News of the Week.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XI, Issue 24, 5 October 1883, Page 9

News of the Week.

Friday.

The Ulster Orangemen are massing in laree numben at Dongannon, County Tyrone, with the avowed intention of preventing meetings which the followers of Mr. Parnell propose to hold there. It is feared a collision wii) take place between the two factions, and a strong force of military has been quartered in the town, in case riots should occur. << < ' " - Another case of a little child being enticed awaj from its home by a grown-up girl, and brutally ill-treated, has occurred at Auckland. This is the third case of the kind within a short time. Before bis execution at Melbourne, on Tuesday last, Burns, the murderer of Michael Qoinlivan, confessed that he had committed eight different murders, five in Victoria and three in New South Wales. Mr. Archibald Forbes has published an essay on the social characteristics of the inhabitants of the Australasian Colonies. Messrs. Redmond and Walshe were escortel from Paroa to Greymouth yesterday afternoon by sympathising conntrymen, and arrived Jipre - 1 six o'clock this evening. Mr. Redmond will lecture here to- 1 evening, and afterwards a banquet will be given him. Much indignation is expressed at the approaching visit of King Alfonso of Spain, his Majesty having daring his stay at the German Court accepted the colonelcy of a Uhlan regiment. This act is popularly regarded as a strong evidence of King Alfonso's antipathy to the French nation. The Government have received information respecting the destruction of the beacons at Kawhia by the Natives. Mr. Butler, of the Native Office, who was sent to make inquiries, found that the beacons placed by Captain Fairchild recently were removed and so much broken, that it would take some considerable time to repair and re-erect them. One of the two chiefs who were concerned in the destruction of the beacons had gone to Wbatiwhatihoe with Tawhiao. The other was still at Kawbia ; aud when Mr. Butler called on him to assist'at once in repairing and re-erecting the beacons, he answered that he could not do so without instructions from Tawhiao. These two chiefs are the same as were concerned in pulling up pegs along the road from Kiwhia around to Aotea Harbour. It is believed that in boih instanceMhe chiefs acted at the instance of Tawhiao, and some of his advisers belong to the Waikato tribe. The beacons have not yet been re-erected. The Cromvtell Argus writes :— " Mining matters have been extremly quiet in this district, and there has been literally nothing worthy of report in connection with the industry. With the advancing spring season, things will become more active as water becomes available. Most of the alluvial fields are dependent on water-races for supply, and the principal of these are closed during the winter season. The Carrick Race will probably be opened early in October, which will be the signal for resumption of work in many claims at Bannockburn. Of the reefs on the Range very little is heard just now, but they too tony shortly be expected to start into life with the disappearance of the severities of climate incident to these high regions in winter. At Bendigo, the Cromwell Company are still pushing on with the new shaft, and any day news may come in, that something promising has been struck. The number of haads at this mine has lately been reduced, and the outlay is kept at a minimum pending the resnlt of the present dead work." The Nen Zealand Times, of Tuesday has the following :— " It appears as if two comets were agitating the minds of European astronomers at the presi nt. Or.c of these is in the constellation of Draco — too far north from Southern observers. It is said to be faint, and slowly moying south. A message has been received by Mr. Ellery, of Melbourne Observatory, from Kiel, in the north of Germany, which has recently been made the headquarters for the dispatch of international astronomical telegram?, to the effect that another was travelling in the path of the great comet of 1882. As the position of the latter is not given, it is impossible to say whether it corresponds with the one t>aid to have been observed from Castle Point last week, and subsequently from Rangiora. Unfortunately, the sky has been more or less overcast, for the past six days, and observations have therefore been impossible." Saturday. At a meeting of the shareholders of the Pioneer and Eohinoor Diamond Cocepanies, held at Christchurch last night, the Chairman sai^that much largrer stones had been obtained from Alford Forest ana sent to England. Prospecting had now ceased from want cf funds. Mr. H. G. Harris, an experienced Eimberly diamond miner who has spent a week at Alford Forest, expressed a strong opinion as to the desirability of further prospecting. He said that diamonds would not be found on the surface, but the present crystals bore the same relationship to diamoDds as lignite did to coal. Tae indications of the Alford Forest crater more resembled Kimberly mines than anything else he had seen. They had not found diamonds, but they had the right soil for them, and a country where, if diamonds were not, they ought to be. These Alford Forett crystals were as near diamonds as anything could be till they found the real thing. Their presence went to prove, to his mind, that diamonds were there. At Kimberly the crystals were not found in the clay. The diamonds were found in the earth, but not on the surface. A resolution was adopted recommending the two companies to amalgamate for the purpose of raising more funds for thoroughly prospecting their joint ground. The meetings at Dungannon were largely attended by Parnell's followers, and notwithstanding the presence of a large number of Orangemen, nothiug approaching the nature of a riot occurred. A large force of military and constabulary was present to give an appearance of repressing riots, of whose occurrence there was no danger. A stupid report was published that Mr. Parnell had been shot, but was treated with the contempt it deserved.

