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Evening Star, Issue 5591, 8 February 1881, Page 2

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HOiiß AND FGSEIGN,

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LONDON, February 5.

NWa to hand from Ireland during the laot few weeks bliowb tba l ; agrarian outrages have now almost entirely ceased, This is, attributed mainly to the prompt measures which have been taken by the Government for the suppression of disorder. Further news from Sierra L9OHO confirms the telegram to hand yesterday regarding the probability of an outbreak of war in tho C.l>ny. It ia now announced that the King of Ashantee demands that a refugee chief, who has-placed himself under British protect! in in the Colony, should be surrendered. Sir Samuel Rowe, Governor of Sierra Loone, refesod tho demsnd, Lr.nco the threatened attack on the Cjlony by the Ajhantees,

Obituary,—Thomas Carlyle, the Chelae?, philosopher, after.a lingering illnees.

Carlyle, Thomas, essayist, biographer, and historian, was born in 1795, nt Ecclefechan, a email village in Dumfriesshire, where his father, a man of intellect ami earnest religious fooling, held a small farm, and received tlio rudiments of his education at Annan. At tho ajro of fourteen he entered the Univorsity of Edinburgh, passing through a regular curiculum, and studying mathematics undor Professor Leslie Intended by his parents for the ministry, he remained at the University upwards of seven years, spending: his vacations anions the hiljs and by the rivers of Dumfriesshire. At college his habits were lonely and contemplative After Reaching mathematics in a school in Fifcshiro for about two years ho determined to devote himself to literature, and in 1823 commenced his career by contributing to Brewster's ' Edinburgh Encyolqutcjh' some ablo articles on "Montesquieu," " Moutwgiuv" "Nelson," and tho'"Two Pitts." and literary notices to Um 'flew Edinburgh Review.' In thn same yerr he completed a translation of Legcndro's " Geometry," to which he prefixed an " Essay on Proportion," and published his translation of Goethe's " Wilhelm Mei-jter," a work which showed a direction of reading destined to influence materially his future career. On the completion of this translation ho commenced his " Life of Schiller," which was published by instalments in the ' London Magazine,' then sustained by tho talents of Lamb, Hazlitt, Do Quiocy, Hood, John Scott, and A. Cuimi'.igham. For Goethe and Schiller, two of the " true sovereign souls of Gorman literature," his admiration has ever been unbounded, and his letters to Goethe havo appeared in the poet's published correspondence. Ilaving manied in 1827,_ ho risYel alternattly at Comley Bank and CraiyvmputtocK, a small estate fifteen miles to tho mirth-west of Dumfries In this tecluded spot ho occasionally contributed to tho foreign and other reviews of this day. Between IS3O and lS'i'.i he wai engaged in writing "Sartor Resartus," which appeared in tho Jailor year in j ' Frasor's Ma<ra7. : no.' During the negotiations for the ;

I publication of this work he was induced to remove to London, where he lias continued to reside, we believe, fiiico 1834. In 1837 ho published " The French Revolution," a history abounding in vivid and graphic description. " Chartism," and five volumes of his " Essays," collected for the most part from periodical publications, appeared in 1SS0; and in 1840 he delivered a series of lectures on " Hero Worship," which wore afterwards published in a collected form. His "Past and Present" ap. o red in 1813; "Latter-day Pamphlets"—essays suggested by the convulsions of 1848, an era which he calls "ono of the most singular, disastrous, amazing, and, on the whole, humiliating years tho European worjd over saw"—in 1850. Ills "Lite of John Stirling" has been described as " ono of tho finest biographies over written." In lSi5 Mr Carlylo produced his great work entitle"d " Odver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches, with Elucidations," which gavo him a distingulshftd place ainonir the historians of the ago On tho death of the Earl of Ellcsmere, in 1857, Mr Carlyle was appointed a lrusteo of tho National Portrait Galleiy. In 1860-4 he published his " Ufe of Frederick the Great" "Mr Carlylc's characteristic," s-ys one of his admirers, "is a rugged earnestness of expression, and a range of thought widened <md deepened by his acquaintance with the writings of tho great Geimau thinkern, Mr Carlylo, elected rector of Edinburgh Univorsity on November 11, ISOj. delivered his inaugural address on April 2 ISCJ3. In December, 1873Atho Chapter of the Civil Class of the Prussian was presented to Mr Carlyle, thcyacancy lnvii'.g beon created by (he death ot Ales andro Manzoui. In 1875 he declined au offer which wajfinado to him of the Grand Cros-j of the Order of tW Bath.—' Men of tho LONDON, Faun run y 7. Public meetingi bav<> he.?u held in London and in priv: cal tosvns at wh ; ch reach', tiona have ht'cti passed co.icunc'ng \ka < Irish B )1 n)W le'ore Parliament. la additioM to tho c. mp'ele ce?sat:on of ; u'-rii.;;f-' i :i Ir. 1~.»..d tlrm &!« now signs thar <-'. c Irii'b l;eii-.nt(i »>-y way to ;he a .d----l.'uc:, ai-.l v-;) 1 n.stttne tho payment cf kuib i;>v their hj 1 v,:j.,a. BKRLIN". Fkbmjaky 7. , Mr G'.-ichtv.i, E uliah A'ubiss-.dor t:- ice. P,irte, ia viaiing this city while en route for O.iußtantinople. Ho has had audiences of tho Emperor of Gornv*ny and Prince Bismarck. ATHENS, February 7. A mor<a m.idoratc feeling new pervades all claeses in Greece in legard to the frontier question, nm\ fhero seemi (very probability that tho Tu-kvGreek d.ffioulfcy will receive a peaceful settlement The following speared in the Melbourne papcra : A m,--o«i i 3 wnt; h c U at the Mnnsion Hcuio, -,-, < ■■■i--,:-i]'-:> ■ v-i- ' f' l " Tsixl M.-.yo<« ''■-■''

The long sitting of the House of Commons, induced by the determination of the Goverrmen!; to obtain precedence f;r their Irish meaaurea, has caused a good deal of public excitement.

