ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VIII, Issue 1357, 27 June 1881, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

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The Saa Francisco mail steameff^ity of Sydney arrived at 3 o'clock yesterday in Auckland. The following ia a

summary of news : —

AMERICA,

Mr. Lorrikrd won 12,000 dollars on Iroquoia* success in the Derby. He gavo the jockey, Archer, 5000 dollars. The victory waa not popular on the course, the cheering being for the jockey and not for the horse.

A United States Polar Expedition will be despatched from St. John's, Newfoundland, in July 4th, for Lady Franklin's Sound, and also to 6nd the whereabouts of the Arctic exploring' yacht Jeahette. : i Tho, Pacific Mail Company will con ; sent to make such changes in the hours of steamers leaving San Francisco for Austealia as will secure a prompt despatch of the mails. The American actor Booth has dined with the Prince of Wales. General Grant has been successful in all his railway projects in England. , Severe shocks <»f earthquakes have been felt in New Hampshire. Stupendous frauds have been unearthed in connection with various mail contracts. Government havebeen plundered to the tune of millions. The competition between the Atlantic Cable Companies promises to reduce the tariff to one shilling per word.' ''.'J*.'" x Boston is moving to have the WoVlii's Fair in 1885. Cajifqrjan wines are rapidly drijujntf out tho French articles from the American market. Railroads are being built in i every direction in Mexico. It is not improbable that within two years the city of Mexico will be connected by rail with all parts of the United States. JPhe of Thomas Hugfe^B, df Ru#by fame, has arrived at her 2 son V colony in Tennessee to spend the remainder of her days. She is 80 jeara of age.

Tho entire revised New Testament was published in the Ncir York Times and Tribune- to-day, May 22. The work meets with general favor among tho clergy, though a few condemn it.

Frontier ruffianism is becoming rampant, in Colorado. Stages are being rob bud in open day, and outlying settlements ate being invaded, terrorised, and plundered.

.TlUi'ait-fAßition'of the Alnqrican silver dollar is practically stopped and most, of the silver has now found its'way back to the Treasury vaults. Coinage, however, at (he rate of 2,000,000 per month continues: .■ < . ■ ■•• . : When the steamer Victoria collapi^l <m the river.Thames, Bear Ontario on May 24th, nearly 200 persons were drowned. She collapsed almost in a minute', like an egg-shell. • She had GOO passengers on board, including many leading citizens of the-C'anadian town of London. The accident is said to have been due to the fact that when she heele.il oven ori/lraying, the landing place the passengers got alarmed, and rushed in a budy to one side, and so broke her All efforts to stop small pox in the Sandwich Islands seem unavailing. At last advices 99 patients were in the small p>x,hospital. : . ■ ■ ; • A number of Scotch farmers Are making a tour through the United States, to ob.tain information regarding agriculture and immigration. An attempt has been made by a man named Vandewater to kill Judge Gildesliver, of New- York. The cause bring corruption in the Judical office. GREAT BRITAIN. ... The Queen has conferred tha vacant gartor on the King of Sweden. The Princess Louise has been advised by- her physicians.. not. to leave, London for Canada till July. Immigration from the South of Ireland has decreased 25 per cent. It is stated that the Earl of Shrewesb»ry will marry Mrs. Munday, with whom he eloped recently. An appeal is being made for subscriptions tq the Carlyle funds, but it is said they are difficult to get sinee'the publication of his reminiscences. J. K. Emmet, the actor, is an inmate of a lunatic ward in one of the London? workhouses, - John Bright recently stated that if free passage were offered to half "Kiel population^ Ireland, they would (md their way to America, and to delivrance ,-f^(Jm ppy»rty. and., suffering*,. •y * J It is rumored that Mr. ''''Gladstone wfll shortly . fc&tf raised to the. P.egrage with the title of Earl of Oxfofd} 1 'and that , Mr. . Guilders will then htxflm^ Chancellor of the : Exchequer. - ; ■'* •* ™ .. The Ma,vqv4» of Lome pr.opo.ses ,ty resign the Governor - Gfetieprfwft^'-of: Canada. . r „ The survivors of tho "sloop <jf war Dotrel have arrived in England.

1 A public meek, of the Four-in-hand Club took place in. London on the 25th May. Mrs. Langtree occupied a seat in the Prince of Wales' drag.

There are 1,000 cases of small pox in the London hospitals.

Dempsey, a farmer, who took land from ivhLoh- a tenant, was, evicted in Giilway,<was; killed froVn befyhxj a hedge. Prince Leopold has been created Dnke of Albany, and it is understood, intends to take an active part in the House of Lords. ,„'• ■'•.':'. According to the recent census the population of London is 3,814,571. A number of shocks of earthquake occurred at Mount Vesuvius, followed by strong eruptions, and streams of lava flowing down the side of the mountain.

The Lord Chancellor has expressed an opinion that the revised Testament cannot be read in the English Church until authorised by some sufficiently competent authority. -

Thirty houses and some schools have been burnt down in the East End of London.

The conflict on the 3rd of June at Bodyke, uounfcy Clare, between the police and peasantry, over the ;eviction of a tenant, was a regular pitched battle. The police were attacked from fences ou f both sides of the road through which*, they were passing. Tho police deployed* in skirmishing order, and rotutiaairtfye tire, killing one man and wounding several. Evgijtually the polica-completed the eviction, and arrested several of the rioters.

FOREIGN.

A large quantity of explosive bombs have been made at Mont Rouge.

Prince Bismark proposes to subsidise a line of steamers .ty Australia and China, at\s & > aisist ' in \ establishing commercial houses for an export trade to those places.

Midhat .Pasha declares . the story of tlie murder of Abdul Aziz to be not true.

The Sultan is now conciliating him, and provides him with his meals. Persecution of the Jews in Russia continues.