ARRIVAL OF THE P.M. S.S. AUSTRALIA, WITH THE English and American Mails, VIA SAN FRANCISCO.

GENERAL SUMMARY.

London', 24th Oct

THE English Farmers' Alliance adop ted a resolution stating that to avert L ruin of tho farmers the landowners must forthwith reduce the rents, and fhat tlic Government must formulate , measure which will prevent the rais ing of rents on the improvements! of slrs. Weldon, who recently com peted' six months' imprisonment for libelling Riviere, manager of Covent Garden'Theatrc, j iaß a g a j n t, cen coln . fitted to trial on a similar charge made by tho same complainant. She accused him of stealing documents be longing to her. A bill will be introduced into the next Parliament placing low-class stock exchanges, better known as " bucket shops," outside the pale of the law. Ifoss Winans, a millionaire Balfci nioreitii, owning a large urea of land in Scotland, and whose persecution of tie peasantry has mado him hated, is in trouble. He undertook to prevent excise officers from searching his ex tensive deer forests for illicit stills, and this defiance of the crown oilicials led jpary of excisemen to assemble and patrol the forests in every direction. The AujfloTurkish Agreement. A New York " Herald's" special from Constantinople, October 10, says Sir Henry Drummond Wolffs mission las been crowned with success. His understanding with the Porte on foyptiau affairs is complete, and an imperial decree will shortly be issued sanctioning the arrangement, the prin cipal points of which are as follows : — Turkey appoints six commissioners, tiro for finance, fctvo for military or ganization, and two for general ad ministration ; England will appoint a similar number. When the labours of these men are completed, and Egyptian affairs placed on a satisfactory footing, British occupation will cease.

The Glasgow Presbytery voted, on October 12th, in favour of disestablish ment and disendowmeut.

Lord Salisbury has* officially an nounced that Parliament will be dissolved on November 17th.

The race for the Czarewieh Stakes was run on Oct. 12th. Twenty-two horses started. It was won by the three-year-old filly Plaisanterie, Xenia second, Postscript third. Plaisanterie, the winner, was bred in France.

John Euskin, in reply to an appeal in favor of the study of female models, fays that an artist can do much better mthout them.

The English Government has pre lented anote to the Spanish' Govern ment, demanding reparation for an insult to the British Consulate at Havana.

A fire broke out in Aldersgate Street on the morning of Oct. Sth, in the Charter House Buildings, within a stone's throw of the celebrated Carthu sian Retreat for Pensioners. The Charter House was almost totally des troyed. Damage, ,£3,000,000.

The Right Hon. George J. Goschen (Liberal), Member of Parliament for Rip, speaking at Edinburgh on the '(Tuning of Oct. 7th, said that he was opposed to free education. He would lot vote for the disestablishment of the Scottish Church, unless the propo sition was a Government measure. If the Liberals, were returned to power they would be justified in appealing to fcTories for help to fight Parnell. A new crusade is threatened in Lon doa against the employment of female . models in artists' studies.

British Politics. Late dispatches say Ih'at Prime Minister Salisbitiy has got the Tory paty in good trim for the campaign, "Me Gladstone has net succeeded in laying the Liberals to the extent ex- P«t*d. He proposed to work through »taupaign committee of twelve gentle wn, three .to be elected from each fat representative Liberal Clubs in Won, in order that all shades of liberal opinion might be represented. His operated well for a time, but »different state of affairs soon devel oped. Such a number of provincial andidates have absolutely refused to" abide by the decision of the com "*ee that the trouble became serious, : ?»i a second committee, composed of W Harfcington, Joseph Chamber :™. Hon. (Samuel Morley, and Sir Henry James was appointed to adjust weulties growing out of refusals to "We by the decision of the larger weral Committee. Notwithstanding % numbers of candidates refuse to tajitthe Committee's decisions, and Nat in their candidature. Cardinal Manning has written to ..»».Dublin "Review" showing how wtholics -ought to vote in the coming , jWion. He defends Parliament and fa Constitution, even though oppres- H Catholicism, praises Liberalism, purges Catholics to place the reli )m question foremost. Cardinal *jttan a i so mac j e an &^ross on the w& in London, in which he said the "Want Church of England was the ■ ; ,?™J bulwark of that country ogainst f ttieism. Ho wished all success to H°!\ efeudin S the Church, and said P * ne and his friends would join in r pending it. These utterances are ; Tiered the most extraordinary of chhi Tory Poatical agents through ■ 2 , Wintry generally report a ■'m tavourable prospect for their Ctfh ■y io nofc Preclicfc a victory ; '™v' assurance is that in no event lies Serais wm ty large majori-

■■•■■. jjfottehill ami Chamberlain. (C V' "Post" London telegram of J7 r 20th Says : Greek joined Greek ; -jw electoral campaign last night. Jpolit,cal England is ringing with : £«™» of their blows. Chamber- I bL-T SBed a political association at KWT am' and Churchill spoke at ffl? Dn' Chamberlain referred to JU as "the author of that ex- rigmarole, his electoral k«*f ~~a, Penny novelist and an Er^oolboy.'1 Churchill charged *ith k •w^ mterested motives, ■'k_J, 8u!g intensely dishonest and C' ""moral, and said his Radical , nE 10? 8 were utterly hopeless and : ttimef urd ' thatt"eyhad no more jjL. .°t Success than a project for ;'%tt if moon- Seven hundred ■'■(khSi- workmen marched to Vchi f s residence on the 20th. Hoi t a po^ce learning tneir in kf. ncl faring violence, sent a H^X P°llt;6 by a shorter route, Vilseijr r Protession arrived at the I WjcomX' 7 >d ib surrounded mtli ■* w i deputation of three of i:.;:?J^oyed was adiaiued to see

Mr Chamberlain. They flatly accused him of making a combination with the wealthier classes to alienate sympathy from the suffering poor for his own personal and political aggrandizement. Ihe men returned to their place of meeting, howling against the Liberal leader.