It is reported that Prior Yaughan will succeed hit brother as Boman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney. Monday Mr. W. Redmond delivered an address in Greymouth oa Friday evening. The public hall was filled, about 400 baing present, many men and women corning from the out-lying districts.- Mr. Redmond, met with an enthusiastic reception, and the name of Parnell or Davitt, whenever mentioned, evoked loud applause. Mr Walshe being called for, delivered a short but vigorous speech. A subscription list was opened in the room, and, with the money taken at the door, £240 was collected. Mr. Redmond lectured to a large audience on Saturday evening on his personal recollections of Forater's Coercion •Act. O'Donnell was again brought up at the Bow street Police Court on Friday. Mrs Carey gave evidence of the murder, and testified that O'Donnell, after he had committed the deed, stated that he had been seat out to assassinate Carey. News is to hand that a fatal agrarian outrage has. occurred ia Ireland the victim being a landlord at Mayo named JClotty. No clue to the perpetrator of the murder has been obtained. The Rev. Mr. Shaw was accorded a public reception at Exeter Hall on his return from Madagascar. There was a very large attendance of sympathisers and the general public. Mr. Shaw gave a lengthy narrative of the treatment he had' received at the hands of the French naval authorities, showing that he had been subjected to considerable ill-usage on shore and on board the war-ship which took him to Reuaion. The London Press are unanimous in urging Mr. Shaw to demand from the French Government reparation for the treatment he received. The French Press adopts a very defiant tone. Messrs. Healey, Smaill, and O'Connor, M.P.'s, have been assailed at the meetings, and the campaign in Ulster has been defeated. — So they say, but let us hear the other side. The Dunedin Morning Herald gives us the following interesting paragraph : An incident occurred on Saturday which has excited a good ■ deal of interest and no little amusement. We should not have referred-, to it but for our evening contemporary having given an imperfect and semewhat inaccurate account of the circumstance, to which we allude. We should premise that early on Saturday Mr. James Smith called at the office of the Morning Herald, to procure some copies of this journal. He seemed under the influence of considerable excitement, and, in the course of a conversation with the manager, used some very offensive remarks regarding the Editor. A little later, as the Editor was passing out of the Post Office, Mr. Smith was btanding near the steps conversing with Mr. J. P. Maitland, and as the Editor passed, Mr. Smith exclaimed in a loud and angry tone, " There gois a scoundrel." Naturally the gentleman alluded to turned and asked whether Mr. Smith was disposed to repeat the remark, whereupon he said " I do." The aggrieved Editor then struck off Mr. Smith's hat with his open hand, .and assumed a threatening attitude, but did not, as the Star states, use the stick which he had in his hand. Mr. Maitlatid then interposed in a very gentlemanly way, and then Mr. Smith seemed very glad to back behind him and avail himself of bis protection. The Editor then contented himself with an expression of his views as to the value of Mr. Smith's opinion on the matter of scoundrels, and walked off. These are the simple facts, and comment id unnecessary. A Dunstan correspondent writing of the Wakatip Mail says that Mr. A. R. Mackay, District Surveyor, has visited the newly discovered quartz reefs on the Old Man Range, and found the stone h'ghly impregnated with gold, which he estimates will produce 6 to 7oz. to the ton of stone. These reefs are likely to attract public notice during the ensuing summer. Messrs. Hamilton and Chapman report concerning Reefton — Keep-it-Dark Co. last week reduced 19S tons of quartz, and cleared out the boxes and obtained 6150z. of amalgam. Retorting will take place next week. It is anticipated that the yield for five weeks' crushing will be about 700oz. of retorted gold. Welcome Co. cut the reetin'No. 7 level. Globe Co. : Running quartz to battery paddock. Likely to start crushing iv eight or ten days. Tuesday. Mr. James O'Shea^ of Wellington, reports — Flour, Adelaide, nominal, £13, £12 ; Canterbury, various and doubtful brands, £10 to £10 10s ; Duncan's, £10 17s 6d to £11 ; Oamaru, £10 10s to £10 15a. Sharps, 95s to 100s. Bran, 80s to 90s. Oats. 2s 3d to 2$ 6d. Potatoes, (seed), £2 10s to £3. Potatoes, 60s to 70s. Maize, no sale. Barley, none. Hams and Bacon, 7d to 7£d. Butter, salt, no sale. It is reported that the Chinese Envoy has definitely declined the French proposals for the settlement of the Tonquin difficulty, Great secrecy, however, is observed regarding the progress of the negotiations, and no official announcement has yet been made. , The Hawke's Bay runbolders, acting in concert, have now definitely decided to erect a rabbit- proof fence all along the southern Boundary of the province. The work will be commenced at once. Telegrams from Sofia state that large numbers of arms are being imported into Bulgaria. The arms are declared to be of Russian manufacture, and it is rumoured that the Russian Government is cognisant of the movement. Two smart shocks of earthquake were experienced at Blenheim on Thursday evening. The first occurred at 7. 5. ; the second at 7.23. The refrigerating works at Tomoana are new in progress, and negotiations are going on fir a steamer to call monthly. Hawke's Bay can export 10.000 sheep per month, but at present the surplus goes to Auckland and Wellington. Mr. Bakewel 1 , master of the Flarborough schoo 1 , Marlborough, had his left thnmb completely blown off on Wednesday by the explosion of his gun while he was glass-ball shooting.

