TOPICS OF THE DAY. RETURNING HOLIDAY MAKERS. (From Our London Correspondent) London, September 10. PRINCE HENRY IN KILTS. ENGLISH FRANCHISE. THE ANGLO RUSSIAN PROTOCAL SIGNED DEATH OF ANOTHER OF THE QUEEN'S ATTENDANTS TOO REALISTIC, FOR THE AUDIENCE MASSACRE OP CHRISTIANS IN ANAM COLLISION OF TWO LARGE OUTWARD-BOUND ATLANTIC STEAMSHIP. CYCLONE ON THE BAY OF BENGAL A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT. THE FRENCH IN MADAGASCAR. ARREST OF THE ASSIGNEE OF THE DUBLIN COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. A GERMAN COUNT S SUICIDE. A DUKE FRIGHTEED BY HOPPICKERS THE ST. LOUIS MURDER. THE CHOLERA PLAGUE.

Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 125, 24 October 1885, Page 4

TOPICS OF THE DAY. RETURNING HOLIDAY MAKERS. (From Our London Correspondent ) L ondon, September 10.

PRINCE HENRY IN KILTS.

ENGLISH FRANCHISE.

THE ANGLO RUSSIAN PROTOCAL SIGNED

DEATH OF ANOTHER OF THE QUEEN'S ATTENDANTS

TOO REALISTIC, FOR THE AUDIENCE

MASSACRE OP CHRISTIANS IN ANAM

COLLISION OF TWO LARGE OUT-WARD-BOUND ATL ANT IC STEAMSHIP.

CYCLONE ON THE BAY OF BENGAL

A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.

THE FRENCH IN MADAGASCAR.

ARREST OF THE ASSIGNEE OF THE DUBLIN COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.

A GERMAN COUNT S SUICIDE.

A DUKE FRIGHTE ED BY HOPPICKERS

THE ST. LOUIS MURDER.

THE CHOLERA PLAGUE.

The fine -weather that has lasted so long this summer broke up -v\ ith the advent of September, and holiday makerß are nor rushing back to town, glad to escape fiom dreary watering places' and draughty Swit>* hotels to the manifold comforts and convenience" of a great city. The Inventions Exhibition dne a not appear to be doing as wt-il during its floiul as the healtheiies VVhilst warm weather la-ttd and the jjardeni wc-re avail able, the attendance kept, s <ti«-f-ictonlv up »o the maik, but, at niyht^ now thn pace i* almost des-eited, the attractions inside 'he buildings s-eeming utteily worn out Next >ear ample provision is to be made for wet * v«ninj;e, in fact vast con-ervatories and winttr gardens for promenade concerts are already in course of construction, and wil 1 also be utilised for a display of colonial ferua and flowers.

On dit that three week? of domestic blisp with his wife ann hia mother-in-law at Balmoral has set Piince Henry of Batten berg refecting en the ''vanity of human wisheV and the falJacy of idle anubition The Queer* rules hoi "Hear Henrj " vv ith an iron hand enca-ed in a velver, glove. At Braemar the other day. the young man whordered to appear in Highland c->ftume He protected, well knowing what the eff ct wculd be, but the Queen was Him, and an a consequence, H.K.H's appearance threw the en< ire Court into paroxyemn of lau^ht^r, renewed again and again Princess Beatiioe wa>« openly annoyed, and it is paid re monstrated wifch Her Majesty in no measured tern" later in the day However 'hat may be, Prince Henry dwff d his kiit at i)nce, and appeared at dinner in a more rational costume.

Lovdov, Sept 14.— The stupidly- worded or eli-e the adroitly worried section of th» FranchiH Act is likely to reduce the number of new v ter* from an expected 2 500,000 to abour 1,000 000 in the corning election. Judyen on the subject claim notmore than half a million .numes will ulti inately appear on the new li-ts Thipt will moreover come fiom the agricultural diptr cfc«, btctuse the extension to tin country at Jni^e of lartrer franchise will be one of n-al value, while cities and town* will only t-lighHy benefit from it.

T ondon, September LI. — The protoca' defining the Hufso Afghan frontier and yiving the Zultiknr pas-< and Maruchak to Afghan'Bta», was* "»ii/ned in London yes'eniav. I he A f ghan Fi on tier C' minisrioti will meet in November and complete the details. M. Le-^nar, t-pec a' Rur-sian ( 'omnjispiuner, will leturn to St. Petersburg oh Sunday, as his uiiftfion haft been completed. M Lepsar, chief of The Russian branch of the Afghan Commiesion, waß interviewed befoio leaving London. He said that the Zuifikarpaes was of no strategic importance I he extern mou'h of the pa-s remairiH in Kus ia's prtpseapion. The might erect fort works if they' pleased. There was no great desire among the Russians to attack Herat through Zultikcr pass.

