San Francisco Mail News.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 79, 2 April 1895, Page 3

San Francisco Mail News.

WINCES AGAINST PEERS. - besb sfcafcing in the London district! iaxin „ the long frosb (according to a dispatch Fefciruary 17th) was on the big late in the grounds of Buckingham Palace, and princesses and duchesses have h an using it daily secure from the obaerva- "-'■ rim and criticism of the vulgar crowd. On ■SKnday.'Mt*. Mr, Balfour, ab the request A bhe Prince oi Wales, book eighb yoang Hiletic aristocratic members of tbo House !!f Commons to bbc Palace, to play in wkev againsb a team captained by A lees a person than the heir to tha throne, and composed entirely .f hrinces. The gam^ was witnessed by ?he frincesß of Wales, the Duchess of York nd a crowd of favoured dames. Fasb and farioaa play resulbed in a victory for the Vrinceof Wales' team Dy eight points to five which might have Lieen expected, for the race of old-fashioned courtiers has nob died oub even in this democratic counbry. The Prince wasi a good deal blown, for he ha ß not been taking much exercise lately, .nd everybody can see he .bas put on coni Mgtable Hosh einco hia return from Russia. I "IHE DICTUM OF THE'- PRINCESS. i■" Strange gossip (according to a London I dianatch of February 9th) passed ground jasociebv aboub bhe great ball ab Warwick I raatle The Countess of Warwick mbended Kb this ball should ba aa bfetoric enterI lament, baking rank with Jibe famous SLlmgton tournaments. Shekadcounted nn the presence of the Prince- of Wales and ?Ke Duke and DucheßS of Yoitt, bub ib was intimated ab bhe lasb moment .thab bhese Laities could nob accepb the Invitations. It now leaks out thab the Princess " 0 { ■■■'Wales strongly disapproved' of the Prince or Duke or Duchess going to VVar«nck Castle, ostensibly because ol mourn- £ for the Czar. The Prince ab bhe< outset inaistedon attending, bub finally tbo Princess intimated that she tfou Id indefinitely Lions her stay abroad if he carriod out fa intention. As a matter cf fact, «ihe did not return until he had declined the invitation The resulb was bhat the ball, bhough soreeoas and picturesque, lacked bhe telat that royalty would have given ib, > and failed to create the sensation intended. THE DIAMOND KING BLACKBALLED. London " Troth " of March. 6th says bha* *L Prioce of Wales and bbc Duke of Fife have reigned from the Travelers' Club la consequence of the action of thab body in blackballing Cecil Rhodes, who was a candidato for membership. The club sb one of the ' oldest •■ and mosb stylish in London. Ib was established in 1819 and is splendidly situated at 106 Pall Mall. The entrance feo is 30 guineas .and the annual subscription 10 guineas. Jb has SOO members, who included the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Fife, and ia one of the most exclusive institutions in the metropolis. The club's I action in blackballing Premier Rhodes was, it is thought, exceedingly ill-advised. In the first place, he is nothing if nob a distinguished traveller, notwithstanding his lack of blue blood, secondly, and most im portanb of all, aa far as the club is concerned, he is a particular friend of the Princo of Wales, and, of •course,'of the Duko of Fife, as well aa their financial adviser. Ib waa nnder Cecil .Rhodes' auspices thab tbe heir to the throne and the Duke invested very extensively and profitably in South African enterprises, and .bothhaveresantedbheinsulbbo their mentor. l'hie, of, couree, meana a serious loss of eivjte to the Club, and the "members are now seriously, mortified ab their misbake. Efrodea is the'arcliiteoß of his own forbune, made -in•', the diamond fields of Kimberlv, South Africa, \ and is universally Iknow'n as the diamond king. His fortune is now over £12,000,000,1 and hi* "busy brain is forming a company \ for the development of the BsehuaDsliihd protectorate and the countries lying to tho north. One resulb of , this active roan's efforts has been the formation in iIBB9 of the. famous Imperial British Sooth Africa Company, wibh the Duke of Abensom as President, tho Duke of ■Fifflfson-in-Wwof the Princeof Wales), VicePresident, and himself as Managing Director, the society wielding a power almost, if nob quite, aa absolute as thab enjoyed by tbo historical East India Company. Thia position"rendered him bbc most powerful man* in Soubh Africa, and in 1890 he auc<kM Sir Gordon Sprigg as Premier of Cape Colony. He had previously been a nercber of tbe Assembly, and TreaeurerGeneral of the Cape. ... THE BOOTHS. The London " Chronicle,' March 6th, jm.bliß.ieß an interview with Genoral Ballnigton Booth of vhe Salvation Army, just retoned to England after an extended torn* of the United Btates and Canada. He aid the general religions tone of those ewnfries was a surprise and pleasure to Mm. The people talked much more freely of . aligioo than either Englishmen or Ausbr'aliws. Ab the same time he could not help nking how much real .separation from the -,'wrld exists along witA'i all this apparent Rligionsness. To bhab question he bad Wer boen able bo rec»rn a satisfactory iwwer. On March 6th, two officers of the Salvation Army appealed before Judge lerrie, ;of the Probate- Courb, Cincinaati, and. mado application for a tinistors license for Mrs Ballington fyoth, to enable her to officiate ab * wodding to be celebrated soon ab tbe : Salvation Army Temple in that city. It *« a new question. Tbe Courb could fed no statutory authority on the anbjwt. bat under bhe policy of the law, vhieb encourages wedlock, tbe judgo said I Is would grant tho license. By so doing I He Salvation Army iB recognised aa a I wligious congregation and M.rs BallingtonSootfa is a minister of thab ordi?r. | WE COULD - CASTELLANE MARRIAGE. __ ,Tha roavriago of Miss Anna Gould, I |»j(htei..pf the late Jay Gould, an Ameri- | *> multi-millionaire, to Count Paul Erneat ftiniiaco de Casbollane, was solemnised, : *«eh 4tb, at noon at the residenco of her •Wtber, Go.wge J. Gould, in New I. The Could, family belong to Presbyterian Church, but in dccc to tho bridegroom. Archbishop gan, R.C., officiated at the ceremony. * is,called the Oriental drawing-room is mansion was devoted bo the cerer, bat the floral decorations ofthe inf of the edifice generally were Y -and profuse—Bourbon roses and «;de-lis predominating in compiito the nationality of the bridea and. his family. At 11.30 the JVog and eighty intimate friends iblod ab the- house. The party ed tbe musio-room and passed into last India room, where, awaiting the Jach of hia bride, stood the briden, attended by his brother, Count de Caatellane. On,a daia stood Arch'P Corrigi.n, wearing his occlesiastical '■ Mr Gould placed hie sister's in tbab of Count do Castel^ .and withdrew to the left, whore jifei and bwo little daughters stood. Wremony was abriged by the facb thab btide had not surrendered ber own $ob'faith. After the singing of the jj Maria" and the benediction, "Wedding March" filled room, and the bride received Mod wishes of thti Archbishop and her 8* A delicious wedding breakfast was V-; The bride's redding gown was )' ivory satin duchess, trimmed with pt Angieterre lace, twelve inches wide I! v. a rare and beautiful pattern. %ww-rarest and mosfc costly ofthe 88 p.^senta was a heart-shaped brooch, i

