ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL AT AUCKLAND.

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 7492, 2 June 1885, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL AT AUCKLAND.

(Per 8.8, Australia.)

(UNITED PBBS3 ASSOCIATION.) Auckland, Jane 1.

Arrived— Australia, 4.30 p.m; She left San Francisc ion M*y 10. The pa*J n .ga was fine and uneventful. Oa the 28‘h ultimo she passed the City of Sydney bound for San Francisco. Pa°neagers—• ialooo : for Aush* land—Mr anl Mrs Henrides. Mr and Mrs Gall and 2 children, Mtsirs M trltn, Fitchett, Stone, Fabst, Stock, Gtrdiuer, Robertson, MoLa*han, and 4 steerage ; for Sydney—-35 cabin, 54 steerage. Among the through passengers are General Morgan. Hon John Dunn. Rev Hay, Jenkins, Manage, and Mr J. CWtlliams. Among the New Zealand cargo are 256 cases canned goods, 800 ditto salmon. The Australia leaves for Sydney at 9 pm. Dates from Europe are up to May 9. GENERAL SUMMARY. London, May 5. Mr Gladstone gave notice in the House of Commons on May 8 of a motion to provide a dowry for the Princes* Beatriceonherapproacblog marriage to Prince Henry of Battenbnrg. This was receive! with jeers from the Home Rule and Radical benches. Formal opposition to the grant will be laid by Mr Henry Labouchere. The Anglo-German International CommUsion appointed to arrange the terms of occupation of British and German Colonies in th« Pacific Ocean, baa concluded its labor*. The status of Samoa remains unsettled. The ladv on whose account. Mr Edmund Yatsa suffered imprisonment for Übel was married to Earl do Gray at S« Martin’s Church, Charing Cross. Lord Rlpon, father of the bridegroom, Earl Pembroke, and a few select friends of the bride and groom were the only persons present.' Discussion on the Budget in the Lobby of the House of Commons discloses much discontent among the Irish and Scotch members, whose grievance is the disproportion between the whiskey and beer duties. At Greenock, on May 1, the water for the first time was admitted into the Immense James Watt Docks which cost £500,000. They are intended for the accommodation of Transatlantic steamers.

The Japanese village which for some time was on exhibition in Hyde Park, was destroyed by fire on May Day. The village consisted of five streets of booses and shops, constructed and peopled by Japanese; who were to be seen engaged in their various occupations as in their own country. ~ . . Cholera is prevailing in Calcutta to an alarming extent.

The Suez Canal Commission have decided to place prizes captured In naval warfare, while traversing the finer Canal, on the, same footing as men-of-war. Tbe work of the Commission is progressing favorably. The agitation in favor of offering Mr Lowell, late American Minister at the Coart of St. James’, a Morton Professorship at Oxford, is, says the London Despatch, gathering strength daily. Mr Lowell has signified his willingness to accept it if offered unanimously. The salary Is 4500d0t« per annum. In the Common?, on the evening of the stb May, the Conservatives* amendment to the English Registry Voters Bill, providing that the cost of registry be charged to the Treasury instead of the local rates, was rejected by a vote of 270 to 237. The result of the vote was received with loud cheers by the Opposition. Sir Stafford Kortboote asked Mr Gladstone whether, in the face of tbe small majority, he would further consider the ques fcion. Mr Gladstone sail he wonld abide by tbe decision of the House

