ARRIVAL OF THE ’FRISCO MAIL AT AUCKLAND.

Marlborough Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 139, 12 December 1887, Page 3

ARRIVAL OF THE ’FRISCO MAIL AT AUCKLAND.

A CLUB IN DEBT. FAST OCEAN SIEAMERS. SUBMARINE CABLES. EXPLOSION IN A LEAD MINE. ACCOUNT OF O'BRIEN’S IMPRISONMENT. Per Press Association. Auckland, Doc 10. Arrived Zealundia at 5 a.m. on Saturday. She left San Francisco on Nov. 9. Passengers—Mrs T. Nightingale, Miss tM. Nightingale, Mrs E. Morrison, Miss White, Messrs J. C. Brown, Chap. R. j Morrison, Albert J. Morrison, S. G. W. Murray, R. Roskell, C. W. Rattray, W. ■ J. Talbot, G. lloldshid, A. J. White j (and wife), J. White junr., 8 steerage. | The British Horae Rule Union at a raoeting In London on November 3 denounced Government’s course in Ireland, ano expressed sympathy with Mr O’ Brien and Alfred Blunt. The British Cabinet had resolved to continue its present rigorious policy in Ireland, especially as regards the speeohes at proclaimed meetings. The Hon. George Joac v- m Gosohon was olected on Nov 12 to the rectorship of tho Aberdeen University by a voto of -too to 314 for tho Right Hon John Morley, tho Liberal. The Club of Birmingham, opeiod J m yonns ago by the Hon. John Bright, has , levied an assessment of .£lO on each of its ( members to cover a deficit of XGOUO : n its , finances. The Liberal split impr'rcd the solvoncy of the Club. j ; Mr John Bright has written a letter j protesting against any land purchase Act ( for Ireland, ami is in favor of tho Ash- j bourno Act as quite suffic’ u nt for all pur- \ poses intended. j The United Service Club banouetted t tho Duke of Cambridge on Novemoer 4, ( tho fiftieth anniversary of his joining i% io British Army. Mr Russell, Sturgin, the former par 1 ler in tho house of Baring Bros., died at London on Nov 1. The Queen has officiary thanked the Mayors and municipal towns tlmmahout tho United Kingdom tor tho zeal and loyalty and personal exertion and saci’hco which contributed so much to render Imr Jubilee an historical event.

Lord Rose berry was chosen r°etor for the Glasgow University on Nov lb. T.io vote stood 807 as agairst Sib for Lord Lytton. Sir George Stephens, President of the Pacific Railway, lias arranged ; n England for the building of three steamers to i i on tlio Pacific Ocean between Vancouver and Japan. The steamers are to be 4000 tons burthen and to steam eighteen n ' es an hour. At the annual conference of 4 ho Eng ' h Liberals’ League, hold In London on No/ 6, a prog .■air me was adop' 1 approving of Home Rule, Colei'- 1 Federation, trior nial Parliaments, payment of members of Parliament, free education, manhood srTrago, internatio’ • bi l, a t: on r id female francE’se. Pho Duchess Do Nortolles Ted at P is on Nov 17. Sir Balfour, Chief Secretary of Iroh >d, attended the first annual meeting of he Midland Cor servative Union at Bi-.m - ghamonNov. 4th. He was accom T vr : cd by a detective and the Chief of 'he .uesmington Police, at Birmingham p med detectives were posted at the depot to watch for suspicious characters. Mr Balfour during bis stay gave ’"s assurances that the Government was resolved to proceed boldly and firmly with tho work *Tcy had in hand in Le’imd >' id hi'ug to a good conclusion. At the meeting : n the Town Hall he said that at the next session of Parliament England and Scot 1 -id would get a fair share of legation, sL ; ” the Irish question wov’d remain tho foiemest problem in the nrnds of eve./one who took an interest m tho fo. mea of 1-T country. The question was not whether Ireland was to he govc. acd under her ovm or tho English Parliament, but whether she was to lie governed at e l in ae ordanco with any of those p 'uoipPs w 1 'ch had h tlierto regulated the action of every civilised state in t.lic world. Tho remainder of his sp eeli was principally devo* d to the defence of action of ' te policy at Mitehellstown and attacks on Mr Gladstone’s policy. The present monopoly of ; ibu - 'no cables from England +o the Cont'nont expires sho. dy and tho BEtish Post Office has resolved to refuse a” fmihor concessions, The Govennricmt v.’U either buy out the existing lines or lay new ones, Air Bailees declines pay for goodw' 11 or for anything hut the actual value of the plant. The present rate to Paris is five cents which wor’d bo reduced to two cents.

