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New Zealand Tablet, Volume VII, Issue 380, 30 July 1880, Page 11

Facts Without Comment.

In New York it is reckoned that the number of adult converts •mount annually to 900. Mr. Peter Lalor, member for Grant, Victoria, has been elected Speaker. There are about 750 Jesuit Fathers in America. The majority are Americans. England intends increasing: the British fleet in the China seas. Eventually the Chinese will populate tropical Australia, The New Zealand born youth is too cute to be " neglected," and too sensible tc be publicly criminal. The largest bell in the Australian colonies is in the tower of the Post Office, Melbourne. Nineteen Bishops of the United States are Americans by birth. Madame. Lind Goldschmidtis still alive. A Bill to authorise further advances for the mitigation of the distress in Ireland has passed Parliament. The newly arrested Maori prisoners are to be lodged in the gaol at Lyttelton, A miracle is an outward and visible fact, which clearly surpasses the powers of nature. The pigeon race, Timani to Christchurch, 99 miles, was won in 2 hours 5 minutes. Favourable reports have been received from the Temora goldfield, Robait Pasha refuses to fight the Greeks. Two race horses have been purchased by Sir Hercules Robinson from Mr. Lamond of Sydney. The Auckland harbour is rapidly silting up. In Ameiica a Jesuit, has himself alone received 8,000 Protestants into the fold of the Catholic Church, amongst whom were about ten ministers. A company is being floated to work ground at Kanieri by a turbine wheel. During an earthquake, the village of Heleddi, near Sinope, was swallowed up by the sea. The quartz from Te Aute shows that it contains no gold. The Co-operative Land Society purposes establishing a special settlement at Auckland. Natives about Parihaka say Christ was crucified and the prophets persecuted, ahd so it is with them. A shark, thirty feet long and probably weighing five tons, has been caught at Soquel Beach. California. Robbery with violence still continues to be a frequent offence in Melbourne. A Pole was bush-felling near Waipuka when a tree fell on him, causing serious injuries. More than a century back, gold was discovered in the county of Wicklow. The French Press has been devoting considerable attention of late to the present phase of the Eastern Question. The American residents in Sydney celebrated the Declaration o Independence of the United States by an excursion to Sandringf am. Mrs. D. O'Rourke has presented a magnificent Altar of St. Joseph to the Catholic Church, Cooma. Miss Dargon is now Mrs. Piercy of Coonamble. The cure of Notre Dame des Victoires, declines the rich crown offered by the Empress Eugenic. The graziers at Warren, N.S.W.. express indignation at the imposition of a tax on wool, and cry for separation of the saltbush country. At tbe Hague the performances of the theatre are given in alternate nights in French. Egypt and her people are always keenly interested in India as a Mahomedan country. A child four years old was killed on the tram-crossing at Grosvenor street by a tramcar from Caver sham, near Dunedin on Friday. Mr. James Clancy, the last of the Fenian convicts, has arrived in New York* At Vladivostock forts have been recently erected in view of the possibility of England and Russia going to war. The Dunedin police district has been reduced by nine constables, and the third-class sergeants have been reduceded to the grade of first-class constables. His Excellency's racehorses are to be prepared for the meeting at Christchurch. Mre. Borton of the Marewhenua Station, has died suddenly. Tbe Victoria Theatre, Pitt Street, Sydney, has been destroyed by fire. Mr. Lawrence Oliphant, has communicated to the Sultan a plan for establishinging a Jewish colony on the east bank of the Jordan. Parnell was the first foreigner ever allowed tv address the American Honse of Representatives. The Solar Cycle is a period of 28 years. In the village of Skerries, near Dublin, Miss Annie Morrip, at the launching of a new ship called it Leo XIII. There are in the archdiocese of Melbourne alone 103 Catholic schools attended by 14,039 children. A solar year is the time which is occupied by one revolution of the earth around the sun. The bishops and clergy of the diocese of Bathurst have unanimously resolved to make ample provision for the future educational wants of the diocese. Mazzoni, grand master of Italian Freemasons, has died, aged 70. The armour of the Kelly gang is said to have cost £1000. In the United States there are 82,263 miles of railway. Calvinistic Methodists are the strongest religious body in Wales.

The tramway line from Christchurch to Papanui has been opened. The Empress Eugenic embarked for England per the steamship Trojan. The Turkish soldiery encamped near the Chataldja lines have mutinied. The Empress remained during the night praying where her son had fallen. Mr. M'Caughan says the country cannot afford a continuance of the present extravagant system of education. The prospects of the harvest in England are unsatisfactory. The Natives renew their claim to 250 acres at Mount Vernon. Anarchy exists in Asia Minor. Gold has been got in the Golden Calf mine, next the Caledonian, Thames. Twelve Liberals and five Conservatives have been unseated on petition. M. Eocbefort is most bostile to Gambetta. An English trading steamer has been attacked by the Arabs of Bagdad. The Hon. Mr. Bolleston admits that education must to some extent suffer in the general depression. Over 130 persons perished by fire-damp at the Risca colliery in South Wales. " Captain Dupe, the converted poacher," and " Ragged Dick, the converted tramp," belong to the Salvation Army. Sara Bernbardt counts upon making her fortune by engagements in England and America. No other town in the kingdom can' match Aberdeen for bad language. During the last year there were issued in New Zealand 1542 publicans' licenses. Dr. Monckton has been appointed a health officer for the port of Nelson. The phosphorus poison with oats, if used universally, would clear the country of rabbits. George Fearn, an English swimmer, ha 9 accomplished the distance of 15 miles in 8 hours 7 minutes 46 seconds. Dr. Tanner, of New York, has undertaken the extraordinary feat of fasting 40 days. It is not known definitely whether Te Whiti intends to keep up the number of fencers. Thomas Dale, alias Jordan, captam or! the Canadian cricketers, was arrested in the midst of a game as a deserter from the British army. Six thousand Communists have returned to Paris. The Maoris from the prophet's country have been consigned to a separate portion of the prison at Lyttelton. The Sultan is alarmed at the secret designs of the Great Powers. The villaec of Hamcna, in Hungary, has been destroyed by fire. Provost Campbell, of Greenock, feels like Naaman of old — and hopes tbe Lord will paTdon him for proposing toasts. Salvini, the tragedian, visits Australia and New Zealand. Bret Harte is lecturing in London. Mr. Chamberlain, President of the Board ot Trade, wishes to retire. A great uproar occurred at the Protestant Reform Society's meeting, against the appointments of the Marquis of Ripon and Earl Kenmare. The steamer Scawanaka caught fire by explosion. Forty passengers were roasted or drowned. Tbe long range Challenge Cup was won by the Ii Mi team at Dolly Mount.