Mr Lowell, ex-Uaited States . Minuter to England, unveiled a bast of Samuel Taylor Coleridge ia tbe Poet’s Corner, Westminster Abb«y, in the presence of tbe whole Coleridge family, many noblemen, - members of the Home o! Commons, bishops, and a large number of Americans. The bust is tbe gift of the late Rev Dr Mercer, of Rhode Island. Mr Lowell paid an eloquent tribute to the poet’s memory. Lord Coleridge.. returned thanks on behalf of tfce family. A commnnicitim from the Raglan Go veromeot defiaes the sc ‘pe of tbe arbitration. It includes the military question, but it ia to be limited to the consideration of explanations with reference to the alleged violation o' the Convention. The term*- of arrangement indicate that the arbitrators* functions will be to 6ud a formula of conciliation consistent with the “ amour propre M of both aides. Tbe Emperor William will be asked to act as arbitrator, and it is expected he will consent. Naval and military works continue till both branches are folly supplied with stores. The Globe, of May sth, says the so-called adjustment of the Kasdan dispats is a poor shift. The Standard says it includes tbe surr-mder of Penj-Deh to Russia. Despatches of the sth say tbe English people are enraged at Mr Gladstone, while Lord Randolph Churchill ia tba favorite of the hoar.

To a question why Sir Peter Lumsden was recalled from Afghanistan while General Komaroff was retained there by the Eusatan Government, Mi Gladstone replied there was

no relation between the case* of the officer*. Sir Peter was employed in a purely civil capacity, while General Komacoff was in com* maud of the Russian forces.

May 6,

Th-trels no appearance :in St Petersburg of any abatement In the warlike preparations. The mobilization of the rifle battalion in Fin* land continue?.

May 7.

The St Petersburg Official Messenger says that in consequence ♦of divergence of views between the Cabinets of Butsia and. England on the Interpretation of the'March agreement, it has been decided to submit the quaitidn to an arbitrator. • Meantime- both nations hive agreed to resume the frontier negotiations, but on a different basis, namely that the principal potato-of the frontier be’fired by a previous understanding between thee two. Cabinets ; that the demarkatiou of frontier be made on the spot; and that theplaoingof indicating poile be reserved lor Oomtnliaiona which bo-h Powers will send, in order to facilitate the work of delimitation. Ths outposts of bath sides will not be withdrawn from their present positions until the arrival of the Joint Com* a mission, when as fast as the direction ■ . the frontier line fa fired the frontier points wrVbs occupied by troops of both parties conormed: It will tHou be the duty of each to maintain ordet and eecurity in ita 'respective territory. There Is apparently a lull in Russian preparations for war. Advices, from Sarakhe state that a small force of Kasdans with four pi c<>* of artillery now occupy Penj-Deh. May 8. A cablegram says that the arrogant attitude of Russia is the all-absorbing topic and baa in a measure renewed the war talk. The. Tories are indignant at what they * term another slap in the face by Ru so. The belief ia general tbit Russia is pUjing nwru of her treacherous .tricks, and that the Caw I*fully latent on hiving* Herat at any pile*. The note from M. do Giera is not satisfactory to the British Government, and the differences between the two Governments as to tba terms upon, which the question shall be referred to arbitration are becoming greater. A London special to the New York Evening Post pays, 11 1 have unquestionable authority for stating that Russia has - categorically declined to make aay treaty binding her not to advance on Herat, In the House of Commons, Sir Stafford Nortboote gave notice that he would on Monday. May 11, submit the following motion ; “ Resolved that thw House having shown its readiness to vote supplies, will refuse to assent to the vote of £11,000,000 until it ha* been Informed of the Government's present policy, and of the purpose to which the money granted is to be applied." A special despatch from Calcutta-to the Times say* the news of the pec.ee arrangements has created dismay ia and the. vacillation of . the Ministry la ruinous to British prestige. Colonel Patrick Stewart had arrived at Herat. May 9. The latest London cable to the Vew York Tribune esya tbat the St Petersburg and Moscow papers all the week hare been say-cg that the arbitration Is a comedy. Kalkoff remarks in the Moscow Gazette -that arbitration is simply a respectable - mean* of closing an incident, to which Raida assented in order to find an hon arable issue for Mr Gladstone, out of his difficulties, in . consideration of bis feelings and former policy toward Rmria. The Continental Fre* *, * though puzzled to know what arbitration meant, took a similar view. -The Berlin and Paris papers agreed that England had given way. Vienna, the one European capital, except perhaps Rune, which hitherto had shown a friendly spirit to England, regard* this agreement as a surrender. Everybody rejoices over the prospect of peace. ■ A few seem to regret that it ha* been obtained 1 by what they regard as humiliation far England. The feeling In England, which at first was one of perplexity, ia daily hardening into one of hostility and anxiety about tba ultimata result of peace obtained in this singular manner.

