THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Otago Witness, Issue 1834, 14 January 1887, Page 15

THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Auckland, January 8.

The Zealandia, Captain Otterenthorp, arrived this evening. She left San - Francisco on December 18, touohed at Honolulu on December 25, Tutuilla on January 2, and arrived at Auckland at 7.20 o'clock. Among the passengers from Honolulu to Tutuilla were the members of the embassy from King Ealakanu to King Malietoa, of Samoa.

GENERAL SUMMARY.

The Dublin Nation says, in connection with the proposal to send a British- envoy to the Vatioan, that Lord Iddlesleigh asks for the right to object to undesirable appointments to Catholic vacancies in Great Britain, and that the Pope answered to the effect that persons who in any way violated the law, would not be encouraged anywhere as the preaching of the gospel of peace was the object of the church. Lord Salisbury on the 16th December reduced the rents of bis Radneld estate 20 per cent. His example is being generally followed by large landowners.

Cowan and Co., ship brokers and merchants, of Glasgow, failed on the 17 th for £100,000. The British agent at Aden has been asked by bis Government to explain the motive he had in removing the French flag at Dongarita, in Samouli, the place being in territory over which botb England and France claim protection. The explanation is to be made at the request of the French Government.

Five Welsh farmers, leaders in the anti-tithe movement", have been distrained on' for failing to pay the tithes. <, Mr Gladstone writes to the Welsh Liberal associations that he regards their designs with interest, but at his age he must leave the agitation to younger men. Prince Alexander of Bulgaria arrived in London on the Bth. The Queen decorated him with the Order of the Bath.

Two heavy failures were reported in London on December 11 — Lord and Sons, general merchants, for £1,000,000; and Edmund Davis, a West End solicitor, for £100,000.

A terrific gale, accompanied by lightning and thnnder, prevailed on the night of December 7 and the morning of the Bth in the southern counties of England and in the Channel, where a nnmber of vessels were wrecked. At Brighton much damage was done, and throughout the kingdom rain and hail fell. The storm, caused widespread disaster. In Scotland a heavy fall of snow took place. The Queen forbade the admission into the household at Windsor Castle or within the castle precincts of newspapers containing sensational reports of the Campbell divorce case. Mr Gladstone disapproved of the anti-rent campaign in Ireland in a private letter to Mr Cameron, the member for Glasgow. The Scotch and other Liberal associations are not satisfied, and have asked Mr Gladstone for a full and public declaration on the subject. The English Government have decided to supply the army with the Austrian Fischer repeating rifles. Fischer has gone to London to superintend the final trial of this rifle at Enfield.

Tennyson's new book of poems " Locksley Hall sixty years after," was published on December 14. A cynical view of denunciation of democratic opinion and aspirations runs through the poem. American correspondents in London are gossiping freely concerning the private affairs of royalty. The New York Tribune's letter of 16th December, says Queen Victoria continues to favour Prinoe Battenburg, and in the royal family feud ' is becoming more bitter. The Prince of Wales ignores the presence of Prince Alexander at Windsor and has remonstrated with the Queen for advancing him to the rank of military cross of the Order of the Bath, a grade to which the Emperor William and the Prince Imperial of Germany belong. Reports from British Consuls in America on the American homestead laws are about to be published. They agree in praising the operation of the lawn and favour the application to England of the principle of exemption of personal prosperity to a limited extent from sale under legal process. There was serious rioting at Cork on December 5, and a number of the police and citizens were injured, the latter by bayonet thrusts. Twenty-three persons were treated in the hospital for scalp wounds.

The Government obtained from the Law Officers of the Crown in Dublin an opinion to the effect that tenant trustees and others conspiring to defraud landlords of the rent are liable to indictment under the common law.

The Ulster Royalists and Anti-repeal Union sent to the Lord Lieutenant on December 6 resolutions expressing dissatisfaction with the weakness of the Irish Exeoutive in dealing with the defiant and shameless conspiracy to defraud one class of the Irish people to demoralise another, and assuring the Government of the union's continued support in any attempt to' crush the conspiracy.

