ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 3521, 11 January 1886, Page 3

ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

(By Telegraph.) AccKlAiu), Jan. 9. The s.b. Maripoßa arrived at 4 o'clock. She left .•''an Francisco on Dec. 2> 'th, one day late. She arrived at Honolulu m 17i hours. There was very rough weather between San Francisco and Honolulu, and Bgain a few days before reaching Auckland. She averaged for seven days, 15 knots, between Honolulu and GENERAL SUMMARY OF NEWS. Mr Spurgeon, the eminent preacher, is suffering from heart disease and is permanently broken m hen lth. Tie fund forthe benefit of James Stephens, ex bead centre of the Fenian Brotherhood, now amounts to £1700. The Duke of Wellington represented the Queen at the Requiem Mass for the repose of the aoul of the Lite l£iag Alpkonso on Dec 6th. ' here is a mad dog scare m London, and policemen are provided with long iron rods having slip nooses at the end. There have been 56 casea of rabies reported this year m the city. The Irish cattle dealors assert that they have successfully boycotted the Cork dtaamer Packet Company, whicli has paid its last dividend, and fits collapse is considered certain. Advices received from the various counties of Ireland state ttiat hundreds of Irish landlords are m the deepest distress, and come of the smaller landlords are on the eve of starvation, owing to tho fact that th>>y have not received their r"nts for some time past. It is estimated that not as much as £5000 m rents has been paid m the agricultural districts since the beginning of November. In an interview at Dublin on December 16th, Mr Harrington said that 1600 National League branches, averaging 300 members, had donated £12,000 to the Executive of the League during the present year. He said that some of tbfl new Nationalist members of Parliament would receive salaries from the League. The extinction of the Liberals he thought would immensely benefit the Irish cause. Mr Harrington also said that boycotting was outside the League programme and i ractice, and wa,s confined to a few branches. Tho Executive, he eaid, would stop boycotting. Michael Davitt, speaking m Dublin on the same day said the League would open special industries if the workmen would co-operate. He announced that he would forthwith commence an agitation to abolish landlordism m toto, and to secure to the tenants the benefits farmers onjoy through tho working of the Land Act. He denounced the Earl of Pembroke and tho Earl of Aiteath for irawing large sums of money from Dublin that rightfully belonged to the people. M. Pasteur will be authorised by Government to establish a hospital m Paris for the trentment of hydrophobia patients. The London Time* of December 13th confirms the statement of the finding of a Treaty between France and Burmah at rfandalay. Cholera is reported to be epidemic m Brittany, being worse At Andiern than it was at Vlarseilles. Prince Bismarck ws,s injured on the 13th by falling off his horse, ana is confined to his residence. His Holiness the l.'ope was reported sen ously ill on Dei-ember sth. The Propaganda slows that up to November Ist m the vicarate of Cochin China, 9 missionaries, 7 native priests, 60 cateehists, 270 members of religious orders and 24,0 0 Christians were massacred ; 200 parishes, 47 orphan asylums, 10 convents were destroyed, and 220 churches burned. A despatch from Rangoon dated December 16th says eleven Europeans who were working for the Bombay Trading Company, on hearing of the rupture between Burmah and the Indian Government tried to reach Mampoor on the 20th of November. They were overtaken and murdered by the Burmese troops m a steamer belonging to the King, and commanded by a palace official. It is alleged that Tynedab, the Burmese Prime Mininter, was implicated m the massacre, and the inhabitants of Rangoon are therefore indignant that he should be allowed to retain his nffice. A despatch from St. Petersburg, dated December 13th, says that Russia has made overtures to Prince Alexander, offering to assent to the union of Bulgaria and Routnelia, on condition that the policy of Bulgaria shall be subordinated to Russian policy. Russian agents are actively intriguing at Belgrade to dethrone King Milan m favor of Prince Karageorgevitch. Despatches from Belgrade, dated December 16th, says that the weather was intensely cold, and the soldiers at the front are suffering severely. A number of Servians were irozen to death while asleep. The New York Tribune's cablegrams say tnat while Mr Gladstone denies the accuracy of the published statements, still he has not denied that he is resolved on conceding the principle of home rule. The conviction is universal among English of all parties that Mr Gladstone means to crown his career by ■carrying through Parliament an Irish scheme that will be satisfactory. Mr Parnell allege* that he had acquainted Queen Victoria -rh the purport of the scheme, and that the Marquis of Salisbury was certainly informed lefore the majority of Mr Gladstone's colleagues knew what was brewing, nor have they yet heard anything on the subject direct from their late chief. Thoy seem inclined to make him understand the doubtful prudence of undertaking to reverse the policy of the Liberals and tho Empire without consulting his associates m public life. The Tory and Independent Press agree <hat Mr Gladstone iaa raised simply the issue of union or disunion. Far more striking is the response. 