ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1525, 29 June 1886, Page 1

ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

The d.B. Mariposa, with tho inward Son Francisco mail, arrived at Auckland shortly before twelve o’clock on Friday night. One of the saloon paeeengers, Mr M. 0. Hall, was missed on the 24th, and it is sarnie.-d he was washed overboard. The car*) for Now Zealand comprised 47 tons, foe Sydney 1430 tons,

GENERAL SUMMARY OF NEWS, (Dates from Europe to June 4th).

On May 11th the Bouse of Commons re jacked the motion to abolish capital punishment by a vote of 117 to 62 By last reports cholera is reported on the increase in Rome, Venice, and Brindisi, The Prince of Wales declined to attend Mr Gladstone’s dinner, on the Queen’s birthday. The refusal caused soma surprise. The infant son of the Queen Regent was christened on May 22nd amid great rejoicing. Don OarloS has published a manifesto repudiating this posthumous child c£ Alfonso, and declaring he will never renounce his own right to the throne. Mount Etna was in eruption on May 22nd. Earthquake shocks were frequent, and the inhabitants fled from Miolosiei, near Catania, before the stream of molten lava. The Comte de Paris was at Paris on May 22 d to attend the wedding of his daughter to the Crown Prince of Portugal,

The Committee of the Chamber of Deputies decided on June 22ud by a vote of 6 (:■ s—firstlys—firstly- that the expulsion measures should be compulsory, and not permissive ; secondly, that it should bo applied to u'd the families that have at any time reigned in France • thirdly, that the decree of banishment be oronounced by the Legislature, and not by the Executive,

On May 24th the House of Loyds by a vote of 140 to 127, rejected the second reading of a bill to leg,Jiao marriage with s deceased wife’s tiiter. The Prince of. Walcb supported the bill, and paired with the Duke of Connaught who was not in favoi of it. Fifteen bishops voted with the majority. The British Government have appropriated a large amount of money for dry docks and general fortification o? Bequiraault om! Victoria in British Columbia. It is proposed to make them important militar. stations of the Empire. The severe thunderstorms in Germany during the lattsr week in May, killed m uiy persons and hundreds of cattle. A Spanish revenue cutter was captured on May 28th, and taken into Gibraltar for firing upon and seizing three trading boats in English waters, Artillery fire from the Book was opened on her. The Orange workmen employed at the Queen’s Island yards attacked the navvies employed by the Harbor OommLsionoi'S on June 4th, and, overpowering them and healing them, bodily drove them into the water. It was with the greatest difficulty that the injured, exhausted, and struggling men were rescued. The Orangemen made the asauulc because the navvies, it is alleged, had previously attacked some Royalists for aspersing the Home Rule mnemeat. Intense excite ment prevailed among the local Catholics in consequence of the attack. The Orangemen numbered 2000, and the navvies blit 100 A repetition of the historical ribts is feared Policemen fully armed patrolled the ci y, and the military were held in readiness within their barracks. Toiity Cathodes were injured and twelve of them were taken to he hospital. The body of James Curry, one of the navvies, who was missed for a time, has been recovered. He was thfe sole support of a widowed mother. 1

AMERICAN SUMMARY. Yellow lever is leported to Be epidemic ou the Isthmnss of Panama. The average daily diatha are forty.

■|sTha fishery trouble* a*o increasing between the Canadian authorise# and the United States. The BriDh war ves«el Bellorophon, has been ordered to St.-John’s, and 4000 troops to Halifax, U.S, The American North Atlantic cquadrou baj also been ordered to sea. The Allan line steamer Siberian, out ten days on June 4th, from Halifax for St. John’s U. 8., is reported lost,

Ib is reported that the Government a Washington ia dissatisfied "with Consul Greonbanm at Apia, Samoa, tor exceeding bis official powers in proclaiming a protectorate over the ielanda, and imprisoning Americans,

Gold has bren discovered in Missouri, near the town of Louisiana.

