TUESDAY..

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XII, Issue 13, 18 July 1884, Page 13

TUESDAY..

An action was recently brought in the Auckland District Court by Robert Barlow, the capturer of Winiata, to recover from the Onehtmga Building Society Trustees £120 of bis reward, which he had entrusted to his mother, and which she had deposited with the Society prior to her death. Judge Smith ordered a refund of the money by the trustees, and al&o payment of costs. Serious rioting between Orangemen and Catholics has taken place in Cumberland. The fighting was very severe, and resulted in one man being shot and 50 wounded. The disturbance was only quelled by the intervention of a large body of police. Stormy scenes have taken place in both Houses respecting the puyate overtures made by Mr. Gladstone to Earl Cairns, which, it is believed, will certainly ensure a redistribution of seats next year. These disclosures are also considered to render the franchise question more acceptable at the autumn meeting of Parliament. Efforts are being made to avert the conflict between the Lords and Commons. With this view Lord Wemyss will, in the House of Lards, move a compromise requiring that the Lords shall pass the Franchise Bill n«w, and the Government introduce at the autumn session a bill for the redistribution of seats. In the House of Lords the Earl of Salisbury opposed the motion brought forward by Lord Wemyss. Reports to hand from Marseilles and Toulon state that the deaths from cholera on Saturday amounted to 57 at the former place and 36 at the latter. News is now to hand that the epidemic is appearing at Lyons. A report has reached here that Osman Digma ha; seized the town of Ras-Asseaie, ou the Red Sea, to the south of Trinkitat. Intelligence is to hand that the Mudir (Egyptian Governor) of Dongola has joined the rebel force, and has announced his intention of marching on Wady Haifa. Active parleying is now proceeding at Shanghai between a representative of the Chinese Government and M. Patenotre, French Minister, with a view to arriving at an amicable settlement of the difficulty which ha 9 arisen in connection with the attack on French troops at Lang-son, on the Tonquin frontier. The Chicago Convention has nominated Governor Cleveland, of New York, as the Democratic candidate for the Presidency, and Hendricks for the Vice-presidency. The sitting of the Convention bas been adjourned.