ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 932, 10 January 1890, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

(Per R.M.S. Zealandia.) (PEE TRESS ASSOCIATION.) GENERAL NEWS. Mr Gladstone was given a non-partisan reception in Manchester Town Hall on December 4th. He made an address in which he dealt upon the value of municipal institutions as amongst the guarantees of social security. This, he said, was demonstrated by the improvement they had effected in t'je life and condition of the great masses of the people. Secretary Blaine received a long letter from the Chinese Minister at Washington on 2nd December, protesting, on behalf of his country, against the law which restricts certain of his countrymen from coming to the United States. He says it is not a right to accord to a friendly nation, especially when citizens of the United States are freely allowed to enter China, and engage in any business ; therefore he wants the law repealed. There was much stone throwing at the procession which escorted Archbishop Waleh on his return to Toronto on November 30. At St Michael’s Cathedral a stone went through the Bishop’s carriage and struck him on the arm, causing a severe bruise. Heartrending tales of destitution and suffering among the fishermen of Labrador had reached Gfctawa on November 29. Near Point Esquimaux entire' families are on the

Verge of starvation, and are subsisting on the flesh of dogs. At a number of fishing stations, anticipating a. scarcity of food, the fishermen saved the refuse from the fish and salted it. This will be used to sustain life. The fishermen have been left without means to buy food.

The St James’ Gazette of December 3 prints a sensational article ou the disappearance Parnell, and says his followers are much concerned at his prolonged absence. For several weeks not a word has been heard from him, and he has failed to keep several engagements, the most important beiug for a meeting with Mr Gladstoue. A despatch of December 9 says Mr Parnell is sick, and unable to take part in political affairs at present.

Barnum’s largest elephant fatally gored his keeper on the morning of December 3. He repeatedly drove his tusks into the unfortunate man’s neck and head.

Professor Leyden, of Berlin, was summoned on December 8 to attend the Czar, sick with inflammation of the lungs. The Young Ireland Parliamentary Club at San Francisco held a meeting on December 9, when it resolved to make preparations for the reception of John Dillon on his landing in America, and the members decided to cable to Dublin, asking information as to the probable date of his arrival in San Francisco.

