News by the Mail.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXII, Issue 6849, 26 March 1897, Page 3

News by the Mail.

GENERAL SUMMARY,

(by telegraph.) Acckla>"d, March 25,

The farewell barquet to the United States Ambassador (Mr Bayard) given by the L:rd Mayor at the Mansion House was beyond question one of the finest compliments ever paid to an American outside of his own country. There were present 300 men all distinguished in England in politics, arts, or letters. Mr Bayard's speech was a warm endorsement of Lord Salisbury's The Pope, although reported in feeble health, was strong enough on February the 7th to celebrate mass before 57 persons representing different nationalities. Serious riots have occurred at Hamburg following the recent collapse of the docker;!* strike. Workmen, incensed at their failure, attacked the laborers as they emerged from the docks at Altoona and St. Pauli on Saturday, the Cth. Knives and revolvers were freely used. It was 2 a.m. on Sunday before the large force of mounted police succeeded in clearing the streets. Dr Yersen, of the Pasteur Institute, left Marseilles on February 7 for Bombay, where he proposes to fight the bubonic planus with serum that is possessed by no other man.

There will be no court balls at St. Petersburg this winter, owing to the health of the Czirina, which, although not causing anxtety, is such that she requires rest.

A special from Paris, dated March 1, says that the Monastery of St. Bernard has been partially destroyed by an avalanche. The left wing was demolished. The monks had to tunnel through the snow to make an exit.

The Bishop of London, co-operating with Bishop Barry, rector of St. James' Church, a fashionable church in Piccadilly, has organised a crusade by a series of midnight meetings against the parade of vice in that locality. The meetings are held in St. James' Church, and are largely attended by a miscellaneous congregation. The speakers are the Bishop of London, Bishop of Durham, and Bishop Barry. The speeches are short and forcible, with no mincins of words.

Princess Charles of Denmark, formerly Maude of Wales, has written a one-act comedietta, with which Ellen Terry is so enamoured that she has persuaded Sir Henry Irving to produce it.

Mr James Tyson, who goes to England this year, is, as a type, the most notable of the Australians who will salute the record rehjn. A native of New South Wales, 6ft 4in hi»h, 74 years of age, straight, hale, cheerful; never smoked, never swore, never drank, never fell in love, and several times a millionaire. Zola says he likes the bicycle for the it compels. "It is in vain for"me to walk and walk," says he ; "I simply keep on thinking. But on the wheel I go with the winds ; I no longer think : and no other recreation gives me so much absolute repose. By special announcement, Messrs M'Donald and M'Diarmid now advertise the last fortnight of their great clearing sale. Every line of their splendid stock is subject to substantial reduction in price. The exceptional value which is being obtained has made this the most successful sale in our experiencs. Beroember goods of our own manufacture meet with the unqualified approval of purchasers in the Otago and S'outh Canterbury districts. Be sure and make your purchases early.—[Adyt.]