The Soudan despatches of April 29 say that the hostile Arabs are again becoming troublesome to the British. Scouting parties o! these belligerents make constant attempts to destroy the section of the Snaktm-Berber Railway already constructed, and to cut telegraph lines wherever they can. Every night £1 Mahdi’s men firs upon and into British posts. The garrison of Senaar defeated the forces of the Mahdi, which made an attack on that place on April 27- Despatches from Suakim dated May 4 say El Mahdi 1 * men .are becoming more daring every day. On the night of the 3rd they surrounded Dambouk snd Olao. and kept up a heavy fire en both places all, night. Firing, however, was from too. long a range to be effective. Despatches ■ of* the' 6th mention Lord Wolseley's indisposition. Osman Digna is again collecting an army, but owing to the scarcity of food at bis command, be cannot become sufficiently formidable to call for a British expedition against him. The Tokar Arab* sik English protection against Osman, and almost all the other tribes are willing to submit if the English will promise to remain In the country, and protect them from the rengeance of Osman Digna. In the House'of Lords on May Bth, a question was asked regarding the condition of the British troops serving in the Soudan. The Duke of Cambridge said, la response, that the troops had never been better cired f ir in any campaign. General Wolseley, in reviewing the camel corps at Snakim on May 8, urged the men to perfect themselves in their novel duties, as they would be wanted on the Nile in autumn. The speech was significant as indicating that the General U not la favor of the Government policy of abandoning the Soudan. FRANCE. The Figaro of April SO states that the French Government bad decided on .a measure f»r the expulsion of (he Orleans and BonapartUt princes. The Cabinet has decided to a»k the Chamber of Deputies to vote an urgent extra credit of 1.200.000 francs, as requested by M. Fer'y, for the expeiition to Madagascar. Advio«e from St. Viooent at Paris. VCay 7. report th it while the Messagferfos Fraocaiae steamer j Vltte da Marseilles was on her wav to Buenos Ayrev the emigrants on hoard mutinied, owing to the had fo’*l (nrui*hed. They were finlly qv-rp-jwered aher a desperate fight, in which the oiptainand several of the crew w-re b »dl/ - wonu»|ed. The vessel pat Into S*. Vincent under gaa-d of a French cruiser. - , ■ ; Tbe Babj-et of the proposed international control of the. Suez Oanal was dlscu&se I by a Commission in Paris in May. The German, Austrian, and Kuiaian delegates favor the international control, and the English and Italian delegates oppose It. . Tbe Chamber of Depn les voted a credit of 120.000 francs; on .May -7,- to defray the expenses of laying a nnbmvrfoe cable to Tonquin. They have ' also adopted tbe treaty of 1888 between France and .Anam, ; ■-■■v . ' ITALY. ; :: ; The Italian Foreign Office has. notified that the Prince and Princes* of Wales intend to visit Rome eariy in May. According to a despatch of A prll 28. the Eogli-h Government, had sent a secret agent there to sound the Vatican as to the Pope’s willingness to give the Prince an audience. The agent had several interview* wbh prelates, at the Vatican, bat though warmly recommended by Cardinal Manning and other ecclesiastical dignitaries, it is doubtful whether he will succeed. The object of the Prince’s visit was said to be twofold—lst., to arrive at an understanding with tbe Vatican in regard to tbe Irish Bishop* ; sad, 2nd., t ) pewaaia Italy to form an alliance with England. The Irish Bishops assembled in theCollegeol the Propaganda, Rome, on April 30. Cardinal Simeon! ad<lres«ed them. The Bishop* expressed th-ir determioati-jn to treat all questions submitted to them uninfluenced in any wav by political bias or feeling- , -Veanviui was ia empties on May 4tb, and presented a grand spectacle. Crowds of visitors have b**en present every night since. Professor Palmier! thinks there is no s riou* danger from the •ruprion Tbe Pope has decided to send the Golden Bose privately to tbe Empress of Germany, who, though cot a Catholic, has qnljtly used her Inflience on many occasions to protect Catholic German subjects from persecution, and to smooth away difficulties dividing the Empire from the Holy See. SPAIN. Cholera appeared in Jativa on April 25, originating from nome filthy rags brought from Alic ntc. IRISH ITEMS, Mr Parnell thinks tbe effect of the Prince of Wales' vidt will be to stimulate the Nationalistic workers. It ia stated that Queen Victoria has arranged to visit Ireland in the auinmn. The Right Hon -John NaUfa, prtseot At torney-General of Ireland, has been appointed Lord Chancellor of Ireland, vice Sir Edward Sullivan, deceased It is stated that Government intends to bay for Prince Victor, eldest son of the Prince of Wales, a permanent jlace of residence in Lelind, located at Navao, in G-unty Meatb, between the rivers Bayne and Blackwator. An Irish Local. Government BUI will probably ba introduced into Parliament, before the