Tho Queen has decided to open ‘ho next session of Parliament in person. l,io eldest daughter of Sir Robert Peel and Daniel Barton, the British Consul at Geneva, were mat ried at Savoy on Nov. 10th, in the presence of a large crowd of fashionables.

Sir Michael Hicks-Bcach announces 1 s intontion to resume official work at on early date in a spee' j ’i which lie de "verod at Bristol on November 14. He ei 'ogised Mr Balfour for tho manner in w 'eh he had discharged the duties of an on. ous. office, and condemed Mr Gladstone at the cause of the cont‘ ruous agai ''on in Ireland.

Tho Truro Cathc' al was opened on Novomber 23 by the P ' ce of Wales. Tins is tho first cathedral b ' t in England since the reformation tm the Estab!' a hed Church. Many distingrbed persor - ' 1 attended tho ceremony, which was ve.y -imposing.

An explosion of fire damp occurred on November 3 at a lead nrne : ~i Mat Lon, Derby. There were 25 men in tho pit at the time of the cxnlo 'on, r'l of whom

were tnken out deni.. Wolverton, a staunch f ’end of Mr Gladstone and the pi r 3 of Die Home Rule party, c l: ed at Brighton on November G. He was a fk.n partisan and donated no less than £IOO,OOO towards ihe expenses of Homo Rule candidal in ‘he Parliamentary elections of 18SG, and it was also his intention to spend a like amount at the next general election. His death is said to be a severe blow to the Liberal party in general and Mr Gladstone in particular. IRISH MATTERS. f A medical committee at Tu 1 '.more have adopted a resolution expressing sympathy with Mr O’Brien, and urging Iheloca 1 and visiting justices to treat humanely t . 8 visiting justio s now in gaol, inelud' lg Mr Hayden, of the Westmea.u Express. Thirty persons were s i.jmoned ruder the Crimes Act at Bally humus on November 23, to answer charges in connection with the late evictions. he- jaj jiLy of e offenders ir'e young girls. Messrs I’) no and Gilliooly, the Nr. onalist members of Parliament, have f’so been summoned. Twenty-one persons charged with ot>g i acting e, ictors at Ijallykerrog Lav been amir mad to various turns of ir prisonm >nt. A party <>f disguised moonlighters forced an m(ranee into a 1,, 0 m ar Tralie, 101.nly Karri. ~1; He nii-ht of N< .ember S. and dm th- owner. Ipiiike. in the pri'siie' ui hi.-, family. At a meeting of landlord.; ;u county

Armagh on 1 o ■■ uher 8, resolutions wore adopted declar.iig that landlords did not wisfi to sell their property. A warrant having h ■ n issued tor the irrest of -i: Pyn-, M.E. -or iuatuig resistance at ino evictions on the 9th November, himself in his Sisfawcy castle, which he had provisioned for. a seige of six months, and defied the police to enter.

Fifteen members of the National League were sentenced at Kilrush on November 12 to one month’s imprisonment with hard labor. The Gielie Association disbanded on November 12 after a stormy meeting at Thurlvan. Each member accused the other of crooked business.

A reception was given to Mon.signor Persico, the Papal envoy to Ireland, at Conliffe College, Dublin, <n November 14, and addresses were presented by the clergy and municipal authorities. The envoy, in his speech of thunks, said tiie occasion was a demonstration of loyalty and fidelity to the Papal Sec.