NEWS BY THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XL, Issue 2930, 13 February 1884, Page 2

NEWS BY THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

(By TjJLEGBAFH.) Auckland, Feb. 11. THE PBANOO-OHINESE DIFFICULTY. A private letter from a gentleman residing m Canton, .December sth, was published m New York on January 16th. It is to theeffect tbat China is de tnrmined to fight, and wtr can only be avoided by Franco backing clear down to tbe ground. France has' made an awful muddle of the whole affair. Had Bhe acted with force at first Tonquin would hive been hers, and everything would now bo quiet. The idea of occupying the country with a thousand or two of troops is too absurd for serious contemplation, but that is just what France attempted. France m hoi delay and want of resolution led China to believe tbat fear kept her baok, and tbis idea took such hold on China that she will not ba satisfied with anything short of a completo surrender of the position which France has assumed m Tonquin. Troops ore pouring into the North, and aro beir-g raised hero. An intelligent Chinaman who had re- - turned to Portland, Oregon, January lo'tb, from a visit to Ohtua, gives a very different version of the storming of Sontay to that published by the Preach. He acknowledges toot 3000 Chinese wcto killed, but, declares the French were almoit totally annihilated. Chinese, he said, hod mined the ground and bad lured tbe French over the mines with the most disastrous results. He is cmfident tho IVeneh will not have a " wclk over" at Bioninh. An attache of the French Lrgation, being interviewed on January 19th, said— " Froncels determined to take Bacninh at all " costs. When that is aooomplisbed she would te ready to accept the mediation of England end the United States." PABT? BIOTING IN NEW BRUNSWICK. The Orangemen on December 26th were attacked by v mob, and three man instantly tilled and several fatally wounded. - Tho riot listed for into tbe evening. At first the Orangemen thought tbe firing was from guns loaded only with powdsr m the hands of their friends, until they saw their men fall. Two Orangemen and two Boman Catholics aro reported killed ond eight mortally wounded, end from eighteen to twenty slightly. Head Constable Doyle is among tbe latter. The details of the affair as received by telegraph ire that the Orangemen walked out on tbe morning of St.. Stephen's Day, and got s.s far at a point leading down from Harney street to Water street. They had justarrivod st the bridge, and tie baud woo playing . " Boyne Water," when .they were met by a < mob and told not to come ony further, but to ' C;o back. The Boman Catholics were arranged ' m line, those: m front having piokuts m tbeir 1 hands, and it had beer determined to use no ' other weapons- unless, m self -defence. They 'I fought with these till the head constable, ( Doyle, was shot down, as was also a m«o " named Callan. Theo went up the cry, 2 " All hands look out," and m an insiatit " tiff went a rattling volley from several r |;ud9. Four men full dend and fourteen 'l irere badly wounded. The rest of the, I Orangemen fled, abandoning thoir scarfs, 0 Dags and banners.. . One of. tbo Cstholip « |)arty tore the flags into strip*, rind planted a {reen flags m their ,'llace,- Ho was, fired at b md wouodod while t'loing" this. "* When the « )rnngemen went dorm into the city they n ii-gan. breaking the windows of Catholics ond I caring down shutters Of thogo whmie houses ri sere elosod. Tbey stopped tho horses of Dr rfoDonald, the Boman Catholic Biahop, later vi a tbe day, while ho wss visiting tbo wounded ot urn ».t Bear's Cave, and attempted to throw al im over a 'cliff , but were prevented by father w Lowe, an herculean priest, who brained one °f f the assassins with a loaded whip, and dip- w ersed the rest. The mounted police then ac line up and escorted the clergymen. AU oi oople m the neighboring towns were terribly st

