ENGLISH MAIL NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 5100, 9 October 1891, Page 3

ENGLISH MAIL NEWS.

(BY TELEGRAPH FKOM AUCKLAND.)

GENERAL SUMMARY. Crawford and Sheron, two eight-year-old boys in Liverpool, confessed that, wanting the clothes of a playmate, they pushed him into the water and drowned him and pawned his clothes. Scotch landlords, with the exception of the Duke of Richmond and Gordon, brought ail action to interdict individuals who have been infringing on their alleged right-of-way rights. Prince George of Wales will, on the expiry of his leave, be appointed to the Anson, flagship of the Channel Squadron, and will not pass the winter in Ireland or India. The Prince and Princess of Wales and the Duke of Clarence were present at the wedding of the Earl of Dudley to Miss Rachel Gurney on September 14th. The notable event is attracting the entire attention of society. The famous Dudleydiamonds, as they have been reset, consisting of six tiaras and parures, were displayed. The Prince of Wales is about to visit Sir Frederick Johnstaff, at Dumfries, and Lord Lonsdale, at Lowther Castle. Both the latter are noted sportsmen, fond of shooting by day and baccarat by night. In view of this fact, the watchful suspicions of the religious classes of the country are keenly fixed on the Prince. Lord Esme Stewart Gordon, brother of the Marquis of Huntley, and heir to the Marquisate, was declared bankrupt in London on September 11. His unsecured debts amount to L 81.900, and his assets are placed at about LBOOO. The Queen's health is reported not good, and her physicians regulate her diet more strictly than ever. Visitors find a notable change in the Queen's aspect in respect of age. At the earnest solicitation of the Emperor, Queen Victoria will visit Germany next year. During her visit she will stay at least ten days at Taunus with the Empress, whose magnificent chateau will be finished very shortly. The Emperor is fully confirmed in his determination to have passed, at all hazards, at the next session of the Reichstag, a Bill to diminish and punish drunkenness. The Radical members will oppose it to the uttermost, on the ground that it is an nnconstitution.il interference with personal liberty. Immediately after the Copenhagen visit is concluded, the Czarina and Czarewitch, escorted by an imposing Russian squadron, will proceed in the Imperial yacht to Cherbourg. The French are preparing to receive their august visitors ill a style that has not been seen in France since the days of the first Napoleon. A league has been formed in France for the suppression of all forms of impure literature, photographs, etc., the traffic in which has of late increased to an alarming extent. The headquarters of the league are in Paris, and there are branches in all the large cities. M. Constans, Minister of the Interior, is the prime mover. Mr A. P. Stockwell, of Springfield, Massachusetts, is a passenger for Melbourne by the Mariposa. He is sent to Melbourne by the Y.M.C.A. to take charge of the physical work of the Association in that city. Peter Sells, one of the proprietors, and Charles Stow, the general press agent of one of the largest circuses that ever left this coast for the colonies, are also passen-

on the same steamer. The show will folow on the October steamship from San Francisco.

Maurice Curtis, known in the profession as " All a Poser," a play in which he made a fortune, has been arrested for murder, which prevents his intended Australian tour. A policeman arrested him for drunkenness, and later the policeman was found with a bullet through his brain, while Curtis was caught subsequently with the " nippers " still on his wrists. The announcement that the Prince of Wales will re-visit Tranby Croft this autumn has provoked loud outcries from the religious press. The Methodist Times of the 4th September asks if the Prince has not a single friend in touch with the British people, and warns him that his conduct excites deep emotion among the middle and working classes, on whom the stability of the Throne rests. Since Turkey was out-generaled in the diplomatic way that Russia has granted that power the right to navigate the Dardanelles, the, American papers have been filled with all sorts oi war rumors. Ingenious stories have been invented and published broadcast, with a view to affect the grain and stock markets of the world and paralyse the bourses of Europe. The Kirwlain, published in KiefF, considers the condition of the peasants as being desperate. They are already immersed in poverty and in debt to the State, while the [taxes, which they are unable to pay, accumulate, and by next spring, the entire Russian peasantry will probably be bankrupt-. Reports from Warsaw show that the peasants of Central Russia are abandoning their families by wholesale. Five hundred men have already abandoned their families and gone abroad. Newspapers are beginning to publish the cures wrought by the Holy Coat, such as the restoring of sight to r.he blind and the curing of cripples. An abbess had her withered arm restored. Each case reported is sustained by medical testimony, but the details will nob be published till the exhibition of the relic is finished.

The proceedings of the Labor Congress held in Newcastle, England, up to Sept. 12, disclose that among the new trades unions and newer members of the old organisations there is a predominance of feeling that shews that they are deeply impregnated with socialistic and kindred doctrines.

THE CHILIAN REVOLUTION. The Congressional Party of Chili were finally successful over the would-be dictator Balniaceda, and his partisans, in decisive battles fought on August 24th at Vina, Delmar Beach, and Quintoro, in the vicinity of Valparaiso. The Congres sional Party had the advantage of a superior general in Canto, who outmanoeuvred and fought Balmaceda's forces at every point. When the tide of war turned against the dictator, the troops of latter deserted and joined General Canto's forces, making the Congressional army's victory complete. The victors have used their victory with great moderation, and the result has proved that the Congressional war party were the most acceptable to the Government.

Two regiments of Government troops, taken to Coronel recently from Coquimbo by the transport Imperiale, revolted when they heard of the defeat of Balniaceda at Placilla 011 Monday, the 28th, shot to death all their officers and disbanded. Nearly 4000 coalminers joined them, and, together, they practically took possession not only of Coronel, but of Tadenhama and Concepcion. All sorts of excesses were committed. Houses and stores were sacked and burned, citizens were shot, and women abused. As soon as this news was received at Valparaiso 011 September Ist, the German warship Sophie and the British gunboat Daphne were ordered to Coronel at once, to protect the interests of the foreign residents. There is no disguising the fact that a bitter feeling against the Americans is entertained by the successful Congressional party, and that, unless placated in some way, it may seriously affect the American commercial interests with Chili for some time to come. The general belief is that Mr Egan has been an active partisan of Balmaceda's all through, particularly in the Itata affair, and that he used his influence in preventing the United States Government from recognising the belligerent rights of the Congressionalists.

The Chilian ship Itata is to be returned to the new Government of the Republic by the United States, on condition that the Chilians are to pay the United States a sum equal to the expenses incurred in pursuing and capturing the vessel, principally coal consumed, say, about L 20,000. The Junta positively refuses to pay a cent. They deny the right of the United States to interfere with the vessel at all, and, were they to agree to such a proposal of compromise on the part of that Government, it would be a virtual confession that it was sustained by the international law in tiie pursuit and capture of their ship.