ADDITIONAL MAIL NEWS.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXIV, Issue 9662, 16 November 1882, Page 3

ADDITIONAL MAIL NEWS.

A aespatoh' : frpm"Dubliri, dated 4th October, says thai tie police believe that * tb.Q murderers of Lord Frederick Gaven-aisK'tod'trnaer-Se'dretary:.Burke numb^ r a^n;'&a' i a,ye',Btill ih.lreland, but th&ti'' unless' 'the ~'&id of some.informer. informer canj j jbe.,B&brced^..tlie ..crime cannot be brjju'ght parties. The weapons'upetl ,in . ,'tb'e. cdmmis.sioh ,sf the murderayi'p'erft'.ioun.d: somef'days ago,, concealed ,in'the, rafters of,some stables in'ibareariof aAio'us,e..belongmg,to ar'man recently! sentenced .to_penal servitude for, intaniidating'-jMrsx Kenny, widow.- of , a m»n"fmurd6red(in!Saville-place, because hetJwa&mispeoted ! of havirig given.inform&tfon<:'confferhing the> murderers.' It is pltegetl thaff Eenny- was the driver of the''6ab' I 'ui'7i r hi6h : the'niurderers 'rode.. The' ! wbapon^'fotind.-wSre four knives, 9inlonfei'. j; itoitn ''.blades -'.fin '.wide. They are qt^l/'ne^'Ve^'khaiy,' and ; evidently surgical' 1 ' kniyesl ' The ' blade s weje'^digcqidurga. ' by—as proved by chemical 1 analysis — human blood. • {The authorities maintain the strictest silence. Tiufee jiiondbri .detectives .arrived at Dublin on the 15th October with three ofathff'crew of/the Gladstone, one of ; •whom.iwas.-iWestgate, the • self-accused assas'snv'who, as mentioned before, had sailed' for 'the- West'lndies. Thesailors were 1 subjected : to' as'earching examihatidn',' andthe 1 atithoritieß are thoroughly deiermineaVto'siftWestgate's assertions, " iri } bifr6f 'fo' ! quiet' tWpublio mind. Thp pduc'e 'firffily', adriere to' the, belief that: Vi^igaie^ is ' Wazy, and , that ' his ' asser-| tiQfl^.'a^e.^^'orthy^o'f/belief.',.' . ; ;' t jij6ui6'e jaiid the Marquis of. Lpnie'ltprppose '.to' remain ,in British, Columbia ;till ,late .in , November. ■ X).6cat!Wilde. 'has, been arrested at the instance o^.thp-.-St.; J0hn,.N.8., Yonng Melt's Christian Association for .breach of,iontraot; : ;He settled the case by pay-ing.-JElOO.'■',■•' - : ' : .-■ ' ..' • - •-. s •The American 1 Humane Society offers' a reward of 500dols for a painless brand foi<<cattie r . " -■<' ■■""I '■ - - ; ■' • - e Tne'' reduction of the public debt of the United ' States during September last was 16,000,00.0a015, . . ', ... JBfenry. Gfe'orge; the Irish World corresp'ojaden't;,'who!'tried. his hand '!, at agitationf in.' Ireland • with' but poor results, has.; returned '.- to Nev? • York. , He- demands that' the- United States Gpyernmentishall : tabe. up. his quarrel with the 'British : rnithorities. • . . ■ )The . -Lord .-'Bishop of Rochester, -Englandj>iacoompanied'by'< Robert Graham, secretary- ■< of thß^: Church TemperanceSociety,' is'"yisititf|f the" Western States of: America. 1 i! •-'=*,.■: : - : •The" Hebrew Immigrant Aid' Society iri^NfijY ' York, wearied of ■ • the Russian ' Je\y influx' :irito this country, 'have notified the London, Paris, and Berlin authorities to send no' more Hebrew refugee's to the United States. : ,Ten. English: rifles have been ordered for^the American team for the next international.military match. ,-Ex-Rey.t George C.; Milne, who recently' left- the- pulpit for the stage, appeared as " Hamlet" in Chicago. Critics say his reading is better than Edwin Booth's.- ■ ./- '■:;"_ : ' 3Aii-iapplication ifor' 1 a writ of habeas corpus ia the case of Sergeant'- Mason, who fired at. Giriteau- while under his guard; lias been refused; ■ - - : ■ Y-ell'ow fever -is .decreasing in Texas. '.' iStanford ' has sent eights Californian 1 trotters toitheeast to compete with horses" ' raised in New England .and the middle, States. .ffohn •■Pender< M.P.-, known as the 11 cabel 'Mngi" has been bahquetted by the; leading' capitalists of New York. In'the course 'of his remarks; Mr Pender JBxriressed surprise that the American newspapers' published so little about Engh^lraffairs, seeing that the growth of'c'ommerce is so rapidr - Quite a scandal has been created concerning O'Doriovan Eossa and other Irish.. agitators in 1 New York, who are ch'argefa'iwith embezzling the Fenian's Bkirmißh'ing fund. Enough evidence has bee*]£ T i>rpdiiced to send the trustees of the' fund to the State prison. '; f A cricket match between the Australian eleven and eighteen players >hosen from; | clubs lniandarqund'New York took-'-placa ,in| that city on October. 9. The day's splaying resulttd in 110 runs for the Australians and only 27 for the Americans. , ■ ' .'. • -' IV', : ,-' Jay Gould, one> of the richest stockbrokers and -capitalists in 'the United StafJes/'propbseß to' retire temporarily from - Wall- street, and make a triparound the ! ''world. He will build a' large steam yacht for the purpose,' and leave New. Y6rk.lib.out lltfr July next. Eecent •earthquakes in the ' United States of Columbia ' killed four persons on : th : e''isthmuß.'; bne woman "diedfrqm frigtit." Damage to property was not so great as first reported. ' '. Owing •■ to . the partial stoppage of hydraulic mininpr, . and improved condition of the [waterway,' in consequence, salmon.'are. beginning to be seen again in jDalifornia i riyers which they had for sometime abandoned.. ,_. • .; Trouble is feared with the Mormons in -Utah, and the military garrison at Salt Lake' has. been, strengthened. The International Cricket Match, on October 14, between the Australian eleven and a picked; eleven from Philadelphia,; resulted' in a 1 victory for the Australians by nine wickets to spare. Fifty ■, thousand' people . witnessed the • closing of the game. BituaJism has reached such a height in Chicago" that. the secession of an entirfi 'parish' frpm ■ Episcopacy to the Eoman Catholic' Ohurch is threatened. The question was brought up by Bishop McLaren .censuring the Eev. Arthur Bitchie for announcing the celebration of ih'sJ'Fea'st of St.: Michael by. high mass,' no such office being recognised by theiEpiscopal Church. . ; Judge, Black has taken the case of the Mormons, in! hand, and will submit an argument to the Secretary of the Interior' in favour of .the removal of Governor Murray, and to prove that, the Utah Commission is unconstitutional. Ohio" gave a democratic majority of 25,000 in. 1 the gtate election. The change was mainly brought about by German voters, who' deserted the Republican party because of its tendency to prohibition.. Beer did the business. A' fight for a divorce is going on between IScoville (Guiteau's lawyer) and his .'wife (Guiteau's sister). Scoville's answer and cross-bill to the petition of his wife oharges her with unchaste and tmwifely conduct. " Ex-Governor Stanford, president of the Geritral Pacific Railway, has removed from - San Francisco to New Yorkj'whjere he intends to reside permanently, He retires before the hostile public opinion on the Pacific coast. William Elliott, ex-champion of England, beat George Giesel, of Haarlem, New York, in a soulling race on the 30th September for 500 dollars a side. Course, three miles. . Time, 23min. The Eevi 'Henry Ward Beecher's fare-well-address, in retiring from the Coneregationalists, shows that,. in effect, he denies the inspiration of the Scriptures, the orthodoxy of the doctrine of the.Fall and Atonement, and also the doctrine of Eternal Punishment, at which he S °The lightkeeper at Lonely Island, Canada, has been arrested for robbing a drowned person washed on the shore. A. and J. G. Hope, iron importere, of Montreal, failed on the 16th October for 2iW,QQQ4ollaw. , ?< _ ; , .

