MAIL NEWS

Colonist, Volume XVII, Issue 1979, 14 October 1875, Page 3

MAIL NEWS

The Brewers' Guardian of September 6th Bays:—" The. prospects in England continue fair for a full average yield of hops of good quality. On the Continent rain is needed, and unless it cornea soon, the crops will be decreased and the quality deteriorated.. In Germany the hop fields are somewhat troubled with mold and vermin. In Belgium the yield will be largely over the average. The strike at Oldham, in Lancashire, is ended, the terms of the operatives having been accepted. The American Admiral Collins was buried at Callao on August lltb. The town went into mourning for him. A "Washington special says:—There is a proapect of international trouble with Great Britain that may need another board of arbitration. Not long ago an American schooner, the Gilbert C. Trufanfc, was sold at Liverpool to British ship-owners, in open violation of the provisions of our law. A very lively correspondence has been maintained between the authorities of the United States and Great Britain. Our people have requested the British Government to turn this vessel over to the United States that she may be libeled against her former owners. The Earl of Derby has finally decided that' the vessel shall not be delivered up, as in the sale all the regulations of the British law were carefully observed. He sees no reason for interfering. On receipt of this decision the Secretary of the Treasury issued orders to Collectors of Customs at all sea-cost ports to seize and detain the Trufant Bhould she ever visit this country. As the vessel has papers from the British Government and flies its flag, the seizure is bound to cause a good deal of trouble. The prize offered by Mr James Heywood for the best essay on the disuse of the damnatory clause of the Athanasian Creed would Beem to have drawn a host of competitors. As many as one hundred und sixty-Beven esuays were sent in, and the judges report that with few exceptions they were wellwritten papers. The . prize of £50 was awarded to Mr Charles Pebody, of Bristol, and a second prize of £25 to Mr C. S. Kenny, Fellow of Downing College, Cambridge. The prize essays are to be published shortly. A body of returned soldiers from Forraoso, soon after landing at Foochow, assaulted an American lady and. gentleman with great violence, severely bruising both. An investigation is going on by the United States Consul. : Articles of agreement have been signed between J. B. Johnson, the English champion swimmer, and Andrew Trautz, the American champion, to swim a match for £2,000 and the championship of the world, distance five miles. The match is to take place in the ocean. An encounter between British soldiers at Gibraltar and Spanish soldiers from the mainland is described by the Western Morning News correspondent. At the Eock a body of men were observed by the British sentries and were challenged. As they did not answer, the guard was turned out. The Spaniards then fired, and the fire was returned, men being hit on either side. Meanwhile, information was sent to the Spanish lines, and the enemy, who proved to be Spanish carabineers, moved away. Marohal Bazaine has, it is said, been soliciting service in the Bussian and afterward in the Danish Army, but in both instances without success. Business troubles are reported in Canada. A despatch from Montreal, bearing date of August 9, informs us that during the past week no less than twelve commercial firms in that city, who are perfectly sound as far as their assets and liabilities are concerned, have been obliged to make special arrangements with their creditors to enable them to secure extension of time to meet their engagements. A very bad feeling exists between the Protestants and Catholics at Montreal, Canada. At that city on September 2nd a riot took place at the Catholic Cemetery respecting the burial of a man named Guibard. Two thousand persons assembled and stoned the funeral procession off the ground. The military were employed to quell the disturbance, in which many persons were injured. A balloon, which ascended from Doncatter on August 12th, entered a storm cloud and was struck by ligthning, which caused a large rent in the silk. The balloon fell rapidly, and the aeronaut, Mr Touens, was severely but not dangerously injured. Lord Berehaven and the Hon. A. Westenra pleaded guilty to a charge of disorderly con* duct at Shepperton, andorere each fined 40s and costs. The Great Eastern Eailway Company has paid a Mr C. E. Gilman five thousand pounds, and a Miss itatnsdale a like sum (with five hundred pounds for medical expenses) as compensation for injuries they received in the collision at Thorpe. A bicycle race of fifty miles, between the English and French champions,[Mr Stanton and M. Thuillefc, was won by the former, who came in only a yard before his competitor. The King of Italy has made a present to the Queen of six handsome and high-bred Italian ponies, four chestnuts (two entire and two geldings) and two grey mares, which reached the Eoyal Mews, Pimlico, on August Bth, in safety and good condition. Baron Hoverbeck, the well-known Liberal member of the German Parliament, died on August 12th. The losses by the late inundations in France amounted to twenty-four million. francs and the relief fund to eighteen million fraics. Fifty commercial corporations and trades* unions in France will each send delegates to the Philadelphia Exhibition. On September 10th, a paper mill, woollen factory, twenty-nine merchants' premises, two halls, six dwelling-houses, and part of a . bridge were destroyed by fire at Middlebury, Vermont. Loss immense. The banking bourn of T. Schuhaital and*