xci'ed. A lar^e police and military force finally quelled the disturbance. GENEBAL . GOEDON'S MISSION TO TBE SOUDAN. Tho Loudon Times of January 20th soy* General (Chinese) Gordon goes straight to Souakim, via the Canal. Ho will meet Baring, British Consul- General, at Sues;,. and cone to an agreement m ivguril-tp the cooperation of the English authorities m Egypt as fas as may be necessary. Mottsso, chief of the Hadenbowa. tribe, whose sons -General Gordon saved from death, to which they had been condemned. by tho Egyptian officials fc-r making raids, wi;l be summoned to Souakio', and Geno'al Gordon will go with bis escort to Khartoum, where he will asicmble tbe beads of tho tribes and announce that he hue come on behalf of England to restore their liberty, and remove adventurers who have reoouree to the country. He will also iuform the Chiefs -that the slave trade mult cease. So soon as he has finished hiß task m the Soudan ho will go to the Congo country and deal with the slave trade m its headquarters. General Gordon oxpectc to be five months m the Buudan. The King of the Belgians has asked tbo English Government to send him English officers to act m General Gordon's place m the Congo country ontil General Gordon is ready to fulfil his engagement. A despatch from Khartoum on January 18th says it is reported o number of Dervishes there have summoned the people to join El Muhdi. English sovereigns, reoently popular m bazaara, are now refused, or only taken at a discount. This is regarded as ominous. The bearing of the people his been totally chanoed, and some very stroi g influence is at work. Oaibo, Jon. 20. Khartoum still remains open to Coiro. The appointment of "Chinese" Gordon is generally Welcomed, ond it has received the cordial sanction of the Government. THE ACCIDENT TO THE CZAR. The latest version of the accident to the) Caar on December 17th, while returning from a shooting exoursion to Bolgina Palace ia Austria, is to the effect that he was accompanied by his suite m eight sledges, with a number of servants. Although darkness wesj coming on the party noticed ahead six men, apparently peasants. The Czar's aides dro^e forward and ordered tbe men to clear the way. Tbe men Baluted the officers and appeored to obey the order, but when the Czar's sludge came on a level with them, they suddenly wheeled round and fired at him thrice, and t»o of them ran towards the sledge. The horses attached became frightened ond galloped louae 100 yards, when the Czar was thrown out of the sledge. A bullet lodged m the Czar's shoulder, bnt it waa not a dangerous wouod. Tbe Czar's followers immediately mounted the Bledge horses and followed the assasßins, who escaped to a neighboring wood. Owing to the depth of tho snow the pursuit was fruitless. One of the pursuing officers ventured too far and did not return. The Telegraph thinks the attack was an attempt to execute the sentence of death recently passed on the Czar by the Nihilists. Lieut. Sudeikin was murdered at St. Peters* > burg on December 81st, by Nihilists, He . was decoyed into one of their secret mseting places, tortured for two hours to compel him to divulge some political secrets, and when he ! did at last give them up and they were verified as correo', he was stabbed to death ■ as a measure of. safety to the oonspii-otorsi The murder ia attributed totheinstrameatolity i of Mm. Wolkerstin, a sister of the lady who ■hired m all the attempts sgoinßt the late - t. zar, and who was finally hanged. A second i account says the lieutenant was a lull and , powerful man, and that to judge from the broken furniture and debrit m the room he did not die without a straggle. Thirty seven sludert) were arrested on the 9th for oomplicity m the mnrder. Sudeikin's nephew, | who was with him st the time, was severely wounded, and died on the 17th without recovering consciousness. The assaxei nation had a most depressing effeot on the Czar, who was on the point of making constitutional concessions, but is now said to be fir-nly re- , - , solved on being more stringent than erer. Ho sent for Count Foloeti, Miai'iiter of the Interior, and violently reproached bim for bis lack of energy and incapacity. Foloata thereupon resigned. GEBMAN COUBT SCANDAL. I London, Jan. 10. t Court circles m Berlin are excited by a scaodal, tbe alleged culprit being no less a ■ personage than Prince Frederick Charles Nioholas, nepbew of the Emperor, and one of the most distinguished generals of the Franco-Prussian war. His wife, Princess Mario Ann. daughter of the Duke Leopold iFrederiok of Anbalt, recently dincovered what she considered conclusive evidence of the Prince's unfaithfulness. The female m the case is a lady who is prominent m the court of the Empress Augusto, but whose mime has not been allowed to be mentioned publicly. It, is almost certain that the Prince's offence if he has been an offender, is a thing' of the pis', and that the liason was ended several years ago. The Prinoess confronted bim with proofs of his guilt, and a terrible scene resulted. The upshot of the row was