I Hanlan, Courtney, and Kennedy met at Portland, Maine, on September 26th, and, after lengthy discussion, decided to postpone their races till June, 1883, the stake' money to be put up three weeks in advance of the races'.' "" - | 1 The Dominion' Government has been informed of the intended visit of tbe Prince and Princess of Wales on the occasion of the meeting of the British Science Association, in Montreal, in 1883. Arguments were heard by the Tariff ■ Commission at : I?ittsbugh on the. 11th instant in. favour of the, maintenance 'and increase of duties on, wool. ■ ' ; Bishop.Walshi.recently returned from Ireland, made a speech in St. Peter's Cathedral, London, Ontario, in which ho denounced the agrarian crimes in scathing terms. While, however, opposing the disintegration of the empire, the bishop favoured' Home Rule for Ireland, - similar to that enjoyed by Canada. ; A cyclone visited the Vielka Abago tobacco region, Cuba, on the 16th of October, and wrought so much damage to property and loss of life to individuals that the Captain-General is compelled to appeal for aid to the Spanish Minister for the colonies. .' Professor Blackie, of Glasgow, and others, are about to start a fresh land agitation in the Highlands. Tbe movement is wholly independent of the Land League. ; . 1 Owen Dank, a man arrested in San Francisco some time since while manufacturing- bombs, was sentenced to death on the 19th instant. • j The Australian cricketers have been ibandsomely entertained during their short _stay in' San Francisco, aiad on Satur3ay played a match merely to show their style. The cricketers carry black with them over | Bow'ell, the English pedestrian, has offered to bet J820.000 he will win the qoming , six days' match in New York. The sanguine believe 640 miles will be made. ! The British ship Bremen, of Liverpool, went ashore in a fog on 16th October, near San Francisco harbour, and is a total wreck. ' A Bill was introduced into theYermont House of Representatives on the 18th instant, requiring- prison authorities to render prisoners insensible before execution . • ,', ' 'Oii the. 18th of October, the Secretary of State; Mr' Freylinghusen, conveyed to Mr Henry George, the New York Irish World correspondent, the " regret of Her Majesty's Government " ■ for the treatment to which he had: been subjected 'in prison. The ' Horse Guards returned from Egypt on the 20th. The reception along the- whole route after landing was- enthusiastic to a remarkable extent.' - Beports have reached London that the Danish and Dutch Arctic expeditions are in danger, being beset by ice in the Kara Sea, about 80 miles from the Continent. The German ship Constantia, Captain Kuchlken, came in collision with the steamer City of Antwerp, fourteen miles off Eddystone, on the 17th October, and both vessels were sunk. Fourteen of ,the caew> of the steamer were drowned. Mr Barry Sullivan, the actor, has consented to be nominated for a seat in Parliament by an Irish constituency, on Home Rule principles. ' \ The Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland has commuted the death sentence of Walsh, convicted as an accessory to the murder of Constable Kavanagh, to penal servitude for life. A thick fog, smelling of burning turf, covered the whole of St. Petersburg on the 20th and 21st October. A vast circle of incendiary fires, extending from Finland to the Baltic, is said to surround the capital, and to include within its circumference Gatschina, where the Emperor now is. The fires are in the woods, under which are turf pits, and they may last for a long time. They are attributed to the Nihilists.