BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 545, 16 December 1890, Page 2

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Several great meetings have been held, at one of which Mr Parnell described Mr Gladstone as a grand old spider catching Irish flies. He announced that his defence would be forthcoming presently, and asserted that he intended to persevere in the constitutional path as long as possible. He appealed to the youth of Ireland against the cowardly mutineers who had deserted him.

The polling for North Kilkenny takes place on 22nd December. Mr McCarthy’s supporters in revenge, raided the Young Ireland office and smashed the type. Mr Gladstone says he will never cooperate with Mr Parnell again. The sculptor, Mr Boethon, was found dead in his studio by the Princess Louise of Wale’.

The Portuguese Government is despatching a troop of artillery to Mozambique. The residences of secessionists from Parnell are guarded by police.

Messrs Parnell and O’Brien are to confer in Paris, in the hope of a compromise.

The Imperial Institute is hampered by the neglect in the payment of colonial subsidies.

Messrs Dillon and O’Brien have issued a fresh attack on the Liberal Unionist manifesto.

England and Germany are dissuading Italy from occupying Tripoli. The American Indians have been overawed, and tranquility is being restored.

A second death has occurred after the third inoculation by Dr Koch’s process. Other patients are in a dangerous condition.

Inferior merino wools are 7% per cent and best merinos and all crossbreds 5 per cent lower,

Torpedo and gunnery trials of the Australian cruisers Ringarooma and Tauranga are proceeding satisfactorily. .The ships will be despatched to Australia early next year. A steamer of Hong Kong has been raided by pirates, who murdered the officers and looted the vessel. Gunboats have been sent in pursuit of the pirates. A mob attacked Davitt, Healey, and the police escort at Kilkenny. Parnell, with a view of assisting his candidate for Kilkenny North, is making a strong appeal to the mob. _ tn spite of Parnell’s action, the publishers succeeded in getting out two issues of United Ireland, but a thousand copies were seised by a body of armed men, and thrown into th? river. Liflfey Curks Stoddart, an American banker, has been arrested on a charge of embezzlement of a sum of six million dollars.