Lord Salisbury's Address

( The Premier spoke at the National Conservative Conference at Newport on October 7th. He thanked the Con servative Union for exposing the tine nature of the gaudy promises of the seductive programme of the Liberals. He urged his hearers to continue their efforts in behalf of Conservatism, which, ho said, was growing and had a glorious future, and then proceeded to enunciate the policy of the Conservative party. Referring to the disturbances in the Balkans, the Premier said : " It is no part of the duty of British states men to interfere in tho affairs of Eastern Roumelia. The treaty of Berlin has not, been frustrated nor has the San Stefano treaty been restored. The policy*of the Government is to uphold the Turkish Empire, and when ever it is possible to do so, genuinely and healthily, to uphold, cherish and fosterstrong, self-sustained nationalities that have an important bearing on the future of Europe. For the present I have hopes that the powers will confine the disturbance within the limits of the Roumclian territory. Russian in-

flueiue would have checked the political growth of Roumelia if the latter country had united with Bulgaria in 1876." He favored great changes in the present measures for local self government. To decentralize authority

in London was an indispensable part of the now Government's policy. People having wealth should boar the

burden of the expenses of the country, and not alone those having houses and lands. The Premier, in answering the question as to what extent local govern ment authority should be extended to Ireland, said : "An extension might give more facility to the majority to do justice to the minority. Conservative traditions," he said, " were clear." He regarded the integrity of the empire above all other political constitutions. He favored the imperial ' federation

movement, but his plans in regard to the matter have not yet been tangibly fixed. The Premier believed in the closer union of England and her colonies, with the view of proving the real strength of the nation in European councils, and said it was one of the most important questions of the

future. He favored the measure for cheapening and simplifying the sale and transfer of lands, lie stated that

the Government had received returns showing . that general crime in Ireland had decreased. Boycotting was amenable to the ordinary law,

which would be sternly enforced. Thirty-five prosecutions, he said, had already been started. Extending self government to Ireland, he declared, is an open question, but it is desirable, as

far as possible, to give Ireland the same benefits as are enjoyed by the rest of the United Kingdom.

The Irish Situation

A Convention of the Land League at AVieklow, on October sth, unani-

mously selected William James Corbet, present member of Parliament for

Wicklow, and Garrctt Byrne. Panioll, speaking at the open-air meeting after

the Convention, said Home Rule would stop all disloyal proceedings and out rages and thirst for disunion. The Irish, he claimed, would then become

like their countrymen in the British colonies, loyal citizens and props to the Constitution. The " Daily News "

blames Parnell for not denouncing boycotting, but admits that his speech otherwise was fair and moderate. It is possible, the " News" says, the tone with which he spoke was as much Churchill's as Pamoll's. The "Tele-

graph" said Purncll had almost a royal court at Wioklow amid the frantic adulations of his followers, when lie successfully inaugurated the first of the series of conventions. " What we witnessed at Wicklow," it continues,

" is a conspiracy to paralyse the Par liament of Great Britain in order that the Irish House of Commons may tax- British products and maintain a host of police volunteers in armed menace ot British peace and security." The " Times" says it is impossible to dis guise or palter with the fact that the Government of Ireland has passed on, and is rapidly passing out of the hands of Her Majesty's Ministers." The London "Post" (Government organ), writing on the same theme, says, bluntly, " independence of Ireland, as shadowed forth by Parnell, will never be granted by the British Parliament, and it would be a cruel kindness for any Government in this country to abstain from saying so in the firmest and most unequivocal terms." John O'Connor, speaking in Cork »n October Bth, said many candidates were coming forward in the interest of Parnell, expecting they would be paid out of the fund now being raised in America for Irish members of Parlia ment ; but they would be disappointed. Only those called on special occasions and men of transcendent ability would be compensated. Richard Lalor and Arthur O'Connor have been named as Pamellite candidates for Queen's County.

At a recent funeral in Macroom County Cork, a boycotted re lative of the deceased joined the pro cession with his family, whereupon the priests and mourners withdrew. The obsecmies were finally performed by three Catholic priests who were unat tended. At the Armagh Court of Sessions on the 19th, John Howard Paruell, of New York, a brother of Charles Stewart Parnell, sued several of his tenants for nonpayment of rents for seven years. The magistrate remarked that the defendants had evidently obeyed Unas. S Pamell's injunctions instead ot the plaintiff's. A verdict in favour of the plaintiff was rendered in each ease. Pyne, the Parnellito candidate for Waterford, is to be prosecuted forja seditious speech made at Clonmel. The tenant farmers at Westport met on the 18th and passed resolutions demanding that the Government intro duce in Parliament a bill similar to the American Homestead Law. A powerful committee composed ot Lords Bandon and Castletown, aud other prominent gentlemen, has been formed in London to assist people of every class in Ireland who have been boycotted, and to advance funds to persons and corporations willing to oppose boycotting. At the same time a syndicate in Liverpool has offered to start a fleet of packets in opposition to the Cork Steam Packet Company to carry cattle from Cork to England for the Nationalists. The Nationalists of Cavan have selected Joseph G. Biggar aud Thomas O'Hanlon as their parliamentary cancli aThe "difficult" districts of Ireland engaged the attention of a conference

of the Parnellite leaders on the 20th, at Dublin. Thomas Sexton was named for Londonderry, "Wm. H. K. Bedmond for Fermanagh, John Francis Small for Down, Timothy M. Healy for the northern division of Mouaghau, Wm. O'Brien and Timothy Harrington for Tyrone, and Arthur O'Connor for the

northern division of Antrim.

The Nationalists have decided to contest every Irish Parliamentary seat except twelve.

The Roman Catholic bishops of Ire land have passed resolutions condemn ing acts of violence and intimidation, ami warning their respective flocks that in indulging in such acts they are cer tain to bring the anger of God upon the evil-doers and their families, besides disgrace upon the Irish people in tho eyes of the civilized world.

Ihe cattle-men have refused to ship on the boats of the Cork Steamship Company, because tho managers per mitted the carrying of boycotted goods. The landlords, learning of this, sent a deputation to the Company, and in formed its officials that they would .start an opposition line if the Company refused to carry boycotted cattle. A Landlords' Defence Union against boycotting has been formed at Cork,' and boycotted persons poured in de mands for assistance. Drovers were shipping cattle to Bristol via Water ford. At a meeting of the cattlemen in Cork, on October 11, O'Cconnor read a telegram from New York dealers in hides, saying they would not pur chase goods carried by the Cork Packet Company. Tho attempt to boycott the steamship people failed, however, and this fact, has spurred the Loyalists to increased energy in their fight against the Nationalists, and they intend to contest every Parliamentary seat in Ireland at the coming election. It is denied that Mr. Parnell has been converted to Catholicism.

The Dungarvon branch of the Irish National League has notified the mas ters of foxhounds that hunting in Ire land must be stopped.

Trouble had occurred on the Duke of Devonshire's estate in Callow, County Waterfowl, in connection with tho eviction of certain tenants. The tenants and their friends made a determined resistance, and attacked the police with stones. A sheriff's posse finally dis persed the moli at the point of the bayonet. The district is "black-flagged." A body of moonlighters raided a farm, from which the tenant had been evicted, in the County Kerry, on Oct. 10th. They slit the caretaker's ears and cropped his hair.

