GENERAL SUMMARY.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 3551, 28 August 1879, Page 3

GENERAL SUMMARY.

A despatch to the Times from Dublin says a bitter feeling has arisen among the Home Rulers, owing to Mr Parnell, member for Meath, abusing Cork in a speech at Limerick. An Emigration Association has been formed at Sheffield, for the purpose of aiding working men to obtain a livelihood in the Western States of America. The French residents in England will erect a monument to tbe late Prince Imperial. The race for the Goodwood Cup was won by Isonomy, Bear second, Parole third The betting just previous to the start was— 6 to 4 against Isonomy, 25 to 1 against Bear, 100 to j3O against Parole. Bear led by 200 yards until within a mile from home, when I?onomy headed him, and won in a canter by three lengths. Parole closed with the Bear a mile from home, when Isonomy finally headed the Bear. Time— 2min Bsec. The twelfth of July celebration in Ireland ended with some rioting. One death is reported. Government had taken extra precautions to preserve the peace. The hop crop in Kent threatens to be a disastrous failure. The House of Commons voted by 76 to 56 in favour of the establishment of a Department of Agriculture and Commerce, under a responsible Minister. The Warwickshire miners declare that the award of the umpire in the wages dispute means starvation for them. i Cardinal Manning preached the funeral sermon on the Princo Imperial at Cbislehurst in the presence of the Imperial family. Tinnegred, a home ruler, has been elected for Innis, against O'Brien, the clerical candidate. Twenty to thirty thousand persons attend Dr Talmage'a lectures at the Crystal Palace, presided over by the Marquis of Townsend. Many of the nobility attend his Eieter Hall lectures, under the presidency of Lord Kinross. Mr Speaker Brand will resign at the clo»e of this season of Parliament, and will probably be succeeded by Mr Ridley, Under Secretary of the Home Department. A large portion of the wall of the import dock at the East India docks, at Blackwall, fell, carrying with it all the hydraulic cranes cranes and quay sheds, and causing damage estimated at £100,000. In the House of Commons on July 29 the Government re-introduced the Bill to enable banks to limit the liability of shareholders to the amount of their paid-up capital. The Bill, as re-introduced, applies to Scotland and Ireland as well as England. The objections of the Scotch members are thus appeased, and the Bill was read a second time. The Civil Service Gazette says the sentence of the Court Martial on Lieutenant Carey in South Africa was death. The Empress wrote to the Queen begging that no punishment be inflicted. Mr Tennont has been elected to tbe House of Commons from Glasgow, without opposition, in place of Mr Alexander Whitelaw. The Secretary of State for India, speaking at a great Conservative gathering in the Crystal Palace, took a hopeful view of the future condition of trade. He defended the Afghan war because it had pacified a hitherto disturbed country. He said that he firmly believed that Russia would fulfil all her engagements by the Treaty of Berlin, and pleaded for time for the Porte to accomplish reforms in Asiatic Turkey. In the House of Commons, the Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs said that negotiations were proceeding between Germany and other Governments in regard to the/ Samoan Islands. A statement of the affairs of Messrs Law, Stewart and Co., who failed a month ago, gives the net liabilities as £154,529, and the assets as £172,628. The House of Lords has passed the Army Discipline Bill. In the first stage of the competition for the Albert prize at Wimbledon, Mr Rigby, of the Irish Rifle Association, scored 100, and Mr Jarrow, an American, 97. Lieut -Colonel Fenton, an Englishmen, won Messrs Cnrtis and Harvey's prize j Mr Frank Hyde, an American, and an Englishman tied for the second prize, which was divided. The following is an account of the obsequies connected with the funeral of tho Prince Imperial :— Orontese waß sighted early on the 9th. The Royal yacht Enchantress took tho remains of the Prince aboard, arriving in tho Thames on tho 10th. Princes Lucien and Charles Bonaparte, Joachim and Louis Murat, Baron Hausßmann, tho Dukes of Padoue and Monteray, and other distinguished Frenchmen were present at the landing of the body. Groucher and Genoral