Archbishop Walsh, of Dublin, published a letter on December 8 warning the Government that the difficulties in Ireland, already appalling, would be immensely increased if they persisted in their attempts to convict prisoners by means of picked or packed juries as was done in Sligo. The Catholics of Lurgan formed in procession on the night of December 7 and marched through the streets to show their joy at the acquittal of some of their number, who were tried on charges of rioting. The Orangemen of the town attacked the parade, and a fierce riot ensued, in which sticks, stones, and revolvers were used. The fighting la&ted for sevoral hours, and was finally quelled in the early morn'ng by the dragoons, which had to be called out. A score of persons were wounded, and several houses were partly wrecked. The Duke of Manchester has made a permanent reduction of 25 per cent, in the rentals of his estates in Ireland.

A despatch from Dublin- of December 12 *ays preparations are already being made in that city to give Michael Davitt and his bride * grand welcome. Davitt married a Miss Yore, °f Oakland, California, during) his recent visit to the Pacific Coast.

The Protestant Home Rulers of Dublin, at a Meeting on December 12, resolved in favour of free speech in the open air and fair play to Catholics. Magistrate Clark, in his speech said Randolph, Churchill had no faith in Conservatism, yet had not the courage to leave "hem, believing it better to reign in Sheal than in Heaven. On December 14 Judge Lawson, of Belfast, sentenced four men arrested for wrecking houses Shark Hill in the riots in June last to 'our months' imprisonment. Each prisoner Pleaded guilty. At the instigation of the Pope, instructions tevo been prepared by Cardinal Simon to the pa bishops warning them to keep their scrapxilously within tlie limits of duty in I9 ?«d to the aati'ront moYsmsnt

, In John ' Dillon's case, .called before the > Dublin court on December 14, defendant ap- ! peared on his own behalf. He was charged with agitating in favour of what is called the " plan |of campaign." In his address Mr Dillon said ! the Crown was straining the law against him. The Judge declared " the plan of , campaign " was clearly and absolutely illegal He ordered Mr Dillon to give bonds in . the ! sum of £2000, with two sureties for £1000 each, for good behaviour in future, within 12 days, or go to prison for six months, Mr Dillon was arrested in Loughrea, Count} Gal way, on December 16, and charged with conspiracy to defraud. At the same time and place, on a I similar charge, Mr O'Brien (editor of the United Ireland), Mr Matthew '(M.P. for East Galway), and Mr David Sheeny (M.P. for South Galway) were also taken into custody. Tbo prisoners had been acting as trustees in conducting Mr Dillon's plan of campaign, and. had, reoeived from dissatisfied tenants the reduced rents refused by landlords or their agents. At > the time of making the arrests the police took away from Mr Dillon £60, which he had just received in trust from tenants.

The Times of December 16 urges the Government to a vigorous policy in regard to Ireland. The Government " must show," says the article, " that they, and not the secret conclave sitting in Dublin or New York, are the Government of Ireland, and in doing so they will be supported by the approval of every true subject of the Crown."

STANLEY AND THE CONGO.

Mr Henry M. Stanley, the African explorer, who has been lionising in New York for some weeks past, received a despatch from King Leopold, of Belgium, on December 13, summoning him to return to Europe at once. It appears that a band of Arabs under Ben Mahommed, emboldened by Stanley's absence, have entered the Free Congo State and massacred the garrison at Stanley Falls, and at every village where they found families the men were killed and the women and children carried away. The Arabs numbered 1500 men. Attempts had been made to check their marauding, but without success, and Stanley's influence is required. Ben Mahommed was formerly a good friend with Stanley, and in 1876 accompanied him with a force of men in his explorations for 50 days' under contract. In obedience to the summons Mr Stanley sailed for Belgium on the 15th. His relief expedition will start in February. The Egyptian Governmentcontribute£lo,oootowards the expedition.

FRANCE.

The provisional Budget asked for by the new Government was passed by a vote of 503 to 12, In the course of the debate M. Cleraenceau contended that a majority favoured the separation of church and State. He said the late Cabinet was overthrown because it had remained stationary. If the declaration of the new Ministry were not satisfactory the Cabinet would find it impossible to obtain a majority without the co-operation of the extreme left, which section only asked for the reforms which were demanded by the entire Republican- party, and the carrying out of which would bring about a union of all Republicans and Extremists. General Boulanger and Admiral Aube have finally resolved to demand an additional vote of £10,000,000 for tha army and navy next year. Marlett completed in Paris the fiftieth day of his fast at 6 o'clock on the evening of December , 15. The doctor in attendance gave him a small quantity of a specially prepared wine before giving him food. He was in good condition.

