SUMMARY OF MATT. NEWS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 2804, 18 September 1883, Page 2

SUMMARY OF MATT. NEWS.

Siir Fsaxoieco, Aug. 28. ■ In th» Heraw of Gosmjoci, on Anguit IStb,

the Undor-Secretary for India pressntei the Indian Budget. Tha surplus for 1884 is estimated nt £ 157,000. Sir Stafford Uurllieoto attacked the -whole policy of the Government on tho 21st, and accuwd t-hrm of ke-pina back facts m connection with the Madagascar affair. Mr Gladstone, m reply, praised the working of the Land Act aid Earl Spencer's vigorous government of Ireland. In relation to Madagascar, ha declared notbiog h»d occurred to disturb the cordial relations of England and France. Count Bismarck, m reply to the French journalists, declares that France threatens the peace of Europe, and that such a state of affairs cannot continue without serious dagger, and that the passions fomented by (gitation may burst the bond of pence. Monnt Vesuvius was ngain active on August 22nd. Buildinge, and the mountain railroad wore damaged by the tremblings. The Freeman's journal bitterly denounces the House of Lords for its notion m rejecting the Irish Registration tfill extension. A flour mill near KinncgaU, Ireland, was turned down on the 22nd. Three persons perished . Count de Ohambord's death is alluded to by Republican journals respectfully and they unite iv paying homage to his sincerity. The Boyalist papers appeared with mourning borders »nd are reserved m theircommento regarding the consequence of his death. The body will be buried by the side of Charles A reign of terror existed on August 24th m the Tillage of Cairo, Eoumalia. The Turks were murdering Christians, and all thp latter who could get away were fleeing. The Duke of Cambridge, while at Chatham, had just alighted from the carriage with Colonel Gordon, when the horse became very restive, and turning suddenly round upsot thr Colonel, and the carriage struck the Duke m the cheet. His Royal Highness left for Woolwich yesterdny morning. The new Governor of Lebanon b»i sent to the Potto a memorandum stating that tho situation of that province has been rendered (by the action of Rustem Pasha) much worse than it was formerly. Mr Gladstone is taid to have recently declared, m conversation with a Sleth.-dist clergyman, that the large number of ministers ' and others wearing the blue ribbon was atexceedingly gratifying circumstance, speaking i wtll for the future. ' A despatch from London, dated August I 6th, says that Her Maj'-ety 'he Q.iee.i is < mucl) stronger. In receiving M. Waddington, the new Fnnch Minister, she stood ' throughout the interview, which lasted 1 twenty minutes. She has ordered that no I tenant festivities take place Ibis year at Bui- * moral or on any of her estates, on account of ' the death of John Brown. Another despatch ' lays that m spiti- of the continued efforts o> i the Royal Family and medical advisers, the e Queen obstinately d-clines to go abroad for I her health, and insists on spending the > •atumn at Balmoral. She is determined to ' be near Jobn Brown's grave, and will make < daily visits to it, contributing new testi- < mon'als of the esteem m which she holds th-" i memory of the departed gillie. Her family ' it exasperated by her expenditure of feeling 1 on this subject, which begins to border on the 1 ridiculous. Her Majesty left London for t Balmoral on Friday, August 25th. * The Cairo correspondent of the Dttily ' Telegraph writes :— A medical friend inform- 1 me that m one of the principul hospital* no < measures are taken to disinfect or even to clean the beds and bedding from ' which cholera corpses are being re- ■ moved. As one of the patients dies the body is hustled away for burial. Another 1 lick or dying wretch fills the vacancy cauted ' by death. Kven vomiting and ejections from ■ lacoessivo patieuts are allowed to accumulate ■ for several houre, until the whole place be- < comes inexpressibly noisome, and these csaes ire but the type of what ia goini» on m every 1 dep6t for the reception of cholera-stricken ] people. Carts arc sent round at intervals lo ' 00l et'fc the dead at the hospitals and from < private houses, and bodies are not unfre ' quently found even ia