London, September 11. James Bowman, < the gamekeeper *o frequently mentioned in < the Queen's " Life in the Highlands," was j found hanging, head downwaid*, in a wire 1 fence in the forest yesterday. The position < of the dead man forb.de the idea^that he | committed suicide. He bad evidently <

got entangled in th& "wire accKjf&taW and mutt, have hung there fpr^nine/een, ' hours "beforVlfe was outf'down * '-Bowman v waa one of the t^uten^, Manners "wbq were pointed jby ,'^acliae. „«lier iy)aje§ty ,i« much afl^otec^ by,hi» deuth^and ytuu.ou hei way to his qpttage ( yvhen he expired. „

Dublin, Hepb. 25. — Mary* Anderson appeared as Juliet in •• Romeo and Juliet " here to night. , In the stab.bing scene *»h«accidentally indicted a plight, wouud in hei bosom. It mated a penration which wtic only allayed by Mm A nderton'e appearance before tht> curfcuin and "aptfnr« n g ttle aucl^ ence that the wound.. sustained, was only trifling. , ,

New York, September 25.' — The " Herald's" P«>i« special Says of the tna J •-aeie- of Chilians in Anam ; "Ttie uperiorof the College and the whole ht>t of Chriatirms have bten slaughtered pe'.l inell. S(>mo were thrown into tin | feu with 'their hande tied b«hiri<i j their backs. Some of the misdionariotried to make- a stand vith. tnu.--ketf, but wete noon defeated. Churches*, cehoo's and dwelling bcusee were eveiywhere burned, and tlie Christians who escaped had to walk tor days without food o t-helter in order to reuch places of refuge General de Cuurcey promiteii to send a gunboat, which eaine to Quinhoa after tin place was burned down und neverlned.a owing to the ab-ence of ordeis.

New York, September 19.— -The steamship Republic of thu White Star Hue caminto collision w Mi the i-twinner Auianiu of tht'Cunard Company this afternoon in Gt-d ney's channel. Both vessel • wt ro outwardb<>und. The Hepublio bad her stem bioUen > ff about two feer< above the water lin^. while tho .iurania wasd-tmfiged on her poit counter No one was injured. The -vtmuiiu pioceeded on her voyage. Iht Kepubhc steamed back to her duck. Hei injuiit-p will de'ay her here two weeks Ih« Ctty of Chea'er -w ill piobably tako h»M pas-sengets n« xt v\e«k A panic occuned aiiionjr tho WDinon and chudrou on bi>ani 'he accident whs duo to tho Amaniaat retnpimg tv cross the bow of the Ru public

Oaictjtta, 25 — A feaifu* cyclonu has visited fr »»Ims Point, a poi t on the B<i\ of Bengal Teiigiaph lines h'ivi been swept a« ay, arid it i« probable th(t» ninny ve>-selt< huve bet j n wtecktd on the bay The Governm* nt <»teauitr has gont to render any assistance that may bt needed. LdNDON, Sep^pmber 25 — Reports have bi't-n ri ceivtd heie of tl>o cyclone tit Cul cutta, in which several ship- toundeied, and a greut inuny per^oiif weie drowned.

STOHviiOiJM, f eptmibtr 24 lr baa now be^ri a c-rtuined that in tdiH'ion to the t-ewnieen p>e*ni)B cru-heH to death by the jam uf paufde in frunt of NJmo. > f ye-'eiduy, twenty nine others HereFeuouH) li'jured. Mrae, Nii-eou if co prosfrutt-d by the shock thnt she has temporarily po-t poned the fulfilment of her engagtments.

Paris September 20 — Admiral Miot, the French curr niauder in Madagascar, ha«»>ked tor reinforcement* 1 , und the troopshio Sfaitiandur i* about to leave Brest for Tamatav with a force of 700 men The Frt nch pqiiadron at Wa«iagascar will al-o be increu-ed. rrfi^iofj A(Jnnral Miot's com mand to 5,900 men and 17 men of war.

Njsw York. St pteraber 16.— A lt Herald ' cable sptci.il fr«>m Dublin of Septtmter 15 nay? : The fa-lrion of official defalcation? i j increasing, as a warrant was is'-md \es-teicUy for the uir-pt of Charles Henr> J mrs, Lite Official Ai-Mgnee of the Court of Bankruptcy, .-hows. He went away mjp-teriou-ly i-omn time ago, w«s ab~ent two tnonthtj.atid returned. In the meantime he was di*-mi-s»ed f r absence without, leave. Hi* accounts were examined and nhowed deficiencies, at was first stated, to tin* amo nt of £430. In making this ?tate rut nt in optn Court yesterday, hi- fiieud, Judtre Miller, was d< eply affected, and fobbed audibly. The Count app inted Mr Me/'onkey a« hi^ succppsor. Jame* ha held the position for over twen'y pix years 'f he mperintetidt nt of "Jtteotivea went la?^ night to Uundrum, outs-ide of Dublin, to arrest Jame j , ho having been und»r pur veillance smc^ lih reiuined to the neigh huu»ho')d. J.ime- was arre-ted nt midnight in hi-j bedroom at Kockfiflc], Dundmm. It wa« then announced that the total amount nf his defalcation is be'wetn £3,000 and £4 (>OO It Feem* that h« went to dmine his disappearance. He oronpii d a prominent social position Hi* difficulties are asr-rihod to horse-racing, which he patronised ardently

