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New Zealand Mail, Issue 870, 2 November 1888, Page 25

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(per PRESS ASSOCIATION.) ‘ London, October 20. _ The Admiralty propose to build four new ironcladß and s.x cruisers.The coal owners in Yorkshire and Derbyshire resist the demandsvof the miners for an advance of wages. \ The South Wales collieries have conceded an advance of 10 per cent to the nren. The syndicate of the copper companies have signed an 'agreement eXteudiug the existing contracts for ten years. • £700,000 in gold from outside markets and Paris have been shipped" to Russia. London, October 21. The Lancashire miners having refused to 'arbitrate, the owners have yielded to their demands. Mr Balfour, Chief Secretary for Ireland, is visiting Dublin, whore he is protected by au unusually strong escort. • ~ T-. •- YThe mission of Mr H. M. Dura,nd, Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, to Afghanistan, has been abandoned. • The Emperor of Annatn has ceded to the French the provinces of-Hauoi, Haiphong and Touran. The Earl of Dufferin has been created a Marquis. - x ■ - Sir R. E. Webster, Q.C , AttorneyGeneral, in opening the case before The Times-Parnell Commission, promised that hr would supply the amplest evidence respecting what are known as the forged letters, and.would indicate the sources from which the Commission would be able to elicit evidence as to the general charges. Referring to ParneU’s utterances in America, he said they were distinctly seditious, and it would be shown that the expenses of his tour were paid by the League. The learned gentleman concluded by citing numerous murders which had followed upon the strong speeches made by the members of the League inciting the people to acts of outrage. October 22; r.

The beetroot manufacturers . of Saxony have passed, a resolution condemning the Sugar Bounties Convent,C>Six hundred thousand pounds of the Bank of New Zealand’s new capital has been rubsetibed. • ! v

‘ .Lords Brownlow and Pembroke are mentioned in connection with the succession to the Governorship of New South Wales. London, October 23. In a speech at the opening of tho Tiir.e3-Parnell Commission yesterday, SirK. E. Webster asserted that Ford cabled to Egan to prompt Parnell to issue the no-rent manifesto from Kilmainhamgaol,and thatEganagreed, stating that this was the only weapon they had left. The Attorney-General commented on the failure to produce the League’s books of 1880 and 1881. He proposed to prove that the Central League paid its branches to carry out the boycotting system and to commit outrages. Re acquitted Davitt of being concerned in the agrarian outrages of 188 L and 1882 Egan’s letter to James Carey, suggesting that the latter should set to work forthwith, was found in Carey’s house. Referring to the Parnell letters, the Attorney-General said they had been purchased by The Times newspaper, and after the fullest test had satisfied the proprietors of that paper that they were written by Parnell and were .genuine. ' Y London, October 21. *■: Mrs Gordon Baillie was found guilty of the charges brought against her, r and sentenced to five years’ penal servitude. Her husband, Percival Frost, was also convicted-, and sentenced to 18 months. Count Daym succeeds Co ant Karolyi 'as Ambassador of Austria-Hungary in London. It is understood that Cardinal Moran will be created an Archbishop at the first vacancy. It came out at the trial of Percival FrbJst that his mother possessed an income of L3OOO. V The World ridicules the statement that it is probable thst Mr H. Cecil Bailies, Postmaster-General, will be appointed to a colonial governorship. ; The shipping ring disclaim any intention of raising freights. Sir R. Webster, in his opening speech, charged Parnell and his friends .with approving and allowing a system of " .terrorism which absolutely necessitated murder. Parnell was clearly aware that Sheridan promoted outrages, while Egan supplied the funds which enabled them to be perpetrated. Egan had threatened to resign if the League’s funds were devoted to the - discovery of .the Phoenix Park murderers. What The" Times declared was that Campbell wrote the body of

Parnell’s letters. His clients were willing to disclose the source from which they received the letters if released from the pledge of secrecy which had been given. One of the duties before the Commission, was to elicit what had become of the missing books of the League. Common salt for home use is selling at 9s per ton, and lump salt for export at 15s. . A life buoy, marked “ Trevelyan,” has been found at Koelburg, on the coast of South Africa. It is now considered certain that she was the vessel seen to founder off Cape L’Agulhas on 3rd June.' The Canadian Government is willing to grant a subsidy ot .£25,000 for a fortnightly Australian mail service, and £15,000 for a monthly one. Mr Cecil Raikes, Postmaster-General, has expressed himself favourable to the delivery of mails at Vancouver instead of at San Francisco.

Dr Higgins, of Meath, who was appointed coadjutor to Cardinal Moran, as Archbishop of Sydney, has been designated Bishop Antiphelless (unattached to any particular See). He will not, however, have the right of succeeding the Cardinal in the event of death or removal. Mr Stormont Darling has been appointed Solicitor-General of Scotland, in place of Mr J. P. B. Robertson, who became Lord Advocate at the beginning of the month. October 25.