the open streets. Should ' the man m charge of :he <tcid cart, camo I •cross a sick persm, tho latter was uncere- < monioudy thrown into the vehicle on the top ' of the ghastly load, and is left there until i the oart is charged with a collection of the I lick. The living are then transferred from i the dead cart t) the company of their follow- ' luff'rers, and taken to the hospital. ' The Northern Pacific Bailway will be ' finished on September 6'h. The new Brooklyn suspension bridge has been pronounced a financial failure. ' Several towns m the State of Minnesota < were visited by a cyclone on August sth -viih most distressing results. Places were li : e rally wr>clel, Bnd many of the inhabitants killed. The wnd also demolished a railroad train, lifting the carriages from the track and reducing them to shivers. 100 passenge s were killed. The object of the visit of Monsignore Depal to the United 3>ates is said to signify the intentions of the Church of Borne to try and make a great spread m tho future m this country. The somewhat startling story is circulated that Depal's appearance here but precedes the arrival of the Pops himself. Moody and Sankey go to London m Beptember, to spend the winter m evangeliitic work. The White Star Line steamship Ludwie, long overdue from Montreal, Canada, is given op for lost. Commissioner Merrepoint has made a re port to the effect that m five years, if the present policy of the Government towards the Mormons was continued, th» l&tttr would control all the territories remaining. Mr» Langtry iavß it is the dream of her life to return fn.m her American and Australian tour a»d found a theatre m London to be known by her name. The London Athenaum devotes fourteen column* to the publication of new Byron correspondence, which disposes of the scandal oirenhved by Mrs Harriet Beecher Stowe. Miss Finney (stage name Fortesque) has married a son of Lord Cairns. Serious rioting has occurred m the town of Coatbridge, Lanark, Sco'land, between Protestants and aiholioi. Several policemen wern wounded. While thirteen men were being hauled to the surface at the mining town of Redrath. Cornwall, the rope attached to the car broke, and the men wore precipitated to the bottom of the shaft and instantly killed. Mr Newdegate threatens to take proceedings again.l Mr Bradlau K h. The latter charged Mr Newdegate with being to tipsy m the House of Commons that he fell off bis seat, and alio that during a discussion on th<Affirmation Bill be was so drunk that he could nut walk into the lobby to give his vote. Mr Newdegate's friends said ho only fainted through illness and a doctor attested to that fact. A ferryman left Dover on a floating bicycle on 28th July, for the purpose of crossmg the Channel, and arrived at Calais at uve o clock the same afternoon. An attempt was made on the 3rd August t« blow up a larga linen factory at Cupar, £ife, Scotland, and is attributed to ifenuinism. Laboucbere «ays m Truth that the greater part of tho Duchess of Edinburgh's trousseau was sold m London some time ago as the property of a lady of rank. The Queen received Mr and Mrs Gladstone on the 4th August, for the first titna for many yearn. The coldness between the Queen and the Premier is lessening. This is considered to indicate an early application to Parliament for a further grant to the sons of the Prince of Wales. The Star Musio Hall at Bunderland h»s been burned. There were 1400 persons m the hall when the fire originated, but all got •afely out m four minutes. The town of Casamicciola, m the island of liohia, was destroyed by an earthquake or submersion of the land, on the night of the 28th July. It is estimated 5000 persons perished. The shock began at half-patt niue. The majority of the upper classes were at the theatre at the time, and the scene thera was one of horror. The curtain had just risen when a tremendous shock was felt, followed by a fearful roar, and the ground rocked like a ship m a storm. A great cry of terror arose from the audience, who were thrown m heaps, and a great number were buried beneath the timbers of the bnilding, wtuoh fell on them. Those who could do so, escaped from the theatre, some clambering into trees for safety, but the larger number fleeing to the seashore, where alarm fires were kindled. Meantime erery building m the town had collapsed. The Hotel Piocol* Sentinel!*

