European News.

Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue 24, 24 December 1874, Page 3

European News.

Mr Henry Taylor, who went out with one of the batches of agricultural emigrants to Canada, writes home in a somewhat cold strain about the adopted country of his friends.

The discovery is announced of another goldfield in South Africa, some fifteen miles from Phillipstown.

A man named Peter Miller, a mason, was at the Glasgow Western Police Court fined 2:ls, for attempting to kiss a female in the street.

A man named Joseph Scanlin has been remanded at 'Sunderlahd on a charge of stealing Lls from a house in which he was a wedding guest.

A woman named Powell, of Cusop Hay, Herefordshire, has been delivered of four children at one birth ; two of the in fants are dead, the others going on •well.

The Empress of Russia has expressed a particular desire that her visit to England being strictly private, no ceremony whatever shall be observed on her arrival at Dover.

At the works of the Barrow Iron and Steel Company one man was burnt to death, and three others severely injured, by the upsetting of a ladle containing molten lead.

The Middlesex Magistrates., have renewed the music and dancing licenses for- Cremorne Gardens, which were suspended in 1871. The Magistrates also, by 16" to 8, renewed the license of the Oxford Music Hall.

What is feared will prove to be a shocking case of murder is reported from Burnley. A woman tramp had been drinking, and fell into the company of a number of men. Her dead body was afterwards found in a field in the neighborhood. GJhvo of the men are in custody.

A collision occurred off the Lizard between the vessels Candahar, of Liverpool, and the Kingsbridge, of London, both about 1400. The latter sank within three minutes, with the captain, his wife, and daughter, and eight of the crew. The Candahar, which was damaged', put into Falmouth with the survivors.

A large meeting has been held in London, in support of the movement for the abolition of bridge tolls, On Saturday, as a man named Dick, in the employment of the Police Commission, was engaged loading a truck with manure at Kirkcaldy railway station, he discovered the body of a pre-maturely-born female child lying in the corner of the truck.

The ' North German Gazette' has published an article contending that English public opinion has of late been modified in favour of Germany, and ascribing this to the feeling of the English people against Ultramontanism, and the arbitrary absolutism of the Papacy.

The Turkish Government has determined to send forthwith 260,000 bushels of corn towards relieving the famine, in Asia Minor, and to provide 11,000 pair of oxen, to enable the villagers to sow their fields. The sheep and goat tax in Angora has also been reduced for a period of six years.

The reparation which was insisted on by the British Government for the outrage on Consul Magee at Guatemala has been duly made. The British flag was saluted with considerable ceremony on the 4th of September, and an indemnity of £10,000 handed over to Mr Magee.

At Wisbeach the four hnndx*edth anniversary of the introduction of the art of printing into England was commemorated by a dinner at the Working Men's Institute — Mr John Peckover presiding. . Around the room were arranged machinery and types illustrating the various stages of the art of printing, and some interesting manuscripts were also exhibited. It is stated that proceedings have been actively commenced against the Mormons for polygamy, under the law passed during the last session of Congress. A United States legal officer has been assaulted at Salt Lake City while serving a subpoena on Brigham Young. Returning with assistance, he found the house of the Mormon Patriarch occupied by armed men ; hut.subsequently an apology was offered him, and service of the summons was acknowledged.

A man named Neil Stewart was convicted by Bailie Howden at the Police Court, of having stolen some mason's tools from a house at Johnstone Terrace. As the prisoner was suspected by a pawnbroker from whom he wished to obtain money on the implements, he was requested to produce a fac-simile of the mark stamped upon them, but failed in the attempt. The police were called in, and a case of theft was defected. Sentence of forty days imprisonment was passed.

At a semi-private meeting, presided over by Principal Lumsden, and held in the Music Hall, Aberdeen, a petition to be presented to the Magistrates was drawn up and signed by all present, to the effect that as the "revival of horse racing in the vicinity of Aberdeen will be prejudical to the best interests of the whole community, and offer encouragement to immorality, vice, and crime," the meeting heartily approve, of the course initiated by the Council in refusing the use of the Links for the purpose of horse racing, and " earnestly hope that this course of action will be prosecuted persistently and successfully tq tiieend, ;

At the Leith Police Court, a carter named John Paton was convicted for assaulting a labourer named Ferguson, who had expostulated with the prisoner and; a companion because of their abusing another person. Paton seized Ferguson, and after tripping him up, kicked him on the face and side. Ferguson appeared in Court with a wound on his righ,t temple, one. of his eyes closed, and his whole face, swollen and discoloured. Bailie Steven, who presided, said that the practice of kicking had as yet been unknown in Leith, and to deter others from following the prisoner's example he would sentence him to forty days'; imprisonment with hard labour.

