General News.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume VI, Issue 269, 28 June 1878, Page 9

General News.

•Sv H ?^ ™ he y intends, it is said, to transform the room in which Pius IX. died into a chapel. « * £ D B S n ATC i I f / 01U POllP 011 ; 1 . 3 " 11110 ? 1^ dated March 2 9» 'announces that the Sultan had received,™ audience the Archhishop of the Latin #nte, who communicated to him the notification of the election of i ope .Leo XIII. His Majesty conversed very affably with the Archbishop, and conferred, upon him the Grand-cordon of the Osmanic order. FEnccioua Mr. Proude holds that religion is giving way to seep*o small around. •< Religious opinion," says Mr. F., "is moving ir..u increasing speed along a track which it will never retrace, and toward issues infinitely momentous." Ah! but if Mr. Froude does not know more about this matter than he thinks he knows about En<*Jisli rule m Ireland, his opinion upon it is scarcely valuable enough to be telegraphed across the Atlantic— Pilot. \ £*^ Jo ™' ml de Xi'vxclles states that toward the end of Decem- * i Y^ Bmmailuel became a prey to gloomy presentiments, and watched the approach of the year IS7B with nervous terror, bein°- full or apprehensions both for himself and his country. Inthis frame of mind .he resolved to pay a visit to the Pope, and a gentleman in his confidence was despatched to the Vatican to ask whether His Holiness would receive the King. Pius IX, had preserved for him a friendship which was commingled with tenderness and compassion. He at once consented to the interview and appointed a time. One evening Victor Emmanuel took a carriage, and, after various detours, to prevent any notice where he went, was set down at the Vatican. It was near midnight when he entered the Pope's chamber and threw himself on his kness. He remained with him for three hours. No one else was present.

7 WHA i are Mr ; WwUey. *&. Newdegate, Sir Thomas Chambers, and the other watch-dogs of the Protestant fold about 1 According to i the John Bull , over one hundred members of the congregation of 2 Bartholomews, Brighton, have during the last fortnight joined the Catholic Church ! What, we should like to know, is to become of our glorious constitution" if this kind of thing continues to be of frequent occurrence ?— Nation. The breaking into apartments is a matter of daily occurrence in Home, and the thieves are generally armed with knives or daggers to terrify their victims. Experience shows that it is better not to resist unless by means of a revolver. It is better to lose watch and purse tttan to risk one s life when one has no weapons to oppose to the sharp steel. So, at least, the Italians think, for it is seldom they offer any opposition when the knife is at their throats.— Tablet. m For the first time, probably, in the memory of any living physician, a case of yellow fever ending fatally is reported in London It occurred m one of the squares of Belgravia. The ,case was seen belore death, m .consultation, by Dr. Murchison; and both the symptoms before death and the anatomical conditions after death clearly established the nature of "the case. It was contracted on board a West Indian steamer in which several deaths had occurred. Under some circumstances and during .periods of great heats such an announcement might have created serious alarm, but, with the present ternpcratiire and considering the precautions taken, there is no reason to consider it possible that any local extension of the disease should follow.— British Medical Journal. The Rajah of Pooree, who on a charge of murder brought against him was transported for life, has appealed to the High Court. The trial excited great interest. He is entitled to the hereditary charge oi the temple of Juggernaut as head Shivaite, and is regarded as the Incarnation of Vishnu. Tbe Ooryia people prostrate themselves and pay him divine honours when he appears. The alleged motive for the murder was that the victim worked incantations against the xtajah. — Times. Amongst the replies which His Holiness the Pope has caused to be sent to the addresses forwarded to him from Ireland, that answering the Corporation of Dublin will be fouud of especial interest. His Jiminence Cardinal Cullen it is who writes, and he tells tho Lord JVLayor that His Holiness is well acquainted with the good works of the inhabitants of this city, and "speaks of them with admiration." Alter speaking for some time about Ireland," adds his Eminence, and manifesting great interest in its prosperity, His Holiness charged me to express his high esteem for you, my Lord Mayor, and lor the worthy aldermen and councillors who assist you in the - administration of the city of Dublin, and who labour so assiduously for -*«he welfare and prosperity of its people." It would not at all sur- - prise us if Leo XIII. were master of the municipal history of the city. iJrom his now famous pastorals on "the Church and Civilization," it as plain that he has made such subjects a serious study, — Nation. Ox the feast of St. Joseph the pupils of Notre Dame Academy, Mission Dolores, California, sent, as their annual offering in honour oE St. Joseph, one hundred and fifty pieces of ready made clothing to the orphans of the Kernalo Orphan Asylum of South San Francisco— a noble act of charity for these hard times. The little pupils of Notre Dame do not fast, but they sacrifice their " candy money" during Lent and buy clothes for the orphans. The Dublin Freeman of March 30th says : " Here ig a story which reaches us from a Northern town. In a regiment stationed at the place in question, which for the present shall be nameless, there are some Irishmen, and some, moreover, who are Catholics to boot. On the day observed as the National Festival these men had the outrageous assurance to appear with the national symbol in their caps or on their dress. This, it appears, gave mortal offence to the colonel, who is himself an Irishman, and a ukase forthwith was issued that in future no man of the regiment was to presume to repeat so unwarrantable a breach of discipline. We never heard of so petty and impolitic a piece of folly as this. Does this colonel suppose that the wearing of the Queen's uniform is to put a man outside of the pale of of humanity ? Are all sentiments of religion and fatherland to bo forsaken by the unhappy recruit when he has taken ' the Saxon shilling ?' We do not believe that any such expectation is held by the