3"wo Liberal papers of high standing, and two only, support it. " No assurances, safeguards, limitations or guarantees of Mr Gladstone^ devising are worth a straw," says the Times. "An independent Irish Parliament means seiner or later secession. That is the line on w.hich the battle is to be fought." The eet.unate of the final result of the elections gi\*es a coalition of Tories and Par nellites a minority of 10 over the Liberate. Apart from thi' Parnellites, the Liberals have a majority of 7^Tho Irish Conservatives, headed by Mr Lewis, are forming an independent seotion, opposing any coalition with vlr Parnell. Mr Burfc replaced Sir Wilfrid Lawson as leader of the local optid'iists. Mr Bradlaugh has entered into negotiations with the Liberal leaders. | The number of members of the new House of Commons who never bef vre were elected to Parliament is 332. This has no parallel since the first Parliament under the Reform Bill. Tho Parnellite vote m Dublin was immense, viz., 23,779, against 4176 cast for the Conservatives and 3170 for the Liberals. At a meeting at the National Liberal Club "of Great Britain, of those Liberal members of SParliamont whose majorities had been reduced by the casting of the Irish votn for the Tories and of those Liberal members who had been defeated by the same tactics, a resolution was adopted by an unanimous vote pledging each gentleman present, not to employ Irish labor m future, and gradually, but as speedily as possible, to discharge all Irish now employed. The speakers, who were very sore-headed and used bitter words, assured "tho meeting that the whole machinery of the Birmingham caucus would be employed to make these presumptive measures effective. Many said that tlieir own Irish workmen on their farms and estates and their mines and factories, who were provided with sustenance m troublous tims, had agitated and voted against their ■ masters, their bread winners, at the bidding ' of strangers, who referred to the Parnellite manifesto wfrieh was issued on the Saturday morning preceding tho borough elections and ■which exhorted all Irish, pjectors m Great Britain to vote for Tories, .escep£ m cases of <t few specified Radicals,

All the property of the Singer Sewing Machine Company, m Elizabeth Port, New Jersey, was attached on December 19th, and 1000 employees discharged. Preparations for the reception of Mr John Stewart Parnell, m New York, m Jnnuary, are being made or a grand scale. The Parliament fund has reached 1700 dollars. Mrs Y. Dudley, the English woman who attempted to kill O'Donovan Rossa, and who is now m the Middletown Insane Asylum, is manifesting suicidal tendencies. It 13 stated that a telegram from Captain Morse, of the s.B. 'lameda, dated Auckland, December 13th, informing Spreckles and Co. that he had beaten the s.s. Zealandia, was received with a good deal of satisfaction, and immediately poeted m the San Francisco Merchants' Exchange. Mr Moßely, superintendent of the Pacific Mail Company, denies that any race was intended between the vessels. 'Jhe 8.5. Aus'ralis, which belo-gs to the old line, is advertised to leave San Francisco on December 2 u th direct for Sydney. It is said that Mr Pearce, her owner, intends to continue tho old line, leaving out Auckland, as opposition. The Snn Francisco police made a descent on December 16th on a cottage m the suburbs and captured four dynamiters with many of their destructive appliances and a list of citizens checked off for death. Colonel Challis, chief of the staff to General Gordon, delivered a lecture m New York on December sth, m which he insisted that the General was still alive. The lecturer said he had four or five steamers, and m his opinion went South m one of them to Gondokoro, and would m due time be heard from The Apache Indians have t<ken the warpath m Arizona, and are murdering settlers and killing off stock The people of the territory are thoroughly alarmed. ENGLISH AND AMERICAN ITEMS. William H. Vanderbilt, of New York, died suddenly of paralysis of the brain at his mansion, New York, on the night of December Bth. His total income per annum was stated at 15,000,000 dola. The money »nd stock markets will not be affected by his death, which is attributed to overwork. Suspicious characters have been found hovering near his tomb, and it is believed the theft of the body is contemplated, as m the case of tho millionaire Stuart. The authorities of New York are taking notice of the fact that desperate boxine matches are the rule now among the young aristocracy of that place. There was a setto at. the rooms of the Athletic Club, the richest m the city, on Hecember i th, between Inglesworth and MacMahon, two gilded youths, the details of which are sickening. MacMahon was punished nearly to death, and the furniture, carpets and clothes of the spectators sprinkled with the blood of the combatants. Slogging matches m clubs are also being revived m Boston. A tremendous storm at Aspinwall, on December 6th, sunk fourteen vessels, many of them with their crews. The Koyal Mail and Pacific Mail Company's docks were much injured, and the newly built offices of the latter placed m a critical position. Traffic on railways was suspended for several days, the tracks being submerged. Chinamen are being systematically boycotted m avery town on the