Several prominent Nationalists in Ireland and America have written James Stephens, now in exile at Brus sels, urging him to contest a seat in the British Parliament. Stephens is un-

decided

Parnell talks confidently of carrying every Parliamentary seat in Ireland in

the interests of the Nationalists, except one division in Dublin and ten in Ulster, where the Orange Tories are

too strong for him. These seats the Nationalists will make no struggle for. Parnell and John Deasy will oiler themselves for re-election for the city of Cork. .Mr Clancy, editor of the "Nation,'' and Sir Thomas Henry I!rattan Esnionde have been nominated for Dublin city. The latter gentle man's mother was a grand-daughter of the Right lion. Henry G rattan, who brought forward in 1782 the famous Bill "of Rights, asserting the right of Ireland to self-government.

Boycotting Mrs. O'CoiuicH

The widow of Morgan O'Conuell, Daniel (/Council's nephew, residing at Kildysart, has been interviewed in regard to the attitude of I lie neigh-

boura and peasantry toward her. " 1 have seventy tenants," she said, " and six of them hold leases. The rents arc absurdly moderate, and many of them arc in arrears. Maurice Walsh, presi dent of the local league, is a yearly tenant on my land, and now owes two and a half years' rent. The tenants demand a reduction of 25 per cent. I am willing to reduce rents 15 per cent. and no more. My duty as the guar dian of my only boy, Juhn, prevents my giving more, even if I were so inclined. I have many retainers, most of whom are aged and totally unable to provide lor themselves, formerly

I bought everything at local shops ; but the tyranny of the league now compels me to go or send to Limerick, :!0 miles away, for everything I need. Local tradesmen refuse to sell anything, even bread, to myself, my servants, and my dependents. Even the priests have joined the tyrants. It is untrue the police are protecting me. I protect myself. Some of my labourers have been coerced into desertion, but others remain, and are now saving my crops. They have not been molested." A Dublin dispatch of the . r)th says a notice was posted the day before at Mrs. O'Connell's gates ordering the members of the league to shun her at mass, and not sit in the same gallery with her. Mrs. O'Conncll attended mass, and was the .sole occupant of the gallery. Mrs. O'Connell is a lady of great intellectual attainments, and she herself attends to the education of her son. She is also an authoress, having written a popular memoir of her father. She is known far and wide for her broad humanity and generosity. She faces her dangers straight, and drives and walks in Kildysart and vicinity without guards and apparently without fear. The agitation is expand ing, but is peacefully conducted in com parison, with previous movements in that neighbourhood. The New York " Herald's " Dublin special of the . r)th, however, says the point is reached where maids and women of boycotted men's families arc beaten and insulted, their hair cut oil', aud the like.

A later despatch, October Bth, says Mrs O'Connell had beaten her enemies and emerged from the boycotting con test victoriously. Several of the ten ants backed down in the face of sheriff's sales and heavy costs, and paid up on the terms offered—"Walsh, the leader of the opposition, among the number. There mil be no more boy cotting of the resolute Mrs O'Conncll. The Irish Government is making the most determined efforts to check, through the operation of ordinary law.?, this pernicious system. The licences of publichouse keepers have been re voked in a great many instances, and so offensive has boycotting become that the authorities have determined to revive the " White Boy Act." On the 17th, 200 respectable citizens of Strad bally, County Queens, were arrested for boycotting. They were all con victed, but elected to go to prison rather than furnish bail. The magis trate hesitated to commit them, and finally gave them a fortnight in which to consider the matter.

Obsequies of the Earl of s»kafte>lmry. The funeral of the departed noble man took place in London, October 8. Religious services over the remains were conducted at Westminster Abbey. Hundreds of poor people stood outside

in the drenching rain during the entire ceremony, being unable to get inside the sacred edifice, so dense was the crowd which had gathered to pay their last mark of respect to tlio philanthro pist. Large numbers of shoeblacks, with crape bands on their arms, and many other boys who have been bene fited by the departed Earl, stood in line with the elite in the Abbey. The services were very impressive.

A Scene in Westminster Abbey. The " New York Herald's " London special dispatch of October 14, says :— Yesterday, being the feast of Edward the Confessor, was especially observed by the worshippers of the Catholic church of St. Edward. At high mass Cardinal Manning officiated, and the sermon was the consideration of the probabilities of the return of the Eng lish nation to the R.G. faith. In further ance of this object, in the possible ac complishment of which His Eminence and other distinguished Catholics are confident believers, a [pilgrimage was organised to the shrine of the Confessor at Westminster Abbey to solicit his intercession for the conversion of Eng land. At the direction of the Cardinal, the appearance of a demonstration was avoided as much as possible, but the sudden inroad of a band of devotees, indulging in adoration at the tomb of the historic saint and king, excited curiosity. The vergers and the autho rities of the Abbey did not interfere with the devotions of the strangers. At last the crowd retired in good order. The question of the propriety of the proceedings was immediately taken into consideration by the Dean and Chapter.

Personal Mention

Cornelius AYalfor.il, the distinguished English author and publisher, is dead, Sept. 28, aged 58.

Alderman John Staples, F.S.A.. was elected Lord Mayor of London, Sept. 21).

The Earl of Shaftesbury diod in Lon .on, Oct. 1, aged 84.

ituskiu's illness is said to be acute uauia, and at last reports, lie was com pletely out of his mind.

Sir Charles Dilke and Mrs Pattison were married at Chelsea, Oct. 3. Col. Armstrong, a broker, gave the bride away, and Joseph Chamberlain acted as groomsman.

The Duke of Newcastle, according to a London dispatch uJ-Oct. 3, had joino d the Roman Catholic Church. Ilis con version took place some time ago, it is said, but the avowal was postponed until the young Duke had attained his majority. The conversion has caused much annoyance in Established Church

circles.

Prince Jevome Napoleon (Plon-Plon) has started on a voyage round the world; anil the Compte de Bardi is also about to undertake a voyage from Paris to America in his steam yacht.

Charles Phillippe Roben, the well known French physician and scientist, and a member of the French Senate, died in Paris, Oct. 5, aged 6-1,

M. Roustan, formerly French Minis ter at Washington, has been appointed Governor at Tunis.

The celebrated bandit Jique has been shot in Santiago de Cuba.

Mr DonagTi, of Armagh, gave £25,000 to the Church of Ireland on Oct. 13, also perpetual annuity of £000.