« T ht^SSPT l^* ° £ iS c HH * W K S Ba y Hi ' raU ***** as follow. : I happened to be walking in the cemetery to-day when a Door woman, frantic with grief, asked me what shVshoufd do Sbe P had come to pay her Sunday visit tothe grave of her ittle g W, who had ™ fl^f M ab ° U \ a year> Since tbe burial the authorities had inZ& i£ r e JT ntS l nl ? n fi d t0 buy the S rave ' and the answer was unable £?Z2^ ÜbUU bU ' bel - Dg ?Z° T P^ l6 ' th( * have bi(herto °een ?£ 5™ if T - S? tDOmiD l the P° or mother *as horrified to find ta^TaU^^ Z^^^^TS***™*** in tbe *« a * d .J." nnotn A ot at Jpmagh several Orangemen and Leaguers were wounded. A number of arrests have been made O'Donnell has been committed for trial. Messrs. Fullerton and Bffi'.ltT» nCa h aWy K r8 ' -55 a J c been cn B a « ed t0 defend him, and 8000dols .have been subscribed towards his defence fund The London night police are now armed with revolvers. t«vJ a t ge v? M to it . ha I nd from Cabul tha fe farther fighting has taken place between the Ameer's troops and the rebel Ghilzaif, resulting m the defeat of the former with heavy loss. unuzais ' re w.nS* l^ I T itg ? ™V oTted fr om West Clive, six miles from Napier: Early on Sunday morning a boy going out with milk found £,W, W Z a n tit* intbe ditoh at tbe &c of the ro^ He recSed Ter SJK? ?5 ce m 7'm 77 ^ ged 36 '. a Bervant attbe Weßt Cli ™ Hotel, her brother (Hall), being a wheelwright in the same townsbiD The woman was taken to her brother's tfouse, but though eveTeffort was" IWde to restore animation she died in half an hon?. It appeara that deceased together with her brother and a Mrs. Diamond?^* the hSSL S 5, V™™ night / fc balf "P aßt 8 o'clock, intending to see the atter to her home, a mile down the road. The night was dark and it was raining ; and after going a little way deSd said that she SSSs°* k^ »"*««««», but woald wait till Hall returned. Hall When aSiSSi^ I***, ° ei g bbou » n g c ottage, but she refused When Hall returned he could not see her, and imagined that she had SSffh o^ 6 h^i* hOtel P Bo^ « the otfertandTsuppo^d wSfelt. P lg all ' 8 and no uneasin eßs about her m strong but brief earthquake, preceded by a conA meeting which was arranged to be held by the Irish National &£££s£?• Malbßy ' Oounty Olare ' L *-^SS3S mm Pl- ' U ;?f T of - "S rrenoh torces at Tonquiu is causing immense dasatiActaoD in France. The left Party are demandinl the SZSSZ2L& 23& Md the po9ilioD J the *»*"£•£ AI . The grand military funeral of Mete KiDgi took olace at the IS? C ?T t6ry a i PfS? yesterday afternoo^ fatte^JSLSJrf tS?I ?^l atOrS ' and 00 Maoris from all P arfc s of the North Island. K^T 16 , 12 ls of bi^ h rank ' inclading Major Kemp,, m! Para * a ' and of Hawke's Bay. The Native Minister, the S^ti? W ffl ga iDUI)i DUI) Mr.Watt(M.H.R.),Mr.Lewis(Under ttaaSte^ E^^R^^™*™ aJ Ma ° riS folI ° Wed y, nn J^ m £ Al , f l onso ha f been received by President Grevy. He was S,, b y tbe P«>PlB along the entire route to the President's h^nSa*! Tb ? mas ' a customer of the branch at Heathcote, where he earned on business, entered the Melbourne office of the Bank of rWh a a °J W °. a l°' and mounted a table ia the centre of the SSmnt^f boutla c "Beyengel" Then, drawing a revolver, he attempted to commit suicide, firing first at the ceiling and then at hjs head inflicting a serious wound, which, however, is not expected