SonsJ one of Me oldest firms..in' New York, £ has suspended payment. The losses will fall ] 1 principally in Europe. ' _ < The Ttanperdr "William, accompanied by 1 Bismarck, Moltke, and Manteuffel, was to 1 vi'sitlthly'in October. < , i ' The cattle disease has broken out in tne , neighborhood of Pinchbeck, JMew York, and ■ nearly rill the cattle that were attacked have < A* statue of Stonewall Jackson, (the late , -: famous -Confederate leader) presented to , ■ -Virginia-by some English gentlemen, has been erected in the Capital Square, Kich'inond. •"■■■ The wheat crops in Austria and Hungary Lave fallen off in quantity and quality, and ; . mil not yield ;more than five and a halt. million quintals. .' . Ah explosion occurred on a Spanish vessel, •which was:shipping war materials at Barcelona. The vessel sank, and fifty lives were lost; some being killed by the explosion, and others drowned. A new wet dock, the "Victoria, was opened :at Dundee on August 16th. ! . The annual fete of the Order of Foresters was celebrated on August 17th at the Crystal Palace, London, when about fifty-four thousand persons were present. The Prince and Princess of "Wales arrived at Sheffield on August 16th, and had a most ' hearty ; reception. Tbe town was gaily decorated and the streets densely crowded. The Prince formally Opened the Firth Park, " : presented to the town by the Mayor, Mr Mark Firth, and in the evening their Koyal Highnesses were present at a ball in the Cutler's Hall. Next day, the Eoyal party visited several of the chief manufacturing ' establishments of the town, and the Princess presented new colors to the 19th Kegiment. The German Emperor on Augusfc 16th ■unveiled a gigantic statue of Hermann, better known to the readers of Tacitiis as Arminius. His Majesty's reception in all the towns through which he passed was quite enthusiastic. The statue cost thirteen thousand pounds sterling. Prince Charles of Bavaria has been killed by a fall from his horse. The Agricultural Laborers' Union in England, presided over by Mr Arch, is threatened by dissolution. Ail the delegates, with the exception of five, have been dismissed and many of the branches refuse to pay any further money into the funds. The dispute arises in reference to the institution of a new paper by the society. Fighting continues with more or less vigor in Cuba, and the estate-owners are in constant dread of raids from the insurgent bands. The Treasury is empty, and a leading official charged with misappropriating six hundred thousand dollars in gold has been sent to Spain. A turtle, weighing over three hundredweight, from the Island of Ascencion, which had been presented to the Queen, has been gent by her Majesty to the Brighton Aquarium. The balance-sheet of Messrs Moody and Sankey's London mission has been published. The total receipts amounted to £28,238, and the expenditure to £28,396, leaving an uncovered balance of £158. The harvest reports from Ireland are very 1 encouraging. The apprehensions of potato disease have subsided,-but foot aud mouth disease among cattle is, as in England, sadly prevalent. A young man, named Frederick Page, son ;of a respectable farmer at Brantham, Suffolk, has been committed tor trial upon a charge ot murdering a young woman to whom both he and his brother had been paying their addresses. The rates of charges on cable messages from New "^ork, aud east of that city, have ■ been reduced one shilling per word. Black Nut, a man under sentence of death in Panama, is said to have committed no lesa "'' than seventeen assassinations, several rapes, robberies, and other crimes. He is eighty. ei»ht years old. The* eldest son of the late Mr Ivie Mackie, formerly Mayor of Manchester, was drowned while bathing in Balcary Bay. Mr Reginald Griffith', of. Jesus' College, Oxford, and Mr James Blanchard were drowned on August 20th, while bathing in the Menai Straits, the former losing his life in attempting tc rescue his companion.' The Alexandra corn store at Gloucester was destroyed by fire on August 2 Lst, and many thousand quarters of grain were consumed. . : A meeting of German journalißts|bas been held at Bremen, at w! ich it was resolved to endeavour to obtain legislation for insuring ...'greater freedom to the anonymity of the t public Presss. '' Lady Cottesloe died from aecidentlj drinking a poiaonouß liniment, intended foi external application,'by mistake for other medicine. • A'memorial statue of the late Lord Mayc was unveiled on August 19th, at Cockermouth, of which borough he was; for some years the representative in Parliament . Lord Napier delivered an eloquent addrest upon the Parliamentary and Indian careei of Lord Mayo, who, he said, bad lost his life while performing a Christian duty; The town of Jarrow-upon-Tyne has beer created ajmunicipal borough, and Mr Palmei M.P., has been chbseri as its first Mayor. ' ■ ' Ifc Is proposed to establish a Colonia museum in London at a cost in the fire' • instance of £30,000. The proposal has the support'of Mr Disraeli's Gbvernmen and is likely to meet vvitH speedy accomplish jhent. ' ' ;','•■ '~,.' : .-....• The Prussian correspondent of the Londoi • fymes says that the Tiflis1 Boku Kail way , wtich will establishi "steam communicatiot ' .between St Petersburg and the eastern shorei -pf the, Caspian, via tbe Caucasus, is to b< taken in hand. "The French' General Froissard is dead. !■• JJprrible cruelties are reported in thi "Illinois' State prison. Ex-convict Jolie1 ■ jnake^a statement that' three cases cami : '•■•', under, his.notice while inprison.tf prisoner! ' Tbeing tortured td} death. Two were1 dosed, t< .j..,. de.ath; in'iced Walter •' bne was knocked on thi " head'by thewfrcieiy because h6' was too sicl to walk fast. Another was strung up fo

six hours by his hands to a ringbolt. The last-mentioned recovered after being given ovet. '■-,-. Some persons Who had.been drinking at Norwood on August 12th, were accosted by a young man, who offered' them, some medicine that would dispel the effects of drink. Three persons partook of the contents of a small phial, which were a violent poison, one woman dying immediately* and the'two others are in a dangerous 'condition, j The culprit was arrested. ;. ,< ■ . The excitement i caused at San Francispo by the suspension of. the.Bank of California, wasgreatly heightened, by the death of the president, Mr. ; Ralston, who, : immediately :after, was drowned whilst bathing. , His funeral was very largely ;attended. The bank is likely to resume,: and .pay all its liabilities A nugget of gold, weighing sixteen and a half pounds, has been found near Paramaribo, , Dutch Guiana,: South America.