SAN FRANCISCO MAIL NEWS.

Cromwell Argus, Volume XVII, Issue 843, 9 June 1885, Page 3

SAN FRANCISCO MAIL NEWS.

The Budget for 1885-86, submitted to the House of Commons, showsadeficitof L 10,490,000. M r Childers, Chancellor of the Exchequer, said that the Government did not propose to cover the whole of the deficit this year, nor to let the whole charge fall upon property. It is proposed to raise the income tax to 8d in the £. The box given to President Monroe by the Mikado of Japan about 1823, anil which has laid in the treasury vaults of Washington ever since, was opened on May sth, and found to contain a bottle of diamonds, a bottle of pearls, a bottle of ottar of roses, and a lump of gold. A maniac named Martin Neilson ran a muck at Santa, New Mexico, on 6th May. and killed eight people-before he was shot. Peter Dairy, of New York, offers a purse of L 1,500, open to all rowing men, for a race of five miles, provided that William Beach, Edward Hanlan, and William Ross enter. The Russian man-of-war Shelak is cruising on the Atlantic seaboard, and has been followed from point to point by H.B.M. frigate Garnet. The Russian had scarcely let go her anchor before the English frigate was at her moorings. It is now said that General Barrios, of Guatemala, whose unification movement had such a disastrous failure, was deliberately assassinated by one of his own men, through the intrigues of the President of Sau Salvador. A memorial tablet to Edgar Allen Poe was dedicated at the Art Museum, Central Park, New York, on May 4th.

Mr Gladstone's notice to move for a dowry for Princess Beatrice Avas received' with jeers from the Home Rule and Radical ben c ] ies . Lady Lonsdale, on-whose account El ward Yates suffered imprisonment for libel, has be-n married to Earl De Grey. The Marquis of Ripon (father of the bridegroom) Earl Pembroke, and a few friends of the bride and bridegroom were the only persons present. The seizure of the newspaper JJosphore EgyptUn at V-.aro by the authorities, and the refusal of the Egyptian Government to make an apology and reparation therefor at "the demand of France, led to the breaking off of official relations between the two countries on April 24th Earl Granville telegraphed instructions to Sir Evelyn Baring on that date to support Nubar Pasha, the Egyptian Foreign Minister, to the utmost extremity in his refusal to make an apology or explanation of the suppression. The Paris' morning papers of the 25th were loud in their praise of M. de Freycinet's action. The cafes were thronged with enthusiastic partisans, and cheers were given for the new Foreign Mmisteralternated with jeers for England. Theevenin" papers had an enormous sale. Many of them ' asserted that M. de Freycinet's peremptory sundering of intercourse with Egypt was the first step towards a formal alliance of France with Russia. France evidently is acting with a desire to overthrow Nubar Pasha. A despatch dated Mav 4tb mentions that the question is settled England, without disclaiming her share of the responsibility for the acts of seizure, advised Egypt to apologise to France and allow the paper to' reappear. ,""„ it' i Tho ; latest London cable to the New \ork Tribune on May 9th says that the St. Petersburg and Moscow papers all the week have been snyin" that arbitration is a comedy now. Kal- ; koff remarks in the Moscow Gazette that arbitration is simply a respective means of closing an 'incident to which Russia assented, in order to find an honorable issue for Mr. Gladstone out of his difficulties in consideration of his feeling-, and former policy towards Russia. The Continental Press, though puzzled to know what arbitration meant, took a similar view. The Berlin and Paris papers agreed that England has given way. Vienna, the one European capital except perhaps Rome which hitherto had shown a spirit friendly -to England, regards this agreement as a surrender. Everybody rejoices oyer the prospect of peace, and few seem to regret i.that it has been obtained by what they regard , as, humiliation for , England. , The feohng in ' England at first was one of perplexity, and is daily hardening into one of hostility and anxiety about, the ultimate result of peace attained in this singular manner "The Fortnightly Review has published a series of articles by Mr' Charles Williams, the Soudan -correspondent - of-the - Chrmiicle, substantially proving the incompetency of Sir Charles Wilson, who is virtually responsible for the killing of Gordon ,by,his negligence. When the matter is brought up in Parliament, which will be done shortly, Lord Charles Beresford and many bluejackets are willing to be witnesses The discussion on - the English Budget disclosed much discontent among the Irish and Scotch members, whose grievances are the disproportion between the whiskey and beer duties, the whiskey tax being increased a halfpenny, per glass, and the beer tax by only threesfarthings per gallon. . ...I At Greenock, on May Ist, water was admitted for the first time to the immense James Watt -frock* 'which has' cost £500,000, and is intended for the accommodation of the Transatlantic steamers. ' . The Japanese Village, which for some time formed a feature at the Exhibition at Hyde Park, has been destroyed by fire. The country seat of the Duke of St. Albans has been seriously damaged by fire. Many valuable pictures and some rare books and old china were destroyed. Cholera prevails in Calcutta to an alarming The six days' walking match closed at London on May 2nd. The Aquarium was crowded with 'spectators, but the contest lost its interest owing to the retirement of Littlewood, the I champion, on account of illness. Achille, the ' French long-distance champion, completed only 193 miles. The youth Connor, who made 337 miles, is considered the coming champion. The total scores of the principal contestants were: Powell, 430 miles; Cartwright, 383; Mason, 370 Despatches from Suakin of May 4th say that the Mahdi's men are becoming more daring every "day. On the night of the 3rd they surrounded Dambouk and Otao, and kept Up a heavy fire on both places all night. The firing, however, was from too long a range to be effective. ■ ■ ' , A ., In the House of Lords on May Bth a question was asked regarding the condition of British troops serving in the Soudan. The Duke of Cambridge said, in response, that the troops had never been better cared for many campaign than they -had'been in the Soudan. ■ The Italian Foreign Office have been notified that the Prince and Princess of Wales intend to yisit Home early in May, and, according to a despatch of April 29th, the English Government had sent a secret agent there to sound the Vatican as to the Pope's willingness to give the Prince an audience. . , . Vesuvius was in eruption on May 4th, and presented a grand spectacle. Crowds of visitors have been present every night since. Professor Palmiers thinks there is no serious danger from the eruption. . . . ~ . The Pope has decided to send a golden rose privately to the Empress of Germany, who, though not- a Catholic, has quietly used her influence on many, occasions to protect Catholic German subjects from persecution, and to r smooth away difficulties dividing the Empire from the Holy See. The New York Times concludes, from the reports and from the summary afforded of the latest and most complete presentation of the condition and prospects of the Panama Canal, that it cannot be completed m less than live : vears, and not at a less cost than 350,000,000 doi.