GERMANY.

A despatch from Berlin of December 16 -flays that there is a public feeling of uneasiness owing to the war scare which, though without definite basis, is beginning visibly to effect business and retard enterprise.

It is reliably stated that Count Yon Moltke, at a dinner on the 14th, gave it as his opinion that there will be a [? no] war while Emperor William lives.

Advices from Zanzibar up to December 15, say that the entire African Coast between Kipeni and Lamoo, including Manda Bay and the island of Galta, has been ceded to Germany. Complete accord exists between France, England, and Germany in regard to the treaty which the Sultan of Zanzibar has concluded with Germany. It is proposed to increase the German army in April next.

RUSSIA.

The Czar, says a despatch of December 13, recently found on his writing table, a letter announcing that the Nihilists would wait no longer for him to deliver the -people from bondage. He thereupon summoned the members of the council and ordered them to prepare a constitution suitable to the condition of the empire.

The official messenger of St. Petersburg denies that Germany's attitude is hostile towards Russia, and insists that owing to their mutual and vital interests the relation between the two countries have become more consolidated.

INDIA.

On December 13 an engagement took place between the British troops and natives, near Pukoko. 200 insurgents were killed.

Cholera is decreasing in Calcutta.

Heavy rains have destroyed the crops in the north-west provinces of India, and floods have caused much loss of life and damage to property.

CANADA.

George C. Foster, Minister for Fisheries, was interviewed at Ottawa, on December. 15, in regard to the position taken by the Secretary of State, Mr Bayard, with reference to his statement that Canada was unable, under the existing treaty between the United States and Great Britain, to defend her fisheries. Mr Foster's remarks were in effect : — " If there are any infractions of the law as we interpret it, we shall make seizures. We have rights which we propose to protect, aud will protect to the best of our knowledge, and ability come what may. In regard to the position taken from the beginning by the United States in fishery matters it is inimical to the best interests of both countries."

A Pacific cable despatch from Montreal on December 10 says that within the past month immense strides have been made towards realising the Pacific cable scheme, and now there is every prospect that it will be an accomplished fact at an early date. Mr Sanford Fleming, an engineer, says that a company has been formed under the name and title of the Pacific Telegraph Company (Limited), with a capital of £2,000,000 in £10 shares, for the purpose of establishing, maintaining, and working telegraphs and other communications between New Zealand, Australia, and other places in the Pacific Ocean, and also with Africa and America. The articles of incorporation were registered in London within the present month. A subsidy of £50,000 per annum is expected ■from the Home Government, while it; is anticipated tho various colonial Governments will cooperate. Regarding this matier the M'Kay, Bennet Company have completed the laying .of their wfres between San Fmicfeoo and Not? 'West-

, minster, the terminus of the Canadian Pacific line, a distance of 100 miles. The company met with much opposition from the Northern Pacific Railway Company, the latter filling up the post holes as fast as they were dug.

AMERICAN SUMMARY.

Apprehensions are felt of an uprising of negroes in the Southern States. They refuse to obey legal processes, and resist the collection of debts to the extent of using firearms on the collectors. Robbery and murder were rife in South Carolina by coloured people calling themselves the Grand United Order nf National Brothers and Political Society of South Africa, The Hawaiian loan of 200,000d0l has been floated by Matheson aud Co., tbe London bankers. A despatch says it was eagerly sought for.

Tremendous efforts are being made to stop the prosecution of the bribed ex-aldermen of New York, Embracery is extensively resorted to, and such large sums are paid jurors that there are many candidates. The sfcory is not published, but it is authoritative that the Boodlers offered the district attorney 750,0PQdol,in stock of the Broadway road to let up on the prosecution. A new organisation called "The Patriot's League " was formed in Chicago on the 4fch of December, the purpose of which is to counteract the influence of Anarchists and prevent them carrying out their designs.

George Hazlett and Miss Sadie Allen, of Buffalo, went to tho Niagara rapids an,d whirlpool on November 28 in a torpedo-shaped barrel übed by Hazlett and Pons last summer. They were in the rapids and whirlpool five minutes, and were taken out of the eddy on the Canadian side, just below the whirlpool, three-quarters of an hour later, in good condition. Miss Allen is a respectable girl, 18 years of age. A stay of execution has been granted in the case of W. H.Maxwell, Preller's murderer, iinal February 1.

