Monday.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XIII, Issue 34, 18 December 1885, Page 9

Monday.

Some fine specimens of gold from the Merrivale diggings have been brought to Invercargill. The Southland News states that it comprised several good-looking nuggets, one weighing no Isss than loz 3dwt. In Beefton there has also been shown a few ounce! of rough shotty. looking gold.

Another fatal nccident has occurred in tha Mackenzie country Mr. G. Thomson brother of Mr. A. B. Thomson, of Glentanar station' Lake Pukaki, was drowned on Monday, 7th inst. He had gone across the Lake to Newlanda for the mail in a patent canvas boat. His body has not been found, and as there was no wind to upset the boat it is supposed he jumped out when near the shore and sank in a quicksand. His hat and the boat were found floating near the shore. He was about 26 years of age and only recently from Home.

Mr Fox, Government gold prospector, has received instructions from the Mines Department to join a party of prospectors at Big Bay, on tbe West Coast. Big Bay is the first bay of consequence north of Milford Sound. Mr. Fox leaves Wellington by the Stella on Wednesday.

The Daily Nens has an article on the Irish difficulty, in which a suggestion is made that a conference of the Liberal and Conservative parties, together with representatives of Mr. Parnell's following, shall assemble to consider the subject of political autonomy for Ireland.

News from Townsville states that two more deaths from cholera have occurred on board the Dorunda. There are foor additional cases, which are expected to assume serious developments, and the other patients seem now worse than they were on Saturday. The Victorian Gazette contains a notice to the efi^ct that in view of the outbreak of cholera all vessels from Queensland ports will be subject to quarantine on arrival at Port Philip. Owing to recent civilian attacks, a large party of the King's Koyal Rifles broke out of Limerick Barracks on the night of November 10, and made an indiscriminate attack upon the people residing in the vicinity. Several were badly stabbed. The disturbance was with difficulty quelled, and the soldiers conveyed back to their barracks by tbe police.

A large crowd of factory girls mobbed Charles Edward Lewis, a Conservative member of Parliament, at Londonderry on the 12th. They treated him in a most shameful manner.

A London cablegram of November 8, says that a movement of great importance is being quietly organised among various societies

of Irishmen. It is proposed to form a vast federation, comprising representatives of all organised labour in Ireland, for the sole purpose of keeping out of the country all goods of British manufacture with the exception of such as Ireland is unable to produce. The movement is warmly approved by Michael Davitt, and a deputation waited on Mr. Parnell, to secure his approval and that of the Irish National League.

Both Bulgaria and Bervia have invoked the aid of the European Powers with a view to effecting a settlement of hostilities between the two countries, and the Powers have appointed commiss'ouers to demarcate a zone dividing their territories, and to arrange for a four weeks' armistice. Despite thiß, however, King Milan ieports officially to the Powers that Bulgarian troops made an attack on Servian outposts on Friday. The account of the engagement further states tbat afteraevere fighting the Servians dislodged, the Bulgarians from their position at Velikizvor, killing and wounding many of their number. After a reprieve of eight days, Louis David Eiel, leader of the Canadian half-breed rebellion, was hanged at Regnan, North-western Territory, on November 16, at 8 a.m. Extraordinary precautions were taken against a demonstration of his partisans at the scaffold. He was accompanied to his death by Pierre Andre and Father M'Williams. At the request of the former, he made a speech to the few soldiers and civilians who were admitted to see the execution. He died completely self-possessed. His executioner was a man named Jack Henderson, who was captured by Kiel in the rebellion of 1870. The body was temporarily interred at the foot of the scaffold. Some hesitation was felt by the Government in transferring it to Winnipeg, aB Kiel had asked, as a half-breed demonstration was feared at the funeral. When the news of the execution reached Quebec, the excitement was almost beyond restraint. Flags were draped with glaring emblems, and many men donned crape. At night a group of students and their friends paraded the streets sboutinar " Glory, Riel !" and cursing Orangeism. Bills were distributed to all passersby calling on them to assemble in mass meeting. The bills were headed : " Riel hanged 1 Triumph of Orangpmen over Catholics 1" The French Canadian City Council at Montreal adopted a resolution to adjourn as a protest against the violation of the laws of justice and humanity in the execution of Riel. About eight thousand citizens and a great many students burned the same night an effigy of Sir John M'Donald in front of Queen Victoria's statue. When the Premier's effigy had been partly burned, the party cut it down, with the remark, " There goes a cursed serpent." The Queen's statue was blackened and disfigured by the smoke. The news of Riel's fate was received quietly in Ottawa. Numbers waited on the Premier and the Minister of Customs congratulating then for carrying out the sentence of the Court. The former comrades of Riel in school at Montreal resolved to wear mourning for a month in respect to bis memory. Madame Riel and family take up their residence there. A fund will be established for their support. Some French Canadian students, together with some quarrymen and others, numbering 800, paraded the streets. The quarrymen carried axe-handles, and clubs, and thigh-bones. They shoved people from the sidewalks, frightening horses, and committed aggressive acts. It was thought at one time they would attack the Salvation Army Hall. They threatened the office of La Minerve. The students of M'Gill University (English) intended to burn Kiel in effigy in the Champs de Mar.