that Frederick Charles refused to comply with the demai d of the Prinoess tbat he should refuse to speak to the lady m question, and that the Princess threatened to prosecute hiiii for a divorce m the publio Courts. Tbo Prinoess bas submitted tbe question to tbe Emperor, and agreed to obide by his decision ail hood of tbe Hobenzollern family. The Emperor has issued an order m which he deoides tbat a , . suit for divorce may be arranged after due." provision has been made, to pro:eot the State rights of the Princess and her offspring. SANDWICH ISLANDS. The Washington National Republican of January 4th has published a letter from Honolulu, m whioh it is sated that matters ore m a very serious condition m tbe islands on account of the unpopularity of Prime Minister Gibson and his Cabinet. By his influence over tbe king, the correspondent says, Gibson has become all powerful, and is using bis position to advance the interests of Spreckles. One of the chief causes of the reoent trouble come fronj: tne recent nbn- " tract between Spreckles and the Govern- "*" ment. Chinese laborers are imported into the kingdom, but by law tbe importations are limited to twenty per month. Tho transportation of these Chinese !s profitable/ond the Governmeot bad made a oontroct with tbe Pacifio Mail Company to bring them, but recently Gibson notified the Company he had qsnoelled the contract, and -made smother with Spreckles for the same service. A mass meeting was held on December 27th' to consider this action of Gibson, and a condemnatory resolution was adopted. A resolution expressing want of oonfldenoe m the Cabinet was also passed. LATEST SUMMABY OF NRWB. The Nationalist invasion s>f Uliiter hes aroused a bitterness of feeling id tbis breasts of tho Orangemen m tho North of Ireland which is fast becoming dangerous to ?he pesoe of tho island. The Irish Exeoutive exhibit a vacillating pob'oy which only fans Ihe flame of OraDgeism. Meetings are permitted to be held, or prohibited from being held, apparently on no reoogoised system. The loyal authorities are so incensed at what they consider the favoritism shown to " rebels^' that they threaten to resign if any more Nationalist meetings ore held m Tyrone. At » . meeting ' held at Dromore on the Ist inst., a serious listurbanee occurred. Borne 2000 Nalionolists tssembled outside one end of ths town, » 000 Orangemen met at the other fx'.rerne, ' md a largo foroe of military and police, )e-.rly 2000 strong, oeoupied (ho town tself to keep the opposing factions asunder, .nthis they succeeded until latein'trie^oftertoon, when even the liberal use of th«. bayonet mi baton foiled to stop the Orangemen from Mocking tho Notionalists as tbey tnarohed tome. Mony : of the latter were wounded „ s nth sticks and stones, wbile several Orange*" f sen were stabbed by the Hussars and /oncers. One has already died and two are eported to be fatally injured. ' The day after O'Donnell's execution, ehioles containing contingents of ctjnstables »me dashing through the village of HaWardeu t a furious pace from the Queensfcirry rail■ay stufron, muoh to the surprise and alarm f the inhabitants. The first pirty to Srrtva as Inspector Applin from Rhyl, who wsa ;companicd by two police oonstableii. With* at waiting to walk up the hill from the ation to Hawarden Tillage, the inspector

secured a horse and vehioh*, and left im mediately at a rapid pace for Howardei Castle, only a ■ mile end a half iliu tent. By tbe next train stopping * Queensferry thare arrived half a dozen man constables, all of whom left m the eaau hurried way. The men professed to have n< knowledge whatever of the purpose for whiol they had been severally called off their beats The telegraph liod, however, where necessary been brought into requisition, tbe men being instructed to proceed to Hawarden Castli without delay. Mr Peter Brown, Chie-I Constable, of the County, himself arrived, and drove o& .. to: the Castlo. -j.Wbco he reached Hawarden bo found it m oommand of at least a dozen men, all of whom were armed with six barrelled revolvers besides their staves. Detective .Whither*, who is resident m the village, even, m the absence of the Premier,- held a conference with the Chief Cons' able of Flintshire, and the men were disused about the Castle and along the various avenues from Hawarden. During tbe night a most oareful watch was maintained by patrols. In the meantime most painful rumors were ourrent m H» warden. It was declared tho Premier's life had been threatened, tbat