GENERAL SUMMARY.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1182, 23 September 1885, Page 6

GENERAL SUMMARY.

The yacht. s unbeam, wi(h Mr Glaclstono on board, reached Bergen, in Norway, on August 19. The late Premier was greatly benefi ud by Ins trip. He made a pedestrian excursion of 18 miles without being fatigued. He returned to Englaurf on Iho 271h. He was courteously received everywhere bv.lhe Noi" wegiam. Several thousands of unen?ployod working men assembled at Hackney ou the 27th, mid adopted resolutions demanding the Government to assist them lo emigrate. A. British man-of-war left Aden on the 2Bth August to occupy Ambo, situated on Fagoorabo Bay, iiast Africa. The object is to anticipate the occupation of the place by France. John Ruskin is slowly dying from cerebral disease, accompanied by insomnia. On August 26 an infuriated mob invaded a hall in the East End of London, where several Mormon missionaries have been preaching for some time, and made a complete wreck. The elders fl d for their lives. Several captured were terribly maltreated. They were left on the pavement for dead. The cause of the altack was the stories set afloat that these n issionaries had been systematically kidnapping young women and shipping them to Utah to be " sealed " to rich Mormons. Other tales had been told about indignities inflicted upon girls thus en' rapped. I A collision occurred in the Metropolitan District Undei ground railway at Earl's Court, ! due to the signals being broken and unmanageable. One engineer and stoker were killed, and five other persons, who are badly j injured, cannot recover. t ; fhe Highland dans gave a grand reception to the Princess Beafc ice and Prince Henry of Battenburg. The Standard's Berlin correspondent says an eminent Turkish diplomatist has declared that the Sultan aud Grand Vizier are oppos ed lo an Anglo-Turkish alliance against Russia. The yacht Kaliffish was run into and sunk by a steamer off Scotland on 30th August. All on board, including the owner (Mr Crossman) and wife, were lost excepting two. AMERICAN SUMMARY. Charleston, South Carolina, was struck by a cyclone on the morning of 28th August, and one-fourth of the houses in the city were unroofed or damaged. A number ot homes on Sullivan's Islands, including Brighton's hotel, were blown away. Wrecked ships were seen everywhere. The damage is esliina ed at a million dollars. Rumors are afloat that Beecher is to be re. tired from Plymouth Church on account of his attitude during tho Presidental election, and because he lost all his money. Skipping interests at New York are in a deplorable state. Hundreds of unchartered crafts are moored at the docks. Freights are expected to go even lower in the next two years. Recent reports show that the balance of trade with Brazil is largely against the United States. America bought 40,000,000d0l worth of Brazilian goods, against 10,000,000d0l American goods sold to that country. Lee and Hanlan had a three-mile race at Jamaioa Bay, Long Island, on August 22nd, the first race which Hanlan lias rowed since Ins return from Australia. Hanlan won by two lengths. He has arranged a three-mile sculling race with Ross for September. Reur-admiral Seymour has arrived in San Francisco, en route for Victoria, to assume command of the British Pacific squadron. A family with a young lady under their guardianship met with a singu ar adventure j while travelling to San Francisco from the East to embark by the Zealandia for Melbourne, where the Knapps intend to take up their abode. While sleeping in a Pulman car the young lady wan dealt a violent blow over the eye with a brass knocker or club. She shrieked, when her assailant, who is believed to have intended to attack or rob Kmpp, becimi' alarmed, pulled the bell- rop^, wheu the train stopped, and he then escaped in the darkness. Knapp has instructed bis agent to bring a suit against tho Pulman Company for 50,000d0l damages. He went on by Ihe Z j alandia. General Grant's funeral was a very large demonstration. The hearse was drawn by 24 black horses, with a colored man at the bridle of each. The scene as the p recession passed up Broadway was a remarkable one. No sound was heard from the vast orowd that had lined Ihe thoroughfare. In San Francisco the occasion was observed as a State holiday. The f mural procession in the city numbered 10,000. Many people objected to it as a mockery. The streets were draped in mourning. General Grant made no will, having nothing to dispose of. The British barque Haddington, from Columbia River, bound to Liverpool, was disabled in heavy gales near the equator. Four men were swept overboard. She was then headed for San Francisco for repairs, but, owing to dense fogs was wrecked above Point Keys light. The captain and seventeen hands uere drowned, and only on" man rescued. There is a smallpox epidemic at Montreal. The theatres are closed, disinfectants are used in watering the streets, and masses are being celebrated in the Catholic churches. Reil, the Canadian rebel, protested against being considered insane, and declared he had acted solely with the object of benefitling the half breed s. An active agitation is going on among French Canadians in favor of a reprieve. The Peruvian Government forces were defeated by the rebels at Conta on 18th August, after five hours' battle. The Peruvian commander shot himself. The loss in killed and wounded was heavy on both sides.

The Panama revolution has ended. M. De Lesseps' representative in New York declares that the Panama canal is making satisfactory progress, and will reverse a good many prophesies of failure. The project for an Australian line of steamers connecting with the Canadian ' Pacific railway is still being agitated.