ADDITIONAL MAIL NEWS.

Otago Witness, Issue 1754, 4 July 1885, Page 12

ADDITIONAL MAIL NEWS.

Serious anti-Jewish riots broke out in Viemrtv •on June 1. They were due to an election agitation. Forty arrests were made. The German Government has begun a vigorous opposition to Socialistic movements. Meetings have been prohibited, and in scuue cases suppressed. A story going the rounds of the French Press that there have been 60 suicides this season at Monte Carlo, is denied by the authtfri* ties of that place,. Panama wishes to separate fre-m the United States of Golombia, and to be annexed to the United States of America, and then become a neutral State. The sea canal ttfts opened at St. Petersburg on May 26. .The Czar and Czarina, the dip Jo* matie corps» and crowds citizens being present. A despatch from Rome dated Juiva 5 Says that Mr Errmgton, by his diplomacy, has succeeded in defeating Dr Walsh for the Archbishopl'lfe of DubAin, thus ignoring Nationalist wishes. 'Letters received in London describe the expulsion by Germany of Russian Poles from their province as being attended by cruel and heartrending incidents. Many Of the Poles ■who are now driven away have been settlers in German territory for many years, tw& 'have thoroughly identified themselves With local interests. The decrees of expulsion that have been issued by Yon Puttk&himer, German Minister of the Interior, affect 30,000 Poles resident in Germany. Eight thousand of these have already been arrested without warning and conducted to the German frontier by Prussian troops. The remainder of the 30,000 who have been ordered out of the Empire, Consist of those who had obtained permits of settlement. The decree of expulsion gives these a short respite in order to allow them time to settle up tb.eir affairs, dispose of their property, and otherwise prepare for extradition. Whole villages have already been depopulated, and their refugee inhabitants turned over to the Hussian authorities at • the German frontier. •Numbers of poor people are fleeing into Austria to escape enforced return to the land of their birth. The news Of this barbarity has cast a chill throughout Russian Poland. Russia, according to later advices, is engaged in the execution of retaliatory measures. Many Germans residing in Russia have been forced to return to their native country. Hardly any notice had been given them that they, were required to return, and much suffering and hardship attended their expulsion. In many instances these refugees reached the German frontier in a destitute condition. The Cabinet discussed the question of Irish coercion on June 5, but failed lo reach an agreement. Earl Spencer had an interview with Mr Gladstone on the 4th, and stated that he considered some measure of coercion indispensable for governing Ireland, He showed by hiu absence from the Council on the following day that he was determined that there 'should be no compromise. The majority of the Cabinet support Earl. Spencer. Ml' Gladstone was anxious that there should be no desertion in the face of a general election. He asked Mr Chamberlain and Sir Charles Dilke to accede to Earl Speucep's full demand for one year. The excitement in Ministerial circles over the crisis was intense. It was said Sir Charles Dilke and Mr Ohamberlain intended to resign. On the afternoon of May 13 a riot occurred between the mob and the police for the possession of the Nelson monument in Trafalgar square. Eight hundred men -had assembled in the square to make a demonstration against the Government Ikidget proposal to increase the duty on spirits and beer. The crowd was very unruly, a proportion of it consisting of an element in search of sport. The police found themselves unable to maintain order. The speakers were compelled to mount the pedestal of the Nelson monument, and from this eminence speeches were made. They were rendered inaudible to the audience by an uproar among the rioters. Tho police intervened to secure silence for the orators, and a great struggle ensued between the mob and the police for the possession of the monument. The row lasted for nearly an hour. The promoters of the meeting and the ])olice were finally forced to retire, leaving the crowd singing in triumph "Rule Britannia." Soon after the mob had compelled the speakers to leave, it surged down to the front of the National Club, which faces Trafalgar square. Every person noticed entering or leaving the club building was mobbed. The attitude of the mob was so menacing that the club doors were closed, and messengers despatched to Scotland Yard for additional police. The square and Northumberland avenue were occupied by a mob of many thousands. The police, by this time having been largely reinforced, charged the mob a number of times, made several arrests, and finally dispersed it. Despatches from Edinburgh, May 26, say that a great sensation has been caused in Free Church circles over> the alleged apostacy of a distinguished preacher, Dr Adam Stuart, Minister of Trinity Free Church, Leith, whose appeal from his dismissal for pulpit practices was unsuccessfully heard on the 25th in the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland. Dr Stuart was accused of teaching baptismal regeneration, the worshipping of God in night by prayer before the presentation of Christ and the cross, and sanctioning the sale of his own portrait in an attitude indicating approval of Popish doctrines and practices. He defended himself in an address, which is admitted by his accusers to have been very eloquent. In course of it he said : " I hear the voice of the Almighty speaking now, and what does he bay? If the Free Church grasped in her nerveless, withered, bloodless, fingers, a vague negative against the Holy Catholic Church, then would the Divine Master withdraw from her His presence." In concluding he caused almost a riot among the learned and dignified church assemblage, when he quoted Cardinal Newman's hymn, "Lead, Kindly Light," and, taking an ivory crucifix from his pocket, he held it up with his right hand, amid cries of " Shamo." He added : " The time will come when I shall die with the emblem of your faith on my bosom." He is now expected soon to enter the Church of Rome. f United States Senator Edmunds has left for London on an interesting mission. His testimony is to be given in a civil suit affecting the title of one of the oldest peerages in England, the income of which is £16,000 a year. It is that of the Earl of Lauderdale. The suit will be tried in the House of Lords in June current, and will be argued before the Committee on Privileges by the Attorney-general on one side, and the Solicitor-general on the other. The New York Herald, which furnishes this information, adds : — " The case turns on the viladity of tho marriage of Sir Richard Maitland with Mary MAdam, which was celebrated in 1772 in this city. The estate is claimed by two Maitlands. One, Major Henry Frederick Maitland, of the Bengal Cavalry, and political agent for Central India, is a direct descendant of Sir Richard Maitland, who was Adjutant-general of the North American Colony from 1765 to 1772