Owing to difficulties with bailors the Union steamship Mariposa sailed for Auckland at data with a full crew oc Chinamen, By iho disc ova?/ of .'ynamste, riflo cartridges, and ■•• the? *vi,l, *:’/■•>! placed undos various build in';.? ia Oi:;;,.;; She belie: is gaining ground Di-t ilia S -oi-iUsta bad a scheme to burn nnd I on tha'-- c ity an May 4 f h. That they vlicJ not go beyond rioting •it then. iiti-.a. v . jn prnmot ».o-.ion of Ih p 1c . P cji_:a!i >;a nre being mde ia San b'i.,w ctao-j • v.o-.ivo r.oiuc 15,000 visitors, ;.q iu'i s .£ : G.-.n-d Arm* t-i the IU public. 1' «' . .-a I sill L>s held there in August, tic A) ton ci ■. ri praeiiuiug pliy-ioian, in fii’i ifVa.nci*co, was Sen let c.-d i.o Ob banged on Ju-.e 2.iiJ fur the murder cf Vis wife. A deiuinn J elite, .J New York, hag been co. vicied of in tvi-nsevon with the Broadway railway franchise. Ho was, on May 20th, s-nau.iiio vi to a year and ten mouth:*imprisonment in Sing 8i g Prison. The p ■.■iygau.ioits converts in Uwi, to whom dlera of d. maucy wore n.ade oy the authorities if they would promise i.bsJierjOa f o the law, sjurn. d the overtures indixuanlly, la fchi-ir reply they said “ Our wives would deem such action cruel, inhuman, and monstrous ; our oh tie sen would blu-lifor shams and wo «hould deserve the scorn and contempt of all ti.no aoif. mm.” San Francuc > was shaken by a slight earthquake on M*y 26 h. ‘ Docoia ieu Day ” (adorning thn gourds of Union s Jdierr) was omerved in San Ftanoi.»co and otuer cities as a legal holiday. General ooiiveatiuna are being held all over California, and local associations found in opposition to the English common law docTine of lipranan rights as applied to that State.

f'he Maine fishermen have held a conveaioa and resolved to mi it by force all future attempts of the Canadians to seize their vessels for infringing 'h-ir tishicg law*. IRISH NEWS. The New Xork Herald's London ccrrespondent write* on May 31st: I have discovered that the organisation of .the army of Ulster has progressed to an extraordinary degree, and I have gathered atartling par* tioulars which are in secret circulation among the Orangemen in the city. The leading fact is that the organisation of the Royalist Protestant body of men, which is pledged to resist any attempt to o*rry out Home Rule in Ireland, has developed an *rmr.iuly without anybody having the slightest uspician of it 1 , growth. The army is practically enrolled, and all the military details nave been ariHugod with the greatest precision. A number of distinguished noble* men and members of Parliament are enrolled among the officers of 11 the army,” and arms have already been provided. Arrangements have been made for securing osnnon and horses. The story is given for what it is worth. On May 24th the police seized at Belfast a quantity of rifles, bayonets, and swords, on board a steamer from Fleetwood, a poit of Lancashire, and consigned to parties in Armagh, THE PANAMA CANAL. M. Roeasau, tho delegate appointed by the French Government to inspect the work on the Panama Canal, bus presented a report, ia which he denies tha correctness of tho canal company’s statements respecting its facilities for construction, tho time when tho canal will be completed, nnd tho amount of money still required, to tho work, M. Brabant, Mini.-ter of Public Work?, has informed M. D • L t. hia follow directors that they nuu-r. reply be M, Eos.4GiiU a ~ /v ” crii, cr*nnofc authorise the .mopo;.:-. i j>as of JolXery bunds it. til tho portion of '.he coup-ny is xuado clear. Do L • ,v y: D'-nouuc.-s Roseau's report as o. b‘i .mu.il uopAs, ~o?( and says u-j h. p -vpur.-I r-> g £« ,d« his project u.d‘ p, ,-f F o-u A P i- of My 2A.ii says the Ptf .um . o-,nv q. - .tiu was the ppur-.fi..y ;.i .■ g - i>. in tho Cabinet Council, .-hioh finally decided to authoried the ojm, _m 'O ■s u.< Ij.-u of 600,000,000 francs in shares provided it be fully shown ihat ihe aama ia sufficient to complete the canal. CONFESSION OF THE MURDERER MAXWELL. Maxwell’s confecsion of tho Sb. Louis murder was made to Dsteotive McCullough, who gained the confession in the character of a fellow-prisoner. Maxwell said that after Preller joined him at St. Louis, he told him it would be impossible for him to pay Maxwell’s way to Auckland, whither they had arranged to go together. This, said defendant to witness, angered him greatly, and ho determined to “ fix ” Preller for his meanness. On the following night they were sitting in the former’s room when Preller complained of severe pains in the side. Maxwell said, “ Oh, I can fix that all right. I have treated such cases before.” He then Ejected hypodermioally into his friend's arm a sufficient smount oi morphine to render him unconscious. After ho had bean in that condition for some time, be bound a cloth completely saturated with chloroform about the victim’s head, and this 1 ended the barineas. He then took Preller’s money (800 dollars) und personal effects, and made his escape.