SAN FRANOISOO MAIL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 6501, 13 December 1882, Page 4

SAN FRANOISOO MAIL.

ADDITIONAL SUMMARY OF NEWS.

The fate of Prof essor Palmer, Captain Gill, and Lieutenant Charmington has been ascertainod. According, to a dispatch from Colonel Warren, dated Alexandria, October 16th, the whole party were ordered to be killed by the Governor of Notol. They were tied to' the edge of a precipice, and offered the alternative of throwing themselves over or to be shot. It is supposed that Palmer leaped off, and Gill and Charmington chose the other alternative. The bodies of Gill audJUharmington have been found, and there is rib hope that Palmer is alive. Colonel Warren is tracking the sheik who committed the murders.

Several further subscriptions for the Jewish relief fund, from New Zealand, are acknowledged by the. Mansion House Committee. Among them are—£26l from Geraldine, €200 from Christchurch, £60 from Wellington, and £51 from Hokitika. The fund is now being closed. In all, £108,759 has been received, and £94,144 expended. The Hon. Mathew Holmes shipped from the Clyde a valuable selection of high-class Border Leicester sheep, selected by James Archibald, of Shields. The companies who are promoting the scheme of the Channel tunnel have renewed their applications to Parliament, accompanied by fresh plans. . The Yorkshire colliery owners have advanced their quotations 10 per cent, as from November Ist; and raised the miners' wages 5 per cent., so preventing the intended strike. The Moody and Sankey mission in London has been suspended, owing to the illness of the former.

Bradlaugh made an application to the Court of Queen's Bench on November 6th to have the indictment against himself for blasphemous libel, at the instance of Sir Henry Taylor, quashed ; but the application was refused. Letters from Ireland, dated November 10th, state that a famine is impending in the counties of Donegal, Clare, and Roscommon. The potato crop is a failure, while storms have devastated the fields and cabins of the poor. The guardians of the workhouses declare that the prospect is the worst since the famine of 1836. . ••■•..•■■•

Mr Gladstone proposes to introduce a fresh scheme of Irish legislation into Parliament to still further develop the provisions of the Land Act in the direction of a peasant proprietary, the extension of the franchise, and a scheme of. local self -government. A party of 40 armed men attacked the house of Mr Redmond Roach, a -magistrate at Magnas Castle (Ireland), on the night of November 16th, firing several shots, demanding admission, and carrying away two guns. During the 24 houra ending October 29th incessant rain prevailed in several parts of England. Large areas of country were flooded, bridges were washed away, railways blocked, and in the inland counties only, the roofs of farmhouses were to be seen in many places. The flood along the valley of the Thames was very serious. At Windsor there were immense losses and suffering. A great gale, accompanied by floods, visited England on November Ist—this time devastating the western and southern section. A dozen houses were swept away at Borough Bridge, and the railway track was so torn up in Devon and Somerset that the trains were stopped entirely. The damage was severe, but no loss of lifeis reported. At Exeter the-canal broke its banks, and the whole country in Cheshire, Warwickshire, and Somersetshire was flooded. Dispatches from London, dated November 12th, say that the. greater part of England is flooded by the heavy rains which have fallen almost without intermission, and that in scarcely a district has the.autumn crop been sown, and that it is impossible for farmers to do so. The traffic of some parts of such towns aa Canterbury and Reading was'carried on in boats, and the country upon each side of the principal railway looks like a large lake. Sheep-rot has also appeared in many places, so that it is not surprising that the English farmers are more anxious and depressed than ever. Frederick Grettou, owner of Fernando, Isonomy, and other well-known racehorses, diedonNovember 16th... A dispatch says that Keene's colt Foxhall was put in a private sale list. The amount asked for him is 35,000d01. Disgust is felt at the Sandwich Islands. A dispatch received by the Acting Secretary of the U.S. Navy at Washington on November Cth, from the commander of the U.S. steamship Allyer, reports a serious, state of affairs in the Hawaiian group, owing to the outburst of -dissatisfaction among the sugar planters. The planters have formed a protective union, and made a protest to the King against the selection of his Cabinet. They urge araore liberal and progressive policy than, is indicated by the king's movement. The King, in replying, recognised the right of all to make suggestions if they entertained any grievance, and assured the members of the union that their appeal would be considered. Meantime there is no change in the situation, and the King has issued a proclamation that he will be crowned on February 12tb. The report further says that the matter will probably drift along until the coronation. Patti and Nicolini arrived in New York on October 30th. Before leaving Paris Patti went through a second marriage ceremony, which was considered necessary owing to a recent decision by the French .Law Courts, in order to prevent the Marquis de Caux from taking possession of her property in the event of her death. Wilkinson, the New York publisher, has sued Henry Ward Beecher for 10,000dol, money paid to him in advance for a promised " Lifo of Christ." Beecher took the money, but never furnished "copy" for the proposed work, although frequently promising to do so. The mails ex Zealandia were delivered in New York five days after being landed at San Francisco, which is the quickest^ delivery onrecord.