Fluerry carried the pall ; the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Connaught, Prince Teck, and the Princo of Sweden assisted at tho identification of the remains. The Royal Horse Artillery escorted the body to Chislehurat. thoueands of spectators lining the route. Immense crowds witnessed the arrival of the procession. The funeral took place on the 11th, and was accompanied by a great military display. The 56th Lancers and Royal Artillery participated, and never before have so many members of the English Royal family oeen present on any occasion as at the funeral of the Princo Imperial. The Swedish and Dutch ambassadors to England were present, and a body of Paris workmen buried the body. Previous to the funeral the floral wreaths and bouquets deposited were sufficient to fill two vans. The pallbearers were English Princes, who wore their uniforms. An immense wreath bestowed by Queen Victoria was carried on tho coffin, which was invisible, because of tho mass of flowers. Princo Jerome Bonaparte and his eons followed next the coffin. The British Ministry, represented by Mr Fred. Stavely and Sir Michael HicksBeach, wag present, aho a deputation of French military students and workmen from Paris, Tulle, Turcon, and other centres of French industry. Prince Jerome declined tho ex-Empress Eugenio's invitation to visit her after the funeral. The French Military Government of Algiers has imposed a heavy pecuniary fine and sequestrated the property of tho late rebels. Tho International Art Exhibition opened with great ceremony. The French Chamber of Deputies voted 35,000 fracs in furtherance of the participa* tion in the Exhibition. A despatch dated July 21 states that a meeting of Bonapartists to determine the policy to be pursued in consequence of the death of the Prince Imperial was held at the rosidence of M. Bouher. It consisted of senators and Deputies. Noither M. Rouhor or Do Cassag* nao were present, and Ferdinand Barra prosided. Cazeaui, Baron Do Mechlin and other speakers dwelt upon the necessity for the Prince Jeromo Napoleon giving a guarantee. The resolution deciding that, by the death of the Prince Imperial, Prince Jerome Napoleon became the head of Bonaparte family, was ultimately passed, with only two dissentient votes. .^Baratt, and Prince Joachim Murat, followed by most of those present, waited on Prince Jerome Napoleon with, the resolution;"'' Prince Napoleon expressed himself much gratified with tho resolution. The result of- the meeting was communicated to Pope Leo. The Committee of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senatorial , Oommitteo, have pronounced in favour of France taking an active part in opening up Central Africa. [A Commission to examine a project for uniting Algeria and Senegal to Soudan by railway has been" appointed. It includes Baron Do Lessops,. various senators and deputies, and a number of engineers. Baron de'Lesseps has issued the prospectus of the Darien Canal Company. The capital is 1 fixed at 400,000,000 francs. Only 126 francs per share will ho called up in the first instance, and interest at the rate of five per cent will be paid on the actual money received during the course of construction. De Lesseps estimates an income ef 9,000,000 francs from the canal. . 1 The utmost alarm prevails at the prospect of the bad harvest in France. The harvest in Southern' France is nearly completed. The quality is good, but the quantity is hardly up to the average. The Paris Committee for tho erection of a chapel in honour of the Prince Imperial, has issued an appeal calling on the nation for aid. Prince Joachim Murat is President of the Commitleo, and General Floury, Baron Hausmann, Paul de Cassagnao and Bouher are among its members. The absence of Prince Jerome Napoleon's name from the Committee is noted. The German Reichstag haß passed the tariff

