MAIL NEWS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6145, 18 August 1891, Page 2

MAIL NEWS.

Afire in the Wesb Stanley colliery, Durham, caused damage to the extent of L26.000. It throws five hundred men oufc, of work. Sir Charles Russell, the eminent English barrister, will shortly visit his sister .. in SanlFrancisco. She is Mother Superior . of an order of Catholic niuis iu thab city, and is known in religion as Siator t Mary Baptist. Sir Charles and she have not metfor thirty years. McMeeking, a Canadian, won the Princo of Wales' prize at tho meeting of the National Rifle Association at Bisley on July 18th, wifch a score of 97. Miss Leale, of Guernsey, was one of the competitors in the rapid-firing coinpe- . tition at tha meeting of the National Rifle Association, Londbn, on Jnly 15fch, seven shots ab 200 yarda. In seven shots without! sighting she scored bulls-eyes,, ahd then she fired seven shets down the range in :33 "3-5111 sec.3. She did not win the prize, but stands high on the lisfc. The reported negotiations which have been going m between England-and Portugal for the purchase of Mozambique country have finally resulted in Lprd Salisbury making an offer of LBOO,OOO for the whole of Portugal's possessions in South Africa, to be paid in a lump sup. . Cardinal Manning and a committee have drawn up rules for a soeiety for the union of Catholic workmen, which h£ is organising on the lines laid do^n in; fche re-; cent encyclical letter of the Pope. . I^is, name will be the " Catholic Association^' It is intended ultimately to„ embrace AjXL , the English-speakings Cafcholic^-l . . .'.?•' •:.:; The Admiralty aimounced on : J«ly;llth'-;y". thafc the pr'mary purpose cf th6> British naval manceuvrcs tliis year would 'be to obtain mere definite inf ormafcion as to the

best method of the distribution of a squadron of battleships and cru^ers so as to,gain information of an enemy's movements. , " Lawyer Williams, of 35 Nassau street, Now York, recently in London conversing with the leading Theoso] hists of that oifcy, will succeed Miidame B: vatsky, recently deceased, as lead ef >;.e now'order of religionists in Hie. Uniteu States and the, world. ' Augustus Mooro, editor of ,a London,. weekly paper, hud » rencontre;with Lord" Craven at Prince Dhulup Singh's rccep-" tion on July 11. Lord Cra\eu protssted. agninst Moore's denunciation in his -papfcr. of Charles Paston Cooper's Jmprisonmbflfei in Paris for complicity in the celebrated .--■ Ru« De Penthicore scandal, and objected to the editor's comments on his fripncL Cooper. . , . ' ■ ;^ Tha London Times of July 13 says it isdecided that a Royal' Commission isi to represent Great Britain at, tho*World's Fair, to be hold nfe Chicago.". Commission will be comprisod of the Council " of the Society of Arts, which carries with it the prestige of having the Prince of Wales as its Piesident, and Sir Richard Webster, Attorney-General, as chairman. Sir Harry Wbod, being Seorelaiy 'tisf'thV . Society of Arts,' will consequently be secretary t© the Commission. The grant given to the Commission is LI2C 000, less in amount than any previous grant made for a similar purposV. Tho Council-, is;: confident of havings sufficient funds rffcoV; insure the success of the JBritish exhibits. Sir Harry Woed.says. the grant;was:expected solely to cover the expenses of the Commission. The British^ merchants, ha adds, who were represented at the Paris Exposition spent L750,C00 in exhibiting, ''■' and there is every reason to suppose, ,co|isidering the trade between Gr.e.at. Bjpi|ftii^rand the States, thafc the British e?hijbp[tor| who will be represented:ab Chicago in 1893, will contribute at least a miUiotti of dollars toward the expenses of th^ir.//exhibits. .-..:• ,• ..' -„--:': : " = }-'--: ';*:^S,\. On July 2nd fche House of Cdinmbffs;! voted L3OO,CCO for the relief of fche iuffisr^ ing poor of Ireland. Mr Balfour stated the '* Government's intention was to make the expenditure of this sum a permanent means of promoting the welfare of the v inhabitants. Ha approves of the.suggestion made to establish an Agricultural Department for giving instructions in farming to youths in afflicted districts, saying he hoped to be able to assist the Irish Land Commission with money to continue the work already begun. The Weekly Citizen, Glasgow, says that, Andrew Carnegie, multi-millionaire,, of Pittsburg and New York, is Inspecting" saleable estates at Farialine, Rogers, and Invarjlow. It is believed that it is his intention to settle down as a Highland laird. ' : \ L The story that Lord Randolph Churchill is about to sue for a divorce, naming the Duke of Clarence and Avondale as corespondent, is pronounced a pure, fabrication. Lord Churchill wilt not iWurn from Africa for six months^fc least.-;; : For the half year ending-June 30th, the Baring Company's balanco-sheeb showH total assets at L 5,966,000,966,000 ; caoh on hand at'shorts notice, L2OO,COO| total aecep);;;/ anoes, L750,00D. The whele commercial:';'." business of the old'firm is retained.fJ: A private meeting of the stockholders of th^ banking house of: faring * held on Wednesday,, the Bthult., afc-whichV Mr Francis Bating^ who presided, preVJ sented a balance-sheet which he said showed they wdra doing good busiticss, though the, actual results could net $$"=■•• shown till December. The wei|vere small compared with the okt^firni'sn; accounts, the acceptances amounting to L3,g50,000, a?ainsfc the old firm's L 20,000,000. • Bufcall was sound business paper. • ' ;:'/,,'" Lord Salisbury has declared thafc fetnaja 6uffrfl^ia ought to form part of'the doming ! electoral reforms. The Council of the Conservative Association, at a meeting on; July 17, decided to intimate to Lord Salis,bury thafc the party was so divided on the question that it would be unwise to recognise it as a Cdnservativo principle, |;,