[rank iolo the earth and waa burii irith manj of its inmates. Mar Romans having villas at Eodira ai known to have bson lost. Corpse* "or plainly discernible through the ruins, bi; could not be extricated. In nearly ever case they were horribly mangled. A num ber of people arrived at Cas»micciola on th 29(h July to arrange measures of relief. Hut dreds of victims were buried m the usual wa; immediately on their being Terotered ii order to prevent malnria, but it was im pojsible to rocover and bury all the bodies It was ordered, considering the hombl exhalation from the decompo«ing remaim that the uncovered corpses should be lef where they lay, and 1500 tons of chloride o limo were poured over the ruint, thus con verting the town into a vast cemrtery. The neighboring towns of Farn and Lucoo, wen also greatly damaged, and the loss of lifi reached 2000, divided between both pluoes. The centre of the area of the shock was the same as that two years ago, but the radiui was larger. It wan felt at tea, and according to some accounts, even at Naples. Tin hospitals m the latter city wire cowded witli wuunded and dying, brought there by steamers from the island. The calamity infinitely exceeds thoKhios earthquake m 1881. Among the mis-ing is an English gentleman named Somers, who resided at the Hotel Manoi, and ttl-0 many English and American visitors, lechia beine it great resort for travellers m pursuit of health or pleasure. Of a family of seven named Pascal, only one daughter survived. Many English and Americana arrived on the 31st m search of friends and relatives. On the night of the di»a«ter the scene was weirdly terrible, when hundreds of half-naki'd men and women, wild with terror and grief, ran to and fro among rums with torches, searching for miaaine friends. For days the stench of decaying flash, notwithstanding the deodoriiing material ased, was almost unbearable. Additional shocks attended with damage, occurred on the 4lh August. King Humbert visited the Hosptals on the 3rd and condoled with the suffsren, and also repaired to the scene of the earthquake, where he distributed money and provisions to thosa m need The professional sculling race, postnoned from August 19c h, took place at Fall River, Massachusetts, on the 20(.h. The start wu not naado till nearly 6 p.m , owing to rouah water and a sMff breeifl. Tlie men were called back from a fal«e aUrt. Some returned, but others, including HanKn, Hosmer, and Teenier, rowed i>ver the course, ana the nice was ordered to proceed. Hani m took the lead, »nd turned the buoy, followed close!y by Boss and Hoamer, the others not far off. Ad excursion steamer from Providence then ran among the bo-.ta, and the swell from her piddle wheels sw-imped Hanlsn, Ulliot, and Hosmer. Darkn 88 coming on rapidly, it was almost impossible to distinguish the contestants at the finish. Lee w»a upset aftrr crassing the line, and Driscoll drew out half a milr from the B'nrt. At. the clo^o, half-a-dozen oarsmen surrounded the judges' boat, several of them claiming first position. This was given to Teemer, who mide 2\ miles m 18min 26*eca ; Home bem-i second with ISmin 30iecs, and Boss third with 18 -m 35sec. Hnnlan said he was beaten, but " did not feel badly about it. He did cot cut his boat's line, and he did nut get any one to cut the wire round his buoy. He was glad of one thing There was no money bet on him." These remarks were reflections on his old antagonist, Courtenay. The other oa^» men claim Hnnlan was really out-rowed. The great oarsm>m subsequently acknowledged this, and snid his experience m regattas hud always been fatal. He was satisfied be could beat any of his antagonists '•ingle-handed. Ross thinks Teemer is the coming sculler of America. In regard to the murder of Carey, m Dublin it is said Carey liiiusclf chose to go to If-ital. He would not go to Australia, beouse he knew that many Fenians, fearing arrest, had escaped to that country When the news of hii murder reached Ireland tho wildest delight TT4B manifested. Mobs entered homes and seiz-d beddiug, furniture nod sther