ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL AT AUCKLAND.

Timaru Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 2779, 20 August 1883, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL AT AUCKLAND.

(By Telegraph.) Auckland, Aug. 18.

Tho City of Sydney arrived at tho wharf shortly after 8 p.m. She left San Francisco on July 28th, the passage being uneventful. Passengers: — Cabin, for Auckland — Mr and Mrs J. M. Mitchell, Mesera Glendininp, Mitchell, Porter, Harzog, La.Tard, and Patrick j steerage — Mr and Mrs George, Mr and Mrs Carle, Mrs Hart and three children, Mrs Johocoo, Mrs Palmer, and Mrs Sims. Cargo— lso tons of freight and 407 bags of mails. For Sydney — 23 cabin and 50 steerage passengers, and 810 tons of freight. Tho particulars of Ibe Auckland cargo are ai follows: — 1133 cases salmon, 8 half-barrels salmon, 1450 tacks barley, -10 racks Hour, 10 bales bops, 65 cases honey, 124 cases dried fruit, and 50 boxes green apples.

GENERAL BUMMARYOFMAIL NEWS. San Fbancisco, July 28. Rosa Massey, an English actress, died m New York m retirement.

Miss Miiggie Cramp, an 18 year old daughter of the celebrated builder of iron and other ships, was drowned m Philadelphia by slipping from a gangway plank on the now steamship Alameda, juil launched from her father's yard, and owned by the Oceanic steamship Company of San Francisco.

The Hanlan, Hosmer and Lee boat races at Fulton, New York, on July 26th, waß won by the firet named, the time being Hanlan, 19.40, Hosmer, 19 50j Lee, 19.50. The course is nets full three mile one.

Yellow fever has made its appearance at the quarantine laztrette, below Philadelphia. The physicians are apprehen'ivo Egyptian cholera will visit tho Unitrd States, as it is travelling just m the same track as m former years. A strange serpent-like creature, thirty feet long, and two feet m diameter, was reported as seen on July 26th at Green Bay, Lmkfl Michigau, by two citizens and fishermen at Bailie's Harbor.

The Catbolio clergy m the United States will follow the Pope's instructions, and not follow the lead ofParnell.

Montgomery Blair, rx U.S. Poitma>ter> General, hat died at his residence) at Silrer Springr, Maryland.

England has lent a protest to the United States against returning immigrants to the former country whose friends m America had invited them to come thrre with a promite of assistance.

It was. reported on July 27th that the Spaniah Minister to Mexico had bren recalled and serious rapture between the two countriei is probable.

The health authorities at Now York hare taken extraordinary precautions against cholert, and will not allow the importation of rag: cargoes till they are re-baled. The ttMmihip City of Sydney, leiriDg at date, cfcrroi to colonial order 124 fine Amen-

c;in merino fheep from Vermont. The animals »ro large and heavily fleeced. The British ships Gilderhope ond Huterpe, bpnnd to San Francisco are dow (July 28th) ninety-two nnd ninety-ono day» out from Newcastle, New South Waloj. Neither has been heard from since sailing.

I-OHTDoy, July 27. A deputation cf the Britith Medical Association and Bcveral Members of Parliament called upon the President of the Board of Trade on July lGth to urge that greater precautions be taken on emigrant vessels, and that the pay of ships' surgeons be increaied. Mr Chamberlain replied a Bill would be introduced m the House of Commons dealing with the matter mentioned.

Additional advices from Durtan relative to the dfath of King Cetewayo at the bands of the insurgents etate that all his wives and many of his chiefs were also killed.

The Pope was reported to be indisposed on the 26th. H

The Paris Municipal Council hare rejected a pro|josil to raise a loan of 2,200003 fr»nci. Jean Adolpli Jenebare, tbe Danish sculptor, is dead, at the ege of 65. The Beleian Chamber of Deputies has in-lVrfl'-f " l 0 duly on tobacrr >. to 75 francs per 100 «i ornetrca of manufactured article. Bir Roderick Cameron entertained tbe rnioer, of the American and Canadian Clabi \?t, d^U* 1 Lo " d °° O" the 27th July, i he ran. Figaro hns advices froraTamatave, a^i.rfTf'.^ £ syof Aden - t0 Jul J 27th asyitg that the British Admiral there de3™ie»°b tb " ? M ?*^»™» that thTtat. LTf o %o mP r i a ; >butAdmiraipierrere -

