NEWS BY FRISCO MAIL.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8246, 20 August 1888, Page 3

NEWS BY FRISCO MAIL.

GENERAL SUMMARY. [PER. PRKbS ASSOCIATION.]

The Queen has refused to surrender to the German Ambassador, Count Von Mtiiißtcr, the (loci)tnentfl left by the late Kaiser Frederick, and confided to the Quoen by her dotmJiter the Empress. She, however, gave Von M fluster permission to read them. The Emperor William nseeta King Humbert in Octob< r, when ho will visit Homo on the. invitation oT the Italian Kinjr, at the etiatreulina of Prime Miri°ffcr Cricpi. The Tope hns pro! -,U-ii n aiaii the visit, declaring the Empi ror'H pri-tei 0 in the Elernul City an nut o£ hoßility to tho Vatican. Iho protest was Bent to Prince Bismarck, and it \n stnted in Bcr'in that the Emperor will visit tl.o Popo as well. There wore rumours that tl c Emperor Williiim end tlin Czar hud agreed to propose Pii:ice Wnldeiwor, of Stockholm, to t-'uccecil Prince Ftrdinand on tho Bulgarian tlirnnc. The Kaiser hopes to bo tble to iofluce Kiup Christian to consent to thvir choice. He refused on Prince Wulew«r's previoos election by the Sobmnjtt. A I'upul enojelicil letter was road in nil the C'f'tholio churches of Dublin on S':r.diiy, July 15:h, expressing grief that incomes hud Lutn held in' lreland, whrreut dungcrons opinioDß regarding bis recent decree, liad beea uttered. Tbe

Pope reiterates his affection for Ireland, but the whole system of tho Plan of Campain and boycotting are condemned as unlawful. A letter written by Archbishop Wolbli accompanied tho encyclical, in which it says the agitation referred to hnd now ended under the resolution of tho Bishop.