ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL

Marlborough Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 139, 12 November 1887, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL

f Per Press Assueiatinn “ Auckland, Nov 11. Arrived, R.M.S. Mariposa, with dates to October 21. There are 100,000 workmen m London destitute. The Great Eastern was sold at auction for £21,000. The steamer Agripan col’hied on October 28, off Beaeliy Head, with the German barque Plantian, and eleven people were drowned. Yellow fever is raging in Pumpa, 1,0-rida. rida. The steamship Mariposa, sa”ingat date, carries the largest cargo of freight ever shipped to the Colonies from San Francisco. Mrs Mary Von, the murderess of Mr Bishop, of Auckland, has been sentenced in the States prison for tlio term of her nature 1 life. Ah interesting i,.1»l for cmbraeeiy is going on in San Francisco, in which mment men are defendants. A systeiumr judicial con option was unveiled by a committee of safety formed by lending citizens. Da’zicl, formerlv of Sj-dncy, N.S.W., has sued the Du co of Marlborough for 25,000 dollars for accusing him offorgeiy. Dalziel is publisher of the theatrical paper T. utli, in New York. Generals Caffaral and Daudin, Paris, confess to selling decorations of iho Legion of Honor for money. Both officers are degraded and disgraced. General Bou'angcr and President Grev/’s son-in-law, Wilson, are charged with complicity, and the General was under airose for th'vty days. A woman advent e-ess, Madame Limonseu, is at the bottom of the affair. “ Fanny,” the scivant g ; vl in tho Di’ko divorce case, denies that there was a wool of truth m Mrs Crawford’s statements m the case.

Mrs Hughcs-Hallctt implores mercy for her husband from the Conservative Coinin'ttce.

Serious Lots occu red at Gibraltar on Oct. 17 between the Pish and Eng’sh soldiers.

ADDITIONAL MAIL NEWS. A BJ ND OF PUGILISTS. AN EMBALMED COPPS. By the mail steamer Mariposa, which arrived from San Francisco this ever' ig, Jack Burk, John L. Sr"’van, and Paddy Carroll, three noted exponents of pugilism, were through passengers to Syr' icy. Bu-ke has fought a hundred battles with hare fists and gloves. His greatest achievement was when he stood up against John L. Su”ivau at Chicago, and the world’s champion failed to knock I'm out -'n fivo rounds. The gate receipts of that battle were 15,000 dollars. Sn”ivi'-i proceeds to Europe, where ho is to give an exh’bition in the art of self-defence in tho principal towns and cities of the Ur’ted Kingdom, and next summer w ”1 go on tho Continent, An Australian pug"’st, Jack Hall, returns to the colonics by tho Mali* posa. Tho mail steamer brings tho body of G. W. Bishop, who was shot at San Francisco by Mrs Mai/ Von. Tho remains were embalmed, and had been kept in tho vault of tho Laurel Hall Cemotoiy at S in Francisco pending tho departure of tho mail steamer. Mrs Bishop disputed her husband’s wi’l ’n the Supreme Cou-t here, on the ground that Bislicp was not dead, and tho body has consequently been brought over to prove his death. During tlio voyage of the Mariposa one of the saloon passengers from ’Frisco to this poL (Mrs S. G. Al’ison) died of lioaifc disease, and was buried at sea.

The Mariposa brings one of tho hcai lost cargoes ever brought to Aucl-’aml, or other colonial ports by a siuglo vessel. She has on board over 2700 tons of cargo and more than 200,000 oases of salmon.

A Government repoi t gives tho number of dost!tike people in London at 110,000. Tho closing meeting of tho Liberal Federation at Nottingham on the 10 Cot. was one of tho largest ever held in England, nearly six thousand persons were present. Tho Ft of tho meeting was when Mr Gladstone tak’-ig a candle in his lurid read a telegram announcing that Dr Ka’ io had repudiated Mr Chamberlain’s Parliunrnt for Ulster. Mr Sa,undersoil, the Par,:amentary leader of the same party had previously repudiated his Land Purchase Scheme. Yno second point of enthusiasm crime when Mr Gladstone referred to Mr Chamberlain’s demand for the plan of dealing with LiSie>\ Dr Johnston’s house at Lubfiold was sold at auction on October 20 for £ROO. Air Charles U'ikc and Lady D”kc have had an extraordinary reception from the Sultan of Tr ’key. A London despatch of October 20th says Fanny, the sei/ant girl who fig.- -od : *j the Dilkc case, has denied that there was tno least truth l Mrs Crawford’s statement of her refusal to appear at the trial. She had notl ng to do with (lie Dil’to case.