Bill and prorogued. An actie agitation against the tariff iB being organised. # German papers estimate the new tariff to yield one hundred and twonty million marks in excess of the previous revenue. Half this amount is required to cover the deficit of individual States, and twenty-two million marks for extra services recently voted for the Empire. .The German Budget, for 1878 shows a decrease from the estimates of thirteen million and a quarter marks. The contractors who have undertaken to raise the German ironclad Grosser Kurfurst have place 87 pontoons inside the vessel and a ehield over the breach. The final decision of the German Government on the religious questions at: issue with: the Vatican has been communicated to the latter. It is as follows:— All exiled clergy who ask permission will be allowed to return to Germany. Many laws will be tacitly bUs^ pended provided the clergy obey the common law, and all fresh nominations are to be submitted to the Government. The Pope is satisfied with these terms. Baron Von Gait, formerly Prussian Minister ' at Washington, and Duko William, only brother to the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg, died on the 28th. Dr Conrad Mertin, the exiled Bishop of Paderborn, Prussia, has died abroad. Tbe body was brougkt to Paderborn. Government allowed a public funeral. . : In connection with the failure of the Spinning Company at Buloch, Canton of Zurich, 1 the manager absconded, and one of the directors committed suicide. The depression in the Switzerland watch trade is increasing and occasioning considerable anxiety. The Liberals lost the elections for the Austrian Reichstag, and a Conservative Government will be formed under Count Taaffe. The harvest of Hungary is reported to be a failure. King Alphonso of Spain is about to marry the Austrian Arch-duohess. Mount Arlberg is to be tunnelled to connect the Swiss and Austrian railroads. A circular has been addressed by tho Pope to the Bishops throughout the world calling on them to promote a monster clerical pilgrimage to Rome for the next Feast of Epiphany. Tho Pope hopes before the close of tho year to conciliate a concordat with Russia. A torpedo boat attached to Admiral Hazareff's frigate at Constantinople was blown up while at practice. Five men were killed and 14 wounded. All the wealthy inhabitants on the shore of tho Caspian, when the Russian expedition against Mero3 started, have been informed anonymously that tho town will bo fired unless money is contributed to tho revolutionary fund. A private letter from Tiflis reports that the Russian soldiers are suffering from typhus, dysentery, and ague. Incendiary fires continuo in Russia. The Siberian cattle plague has again broken out, and destroyed 215,768 cattle and 2360 horses last year. Raiding continues upon the Russian frontier by Chinese subjects. The Russian Minister of the Interior reports 3500 fires during June, causing damage to the extent of 12,000,000 roubles ; 300 fires were incendiary. Fifty thousand roubles have been appropriated to exterminate the corn beetle. The physician from Weimar, Germany, who prompted Bolovjeff to assassinate the Czar, has been sentenced to be hanged. "Further particulars of the fire at Nijni Novgorod, on the 19th of the present month, state that while tho fire was raging fourteen explosions occurred in the Bazaar, killing and injuring forty pereonß. The theatre in the Kremlin, Moscow, has been burned by Nihilists. Owing to the prevalence of incendiarism, the authorities at Karkoff have divided the town into 324 fire districts. Every householder is hound to keep a special night watch and have thirty buckets of water ready. Cholera haß made its appearance at Smolensk. Diphtheria continues its ravages in Bessarabia. AMERICAN. A boiler explosion took place at the railway workshop, Sacramento, California, and killed one man and wounded several, besides destroying £3000 worth of property. A fire in a coalmine at Centralia, Pennsylvania, destroyed much property. The mine was flooded, but the coal continued burning. In July a skirmish took place between the American troops and hostile Sioux. The former lost three, and an auxiliary killed and two soldiers wounded. President Caval, of Hayti, has abdicated, and fled to Kingston, Jamaica. Preparations are being made to elect a successor. In a brush between the Indians and the cavalry at Montana, the Indians woro routed. The Indians previously killed a scout and his family of nine children. There are extensive strikes in the coal and iron trades in the East for an advance of wages. The ironworkers and working men of several large cities made a great demonstration in favour of the eight hour movement. On July 4 five tons of powder exploded in a magazine at Bodia, California, killing three men, and seriously wounding several others. A^ storm of wind, rain, and lightning originated in Ontario and swept ever Michigan and Pennsylvania, doing great damage