articles with which to make bonfires and effigies of the dead informer were burned, and mock funeral* held m various Irish towns Eight enormous bonfires blazed around Carey's old residence, altn fires m other streets. A band marched through the city playing national tunes, followed by crowds of people cheering as they marched. A slight collision occurred between the crowd and the police officials. In London the murder continued the sole subj-ot, of conversation for days, but no word of sympathy was elici'ed for the informer's fate, he Times m an article on the subject, thought the occurrence a public misfortune, as Carey had been an instrument m the attainment of justice, and his murder was calculated to encourage acts of violence ; while the joy ciuied m Ireland by the homicide wan a proof of the many elements of danger that exist. It is an open swerst that Karl Spencer, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, i» much annoyed by tho murder of Carey. A despatch from Dublin dated August 4th, gays the informer James Carey, early m 1882, sent two men to London to shoot Mr ■William E. Forster, then Chief Secretary for Ireland, but their courage failed them. In Dublin on August 20th two men were put under hetvy bail for threatening the life of Francis Carey, a brother of the murdered informer. When Francis was attacked ho drew a re'Olver, covered his assailants, and h-id them till they w«re transferred to the custody »f the police. In the House of Commons on August 16th, during a di-bat > on the Bill for payment of the expanses of the Lund Commissioners m Ireland, Mr Parnell dcolared unless the defi-iencien of the Land Act were speedily remedied, he would lead a deeper and more desperate agitation than any witnessed yet. I he new and most riesuerate agi'atien threateni I by Mr Parnell is supposed to refer to a demand for peasant ownership, with or without compensation to land owners. Mr Parj ni-11 finally declin> ■ to visit tb.e United States this year, and members of Parliament m favor of his views are discussing the expediency of sending a delegation thither m aid of the cause. The grand national demonstration proposed to he held on Pornell's estate m Wicklow, on Sunday, 12th August, was suddenly abandoned. The authorities intimated tha gathering would be suppressed. On the 9lh August one hundred person! of both sexes petitioned the guardians of the North Dock Union of Dublin to p»y their passages to Canada or the United States, »s they were unable to get work at Home. The Government have decided to provide an additional £50,000 to aid Irish emigration, the money to be taken from the British Exchequer instead of the Churoh surplus fund. . rr • ».» The triennial conclave of Jtotgnts Templars of the United States, held this year m Ban Francisco, finished on August 25th by general consent. The parade, although only one thousand Knights were present at it, was admitted to be the finest male by the Order m America. The citizens kept the week as a holiday. During June £10,000 wa» expended m entertaining the Knights. Miss Finnery (stage name Fortetque) ba> left the Savoy Theatre, London, where ahe was engaged previous to her marriage with Lord Garmoyle, Lord Cairns' eldeit ion, which took place on August 9th. The friends of the lady are much inoeneed at the allusions to the wedding to the effect that Lord Cairns family were degraded by the allianoe. They point out that Garmoyle'g grandfather was a butler, and bw mother, Mie» O'Neill, was the daughter of a land agent. A stage loaded with ' eastern tourists for Yosemite "Valley, California, wai stuok up on the 16th, and the passengers deprived of their money and valuables. Next day the same stage wbb upset, and many of the robbed passengers seriously, if not fatally, hurt. The Bey. R. J. Sewell, a Methodist clergyman, and local agent of the American I Bible Booiety was met m the streets of Luting, I Illinois, on August 16th by Lawrence Dew- ; man, who shot him on sight. A domestio icandal is said to be the cause of the homicide. The clergyman stated m his ante mortem examination that he was the victim of a conspiracy. Berioui rioting ocourred m the town of Coatbridge, Lanark, Scotland, on the 19th between Orangemen and Catholics. Twentysix partisans were arrested, two police officers being wounded m quiating the row. The fighting was resumed on the 20th, when a number of Catholics, armed with picks and