dose of the present session. Tbe new measur provides for a properly elected Council ii each county, whose duty ft shall be to coQdac administration business hitherto relegated t< grand juries. Provision also is made f>r ; Central Council at Dublin to bo elected by th County Councils. This Council will discharge th( functions of the Boards of Education,*' Publh Works, &c. It is a I*o meditated to aboil®! the office of Lord Lieutenant and to create i Secretary of State for Ireland, but this i® siil undecided; and it is unlikely ► uch a measure ▼rill be passed this year; ; THE RIEL REBELLION.- • Fort Pitt, In (he north-west of Manitoba, fell into "the tond-< of the Ore® Indians on April 15, and fove/al of tbe garrlsog wore massacred. Too commander of the fort wax Franci* Jeffery Dickens, son of the lata Charles Dickens, the novelist. Before firing commenced Factor McXuao, of the Hudson’s Bay Company, went to parley with Big Bear, who assured him that bo wishf l to kill the police- only, and the civilians might leave the fort in safety. THE PANAMA CANAL SCHEME. The New Turk Times concludes from 'report* of a summary affording the latest and moat complete representation of tho condition and prospects of the Panama Canal, that it catmot b-> completed in h»*s than five year®, nor at a less cost than 350,000.000 dollars, also that if It® out receipts, when completed, should be high as 13,000,000 annually, tbe fixed charge would swallow up nearly ali. A MYSTERIOUS MURDER. The headless body of an English gentle* man, registered as O. Arthur Preller, London, England, was found la a trunk in a St. Louis hotel on the 13th April. Wfaou the trunk was opened the body of a middle*Jged man was disclosed, tbe face and breast up and the body so doubled about the hips and that It filled tbe receptacle. On tbe side of the trunk over the bead of tbe corpse were printed in largo letters tbe words, “ So perish all traitors to tbs great cause/' Tbe body presented a horrible aspect, and was iu su advanced stage of decomposition. The personal effects in the murdered man’s trunks indicate that tbe owner was a gentleman of means and culture. His room mate, Walter Lennox Maxwell, who is accused of tbe murder, is also an Englishman named Farnbam Maxwell, residing on an estate at Drammill, la England. H« has disappeared, and tbe only clue the detectives have la that be left San Francisco disguised on the steamer City of Sydney. He is described as a very girlish looking blonde young m n. with hia face cleanly shaven, and with bU light sandy hair branded and no parting at all. Hi® eyes are light blue. He if very effeminate In his manner, carrying this «o far as to walk with a short mincing step like a woman. A cablegram has been sent to Auckland for his apprehension, If he be a passenger on the City of Sydney. Notwithstanding that tbe officers are following this clue, there is, after all, some doubt as to their being on tbe right track. Tbe name under which Maxwell took his passage ou the steamer was Daaguier. Tbe whole cv>e i® involved In obscurity. Preller, the murdered man, was a member of an English sect called tbe Plymouth Brethren, and of a temperament strongly religious. Tbe latest telegrams state that Maxwell has been arrested, and the necessary papers for bis expedition will go forward by the Australia. AN AFFRVsTaT PINAMA. The Doited States Marine have about 1200 ineu now on the Istham® to look after American Interests and keep railroad transits open. They were fired on by the 'Panama soldiery on the 23rd April. Barricades were erected, enclosing