'Frisco Mail.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 193, 23 July 1883, Page 2

'Frisco Mail.

ENGLISH SCTMMARY.

(UKITED PRHBS ASSOCIATION.) Auckland, July 21. The Egyptian Ministry has voted £500 for a Sanitary Commission. Great alarm prevails all over Europe respecting the cholera. Earl Granville refused the request of ; the Chinese Ambassador to remonstrate m a friendly manner with France m regard to Anam. The French AmbasI Rador at Shanghai behaved with great ruden&ss towards Li Hung Chang. I The Court of Inquiry m the case of I the stranding of H..M.8, Lively, dismissed the commander and the navigating lieutenants. Mr Redmond guarantees £1000 for the Parnell Fund. The Queen is stated to be m a morbid condition of mind, and a prey to strange fancies and superstitious fears. A. strenuous effort has been made to get her to go abroad; The agricultural prospeots are bright. Crops are making rapid progress, and everything looks very encouraging. The Irishmen m. the House ot Comoiona had a little scene amongst themselves, resulting m Mr McCoan .seced* '•=g from the Parnellite party. : buliman 6am i, who was proved responsible for the burning oi Alexandria, was hanged on June 10th. He died a thorough coward, though it came out m evidence chat he looked on, smoking a pipe, while the city waa m flames. The interest taken m the passage of the Deceased Wife's Sister Bill has led to a general expectation that the final passage would be followed by an announcement of the betrothal of the Princess Beatrice to her brother-in»law, Prince of Hesse. ! At the last meeting of the Gplonial i Institute, the following New Zealand Fellows were elected :— James Allan, George McLean, and John Reid. , The marriage of Mary Shensa, daughter ot the Rev Mr Fince, Principal of Cuddesdch College, to the Rev Mr' Abraham, only son of Bishop Abraham, of Wellington, was a very brilliant uffair. m extraordinary meeting of the shareholders of the Shaw, Saville, and Albion Company will be held shortly. \ proposal to authorise a second issue of shares to the extent of £20,000, in* creasing the capital by £200,000, to enable the Company to acquire steamers for the New Zealand trade will be made. Probably, m the fi st instance, only two steamers will he huiit.