•d hnmtners, pnraded the »treets of the town i iy (Birch of religious antßgonntn, Hnd rosistr re the efforts of a force of police sent out t c diaperae them. Bub«f quently the police, bein it. reinforced, scattered (ha ri ters. Id ill y evening ths Riot Act was read, and the p <lie i- again dispersed tbe mob. There are 6( c rioters Brro»tod. A number of Catholic „ i>everoly beat; two Proteitanti to the point o j death. n Tho "OowboyB 11 have boooaie so strong ir Kansas that they virtually took possession ol i the town of Hummnri on August 20th. Fiv< c citj marihala resigned within ten dajs ol i, their appointment. Fornytbe, a marshal, t waa assaulted m the street by q " po«b >v " f nHmed Diok Turner, known as the " killer ;' . but the Utter was left mortally wounded, and . Turner'a gang now threaten to burn the town, ' The telegraphists' strike m America is a s failure. The President of the Brotherhood (John Campbell) issued a notice on August 1 19 th that all the striking operators who could • might return to their keys. ; Robert Knot, one of the leadera of the 1 Prefbjterittn Council, is dead. ' It is denied Mr Gladstone was a subscriber to the Confederate ootton loan. Mr Fonter, formerly Secretary of Btate for Ireland, is delivering speeohss m favor of Irish immigration. Bir Motes Montefiore has written a sympathetic letter to each of tho Jewesses accused of the murder of Esther Salyman at Tuzzuzard, Hungary, and encloied SOdola. On August 15th a party of depositors m a small tavingi bank m London, angry at their inability to drew their money on detrand, entered the bank and wrecked the premises. The police were called m, but refused to interfere. Carnigini, an American ironmaster, has bought the London Echo and taken shares m several halfpenny papers m the English provinces. The suppoaed Moabite copy of the Book of Deuteronomy on leather leaves, which has been recently found, was submitted on the 6th mat, to Dr Uuerberg and other eminent Hebrew experts m London. The weight of opinion wai m furor of its genuineness, but subsequent invetligation has disclosed tho wbolo thing to be a fraud. The owner, Sbafreseri, a dealer of Jerusalem, askorl the Britinh Museum an immense sum for tbe manuscript. Karl Granville has instruclod the British Minister at Morocco lo nmke an earnest appeal to the Sii tan of that country to con-' aider whether it is not lime to place his Empire on a level with other emitted powers by abolishing slavery. Hartmann, the Nihilist, is m London making arrangements for a trocialietio Congress. Tbe House of Lorris, m Committee, have dropped consideration of the Manchester Ship Canal Bill for the sesiion. A meeting m favor of State fcid to immigration wus hold at the Mansion House, London, on August lOtb, at which Earl Shafteaburv presided. It was proposed to send 10,000 families to Canada next spring. A despatch of August 12th from London describes the return of Mrs Langtry, and states she was looking m goo.i health. She bad begun her provincial tour at that date, but proposed to visit Paris to replenish her wardrobe. While there ahe would take lis«onstn elocution from Peigner. She is due at Montreal on October 29th. Marwuod stands a chance of losing his position as hangman. At Durham on 12th August, ho appeared drunk on the ecaffold to hang a nan named Burton, for the murder of a woman. Tho rops caught under the man's elbow, and he had to pull him out of the pit. and fling him down again. This shocking bungling was represented to the Home fcJecratary. A wrangle occurred m tbe House of Commons over Prince Alfred's Moecow expenses (£2UOO). The House was asked to pay this •urn, and did go, after a slightly acrimonious debate. Mr Labouchero made a spirited tttack on tbe proposal, calling attention to the fact that £4000 had already beon paid for th« English Ambassadors' expenses on the tame iccasion, and saying His Royal Highness )ught to defray his own expenses when be granted to visit bis relations. London Gossip lays the Duke of Teck is o retirf to an