LATE EUROPEAN NEWS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 4463, 4 October 1883, Page 2

LATE EUROPEAN NEWS.

[BY CABLB.J It is reported that Prior Vaughan will succeed his brother as Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney. A severe gale has passed over the County of Limerick, and some considerable damage has been done, the Town Hall being lowered to the ground. Foynes Terminus has also sustained serious injury. Mr. Archibald Forbes has published an essay on the social characteristics of the inhabitants of the Australasian Colonies. Sir Henry Parkes has arrived at Liverpool from. America. A gunpowder explosion at Nilna has destroyed sixteen houses and caused a loss of twenty lives. At the conference of the Irish Land League authorities, held in Leeds under the presidency of Mr. Parnell, improved organising machinery was agreed upon. A public meeting was held in the evening, attended by a large number of English sympathisers. Mr. Parnell was absent through a cold. In a riot at Omagh several Orangemen and Leaguers were wounded, and a number of arrests have been made. At the wool sales the foreign demand is increasing, and prices are firmer. Messrs. Fullerton and Pryor, American lawyers, arc engaged to defend O'Donucll, nnd 8000 dollars have been subscribed towards the defence fund. An extensivo conspiracy has been detected in St. Petersburg. One hundred and fifty officers have been arrested as being implicated, and a large quantity oi! arms, gunpowder, and bombs has been seized. China persists in her claim to the left bank of the Red River, and that a neutral zone shall be assured on the right bank. London night police are now armed with revolvers. The frozen meat ex Mataura has been sold for soapboilers' purposes, at a halfpenny per Ib. None of it was marketable for ordinary consumption. Money is cheapening, and colonial securities arc rising in value. The prospects aro considered good for the Adelaide loan on Tuesday. The British Association has voted £100 for providing scientific apparatus for any expedition to New Guinea of which tho Council may approve. Messrs. Healy, Small, and O'Connor, M.P.'s, have been assailed at the meetings, and tho campaign in Ulster has been defeated. The Rev. Mr. Shaw's case and an account of his colonial adventures arc exciting strong public feeling against the action oE France. The French Press adopt a very defiant tone. Mr. Crotty, a prominent Mayo landlord, has been shot dead.

O T T O. The consumption of Gas by tho Otto Gas Engine is guaranteed to be 20 to 70 per cent, less than in any other Gas Engines. Mr. Otto lias been again obliged to commence actions against several linns for infringements of his patents. After the action of Otto v. Linford (in which Linford was defeated, ordered to pay costs, and cease manufacturing) all AGENTS and PURCHASERS of the Linford Engine were obliged to pay Royalty to Mr. Otto. The New Pattern Half-horse Power Nominal Otto's Patent indicates up to two horse-power, is the lowest priced, most cco.iotnical, and Best Gas Eugine in tho Market. I'or further particulars apply to the Agent for Now Plymouth— The; New Plymouth Gas Comi-anv (Limited).— Advt. 1571 th 023 the Legion of Honor.— ln addition io the award of the Gold Medal (L' Academic Nationale), and also the Silver Medal, awarded to John Brinsmead k, Sons, of Wigmore-street, London, for the superiority of the Piano ex* bibited by them last year at the Paris Exhibition, the founder of the firm has been created Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, taU distinction being conferred oa bo ot*Ml Britain Pianoforte Mumhstuoic