in its track. In less than fifteen minutes crops were destroyed where it struck. The new Methodist Church at Port Huron was blown down, and several churcheß elsewhere woro unroofed. Several persons were wounded. Ships arriving from Cuba and San Domingo at Philadelphia and Now York with yellow fever are quarantined. Several deaths from tho disease have taken place in New York Hospital. The negro exodus to the North-west still continues. The successful candidates in tho Canadian Military College are privileged to compete for a commißßion in the Imperial army. Mr Bennett's Arctic Expedition was enthusiastically commended by tho French Socio'te' Ge"ographique. A rain storm in Pennsylvania destroyed property to the valuo of half a million dollars. During a hurricane in tho Adriatic 20 vessels were sunk. From Valparaiso come advices reporting the wreck of tho Pacifio Mail Company's steamer Illumine, the crew having been saved. Milton Farron, the American, won tho Wimbledon prize. Entrance for three-quarter- old i races for 1880 show numerous American [ nominations. Pierre Lorillard has six horses, R. Keano five, and M. H. Huntford four, entered for the Dorby. Seven Amorican fillies have been nominated for the Oaks. Twelve million 4 per cent Amcriean bonds have been Bold by the First National Bank of New York to Moran and Co., London, at £10 13s 4d. Tho Golden Date, a six-ton boat, with two men, has left Boston for Melbourne via Cape Town. On July 21 tho Nova Scotia ship St Bernard was wrecked off the banks of Newfoundland, on the voyage from New York to Antwerp. Some of those on board woro drowned. The remainder of the crew were rescued and landed in Europe. The british barque Beecherass Abedass, from Shanghai to Victoria, British Columbia, became a total wreck on a reef at the entrance of San Juan del Fuego, five miles south of Cape Deal lighthouse. The crow were saved. Five ladies woro drowned through tho mismanagement of a steam launch in the St. Lawrence river. Tho party consisted of 201 persons from New York. Tho Pennsylvania miners have received four per cent increase of pay from their employers. A fire in Hamilton, Ontario, on August 2, destroyed nearly a million dollars' worth of property. Three lives were lost. The Wrench barque Delphine Melaino sailed on July 31 for Melbourne with 12,000 centals of cavalier barley, arid 22,000 feet of timber/ Tho sohooner D.iS. .Williams is now loading timber at Humboldt Bay'^for Melbourne. Tho ship Templar arrived at San Francisco on July BL, having lost thirteen lives from yellow fever during the voyage," which lasted 320 days from New York. ; The Mexican war vessel Liberator has been carried off by mutineers from Vera Cruz.' When at sea another mutiny occurred and the ship returned to port, the crew submitting to the authorities. The Chilians deny that any land engagements have taken place, as reported last month. r The Peruvians report tho disabling of two Chilian ships, which were blockading f quique, by the Huascar, which was uninjured. . The Trans-Continental Railway in Costa Rica is being pushed rapidly forward. The English screw steamer Burgos was lost

in St. Mary's Bay, during a dense fog, on the voyage from Montreal to Liverpool. A portion of the cargo was saved. ! ;• . \ On July 19, the Bteamer State of Virginia struck on' a reef off Glendon Island, and became a total wreck. Four women and five children were drowned in the surf. The Government steamer from Halifax received seventy-nine survivors. . :: Mt Bennett's exploring' ship Jeannette, sailed for tho North Pole from San Francisco, on June 10. . . . , Ambrose Fortescue and William Bangor have been apprehended in London for. endeavouring to pass an altered cheque on (he Bank of England. They are supposed to belong to a strong gang of American forgers operating in England, France, and America. The. deposit of 750,000 francs required tobo made in London, under the concession to the Isthmus Canal Cbmpany, before the work can be formally proceeded with, was definitely paid on August 17, to a banker,! appointed by tbe United States of Columbia, to receive it. •■"! It has been determined to lay a new Atlantic cable next year, and to adopt a lower tariff. . 300 Engineers on strike at Bradford are about to emigrate to the United States and 'Canada. 1300 sheep, from Boston, infected with foot and mouth disease, were slaughtered in Liver* pool on July 8.