almost desolate and unpleasant German watering place on account of the ic&ndal he has brought on the Royal Family >y having hit houiohold effeots sold out by a iheriff. The Duke is uncomfortably poor 'or a member of Royalty, and he borrowed noney from city Jews to pay the expenses of lis journey to Kgypt. Thus it was that he ;ot into deep trouble. Despatches from India, dated Auguit 21st, Mention a growing feeling of unrest and tinatisfaction as prevailing among the resident inglish towards the reform measures there ntroduced, as hostile to tbe social advancenent of the refined and highly educated '.ndiane. Tbe arbitrary and tyrannical imjriioument of an editor for a harmless and inintentional libel, and the abrupt and unixplained refusal of redreas to bim by higher ribunals at Home, all tend to promote this lgly feeling. Despatches from Egypt, dated August 18th, »y tho river Nile is falling and there are no onger feara of a flood. One hundred warehousea were destroyed >y fire &t Salonica on the 16th of August. The Alexandria correspondent of the times, telegraphing on August 16tb, saya: — ' If the British troopt should be withdrawn rom Egypt, ne> European family could remain n the country awvek after their departure." Egypt, he adda, is incapable of aelf-govern-nent. Dr Bayane writes th»t he has placed the whole country on the loft bank of the river Vigor, as far as dego, under the protection of France. In the Home of Commons on August 22nd ibe Under-Secretary for India presented the Indian Budget. The surplus for 1884 was istimated at £1,147.000. The vicinity of Neuchatel, Switierland, waa riaited by a great etorm on August 16' h. Villages m the vicinity of Picgeru and ilorat were «°t on fire by lightning. Judge Jeremiah Bhnck, one of the leading urists of the United States, died at his homo m New York from blood-poisoning. Judge Blanck, it will be remembered, defended UhrisMauity against the assaults of the infMel [ngereoll. As a constitutional lawyer, he had do superior m America. Fred. Gebhart, a rich American, with whose name Mrs Langtry is so frequently associated, ba» entered a number of horses for the English Autumn Handicaps. He will visit Ungl.nd during Mra Langtry'a theatrioal tour m that country. Oscur Wilde's new play " Vera" was produced m New Y;>rk on the 30th August, and was mercilessly criticised by tho Prese. It is described as " mere bosh." Wall street, New York, has been subjected to a «tock flurry, m which several old firms were wrecked. Tho crisis was brought about by tbe manipulation of Jay GoulH, who seeks to control the Northern Pacific Railroad. Speaking of the violent and bitter language lately used freely m the. H >use of Commons, tho London Times of the 20th eaye : — " Sterner demeanour on the part of the Bouse will before long be necossary, m viuw of these revolting excesses on the Irish Registration Bill." On August 21et, while a party of eviotors were approaching Rensh&w s house, County Down, a volley was fired by the parties inside, and a conatable and a policeman wore dangerously wounded. Special measures were taken m Dublin on 22nd August, for the protection of the officials of the Park, as threats of murder were repeated. Juror Field sold bis furniture and his house m Dublin en August 16th, preparatory tc quitting Ireland. An attempt was made tc boycott the sal*. The Pope baa requested Cardinal MoOabe Archbishop of Dublin, to summon a Chaptai of his Diocese to nominate a 00-adjutor, whe shall become Archbishop. Tba Secretary to the Treasury of Wash ington has instructed the Collector at Sai Francisco to quarantine cattle imported fron the Australian colonies. The remains of the brave but unfortunat swimmer, Captain Webb, were found floatini m Niagara river, a short distance below Lewii ton on July 28th. When found the bod was lying m tbt position assumed by Web while awimming. The remains were some what decomposed. During the examinatio sit the inqueit a ragged out was discovered o

