NEWS BY THE MAIL.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 270, 5 March 1877, Page 2

NEWS BY THE MAIL.

[From the "Home News.'"] OLD COINS. An urn full of old coins, dating 200 years after Christ, lias been dug from the Cloud Hill Lime Rocks, Breedon, Leicestershire. The workmen making the c(ls? covery, it is stated, sold them. The Secretary of State, becoming acquainted with the circumstance, has claimed them as "treasure trove " belonging to the Crown. REMOVAL OF CANNON IN THIiJ SOUTHERN STATES. The New York correspondent of the Daily News telegraphs: "President Grant admits that he is removing QfnidQil and ordnance stores from the Southern arsenals in order to secure them against possible seizure." WESTON AT HOME. Sensational pedestrjarjism continues tha rage, and there are walking feats extraordinary now in progress all over the country. Weston failed on Saturday, December 23, to accomplish his 503 wiles in six days, and failed also, immediately after, to accomplish 400 miles in five days, which he is now again attempting to do. Several other rivals of Weston have been occupied with the same sort of effort on a less ambitions scale. ANOTHER POLAR EXPEDITION. It is now stated that there is a likelihood of another Polar Expedition being fitted out next summer, It is to be a private undertaking, set on foot by the united yacht clubs of the kingdom. Each yacht ! club has guaranteed a subscription, and the scheme has advanced so far that the distinuished geographer, Dr. Petermann, is now in London for the purpose of consulting with the promoters of the Expedition on the best route to be adopted. BRIGANDS AT GIRGENTI. Telegrams which have reached Rome from Girgenti announce the capture by three brigands of a child, the son of a certain Antonio Reina, for whom they have demanded a ransom of oODOf. They had sent previously a requisition to for a sum of money, and this not having--been paid, the child wa3 captured uj revenge. " ~

