ARRIVAL, ; Off THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL. AT AUCKLAND.

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,-. ■■'- [VWfW ?^?? ASSOCIATION. J San Feancisco, October 24 The Chinese pigar makers struck against ■ white labor employment in thg same ■establishment as themselves, Samuel Newton Brooks, supposed to be the father of Walter Lennox Maxwell, arrived at St. Louis on the 22nd to see if the murderer is his son. H. W. Shaw, .better known as "Josh Billings, "■ died in California on the 14th. Dr Theodore Banisus, for three years U.S. Consul at Samoa, has returned to Washington. He brings a letter from King Malietoa protesting against the Germans or any other nation attempting ; to annex his territory. O,f sixty convicts who made a desperate ! .break for liherty at Rupk, Texas, October 4th, 35 escaped. The rest were shot by the guards. : j The Apaches have committed great outrages in Arizona. The troops appear ; to be powerless to oppose them. Westwood, in New Jersey, was destroyed by a tornado on October sth. ■ 'The printing establishment of Broker and Co, San Francisco, was destroyed by • fire' on October Bth. The loss was 500,000 dollars. The Postmaster-General is besieged with protests against the present arrange- ' ment for carrying foreign mails and petitions praying for immediate return to the old system. Doratier, a Republican candidate, was elected for Ohio on October... 14, by a majb-ity of at least 15,000. The result" will ensure his election as U.S. Senator. There are serious troubles in Canada. ' Assaults and riots are frequent in Ottawa. ' The fisheries have proved a failure, and famine extends along the entire coast. Several ships loaded with provisions have been despatched to relieve" the unfortu- - nates. A resolution has been passed at Montreal by the Board of Health calling upon the Central Board to close the churches on account of small-pox epidemic, raised tremendous opposition amongst the Catholic clergy, who absolutely refused to comply with any order of the kind. Prince Jerome Nanoleon (Plon Plon) has started on a voyage round the world. ■■ T -o hundred respectable citizens at Stradshalm, Queen's County, were ar- * rested for boycotting. They were con- 1 victed, but elected to go to prison rather than furnish bail. The Magistrate hesitated to corr.mit them, and finally <"aye them a fortnight in which to consider the matter. A pilgrimage of Catholics to the shrine of Edward the Confessor at Westminister Abbey fcas taken place, the object being to pray for the conversion of England. Parnell, speaking at an openair meeting, after the Wicklow convention, said that Home Rule would stop all dislojal proceedings and outrage and the thirst for disunion. The Irish, he claimed, would then become like their countrymen in the British colonies, loyal citizens and props to the constitution. The Daily Newshlames Parnell for not denouncing boycotting, but admits that his speech otherwise was fair and moderate. It is possible, the News says, that the force with which he spoke 'was as much Churchill's as Parnell's. The Telegraph said Parnell had an almost regal court at Wicklow, amidst the frantic adulation of his followers, when he successfully inaugurated the first of a series

of conventions. " What we witnessed at Wicklow," it continues, "is a conspiracy to paralyse the Parliament of Great Britain, in order that an Irish House of Commons may be set .up to tax British products and maintain a host of police aud volunteers in armed menace of British peace and security." The Times says that it is a " fact that the Government of Ireland is rapidly passr ing out of the hands of Her Majesty's Ministers." Charter House has been destroyed by. fire. The damage amounts to three millions. Glasgow Presbytery voted on the l2th October in favor of disestablishment and disendowment. The English Farmers' Alliance have I adopted a resolution stating that to avert the ruin of the farmers land owners must forthwith reduce their rents, and that Government must formulate a measure which will prevent the raising of rents on the improvements of the tdhants. . . ' ') ! The latest despatches say that the Prime Minister, Lord Salisbury, has got the Tory party in good trim for the campaign, 'while Mr Gladstone has not succeeded in unifying the Liberals to the extent expected. He proposed to work through the campaign with a committee of twelve gentlejmen, three to be elected from each of the four • representative Liberal clubs in London, in order that all shades of Liberal opinion might be represented. T-his operated well for a time, but such a number of provincial have absolutely refused to abide by the decision of - the committee that troubles became serious, and a second committee, composed' of Lord Hartington, Hon. Samuel Morley, Joseph Chamberlain, and Sir Henry James, was appointed to adjust the difficulties growing out of the refusals to abide by the decisions of larger general committees. Notwithstanding this, a number of candidates refu.se to accept the committee's decision and persist in their candidature. "