th« h.ad tlireo iriche* m Icngili and opened suflv'ienll' to.xpope. the skull. 1 had the appearance of having boon cut by i rook or some suoh »übßianc«. This wounc was considered Biiffi -ient m i's^lf to havi cause.l death, and it is thouelit ho fank im mpdutely after receiving it. His left shouldei and both eyes were badly bruised and dis colored. His face also nas bruised m places but retained a somewhat placid expression Although a verdict of "Drowned" was ron. dered by tho jury, tho opinion was genera' that Webb had been literally crushed to death by tho tremendous power of the whirlpool. A movement was sturled m London on August 2nd to erect a memorial to tho unfortunato pwiturner and at, tho sime time to rniso a fund for hi» widow and family, who reside m Boston, MaHeacliUßsotts. Undei erred by Captain Webb't fate, C'apt. J. B. Bhodes, also a noted ewimmer, gave notice on August sth that within ninety days he intended to bravo the rapids and the whirlpool. The glove match between John L. Sullivan, the American champion, and Herbert A Slade, tho Maori, oatne off on tho 6ih August at Madison Square Garden, New York, and resulted m Slado being knocked out m the third round. Slado was terribly marked. The profeßsional swimmers of London have arranged a series of performances for the beneGt of tho «idow of Captain Webb. The common people are said to have been exceedingly proud of Webb, particularly because of his success m swimming the English Channel. They have mude manifestations of grief over his loss, as a man regarding him as the finest development of an English athlete. At tho Crystal Police on the. night of July 28th, duri g a grand exhibition of fireworks which had long boen m preparation, the wholo audience hissed a fine picture of the Niugsra Falls berauso it did not contain a portrait of Captain Webb. Murphy, of Preston, a butchor, who had often challenged Webb, and wh» always ooutended Webb would nerer succeed m breasting the Niagara whirlpool, has also met with death similar to that which overtook tho Capt iin. Murphy, on more than one occision, challenged Webb to daro wilh him the terrible whirlpool. Murphy undertook to ewim this pool on the very day th» Ciptuin attempted his Niagara f. at. Both wore drowned m tho samo way on the same day. Cnplain Webb's widow came to Niagara to receive her husband's body. She wns taken to the fatal whirlpool whore ho met his death, and is reported to have trade light of the difficulties undertaken. " Poor Mat," die said, " mu<t havo struck a rock m diving, or elie he would have been all right. Why, i could swim that myself." Sir Henry Parkee, who arrived at Chicago from San Francirco on August 22; id, speiking of the duty on Australian wool, said to v repnrtor lhat Australians consi eivd it a hardship for the United States to keep un a high rate of duty. "lama thorough freetrader, " he said "I believein it absolutely, but I do not want to force my opinion on the American public. I think everything mido m America is admitted free of duty into my colony, New South XVMt. When I e»y everything, I mean any stuff or manufactured [ goods, the exception being du'ies on tobacco and on epiiite, which aro impose I by tho United States to sccuro revenue- only. Wo do not impose auy tariff f.r pnrtection purposes whatever. The tuxes wo levy on American goods wo levy on English." Reporter : " Does the American tariff on wool net as a prohibitory tariff to your people?" "No ; because Australian wool 13 imported. Thoro aro manufacturers m San Francisco who turn out woollen goods equal to any m the world, and come of their blankets are the beßt I ever siw m nianu factured goods. They are obliged to mix Australian wool with Anerican wool." Re porter: "Why?" Sir H. Parkes : "Because they could not produce auch goods without Australian wool, it being finer than any wool grown m America." Reporter: " Did the reduction m the duty on wool by tho American Congress help you any ?" Sir Henry Purkes : 'Slightly, but vory dightly." Sir Henry Parkes proposes to make several speeches m New York. William Sheriff, of Philadelphia, has challenged John 3. Sullivan, the champion, to a glove contest of either four or six rounds, for ICOOdold a, side. Shariff has expressed a contemptuous opinion of Slide's quality as a iightor. The Slado- Mitchell priz" fight is to be fought just across the border of KHUBas, m tho Indian Territory, but efforts are being made to have officers on hand to stop it.