News by the Mail.

Thames Star, Volume VI, Issue 1839, 24 November 1874, Page 2

News by the Mail.

The Won»a Wonga did not bring any European mail as reported to us by tele gram on Saturday; only American and Australian mails. We clip the following from Auckland papers :—

EUROPEAN. The Marquis of liipon's suddenly resigning the Grand Mastership of the English Freemasons is attributed to hig perversion to Eomanism. The Press, in discussing the subject, regards this step as the termination of his public career, as any Cabinet would be suspected of which he was a prominent member.

The Times contradicts the statement, recently current, that the Queen had paid the debts of the l'ri::cc of Wales. A t the present time (says the writer) the debts of the Prince amount to little more than one-third of his annual income, and include scarcely any bills duo longer ihan a year The "Prince's balances at his bankers to day will more than suffice to meet every claim, which, in the aggregate, amount to about £40,000. It is true that the Prince is unable to live within his income, but the excess is provided from% fund which is his private property. This fund, which accumulated during the Prince's minority from revenues of the Duchy of Cornwall, is still sufficient to .meet the yearly deficit in his expenses, though the time may come when the resource will be exhausied. "

Tt is reported that Sir Charles Dilke, member of Parliament for Chelsea, and a prominent anti-Government agitator, has sent the- dead body of his wife, Lady Dilke, to Vienna for cremation. The report has created quite a sensation. Bismark's son recently fought a duel with pistols at Dusseldorff, -with Zearskowan, an officer of infantry. The encounter took place at six o'clock in the morning. Ten paces separated the combatants. Three shots were to have been fired by each, but the fitst shot of tlio German Chancellor's son took effect ia his adversary's abdomen, and soon after proved fatal. A Paris "correspondent says:—"The Princess de Bourbon (Madame Perkins) whose husband is now in prison, is utterly destitute with three children. She is begging for work and asking the loan of $20. Her aunt, ex Queen Isabella of Spain,', lives] but a few doors away, but will not help her, and none of her royal relatives will give her a sou. She is now depending on the charity of Americans." An accident of an alarming character has occurred at the chief pit belonging to the Stand Lane Colliery Company (Limited) at Badcliffe. On September the 11th the work of winding coal was proceeding as usual, when the guiding rods at the side of the shaft, on which a full cage was ascending, broke, and the cage and its contents, falling crosswise, were wedged between the uprights and the brickwork. The. consequence was that operations were suddenly brought to a standstill, and the whole of the men and boys, numbering upwards of 2000, were imprisoned in the pit for many hours An apparatus was at length rigged up, and the miners were slowly and safely wound out of the pit by means of an unused shaft situated at a distance fr<Jm the one in which the accident occurred.

AMERICAN.

There were about fifty persons injured by the wild Texan steers in New York, on October 6, during the raid through the streets. The herd was being driven to Buffalo, and the drivers werejcareless, al-lowing-the animals to scatter in the lower parts ©f the city. Many persons were badly hurt internally, and others were disfigured for life, while not a few will probably die. The shouts of men and boys maddened them, and caused them to rush in every direction, attacking everyone they could reach. Indescribable excitement in the street. Pistols, swords and knives were brought out, but the holders of the weapons seemed paralyzed, they not knowing what to do first. The police appeared to be as demoralized as the citizens. The bulls dashed down th© streets, tossing, goring and trampling everyone in the way, and. into. store windows, anywhere to escape the excited crowds surrounding and following them. Pistols were fired carelessly, or so badly aimed that several persons were injured by shots,. Several bulls at length escaped to the river and jumped off the wharves and were drowned. .'.

Brigham Foung's nineteenth wife, Anne Liza, is in Francisco lecturing upon the evils of Mormonism, She if a pleasant graceful speaker, and tells . her story in a way that reaches the heart and convinces the mind. Her success as a public speaker has been very marked. If her exposition of affairs in Utah approaches the truth, it is time Brigham and his mob slept the sleep of the just.

The Henry "Ward Beecher. scandal has no further developments, except that out, of it have arisen eleven libels for damage. The amount claimed aggregates one and a-half million. Beecher has entered suit against Moulton and Tilton, qnd the whole affair will shortly be draped thrqugh the Courts. Beecher recefMy returned from a visit to the New England States. His welcomo in Brooklyn was a magnificent ovation. His church is now so crowded that, as Pat says, •* it is full inside and out." A son of the Bey. Mr. Edger, of your city, having completed a course of two years training in scientific farming in England, returns to New Zealand by this opportunity. The passengers booking through fronV London to New Zealand have had to re? purchase tickets here. The religious world has been troubled by scandals throughout the country* Grlendenning, a Pr»sby terian divine of J er» sey, is being tried for seduction; another

Sirson, for drunkenness ; in thia State, a ongrcgationahst minister' has just been tried for theft, but acquitted. At the recent Methodist Episcopal Conference here, two preachers wero brought up to answer charges of heresy. Tho Presbyterian Assembly is engaged trying ouo of their number on account of an absolute divergence from the doctrinal dogmas of his Church. Both the Methodist and Presbyterian pastors refuse to believe that any unfortunate black sheep will be subjected to the punishment of material fire, or any fire at all, save that of a guilty conscience. They also decline to accept the doctrine of a future judgment, believing that the judgment now is, and not to come. In fact, they are unorthodox altogether, and are, alas, representatives of the religious views of two-thirds of America, i / John Mitchell, having failed to secure martrydom at the hands of the English Government, which . treated him as a harmless lunatic, has returned to this country. During his brief stay in Ould Ireland he said a great many uncomplimentary things of America, which will not be forgotten if ever John indulges'again in " chin music." Jfce Prince of Wales is a great eyesore to the American newspaper editors. There is nothing too small, as there is nothing too great, for an American newspaper to undertake. . This has been shewn recently in the case of the Herald, which has despatched Stanley to fulfil Livingstone's self-imposed mission, and in the efforts which all the papers have made to ferret out and rublisli the details of the private life of the Prince of Wales. During the past month the papers have been greatly exercised, because "Wales," as they are fond of calling him, was in debt to the tune of 3,000,000 dols., ann couldn't pay. After taking no end of trouble to fix it firmly in the scandal-loving mind of America, they announced that the Queen ha & taken over ; " Wales' ". liabilities.mnd would pay up one million a-year. Having patted the Queen upon the shoulder and declared her a model mamma, they now discover that the Prince owes only £400,000, which he is quite able t» pay himself. A little annoyed at the poor result of their scandal - mongering they have taken a new departure and now say, these wise-heads, the Princess Alexandra has gone home to her father, refusing to live any longer with such a free-love Prince. In a recent issue of a local paper a list of the Prince's mistresses, with an estimate of the cost of their maintenance and a description of their furniture, was given. Now they are after Edinboro'*