ARRIVAL OF THE CALIFORNIAN MAIL.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 2199, 6 May 1874, Page 3

ARRIVAL OF THE CALIFORNIAN MAIL.

THE LAST OP THE TICHBORNB CLAIMANT. A BULLET FOUND NEAR CAPTAIN BLAKE'S HBiBT. ' LOSS OP THE~ • NILE,' ~AND ALL HER PASSENGERS DROWNED-. An extraordinary rise in the tide of the Thames on tbe 21st Maroh cansed great damage along the banks of the river. Lambeth and Rotherbithe were inundated. Sewera burst, and ■ tbe floors of many houses were forced up by tbe water. Several ohildren and a number of horses were drowned in these places. The Tiohborne claimant waa sent to Newgate On the 28th February. The cell allotted to the prisoner is the same that be formerly occupied when he was committed for trial. It is but dimly lighted aud its contents are a straw mattress on a wooden frame raised aboat a foot from the floor, a small table and a fixed wooden seat. The prisoner slept soundly all through Saturday night, and had to be awakened by a gaoler on Sunday morning. Oa Tuesday Orton reoeived his prison suit, had his whiskers shaved off, and his hair out. He is set to pick oakum, whioh he does not seem to like. His fingers are delicate, and so far he has been nuable to get throngh the required quantity daily. Still he seems cheerful and both sleeps and eats well. He has not referred in any way to the trial. He answera readily when addressed as Tiohborne, bnt refuses to take any notice when called Castro or Orton. Whilst taking exercise with the other prisoners (marching in single file) on Sunday morning, Orton amused himself by humming a ditty. It is stated that Mr. Hawkins reoeived a retainer of 1,000 guineas, aud a daily fee of fifty guineas, for his services in the Tiohborne ! oase. Dr. Keuealy has not fared anything I like so well. His fees are far behind in payment ; and, now that bis client has gone to the hulks, it is to be feared that the people who kept the oase going will be less liberal with their money. The cost to the oonntry of the trial is Baid to be £170,000. Among the brave fellows wbo have fonnd a grave on the West Coast of Afi ica, is Captain Blake, of Her Majesty's ship ' Druid.* He bad been of great assistance to Sir Garnet Wolseley, and succumbed at last to fever and fatigue. It will be remembered that, at Waireka, he received a wound, bat the ballet could not be extracted. After bis death, this old wound was probed, when a Maori bullet was discovered near the region of the heart. A bill appropriating £1,000,000 for the expense of the Ashantee expedition, has been passed. General Sir Garnet Wolseley is to be rewarded with the rank of Major General, and a pension of £2,000 per annum for two lives. An American telegram dated the 15th March, says—" A Catholic mob, in the night, attacked the Protestant chapel in Puebla, smashed the windows and furniture, destroyed the bibles, and stoned the pastor, tbe Rev. Antonio Corral. The State of Yucatan is utterly disorgauised by the revolution." A London telegram re escape of Roohefort, &o. t from New Caledonia, says — " Rochefort has telegraphed to Paris for funds. He intends to visit the United States, atid lecture in New York aud other American cities before his return to Europe, when he will probably take up his residence in Brussels." A Paris telegram reports that General Cbanzy has been authorised to declare Algeria in a state of siege, in order to restrain the violent abuse by radioal journals in the Colony. A message to the London Times says the steamship ' Nile' was lost on her voyage from Hongkong to Yokohama, and all her passengers drowned. Among them were the Japanese Commissioners to the Vienna Exhibition. The ' Great Eastern' will start in August to lay the Portuguese cable from St. Vincent, in the Cape Verde Islands, to Pernambuoo, Brazil. Viotor Emmnnuel is said to have burnt the addresses sent him by citizens of Trieste, containing disloyal sentiments towards Austria, and that he will send the Austrian Government a formal disavowal of sympathy with the address. The British loss at Ashantee was 16 killed and 3GB wonnded. Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia will make a tour around the world. Dr. Konealy, the Tiohborne claimant's counsel, has written a note apologising for the violence of his protest, published Monday morning, and declared that he had uo iutontion of reflecting on the judioial acts of the Court. The Earl of Pembroke is appointed Under Secretary for War. The appointment causes great surprise owing to his youth and ioexperienoe. The Duko and Duchess of Edinburgh's journey from St. Petersburg to London was one of triumph. Demonstration* and rejoicings in Germany and Belgium. A gigantic exhibition will be hold in Paris in 1875, supported by private means, with patronage of Government. Mr. Plimsoll lias been preseuted with an illuminated address by seameti.

A Scbiptuiui, Wonder Explained.— Dr. Beke has published a book to prove Mount Sinai an extinct voloanoe, and thus explaining the " pillar of aloud by day and pillar of fire by night" iv Exodus.