissioners an well as the American exhibits to Melbourne. It is doubtful if the Government indulge him in this parade, as war vessels are ncarce with the Department jusb now.

A meeting of the Executive Committee was held on May 29th, bub only five out of the 15 members appeared.: It was announced thab everything possible had been done by the Commissioners to excite interest in the Exposition; bub, so far, bhey had succeeded in enlisbing only twenby exhibitors from California, comprising machinery, flour, mining, leather, vine and canned goods' interests. The Chairman, Hugh Craig, spoke in strong terms of the apathy in regard to the matter which he and his associates had encountered. Assistant Commissioner Thos. B. Merry will probably leave for Melbourne by bhe steamer ah date. Chief Commissioner McCoppin will not go forward till next month. CANADA. ."; The complaints of the Canadian press against the introduction of pauper immigrants have created a stir among the London poor-law guardians, with the probable effect of making them send an in» creased number of paupers at early date so as to anticipate any prohibitory legislation on the part of the Canadiuns. On the 22nd May the Canadian Minister of Agriculture announced to the House of Commons that the Government would thereafter send back to Great Britain all immigrants likely to become public charges, also imposing heavy fines on the steamship companies bringing them out A syndicate headed by J. J. C. Abbott, a member of the Dominion Ministry commanding British capital to the extent of $100,000,000, has been formed to undertake railway works in Brazil. The syndicate is composed of leading New York capitalists. Lord Lansdowne left Ottawa, May 23rd, for England en route to India, where he will assume the Viceroyship in September. 10,000 people attended the farewell demonstration, arranged by the civil authorities, on Parliament Hill. The French Catholic societies, though invited, did nob participate in the proceedings. Sir Charles Tupper has gone to England with instructions to urge the Imperial and colonial Governments to proceed with negotiations to establish a system of commercial reciprocity between British and American provinces, the West India possessions and the Australian dependencies. His son, Colonel Tupper, M.P.P. for Picton, N.S., is now Minister of Marine and Fisheries for Canada.

Information received at Washington, May 25th, confirms the rumours of an extensive uprising in Hayti, and leaver little room, to doubt thab a revolution is imminent. Unibed States war-vessels have been ordered to Port au Prince to protect American interests.

The Oceanic Railway Company has been organised in London, with a capital'of £2,000,000, to build a railway from Acapuleo, on the Mexican Pacific Coast to Vera Cruz on the Atlantic. The first section to be built will be from the City of Mexico to Vera Cruz. The line will materially interfere with travel via the Isthmus of Panama.