The interior of the Statue of Liberty on 6 'deve Island, New York, caught fire on the 23rd November, and it was only by the hardest work that a bad fire was avoided, and Barfcholdi's great statue saved from ruin.

John W. Young, Mormon leader, a son of Brigham Young, was in New York on Norvember 25 with a scheme for selling all the Mormon possessions in Utah and moving to Mexico.

O'Donovan Rossa has retired from the executive of the Fenian Brotherhood. Dr Hamilton Williams, of Green Point, Brooklyn, succeeds him. Williams is credited with having carried from Germany the knives with which Lord F. Cavendish ancl Mr Burke were cut to pieces in Phoenix Park, Dublin,

The United Irishmen and Fenian Brotherhood have broken the seal of secrecy regarding their proceedings, and have issued a long address to their friends on the subject of Rossa, whom they accuse of falsehood, treachery, insubordination, and many other crimes ngaiust the order. No misfortune has befallen the brotherhood of late years for which Rossa is not responsible.

The Rev. Dr Macgynn, a Roman Catholic clergyman of eminence in New York, has been summoned to Rome to explain his partisanship with Henry George in the labour reform and property right movement. It is expected he will be disciplined.

A "rapid rise and a speedy decline in prices on the San Francisco stock market, caused by a reported discovery in the t'omstock mine, during December 1 to 30, led to the failure of many brokers and the impoverishment of hundreds of their clients.

While A. R. Cutting is said to be contemplating a filibustering movement in Mexico news comes that Captain Boynton, the aquatic expert, is raising one thousand able-bodied young men for a similar purpose in Central America. He advertises for them as railway hands.

Ericson, who invented the American monitor, has completed and put in practical operation an engine operated by heat derived from the sun's rays. It is intended for use in hot countries.

A lady, Mrs Lucas Madison, of Richmond, Va., appealed to the Governor on the 6tb, to bave'the sentence of the law executed without delay on a man named Cluverins, who was condemned to death for having wrought seduction and death on her daughter, Fanny Lili&n Madison.

Miss S. Jortel, living with her parents in destitute circumstances at Detroit, Michigan, received word on December 13 from a law firm in Norwich, England, that she had fallen heiress to £50,000 sterling, half of the fortune left by an uncle who recently died in Australia.

Two young Englishmen committed suicide in San Francisco on November 27. They were John Buzzan, a native of Cornwall, and Arthur Francis Flowerellis, the latter a man of good connections and some means. Both left notes stating that the act was the result of a despondent state of mind.

Another ex-alderman of New York, M'Grade, was consigned to Sing Sing on December 17, convicted of bribery and corruption in connection with the Broadway street railroad franchise.

A bogus Patti agent made his way bsfore the arrival of the prima donna to the city of Mexico, and managed to rake in 30,000d0l in subscriptions before discovery. He got off with the money. He assumed the name of Marcus Mayer Abbeys, Patti's legitimate agent. He was afterwards captured by Mexican detectives, and proved to be one Charles Bourton, an alleged journalist.

MARINE DISASTERS.

The steam whaler Mary and Helen caught fire in San Francisco harbour on December 17, and burned to the water's edge. Captain Thomas Miller, of the tug Waterwitch, had just made fast to the whaler when her year's store of powder exploded. He was knocked overboard by the concussion and drowned. A terrible marine disaster occurred at the San Francisco Heads a short distance S.W. olc the Cliff House, about 3 o'clock on the morning of December 17. At that hour the whaling barque Atlantic, which sailed the day before on a cruise to the South Pacific, drifted on shore and became a total wreck. She had on board a crew of 47 men, about 30 of whom were drowned, although there is a lifesaving station in the vicinity. The canse'of ,the disaster is due to several causes. The steam tug that towed the vessel to sea dropped her before she had given her sufficient offing, an ' just when she let go her tow-rope the wind fell, and a heavy fog covered everything like a pall. The captain had- no bearing, but knew he was being carried in shore by the current and let go two anchors to prevent it. The anchors dragged, and meantime the waves tore the vesee! to pieces and drowned the hapless sailors. Some of the timbers picked up on the shore were found to be so rotten that they could be crumbled in the hand.

An excess of animal food nud a partial closing of the pores of the skin, during the winter months, j cause the system to become filled with impurities. ] .These can be removed and the blood piorified and in--vibrated by taking A-ver's Saraparilla,— [AettJ