In the centre was a rare and worldfamona Esterhazy diamond, surrounded by eleven diamonds, each of whuich ia large enough to be worn by a single atone. This was the gift of Miss Helen .Gonial. ,Mr and Mrs Geo. J. Gould's present was a collar of superb pearls, consisting of ben strands, in which were 72 diamonds and -BGO pearls. The Marquis and Marquise of Caetellano presented a unique necklace, consisting of five ropos of pearls, each wibh a string which is of historic interest, one having belonged to Henry Quatre, and another to Marie Antoinette. DEATH OF A NOTED COLOURED MAN. Frederick Douglas, coloured, the noted freed man, orator, and diplomab, died of hearb failure on February 20bh, ab his residence in Anacoata, a suburb of. Washington, D.C. Douglas was born at Tuckaboe,near Easton, Talbot County, Maryland, February, 1817. Hie mother waß a negro slave, his father a white man. Douglas was a slave on tbe plantation of Colonel Edward Lloyd until, ab the age of ben years, he was sent to Baltimore to live with a relative of his master. Here he learned to read and write. He afterwards became, with William Lloyd Garrison, one of the greab factors in the antislavery movemont, and, was unceasing in hia efforts till the proclamation of Presidenb Lincoln, as a war measure, on January Ist, 1863, accomplished the manumission of the coloured race in the United States. As an orator, lecturer and journalist, Donglaa excelled. In 1845 he went to Europe, and lecbured against slavery in nearly all bho large bowna of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Daring tho latter years of his life be held office undor the United States Government. CONDITION OF NEWFOUNDLAND. The destitution arising from the financial straits is increasing, according to a despatch from Sb. John's, February 21st. In that city bebween 6,000 and 7,000 persons are regularly receiving relief. The funds for this purpose are becoming, low, and there is yeb another month of real hardship before the poor. The Sb. John's " Herald," by a bread - baking contest, secured one thousand loaves on February 2lsb, and will distribute them among the relief committees. The Governmenb, up to date, had been contributing 81,000 weekly for the benefit of bhe poor, bub thiß has now been withdrawn. The money waa given to the clerical relief fund. Governmenb intimates its intention of starting relief works. The Opposition press accuses the Government of cutting of} the relief fund in order to devote the SI,OOO weekly to a corruption fund to be used in the by-elections which occurred early in March.