NEWS BY THE MAIL.

Colonist, Volume XII, Issue 1175, 29 December 1868, Page 4

NEWS BY THE MAIL.

S&iie wA tie -im3erfolE<jh to teop .&o:jwer m. check It has:; been reuggesfed. that an old haxm or pHim ■V^dK-'-'s^raen^^e-miglit-^e'Bftiikandjnlkdvntli, stones,, at a: convenient place,, to act te'.e ;.grora or yvin*-aain.- This (were,a vessel to -be .ootauied conveniently) would be ft ready and comparatively, cheap Sner of attaining the desired, result, if feed and laid carefully, and at a proper angle. . '■-. - . Ihave,&c, .■• * JOHK BT,ACKTSTT, '.;.' Provincial Engineer. PS.—Since writing the above, I have received a report as to the character of the: spur from .which 1 proposed and expected to have obtained- rock., it ■_« reputed to be gravelly in places, bat Wl th no large boulders ;. it is composed mainly of. vary soft sandBtone, which may easily be broken «p by th^ fingers. - We should, tlierofpw,. have to loot further ior a supply of rock which might be obtained at the foot ot the main range, at a distance of about 5 or 6-miles. This Wild add.to my estimate, for.a' tl'^,wa^^ ■iinnko the total, say for 6 miles (mstead of ;^, fcdUUU< instead of £1000. , ... iV"vi-«> Should thia tramway:be forroed, .it would be oi, the greatest service in supplyhi- goods,. &c.,;.t0 tne | diwn«rs beyond.the Oiwaifi-^such as theGaledoniart, GUts' Terraces, &c., and its formation might pOT?iWy,;-| lr,vl to a rapid settJemeut oftlie ,bush;land, -.■through : T hidh it pass^. ;■-., ;.,;--■;■ j o^ACK^;.: ;