The • Tiraea,' in referring to the recent proceedings, says that Parliamentary government hao been reduced to an absurdity.

A sharp shook of earthquake has been felt aV> Berne, in Swd'z-irlancf, bnt r.o Berious damage waa dono. Mr Labouchere, M.P. for Northampton, 13 opposing Mr Forater's Irish Coercion Bill. During the debate in the House of Commons on the Iribh Coercion Bill Mr Bright made a speeoh in support of the mopsaro, In the course of whioh ho denounced tho Land Leaguo and said that its proceedings degraded Ireland. Ho touched upon th<j proposed land legislation for Ireland, and hinted that the measure which it was intended to introduce would be found tffioaci.jus.

The revenue returns of the Dpmicion of Canada show a splendid result. Is has been ascertained, with reference to tho ir'.zya mo'it tr.k;n to England by the Protos, and which h«a been seliiug readily,, that tho process of freezing destroys tbtl cohesion or tho ti*3uo of tho mea*, and that whey tho meat is thawed it shows a tender c> to dfioo!np'"?e r:i;:-'diy, Tho butter is selling rta;ily aS L 5 per ovvt. lu accordance with orders given some time einoe by tbo Orient Steamship Company, a freezing machine is now being spec'ally constructed for the 8.8. Orient, which will be completed in time for its departure next March. INTERPKOVINCIAL. [United Press Association.] AUCKLAND, February^! A boy named James Eaworth has thrown fr«m his hcrao and dragged eome dibtane'e. He ia not expeoted to live. February 8. An anonymous subscriber has promised LSO towards tho debt of the Young Women's Institute. Thirty-one names have been selected from which tho team of twenty-two to play t'li- AubtraiianK will bo chosen. They aro : Mumfyrd, Laatr.-, Loughans (2), Dufaur, M'Conniok, Ox, Steward, Bendon, Robin«<>n, Colbsck, Beale, Roaoh, Lynch, Arnell, Kine, Isaac, Mackay, Ilowdon Jorch, (3), Whiteside, Creeh, Wood, Gleoaon, Hwanaon, Carter, Buckland, Ivon's, and Yateii. The match is fixed for 21«t, 22nd, and 23rd. WANGANUI, Fkhkijahy 7. A man named Dias was killed to-day by the accidental oapbizing of a dray. WELLINGTON, Fisisiujakv 8. A writ has been ishued for tho election of a member of tbo llouho cf Representatives for the Southern Maori Eleotoral Distriot viceTainui resigned. The nomination takes dace at Kaiapoi on March 1, and the poll on March 25, Mr Bryoe'a resignation and Mr Rolleston'e appointment as Native Minister are gazatted; also H. R, Taiaroa'a resignation as a native assessor. The following papers have been appointed provincial gaz3ttes;—' Herald,' Auckland; 'News,' Taranaki; 'Telegraph,' Hawke's Bay ; ' Mail,' Nelson ; ' West Coast Times,' Wcßtland; 'Times,' Marlborough; ' Prese,' Canterbury ; ' Daily Times ' and ' Witness,' Otago. CHRISTCHURCH, February 7. On June 4 last, a son of Dr Rpuse, of Lyttaltcn, in getting off a tramcar fell and had his leg broken by the cirriago wheel, A case was brought in the Distriot Court to-day by the father euing the Company for L2OO damages. The evidence for the plaintiff Was that the guard told tho boy to jump off whilo tho oar wfte Btill in motion. The guard denied this. The engine-driver's evidence as to the tram stopp : ng waß contradicted point blank. Judgment was given for the plaintiff for LIOO. Dr Rouse aaid the lad was laid up for three month?, and had never recovered hia memory perfectly.

February 8, Yesterday Mr H. Vallance broke hia leg while training Huntingdon. The City Council last night endorsed the aotion of tho Mayor in refusing permission to SimooEou'a Opera Company to give Bacred concerts iu the Theatre Royal on Sunday evenings. The foundation stone of the new Jewiah synagogue waa laid this afternoon by tho president (Mr M. Harris.) At the Police Court fchia morning Robert Wyatt, a laborer, was committed for trial for wilfully damaging a reaping-machine the property «'f a farmer named Morabead, llviag at Lincoln. The prisoner had pr» vioualy been dismissed from the prosecutor's employ. At the District Court to-day Thomas H, Hodge, railway tally clerk, obtained a verdict for L 25 against the Union Shipping Cjmpany tor injuries sustained through being struck by a Bling while the Arawata was being discharged as Lyttelton, the accident being due to the carelessness of the engineer in allowing the sling* to descend too rapidly. The amount sued tor was L2OO.

TIMARU, February 8.

Thomson, a youcg man aged twenty-* three, sentenced at the last jaittings of tho Supreme Ccurfc for tmbezaling moneys belonging to his employer, a storekeeper at Waimate, v. A3 liberated this morning, h<? being at the point of death from consumption,

TAPANUI, February 8. For the Tapanui Ridiug Mr J, F, Herber' was returned by a largo majority. INVERCARGILL, February 7.

A boy named M'Quarrie, aged eight, was drowned off the Bluff wharf this evening. He was In c ampauy with several lada of about the same but they were unable to rescue birr,