Ki.tereon a coach and barne.s establishment x g Lo ° don . w « destroyed bj Bre on Jur.e 80th. During it 8 progress CapUin Sh \ w - o£ , , t , he Flre Brigade, and the chief engineer fell from an American hose iadder. Captain Shaw received injury to hia spine. Proctor and Bevingtoo's glue and siza factory, at 12i Orange road, Bermond.ev, was barned on Ist July. In Hou.. of lord, on July l,t Lord Derby, tbe Colonial Secretary, „id the Government was not ready to annex New Guinea, owing to the enormous extent of territory of unknown character m the interior, and certainly the natives would obioct to annexation.

r ??,"£ . ent . °, ocnTre3a t » temperance fee at the Botanical Gardens m Sheffield on July 2nd. There were thou-ands of school children on tho ground. A number of them climbed on a dray, when, the hor.e becoming frightened, caused a panic among the Ut'le once, two of whom wera killed and others iDJured.

Though Queen Victoria's lameneis hat been entirely cured, according to reports of July 7th, her mental indisposition still continues.

The Dulse of Marlborough died of cardio syncope on July sth. He was found dead on the floor of bis mom.

The Daily News, m a financial article of July 7th, says a number of holders of confederate bonds have subscribed £10,000 to be used iv trying to recowir a portion of their debts. Lord PeDz»nce, Mr Quest, M.P.,and Mr T. 0 Bruce, M.P., were appointed trastees. The promoters do not expect more tb«n 10 per cent of the debt?, averaging £800,000. An attempt to gahaniie the market prov d a failure. More sellers than buyers appeared.

A Joint Committee of Lords and Commons rejected the Channel Tunqcl project by six to four. A majority of tho Committee, however, differed so muoh relative to their reasons for TotiDg against it that they refrained from presenting any collective statement of their views to Parliamant.

A cable despatch of July 14 h lUtes the outlook for tho English hat-vet is not so favorable as reported. The preceding week's heavy storms had damaged the wheat m many places, but still the general prospects are good.

The Corrupt Practices Bill pasted through C-mmittee m the House of Commons on July 13th.

Two thousand wearers at Athton-on-Tyne struck on July 13th.

Cardinal Howard has left Borne for Bagland. Bis mission is said to bo to establish, if possible, diplomatic relation* between Enchnd and the Vnlican.

Van Wagner, an American lawyer, has been appointed Commissioner to hear evidence m the Alabama ca»o.

The London Lancet of July 12th says tilers is nothing m the Queen's condition to excite the slightest anxiety. The ironworkers at Wolverbampton have agreed to resume work at the reduction of wages against which they struck. In attempting to launch the steamer Daphne at Renfrew, five miles from Glasgow, on July 3rd, the vessel fell over on one side, precipitating a large number of people into the water. Two hundred working men were on board when the capsize took place, m the middle of tho stream. The vessel left the ways at a very rapid rate of speed, and when she got into the water, rolled from side to tide, and (he persons on board becoming frightened, ran to and fro until finally the rolled over and nearly disappeared beneath tbe water. Those who maintained their positions on portions of the steamer which were not submerged did tbeir utmost to save those who were cast overboard. At the rams time boais quickly assisted m tbe work of rescuing the unfortunate people, and saved quits a number, but for all this the death roll is estimated at 150 person?. The vicinity of the scene was crowded with relatives of tha deceased. The causa of the cepsize w«s that she had too much top weight. The builders of the Daphne testified at an enquiry begun on the 11th. before Sir Edward Reid, that the Tesssl was launched m tbe usual manner, and no fear had been entertained of danger. They said the deck on the starboard side ha 4 been removed to admit boiler plates, and that the planking and other material were stowed on other parts of the deck. She sank on tha port side. According to the statement of witnesses and survivors of the disaster, the vessel left the flip too rapidly, causing her Btem which entered first to sink below the water. She was then caught by a strong current of the ri»«r by which as well as by her own weight tk*. was caused to heel ever so far that the water entered her ports. The vessel had a'l her machinery m placo when she was launched, and adiver who was sent down shortly after ths disaster said the com. pamon way was blocked up with a solid mass of bodies one upon another. It appears the men who were at work below when the ship went over, rushed from their work, and became jammed m the passageway. Some of the bodies still had tools m their hands. There was a largo number of boys on board. The Daphne ia a vesiel of 6000 tons, and was buiit for the co .sti D g trade. She was partly raned on the 13th.

