GENERAL SUMMARY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 254, 23 September 1884, Page 2

GENERAL SUMMARY.

London, . August 29.' The Duke, of Edinburgh ' with the Chunnel fl et was in Dublin [Harbor on Ibo 29th. A great stir was caused

rttiitfitg the* pdopW nutt iUe flake wad well recrtlvedi Thousands flocked to Kingstown to visit the vo-w'K and the evening" were ni:ulc brilliant with balls, fireworks, and illuminations of ships. The Freeman's Journal remarked that such an occurrence indicate;! how loyal the Irish might be if they were only accorded their rights. W. T. Sutcliffe, corn merchant, Liverpool, failo.l on August 29. Liabilities, £] 00,000 odd. Cumberland, an Englishman, and notorious as a "thought reader." managed to make £2800 in one week in Austria recently. A despatch of 25th August says the island of Jersey was shaken up by an earthquake on that day, which lasted 30 seconds. .. , - Advices in London on August 27 from Calcutta state j that a famine in Mysore is inevitable, owing to d ought, and the aiithovhieH are taking no steps to provide relief. ' The Frerjcli aßeJssJablishing a coal •depot at Pondicherry, India, f Thunderstorms almost unexampled in severity swept over the North of England^ and Scotland on August 12. Many buildings in Edinburgh and other cities were partially demolished by iigh tni ng. Dundee was enveloped in dense darkness, and for an hoar traffic was suspended, i Several per* som, were killed by lightning, among the number, Earl Lunderdale, who was ove taken by thestorm while out riding. . There was a great i ivforin demonstration at Aberdeen on August 16. Resolutions iri favor of the Franchise Bill and in condemnation of the action of the House of Lords in rejecting it were unanimously passed. The shop* ■generally were closed, and the whole city made it a holiday. Aged men who look part in the reform demonstration of 1832, marched at the head of a monster * procession. . A demonstration at Wakefield, England, on the 16th, was attended by lOtyOOO persons. Resolutions condemning the House of Lords were adopted.