Invinoibles were coming down from. London to murder him, and that be hoi been removed secretly to a place of greater safety. As a fact, Mr Gladstone had been seen to leave tho Castle at dusk m a carriage, shortly after the arrival of Inspeotor Applii and his two men, and the Inspector iramediitely divided his forces, leaving one nw m charge of the Castle, and taking a conveyance and tho other oonstobles with him for the protection of the Premier. Mr Gladstone did no* ' return to the Castle for the night, but it now appears he left on a visit to Mr John Scott, a banker, at LougbteHail, Northop, about three milei distsn from Hawarden, and the same fron Holy well. - On December 3lst, at the Johaninskircbi m the workiog men's quarter of Vienna, i terrible panio occurred, and suoh a seme ha not been witnesied m Vienna since the burn ing of tho Biog Theatre. A Jesuit priesl named Homeric, woe preaohiog a missioi sermon to an enormous oadienoe, the maja rity of whom were women ond children Suddenly crowds.of exoited working mci broke violently into tbe churob shout ing "Down with the Jesuits," staosbini doors, windows, and chairs, tearing the robe of a priest named Gesu, throwing pavior stones at Father Hamerle, and damaging tb.: altar ond images. After a severe handling the priests managed to escape, and concealed themselves m the socristry. Meanwhile thi! wax tapers on the altar were falling about, and aoused a blue. Tbis was soon extinguished, but a most frightful panio ensued, Women and children were squeezed, orushed, and trampled upon. Three dead bodies havo been identified. Several persons were severely end probably fatally injured. For some tim'u past great ill-feeling hat existed between tho working men and the Jesuits. The working men complain that Father Hamerle, who ii very eloquent, preaches between ceren and ten o'clock m the evening, and that all ths women and children m the neighborhood flick to hear him instead of staying at home to cook their sappers. This was the immediate cinse of the scandal. Father Hnmerle's theme last night was " The Glory of Poor Christiana ia tbe midst of the Wilderness of Socialism." Simultaneously with - the attack of the mob upoia the church, thousands of Socialist proclamations were distributed throngbout the city. Tbe chancel was literally torn to pieces, and everything m tbe interior of tbe church was destroyed. The floor was here and there marked with blood stains, and is still covered with Sooiolist proclamations, torn prayerbooks, hats, bonnets, shoes and clothing Daring the havee two women gave birth t? children. Archbishop Ganglomer ordered the profaned church to be again oonsoerated. A dozen arrests bave been made, ar.d great excitement prevails. There was a scene m tbe French Chambers on December 20th, which resulted m the expulsion of M. Clovis Hagnes. The anniversary of Gombetla's death was oelebrated on December 31st by about a hundred of bis friends, who assembled at his country villa. Sir Thomas and Lady Brassey have returned to England after travelling 11,506 mile* m the Sunbeam. Tbe Hon. Ivo Bligh left Grovessnd on December 29th en route for Australia. His visit is a boopy one, to marry Miss Murphy, to whom he was engaged last spring. " Becent Explorations m the Sonthern Alps of New Zealand " is the title of a paper by the Bey. W. 8. Green whioh is to be read before the Boyal Geographical Societj lit their next mealing on January 17th. A man who first refused his name and address was st Leamington on December 28tb sentenced to three months' imprisonment for a series of frauds upon medical aien. He afterwards represented that bis name was i\ Murray Gibbs, brother of Dr Heuengb Gibbs, with whom he was on friendly terms, and th'it he bad returned weakened by rbenmotiofertr aad with fire motherless children from Ne» Zealand, where he had lost his wife and his practice. Amongst the list of new compsnias brought out lost year four were formed m connexion with Australia and New Zealand as against eight m 1882. Tbe total authorised capital of these four was £3 900,000. Thi y were s* follows, the Anglo-Australian Steam Navigation Company with a capital of £600,000, the Australian Loan and Agency Company with a capital of £1 000,000, Nelson Brothers with a capital of £300,000, and the New -Zealand Mortgage Company with a capital of £2,000,000. Tbe nominal amount of capital for the whole of the companies brought oat m London last was only £35,341,600, or rather less than half tbe nominal amount of