.1 ohn Ponder, of London, has resigned as a director of the Amcricn Western Union Telegraph Company. Thomas Davidson, the well-known English scientist, died on October 16th. Hubert Ilorkimor, R.A., has been elected successor to John Ruskinin the Slade Professorship of Fine Arts at Oxford.

Mrs LangLry, ex-professional beauty and actress, has been sued for house hold expenses incurred while living with her husband. Her defence is that he alone is responsible. Laugfcry is now living very quietly at Belfast, on an annuity allowed him by his wife on condition that he keeps away from her.

The Duke of Abercorn and the Right Rev. James Russell Woodford, D.D., Bishop of Ely, were reported seriously ill on October 18th.

INDIA.

A despatch from London, Oct. 15, says the trouble between Burmah and the Government of India will probably lead to the annexation of the former to India. The matter was seriously dis cussed at the Indian office at date, and it is generally believed that sufficient force will bo sent to Maudalay to depose King' Theebaw and annex the country, in order to prevent future complica tions whenever the King wants to raise money to give a great feast. Lord Salisbury declared, on the 13th, that the French Government had disavowed the action of the French Consul in Burmah, and that the French had no designs there. Advices from Askabad say that the English engineers at Herat are prepar ing fur the construction of a railway to Candahar.

Lord Salisbury's Interview with

the French minister

Despatches of Oct. 13th say Lord Salisbury had a long conference with Waddingtou, the French minister, in reference to the complications be tween Burmah, France, and England. It is evident King Theebaw is relying on France for assistance against Eng land, but is mistaken. France offers no opposition to British annexation of Upper Burmah, or the protectorate over Mandalay, the capital of Burmah. English soldiers serving in the Indian army whose time of service has expired, have been ordered to remain in India until the settlement of the Burmese dispute. The Indian Government's ultimatum to Theebaw demands that the British envoy be given a fitting re caption, and that the action against the Bombay Trading Company be sus pended till he has examined the dis puted points. Meantime a combined military aud naval force, numbering 10,000 men, has been fitted out at Cal cutta to proceed to Rangoon. Des patches of the 19 th say Nyoungok, half-brother of Theebaw, who has for some time been residing in Calcutta, will go to Rangoon as British nominee to succeed the King unless the latter submits to England. Despatches from Maudalay say that every available man has been sum moned for service. The Burmese Ministers have decided to stop the British Envoy with the Indian Govern ment's ultimatum at the frontier. The " Times" advices are to the effect that complete anarchy prevails in Burmah. It is expected that the Dacoit tribes will storm Mandalay. A very hostile feeling is shown in Burmah toward all foreigners, and a general massacre is expected. The Italian Consul at Man dalay has been threatened with im prisonment. The authorities at Woolwich Arsenal have been ordered to supply 10,000,000 rounds of cartridges and 10,000 rifles for the expedition to be sent against Thcsbavr.

The Latest

Despatches from Calcutta, October 22, say contingents of the Indian army are rapidly being transported to Ran goon, where the expeditionary force is to be assembled for the invasion of Burmah. The Burmese Government is actively preparing to resist the ad vance of the British troops, and the engineers are busily engaged in erect ing earthworks, planting torpedoes, building firo-rafts, loading hulks with stones and sinking them, and placing chains across the river to obstruct navigation. On the 23rd October, the Burmese Envoy at Paris handed a note to Lord ' Lyons, in which he stated he had sent a despatch tn his Government advising that arbitration be accepted, and was certain they would be glad to restore friendly relations. Tho European resi dents in Burmah, he said, were per fectly safe. The people of that country had no desire to be hostile to England, The " Journal dcs Debats " urges the French Government to protest against British annexation of Burmah.

The Afghan Controversy.

A London cablegram of October 2.), says the official Blue Book, giving a history of the negotiations between Great Britain and Russia regarding the Afghan frontier, is published, and forms much more interesting reading

than such summaries usually do. About one half the dispatches pub lished in the book are signed by Karl Granville, and the other half by Lord Salisbury, the present Premier. The

;olegram says the contrast between the

two is most marked. Granville's utterances show weakness and shifti ness ; Salisbury's, on the other hand, are noticeably linn and vigorous. From the moment he took control of affairs, the tone of the dispatches from St. Petersburg became greatly changed. Where before they had been alternately sneering and threatening, they became elusive and crafty, but always respect ful. It became evident to the Kussian official mind that it was useless to try to bombast Salisbury. Do Giers sugges ted that the question of (he ownership of the Zulfikar Pass lie postponed uutil the other points were settled The pro posal was promptly negatived. Dc Giers then offered to submit the Zulfi-

kar Pass question to a geographical commission. This was also peremptorily refused, and Russia yielded. It is evident from the study of the de spatches, that war trembled in the balance on several occasions. There

were also incidental squabbles about certain Persian matters, which indicate

that sooner or later there will be a serious complication between Persia

and England. The pubticafion of the Blue Book, at this time, is bound to have a great elTeut upon English poli tics, and its results arc almost certain to be more favourable to the Conservative than to the Liberal party.

PRANCE.

Do Lesseps has left Paris for Panama o look after the affairs of the canal.

Portugal lias seized two French ations on the Cult of Guinea.

"L'Univors" of October 17th pub lished a telegram from Father Martin stating that 700 Christians were massa cred at Auam. Among ihc victims were M. Chatelet, the missionary, and ten

native priests. President Grevy has officially an nounced that he will outer the coming contest for the Presidency.

The marriage of Prince Waldemar, third son of King Christian of Den mark, and Princess Marie, daughter of the Due dc Cliartres took place in the private chapel of the Chateau DEn, residence of the Count do Paris, on October 22nd. The day was observed in ( 'ponhiigen as a general holiday.

The French in Tonquin

Advices from Tonquin to tho Paris Temps 'of Oct. 19, describe the situa ■ion as very gloomy. Since the begin ling of the summer three thousand frenchmen have died from cholera, and argo numbers are daily succumbing to hat disease. The mortality among tho

■oops hinders the progress of the cam-

paign. The reinforcements that arc sent from France are scarcely sufficient to fill the gaps made in the French ranks by the plague. Despatches on the 22nd say, the ■ French troops re contly made a recounoissance from Honghoa to-Huanquan, and found for-

Lidable numbers of the Black Flags in

the vicinity of these places. Three thou sand fresh troops we about to leave Franco for Tonquin.

GERMANY.

