ARRIVAL OF THE SAW FRANCISCO MAIL.

Southland Times, Issue 8046, 29 June 1885, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE SAW FRANCISCO MAIL.

fßy Telegraph.] Auckland, Jnne 28. The R.M.S. Zdalandia, Weber, arrived from San Francisco to day, after an uneventful passage. Passengers for Auckland — Mr Virtue, Miss A. L. Balton, Mesere Webber, ThomsoD, Thiers, P. Barter, Witneck, Molyneux, Meadow and eon, TraO3*, <J. Budge, E. Granviile, W. S. Davenport, W. G. Davenport, Good all, Mansell, arid Hay ward, For Sydney— Siloon, 43 ; and 33 eteerage. Among the through passengers are Dion Boucicault, D. G. Boucicault, and Misß Boucicault. Among the passengers for Auckland are Mrs Baron France, lecturer and teat medium, under eogage ment to the New Zealand Pyschological Society ; aod Misses Traoey aud Badger, of Sr. Louis, who come in connection with the extradition of Maxwell, alias Danguier, the alleged murderer o£ C. Preller,

GENERAL SUMMARY FROM EOROPB. San Francisco, June 6. Dion Boucicault and a select company of players leave by steamer for Sydney. They will make a tour of the colonies, and will give New Zealand a round of well-known Boucicault's Irish dramas, and will also produce a brand new play called " The Jilt," the la-»t contribution of Bouci- , caulfc to dramatic literature. Hanloo, the rower, who arrived here by the Zealandia, reports that notwithstanding his defeat ia the eoloniefl he enad« 3000 dollars as hia shara of the gate money. As he would naturally say for his own sake, Baud), ia iiis opinion, is tbe most wonderful oarsman he ever met. United Stated Minister Philips, was banquetted by tbe Lord Mayor of London on June 3. In responding to the toast, <l The President of the United States," Mr Philips assured bis hearers of the pleasure witb which Americans viewed the settlement of the questions at issue between England and Russia. The desperate coadition of the Scotch land market ia shown by the surprising number of edlates now offered for sale in Scotland. On© auctioneer alone advertises to sell on , June 2, estates valued at L250,000. Many Americans are io tho market looking for Scotch property, The German despatch boat, Pomerania, seized a Yarmouth yawl on June 5, in the North Ssa, and towed the vessel into Williama-haven, where she ia detained on tbe pretence that the vessel was fishing in prohibited waters. The London police were informed that two dynamiters had arrived in England from the United States, and an active watch i for the parties has been instituted. Letters on all conceivable subjects lately published in tho English papers, and bearing John Ruakin's signature, are, by his solicitors, declared to be forgeries. The motive for the forgeries appears to be one of pure mischief. A fire which broke oat in the Margaret Pit, a PhiladelpLian colliery near Durham, on June 3, caused an explosion and 22 men and boys were killed outright. Tiie explosion was followed by a rush of water in immense volumes, and the whole mine wad flooded notwithstanding the most strenuous efforts to prevent it. Despatches from London, May 30, say that the most encouraging feature of the agricultural outlook is the favourable change in the weather, which has. come a> a most oppoi tune time when warmth and sunshine will produce the be«t results, especially as it had been preceded by copious rain. The backward condition of the crops and the discolouration of the wheat was a source of complaint, bat it is now admitted that bo lasting : io jury !■ was done, and if tha present fine weather continues a rapid improvement in harvest prospects is expected. It is said that the Budget inor :ase of duty on beer and spirits bus been a b!<ssing in disguise to many 'enterprising, dealers who Jiave made fortunes by the exercite of a 'little forethought. ,Mr Gladstone, replying io an enquiry made by Mr McGrlone, Home Rule membar for Wicklow, said id was not {ha intention of the^Governmeot to establish regular djplom^tis relates with, the !

Mr John Bright has written a pnhlic letter approving oF Parliament granting L31,000 a year to Princes Beatrice aa a dowry. Mr Bright says he is astonished to Bea Liberals object to so small a grant whi!© they are ;si lent concerning the extravagance of the GovorQinent pver ttnjiist . wars. ;' _. , : . ."'., •'- It is said that Cunningham, the dynamitard.,,has. shown signs of insanity since his confinement in Chatham prison. ■ ■* Late despatched say that official reports cbncerhjag the IndJßn .wheat crops indicate, if present anticipatibna be realised, -that there will bo a smtllor: U'Jrdpean do- - mand in England for Ameficaa wheat this autumn than la?t year. ' An inspection of tlie. boilers and engines of the arctic steamor Alert, rer turned, by. the United States Government to the English A Jmiralty, found them all salted up and in a generally rusty condi- . tion. Tbo'f act was severely commented, upon by the press, i ,:- ';-■ /y '■: i -r- 1 --- ; -:.: J - :•. The British steamer W^averley, with a cargoof spelter, was; seized by the French in Chinese watersi on the grpund that her cargo was contraband of war. i ~TW committee; of the Chamber ofCommerce, liondohj- forwarded to: the Govern- • ment a resolution in favour of diverting emigatioh -to the British colonies, especially .Australia, where the consumption of British goods exceeds L8 per head, instead;; of America, whore the consumption is only 103 a head. ~ The new Chinese Opium Convention is concluded, and the import duty remains, at 30 taels. The duty is to be collected direotly by the Imperial Customs service. The London press approves of the arrangement. This new convention assumes the form of .an .additional articleto the Che-f oo treaty, ancLabolishes all barriers heretofore existing against the /free : diffusion, of opium througUoufc the Chinese Empire. A report was published in London to the effect that Alfred Aylward, notorious in counectidn with the Boer rebellion, was one of the leading spirits in fomenting the half-breed rebelUpa of which Kiel was only the figurehead. Sir ;Chaß. Dilke, while Jn. Dnblin . on a -visit to Earl Spencer, refused to attend an official breakfast gi vetf -by Lord Mayor O'Connor on 25th May,, on account of , that official's insults to-the P*rince of Wales*in inciting riots at Mallow and Cork. daring the Royal visit. The purpose of Sir Charles was to consult with Earl Spencer regarding th« Irish Crimes Act, and it is said the two have settled their differences of opinion on the matter, The Pope had a two hours 1 conference with the Irish Bishops at the Vatican, on May 25, during which he leotnred them strongly with regard to their animosity to England. . ■■""'-" Archbishop Uroke returned to Dublin from Borne, June 3. He deprecated any political manifestations and addrfißses, and declared that be had vindicated the cause of the Irish people at Rome, and had stood firm to the faith and fatherland. He advised his hearers not to put themselves in the power of so-called hut really sham friends of law and order, Sorb addresees he said, were useful as showing a united priesthood and people, He was anxious to see the old land restored to its pristine prand organism (?), and all classes working loyally together. A fund is now being raised in Ireland for the benefit of Jas. Stephens, the exFenian head centre, recently expelled from France. It amounts to L7OOO, When a bill is introduced in Parliament, as is proposed, to procure a royal residence in Ireland for Prince Victor of Wales, it will be opposed by the Parnellites on the ground that Ireland has more than enough' of vice-regal pageant now in Earl Spencer's Court at Dublin Castle. The Anglo-German Fijian Commission have agreed that Germany will not establish penal settlements in the Southern Pacific. __________