NEWS BY THE MAIL.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 108, 17 January 1880, Page 3

NEWS BY THE MAIL.

' (PKB ATISTBAMA AT AUCKLAND.) Saw Fbaxoisco, December 23. Qver two. mUUon. white fish eggs, forwarded by ]\£r. Creighton, per Australia for th,e, Government, were shipped it prime -condition, packed! m mountain ice, brought from] the Sierra Nevada range.- . - • ■ .*'-." Cardinal Manning appeals, for subscriptions for the reliei of the distress m Ireland during 1 tfte: coming winter Hunger arid want is expected, such as never known BJn.ce 1847. Baker Pasha has started on his first visit to Alleppo. H,e has ro executive authority, but his powers enable him to make a thorough investigation of a,H branches o| administration, aud report directly to the Sultan. At a meeting of Ksh sympathisers at Glasgow, a resolution was passed calling for the impeachment of Lords Beaconsfield and Salisbury. %. tenant evicted by Lord j"ermoy struck him with a cudgel on the steps pf the Limerick^ Glub, and felled him to the earth, where lie jay insensible for some time. His assailant received five year's penal servitude. ' In the North of lreland.the landlords are generally reducing ren.ts between lft and 20 per cent. : : .-. ..,.'. " The British e^pedit^ up the Digea destroyed two towns aud returned to Bonny. Heavy floods on ; the Isthmus of Panama submerged the railroad almost its entire length, flooding, out natives along the line, a,n ( d. destroying much property. Passengers by the Aspin wall could not Jand, as the steamer went to. sea to espape a hurricane, W;tych wrecked several vessels m the harbour, and destroyed portion of the Pacific Mail Company's wharf. Two hundred pasjengera and freight were delayed. ■••"■ *Jfeili v % NDDN » December 21. Ar'^cutta despatch say executions continue m the palace a,^ Mandalay. Five prisoner*; were, recently murdered. • . •:.■"■ Bread riots. ha,y!ft pocurred at Ravenna. _,'_■•' The Bey. Arthur Wagner, of St. «? vl * B , Clxurah, Brigh,tQH, has joined the of Borne. ' The assassin who fired at the Viceroy Of India, Lord Lytton.in Calcutta, was a native of Bengal, who has a grievance against th« Government. He. was recently discharged from the Allahabad lunatic asylum. ' Excited meetings hfrva liften held orer all Ireland, at which Pifceinen parade m strong force. No overt aot was, however, committed. Evictions continue. Agitation m some of the English and BMtcb towns progresses, and consider, able money ib, being raised. '■ '■ About 40,000 'people attended theHydes Park Sundaj demonstration m favor of Ireland. « •; •' ■. Wesley's Morning. Chapel -m. London -ZX™£ no S^y damaged hy fire, MdlMees^ea-ceilmg was irreparably «T,eii i^re4, , ;•■■ •' ■•■'■-•.' ■-i

The talk of annexing Samoa is prevalent m Berlin, owing to the advantage England- acquires by Sir Arthur Gordon's treaty. Contracts are let for three sections of the Canadian-Pacific railroad m British Columbia, and the line is to be pushed forward rigorously at both ends. Three transcontinental railroads m the United States are progressing at the rate of two miles a day. The Northern Pacific will -hare its terminus m I Oregon, and other lines end m San I Francisco. Mr. D« Lesseps has sailed for Aspin;wall. General Ignatieff's appointment as Russian Ambassador at Borne has created great excitement m Vienna Court circles. The political situation is very criticai m Madrid. The steamship El Dorado, with ninety- fire passengers and «i crew of sixty Lascars has put into Plymouth to repair damages caused through a storm encountered m the Bay of Biscay. The «rew, paralysed with fear, abandoned duty, and the male pas* ■engers worked tfcirty hours bailing, which saved the ship. The .Winter Palace at St. Petersburg has been illuminated by electric light. Several military officers hare been arrested for complicity m the attempt on the Caar's life' at Moscow, when the 'baggage train was blown up. . A motion has been made before the | the Lord Justice m Appeal for the rej lease of the Tichborne Claimant. Seven j years having expired since the first sentence, it is claimad that the other sentence of seven years should run concurrently. The ruling by the New York Supreme Court on the Tweed trial regarding cumulative indictments, has been accepted by the Lord Justice as & \ precedent for opening the case. This shows the intimate relations that exist between the English and American jurisprudence. The police are powerless against the Nihilists, who are are found m the highest social circles of the Empire. The Czar has appointed a Commission to consider what reforms are practicable. The Rhine is frozen, and people cros3 the river on ice at Bingen. The Seine is also frozen. Gordon Pasha is ttill detained m Abyssinia. A Catholic Vicar Apostolic has been imprisoned by King John, but was released owing to representations of the Pope. Active preparations for war are going on between Egypt and Abyssinia The French Chamber has appointed a Committee to enquire into disciplinary 'punishment m. New Caledonia, Baker Pasha has fixed the Turkish force m Asia minor at 60,000 which is to be used an a reserve m time of war. The plan has been approved, The horse St. JuliaD, at race given for General Grant, m California, just before his departure, trotted a mile without skip or break, m the extraor^ dinary time of 2 mm. 12fscc, Goldsmith Maid did it m 2 mm. 15 sec •, and Raru9 m 2 mm. 14sec, but the Californian horse has beaten both. Statisticians expect that with increased immigration, the population of the United States will be found m June, 1880, to be about 40,500,000. There is some probability oE Exeter Hall being converted into a theatre.