NEWS BY THE MAIL.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 81, 8 October 1879, Page 3

NEWS BY THE MAIL.

Eighty farmers dissatisfied with agricultural prospects m England, left m the steamer Helvetia for Texas. They were mostly from the northern part of Yorkshire and Durham. Several commanded capital of £500 to £600 each, while others entered into partnershipf one group having raised ."a capital of £1,200. Lady Yogel going m a boat to Devoran Regatta with with her children observed a boy fall out -of a punt into the water. She seized an oar and assisted the boatman to pull to the spot just m time to save the boy from drowning, • The United States Consul at Manchester, England, says the failure of crops is much more serious than gene rally supposed abroad. The demand m England for meat and grain Jrom the United States will be enormous, Business greatly depressed. Last year more than 80,000 were supported by the public. The coming winter will probably witness still greater destitution. At the Mansion House Lord Beaconsfield said the treaty of Berlin has taken its place among the arcliivos of the capitals of Europe, ifcg end is to assure general peace, and to avert dangers and difficulties supervening m countries to which the treaty specially relates. After insisting that landed property ought to continue as at present, his concluded amid frantic 'cheers. Thomas Pairdy a large landed proprietor at Hoy, County Meath, was shot. dead on entering his own door. Lord Chelmsford and Colonels Wool and Buttler arrived at Plymouth. They were cheered on landing. The working men of Sheffield are arranging a system of immigration to the and elsewhere on a large scale. Fifteen person were killed, thirty-sir seriously wounded, and forty slightly injured, by a railway accident between Nancy and Vezelis, The rapid recline of Bonapartism is proved by the failure of three Imperialist newspapers m the provinces for want of funds. Grant's Hotel, Paris, was sold for 1,000,000 dols. by aution. It was bought by M. Pliilliport. Five hundred pilgrims, double the number of last year, have started for Lourdes, A Standard despatch nays some French Catholics and Royalists, frightened at Ferry's Education Bill have determined to immigrate to the island of "Papua, there to found a Catholic colony under the direction of the Marquis de Boys, Gambefeta advocates agitation m favor of Ferry's Education Bill among the masses. Heavy fire occured m Bordeaux, and the estimated loss is 2,000,000 francs The- London, Economist says the weather m France is all that could be desired, and the crops have made great progress* and it is now certain a fail* average may be counted on. vPrihce Jerome Napoleon has purchased the Local Advocate Autacrate. A. French barque with \ number of French and Belgian colonists, well supplied with arms and ammunition, left Flushing for New Guinea^