Md f 6urth son of the sixth Earl of Lauderdalo. The other claimant is Sir James Ramsay Maitknd, who is a descendent of the fifth son of the sixth Earl. If the House of Lords come to tho conclusion that Mary M'Adani was lawfully married to Sir Richard, and that her children were born in lawful wedlock, then !Sir Frederick will become the next Earl of Laudordulo. If the decision i.^ 'against the validity of the marriage, tMiil- bir James will succeed. It i.s in regard to this marriage, and the laws and Customs of the Colonies, that Sir Eilumunds will.be- called on to testify." While in New York, Walter Lennox Maxwell, who was arrested recently in Auckland for the murder of Preller in St. Louis, made, according to a Philadelphia despatch* a st atonic] It that he wn,s brother Of Lord Hente, and several times flpoke of t his aristocratic connection. In February last. ,Bei : iidrd U. Maxwell-, second brdthtir of liord Herries, Was in Philadelphia on busi)»es&, And sailed for Europe in March, and has since been heard from in London. It i.s a queer coincidence that he has a brother Walter Lennox Maxwell, who came hero from Australia, and settled for a while on a ranche in Colorado, though nothing has been heard of him for home time. Some points of resemblance and the coincidence have given rise to the belief that, the companion of the murdered man, now under arrest, either knew Lord Herries' brother, or assumed his name purposely to niisleu 1. A proposal was read in the Buudesrath on May 12 concerning the Brunswick succession, to the effect that that body should express its conviction that the administration of the Ciovemment of Brunswick by the Duke of Cumberluud would be incompatible with internal peace and security to the Empire. The reading was received with applause. Herr Windthor&t, Clerical Jeader ( is conferring with the duke in relation to the matter. The announcement was made totheDomiuiou fiovermnent, on May 18 last, that the gap in the Canadian Pacific had been closed, and the line i.s now continuous to Columbia river. The Oblate fathers of Montreal have received a letter from Monsignor Grandin, Bishop of the North- West, stating that " desolation " prevails there. The clergy have lost control of the Indians and half-breeds, who declare that the bishop and his priests have .--old them to Government. Unless immediate relief is furnished, starvation and misery stare ministers and half-breeds in the face. 1 50,000d01. is the sum asked for, and at once. DISASTIIOCS EARTHQUAKE IX CASHMEKE. Despatches from Bombay (June '2) state that news has just reached thete 'of a disastrous earthquake in Cashmere. 1 Shocks began on Sunday, and have continued at intervals of 10 minutes ever since. The shocks are very severe. At Srinagar, the capital of Cashmere, the barracks, in which several hundred soldiers were quartered, was completely destroyed, collapsing so suddenly that nearly half of them were killed and some injured. A portion of the city was demolished, while very few of the remaining buildings escaped injury. The people became panic-stricken shortly after the disturbance began, and fled from the city, taking refuge in boats and tents and open fields. It is feared the loss of life will be heavy, as the latest information from there calls for aid. The distress is very great. The terrified inhabitants are now camped in the fields that surround the town. Sriuigar is near the centre of the vale of Cashmere, and the whole country has experienced terrible earthquakes. The damage caused throughout is enormous, the amount of cattle alone boing very great, The people seem to be helpless, and succour is being sent them' as rapidly as the Indian authorities can organise relief. Many of the houses on account of the large rents in the walls must be razed to the ground. The shocks have not yet ceased, and this fact greatly retards the work of removing the debris, and it is feared many must perish before they can be reached by the relief party. The mosque in the little town of Soghar, 20 miles north of Srinagar. was demolished, and 200 persons killed. A despatch from Srinagar, June 5, gives the number killed and wounded as follows : — Killed, 87 ; wounded, IO(J. The unofficial reports, however, are of such a character as to make it more than likely that the earthquake will prove even more disastrous than the first despatches. It is stated that whole cities and towns are destroyed.