The diplomatic changes spoken of to take place in November are that Count Hatzfeldt goes as Ambassador to London to succeed Count yon Minister, who goes to Paris iv place ol Prince Hohenlohe, who was rccontly

appointed to the Governor-Generalship of Alsace-Lorainc, vice Gen. Man teutl'el, deceased.

The Emperor has pardoned the Polish poet Krazewsk, whose health has broken down in prison.

The German newspapers are becom ing thoroughly aroused over the ex pulsion of the Poles from that country, and most of them, without regard to party affiliations at present, protest against the barbarous inhumanity of the order. The sufferings of the exiles are described as terrible.

RUSSIA.

The Czar has issued a ukase for bidding a general celebration, on 3rd March next, of tho twenty-fifth anni versary of the emancipation of the serfs. He is afraid of an uprising of the Nihilists.

Large additions are being made to ,he navy. Germans are. to be prohibited from ■esiding within a specified zone around 'ortih'ed places in Russia.

SPAIN.

It is rumoured iv Madrid that a marriage is to be contracted between Princess Eulalia, King Alfonso's youugest sister, and Prince Carlos, heir-apparent to the throne of Por-

tugal. The report that Germany had ac knowledged the Spanish occupation of Yap, and that Spain had granted Ger many the privilege of free navigation and commerce in the waters of the Carolines, and the right of establishing a coaling station on one of the islands, has been confirmed.

A severe shock of earthquake was idlt on October 13 in Granada.

Threatened Revolution in Denmark.

A. despatch from Copenhagen, Oct. 20th, says the long-continued arbitrary policy of King Christian in refusing to dismiss the Estrupp Cabinet in com

pliance with the vote of Parliament, and in levying alleged unconstitutional taxes because Parliament refused to vote the budget, has led to a number of serious riots and imposing demon strations in Copenhagen. The people seem determined that their representa tives in Parliament shall have some voice in the affairs of government, and have become so threatening in (their demands that the King has ordered the garrison at Copenhagen to be largely reinforced. The popular manifesta tions are not confined to Copenhagen alone, but are general throughout Den mark. It is expected that a state of siege will be declared, and it is feared that a revolution will ensue if the King persists in refusing the concession asked by Parliament. A number of political arrests have been made, tending to further incense the^ people, and blood shed is anticipated.

A desperate attempt was made at 5 o'clock on the afternoon of Oct. 21 to assassinate Premier Estrupp by a youth named Rasmussen, a compositor. He fired two shots from a revolver at the Premier. When in the act of firing a third, shot, the would-be assassin was seized by a couple of detectives, a num ber of whom have constantly been in attendance on the Premier for some time past, owing to the extreme hatred of the populace towards him and other members of the Cabinet. Rasmussen was hastily taken to prison, the officials fearing that an attempt at a rescue would be made. The first shot struck a button on Herr Estmpp's coat and glanced ofl". The second shot went wide of its mark. Rasmussen declared that his motives were political, as Herr Estmpp's conduct in the present con troversy in Denmark was inimical to the State.

The French Elections.

The results of the elections through out France on October sth, for mem bers of the Chamber of Deputies, have created great surprise and chagrin among members of the cabinet and their colleagues. The Conservatives (Monarchists of one faction or another) have made extensive gains, and arc wild with enthusiasm. The loss of seats by the Republicans will lead to a reconstruction of the present Ministry. Tt seems doubtful if the Ministry can gather about it a working majority in the new Chamber. It is expected that a provisional Ministry will bo formed, including M. M. Clemenceau and Florjuot. Various reasons are assigned for the Republican defeat, and there is a general concurrence in the opinion that the Tonquin affair had more to do with it than anything else. The Republican papers are disposod to make a scapegoat of Ferry. A special to the " Times " says : " The chief concern to America is that the new Chamber will certainly be fiercely pro tective. The many Orleanist gains in the rural districts are distinctly due to pledges made to rigorously exclude American pork and breadstuff's, and these have forced the other parties to compete with similar pledges. It is regarded certain there will lie almost a prohibitive tariff whatever else happens."

There was a tremendous row in the vicinity of the " Gaulois'" office on the 6th, and the " Figaro " building was also guarded. The editor of the former paper was assaulted by the mob when lie made his appearance in the street, and rescued by the police with

difficulty. The Republicans took "ex ception to the lines bullitined by the

" Gaulois, rejoicing over Conservative gains

It is stated in a dispatch of the 9th that as a result of the election, General Campenon, Minister of War,

has instructed General Courcey, com mander in Tonquin, to confine the French occupation to forts on the Red River delta, and to return the remain der of the troops to France.

A dispatch from Paris, October 12th, says careful calculations show that the Conservatives will number 210 in the

new Chamber, Clemenceau's party 124, and the Republicans of other shades 250. Clcmencoau's position will be, therefore, something like Parnell's in tho English Parliament. By uniting upon any important division with either party, he may turn the scales as he likes.

A Paris dispatch of October 23, says the Brisson Ministry is now uncertain about its ability to head a majority of the new Chamber of Deputies, as a serious split in the Republican ranks is threatened. The Republicans were united to carry those districts which required a second ballot; but now each faction insists on the adoption of its own programme.

The Roumanian Question.

A London special of October 24th says that a special Cabinet Council was held that afternoon, and the first sub ject of discussion was the invitation by Turkey for all the signatory Powers to send plenipotentiaries to a joint Con ference to bo held at Constantinople at as early a date as possible to settle the Balkan imbroglio. A note embodying this invitation was delivered to Lord Salisbury on the 23rd. It is asserted on good authority that the Council decided to accept the invitation. Ad vices from other capitals indicate that the Powers generally intend to accede to Turkey's proposal of a joint con ference. Some of the Powers object to confining the discussion to the union of Bulgaria and Roumania, but want to utilise this opportunity for arranging the modus vivente for all the Balkan States. As far as the Roumanian question is concerned, it is certain that the union of the two Bulgarias will be preserved, either nominally or really. Russia continues pitilessly hostile to Prince Alexander, who is generally re garded with sympathy in England, and the rumour is revived that the Czar wants the Bulgarian throne for his brother-in-law, Prince Waldemar of Denmark.

Prince Alexander has guaranteed the Porte that Bulgaria will not disturb the present order of things. The Prince has ordered his troops to avoid pro voking a conflict in any quarter, but does not hold himself answerable for his neighbours.

The Congo Country.

The ' New York Herald's ' Brussels telegram of Oct. 23 says Lieut. Coquil hat has just returned after a three years' stay in the Bogala country of the Upper Congo, and flatly contradicts the reported massacres of Europeans there. He gave an optimist's account of the African International Associa tion's progress, arid declares that canni balism iv the Congo region is dying out, and that the natives are friendly. A special surveying party is at work tracing the route of the future railway.