Lord' Brassey, addressing the Federation League at Edinburgh, said that Australia, being nearer to India than England, would be able to offer effective support in defence of India. The colonies were, he thought, entitled to a large share in the direction of the external affairs of the Empire. Thirty thousand Yorkshire miners have gone out on Btrike, demanding higher wages. The Berlin correspondent of the Daily News states that Germany has suggested to the Porte to accept the appointment of Prince Ferdinand to the Bulgarian throne. He adds that the Italian and Austrian Governments concur in the suggestion. The Duke of Westminster has been appointed Lord Lieutenant of the new county of London. The Scottish and Australian Mining Company has resolved that the miners shall not be permitted to control the colleries. October 26, Mackill, who was arrested on suspicion of the murder of a man named King on the Midland Railway some time ago, has been acquitted. Mr R. E. Webster, in concluding his opening speech, stated that he intended to call persons convicted of tho perpetration of outrages in Ireland as witnesses before the Commission. October 27.

Mr Pritchard Morgan has been elected for Merthyr-Tydfil, the seat vacant by the death of Mr Henry Richard. He secured a majority of 2200 over his opponent. Corea, encouraged by Russia and America, is about to proclaim her independence. Cardinal Moran’s receht speeches in Ireland are said to have beeu obnoxious to the Vatican.

At a meeting of the New Zealand Land Mortgage Agency Company, it was decided to extend the operations of the Company in the River Plate district.

It is thought that Sir L. Saekville West, British Minister at Washington, will avail himself of his accession to the Peerage as an excuse for a prolonged holiday, and that his return to Washington is unlikely. Should this supposition be correct the difficulty between President Cleveland and himself would be thus ended, and a successor at Washington appointed. It is expected that Sir William Jervois will succeed to the Governorship of Queensland, rendered vacant by the death of Sir Anthony Musgrave. The title to be assumed by the Earl of , Dufferin will be the Marquis of Dufferin and Ava.

“The traffic on the Suez Canal, which was blocked a week ago by a steamer grounding, ha 3 been resumed. Sir R. E. Webster, in his opening address before the Commission, produced the original famous letters. He intimated that he proposed to call a witness to prove Parnell’s repugnance to sign the manifesto condemning the Phoenix Park murders, and stated that he was in possession of certain documents supplied to a clerk, who had until recently been employed in the central office of the National League, which would prove that the outrages were paid for, and that Mr Forster’s name was mentioned. Qnq of the letters was

subsequently read to show that it was ingeniously constructed in order that quite another meaning could be attached, and that nothing like personal outrage was suggested. Altogether there are 400 witnesses to ba examined.

The Pall Mall Gazette declares that the documents in possession of the Attorney-General came from different sources, and that whilst partly genuine they are partly bogus productions, the vendors being uncertain whether The Times would keep their names secret. They offered the documents to several Loudon papers for LIOOO, and The Times closed for a higher figu-e. The Parnell Defence Fund amounts to £II,OOO. London, October 28. The difficulty between Portugal and Morocco has beeu amicably settled. Lord Harris succeeds Lord Reay as Governor of the Bombay Presidency. It is reported that Sir Morell Mackenzie, in a letter written to a friend, has stated that his book in reference to the illness of the late Emperor Frederick was written at the request of the Queen and the Empress Victoria. In consequence of this rumour, interviews on the subject are being prolonged between Count Hatz-feldt-Wildenberg, the German Ambassador, and Lord Salisbury, and the tension between England and Germany is increasing. London, October 29.

Pritchard Morgan was elected for Merthyr-Tydvil in defiance of Gladstone’s advice. The English press almost unani. mously condemn the action of President Cleveland in connection with Sir Saekville West. The latter, who is at present on a visit to England, accompanied by Phelps, the American Minister, proceeds to-day to Hatfield House, Hertfordshire, the residence of the Premier, to interview Lord Salisbury. The colliers’ strikes has ended, the advance demanded by the miners being agreed to by the owners. Arrived—Tainui, at Plymouth. Mr John Bright has suffered a relapse.

SPECIAL. (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) London, October '2l. The Attorney-Genera.] reiterated his statement that the Parnell letters were authentic, and admitted that they were purchased by The Times. _ Proceedings have been opened in the action Parnell v. The Times in the Court of Session at Edinburgh. Sir R. E. Webster, in his opening address, said that the money subscribed in America in aid of the Land League was withheld until Michael Davitt could induce Parnell to approve the violent programme drawn up. October 27. The Times, in an article on the condition of affairs in Ireland, Bays that the state of that country is a source of trouble at the Vatican, where tho attitude of the Irish priesthood is regarded as rebellious. The Sportsman, commenting on the winnings of Mr James White during the last racing season in Australia., says he deserved his success, and that his good luck was due to good management and straight going.