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Otago Witness, Issue 1762, 29 August 1885, Page 3 (Supplement)

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The firemen and .sailors of the Atlantic steamships at Liverpool threaten to strike against the reduction of wages' of 10s a month, and it is difficult to obtain hands for the vessels. Sir' Moses Montefiore, the Hebrew' philanthropist, who died at Ramsgate on the afternoon of the 28th, was buried at , Ramsgate without ostentation. ' ■ •,*•>' The Anglo-Chinese treaty, by the terms of which the interior of China is opened up to the opium trade, was signed by ,the Marquis of Salisbury and the Marquis Tseng on July 18. Mr Ilealey, M.P. for Monaghan', and Mr Harrington, M.P. for Meath,'havef been investigating the Maamstrasna, Barbervillej arid Castle Island mnrders, and the conclusion they have arrived at is that innocent men were hanged and imprisoned, and the guilty allowed to escape by the connivance of the government. Mr Harrington says he has obtained .evidence enough to put Earl Spencer in the dock to.' stand his trial for conspiracy to murder. The Parnellites are confident the petition prepared for the enlargement of those at pregetit imprisoned for these crimes will be successful as Carnarvon is both too weak and wise to face the ' odium to which he would be subjected in Ireland if he were to reject them. " • . . The expiration of Michael Davitt's 15 years' term of imprisonment, the last few years of which have been passed in freedom on a ticket-of-leave, was enthusiastically, celebrated in the • month of July by the Irish National League and by several Radical clubs in London: The significance of this is that the Radicals propose to take up Davitt as' a distinctive Irish leader in revenge for Parnell, his following in the House of Commons having joined tlie Conservative party. His plan of reform in Ireland is entirely different from that proposed by Parnell. , A Dublin despatch of July 28 says Lord Car-, narvon, the new Viceroy, rides out daily,, attended by a groom armed with a whip ; and 1 Lady Carnarvon shops over Dublin, guarded by an Irish maid. The, Gladstonites call this turning over a n6w leaf in electioneering tricks. , • Russia has assented to the Egyptian loan. This action on the part of • Russia is held $& indicate the growth of friendly relations with England, and has caused ,a rise in, 'all international' stocks. . „ , • ' i,'.. i. 1 .. ! The Irish, party banquetted Patrick A, Collins,

-of- Boston,-a member of the 'United'States^Eloußvof Repiresentatives," in London on July 23. Col-" ' luis is' president of the' l lris'h' u American LaSd' 1 League. 1 ' MrParn'ell'inade'theprincipars!peecb r ' .eulogising ■ Collins' to -the 'sides.' ■ \ The latter' 'said ' '- the Irish- Americans were ready to subscribe an.^' ' ' I other million to " the cause." • ' , ' 1 Michael Davitt lias 'written' 7a7 a 'lejbtef to 'Mr. Chamberiaitt in which he 'B^B 'he would 7 ' W U i liroudto 1 stand with him'dn'any 1 pla't'fdrm"durin'g r his pr'bposed' visit to Ireland." 1 " '" ' A \ _'" , ■' ' ""'" ' Twenty-five 'thourfan'd^ cotton 1 operatives 'at :! 1 Oldham'Strtic'k oc Jul/^I. 1I0lVl ''", \ - nin^'(r 1 The Marquis of Salisbury pronbUn'c'ed pntfuly-"'- 1 21^ in'tne' House' 1 of Lords, a very 'grateful eulb1 gium upon th'e'high^iiiaffly'couMgedisplaye'd By ' Earl Spencer in the' performance of his'diities as"' Lord^ieutena'rit of Ireland/"" ' ' '" '"' J ' A j A lifeboat, containing 15 men, that had,ps4"* out fr6hi ! Yarmouth on the"ijxo < hiyig'ot Julf2a, to'rescue'tnefafew 1 of a 1 brig&ifirie'; s'truok J Bri^ i<f rock and sunk. ErgTit'bf ttfe I '6ce'upants'^er:e !( l drowned. ' f ' J '" ' '."'°'- J J (i « <"•" >ti"titniv *•<•■ '»rtr ,'V . . ■ T |.. i; . /), jH ,(x