LATE NEWS BY THE MAIL.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 9666, 7 April 1893, Page 2

LATE NEWS BY THE MAIL.

In tho Time* of Fobs airy 7, it is reported that a careful estiin to shown tlut tho value o£ agricultural land in E st Yorkshire, calculated to bo £37,500,000 in 1878, has depreciated to tho extent of £15,000,000. Ihe capital valut of the tcnunt fanners which was £i 510,030 ia 1878, ia now put down at £2,500,000 , and it is estimated ti at tlia farmers of the East Riding have lost £30),003 during the i ast season. A Biibject of general discussion at West minster is tho robust vitality which Mr Gladstone exhibits. He seem i to live on work, and it in a common remark th.it the Stato responsibilities which he bus borne for nix months have added to his appearance of vigour. At all hours he ia to bo found on the Treasury bench. Daring the debate which sprang up on tho Uganda quest : on oi Fri lay week he was the most animated figure in the hou3 -. The active play of countenance which his always been >emarkab!e in him, and which reflects almost every shade of thought and emotion, was quite a study during the speeches of Mr Balfour and Mr Chamberlain ; and thero is little doubt that if tin rules of debate had permitted he would have been on his feet more than once. A remarkable death from blend -poison ing has occurred at Red ruth. Mrs Golds worthy, aged 30, had a small sore on her ftice, and rubbing it s'ighlly with her black kid glovo caused inflammation to set in. Her head Bwelled enormously, and she diet after a few days' illness. It is rumoured that Sir Henry Blako, the Governor of Jamaicn, will ba appointed to succeed Lord Gormanston in tho Governorship^of British Guiana Lord Gormanston's name is mentioned in con nection with various appointments, in eluding that of Tasmania The Globe, in noting this rumotr, says: "Lord Gorminston has done good service in Lib present appointment ; ho is exceedingly popular, his generosity is proverbial, and his entertainments at Goverment House, George Town, are oiganiaod on a magnificont sale." An excited Conservative, says Truth, with a faint glimmering of " Papal Infallibility" was heird tj Bay in tho lobby of the House of Commons : " You Liberals think Gladstone can do nothing wron ', and talk as if he possessed the Immaculate Concepti n of the Pope !" — Daisy. Tho Indies in America experience much difficulty in finding servants to proparo thoir luncheon for thorn. So terrib'.o is the scarcity of domestics, that an unprincipled practice has net in of bribing other people's cooks to desort their employers. An eminont Kentucky lawyer we are told by the Daily New-t, has actually bad the bearer of a bribe to his cook arrested and the result of tho trial is awaited with much anxiety. A German gentleman who used to think in French, and then make a shot at the nearest English translation, talking of a very unpopular woman with a disagreeable voice, said to a friend : '• Her organ is blossing ;" which did not mean, her vocation is to b'esß ; but, " son organo est blessante " (her voice hurts the ear).