News in Brief.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XIV, Issue 35, 24 December 1886, Page 18

News in Brief.

A VERY rich find of copper, near the Sugarloaf Mountain, is reported j j from Braidwood, N.S.W, ] The last of the nuns belonging to the Convent of the Sapienza, j at Naples, have been sent away from that convent. Mr. H. M. Stanley, the discoverer of Dr. Livingstone, will arrive j in Sydney in March next. t There was a great i ush in London after shares in Guinness and ( Son's brewery. The capital asked for was £6,000,000, whilst the applications reached over £100,000,000. , From Berlin comes the statement that the question of the final , repeal of the May Laws, which hitherto has been negotiated semi- ( officially, is shortly to become the subject of direct diplomatic relations between Germany and the Vatican. Over 100,000 people took part in the triumphant reception of William Beach, at Sydney. Dr. Bewick, Catnolic Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, died at his residenc-; on the 29t i Oct. at the age of sixty years. i The Pontifical Secretary of State requests the Nuncio to represent | to the French Government the serious consequences which would ■ arise from the adoption of measures of an odious character against | the Catholic clergy in France. The Standard states that diplomatists in Berlin regard the Eastern question as decidedly worse, and that the relations between \ Germany, France, Austria, and Russia are extremely critical. ' The Osscrcatore Cattolieo was sequestered, September 29, for i having said that no force of nations or of kings can prevail against Christ and the Pope. This was regarded as an offence against the King of Italy ! The Pope has sent bis portrait, enriched with brilliants, to the Archbishop of Olmutz, Cardinal Landgrave FurstenbeTg, on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of this prelate"s ordination. General Boulanger, French Minister of War, and Admiral Aube, Minister of Marine, are intent on their demand for £22,000,000 to complete the military and naval defences of France. The Rev. M. J. Murphy, Vice-President of Carlow College, has been appointed parish pi iest of Kildare in succession to the Very Rev. Dr. Kavanagh. Mr. M'Hugh, of the Sligo Champion, arrested on a charge of inciting to boycotting and agrarian outrages, has been released from custody. In consequence of Russia being opposed to Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg, and insisting on Prince Nicholas of Mingrelia being appointed to the Throne of Bulgaria, the candidacy of Prince Ferdinand has been allowed to drop. ' The Morning Post publishes as article apparently inspired by the Government, warning the Turkish Government that unless they abandon their present Rus9ophile and anti-English policy, England ' will take vigorous action to counteract Russian threats. One way of celebiating the Queen's Jubilee is that to be adopted by the Victorian bianch of the British and Foreign Bible Society, of presenting every Protestant public scholar in the colony with a Testa- ' ment beaiing her Majesty's autograph. Count Herbert Bismarck, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, i received the Bulgarian deputation on their arrival at Berlin, and will counsel them to accede to the demands of Russia. It is announced that Germany has annexed the Bouganville. Choiseul. Isabel, and Solomon groups in the Western Pacific. Messrs. Dillon and O'Brien, while driving, were thrown from their conveyance, and Mr. Dillon's injuries aic of so serious a nature as to confine him to bed. 'ihe plan of the campaign adopted by the uo-rent agitators has been proclaimed an illegal conspiracy and those partaking in it liable to prosecution. It is also proclaimed that the money collected by the agitators will be seized by the Government. The agreement for the widening of the Suez Canal has been concluded, and M. de Lesseps is at present in Egypt making arrangements for carrying out the work. The width of the canal from Port Said to the Bitter Lakes will be 31 metres, thence to Suez 65 metres. Messrs. Dillon, O'Brien, Harris, and Sheehy, when arrested at Loughrea, weie engaged in presiding over the collections of rents. They were brought up, charged with obstructing the proper payment of rents, and remanded, bail being accepted. The money collected by the piisoners from tenants for payment of rents has been seized b/ the police. Messrs. Dillon, O'Brien, Harris, and O'Shea, who were brought up at Loughrea, charged with obstructing the proper payment of rent, will not be further proceeded against at that place, but instead, the defendants, together with Messrs. Redmond and O'Reilly, will be brought up to Dublin, charged with conspiracy.