The Week.

Northern Advocate, 26 September 1891, Page 1

The Week.

FOREIGN. A hurricane at Iquique has greatly damaged the shipping. The men entombed in the tunnel near Trieste have been rescued. The Parnell party have founded a Young Ireland League. Phylloxera has been discovered in America on grafted vines. Information has reached Ottawa that a new race has been discovered at Labrador. < A plot has been die covered to dynamite San Quiuton prison, California. The acceptance by RI. Mercier of a Judicial Commission of Inquiry has averted a crisis. The dockers engaged at the Victoria Docks have struck for an increase of a penny an hour. ; New Zealand potatoes by the Arawa have arrived in fair condition, and are expected to realise 60s. It is reported in New York that General Luiz Bogran, late President of Honduras, has been murdered. Phylloxera is spreading in Southern Russia, and the vineyards iv the Crimea are hopelessly ruiued. The order to call out the Canadian Militia in consequence of the lumbermen's strike has been withdrawn. It is reported that a large number of Boers in Pretoria are preparing to treck into Damaralaud. The reports of a conflict between the Afghans bind Russians on the frontier are not yet confirmed. The Archbishop of Canterbury will unveil the memorial to the late Bishop Parry in the Canterbury Cathedral. . A coach fell o/er a precipioa in the .bngadine, iv Switzerland, 250 feet. Two English ladies were killed and four injured. Sir Charles Russell, M.P., declare! that the Liberal party will welcome a conflict with the House of Lords on any question. Sir Jamei Fergusson, Under-Secretary for the Coloniei, will probably succeed the lata Mr. Cecil Raikes as Postmaster-General. The Pope has counselled workmen to avoid Socialism, and not to seek to solve social problems apart from the church. Both the Berlin and Vienna pre«s regard the British manoeuvres at Ligri a* a rehearsal and a warning to tho Porte. Tho Canadian lumbsrmau who are on strika for higher wages and shorter hours are re« oeiving assistance from all parts of the Dominion. Newton; a London solicitor, arrested in connection with the Strand abduction case, has been sentenced to six months' inprisonment. The American Commission declares that it will be necessary not to allow saaling for several years in order to prevent the extinction of the animals. The National Party at Hawaii warn the United States authorities that England is planning the annexation of the islands with the connivance of the Queen. Thorpe, of Brisbane, tho defaulter who was arrested in Loudou cm a charge of heavy embezzlement from Peck Brothers, has been tentonccd to ton years. Colonel Desmond, who took up Stuart Cumberland's challenge for £ 1000 to prove the existence of occult influence, now declares tlio " Mahutmas " forbid the contest. i Tho Grenadier Guards, who arrived at Dover from Burmuda on July 28 have returned to their quartern iv London, uud will take tfioir place on the regular Guards roster. Mr Hugh' Watt, iv a letter to the London Times, supports LordKintore's policy for the devoiopuieut of the . Northern Territory by means of Chinese labour. Mr McMillan, formerly New South Wales Colonial Treasurer, has been appointed president cf the Now South Wales Commission fov the Chicago Exhibition. The mob who created a disturbance outside - the theatre i* which the opera of " Lohengrin " was produced subsequently wrecked a German cafe in Paris. It is reported that the Archduke John, who was believed to have been lost ia a ship during a voyage to Valparaiso in October last year, holds a leading position iv the Juuta's army. A terrible hail storm ha s been experienced in a district near Rome, during which hail stones s;|oz fell. Several persons were killed, ;; and also a large number of cattle. The Novoo Vremya, in discussing the ' action' of tho British squadron iv mauoauvring at Ligri, demands tho punishment of the admiral who was responsible for the scare. It is believed that a rebellion in the Yang-Tsi-Kiang districts is imminent. Many seizurss of arm a md dynamite have been madeFurther outbreaks iv China are believed to be imminent, and the secret societies are arming. Sir J. Pauncefooto, British Minister at Washington, has complained to the United States Government that the North American Company has captured 13,000 seals in Behring Sea iv violation of the modus vivendi agreed upon. It is understood that the ultimatum to the Chinese Government re the recent atrocities will be delayed until the decision of the Great Powers is received as to which shall be the commanding fleet. The Dominion Government have decided to stop the immigration of paupers into the country, und it i« generally understood that this action has been taken with the view to prevent Russian Jews coming here. , Kamil Pasha, the ex-Grand Vizier, whom it was alleged was dismissed from office owing t« his adopting a policy favourable to England, has been granted a pension of £3,000 by the Sultan. Avjling, one ot the leaders of the, British faction at tho Brussels Labour Congress, has been fined 40/ for thrashing a colleague during " a violwut qmurrel in connection with tb* proceeding!. Tho Novosti declares that the Enipir* of Russia is already too extensive to desire th« conquest of India, and urges the British Government to cuter into a deiiuita agreement of amity. Mr. P. J. Foley, M.P., for Counemara, who was reoently summoned by the Wandsworth guardians for neglecting to support his wife, who is in the workhouse, has undertaken to provide maintenance and tho charge has been withdrawn. The northern portion of German East Africa is in a state of ferment. News of tho .fail ur« of Zalewski's expedition has unsettled the natives. Tho Wadigo tribe is in rebellion, and the Arabs aro restless. The Catholic and other religious missions are in a dangeroas position. It is believed that the Hon. H. Mercier, Promier of Quebec, will resipn owing to tho disclosure* iv connection with the Baie-Oha-luerca railway scandals. Tho Government party in Canada are dismayed, and denounce Mr. J. J. Abbott, the Premier of the Dominion, for publishing Ansel's letter attacking provin- , eial autoni'ony. The French portion of the population of Quebec aro greatly excited at tho Federal Government's interference with the affairs of tho Provincial Government in connection with the charges preferred against the Hon. H. Mercier, Premier of Quebec, who , will probably resign. The Liberal party exalt M. Mercier as champion of provincial autonomy. The Houso of Commons has thoroughly thrushed out the motion of Mr Hugh Cameron, member for Inverness, Nova Scotia, impeaching Mr. Edward Cochrane, member for Northumberland, for alleged selling of Government positions in his district, with . the result that Mr Coohrane was exonerated from participation, in the alleged scandal. The Hon. H. Mercior, Premier of Quebec, who has been adjudged guilty of participation in the Baie-Chaleuras railway scandal.- has accepted a proposal to establish a pomhiiMion of Judges to inquire into, the qimtjon, ,