New Y<»rk, September 12 — A "Sun" ppectal f»om Montreal of the 1 Ith says : At 6 p m. to r(ay Count H. Wilhelm Browne of Berlin, vho ariived by pteanjer thiman.ing from New South Wale*, f-hot himpelf in front of iSt. Lawrence Ha 1 *I h*--Count, who owned a larpe estate in (Germany, left home early last ppring to vi-it New Souih Wulos, Australia, and South Amerioa. l^avin^ a young and bfiiuti'ul wife behind him. At. Kio Janeiro he received a cablegram »h«fc his wife hud fltid wifh a youn^r trade?mHn, and was -uppni-ed to b< either in New Sonth Walec or Canada. He leffc for the former | la^e j and failing to find the guilty couple, came here, wheie he found hi* wife »nd her paramour living at one of the hotels He visited her and entreated her to return, without avail He then went to Mm hotel and had dinner, after which he walked C 'oily out on the sidewalk and discharged a revolver at his left ear, the bullet going through the ear. He was taken to the hoi-pital, where he is dying.

London, September 26- (Special) — Tho hop pickers etnplo\ed on the estates of the Duke oi Edinburgh, in Kent, finished work to day. The ut'iiaL price for picking hope i-> eighteen pence a basket, and the Doke offered to pay them only a phUling. This created an uproar, and the Duke became f lightened at the demonstration and yielded to their demands.

The Rt Louis- authorities ?eem bound that no loophole ; ehall he Itft for" Maxwell,the murderer, to crawl through. The list of the, Gran/1: Jurors*Wilj be prepentedto hie counpel, in order that they may>have the privilege of challenging, the. men, who will find, the indictment, ngainft him; Too many criminals in America ;h»ve escaped thegallows on, the strength' of lefeal-tecHni-! calities. The St. Louis people, no' doubt,

$j»vfcifreeh & n!ild(^e&8&! Krlrfg life jvbo M^jMSP'IAF^AVfiAr years and finally died of consumption Mjhis coli,^ I awyera fropj.ojl' paCts^/the BtuW are.,offu;,iMg, tp cotid«.o.(i t Mi^well'fl. defence, his cape having excited great, interest amongst the legal fraternity.' u • r

TRhe chohirais riow abating, andTeDeums have been sun* in Spanish I 'churches. Che Mansion House Eund was and ! amounted to £30,000 ;- Adverse comment i- made upon delating' of this iund. until 100.000 people had died-. Jathe early part of September the disease was rife through outßpihu The total number,- of case* of cholera reported in Madrid* ,from September i to September 12 was 10,666, and for the whole- : of' Spain lor the iftatne time was 23,644 The- total number of deaths throughout Spain in that period was 6,379. The disease, hits almost ilißappeared from tho provinces of Valencia, Muiciiv, Saragassa, and Granada A de.-p*tch of September ,18th says;"The morning specials make it clear that no cholera cuee a exist in' Paris, as has been rumoured, and that the cholera eleewheto is steadily decrea-ing. A few cases ot .'.holera and deaths from the .disease are d lily repoited from various towns in the s..uth of France. The Archbishop of Aix, seventeen miles north ot Marseilles, died n-orn chole-a contracted while visiting cholera hospitals. The populace ot Palermo. •Sicily became panic-stricken owing to the prevalence of cholera there, and are fleeing trotn the town. Thoie is a great scarcity ot moil and the people of N»ple3 are sending money and provkioim for the relief of the -uffoiera. ->t Parma to-day five new onsen of cholera nnd four deaths wero reported In Palermo, Sicily, the epidemic is increasing to an alaimin^ extent and the popula'ion prejudice a^Hinsb doctors agfrruv«tes the situation. Offiuialn of Gibraltar have Sent a strong appeal to the Lord Mayor of London fwr an^it-tance to alleviate the dis treH.-< pievailing on account of cholera " Sev*n deaths fr«'m" cholera occurred at Vlarseillfs oti Soptember IS. Considerable ( xcitemcnt has been caused by the arrival •if a trauspnit btmginji French tioops from Tonqnin. Fourteen sailors had died from oiiokra on the vojage, and two more died n'nce the arrival of the vessel here Many others aio down with tho 'Unease. The '* Dail> News" Paris correspondent telegraphs that P ilermo warn i luminateii on September 19ih in honour of tho appiaivtuce of the vif-ion of a saint, Odirying with it tho a°surance that the cholera epidemic would soon become • xtincr. The Italian doveirmi'-nt has been i«Mii*g cholera bulle'ins Tho fust show tdafc tiora the 6th to tho 13th inst. 146 cases and 86 deaths wero reported in the infected districts of ttaly.