•■-.. ' ■ eukope. ; > r'.'::^,. ■ STST-KKAI shoclis of earthquakes have been distinctly felt recently in the western' counties of England Mid Wales. ■■■■■■■' '.:.-•'■-. ~. i^.- i We observe by tlio European papere that a trial of the submarine telescope lias taken place at tie Bassin'de l'Eure. Havre, -France:, The results exceeded the most sanguine expectations. , IJie smallest-■ pearls -could- be distinctly seeu upon -top baf torn, amlimissels on the hull of the ship Tainpieo. Notwithstanding the darkness nothing escaped the eyes of the observer, who > vto3 able, to his great astonishment, to see all the movements of the various inhabitants of the deep in their private life. _ .. - THEaopeal in England on behalf of the sufferers by the late terrible earthquakes in Peru and Ecuador, had, up to the Ist November, realised a sum exceeding 512 000, and the committee have, with prompt*--tflSe, remitted £11,000 for distribution among the sufferer?. This sum is but comparatively, a. drop m ' the ocean, and the starving and ruined thousands require prompt.relief.. In New.York, up to tile 12th October,-6600 dollars had been collected for the same A great fire orciirred on October 15, in the petroleum work? of Yendbote and Co., in Antwerp, BeVium. The building. 2000 barrels of petroleum, -.mil many millions of gallons of napthawere burned. The loss'ia very heavy. \ _ ' HoKESTr it 3 Reward.--At Huntingdon, England, a few days ago (says the Stamford Mercury), a man picked iip a parcel contain ing a £50 note. He restored it to its owner, a stranger, who rewarded him by the present of one penny. >v t v oq A. jrrsTEBiOTO explosion occurred-on-"Qctober. 28, at Trinity Chambers, Dame-street, Dublin. Patrick Ho»an, a porter, on opening the -letter-box-of Craig ... smef Gardiner, solicitors, found a brandy-flask, which. ' about twelve o'clock he proceeded to open, wJien it exploded, inflicting serious injuries on his face; it;is feared''his sight is destroyed. No motive can be assigned for placing the explosive substance in the • lefcfer-box. . .-.'' ~ -. • <. . - Hojicepatht.—At the same time that: the despot of Russia has been issuing an ukase against «he prac- '■ tice of homoeopathy in his;dominions, an opposite. st<'P has been taken by the Free Government of HuWry. One of the first acts of the Hungarian Ministry- after ths refionfc: rc3torat:on..of their cqnsti--. ■■■■■Bti™ at™ rat?.,iNatonal "University. ■- ■' ■■'..-.':'■:> n , _--,■ _. EABT.n(iUAKE IN lim-AXD.—Oii.-Saturday, Oct. 24s severs shocks 'of ea-.-thciirake, followed by a loud rnmbh'rin- noisey were felt at two places near Mallow, in Cork" County.' Houses were shaken, •fiirmfciiK? broken, and the occupants greatly temfied. At the time the shocks were'tot it was blowing a.lmmcane. . fflie first shook was felt at New town, within a few of Mallow. Some gentlemen'who were lumtuig. ' near the place at the time state that the shobk was followed n.v a loud rambling noise and an oscillation of the earth" In other places between Mallow- and Kanturk, a distinct shock of earthquake was also ielt. Houses were shaken from their foundations, and m some instances the furniture was thrown down and broken. -Hie shock passed from north to south. [This wus five days after the date of. the earthquake th.i> wus felt in New Zoalrtiul.] - . C)-r Thur3d:iy nighk, October 15, at Eathkeale, Co-ity of Limerick, as Mri Murphy, sub-inspector of conalabulary/vrasprpcesdino;from thepolice-bai-racks :■ to his Iv.r.w., when.about 200 y.-irds distant, ha was ■ fired at wil:li a revolver. He wore a thick overcoat, -vvhicli the.-"ball passed through without, inflicting any wound.: The wor.ld-btt assassin wa? clmsed by two cota'tables,b«the made good his flight by, jumping a ' high wall. It ip belieyed, that Mr. Murphy's eetivity > against the Fenian's was the cause of Jthe attempt. . Poisoning- Case.—A horrible tragedy has taken place in Lincolnshire, near Boston. Eidiard Biggadike, in^ricultnraflaborer aged 30, wit Ira wife and three ; chillron. lived in alint, 'with only -one * Nofcvr?6h3ta:idins tliafc he had fcwo -lodgers, ono a ■'■•'■■■•iahQrnr 'named' Proctor, aged ,30, ,and the-other _a fisherman, and all slept in the one roonj, the two beds which acconunorlated tbem being only IS inehea apnrfc. An improper infcimacysprung up between Mrs. Biggadike fcand Procter', and the-husband,, becoming jealous and troublesome, thoy seemed to have agreed upon snvu-dering him. He was taken suddenly:ill one-night, after tea; and died in 12 hours, as it was proved at the '■ inquest-, of arsenics! poisoning. - ProfesaorTayloK said he had nerw niet: with' FO.clear a; f33se.. The -woman f -.wira taken into/custpdy.rand;.made a.statement of|thef - effect that she saw Proctor, put a .white, powder;, intd''deceased's tea, and,; after -he was ill^^intotheoniedir; csine (>ent, him by the'doctor,"upon, wliich Procto^iffas ' -anpreKe^aed.:•. * The: Jury;. Returned :. a : rvor ; rlict; ol ■ - '■■'.' Wilful ( rauyder'; aga.insi? bothy andjtlisy^were com-; -■ " • ;': Til g Ifeforin Tieagiie ofTsngraaJ;have; fransmTtted to the supreme 'Junta, at.Madrid- a cohgratulatory address. They say.r~"We haston to aid to the sentiments eon'tained in the accompanying .resolution, our warmest congratulations upon the/Declaration/of Eights published by the Junta^-a declaration entitling. Soain afc once to takeji foremost rank among free and enlightened nations. ,' May: she-daily grow stronger and Happier in {riVel freedom—civil, jjolitical, and religious--and in all materialprosperity■;; and may her people be prepared to join witji the^peonlejor .3<&reat Brifcairi and Ireland and all the other peoples of Europe in demanding: that the sons of labor and. 'industry shall'no longer be made ..the-instruments, of - muUial alaughfei- and btifceliery in the interests end .' :' -at the^inst^ation <of kings, emp?rora, dynasties, or ■; - -goVemraents, but be enabled to live in brotherly peace and ,'imity,.anaHninteriNipted mutual intercourse, for :-->Jio%elfare:and'liappihess.«f.each other. : ,-Fi'fip -England rejoices to .claspthe hand ,/>f free Spain>'' The Society of England, have also sent -air •"■■ afldvess to the now Miaistei* for the.G<ooiomes in Madrid. In the address.a desire is expressed, th^" while the ;v ; great bbOT. of political freedom is acquired by the ®rtj3;si|l^op^ S|^^^p^|;|^^i^s^^-iin^:be;-c6n^d i%)r ||Ms^^pa^g|^^iife^^«^^pq-!! U ; ;; :■■: - '■ ..-. 1 |!l|s!yip^ on : |P^rea^^^®i^^^^iiK^^a|-K6^as;;di^mw

atiiaenb fM$ .■ ,<< *«g temple, in which the, mon^rofesed. .-;lgg»J myatic tiiisterittcs, M<3hg.i 6 iior CasteMeci yas blaiMd by tlio Holy Fattier £6v lift Ting iajled to discover tllis secret commximcation, aiid for defending ttie nuns, particularly the abbess, thougli sbe Avas in the same condition as too many of her flock. I have to at imins to ascertain the truth of this story, and 1 relate only whafc is stated by several Homan prelates.