ENGLISH AND AMERICANNEWS.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XX, Issue 3901, 28 April 1877, Page 2

ENGLISH AND AMERICANNEWS.

GENERAL SUMMARY. A>* explosion occurred on March 8 in a coal mine, near Swansea, -which caused i the immediate death of 18 or 19 men. An inmate of an almshouse at Ashley Park, Mrs Nellie Smith, has just died at the age of 103 i years. The weekly statement of the Imperial Bank of Germany shows an increase of 8,500,000 marks. Mr George Odger, a well-known working man's representative in public movements, died on March 4. Large Catholic colleges will be erected at Omaha ; sums for the same having been bequeathed by the late Edward Creighton. Prince Nikiti has not yet empowered the Montenegrin delegates to reduce their demands. Negotiations are suspended. A noted painting of the Virgin and Child has been stolen from the Berlin National Gallery. The London Times says if there is to be war there must be a great war, and any Power that interferes must be prepared to wage a great war. Roman telegrams say that a report has been sent to the Vatican by the Redemptorist Fathers in England that they have received the abjuration of 800 Protestants. Several cases of cattle plague have been found in London dairies, and strict supervision is now being exercised by the authorities. Messrs Rothschild telegraph from London that the Syndicate are ready for another call of 10,000,000 dollars for the redemption of United States six per cent, bonds of 1865. The Glasgow Corporation has just increased the salary of its town clerk to £3500 per annum. This is nearly £300 a year more than the salary of the Lord Advocate of Scotland ; £1500 a year more than the salaries of the President of the Board of Trade, and the President of the Local Government Board ; it exceeds by a similar amount the salaries of the Comp-troller-General of the Exchequer and Auditor-General ; the Chairman of Customs, the Chairman of Inland Revenue, and it is £1000 a year more than the emoluments of the Postmaster-General. The Broad Arrow in its regimental news states that Captain Maling is posted to the Ist Battalion of the 23rd Foot, on transfer from the half -pay list, but he will continue in his duties as aide-de-camp to the Marquis of Normanby, Governor of New Zealand. Augtjsta, Ga., March 21. — Edward Wells, the negro who murdered William O'Brien, in Burke County, was taken from gaol last night and lynched ' by a crowd of unknown men. Wells confessed the murder of O'Brien. The Rev. A. Tooth, who is now in Italy, has written to his churchwardens recommending them to remain quiet, and adding that, on his return from the Continent, he will assert his right to officiate in Hatcham Church. A clerk in the Russian Ordnance Office at Alexandropol has just been condemned to penal servitude for life for selling a plan of the fortress there to the Turks for the sum of 600 roubles. The Russian [ military force arrested the clerk in ques- | tion on Turkish territory before he had I time to part with the plan. There was a lively time in the Pacific and Panama stocks in Wall-street one day recently, and transactions were enormous. The former sold down to 18j, but recovered to 20$ , and the latter dropped to 120 cash ; 115, seller 15 days. The cause of this activity is the old story of water rates versus land rates. The feeling between the Pacific Mail and Union Pacific parties is supposed to be growing very bitter. London, March 18.— General Ignatieff attended a reception at the Foreign Office yesterday, and in the evening left for the country seat of the Marquis of Salisbury. Among those whom he will meet there are the Earl of Derby, Sir Stafford Northcote, Mr Assheton Cross, the Austrian and Italian Ambassadors, Marquis of Hartington, and Mr Goschen. General Ignatieff will dine with the Earl of Beaconsfield on Monday, have an audience with the Queen on Tuesday, and leave for the Continent, according to present arrangements, on Thursday. March 19. — A telegram from Seara says : — c ' There was a six hours obstinate fight between the Turks and Bosnians on Saturday, between Bonaventure and Drezgina. Both sides suffered heavily, and the Turks retired upon the Livnor." Ignatieff says the Czar would rather go to war than endure tatuvts from Turkey ; that Russia would not accept Constantinople were it offered her on a golden dish; that she knows exactly what the English Fleet can do, and how far pecuniary aid can help Turkey ; that she has made immense sacrifices by mobilisation, and cannot demobilise without getting sometiling in return ; that the Conference cannot end in smoke, and the sole question is, whether its decisions are to be enforced by Europe, or by Russia alone. Lo> t do>*, March 26. — In Bosnia, insurgent bands are appearing in undisturbed districts. The Turks are calling out all persons liable to military duties, and are making great preparations. A paper at Brussels states that the several European Cabinets are endeavoring to secure an understanding between England and Russia, with a prospect of success. There have been great debates on the Eastern Question in both Houses of Parliament. On Friday, Februaiy 16, Mr Gladstone brought forward the subject in a speech, which Mr Hardy answered, saying that the Government would in no case apply coercion to Turkey. The same evening Mr Chaplin made a passionate attack on Mr Gladstone, accusing him of conduct inconsistent with a man of honor.

