Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-12-08
FOREIGN Intelligence.

IT was stated on the Goth ult. tEat during
a recent collision in mid-ocean between
the American ship Thomas Dana and the
French brig Rocaby the latter sank. and
eighty-nine of the one hundred and ten
persons on board were drowned.
A COLLISION occurred few days ago on
a railroad near st. Meen, France, and
eighteen persons were killed and fifteen
were dangerously injured.
AT Newry, Ireland, rioting occurred
few nights ago between Orangemen and
Nationalists, in which many persons were
injured.
THE conference of the American Bishops
with the Papal Propaganda at Rome was
closed on the 3Oth ult.
A BILL has passed the Lower House of
the Hungarian Parliament permitting civil
marriages between Jews and Christians.
The discovery of small planet by Bal
liza at Vienna was announced on the 3Uth
ult.
PATRICK O'DONNELL, the slayer of James
Carey, the informer, was found guilty OF
murder on the 1st, in London, and sentence
of death was passed. AS the police took
him away he held up his right hand and
cursed the British crown, calling for three
cheers for Ireland.
THROUGH the Northwest Territory belt
six hundred miles long has been opened for
settlement by the Dominion Government
at $50 per acre.
The election is announced of Alderman
Meagher, Parnellite, Lord Mayor of
Dublin.
A MOVEMENT has been started by cltl-
zens of Montreal to cut down the duty on
American fruit, especially oranges and
grapes.
ADvICEs of the Sd from Vienna say that
Lieutenant Payer, the Austrian arctic ex-
pIorer, is not dead, as was reported
In pastoral letter on the 81 Archbishop
McCabe, Of Ireland, denounced secret So
cieties, which "seem to possess fatal
charm for Irshmen and generally end
with the hangman's rope or the infamy of
the inforner."
MACHINES containing dynamite reached
Paris on the Sd, one directed to De LeSSepS,
and others to the Panama Canal contract
or Upon De Lesseps' being warned Of his
danger, he said: They treat me like
sovereign"
OFF the coast of Newfoundland a hurri-
cane was reported on the 3D., and much
damage to shipping was expected. The
new Government steamer Princess Louise
lost on the rocks with her Captain and
eight men.
at Liverpool cont lining cotton, hemp and
sugar. causing a loss of 100000.
AT Foo Chow, China, cholera was re.
ported as epidemic on the 3d.
On the evening of the 2d religious serv'
ices were being conducted in the theater at
Wexford, Irelanl, by Major Whittle, of
Chicago, when a mob entered the building,
and made a bonfire of all the Bibles and
hvmn-LookS that could be found. 1t was re-
ported that one Pro les tant was attacked and
carried down t. the harbor, the intention
of bis assailants being to drown him. Some
respectable Catholics interfered and
saved him. Another Protestant was chased
through the streets and finally sought ref
uge in the police barracks. He was told
the police were unable to protect him. He
was seriously wounded. The mob took
complete possession of the town, broke the
windows of the Protestant Church, and of
nearly all the houses occupied by Protest
ants. The dresses of the ladies who at
tended the services in the churches and in
the theater were torn off, and the gentle
men accompanying them stoned. Several
were injured severely. The mob paraded
the streets for several hours, singin " God
Save IreIand.'' The police We're confined
to their barracks throughout the riot. The
victims intend to seek compensation.