the Central and South American Cable Company’s buildings, and great preparation® were made for a fight, but three columns of Americans entered tbe city at 2.3 d the same afternoon, knocking down all obstructions as they paised through tbe street®, and bad full possession in about ten minuter. Tbe Columbian Guards withdrew into the Guartes. Ihe American Admiral Joett telegraphed to the Navy Department at Washington as follows : —“lt was absolutely necessary to occupy Panama to protect tbe transit and American property. Tbe safety of Panama and American interests are secured by this move. A Government official will arrive soon, when everythlog will bo turned over to them, and we will withdraw. The New York Tribune special, April 26, says tbe American troop® began to withdraw from the city on tbe night of the 25th, under agreement with General Aizparu and the French Consul. The evacuation of the city destroyed the American prestige on the Isthmus, and there was mild rejoicing among tbe insurgents and their sympvtbieeis. ' The Americans were tauntingly called cowards. Experienced naval officers at Washington consider that Admiral Joett acted unwisely in withdrawing the troops, and it may become a serious question if tbe Doited State® be not held responsible ifor damages resulting to merchants in Panama from rioting. Tho final settlement of tbe trouble was by tbe withdrawal of the revolutionist. General Aizpatu, from the city of Panama, which, together with the revolutionary armament, was handed over to General M. Madaya, who landed on May lat with an expedition of 850 Government troops. Madaya assumed the military and civil Governorship, A great deal of irritation was caused among the American residents on tbe Isthmus by a remark of the French Consul to tbe effect that the Doited States marines were scared at Panama by a protest from Paris. UNITED STATES. The New York World of May 6 publishes statements from many persons that there was an attempt to assassinate President Cleveland the previous day during bis visit to Gettysburg. The matter was kept quiet, for fear of inciting the “ crauk ** element, which appears to be increasing! and leading to further attempts. The trial of Bichard Short, for stabbing Captain Phelp in O’Donovan Bossa’s office in New York, ended on May 6, with a verdict of not guilty. Tbe judge’s remarks to the jury were: “Gentlemen, lam astonished at your verdict. You are discharged from all further attendance on this panel The new Cnnarder Elmira, which arrived at New York on May 4, Is said to be the swiftest and best fitted passenger steamship afloat. Tbe builders assert she will cross the Atlantic in six days and seven hours, three hours less than the lowest record. Tbe strained relations of 6i eat Britain and Russia are throwing an enormous amount of business In the way of the steamship® of tbe. Pacific mail on the Hoe from San Francisco to Chins. The City of Tokio is reported to have earned 138,500d01a on ber last voyage, tbe heaviest earnings for year®. • ' Colonel Jamea M. Morgan, tho, new United States Consul at Melbourne, is a native of Louisiana, and, after the civil. war, was a planter in Sooth Carolina. He also served at one time on the staff of tbe Khedive in Egypt. The war against polygamy In Utah is being waged successfully by the United States Courts, and the prospect is that tho prac tice will soon be eliminated from tbe Mormon system. General Graot/haa got well again, and the papets ace now ridiculing bia doctors for their Ignorance -or desire to make advertising material oat of tbe patient.