THE ENGLISH MAIL.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume II, Issue 160, 17 October 1881, Page 2

THE ENGLISH MAIL.

AUCKLAND, This Day. The English Mail arrived at Auckland at G. 30 last night.

LONDON, September 25.

The opinion is general that James Gordon Bennett's yacht, Jeanette, sent out on Arctic exploration expedition, was caught in the ice, and that the crew perished. The Porte has returned a favorable answer to a request for a piece of land in Syria for the use of the persecuted Jews in Russia and Germany.

Tenant farmers in County Down express satisfaction with the Land Act, and bonfires were lighted in a large portion of the North of Ireland as a mark of gratitude to the Hon. Mr. Gladstone for it.

A fearful cyclone occurred at Shanghai, during which many vessels went ashore. worth of property destroyed. In a railway collision at Patrick's Wells, Limerick, on September 14, fifty persons were injured. The Methodist (Ecumenical Council has adopted resolutions against the opium traffic, and calling upon the Government to suppress it. Lefroy, the Brighton murderer, is writing his "b-ivn obituary. At Tinbercueidy, Ireland, the police were stoned by Che Jj^opl©, They thSE fired on the people, wounding several. The Times, of the 24th September, says there is no sign of improvement in the affairs of Ireland, and calls upon the Government to defeat by any means the Leaguers ; and says if the Land Act is insufficient, let it be supplemented with other legislation. SAN FRANCISCO, September 25.

Messages froru all the Governments of Europe, and from the Australian Parliaments have been received, regarding President Garfield's death, and the affliction is greatly felt in England, The Queen had placed on his bier, a magnificent floral tribute inscribed " Queen Victoria to the memory of the late Presidedt Garfield, as an expression of her sorrow and sympathy with Mrs. Garfield, and the American Nation."

The result of autopsy in President Garfield's case promises to furnish material for a bitter discussion between the medical men who were engaged. The assassin, Guiteau, is in mortal dread of popular vengeance, and appears to look for but slight punishment by the Courts. Widow Garfield's fund is rapidly approaching 300,000 dollars, and Congress will vote her his salary for the rest of General. Garfield's term, and a national monument is to be built by 25 cent subscriptions. Natives axe murdering settlers on White River, near Cheyenne.

A band of brigands attacked a train on the Central Pacific Railway, near Cape Horn Mills, California. A reward of 12,000 dollars is offered for the capture of the men.

The success of the Australian frozen meat experiment is generally admitted in America, and persons engaged in the frozen meat trade are watching it closely.