MAIL NEWS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume III, Issue 290, 21 August 1882, Page 2

MAIL NEWS.

Herr Muling, who sold plans of the coast defences of Germany to Russia, was sentenced to six years imprisonment with hard labor. A desperate but unsnceesful attempt was made to assasinatc the Recorder of Dublin, at Green-street Court House by a a tailor, named Fitzpatrick, who had been nonsuited asplaintiff on a Civil Bill. The Recorder was fired at in open court. The Pope intends to confer a Cardinal's hat on Archbishop Trehan, Chicago. Miss Annie' Parnell has been seized with brain fever consequent upon grief for the loss of her sister Fannie. The Times thinks the address of the Canada. Parliament to the Queen, in favor of home rule in Ireland, amounts to a vote of censure on the Government, and is an encouragement of its avowed enemies. Mr. Gladstone has informed Parliament that the Government have abandoned all hope of passing the Corrupt Practices Bill this session. The Guicowar of Baroda, deposed for attempting to poison Colonel Phyre, a British resident of Baroda is dead. A son of the Russian Consul, in Roumania, has been arrested for supplying Nihilists with dynamite. Archbishop Sarchererau (?), of Quebec, has published a pastoral letter denouncing " Lc Courier dcs Etats Unis" the principal French newspaper in New York, and forbidding the Catholics to rend it. The cause of this action was the insertion of a freethinker's letter in the journal. The uncertainty attending the condition ' of affairs in Egypt, and the fear lest obstacles may be placed in the Suez Canal, is increasing traffic to Australia via San Francisco. The Zealandia leaves with a full passenger list, and more orders for berths by telegraph from tho East were received at this office than can be fulfilled. Tho United States will make arbitration on a boundary dispute between Guatemala and Mexico. PonT Said, July 28. The place is full of men-of-war. There is no interruption to traffic in the canal, but the publio feeling is one pf indignation at the conduct of 'M.' De'Less'ep's in opposing the measures for the safety of Port Said and of fihe canal. He is believed to bo in direct communication with Arabi Pusha. Europeans, including the French subjects not under Do Lesseps' thumb, contemplate sending a communication to tho Foreign Office and to Paris complaining of the base intrigues of De Lessees, wjbo continues to oppose every plan lor assuring the' canal's safety.' Ho has said, that tho Khedivo was simply a prisonor in the hands of tho English, and England's solo aim was to obtain complete control of tho canal. Yesterday he telographod to Arabi Pasha, sayiug ho had just soul a- despatch to Do Froyciuet tolling him tho Khedive- ami agents of the Powers were incorrectly informed as to the situation hfero, that the canal was in no danger, that ho had pro yon tod tho landing of the 1 Froncli nnd British forcos, and that if tho minister would inako him representative of tho Fronoh bore, he would ensure tho safety of European lifo and property and seouro tbo canal. Arabi repliod that ho would providb for tho safety of tho oanal bo long as England rospeotod its neutrality. ' ' :