tbe issues m 1882. The tbird new steamer of the Now Zealand Sbippiog Cotnpiny, the Baapehu, bos arrived m tbe Boyal Albert docks, and is to • ill on January 10th via St. Yinoent and Hobart for tbe four chief porta of New Zealand. On her trial trip on December 28tb, she mode the splendid speed of 15 knots, and •he came round from Greenock to Grovesend ia 51 boars, or aboot 14} knots. Her officers are all accustomed to the colonial trade. Captain Crutcbley, late of tbe Union Steamship Mexican being m command, and Mr Cross, the first officer, having alno left tbat service. Tbe second officer, Mr Baxter, has besn m command of one of the Company's clippers. The Buapehu will lie followed by tho lonic on January 24th. The Bey. W. 8. Green, M. A, has published » book, "The High Alps of New Zealand," ia which he describes his. adventures among tbe glaciers cf the Southern Aipt, and his ascent of Meant Cook. He narrates his mountaineering experience more m detail thao be did m the paper he contributed to the transactions of the ' Boyal Irish Academy and the Alpine Journal. In the prefaoe to bis work, replying to an imaginary objretor that be claimed, tie oscsnt of Mount Cook without having set foot on the actual »u»e mi t, Mr Green modem ly ataten that be will willingly relinquish tbe elairas he may have to the man who suoeeeds m passing the point he reached. He believed tbat bis party discovered tbe only pricticsl line of ascent from the great Tasman glacier. In tbe Appendix Mr Green offers some useful hiDta to those who may eontenapUto Alpine travel m New Zealand, He thinks that even amateurs m mountaineering might attempt many fine expeditions, such as tbe peaks- of tbe Malta Bran range. He considers that, there are rooty peaks m tbe Southern Alp* whieb may be more diffioult sod quite as well worth climbing as Mount Cook, sod he especially instances Mount Seftoci, Mount Tasman, Mount Tyndall, and Mount Aspiring. Two of tbo New Zealand torpedo boats ore Eraotically ready to be despatched by the ship jttelton, which sails m a few days, and the other two will most probably, be soni; by on s of tbe direct stesmers. Only pan of the boats is eqaippod with tbe Nordeofuldt guns, fixed to the conning towor. These machine guns are very expannive, and it has been considered advisable to give tbe military ontborities m tbe colony its opportunity of judging of it* suitability before ordering a similar armament for the other beats, All, however, will be so fitted that Norden. feldt, Hotebkise, or any otbor machine got: can be readily brought into use. Each boat will be fitted with dropping gear I'or launching Whitehead torpedoes, m addition to upor torpedoes. . Xhete costly weapons are wort! about £600 »*pi«oe. Pour Uds, who, being all fonitsm ye*).* ol

age, might have been expected to be wUei after a severe conraa of reading thn " 80. Voyagers," " Robinson Crusoe," and other ad venturous literatnre, started Yom Blackfriar Bridge on Boxing Day m an open b >s.t, m tending to proofed to Australia. They hat victualled their little craft with a quantity o biscuits, and carried basides a cotnpaM, a tea pot and » kettle, some candles and matches, i box of stationery, a bullet motld, a revolver Bn( some powder. After proceeding safely ns fai as Greenwich they ran upon a mud bnnl during a fog, and being compelled to appea for assistance were renoued by the police galley and ignnminioutly loeled up until theii parents turned up to claim them. The Magistrates before whom they were brought warned the boys to be- leu foolish anil they were' sent home; The number of applied for m the proposed Auckland and Ha<rke'« Bay Land Company (Limited) did not warrant an allotment being made at present, consequently tbe deposits were returned to the applicants. Th» promoters are willing to reoeive applications without cash deposits, und possibly the Company may shortly be again brought before tbe publio. Aden, tbe key of the Rod Bea, is to be converted into a firet-clats fortress. The forts are at present arcned with artillery capable of coping with ironol ids of tho third olnss, but when tbe new breech-loading 10 4 inch guns of 26 tons are placed m position, the forts will be praotically mfc against attack, as these guns are said to be superior to the 12.5 inoß muixle-loading guns of 38 tons. As Colonel Grossman has reported that many of the ports besides Aden are inadequately defended, a Home paper says it is to be hoped the Imperial Government will extend their attention to them alnD.