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Marlborough Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 264, 18 January 1888, Page 2

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BISHOP MOORHOUSE AND THE SOCIALISTS. PROSPECTS OF THE VICTORIAN EXHIBITION. TITHES DISORDERS IN WALES. THE RUGBY UNION AND PROFESSIONAL TEAMS. SHREWSBURY’S TEAM v. N.S. WALES. THE CZAR AND THE EUROPEAN SITUATION. FURTHER DISTURBANCES IN IRELAND. Per Electric Telegraph—Copyright. United Press Association. Rccoivod Jan. 17, 8.35 p.m. London, Jan 16. Bishop Moorhouse, in tlio course of a sermon on Sunday, declared that the fear of the military alone avoided a bloody Socialistic revolution. Sir Graham Berry considers that the prospects of a good Continental collection of exhibits at the Melbourne Exhibition are loss hopeful owing to the unsettled state of affairs in Europe. Tithe disorders are agaiu imminent in Wales, hut up to the present disturbances have been averted owing to tho presence of the military.

Mr R. Harper, M L.A, of Victoria, who is now on his way to Melbourne, has secured a now system of ventilation, which will be supplied to tho Victorian Assembly Chambers. The Rugby Union consider that if cqmpensation is granted to football teams it will practically moan that all clubs receiving such considerations must be termed professional. Consuls are quoted at 10J .V; tin, £1 lower ; Chilian copper, .£75 10s. Obituary: Sir John Staples, P.O.A. Tho deceased was Lord Mayor of London in the year 1885. Sydney, Jan. 17. Tho match between Shrewsbury’s team and Neiv South - Wales team was concluded to-day, the latter winning by 153 runs. The pilot steamer will be despatched in search for the missing boat of the J. T. Berry. JLpishane, Jan 17. At the City Court, Burnett, charged with the murder of Emma Burrett, has been committed for trial. Accused admitted that the deceased was his daughter. Another charge of forgery has been preferred against Rutter, Mayor of Rockhampton.

The Lancashire manufacturers are very dilatory in the way of preparing exhibits for the Melbourne Exhibition, and the continental mauui'acmrers are also displaying a lake-warm spirit in the matter: Sir Yiocnt Barrington has returned from Borne and Amsterdam, where he was only moderately successful in securing exhibits The market rate of discount is unchanged. The wheat market is quiet but steady, and last quotations are unchanged. Flour, sixpence lower; copper, a heavy fall has taken place; leather, advancing, best sides are worth elovenpenco per lb ; tin, five shillings lower, but firm at that price. Received Jan IS, 1.15 a.m. St Petersburg, Jan. 17. The Czar is at present staying at Moscow lie expresses a firm hope that the year will be one of peace and prosperity It is reported that a hundredweight of dynamite and a number of bombs have been setzed at st Petersburg Russia desires a mandate to restore order in Bulgaria in the event of Prince Ferdinand refusing to withdraw from that country, and insists on the establishment of a Russian Regency until a nominee of the Czar has been elected Prince. Dublin, Jan 17. A monster moeting has beon held at Achill, an island off the west coast of Ireland, County Mayo. The police were stoned by the mob and were ordered to fire, but by the efforts of the priests, Dr Tanner, M.P., and Mr John Duary, M.P., for West Mayo, bloodshed was prevented with difficulty.