American Summary.

San Francisco, Oct. 24,

Owing to a short crop in England, large contracts have been made by dealers there for California hops.

There is a great excitement in the petroleum market of New York, due to a struggle between Wall-street and the Standard Oil Company.

John McCullough, the tragedian, is now confined to bed at the Bloomdaie Insane Asylum, and his death is daily expected.

The widow of Junius Brutus Booth, the great English actor, died in New York on October 22nd.

The New York "Times" of the 23rd thinks the Grant Memorial Fund will be a failure. There is little or no interest taken In it.

Mapleson and his opera troupe ar rived in New York on the 23rd.

A Chinese Freemason died in New York on the 23rd October, and was buried with full Masonic honours.

The Chinese cigav makers of San Francisco have struck against the em ployment of white labour iv the same establishments with themselves.

The Archbishop of Baltimore will shortly be named a Cardinal, and take the place in the American Catholic hierarchy vacated hy the death of Car dinal McClosky.

Irish-Americans of New York have sent 10,000 dols. to the Parnell Parlia mentary Fund, and 5,000 dols. addi tional were subscribed on the 21st at a mass meeting, over which Charles A. Dana of the " New York Sun" pre sided.

The Hudson river, N.Y., where no salmon was supposed to run, is now re ported swarming with them as the re sult of the Fish Commissioners' experi ment.

Miss R. B. Stuart, an actress, com mitted suicide in San Francisco, on Oct. 14th. Her real name was Kitty

Bryant.

H. W. Shaw (better known as "Josh Billings,") the humourist, died of apo plexy at the Hotel del Monte, Monte ray, Cal., on the 14th. He was nearly 70 years of age. Importantdiseoveries of fraud among officials in operating the Chinese Res triction Act at San Francisco, have been discovered, and a number of the offenders dismissed.

There was a sensational report in New York, on the 17th, that the Prince of Wales had entered into oil specula tion, and purchased half a million barrels of petroleum. The order was executed by the principal broker for the Standard Oil Company. If the report be true, the Prince made a tidy lot of money.

Dr. Theodore Canisius, of Illinois, for three years U.S. Consul at Samoa, has returned to Washington in broken health. He brings a letter from the present king, Malietoa, protesting against the German or any other nation attempting to annex his territory. The Apache hostiles, under the lead of the bloodthirsty Gerouimo,are having it all their own way in Arizona. The papers are full of accounts of outrages committed by the savages, and the United States troops appear powerless to oppose them.

A type-setting invention, which lias been long perfecting, and which, it is said, will revolutionise type-setting, has been introduced in New York. It is claimed that anyone capable of using a type-writing machine will be able to set type and stereotype at the same time the typo required for printing a newspaper.

Ten thousand barrels of American apples were sold in Liverpool, Eng., on Oct. sth, at remunerative prices—16s,

145., and 12s. per barrel. Apples are a drug in the American markets this season.

The racing yacht Genesta sailed from New York for England on October 3rd. The crew refused to return in her except she made the trip under jury rig. An oner of $20,000 for the craft was refused by the owner, Sir Richard Sutton.

Hon. Charles Clayton, a leading mercantile man of San Francisco, died suddenly in Oakland on October 4th. The impression is that he committed suicide on account of being financially involved.

By an accident to John Robinson's Circus train on the Fergus Branch of the Northern Pacific Railroad, October 4th, five tent hands were killed, and many others wounded. The train broke in two going up an incline, and all the circus men were in the rear cars.

The town of Westwood, N.Y., was demolished be a tornado on the sth October.

Some 10,000 Irish-Americans met in mass meeting at Chicago on October 3rd, and sent $10,000 to the Parlia mentary campaign fund for Irish members, on the plan originated by Parnell.

The establishment of H. S. Crocker and Co., the most oxtensive in the way of printing, engraving, and lithograph ing iv San Francisco, was destroyed by fire on the morning of Oct. 8. It was known as the Cosmopolitan Block, Bush Street. Loss about $500,000. Two men lost their lives by falling Avails. The great explosion by which Flood Rock, which interfered with navigation at Hell Gate, East River, New York, was reduced to fragments took place on the forenoon of Oct. 10. Tons of water, v wreckage of timber, and boulders were uplifted in air over 200 feet. The spectacle is said to have been grand beyond description. Navigation is now entirely free iv this locality. Nearly 300,000 pounds of dynamite were used in the blast.

Postmaster-General Vilas is besieged with psotests against the present arrangements for carrying the foreign mails, and petitions praying for an immediate return to the old system.

Steps have been taken by Nellie Sartoris, daughter of the late President Graut, to procure a divorce from her English husband, Algernon Sartoris, on account of his cruelty and neglect.

Death of Cardinal McClosky

John McClosky, of New York, the first American Cardinal created, died at his residence, October 10th, and was buried with great pomp on the 13th. Nearly every Protestant minister in the city made fitting reference to this notable death, Beecher, preaching on the resurrection, concluded his sermon as follows :—" That dear old man, who has gone up from among those who loved him, leaves behind his cardinal's throne, the purple of his robes, and his tiara. It was well enough he should have them as the symbols of his autho rity, but the moment he emerged into that other life he stood in his spiritual entirety where his temple was his lord. When lie lifts his venerable head lie will be young—young in the presence of his God—and he will remain with those whom he has saved from destruc tion, for they will be there too. I re joice in his translation, as I do in that of a.ll the zuuts. This is the testimony

of a Protestant. Keniember, you could not make a Catholic out of me any more than you could make an eagle, chained in a barn-yard, lay eggs."

CANADA.

Two causes are at work producing race trouble in Canada. In the cities, particularly Montreal and Toronto, the enforcement of the compulsory vaccina tion Act, and in the Dominion gener ally, the condemnation of Eiel to death. The French are arraying themselves against the English at every oppor tunity, and assaults and riots are fre quent. ;The Roman Catholic clergy seek in vain to impress upon their flocks the necessity of vaccination.

The project of a railroad from Win nipeg to Hudson's Bay, for the ship ment of Manitoba wheat to England, has been abandoned.

A resolution of the Montreal Board of Health, calling upon the Central Board to close the churches on account of the small-pox epidemic, has raised tremendous opposition among the Catholic clergy. They absolutely re fuso to comply with any order of this kind that may be issued. The number of cases of small-pox received in the Civic Hospital of Montreal up to Oct. 22nd, is 465, of which 118 have died.

