MAIL ITEMS.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 6407, 7 January 1888, Page 2

MAIL ITEMS.

♦ The return to Russia by France of Crimean trophies is being agitated. The British Cabinet have decided to re> assemble Parliament on February 6th. Adelina Patti, who was reported to ba . suffering from cancer, gave a farewell concert in London on December 6th, previous to leaving for her tour in South Amerioa. A number of Bradford firms have re* ceived notice from correspondents in Germany and other countries on tha Con- ' tiuent that the " Volapuk," the new universal language, will be used after a • certain date. It is thought the forged Bismark letters were placed in the Czar's hands by inch influential people that he hesitates to identify and compromise them. The "Eighty "Club gave a banquet to ■ E.rl Granville in London on the 13th' Dicember. In the course of his speech this Earl said if the Government undertook to cettle the Irish question upon a reason* ' . able basis of self government they would have the hearty appport of the Liberals. The delegates of the Scotob Homa Bale Union, having made a tour of Ireland, returned to Glasgow on December 9th,and report that the Irish people are eager toi peace; that their demands are moderate: and that the National League is (he chief aj,enoy for the maintenance of law and ' order. The delegates believe the present measures taken by the Government are miavailing. ' ■ - When Mr Bradlaugh was cross-examined in the London Police Court, on December ' 2nd, in the Graham-Trafalgar Square case. hi was asked by the counsel for the Government whether he remembered, tha ,-, meeting in Trafalgar Square in 1886 which... resulted in a detsobment of the orowd ' ' looting the shops. He replied : " Yes, tba meeting was got up and paid for, by' Salisbury. I have seen the cheque." Lord Salisbury promptly pronounoed the state* ment as absolutely unfounded. An application on December 7th for a warrant against Mr Bradlaugh for perjury in the Salisbury affair, was refused as the ' ' matter was not of vital importance in the case. Mr Bradlsugh will move for a committee to inquire whether Lord Sailsbury sent a cheque to assist the Fairtrade ■ ' meetings in Trafalgar Square in 1886*