. Sir Jno, Pender, speaking afc a meeting of the Direcb Cable Company, stated tfjere had been a positive decline in the Atlantic; telegraph since fche operation of fche ordinary Tariff A cb. Eventually the United Seafces would discover, he added, that they suffered more than anyb'eJy else from tha law. Afc the firsb formal business of 'the meet- - ing of the Congregational Council, Held in ; New Ringsweigh liouso Chapel, London, the Rev. Mr Goooh, of Chicago, presided. He contended thafc the^ American Pilgi'im Fathers and Congregational leaders 'were as truly called of God a3 were the Apostles. The Une of hia argument was against fche now theology and infavovof the orthodox views of the Bible. The feature of the . Counoil for fcho week ending July 18 wa«the speech of fche Rey. Mr Walker, of Melbourne, eondemning Unifcarianism, which, he said, was making tremendous ; headway among the Congregationalisfcs. ~ The Council decided thafc Congregafeioiial ministers should nofc exehange with Uni- : tarians. " . ....yV'The World's Fair Commission from: '-'- Chicago, headed by fche Hon. Berij.;" Butfcerworth, senfc to visit fche different capitals in Europe in the interest of fche: great exposition, arrived in London on July 16th. Lord Salisbury received the! Commissioners, who were presented by the United States Minister Lincoln,, bri July 23rd. He expressed pleasure. aft meefcing fchem, and made enquiries in regard to fche enterprise, , and mentioned • . fchat the names i of the Roy^lyO^ramiafsioners fco supervise the British' exhibit f would shortly be gazetted, The Cotftinjs-" sioners were invited to attend a garden party at Hatfield House.-, yt:V, The Duke of Manchester : fchr~eaiens4lie\ Marquis of Atfesbmy, protector of Miss Beltweod, with horsewhipping. TheDuke formerly held tho same position in regard to Miss Bellwood as the Marquis does ■• ,. now, and the latter is circulating reports thab the Duke of Manchester owes fcjjs woman borrowed wwnep, - V ■: •."'. J. >. V.y '-.'• V^HifeO