At a banquet given to Lord Lands downe, Governor-General of Canada, in Victoria, 8.C., on October 12th, he said Colonial representation in the Imperial parliament is likely to be an important question at the elections next summer. It was also intimated that Esquimalt would be fortified and made the great British Arsenal of the Pacific.

Famine at Labrador.

A special from Ottawa, October 3rd, says it is officially announced there that the Labrador fisheries have proved a failure, and the inhabitants are starving. The suffering of women and children beggars all description, the little ones dying in the arms of their mothers, who have no food to give them, and the cold and exposure complete the list of woes. Several ships loaded with provisions have been despatched to relieve the unfortunates. The famine extends along the entire coast.

South & Central America.

Cuba is purchasing torpedo boats.

Heavy rains and floods have oc curred in Mexico washing out railroad beds in all directions.

The Cuban revolutionists have had several encounters with the Spanish troops, particularly in the Cinco Villas district. Many leading Spaniards and prominent Americans are in sympathy with the revolution.

The Isthmus ceased to be duty free on Oct. 9. Custom-houses are now established at Colon and Panama under the law passed in ] 884, that charge import duties at the rate of 80 per cent, of the duties levied at other Custom houses in the republic.

Peru is represented in a deplorable condition. Letters from the revolution ary General Cacores has been inter cepted which led to the imprison ment and banishment of merchants and public men in several cities. Canon Media, one of the most distin guished prelates of the. Republic, had been ordered to leave the country. Horrible atrocities had been committed by the rebels at lea.

ANGLO-COLONIAL NOTES

[From Our London Correspondent.]

London, October 8.

The excitementof the coming General Elec tion is beginning to make itself felt all over the country. Next week Mr Gladstone goes to Midlothian, and then the campaign will commence in earnest. Even the shrewdest judges of political feeling and public opinion confess themselves utterly at a loss to say what, under the extended franchise, th result will be. The Radical oracles of the National Liberal Club reckon on a party m&jerity of 40,givlug the Irish vote whole sale to the Conservatives. The Whigs, on the other hand, shake their heads and prophesy disaster. In their case the wish is probably father to the thought. Modorato Liberals would most certainly prefer tho Tories retaining power to the country being handed over to the tender mercies of Mr Chamberlain. And Mr Chamberlain will be all powerful should Mr Gladstone return to office. In the last Liberal Cabinet there were a majority of Whigs and a few Radicals In the next there will be a majority of Radicals and r. few Whigs, If Sir Julius Vogel had stay odin England, this would have been his opportunity to try and enter the Imperial Parliament. The recent interchange of courtesies be tween the colonies and the mother country has favourably disposed constituencies to Anglo-Australasian candidates. At Canter bury, for example, Mr Henniker-Heaton can always bring in references to the New South Wales contingent in hia speeches with effect. Sir Samuel Wilson, too, finds the local yeomen take more interest in his colonial possessions than they ever did before. At one of the county public meet ings tho other day a burly Buckingham shire farm-labourer, about for the first time to exorcise hie privileges as an elector, bawled out, " Wa'at aboot assisted omigra tion ? Will't get Goovm'nt t'help poor folk to Australie 2"

Sir William McArthur has very little rhance of becoming member for West New ington, and is getting himself much dis liked there. The seat is a safe one for tho other Liberal candidate if Sir William would withdraw, but the result of the split in the party will probably be a Conservative vic tory. Captain Selwyn is almost certain to be returned for his division of Cambridge shire. He seems to be exceedingly popular there.

Other Anglo - Colonial candidates may present thomselvos during the next few weeks.

Nelson Bros.' Now Refrigerating Stores.

A largo company of gentlemen interested either directly or indirectly in tho New Zealand meat trade, aseombled, at the in vitation of Mr E. M. Nelson (managing director of Nelson Bros., Limited), on Friday last, to inspect the extensive new refrigerating stores of the Company at Cannon-street Wharf. These Btores have been erected under the superintendence of Mr A. S. Haalam, of tho Haelam Foundry Company, and occupy the western half of the twelve arches supporting Cannon-street Station, between Upper Thames-street and the rivor. There aro at present nine chamber*! situated on either side of a twelve feet wide passage, down which runs a line of rails from the river frontage to Thames street. The refrigerators have capacity for about23,ooo carcases, but they can begreatly extendodwheneverrequired. Thomachiriery consists of two Haslam dry-air refrigerators of 60 h.p., delivering air at 50 degrees to SO degrees bolow zero, and circulating 96,000 feet of air per hour. The water for cooling purposes is taken direct from tho river into a large subsidising tank. In- Bulated lighters capable of carrying about 800 to 900 carcases convey the meat from the vessel to the wharf, whbre it is landed under the cover of a railway arch, protected alike from sun or rain, put into tram cars, and convoyed to the refrigerating chambers, in which a temperature of about 21 degrees is maintained. Tho entire vaults are il luminated by the electric light. It was stated that tho Company had stored close upon 100,000 sheep, 4.000 lambs, and 8,500 legs of mutton since January Ist. They receive regular supplies of 8,000 to 10,000 carcases a month, as well as occasional smaller parcels from their own works at Napier. A butcher's Bhop at Cannon-street Station retails the Company's frozen mutton, and does v fair business. After the inspection the visitors adjourned to the Cannon-street Hotel, wkore a capital

lunch was spread, sundry joints of New Zealand mutton playing a prominent part in the'menu. Toasts of course followed tho meal, but as the proceedings were strictly private, I mustn't betray confidence. Suffice it to say tho ouesta having lunched,, wisely and well inclined to see the future o:f tho meat trade through roseate spectacles, invoked special blessings on Nelson Bros. (Limited). Among those present I noticed Sir Francis Truscott, Hon. K. Kussell, Mr F. Nelson, Col. Martindale (Manager of London and St. Katherino Dock*-), Mr E. H. Bailey (Manager of East and West India Docks), Messrs Coster and .Strickland of the New Zealand Shipping Company, and Mr Parke, of Shaw, Savill's.

An Anstr Han Claimant.

An Australian claimant, whose preten sions far outrival those of the renowned "Sir Roger," will shortly appear—backed up by a phalanx of colonial witnesses- as the horo of an almost unparalleled came celcbre. . According to repo>t, a lady has arrived from Sydney in order to prosecute the claims of her son to a title which has within quite a recent period, and of course by the death of the holder, passed with the family property into otbor hands. The 'new peer, who is not the son of the deceased, will bo asked to surrender to the nowcomer, who professes that ho is. It is declared that the lady will bo able to produce a cer tificate of her marriago with the late peer to prove that her son is the lawful issue of that union. The striking fact in this pre tension is that allowing the documentary evidence to bo unimpeachable, tho marriage must have taken place when the lato peer was about sixteen years of age. " Truth " warmly supports MrHenniker- Heaten's proposal that the British and Aus tralasian Governments should unifco tolay an alternative cable via the Cape of Good Hope and Mauritius. Besides breaking what Sir labouchero calls tho "Cablo King," it would — should, in event of war, the Mediterranean and Red Sea cable be severed and communication with the Colo nies be cut off—be most important.

