ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL AT AUCKLAND.

Grey River Argus, Volume XXXVII, Issue 9143, 27 May 1895, Page 4

ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL AT AUCKLAND.

GENERAL SUMMARY. (Dates from Europe to May Ist.) ' (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Auckland, May 22. There will be no wedding at Stowe Hoase after all, because the Duke of Orleans Is In a bad way. Thera is a physician- in attendance on the head of the Royal House of Franca, whofraciured his lag by a fall from his horse while hunting; at Seville on Friday. April 26. He telegraphed to the Duke's relatives on May let say log that hii patient 1b also suffering from pneumonia and that his condition is serious. At that elite he was growing worse,' and his temperature was over 107. 1 The wedding of the Bister of the Duke of Orleans, Prinoes3 Hetem, to the Duke of Aosta, a nephew of the King of Italy, which was to have taken place at Howe house, near London, during the present month, is theri.fore indefinitely postponedj and the Counteßß of Paris, mother of the Duke of Orleans, with Princess Helena, will start immediately for Spain. Lord W Beresford wa3 married in London, April 30, to the widow of the Duke of Maryborough, formerly Mrs Hammer3ly of New Yoik, a woman very ! wealthy and with some prateaaion to beauty. The oharch was crowded with royalty, members of the diplomatic corps, representatives of various oolonies, governors of different colonial possessions, officers of the army and navy, and | members of the elite of American and English society of London and elsewhere, the Dake of Cambridge. Mr Bayard, tbe USA Ambassador, and bis . wife occupied the most conspicuous places in St Ma-garet'B Church, Westminister. On tne afternoon of April 24th, the Hon Miss Julian Peel, the daughter of Viscount Peel, lata Speaker of the House of Commons, was married to Roohefort Maguire, a young Parnellite who represents the West division of Clare in the House of Commons, and has become very wealthy through his connection with the Hon Cecil Rhodes, the Premier of Cape Colony, and the Rothschilds. There was a large and fashionab'e attendance. The Earl of Lonsdale, a member of the Dunraven syndioate, ia building the Valkyrie II to compete for the American cup. He was elected commodore of the Royal London Yacht Club. Mr and Mca Beer'oohm, the favorite English actors, returned to London from the United States. They were welcomed by crowds and expressed themselves much pleas d with their American tour, with the people, and with the theatre b Buyers from all countries, including the Ualtod States, were present during the week endlog April 27 at the annual horse fair held si Lincoln, where horses of every class were on exhibition. A great wheel at Earl Court, London, Imitated from the Ferrie'fl wheel, which was finished on April 27th, with the exception of the wood work, ia said to ba an improvement and ia much larger than the Chicago wheel. It has been 16 months in building. .The committee appointed' to raise funds for the purchase of the residence of the late Thomas Carlyle, in order to fit it up 08 a Carlyle museum, have already collected LI 722, and it is expected that the purchase will be completed in May, and that the museum will- be open in Jane. Carlyle's writing desk was among the articles recently auctioned off at the sale of belongings of Oscar Wilde. It brought 14 guineas, and was probably secured by one of the many Americans in London.