Theatrical people in America are gossiping over an unfortunate quarrel between Fred, de Belleville, formerly of Garner's London Comedy Company, arid his wife, Mre do Belleville, who accompanied him to the States from New South Wales. She says that they were married at Geelong, but he denies that any marriage ever took place, and has married a ballet-girl connected with the Union Square (New York) Company, to strengthen the denial. The deserted wife has commenced legal proceedings. Herbert Spencer sailed for Europe on 11th November. His health has not improved by travel, but rather the reverse. Nervous excitement and monomania are gradually wearing him out.

George, the amateur champion of England, and Myers, the amateur champion of America, met in an iuterprovincial foot-race of a mile in New York on November 11th. George won easily. Time, 4 mm. 25 seo. He led Myers by 16 yards. The New York wool-dealers have expressed apprehension that the California trade in that article has seen its best day, and that the supply will grow less. A. Gilchrist, a member of tho Salvation Army, who arrived in New York from Eng-, land, confessed in Court to having three Irasbands.

James W. J. Morton, one of the proprietors of the San Francisco Call and Bulletin, is dead.

Walter J. Duval, an Englishman by birth and a druggist by profession, committed suicide in Portland, Oregon, where he arrived three years ago from Melbourne. No reason for the act ha 3 been assigned. Abbey's Park Theatre, New York, has been destroyed by fire. Loss, 10,000dol. Mrs Langtry, who was to have made her American debut at this house a few evenings later, had just finished packing up her wardrobe to send to tho theatre, and thus escapod loss. Madame Christine Nilison was not so fortunate. She lost most of her costumes and jewels. One of the stage hands, named Leon, is supposed to have perished in the flames. Henry Clark, the stage carpenter, died from the effects of the injuries he received. Mrs Scoville, sister of the assassin Guiteau, has been adjudged insane by the Chicago Courts. Immediately afterwards she disappeared, arid it is supposed that she fled to Canada.

Cobford, the champion sculler of Victoria (British Columbia), beat Reeves, the champion of California, in a four-mile race for 500dol a side, on November 2nd. Reoves insisted that he was seized with cramp, but his backers think that he threw the race over.

General Lynch, in command of the Chilean army occupying Peru, has levied a fresh tax on silver and odol each on every cigar, carpentering, or tailoring establishment in Peru. A manifesto issued by Carlo, the Peruvian leader, says that he does not pretend to isolate himself from the rest of Peru, but will adhere to any scheme adopted by any party in furtherance of peace. Latest advices state that peace negotiations have been resumedon the basis of the cession of Tacna and Arica. n

On October 23rd, at Belgrave, the widow of Colonel Jeffrew Markowitch firod twice at King Milan. Her husband, with several others, was executed in 1878 by order of the King, but the recent attempt at assassination is said to be more attributable to political motivA than to revenge. The bystanders attempted to lynch Markowitch, but she was saved by the interference of the War Minister. Tom Allen, ex-champion of New York, has deposited 10,000dol to fight any pugilist, John W, Sullivan, the American, preferred, for the championship of the world and 2500d0l a side. A Palestine Colonisation and Christian Missionary Association has been incorporated in Boston for the purpose of colonising Palestine with industrious and energetic Christians. Telegraph communication ia established between the United States and Valparaiso (Chile). The dairymen of California propose to meet in convention and organise a campaign against butterina. They have already pledged themselves not to consign dairy produce to any city firm dealing in the objectionable article. The Canada Fresh Meat, Importation Company has issued its prospectus. The Company is formed to import meat of. all kinds from Canada into the United Kingdom. The average cost of meat delivered in England is 5d per lb. A contract has already been made in Canada to supply meat.