General News.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XIII, Issue 6, 29 May 1885, Page 21

General News.

High politics were discussed at the Saturday C,lub on Saturday evening. "la the Irish National Movement Democratic ? " was the question of debate, and, as is inevitable in meetings of this kind, the speeches wandered over a variety of topics more or less conneoted with the subject under consideration, and opinions the most diverse were freely expressed by the various speakers— not seldom by the same speaker. The character of Mr. Parnell seemed to afford mo3t tempting material for controversy. One gentleman looked upon him as a despot and the members o£ the Irish Party as " emissaries " and " minions," who " might turn into second CromwelJs or something of that nature." Whereat the audience groaned with much unanimity, and a " voice " consigned the Lord Protector to regions reported to be hotter than even the Soudan. Another speaker did not consider the Irish members were animated with the true spirit of democracy, seeing that they did not •• ask that Mr. Bradlaugh should be allowed to take his seat," and the groans again arose in chorus. A third debater, who appears to ba cosmopolitan in his ideas, was horrorstricken at the thought of a " small nationality," -with the possibility of "an Irißh-speaking Parliament and an Irish Court in Collegegreen " as the outcome of the agitation, and asked, "Was that Democratic, was that Badical?" The discussion, it must be said, was carried on in the fair, good humoured, and orderly spirit which should always characterise such meetings.— Dublin Freeman, Feb. 28 . On Sunday, with all the pomp befitting a solemn occassion, the remains of the late Bey. Dr. Cahill were taken from the grave in American soil, where they have lain so long, for translation to the shores of his native land. At two o'clock the Services for the Dead were recited in the Chapel of Hollywood Cemetery, and immediately afterwards the funeral procession was formed. The most distinguished Irish-Americans of Boston acted as pall-bearers ; at either side of the bier rode a guard of honour of the Knights of St. Patrick. The Mayor and Corporation of Boston, the members of the National Committee, the Catholic societies, the clergy of the city and its vicinity, with a long line of the friends and admirers of the illustrious deceased followed. Monday the remains lay in state in the Cathedral of St. Patrick^ New York, where a Pontifical High Mass of Bequiem was sung, and on Tuesday the coffin containing all that was mortal of the great Irish priest was borne oti board the Guion steamer Wyoming for transportation to Ireland. It is expected that the remains will reach Qoeenstown early on the morning of the 6th prox., and arrangements have already been made for their reception. They will be conveyed to Dublin, and, as at present arranged, will lie in St. Paul's Church, Arran-quay, on Sunday, the Bth, the funeral to Glasnevin caking place on the following day. — Dublin Freeman, February 28. San Francisco, Feb. B.— The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children has recovered three white babies from Chinamen, to whom they had been sold by unscrupulous midwives. The investigation which followed revealed the fact that a regular traffic in female infants has been carried on for some time in this city. The usual price paid for the helpless innocents is 7odols. for a blonde or 50dola. for a brunette. It is asserted that nearly one hundred Caucasian girl babies are now being raised in Chinatown, their Mongolian owners expecting to reap their reward when the children become old enough to be sold as wives or for disreputable purposes. The babies which have been taken from their unnatural guardians were dressed in full Oriental attire and gave promise o£ becoming beautiful women. One of the midwives engaged in this business is said to be Mrs. Wilson, the keeper of a Jf oundling hospital on Sixth street, who is directly accused by several witnesses of selling abandoned infants to Chinamen. The evidence against her seems convincing. The police are actively engaged in a search for accomplices. Only a few weeks ago a white girl baby was recovered from a Chinese opium den in San Jose. Considerable excitement has been caused by the discovery of this new phase of Chinese enterprise. — Assogiated Press Despatch. London, March 19.— Mrs. Stephens, wife of James Stephens, who was recently expelled from France, has telegraphed to Mr. E. Dwyer Gray, Af.P., and editor of the Dublin Freeman's Journal, that her husband, who is at Mons, in Belgium, was in a dying condition and was absolutely destitute. Mrs. Stephens appealed to Mr. Gray for assistance, and Mr. Gray at once sent aid. Mr. Gray has also written a letter for publication, declaring that Mr. Stephens had no connection with the dynamite faction and that his expulsion from France was a cruel exercise of arbitrary power which Ireland will not soon forget. Mr. Parnell has contributed fifty dollars to the relief of Mr. Stephens. It is reported that other prominent Irishmen have contributed to a fund for Mr. Stephens' relief.— Sir William Vernon Harcoarfc, in the House of Commons to-day, in answer to Mr. T. P. O'Connor's question whether the arrest and expulsion from France of James Stephens were done at the instance of the English Government, said that his arrest and expulsion from France were not brought about either at the instance or with the cognizance of the English Government. The Home Secretary added that he believed it was true that Mr. Stephens was opposed to the use-, of dynamite as a form of contention for Irish rights, and that he frequently published disavowals of the dynamite policy. England, however, continued Sir William, would not ask France to rescind the order of arrest and expulsion against Stephens, because it was not a matter in which England had any right to interfere. In conclusion, the Home Secretary said he believed that Mr. Stephens had not been subjected to actual arrest, but had been simply ordered to leave France.

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