George Piatt, a.sergeant in.iho Army Service Corps, who was in the Herbert Hospital, Woolwich, suffering from erysipelas in the face, was found lying beneath the window of his ward, having jumped or fallen a dept^of twenty feet. He died at three o'clock the following morning from the injuries sustained.

A verdict of manslaughter has been returned against a man named Ch,atfi;eld, who is said to have killed his wife, Kate. Chatfield was walking quickly along a road at Westerham, and his wife could not keep pace with him as he considered she should have done; having proceeded some distance she fell to the ground, and in an endeavor to " kick her up " it is reported that her husband killed her.

Mr H. Hartley, who succeeded! the late Mr Hewlett a few weeks back as organist of Newirigton Parish Church, and of the Edinburgh Choral Union, has also been selected to fill the post of organist to the Sacred Harmonic Society. We hear that the Society has Smart's cantata " Jacob," first produced at the Glasgow Musical Festival of 1873, in rehearsal.

Kinnaird Castle, near Montrose, the | magnificent seat of the Earl of Southesk, h,ad a narrow escape from being destroyed by fire on Saturday night. Smoke was observed between five and six o'clock to. be issuing from the roof of the kitchen, which formed part of a one-story range of offices attached to the main building of the castle. Messengers were sent to Brechin and Montrose for the fire engines, but by the time they arrived the fire had spread from the kitchen to the larder, coachhouse, and servants' hall, all of which were totally gutted before the flames were extinguished, fortunately, however, the brigades were successful in saving the main building. The amount of damage is roughly estimated at from LISOO to L2OOO, arid is covered by insurance in the Sun Office. Neither his lordship nor any of the male members of the family were at home, but the Countess and Lady Const-mce Carnegie were residing in the castle, and her ladyship took an active part in directing the operations of the firemen, in which she was ably seconded by Mr Ly all, the factor on the South esk estates. The castle is one of the finest buildings in Forfarshire.

A* bold, and happily successful, attempt to rescue a foundering boat took place last week on the west coast of Shetland. Those who know the locality, and seamen acquainted with the peril and risk of wearing a vessel in heavy weather on alee shore, will best be able to appreciate the gallantry and seamanship of the master and crew of the Little Dorrit. T^e ' Shetland Times' gives the following account of the occurrence :— On Tuesday the smack Little Dorrit, Alex. Dalziel, master, while on her passage from Skield to Scalloway, with a cargo of fish, was struck with a tremendous squall, and at the same time observed a boat founder about a quarter of a mile astern. The vessel was immediately

hauled to the wind, and although she was in dangerous proximity to the island of Havera, the master and crew, four in number, manned their boat, and after a heavy pull against a strong wind and short chopping sea, succeeded in picking the crew of the boit up, which consisted of a man and boy, who that morning had left Sand with a load of corn for Whiteness, - The crew of the smack regained her just in time to wear clear of the shore.

The old Church at St. Cybl, at Holyhead, was one night last week the scene of a singular disturbance^ The Rev. 0. W. Jones (curate) was preaching a Welsh sermon, when, observing a

number of the congregation manifesting greater feeling than was. quite consistent with solemnity, he was led to the conclusion that amongst his hearers there was a follower of Bacchus. ■ He beckoned one of the church clerks, and favored him with . instructions for the immediate expulsion of the drunken sailor. Tn the execution of thesecommands the clerk first had recourse to persuasion, but this was only wasted upon its object. The jolly mariner excused his obtrusive presence by stating that he had been informed of their good singing, and wished to enjoy it. Parenthetically between gospel exhortations, a second notice of ejectment came from the pulpit, and the clerk was directed to summon police arsistence. While this order was being performed, "the sailor - indulged in athletic performances by leaping oyer pews, and ultimately, made a noisy exit. On the arrival of Superintendent Owen and Police Constable '■ Griffith Jones, the offender, was taken* into custody, and detained until he was able to distinguish between a strong musical taste and 4ecent liphaviour in ; Skurcfc, ;:-:- Z ..-- ' .

A story tbat the Emperors of Germany and Austria were to meet at Baden-baden early in, October, is. officially stated at Berlin not to, hftve received confirmation.

The Earl of Dudley has presented tha Empress of Austria with a handsome, thoroughbred horse, worth upwards of 600 guineas.

