ENGLISH NEWS BY THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 3961, 8 February 1882, Page 2

ENGLISH NEWS BY THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

[BY TELEGRAPH.] Application has been made by outsido parties to induce Gniteau to take insurance on his life not exceeding 10,000 dollars. ''- The largest stedl sailing vessel afloat — 2,220 tons — was launched on tho 'Jth at Belfnf& for Ismay & Co., Manfcgern o£ the White Star line-. The vessel ifl. named "The Garficld," and will he employed in the California an/l Australian tO)d,o. . Lafge: |§tantitie*s> o| 'Irish- ! potatoes- ure "being exposed to flic United "States. Jean Dupre, sculptor, died in Rome on January 10. , ,• , . ■ : Census of Paris, shows a population of 2,225,900 agajnst 1,998,800 in 187 G. At tjictyanquet ' n Rorue on January 11, {liven in'lionor of tile veteran soldiers, the Mayor declared that the people of Rome would rather keetHe city laid in ashes than again bd subjected to Papal domination. A famine is imminent among the, French campSj«t-:Tun : ,s. „. , ■ London has subscribed, r v thousand pounds towards thp yiepna suferers. The servants of- the Portuguese Royal household have been dtamissbd on suspicion of attempting to ptV'son the King. Miss Anna Parnell presided' at a meeting of the Ladies' Land League at.Dublin, on Now Year's Day, without interference. Mormon proselyting in London is reported unsuccessful, but many converts liaVe been made in the provinces; IJSOO since August. ' ■ * '' ■ ' ' Immigration from 'Germany to Americais assuming'vftstprDpbrtions; 15,000 tickets have already .been taken for^vesselß leaving Bremen in the, spring, ,and an equal number go from Hamburg. („ . , - The Privy Council has determined tp proclairn.JD'ubli'n a disturbed district. 1 ■ A new 'ca'slrier of the Banking-hduße of Fenzie and Co., Florence, who is '80 years old, has absconded with 2,000,000 livre. Coffee speculations ! at Havre have resulted in the loss of £1,000,000. _ , The Russian military , authorities t will organise armed settlements on the Chinese frontier of Siberia. The Italian .Government have determined to guarantee fnore- efficiently the liberty and independence of the people in Rome. The arrest of a Jewish pickpocket in n Moscow Church on Christmas morning led to 'a panic) t^nql, th6;de«th ,of ■ forty-six .persons. A very serious riot ensued. Alter the panic .roost, of., the Jews liquor shops and many Jewish .houses „were sacked. The police were not only powerless, bit in many cases assisted the mob in plundering dram shops. ,.- . -_»,- - ' The recollection of the Vienna fire made theatrical business very slack in London during-' the 'holiday -neck.' /The; losses of the managers were disastrous. J * ' l ' "" Mr. Gladstone hak xleclined to interfere with the Mormon 1 missionaries in England. In referring to the matter,' he said those who go to Utah at their solicitation go, it is presumed, voluntarily, Two Mormon missionaries have been mobbed in Londo.l. An attempt to spread the small-pox through the United States mails was .eported to the Washington postal authorities. An undated and unsigned letter, bearing the postmark Cincinnati, has been received by a farmer at Lynn (Virginia post-office), and in it were two small-pox scabs. The letter read. "I have sent you small-pox; go home -and die."- ■> , Hanlan, the Canadian, left for England on January -7th. >';-..'■' < >'■ A bomi fide offer has been made to Scoville, Gui'teaii's brother-in-law, from a medical gentleman for the aesacsh's body. The party offers 1 ,000 dollars immediately, on condition they have. the body as soon as tho law is executed, and dispose of it as he sees fit ; and agreeing to take his chance, waiting a ironth or 20 years. Guitenu was favorably impressed with the proposition, but, after reflection, remarked"! ought to bring more than that; perhaps some one will offer 2.000 dollars, and then I can pay iiiy debts. If I get a new trial that miserable Corkhill can't bring a lot of fellows just to swear how much 1 owe him."