The Nev) York World of May Cth publishes statements from many persons that there was an attempt to'assassinate President Cleveland the previous day during his visit to Gettysburg. The matter was kept epiiet for fear of inciting the ,; crank" clement, which appears to be increasing, and leading to further attempts. The "trial of Richard Short for stabbing Captain Phelp at O'Donnovan Rossa's office, in New York, ended on May 6th by a verdict of " Not guilty." | The judge's remark to the jury was :" Gentlemen, I am astonished at your verdict. You are discharged from all further attendance on this panel." The new Cunardor, Elmira, which arrived at New York on May 4th, is stated to be the swiftest and best-fitted passenger boats afloat. The builders assert she will cross the Atlantic in six days and seven hours—three hours less than the lowest record. Colonel James M. Morgan, the new United States consul at Melbourne, is a native of Lousiana, and after the Civil War was a planter in South Carolina. He also served at one time on the staff of the Khedive of Egypt. General Grant has got well again, and the papers are now ridiculing his doctors for their ignorance or desire to make advertising material out of the patient. The headless body of an English gentleman, registered as 0. Arthur Preler, London, was found in a trunk in the St. Louis Hotel on April 13th. When the trunk was opened the body of a middle aged man was disclosed. The body was so doubled about at the hips and the knees that it tilled the receptacle. On the side of the trunk over the head of the corpse were printed in large letters the words "rio perish all traitors to the great cause." The body presented a horrible aspect and was in an advanced stage of decomposition. The personal effects in the murdered man's trunk indicate that the owner was a man of means and culture. His room mate, Walter Lennox Maxwell, who is accused of the murder, is also an Englishman, and one of the Turnham Maxwell's, residing on an estate at Drummill in England. He has disappeared, and the only clue the detectives have is that he left San Krancisco, disguised, on the steamer City of Sydney. He is described as a very girlish-looking, blonde young, man, faee cleanly shaved. He is very effemiuate in his manner, carrying this so far as to walk with a short mincing step like a woman's. A cablegram was sent to Auckland for his apprehension if he be a passenger on the City of Sydney. The name under which Maxwell took passage on the steamer was Danguier. The whole case is involved in obscurity. Preller, the murdered man, was a member of an English sect called Plymouth Brethren. Latest telegrams state that Maxwell has. been arrested at Auckland,

and the necessary papers for his extradition will go forward by the Australia. To a question why Sir Peter Lumsden was recalled from Afghanistan while General Komaroff was retained by the Russian Government, Mr Gladstone replied that there was no relation between the cases of the officers. Sir Peter Lumsden was employed in a purely civil capacity, while General Komiroff was in command of the Russian forces. A cablegram of May Bth says that the arrogant attitude of Russia is the all-absorbing topic, and has in a measure renewed the war talk. The Tories are indignant at what they term another slap in the face by Russia. The belief is general that Russia is playing more of her treacherous tricks. The note from M. de Giers is not satisfactory to the British Government, and the difference between the two Governments as to the terms upon which the question shall be referred to arbitration are becoming greater. Mr Parnell thinks that the effect of the Prince's visit to Ireland will be to stimulate Nationalistic workers. It is stated that the Queen has arranged to visit Ireland in the autumn. It is stated that the Government intend to buy for Prince Victor, as a permanent place of residence in Ireland, the celebrated Brian Place, in County Meath, between the rivers Boyne and Black Water. On April 24th General Middleton's troops had a battle with Riel's forces at Fish Creek, on the north-east bank of the Saskatchewan River. The fight lasted all day. The Canadian loss was twelve killed and forty-seven wounded The insurgents left no dead on the field. They were driven from one part of their position, but held a ravine, and their fire caused havoc among the troops of General Middleton's troops, who, it is said, evidently did not properly appreciate the fighting qualities of the half-breeds or he would not have sent raw volunteers unaccustomed to rifle shooting to dislodge from a strong position such accomplished sharp-shooters as the insurgents. The latter fired with deadly accuracy behind shelter. Nearly all who were killed were shot through the head or heart. Although suneringthis repulse, General Middleton has announced to the Ottawa authorities his purpose to advance immediately on Riel's headquarters.