■ ~ ~ ... AS M-P- ---■ , f f x warrant for the nr--Ilc j * r:-., i.«. o©*iw», w.p.» **■ gjgt l I ,* ' • has fceen issued by ' r H r.mstcr County Court ..fi„ wenibtT having ' ;■!, order for the pay- j paid " nW:nl: 1,-pnrrs Pf E?ftitANF>. ml roe.- vicdtneiv have Mnt.Uw»n tl . fwJtr BlWt have greatly pw™* l { the I M t few days for eXBC : wtuti with who CS they had and others are tntbr sentence ° fdUatl ;; r> P t G AHAyr tsrwco™. , Ti r. cI:tH 811 o Manchester Justices, »*- f ,pinion tt.a # tUw » \»" J "s Jvil »» well as of good which ignorance t tt> £ . r;3 on. lie bnngs ny instanced where a TtnS •" E"'" ;sht(l lt,: U ' T cfiild has >'** I■ d ]■ a g u-en pumsh*d in !IT «, thehsson. Wr*' ' tHn "three-I'< tuth* of the prisoners t... n diiriwf the luonM ot o "fairly instructed it. «-a.U S^ Vv,n ' " Tl'e »xperU««« of the (»"* '"' at Mane «t«r shows assize* and n( | writing have been M^n » re Snl^ W i t Uut tie uae £ t'," «*.«**«* lit I, «ml cl.ck.a'i.l Ufcr, ! ni.r, evtu tome "'to «x:s:et.«y as : tO . . •„ » Muli is the interer.co d k awn 'nreVin *>»« '7^; ' V i-;J i.lsrrvatiott dur.tig the t ast g*.»'»'»-I**™* fertiau: it is. wc tmt«m or A a. Jewish deputation waited •n,VI v on VVt'i.iiH'Silay, UeCtmbrr -*» tae <>« a,:ub ? r ' B" tlwtentl > r c Ur tl at it is as to- oU,au« t«Lti.vt * (n.Mit for tlfc th ® Uuub vi Cl' as for Christians at the hands ,f T, ;r | iSl 'Lhts uituioriat preatnted to e,.e fori i 'ii Savttary rtxiteil a varu.ty ot outkci i;tly perpt trattd npou ||„> liianiihian E'uncipaUtus. ilit>r ; vn in {inchartse was m IH'i;" ' 111 t'Hu ttn Jews wt.re tlunst into n'r 'watt r 'y tluviuuuiiarv s.oldiwr» wKi; tliiir l.avMu:t« and the hutt-c n.ip of tuur tf-T 1 -' tht-re « ccurvtd r. prat,d iVslaiua s i f luunltr. violation ot piinith r. and. othtr oulyagts, uaMului'u (.spulsK-u i f Jtwish faUidies tri-tu t..i country d'stricts m the cold.st wmt.hi f. Evi uin Il.t: I rt-st td: year, t: - n * uu * l-.uvi: i.i-i ii larlarously txpdUd Ir.mi sonu strict,. Mr. Mn.on v.eut »<• far as to say that ,l every enuie eouuaUUu by llasi.i-Ui.KouKs tu lu.y in e u pruetisi d hy tht;sliatis Upou the lh.v;ei lit. s in Ui.nmania. 'the barhartty has oiuy lejti o i asaia-IK r LfViL L\-1»■ j f"i'('d tl:t' of tie npi>l e--wi"ii ~ : s. d that the vt.Hiifix I ■ .i ; shotdd be sxerte«.t to , , ■ . , JtosEV i;'>:m; j ' :i,(it. CNO-- I indemnity pal.l by t'-e j ' irsat Krita;ri to the Go ; , , ... t'mted IStatcs. hi.s op : JC wish an c.'ii.'i<irr,;,i ,1. ; ' o three ruiit.oiis t-C^iiui; • > • aiunruty co«»i»tv d iiiorc Vl ,i didiais are left a ft* r {.a r„it,d Ma..,, • ioveinnteut has pa;(l a.d the diiiuis of its std'ijeets. .t may i-e th( t;yl t tl at this I alanee si olitd i't t.aai'lfd Tat k to th«.»e lit ut vd.ose poehet.s ti." oriuinal sum was taken. I're»uteut I »raruis, l.iavuvir, of opinion that the tinted Stsitis sliotUd retain the whole amount of " the award," iw it was tts» than tht! vahuof ti.u American tksrroyed.' l»>it the Ameriei'.n shipowners hav« presented no at.thtioi.al elaui.s, and the ot the (ian.aye tlt i;e to their pro[eity iBxitl ly 'l.eu.si Ivt s. bres;t:ei;t t>rant. aftt r having laid dowrv the al-ove i;eiu ra; pri pi-situ-ii, u.i.ktu the spec;tie suj.j;»..Htior. il.at. the liu in y fl.otiid be applteu n> ti.o jiti.ii.d ; rsti.itn ii and iln-pi »>ve uit ut o t the Ai)i( ia:;m mei-eaiitile uiai'u..e, a|i«t i!»r ilij.,nil ; .ei! . l 'p( etj.eli mi y shortly he « \pe i t-.u o, a eoa.pentu u tor tt.e niiu iiii.tu u < »,■ larsly t-i.e rt pi\ se utatives of tie 'i'lat.s- j ullant c s..ipi mi; iuteiest. t.S li'OU'tt'S ATK .STATE OP' TUS Vt-FXCV ty j laiASt'ii. I Assuming that it is tl;e ttuly of the stato | ill 6 lai.-ee to J rt.vidt" tl-e Ti: .c i | puhla: ivoisl.ip, it cannot 1 •• .. i t. u r'-ducaou of tt.e eler.i.a vs.n < • j t'utlj't t ict thoroughly u;. . : ' l. the prineiple of pay metit : i ;- !m . reliiiion l.y the ttovtrunic- 1 •••.• niitted, the rate of payuienr. Mr 1 :•••<. ludicrously and scandalous'y in.-..:- •a n: The iloip.cut and ituprifß»;v\. speeelv of .t)upanloup, Uisaop ot Ot leans, iu the S(;-u.ilu, presented a pathetic picture "t' the misery anil want ti> whieli the Rinnan Catholic Church and its clergy are rtahiced. tn »7 dioceses out of tM> there aro ur,;; couuuuncs unprovideel with a priest. The priestly salary in rural districts is utterly inaileipiate for the tuost modest wants—barely tHJOt*. a-year. Tae c;>us»niu-iice is tlit-y aie of wantaud starvati'Hi. "la my diocese (said Mgr. iHipatih'Ul>) I have lu-»t ill) priests utuh r ;»,>y\ars et aye. There is one pariah in fans tn which the priesis have divide among theiuselvts the tJOOf. wfitch ici allotted is it wi ro a country coutututfj." To is is u»'t the only shape ift wluch the '* rehuious dill.unity " presents itself in France. In the French fifefornietl a.n<t Protestant (-liuredi there is a split between the Ex* trt'nu! and the MoeLiate Drihodox partiesi —-thu High aud Broail, as we should catli thorn insisting on assent to V; ' s'Creed arid other fortnuiaries 1 • ••• hitter declaring that notliing •' '•••n: -i. wynerat belief m the central ' ' Ci!f;sf.i;«uty is wanted, as a eua- ■ " ' ' •tiboraltip.

STAJOXY IS ATIUCA. Mr. Stanley's semi-military progress as an African explorer continues, and undoubtedly he is doing much to advance the cause of geographical science. But his cruelties to the nativ» scannot, mi his own showing, he denied. H»- m neutralising the work of the peaceful and philanthropic Livingstone, and 13 rendering t!ie position of any future Spike or Cameron very precarious. Mr. Jhyndman's effort to iM;tk.e the lCoyal Geographical Society censure Mr. Stanley formally was very prt>perty rejected, since the oojcct of that Society is acicntiiic. and not ct.iical. But so far as an iiitorniat expression ut opinion can go, all lite members of the learned hotly tn question a o rcu \\ it;i the Earl of lArby tit condemning much of Stanley's rutidus.i action.