Saced hi ?° ° sanding officers under whom Irish, soldiers are LnM^Lr 7»? *°° S° ncrous or too wise to indulge such petty !?S^- i^^; P? * he conhai 7. *hoy rather strive to kecj m^JS,,^!- 110 - 1?-1 ?-^ 11 '^ Of " th< t r rank and file b y <*<*? means which S tVZ dlsc .IP UnG allow* The spirit of the Scotch soldiers is cheered llotSlhv^ Q T%^fl tke traditio ™ *» dress and music of the ?™fc i fV * G Welsh tro °P s aye encouraged to display the proud SSK, ii tbe^ c ° uu t r ? mall Fluellin, who made the swaggerinSuaUv nS?W '' *£ J^W when nofc lcd by bigoted £o°ob, are eguaUy indulged m their national aspirations. We believe it would a fi°nr r / w day f ° r 4 he Bervico when i* Bliould be otherwise." Whit S ? E °S and is b °^g beaten by antiquated Spain. XVI? aye . b een talking about the electric light, experimentalizing ™™ a railway 'stations, and frightening shareholders in gas mST I s "|g esti ng a competition which we do not further, ttStt? start f, an A ele^cal light for its principal "Place," and sUcf I^l-1 L + £ n E 1 n S lisbman cntcrin ? the Pa crto del Sol, a tC* % i fi hk ° the P1^ c Tendome Paris, the other night, thought the full moon was shining. He found, however, that wW gJf f Bn pt a beanjfally bright and even light Vas the use of electric tym the centre of the Place,. The lights are in six globes of SES g^ f *«* ° f tbree^ n tvvo lam P-Posts, about twice as tall as those used for the gas. Tbe six- globes were all of them of equal SS> and emitted a soft, pale, penetrating light, as steady as an SSfn ?&^S"? tbC ! hop evMsTrt* !ook poor red flames by comparison. About thirty or forty yards from the lights email print can he easily read ; still the lights give no painful glare, but really form charming objects, which it is difficult to keep one's eyes off. When the moon rose, says tbe correspondent, it was clear how wonderfully similar, the two lights were. Each of the globes, at about thirtyyards, seemed like a full moon, and gave about as much light. It sepmsstrange that a country, which wo consider so backward at Spain, should be experimenting with this light and with success, while we are still only talking about it. It is true, however, that we have not many open spaces like the Place Vendome or the Puerto del Solio light, and electricity can not be used in small, confined localities, because of the extreme darkness, by comparison, of tho spaces into which the light does not penetrate.— London, Paver. m A oohbkspomdibkt of the Carh Examiner tells tho following singular story :— About a fortnight since the Eev. Mr. Dca, Protestant curate m Kilmallock, , who resides a short durance from' the town, between the Old Blossom Gate and the mansion house of Ash Hill lowers, heard, or fancied that he heard, a knock at his door at about twelve o clock at night. He opened the window of his bedroom, and asked was he wanting. Gel ting no reply, he retired, and in a short fame the knock was repeated. He again opened the window, but }™ ll S 5xe f" lfc - T *ieaext night the knocking was again heard, and Mr. Dea then made a report to the police that some persons were annoying him. On the third night, two policemen went to the scene, and Jay in ambush near the house, they heard nothing until Mr. Dea raised tbe window, and asked did they hear anything, adding that he heard the knocking going on at a fearful rate. The police entered the house, and they also plainly heard the noise. They returned to barracks, but the constable (a Protestant) could not be convinced of the noise being m the house. On the next night he went there, and also waited m ambush, but heard nothing until he entered the house, when there was the noise rising from a « dead" knock until it reached the rumbling noise like that made by a heavily weighted cart. After this many Protestants of the town, accompanied by Mr Wcldon, J.P., went to the house, and they all heard a noise as described, and explored every room and corner, even an old garret in the -house (through which one of the exploring party fell). When they went to the room where the noise was supposed to be heard, it was then heard m another. One or two persons were then put in each room, and the noise then seemed as if proceeding from the walls. The noise still continues to be heard, commencing sometimes as early as 9 p.m., and at others not until about 12, and continues until about i o'clock. Many are the surmises as to the nature of the affair, but, of coursp, no opinion on the matter can bs advanced. Therefore, I merely state the facts as I know them.

