LATE NEWS BY THE MAILS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 7962, 5 September 1887, Page 2

LATE NEWS BY THE MAILS.

PER S.S. ARAWA FROM LONDON.

London, July 15.— The mission sent by the Pope to Ireland to inqaire into the state of the country has arrived in Dublin. ' The envoy is Monsignor Persico, who is accompanied by his secretary, Father Gualdi. On the morning of July 9 they attended mass at the Roman Catholic ProCathedral in Marlborough-street, and afterwards visited Archbishop Walsh at his residence in Rutland-square. Monsignor Persico and Archbishop Walsh had a lengthened interview, and on leaving, the latter asked the envoy to become his guest during his stay in the city, and tho invitation was accepted. In an interview Father Qualdi states the mission ib a strictly private and confidential one; but added, " The Holy Father wants to learn the condition of the country just as if he were seeing it with his own eyes. He wants to do good for Ireland. Monsignoi Persico, after getting particulars from our own bishops, will be most happy to see anyone, no matter whom, who desires to lay before him his views on the questions before the country — the education, the land, and the political questions. He will also make a tour of the country. On our return he will make a report to the Holy Father." A letter from Sir M. Hicks-Beach received at Bristol says his sight is improving, and he has quite recovered his general health. He hopes by the autumn to be quite fit for moderate work in Parliament or elsewhere. , Sir Daniel Goocb, chairman of the Great Western Railway Company, was driving, on the evening of July 12, with Lady Gooch, in a victoria from the W indsor station of the Great Western Railway to Clewer Park, and when in Oxford road, the horseß shied and threw the occupants of the carriage into the road. Lady Gooch was cut about the face, and Sir Daniel was b.-uised. It will be several days before Sir Daniel, who is confined to his bed, will be able to get aoout. The Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, with the Crown Princess of Germany and the three daughters of the Prince of Wales on board, was in collision at Portsmouth on July 13. The jacht was getting away from the jetty alongside which the troopship Euphrates was lying, when, through a misunderjtood order, the Victoria and Albert went full speed astern inbtead of ahead, crushing against the iron stern oE the trooper. The yacht had • her ornamental and upper work, as well as her boom smashed up, and the Euphrates was slightly injured. The Crown Princess and the Princesses were not much alarmed, and aj.'.er the damaged stern of the yacht had been covered over with flags, she w as able to proceed to Cowes, the Crown Princess being on a visit to Osborne. Over two hundred members of Parliament went by special train from Victoria to the Cryistai Palace.on the evening of the 13th July, to attend & dinner to the Conservative Whips, which had been organised by Viscount Grimston. The chair was occupied by Lord Claud Hamilton, M.P., who proposed " The Health of the Whips," in a humorous speech. The eight Conservative Whips are Mr. AkersDouglas (Patronage Secretary to the Treasury), Colonel Walrond, Mr. Sidney Herbert, Lord Arthur Hill, Viscount Lewisham, Sir Herbert Maxwell, Viscount Folkestone, and Lord Burleigh. The toast of their health was received with the greatest enthrs'aem, and it was acknowledged by Mr. Akers-Douglas, who in his remarks alluded to the great difficulty of producing a constant majority out of a nrnority. A futal duel is reported from Bihar, in Hungary. Tho dispute was a poliiical one, arising out of the recent general elections, and the young men involved were of good position. They fought with pistols, and one of them fell dead at the first exchange of shots. The little village of Babaszek, Hungary, has been destroyed by fire. It appears that some children while playing set fire to a pigstye ; the flames Bpread rapidly among the wooden Louses, and, as usual in Hungary, there were no fire engines available. Only eleven houses escaped. Two women are reported dead and several children missing. Others are in a dying condition. General Buller, Under - Secretary for Ireland, has left Dublin for London. His departure, it is understood, has reference to his interview with the district magistrates concerning the state of the country. A terrible hurricane swept over the town of Nagy Karely (Hungary) a few weeks since. Not a single building remained intact, all the roofs being carried away, and the houses were filled with water, the rain falling in torrents. Large trees were lifted, and cairied through the air like feathers. The town and its neighbourhood resembled a foaming sea. The people were awestruck, and believed that the day of the Last Judgment had arrived. The town was a short time ago nearly destroyed by fire.