Although the magistrates have been,, inflicting upon wife- beaters the most., severe punishment within their pp,wer, the number of such, cases oh the roll, does not appear to have decreased. A, laborer named Patrick ..Christie, who. pleaded; guilty before Bailie Howden of having .beaten his wife on the shoulders with a poker,, in their house a y t Stenlaw's Close on the previous morning, was. ordered tp be kept for sixty days at hard labor. At the. same time. an,. elderly, man, named David* Mack, ad-, mitted that he had. dashed his wife 'against the wall of their house. at WestNorton; Place, andj having- been pre* viously convicted, had a y similar, sen T ; lence passed tipon him, * •

News is to hand of a; very extra-, lordinary, outrage prepetrated.on the 7th inst. by Turkish, soldiers on the* Armenian. Catholics of Broussa. Thetroops who were led byan^aide-de-camp, of the Governor, and by oth,er persons of official status, broke into, the- church, and also into the episcopnl palace.They, dragged the Bishop, out of the palace, desecrated the .sacred vessels ins the church, and wounded with their sabres some of the worshippers. The ! affair naturally caused-, great excitment . t among the.. Christian, population,, o£; Broussa, ,

A destructive fire took place in Paris,: by which th? factory of Herz,, the wellknown pianoforte maker, was destroyed, and damage done to the extent of L 500,000. The fire was the work of an , incendiary, a discharged employe of M. Herz, who has been arrested, and has confessed the crime.

The Freemasons of Scotland, assembled a thousand strong, in the Music Hall, Edinburgh, to testify in a funeral , lodge their sense of the. Joss sustained; by their order in the removal of; tlie late Lord Dalhousie and Lord Jas. Murray. The Garnd Master, Sir - Michael ShawStewart, presided, and in. the course of the proceedings, into which. music en-, tered largely, orations were delivered by the Rev. Dr Gray and- Rev- Mr Faithful, Grand Lodge Chaplains.

Two roughs named David Brown and John Veitch, whose faces were covered, with contusions, pleaded guilty.- before. Bailie Howden, at Edinburgh Police. Court on Monday, of having created a disturbance at the South Side on the. previous morning. The Fiscal stated' that the men, who had been at a prize fight in the country, broke the peace on their return to the city, and the Bailie, remarking* that they presented a very woful appearance, fined each .of' them in 55., with the alternative of three days' imprisonment. We understand that the"fight referred to occurred close by the public road, a little beyond Powburn, where, in presence of a large crowd of roughs on their way from the race meeting, a ring was formed, in which the prisoners had a set to.

The New York papers just received describe the first appearance of Mr Beecher at Plymouth Church since Mr Tilton first made public his charge against him. The regular weekly prayer meeting, on Friday evening, October 2, was chosen as the occasion. The ' New York Tribune' say's : — Efforts were made to seat the people, in an orderly; manner, but,', the pressure was too great, the men at the doors gave way, and in rushed men, women, and children, all desperately determined on getting seats near the platform. At 7.25 the massive head of Mr Beecher slowly rose above the floor of the platform as he slowly mounted the steps leading to the door. His demeanor-was very grave, and he" advanced to his chair and sat down' without raising his eyes from the carpet. " , But the moment the first glimpse was caught of him the multitude rose almost to a man, and each took ; a good long look at the preacher, whose name has been in everybody's mouth.' Then followed a tempestuous hand-shaking s shawls, hats, veils, handerchiefs, and furs were waved in the air j there were no cries and no. cheers, but for fully three minutes thera was an uninterrupted clapping of hands, as unrestrainable:as the wildest of rati-, fication meetings, All through it Mr Beecher sat with his eyes, cast down, slowly. tapping 3Vith his fingers the arm 'of the chair, and apparently oblivious ; of the greeting, of his friends, though acloser look discovered a tear slowly rolling : down ; his cheek, and— by itssimple means read a heartfelt acknow-- 4 legement of the kindly demonstration. . At length : the people fell, back into i their seats, and Mr, Beecher, speaking, slower than is his. wont, and evidently with deep endotioh, delivered a short address. Towards the. clqse hassiid ; • — " I have no new gospel. 'i.-lfoye. no, new promise. " I ami. just the-man I have been for 2? years among-.- you, ' ■ have had,' as God knows : mylsoul, one single desire, , and that is to do v good to ; my fellow-man— a- desire l'- 1 which- was; 4} ; given me from my, mother, for when -.'---I' f. was born I was" baptised 1 "into ;^ -jhat/ n ature, and which has ,been; : mffis|ered '"•■■■■ r by me all my lite, -and whicH is'j.de;epeu" ; ; in me than ever to spend and be spent~for the ; 3|Mc.|(|^^ ment of the divine element whrcH ts f^-^.^l every huncja^ squj^ .^ :f ' U : a ** 7 4444^0$