ADDITIONAL MAIL NEWS.

Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 1029, 2 May 1883, Page 3

ADDITIONAL MAIL NEWS.

Mr Parnell strongly-urges the promoters of the American Convention of Fenians, which was to be held soon, to ; postpone the event until autumn. He promises if this is dona to attend the Convention. The annexation of New Guinea by the British Crown is being severely criticised by the Roman Press, They allege that the only results of researches made by Italians in New Guinea has been to stimulate British enterprise and; augment the desire of British colonists to extend their system of colonisation. They consider? that Italy should have taken action before this for the purpose of annexing .the island, and- they conderan the apathy and inaction of the Italian Ministry in neglecting to secure such a desirable addition'of territory which they had. The. Home Secretary urges the local bodies throughout the United Kingdom to adopt precautionary measures, with a view of preventing dynamite and other explosions in their respective districts. The story of Grey, the clerk in the telegraph? office at-.-Dublin, to the effect that he had been seixed, confined, and questioned by : Fenians is regarded with suspicion. The authorities have suspended, him, pending enquiry into the truth'of his story? . r The- Channel' Tunnel scheme., is being vigorously agitated in London* .with the .view to procuring concessions initsfavbur. French engineers have shown they can proceed to Dover at the rate oH32ft4ailyrhaving bored already one mile'and This would complete a gallery-18ft-wide, 1 the whole way across; in...a little. over eighteen months; French enthusiasm on the subject, takes no account of English opposition.,,. A -meeting f pf. Irish, Scotch, and English members of-Parliament, .held in London on March 13th, .'at which it was, decided to form a political, 'committee, ; with the view of shaping public opinion in regard to : anlrish Reform Committee. It is quite an impartial one, and ho Parnellites are connected with it. The monument erected in Westminster Abbey to the fh|mory of the;lato"Hqrd Beaconsfield £was unveiled yesterday in the/presence of a large and distinguished company. ' •The recent outrages committed by Fenians have aroused the indignation of; the Mormons of America, and they have; formally declared their abhorrence 6f the tactics of Iho Irish agitators. The revolt which recently broke out, amongst, the Arabs in the vicinity ,of Aden, and which necessitated the despatch of Britiahvtroope to- r tlVe ; scene, has.heen successfully fuelled; ’ ‘ The Glasgow express from Edinburgh on March 18 telescoped a train from Glasgow at the new central station; Seventy-five persons were killed and many injured. T. P. O’Connor, M.P. for Galway, delivered an address at Leeds on the 27th, March. ‘He had previously been challenged by the Mercury to say whether he had received any funds of the Land League, and whether he was willing to: have the League accounts audited. He failed to notice the questions in his speech.. A committee is being formed in London for the purpose of freeing Mr Parnell’s estates. It is, however, making but slow, progress. The King of the Netherlands will open the Amsterdam exhibition on the Ist May. The Prince of Wales has intimated that he will be unable to be present at '.the; open-; ing ceremony. Arrangements in connection with the Victoria and New South Wales Courts have been pushed forward rapidly, and They -will be thoroughly com pleted before the exhibition is opened. The exbibitß;from ; ;different countriesjpresent a ihost imposing appearance, and a pyramid representing the quality of gold obtained frbm Victoria since the industry was first started will form a special feature of attraction. The pyramid has been completed with the exception of gilding, which is how being proceeded with. Messrs: Mcßain, Spensky and Co. will represent Victoria.;: i The remaining Courts, with the exception of the Netherlands, are in a very backward-condition, and it is hardly possiblefhat they will be finished in time for, the opening. iEarl Granville has made a formal demand upon the French Government for the extradition pf those Fenians who have fled to that country for protection. The Egyptian; troops which 1 were; recently despatched into the Soudan against the forces,of Mahdi, the false .prophet, have been' compelled to- return to Khartoum,? the capital city of Nubia, through ' failure of stores. { Affairs in the Transvaal are in a most critical condition owing to tlie constant* raids made upon the territory by Zulus, Desperate fighting has taken place between the two parties, and they are still engaged in n ftfclivo hostility. i . ■ ' The nobility of England are following, the exaniplojof the- jQueen, and have resolved to abstain from lamb as an article of daily , food. The step has beentaken with a view to increasing the supply of mutton, and bring it within; the poor man’s reach. The ship Duhstaff, from Calcutta via Dundee,was, wrecked onthe coastof Aberdeen-, shire, on-'March 17thv Fifteen-mehp besides a number of * women and children, were drowned. NEW ZEALAND ITEMS*. Mr H. Rose, junior of New Zealand, has been elected a member of the Colonial Institute. In the House of Commons on March 16 Mr A. Pearce asked what was the motive and scope of the enquiry into the affairs of the Western Pacific which was about to be taken by Sir Arthur Gordon, Sir A, Hoskins, and Rear-Admiral Wilson. Replying, Mr Ashley said that it was not a commission but a departmental committee. The committee had been instructed to institute a thorough enquiry; into the practical working of the Order in Council and the native measures requisite to secure the attainment of the for which these Orders in Council were issued, and effect the suppression of evils that still exist in,connection with-the labour traffic. Delisle Hay, author of. “Brighter Britain,” read a paper on social and commercial aspects in the New Zealand Society of Arts rooms on March 20th. C. S. Bailey, of the emigration office, well known to many colonists, is dead. Sir Dillon Bell witnessed the embarkation of the’emigrants by the Westmeath and British Queen. ; Th z European Mail suggests a division of the subsidy between two Companies ensuring a weeklyfnail service.