I hear Mr Michael Davitt may shortly pay a lecturing tour to your part of the world. He is a most eloquent speaker, and quite the pleasantest and most cultured of the extreme Irish party. His "Prison Diary," now obtainable for Is Gd, is capital reading.

More About the Australian Claimant. The peerage to which the Australian claimant above-mentioned aspires is, I learn, the Earldom of Lonedale. The late earl was one of the most unspeakable ruffians that ever disgraced the House of Lords. He drank, gambled away a largo fortune, ill-treated his beautiful wife, and eventually rotted to death, tormented by a loathsome disease, v/hilst still quite a young man. Great feara are entertained that there may be considerable foundation for the new claim. When the late earl was quite a boy it was common gossip on the estates that ho had crowned an unpreceden ted number of youthful follies (to call them no coarser name) by marrying one of the housemaids at the ca3tle. The scandal was, however, promptly burked, and the girl disappeared; shipped off, it was gaid, to Australia. Subsequently his lordship married Lady Gladys Herbert, the most beautiful girl of her day. She soon learnt to hate and despise the wretched man, and he returned her dislike with compound interest. It is now remembered that when Lord Lonsdate got drunk it was his common habit to repudiate his marriage and declare Lady Gladys was no more a Countess than any of the numerous "Tottiea" of his ac quaintance. At the time very little atten tion was paid to what people took to be tho ravings of a tipsy fool, but in the light of recent events such reminiscences attain disagreeable significance, After the lato Earl's death tho Countess engaged hereelf in turn to several men, whom she threw over one after another. Report credited her with an unfortunatoattaehmenttoher cousin the Earl of Durham, and it was believed that, had that unfortunate nobleman been able to divorce his imbecile wifo, he would have married her. Anyhow, Lady Lous dale took a keen interest in the latv proceed ings, and it was not till all hope of Lord Durham's obtaining a decree had to be given up that she accepted her present husband, Earl De Grey, the heir to the Marquigate of Kipon, and the greatest matrimonial "catch" of tho decade, save, perhaps, the Duko of Portland. With two powerful families interested in disproving the new claimant's case it will have to be a very strong one indeed to succeed. Even should the facts as stated prove correct, a compromise will probably be come to. A life interest in the Lons dale property is not—as times go -worth much from a monetary point of view. Besides, the estates were left much em barrassed by the late Sari, the present Earl clearing them out of his wife's purse. All such eurna the newcomer would of course have to repay. Then his social position would be most unenviable. : The upper ten usually thaw to such persons in time, but even the most lenient would find it difficult to be civil to tho offspring of such an utter blackguard as the late Lord Lonsdale, and of an intrigueinjr house maid—more especially as the young peer would be poor and his housemaid mother etill "en evidence." On the other hand the Ilipon family are enormauely rich, and would certainly readily part with a fortune rather than have it known, aa an assured fact that Lady Ie Grey bad been the late Lord Lonsdale's mistress. The present Lonsdale, too, would probably offer liberal terms. Altogether, I shall be Bur prised if the case comos to trial.

The Indo-Colonial Aquarium.

Quite one of the most interesting features of|gthe Indo-Colonial Exhibition next aummer will be a magnificent aquarium showing the various lish indigenous to Indian and Australasian waters. All the principal colonial Governments havo been communicated with on the subject, and re quested to send as many representative collections as they possibly can. Elaborate preparations are being made to receive the fish in a largo new aquarium, which will be supplementary to the superb aquarium of British fresh and salt water fish, which has been yearly enlarged and improved ever since the Fisheries Exhibition. Taken aa a whole, the joint Anglo and colonial aquariums next summer should be incom parably finer than anything of the kind ever exhibited before. The first consign ments of colonial fihh are expected at South Kensington at the end of the present month.

Now Zealand and the Iron Trade.

In the course of a particularly interesting article in the last issue of the "Colliery Guar dian" on the subject, there occurs the follow ing passage, which seems weith quoting :— "Wo do not think British ironmasters ought to epeculato with too much coufl dence upon a prolonged continuance of a New Zealand demand for rails and iron. So long as the population of the colony is limited the bulk of the railway material re quired in New Zealand rvill no doubt come from Great Britain or the United States. New Zealand is rich in coal and iron and stone, and being a country of comparatively limited extent, steel and iron will clearly bo turned out thero as cheaply and readily as in Europe. The only circumstances which will avert thia inevitable contingency are, first, the delivery of rails on tho New Zealand mar ket upon relatively cheap terms; and secondly, tho lengthened period which must probably elapse before the New Zealand population will have become sufficently dense to? admit of a vigorous prosecution of metallurgical industry. Of course under present circumstances tho New Zealand Government will havo no difficulty iv pur chasing rails in England at remarkably cheap rates, and the protectionist system enforced in the New United States, which keeps rails at a slightly higher level than in Europe, is also calculated to clear tho way for the products of tho British rolling mills, notwithstanding the great distance they have to be carried before thoy can be brought into uso at the antipodes." Tho great George Augustus, writingtoMr Labouchere from Melbourne on August 26th, says ho has made a pot of money in Australia, and hoped to make more in New Zealand, whither he was just setting off, Genevievo Ward "collated" £10,000 dur ing her colonial tour, and Boucicault was doing tremendous business. Then cornea the following passage, which will enrage a certain club of journalists in Melbourne not a little : " A small clique in Melbourne, members of a gang of cads, calling them selves a club, enraged at my having been prevented by an attack of bronchitis from dining with them, have been industriously circulating rumours that I couldn't lecture; that I was inaudible, and that my lectures had been a financial failure. Ifthis libel has by any chinee reached London, please contradict it." The Scottish Australian Investment Company. Mr Charles G. Grainger has retired from tho Secretaryship of the above Company, and from thafcalsoof tboScottish Australian Mining Company, both of which he has held from their formation, and has been elected to the eeat at the Board of each Company, vacant by the dtith of Mr A. L. Elder. Mr F. VV. Tumor U-a beon.appoin ted Secretary, , ; . si:

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1885

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