Captain Webb, the noted English ewimmer, who firat cama into notioe by his notorious feats m the English Channel, perished on the afternoon of Tuesday July 24th m attempting to swim the Niagara river whirlpool rapid*. He was row.d m a skiff to a point m the river opposite the old "Maid of the Mist" landing by John McOlay a ferryman at the Fall., and leaped from the boat at two minutes past four o'clock The daring swimmer passed the bi« rapid, all right, keening m the middle of the stream. When he struck the whirlpool ho was ru.hed to the American side, where the waves it is estimated are from thirty to forlr feet high. The hst seen of him was the throwing up of one arm. His intention had been to pass the whirlpool on the Canadian side. His (hoot of the rapids was extremely thrilling. The refusal of the railroads and hotels to have anything to do with what th-y called " R oing to his desth " rendered the affair firanoiallya failure. The river was searched for two miles below the whirlpool, but no trace of the drowned man was found. It is generally believed that he was eogulphed m a whirlpool. Webb leaves a wife and one child m England. There was a tragedy m Bedford on July 17th which caused great excitement. A party were playing lawn tennis near the '■ Ship Tnn," at St. Cuthbert'a, m the centre of the town ; Mr Dever, an army offioer, and Misi McKay, a handsome girl of twenty years of age, being among the players. Suddenly, and without apparent proroaatioo, Dever pulled out a revolver and shot Miss McKay dead, and then blew out bit own brains. Both victims were well known m society, and m both cases the only surviving relatives are widowers. It is believed jealousy was the motive of the crime. A Bill legalising marriage to deceased wife's sitter, came up m the House of

Lords on July Ist. A despatch lays : " Th« Bishops are so alarmed by the storm of criticism evoked by their opposition, that they have prepared a reply m justification, explaining their motives." The despatch farther says: "The Boyal Family is much vexed at the failure of tho measure, which puts the intended marriage of Princess Beatrice with her widowed brother-in-law, as far off as ever, that prospect being said to explain the warm advocacy of the Bill by the Prince of Wales and his brother."

A London cable meßsage received at New York on July 25th rays the report is confirmed of the betrothal of Miis Nellie Forteicue, the favorite actress of the Savoy Theatre Company, to Lord Arthur William Garmojle, second and oldest living ion of Lord Cairn f. The youthful lord is not twenty-two, and has for a long lime, by his pronoureed love for theatricals and constant MSOcia* ion with people of the stage, been m disfavor with his father. Th» prospective groom ha», however, the itrong sympathies of his younger brother, who al«o develops precocious prodilections for the stage. Lady Charlotte, the wife of the Bey. H. Ni>villeShortbrook, and sitter to Lord Cairns, is making a lumnlt over what she calls the impending degradation of her brother's family. The London Standard says great complaints were made at Hamburg against the excesies of the crew of the United States steamer Lnncaster. Tho police had been obliged to arrest several officers and sailors belonging to the vessel. There is a bitch m the purchase of Sir Phillip Mile's picture gallery by the New York millionaire Vanderbilt. Meantime concoiaieurs are urging the Government to buy the celebrated Bapbaeh, etc., m the gallery. Correspondents are determined Mr Gladstone shall retire from the Ministry nearly every week, and ie ia asserted an opening is made for his graceful retirement, but he still remains Primo Minister. IKISH AFFAIRS. Jas. Carey, the informer, was declared a bankrupt on July 9th, owing to failuro to pay bis rates. The report that he bad left Dublin was confirmed on the Bth. The Government refuted to give him any reward or a written pardon. On the Monday preceding a detective called on him with an order for his delivery and drove with him m a cab into the oity, having been given the alternative of being tamed unprotected into the street or given a passage to London, and thence to tome colony m the Eastern Hemisphere. He accepted the latter. His family had already gone to London, presumably to avoid suspioion. Carey's house m Dublin is comf lately coated with mud thrown by passersy and an attempt to burn it was made on Sunday, the 15th. The sentence of Edward Harrington, publisher of the Kerry Sentinel, for printing a notice inviting people to join the "Invinoiblei," has been confirmed.

The roport of the Committee of tbe House of Lords on the Irish Land Act was submitted on July 9th. It finds that the emigration clauses of the Act hare failed ; that the valuations of the land are unreliable ; that the relations between landlords and tenants have not boen improved ; that tenants have become demoralised, and maintains a hope that fresh agitation will bring abont the passage of a new Act. At the SHgo Assizes on July Bth, Jansy was sentenoed to 14 years' penal servitude, Bogerson to 12, Naughton to 8, and Kelly to 2. The parties were found guilty of conspiracy to murder m attempting to blow up Weston House, Galway, on 18th March last. If they bad dutroyed the houße and killed the inmates, they were to receive £500. Failing to take life, they were to receive £300. live pounds of dynamite wers exploded on the window sill, but little damage was done, owing to the conspirators' lack of skill. A despatch from Cork, dated July Bth, say* a detective had exhumed at loishiggagin 6000 dynamite cartridge?, part of the proeseda of tbe dynamite robbery m tbat city two years ago. Tbe knowledge that a large quantity of dynamite was m bad hands since the robbery has been the cause of continued anxiety to the authorities.