Thfl Marrp's of Aylesbury has submit; tod tho .Toe!../ Clubs’ decision of rn r og him off the tirf for nfair practices to tho Attorney-General, and acting on the latter’s opinion, ‘'nstructed tho lawyers of Chancery Covt to apply for an injunction suspend'ng tho notice wartrug him off Engligh racecourses as a probin' lary to further action against stewards of the Club. The defence of .lie Marqr's is that lie a'd not cpioet Ids jockey, ibm.an, to pr 1 ' 'his hor« n : Ho will'bring.ovidoTifJo to prove that Martin’s o ‘deuce is false. ' ’ Lord Cairns has entered ' itoam.r. iago

engagement with a woman nr nod 0 vO Borens.

- y£'he fscurlanii j officials profess to hate l received dnfoi'inatibn fo the Offehl * that a number of American 'Officials contemplating a series of dynamite rages in frpland g|,d England. AH {Tv* sprcial Polipe preoaiftiqns that were ; t usu during the troublesome t' nes pf 1881 and 188.) have been revived. The soai'li t fever epidenr'o eonfbities to sni'HH.l in 1.01111(111. oil Oct l/tii re were

1000 c.a-es ' l the hospitals. Richard Timbour.ie Douirlitv the claimant was rignOj.erj. to flu.; Lon lop Oij,y Lunatic Asvln ri. On Oct 1 Ota hoJnokc a street lamp in front of the Mansion House a lay or two previously say "ng ' he wanted fo see tho Mayor to get Ids title. A despatch from Shanghai dated October 10 Says it is believed that the British gunboat Wasp was lost with all on hoard in a recent typhoon. A steamer and tliree warships are in search of reissiug v. ssel. Mrs Maty Von, charged with tiie murder, by shooting - , of George Wesley Bishop, of New Ze tland, on the .->• iin-dqp Alameda, oi: the Ist of Ji y last, was found g.' fy on October 8, before Judge Poohy, at .San Francisco. Toe jcrybi ft verdict was of murder of [ho i’ o-t dug i-c, and - thy penalty at ! «npri.-.umt,nr f«r 1’ We further find that ’pi Mr i . tic com lotion e. ’- dc nee was proved 1 iieumvictod v*.man was apuaruiitly un.iiuvcd by tlc.n louucemeiit or the verdict, i'h.'uiigl oit tho tiia! die ha.-; boon to u” appearance perfectly cool, a .d when In . w;i- aeo n I .-.be What ii.'r teel' igs .vi-re !.-> in •; lie i'i-m:;rk she male • , i'm c'.ry .n - \ 'o'.;s lo tho verdict, V.il n -dc- d . -in; I w ill hill my ecu mate, a.id they will

I’ion hang me for murder.” She -wan {sentenced on October 18, and sent to the state pi Ison for tlio term of her natr-al ? : fo. She seemed in no way concerned, and when the judge had finished his remarks she said “ Thank you,” and calmly rosumed her seat. At the trial of the man for the raid on farmer Senton’s house, where Wheeian was murdorcd, Callenan, an informer, testified that he planned it in order to deliver hi 3 companions over to the polme. and that all his expenses were paid by the Government. . Tho Fenian fr iternity in Londuii, 1 aris, and Now York have been profoundly moved by these disclosures, and are beginning to behove tlio Government can check mate at every turn. Tho prisoners were committed for trial on the Bth, and the popi'laoo cheered them as they were led back 1 1 gaol. _ The coroner’s incpiest into the Mitcnelstown riots having resulted in a verdict of wi'ful murder against Sergeant Kirwin, and Constables Gavin and Doranoe, the coroner issued warrants for the arrest of the parties. The execution of tho warrants, however, was suspended by an order of the Inspector General of Constabulary.