Mr Gladstone retaliated, and the acene was one of confusion and excitement. Austria, m the event of war, would probably remain aloof, reserving the right to act independently. The Berlin Government is supposed to be more sympathetic T toward Russia. An Imperial decree h a 3 been issued directing the organisation of eight more corps of the Russmn army. Reports from Bucharest and Belgrade state that the preparations made by the Russian military authorities indicate a possible intenKy^ vp ° n Turkey **»&'*» T1^ c "^nn 1 ™ arm y in Bessarabia now reaches 300,000 men, and a very large force has also been collected on the Asiatic frontier of Turkey. The St. Petersburg press complain of the delay in replying to Prmce Gortschakoffs letter, and Lord Derby is sharply reproved for his reticence. xi.^ ■ Broa(l Arrow says :— Another of the fleet of powerful ironclad ships built for the Turkish Government by private shipbuilding firms in this country, from the designs furnished by English -naval architects, has been completed, and in the course of a few days will be put through, her speed trials at the measured mile, Maplm Sands. Her name is the Mendonizi, and, according to a correspondent of an evening contemporary, she is one of the most powerful vessels, both for offensive and defensive purposes, possessed bj\ any of the great Naval Powers of the \ world. Orders have been sent to Chatham' \ by the Admiralty that the stokers and other hands belonging to the Alexandra are to be transferred to the Mendonizi, for the purpose of doing duty on board that vessel during the time she is undergoing her official trials. March 26.— The Pope was able to receive and reply to an English deputation - to-day. March 27.— The Pope's expected death throws into strong relief the discord between the prelates. A party is organising against those in power, and intending to appeal to Cardinals Tianchi, La Valletta and other obnoxious officials in distant sees. London, March 27, morning.— A despatch from Rome denies that the Emperor of Austria has written a letter to the Pope, as was asserted by the Neve Frei Prestse of Vienna, assuring him of • support in certain eventualities. On February 14, the Pope received the Emperor and Empress of Brazil in private audience. The Empress, who showed much emotion, threw herself at the feet of His Holiness. The Emperor complimented the Pope on his looking so well, and said that for a short time Brazil had been the theatre of religious disturbances, but that, through the wisdom of the Holy See, together with that of the Brazilian Government, the evil had been nipped in the bud. The Pope remarked that the Church and the Pontiff could do no other than devote a loving care to the interest of religion and for the good of souls. At the end of the audience, which, lasted twenty minutes, His Holiness accompanied the illustrious guests as far as the door. The Emperor and Empress afterwards paid the customary visit of ceremony to the Cardinal* Secretary of State. The Pope also gave a private audience to Princess Francesca Massimo, who, on the part of the Comte de Chambord, presented His Holiness with a sum of 10,000 francs in gold. A despatch from Rome announces the arrival of congregations to c6unsel the Pope to fulminate the great excommunication against Victor Emanuel, should the Clerical Abuses Bill pass. La Liberte, of Paris, reports that the Pope's limbs continue powerless, and general paralysis may set in at any moment ; but his mind is not affected. The Roman correspondent of Tlie Times writes that the Pope having been asked, apropos of the red hat to be given to Monsignor Howard, what were ' the grounds of the predilection lie manifested towards England, replied, " That country, though Protestant, shows far more respect towards Catholicism than many whiph call themselves Catholic." Loxdox, March 25. — The fast mail from Scotland, known as " The Flying Scotchman," ran off the rails yesterday near Morpeth. Five persons were instantly killed and many injured, ten seriously.