At a meeling of the Catholic hierarchy m Dublin, on July sth, a motion was adopted condemning State aid to emigration, and pointing out that there were large tracts of land m Ireland which, if cultivated, would maintain a surplus population.

Judge O'Brien, addressing the Grand Jury at Limerick, on July stb, declared there was a diminution of tho outrages since last August.

A national meeting was held at Belfast on ths night of July 6th, to celebrate the declaration of American Independence. Sexton, Biggar, and Sullivan sent letters of regret for their absence. Mr Rylett denounced the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, whose name, he said, was more drtested by English people than was that of Carey.

The Parnell fund had reached £17,065 on July 4th.

The Cork Industrial Exhibition, covering three and a-half acres, and including British, Continental and American exhibits, was opened by Earl Branston on Jnly 3rd, m the presence of a vast crowd. Some trouble was expected, and police were posted among the people, but perfect order was maintained. A large procession of trades, with bands playing national airs, marched to the building. Mr T. D. Sullivan and Mr E. Dwyer Gray, and the Mayors and members of many City Corporations were present.

Tho result of the election m County Monaghan on June 30th gave Healy, the Home Buler, 2226 ; Monro, Conservative, 2011 ; and Pringle, Liberal, 270.

The pauper emigrants returned to Ireland by order of tha American authorities, on the steamers Lunnessea and Spain, were landed at Queenstown on July 10th. All accounts agree m describing them as a wretched olass of people. One family, consisting of a man and hit wife and five children, were left lying on the -wharf for three hours before the officials who had not been adviied as to their coming, provided for their wants. Dennis Field, foreman of the jury which convicted Hynes of murder, and who was afterward* stabbed, is m constant receipt of letters threatening him with injury, and hit wife and children are often insulted m the streets of Dublin. An attempt was made on the 11th July to enter his house, but the marauders fled when Field fired on them.

The parades of Orangemen on the 12th were unusually large, and with one exception peaceable. At Stonebridge an affray occurred m which several processionist* were wounded.

Mr Sexton, M.P. for County Sligo, made a ipeech m Dublin on Jnly 12th, m whioh he laid England had learned by her short encounter with American politicians on the pauper emigration question that if there was to be a clearance of Ireland it would not be the Irish people who would bare to go. Bioting occurred at Newry, Ireland, ob the 13th. The police were powerless. The mob ran from Btreet to street assaulting all persons supposed to be Orangemen. A Dublin despatch of June 15th says Sweeney, charged with the murder of Lord Mountmorres, hat been liberated from custody. The police hare no clue to the real murderer.

Mr Bedmond, a Parnellite, was elected M.P. (or Wexford Borough, to take Healey's seat, on July 17th, against O'Connor Don. The Liberal vote stood 3010 for Bedmond, end 166 for O'Connor Don. The latter had to drive along the main street under an escort. He and bin friends were hooted and pelted by mobs, and the windows of his Committeerooms smashed m. Thirty policemen were injured, twelve severely. Healey and Sexton finally restored order. Carey, the informer, has agreed to complete loss of identity, and absolute exile. Cardinal McCabe, of Dublin, received the clergy on Sunday, July 22nd, when he condemned the falseteacherswho assorted that the Fope m issuing his late circular was exceeding bia legitimate sphere and authority, or had been influenced by secular motivea. Those disobeying the circular, he said, incurred the guilt of heresy. Fourteen persons were committed for trial on July 16th at Mullingnr for complicity m the murder of Mrs Smythe. Another Irish informer has been Bhot at New York. James McDermott, a Brooklyn newspaper proprietor and Bepablican politician, was shot dead on July 22ad by James Gaynor, who said, as he raised his revolver, " McDermott, you traitor, I've followed you three' thousand miles to kill you, and I'll do itnoyw." It is asserted McDermott was shot by order of the Fenian Brotherhood. He had turned informer, and Jt was on'hia evidence Fe»th«retoD, Dalton, Deary and other* were

arrestsd for conapiraoy to murder. Gaynor was one of two members of the Brotherhood who had followed McDermott from Ireland to slay him.