F 3 ?^ of the Frontier there is universal testimony to the fact that the women and children of the Kafirs who are now in arms against the colony are crossing over in thousands into British territory to be fed. Mr. George Blame, M.L.A., writes from the Kei ?o? oa J 1^ are we to do with these Pool 1 wretches ? Their husbands and brothers will be all the readier to -fight when freed from these wpeaunenta. ' And again :— « I cannot help thinking that; before we help them we should insist on the mpn laying down their arms. Well may Mr Blame ask what are we to do 1 We at present occupy the anomalous position of having allowed both the Gaikas and Galekas to send over to us for safe keeping their aged and infirm, their women and children, and all who cannot be of use in warfare their flocks and herds, their Lares aud Penates— while they fight us! If they succeed, well and good, if they fail, we shall have to keep them too, till in the natural course of events they fancy they are strong enough to fight us again. It may seem harsh and cruel to say so,'bufc we believe that until Sandilli and Kreli are surrendered, and. every assegai laid down—we ought remorselessly to turn back every Jianr woman who may attempt to cross the border.— Cajie Mercury. m Count vox Moltkk, in his letters on the East, has the following remarks :—«The little town of Kazanlik is hidden in a small forest of gigantic walnut trees. Even tho minarets do not succaed in rising above the mountains of foliage and branches un.der which they are buried. The abundance of water in that district surpasses all conception ; ]ust as m Lombardy, all the fields and gardens are irrigated by dutches and rivulets. Kazanlik is the Kashmire of Europe, the Gulistan of Turkey, the country of roses. That flower is not cultivated, as with us, in pots and gardens, but in fields and in furrows, like potatoes. Nothing can be more charming than such a plantation of roses. Millions upon millions of red leaves are spread over the bright green of the rose-fiold, and yet at this moment not one quarter of the buds arc opened. At Kazaalik is made the oil of roses which is of such great value, and which is difficult to procure unalloyed, even at Constantinople." , J