h^lrT 2* th Z Insh Land Lea B° e authorities has been held in Leeds under the presidency of Mr. Parnell. Improved hemTn^i! 011 macbmerv was agreed upon. A public meeting was «? n«? eVeD i? g '« nd was attended by a large number of English sympathisers. .Mr. Parnell was absent through a cold. Wednesday. A fire at Otahuhu yesterday morning destroyed four buildings. fn^ihfrT^o . are^ follow :~Arden, butcher, on fittings aid f,TnS ' iiV Q *J e yalj UD & la8 ' on building, £150 office unknown; Todd , on furniture, £75 in the National. The heat of with^he^tei.SSlg^^ to P ting communication r, ,J ' i t £ ans P ired *]»* President Grevy has apologised, in the M»w France ».t° King Alfonso for the manner in which his PViSw^ 8 f C ?i VGd h7h 7 tbe P eo P leon h^ arrival in Paris. The JfSl? f the apology, as the King was most indignant, and |ras preparing to depart immediately. TO pr*> h »V teb i e l b!lloDgiD?b !l lODgiD ? tothe Change Hotel, at Havelock, aMwW JJ ™ by fire °" Monda y afternoon. Above the stable was ffiL t I hi < l uantl *y of hay, access to which was gained by a ™™;,-JJ W00 fthe PP r °P ri etor's children, aged five and teven years EfW BeeQ COming down the ladder > and immediately NntlT kA he V } &C V?^ on fire * The building was insured in the Norwich Union for £100. In the lean-to of tie stables a quantity of beer was stored, and this, with some farm produce, was totally destroyed, and was uninsured. inhnSLt 61 ' 0 !^ th . c discourtes y th °wn to king Alfonso by the X»t» 5 °i Pa £ 1S baTe created much dissatisfaction and ill-feel-taL!?!B^ the F ? encb iD Madrid. Anti-French cries have been 3wT ?Ja \v cp I£iml1 £ imla 5e5 c and P lac ards posted in various parts of the ™7™? c Fr v ° cb Ambast »y is under military protection. Great preparations are being made for an ovation to the King on his reo^lo^ 7'7 '- fa a letter t0 tbe Tinies > contends that the fn aS^v?" S€r T lce q1?q 1 ? Preventing the Irish informers from landing Australia was m defiance of the law. sctpmpfcr a t^ ea ? ir yev c now Eome P r °Bpect of France modifying its scoeme for the establishment of convict settlements in the Pacific.

The JV. Z. Herald publishes the text of a protest made by the Hawaiian Kingdom against the proposed annexation of New Ho bndes and other islands of the Pacific by any foreign Powers. Thubsday. Mr. William Redmond, M.P., arrived in Kumara on Monday. He received an address, and lectured the same evening to a large audience. On Sunday afternoon' Thomas Corkhill, an old sailor, insisted on having a dip in the sea near Kyle. There was a moderately' heavy sea on at the time, and Corkhill was soon in trouble. His ™ at . e ' M'PaersoD. bravely plunged in to try and save him, but Lorkmll threatened to drown him if he came near, and M'Pherson had to Btruggle back to the shore. In making a second attempt to save the life of his mate he became so exhausted in a heavy breaker that he was only rescned from drowning with grjat diflSculty by a third person who was present. Corkhill, thus left to his fate, disappeared. His body was washed up on the beach yesterday. Sir Stafford Northcote, who is now visiting the North of Ireland, arrived on Wednesday at Belfast, where a fete was organised in his honour. The members of the French Ministry are now squabbling amongst themselves as to who is to blame for ths Alfonso fiasco. President Grevy threatens to resign. A patient at the Auckland Lunatic Asylum assaulted another with a broomstick yesterday, fracturing his skull. He has since died of his injuries. The warder has been suspended pending inquiries