SAN FRANCISCO MAIL

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 7064, 16 January 1885, Page 3

SAN FRANCISCO MAIL

« ADDITIONAL NEWS. In a speech delivered on the 13th of De-eitbc.r at Stirling, Scotland, by Mi Bi'tiii-nnau, who succeeded MrTrevelyan a* Oljiof Secretary for Ireland, ho openly advocated a mpre liberal fgrjjj oi

1 government for Ireland. He said the great mistake made by the English in their treatment of Ireland was in fact that their policy was too obviously one of benevolent condescension. The Irish people, he contended, being proud, sensitive people, resented this attitude of patronage, whereas if they had institutions which their needs required, to which they are peculiarly adapted, they would become as loyal as the Scotch iv Edinburgh. This speech created much commotion. The Scotch claim that the Irish in many respects are more favored by the Government than the Scotch are, and they attribute this to the fact that the loyalty of the people of Scotland has been taken by the Government for satisfaction, while tho Irish by manifestations of dissatisfaction have received many valuable concessions, although their agitations have been looked upon in most instances as outbreaks of disloyalty. Among English politicians Mr Banner man's speech was accepted as a trustworthy indication that the Government has decided to make a new departure in its Irish policy in the direction of greater Liberalism. The Conservatives denounce the policy foreshadowed in the speech as one of thinly veiled Nationalism, and a shameful subserviency to the Iri«h implacables. An attempt to blow up London Bridge by dynamite was made on the afternoon of Saturday, December 12r,h. The police have absolutely no clue to the affair. Two theories are offered concerning it. One is that a boat containing explosives, with a burning fuse attached, was allowed to drift beneath the bridge, and that the fuso had been nicely timed to cause the explosion when the boat was midway. A bystander says that the flames shot up simultaneously from both sides of the bridge. The second theory is that the dynamite was dropped over 1 the bridge and alighted on one of the buttresses, which was only slightly damaged. The mischief done consisted chiefly in the breakage of windows in the vicinity. Persons crossing the bridge at the time were thrown down by the concussion, and many gas jets in the vicinity were extinguished. The London Times of the 17 th of December says that the Nicaraguan treaty will excite amazement in England and America if the published version be correct. It will undoubtedly elicit a distinct protest in both countries. Its direct violation of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty i 3 a more distinct violation than Blame ever contemplated. The Times adds that the Americans must not suppose that Englishmen deprecate the treaty owing to alarm at the extension of the American dominion, or that they mistrust that the treaty will bo abused to the injury of British trade, but they cannot approve of the example of one State purchasing the control of such waterways for its personal advantage and not as trustee for the world. There is no provision in the treaty ou behalf of the world's trade. A navigable highway between two oceans is not a petty matter for sale and banter between a couple of States. The Spectator says that if the statesmen of the United States wsnid legislate against dynamiters a compromise on the canal question would be easy. Vanity Fair says it sees nothing that England ought to object to in the Nicaraguan treaty. The English treaty with Nicaragua, which was concluded by Lord John Eussell in 1860, secures to England the highest privileges enjoyed even by Nicaragua. If the people of England knew the disgraceful history of the Bulwer-Clayton treaty they would desiro it to be consigned to eternal oblivion. On the 10th of December the Congo Conference discussed the question of the free navigation of the Niger. Mr Kosson, the American delegate, presented his neutrality project, which has much wider scope than any other of the proposals that have yet been made. His proposition, besides providing for the neutrality of both the Congo and Niger rivers, includes the inland territory, rivuieta, and canals. The delegates of France and Portugal strongly opposed Mr Kasson's proposition. The German delegates were silent, and the English apathetic. On the 11th of December the Conference proviaionally accepted tho French neutrality proposals, which provide for the free navigation of all rivers and canals, and the passage over all railways and roads in both the Congo and Niger countries by all nations, peaceful or belligerent, for the purpose of commerce in time of war. The necessity for maintaining outlets for British manufactures is shown by the cautious proceedings and multitudinous intrigues going on at the Conference. Time and trouble have been consumed in parcelling out savage lands which at the best can only furnish meagre results at much cost and at a deferred date. It is difficult to say thus far who has obtained any advantage over the other, but the present outlook indicates that Franca, which has been badly snubbed by the prohibition of import duties, and England, which has played a tardy and unprofitable part, will be frozen out by the German — Belgian combination. Mr Sala will visit America before going to Australia. He will sail from Liverpool for New York the day after Christmas, and lecture at all the principal cities from New York to San Francisco. The local Government of British Columbia has received intimation that the coal harbor has been definitely selected as a terminus of the Canadian Pacifio Railway. Louise Michel, the noted Communist, is reported to be afflicted with softening of the brain. Consul-General Cruiser has submitted Rtatiatics to the State Department of Washington showing that Russian wheat is driving American wheat from the markets of Switzerland, Southern Germany, and England, owing to the crops of Russia being so plenteous, and also to the reduced cost of transportation. Mitchell, the English pugilist, waa arrested at New York, on a charge of murder. He inflicted such severe injuries on a slogger, named Muldoon, a year ago in a fight near Yardlegeville, P.A., that the latter died of his injuries. The Philadelphia Press of December 13th publish a story to the effect that a oaloon keeper in that city who claiuj3 to have been made a millionaire by the death of an uncle in Cuba, has written to O'Donovan Rossa, saying that as soon as he has received money he would give MO.OOO dollars for " Scientific Warfare " against England. New York experienced the severest cold on the 29th of December known in that city for years. The thermometer was 20deg. below zero, and there was intense suffering among the poor. The Japanese Prince Alexis Saago died at Washington of typhoid fever on December 10th. Wilson, the inventor of the Wheeler and Wilson sewing machine, was sent to the Hartford madhouse on the 10th of December. Hopes are entertained of his recovery.'