ENGLISH MAIL NEWS.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 426, 8 March 1890, Page 3

ENGLISH MAIL NEWS.

[PKB MsiiirosA] A lad of 13 reported to the Exeter police on February’ 6th that his father stabbed his wife to death with a pocket knife, while the lad stood by imploring him to spare his mother. The father then cut his own thr oat before bis son’s eyes. Au investigation confirmed the story.

The announcement of the settlement of the libel suit brought by Mr Purnell against the Loudon Times, the plaintiff receiving £5OOO, h-'s caused a sensation. Referring to the Parnell case, the Times of February 4 says, “ After the withdrawal of the letters it was o'ear we had no legal defeuoea and therefore no alternative was open to us but to come to terms or abide by the verdict of a jury. Aa we had at the outset challenged such action, we cannot complain of being taken at our word. This result, however, in no way affects the larger question. It is most desirable that the Parliamentary Commission should report; and when its .report is presented it is equally desirable that it may be placed in the hands of tho public with tne least possible delay/’ The Bink of England refuses to permit the printing of one pound notes. Some of its Directors are uni ing with the provincial bankers in opposing the issue of such papermoney, and have informed Mr Goschen of their action. The latter says ho will push the Bill in Pirli-unent, despite the B inkers. A scandal similar to the London Cieve'andstreet affair has been dragged from i a depths in Belfast. Twelve youths were arraigned on February 4, and other arrests are expected. A secret society has been discovered in Ireland against Smith Barry, president of the Landlords’ Syndicate, and other laudlords They are tn be boycotted and a systematic obstruction made to ail their business.

[ John Rei 1 and Co., tha big Loudon shipbuilding firm, failed on February 3, with heavy liabi-ities. The C immittea on French Customs propose to substitute for the various treaties of commerce and general Custom* tariff, a strong protective treaty, in which the tariff shall he put at a maximum rale for the virtual nrohi bition of all commodities in which Frenih manufacturers and dealers need protection, and at a minimum for all other articles of international trade. This new treaty will ba applicable to all natiooa which give Franca any commercial advantages. Tha uomfirmation of the Samoan treaty by ha United States Senate give great satisfaoion in Berlin. Visits of courtcsv were nterchanged by the United States Minister and the German officials. A London despatch of January 18 says that John Buskin, leader of English literature, is helplessly insane. His mind has been eradiially giving way fnr seven or eighl.yevrs. The first public suspicion of the fact occurred at Oxford, 1886, when, after delivering several lectures, tie broke down daring one and became incoherent and greatly exercised tbe feelings of his sympathetic audience. He ventured nn more there, and the matter wse hushed up. He went to France, and after snending some tipie at Amiens proceeded to Florence, on a visit to Miss Alegandar. He then seemed to be in good health. At Venice he had an attack, and broke down mentally, In November last reports reached London of his having a violent paroxysm, during which he smashed windows in his room, Since then he has lain in bed continuously and refuses all but liquid food, and manifests no desire to get up. He is steadily growing weaker, and the probability is that if he ever leaves his te 1 he will never go out of the house again. Cardinal Pecci. brother of tha Boman Pontiff, died on February 7, of pneumonia. In a conversation had at Zanzibar, tha African explorer, Emin Bey, Said the Rhe. dive’s officials sentbim vagabond'officers and poor men, also worthless powder. For six wars he maintained bis authority against Bl Mahdi and his followers and the treachery at Cairo. He hoped Stanley would help to make his authority over the country per. manent. Emin feels his position keenly, and says he was forced to retire through lack of proper support. He will probably slay in Egypt, and not visit London or Berlin. Ha considers that he has accomplished a great work, which only needed support and time to be firm and complete; but when the regent trouble? eagle, ft looked aq if the jabots of eleven years had been lost. The epidemic known as •• la grippe ” has been particularly fatal in many parts of the United States. Many prominent people in San Francisco were oarrio.l off by it. The influenza or "la grippe ” caused so many deaths in the city of Mexico up to February 6th that a sufficient number of hearses could not be had to promptly convey the bodies to the various cemeteries. The President and the wegltby men of the country were contributing largely to the relief of tha suffering poor. Tbe Catholic clergy of Canada, by order of Archbishop Fabre, are praying in the churches for freedom from the influenza or ‘•la grippe."

Russia has ordered two large ironclad frigates built in England to be provided with the largest engines and the heaviest Krupp guns, Four of the greatest firms in Europe estimated fo{ the contact; but the insisted that the ships should lie built in England, Five hundred glassworkers on strike at Gabion, Bohemia, made an attack (January 30) on the factory in which they had bren employed, and forcing an entrance into the building destroyed all the machinery. The police attempted to quell the disturbance, whereupon the strikers turned upon them, and in the conflict that followsd two of the rioters were killed and many were sevterejy wounded. J, “ ' '‘ The Chinese Government has given assent to the construction of a line of railroad from Girin, in Manchiirie. on ti)e tfie tributary pi ifie Atnoor, to Bekiq. Jgjg prpqt-ed ia' Jfcoui ShslgSi As A sei on it j 6 determined to increase the Russian fleet in the Pacific. Advices from Zanzibar of January 29th say several French priests who recently met report that Dr Peters was not killed, but is alive and Well with his qmnmand, Cnolara is raging !» ait epidemic form in tbe Caaoasuf; Tha plunger Bengon, now in prison at Nice, has broken down completely, according to a despatch from that place of January 30 h. He weeps bitterly in his cell, and he ia unable to secure hie release, and professes extreme penitence.

The Grand Dqka Nioolae of fiuasia is dving ’lowly from oancer. He haa gone to Nice, seeking ts prolong hie life, An article in the Nevoe Vreyma advises Europe to check England’s extensions in Africa.

An explosion occurred off Margate, on the morning of February 7th, pn the warship Barracoota, during a boiler test. Two men Were kill'd and ten wounded.

Professor Bokal, of the Klanaenberg University, Austria, claims to have dis covered a certain antidote to hydrophobia, consisting of a solution of chlorine bromide, sulphuric acid, and permanganate of potash, with oil of eucalyptus. The steamer La Plata arrived at Antwerp from Buenos Ayyes, qn jpabtwy 4, when specie cud bonds valued si 1,250,000 dollars ware missing, and It is auppused they were stolen during the voyage. The dispute been the United States and Denmark, arising from the Butterfield claim for damages for vessels lost near St. Thomas, West Indies, a year ago, has been arbitrated by Mr 0. Monson, British Minister to Greece, on all the points involved,