A despatch from Paris says that an English company has applied for concessions to build a bridge across the English Channel. The action brought by Mrs John W. Mackay, wife of the Californian mining magnate, against the Manchester Examiner for libel in publishing an article to the effect that she was a washerwoman in Nevada prior to her marriage, was settled on December 5 by defendants apologising for the publication, paying costs and a certain eum of money to a charitable institution, to be selected by Airs Mackay. The Judge remarked to the defendants that they ought to feel grateful to the plaintiff for her leniency. A Conservative conference was held at Nottingham on November 26. The priucipal address was by Lord Salisbury, who said the views of Mr Gladstone, looking to the separation of Ireland from Great Britain, are making no headway. The elections of members of Parliament were mere skirmishes, and not fought on the main issue. He was In favour of forming a national party, which must grow gradually ; such party could not be created by one man. Mr Gladstone, in an ar .icle in the Nineteenth Century for November, on election statistics, says he believes,if the elections were held now,“the country would return a Home Rule majority in Parliament of 100. Mr Balfour and Lord Ashbourne presented to a committee of the Cabinet presided over by Lord Salisbury the draft of a land scheme, which was submitted to the whole Cabinet on November 30. It is reported that the first demand is for from £7,000,000 to £10,000,000 with which to deal with the disaffected portions of Ireland. STANLEY, THE-EXPLORER. Stanley, Emin Pasha, and Cassati were met by Major Wissman at Stoni, on the Kiughani river, on Tuesday, December 3. Major Wissman provided horses, and Stanley and Emin made- their triumphal entry into Bagamoyo on the 4th. The town was decorated with bunting and verdant arches, palms waving from every window. The German ship of war Sporber and Wissman’s force fired salutes. All the vessels in the roadstead were handsomely bedecked. There was feasting on the men-of-war and on shore to welcome the travellers. Stanley and Emin arrived at Zanzibar on Friday, the 6th, on board the German warship Sperber. Emin’s people came on board the British man-of-war. Emin brought with him 283 officers, soldiers, and civil servants, and three women and children, but neither he nor Stanley had a single tus!i of ivory, all the latter being burnt or deposited with native chiefs. The New York Herald relief party met Stanley, Emin Pasha, Cassati, Stains, Jephson, Drs Parker, Nilson, and Bonney, and 560 men, women, and children. On November 29th Stanley looked hearty, but his hair was quite white. The Herald Commissioner presented him with an American flag, which he displayed from his tent. Emin Pasha said, in conversation, that he did not want any honours. Cassati was fairly well, but the hardships he has undergone have quite undermined his constitution. All the other Europeans were well. Stanley, Emin, and Cassati were entertained at dinner at the camp by Baron Gravenerette. Speeches were made by the Baron and Stanley. The Baron complimented the latter and his companions on the march from Central Africa. Stanley responded, and praised German enterprise and its civilising abilities. The King of the Belgians sent a telegram of congratulation to Stanley on November 29th, inviting him to attend a banquet in his honour. A gala, opera, and other festivities have been arranged for at Brussels. The Emin Bey Committee and the Geographical Society of London have also arranged for a grand reception of the explorer. Stanley rescued Emin Bey for £775 less than the sum subscribed, which was £20,000. Emin Bey has sent to the Belgian Anti-Slavery Society a communication in which he expresses his regret at the loss of the Equatorial provinces, but says he siill hopes to do effective work against the slave trade. The British Plenipotentiary on November 28 submitted to the International Anti-Slavery Conference proposals for the suppression of the slave trade on the seas. They were referred to a committee. Mr Cracknell, the head of the Consular Court, sailed from London on December 3 in the cruiser Torquoise for Zanzibar to meet Stanley and bring him to England. Stanley has sold his coming book outright to Sampson, Low and Co., London, publishers, for £40,000. The title will be “How I Relieved Emin.” It will oontain a remarkable letter sent by the Mabdi’s Lieutenant Omar Saleh to Emin Pasha, stating that his colleagues—Statin and Lupton, and also the Christian Govar- j nors of the provinces had become Moslems, and urging Emin to follow their example. The London Times thinks that both Stanley and Emin Bey will enter tha service of the i

British East African Company, and that Stanley will undertake the administration of affairs. In the opinion of that journal he might be quite willing to become a British subject. In regard to the recent injuries received by Emin Bey through a fall from an open window at Bagamoyo, a despatch from Zanzibai says Emin, who afe the time of his fall was without his spectacles, misjudged the height of the balcony parapet and fell some 20ft. It is rumoured, according to' a despatch from Vienna of the same date, that Emin’s injuries wore caused by an attempt at suicide, because of his remorse for having left his post of duty in the Equatorial provinces he had founded. All the physicians except Dr Parkes, an English resident, abandoned every hope of Emin’s recovery. The Queen sent a cable despatch to Stanley, on the 12fch December, in which she says—“ My thoughts are with you and yonr brave followers, whose hardships and dangers are at an end. I again congratulate you all, including the Zanzibaris, who displayed such devotion and fortitude during your marvel*' lous expedition. I trust Emin Pasha is making favourable progress.” The Sultan has thanked Stanley’s Zanzibaris. The Corporation of London has invited Stanley to accept the freedom of the City. < THE LONDON SCANDAL. The editor of the North London Press (Mr Parke), who has been proceeded against by the Earl of Euston for alleged libel in regard to the London scandal, is an insignificant individual, but the Radical element, headed by Mr Laboucbere, together with many Conservatives who are determined to push this investigation, have secured for him the best legal advice in 'London. The New York World’s London correspondent cables as follows December' 1. Concerning this scandal I have seen a deposition made by persons who frequented the house lor the purpose of crime, and who. give the names of the aristocratic clientele whom they regularly met there. . These persons selected the photographs of Lord Arthur Somerset and the Earl of Euston from others submitted to them, and most fearful revelations concerning these noblemen. Charles Hammond, who is supposed to be in possession of most infamous secrets regarding the British nobility respecting the Bcandal, and who fled from England, has been recognised on Christopher-street, New York. He came on the steamer Pennlnla on October 19th, and has been living in New York under the names of Bolton and Stuik.