Pacific Coast and opium riots have increased so fast m the eastern cities that general alarm is felt. Tho ■ as B. Gratz Brown, who ran as VicePresident on the Horace Greeley ticket, died m St. Louis on December 13th. Miss Nannie De Vallance, who claimed to be the widow of an English lord, wa9 arrested for forgery m New York on December 13th. There is a most decided " boom" m the iron trade of the United States at present On December sth the prices advanced one dollar a ton on pig metal, and fifty cents on ore. ix children were bitten by a rabid dog running at large m Newark, N.J., on December 4th. A peculiar feature of the case is that at his request the children have been gent to M. Pasteur, m Paris, for treatment. Weston and O'Leary began a foot journey of 2500 miles at the Metropolitan .Rink, Newark, N.J., on December 7th. The rules are 12 hours a day, excluding Sundays. The walk is und rtaken as a trial of endurance between the two men. I he Grant Memorial Fund reached ou November 6th 100,' 0 1 dol«. Jay Gould, the great operator, has announced his intention to retire from Wall street at the close of the year. The Stock Board propose to erect a now Exchango m another locality m New York at a cost of 5,000,000 dols. J. K. Emmett, the actor, is still repeating the disreputable practices he was given to m -Australia. On the night of November 27th he and several of his company appeared on a stage m Pennsylvania City muck the worse for liquor, and were promptly and vigorously hissed by the audience. The decree establishing customhouses on the Isthmus of Panama is susoended as long as the Panama Railroad Company and two merchants guarantee the payment of the expenses of the national troops until the Canal Company has fulfilled its engagements with the Columbian Government. Ihe State of Nuevo Leon, Mexico, started a revolution on Dec. lßt. President Cleveland allowed himself to be dissuaded from attending Vice-President Hendrick's funeral on the ground that a 'me "crank" might assassinate him. Now the majority of the Press are jeering him for causeless timidity. The American School of Opera intend to rival and if possible supersede Italian opera. They commenced active work on Dec 14th. A rich woman named Mrs Tyber, an enthusiast m music, is the promoter of the scheme, which is called an "American School" but so far all its professors are foreigners. No pupils, however, are received who are not American born and bred. Hy. Rochfort has fallen foul of M. Pasteur's system of inoculation, which he says is either useless or dangerous. M. Pasteur replied moderately) urging that m coses of hydrophobia the subject be sent to him as soon as possible after being bitten. The trustee of the Sharon estate has distributed 6000dols amomg the various charitable institutions of San Francisco. The distribution was made within three days after the millionaire's death. Evacuation Day (Nov. 26th) passed almost i unnoticed. In New York two veterans of 1812 placed a flag on the battery flag-staff, and were the only survivors to enjoy the banquet. This fact is quoted to show how rapidly and completely the community is becoming anglicised m feeling. Mapleson's opera season has been closed and himself and company evicted from the New York Academy of Music. The doughty colonel had neglected all business rules on taking possession, and the trustees would not stand it. Investigation shows there are now only 700 bison or buffalo on the American continont. Twenty head were slaughtered m Yellowst 'no Park on November 20th by a party of English tourists, and this fact has prompted the Government to legislate for the protection of this class of animal. A monument erected m honor of Edward Kelly, the Irish leader who was sentenced to be hanged, drawn and quartered m 1876, was unveiled at Mount Hope Cemetery, Boughton, on 13th November. Instead of being decreased for the month of November, the public debt of the United States was increased for that time, the receipts from revenue having been small. A tremendous storm on November 24th and 25th wrought great havoc m the Atlantic States, particularly among the shipping. Baldwin, the owner of the hotel m San Francisco that bears his nama, is about to build a first-class theatre m New York, rumor says, for the veteran Californian manager, Thos. Maguire. Baldwin has pulled off some 200,000 dols by his racing stable m the East this season. His horses are all Californian raised. Charles D Bradley, the Chicago physician, has become insane by the new anesthetic cocoaine, and has physically ruined his wife and five children by experiments. The Salt Lako Mormons have turned the tables on the Gentiles m return for almost incessant prosecutions for polygamy. They have examined closely into the private lives of the anti- Mormons and the result is indictment for lewdness, adultery and other practices i contrary to law and good morals. There are i >ome foarj of an uprising m Utah on account

of the rigid enforcement of the anti-polygamy law. Infantry and artillery at contiguous posts wera under marching orders for Salt Lake on 10th December. 1 At a conference m Liverpool on December 15th of the representatives of tho Atlantic S.S. Co. it was decided that the present freight rales were profitless. The question of the amount of increase to be made was referred to a future conference. An advance of 50 per cent is considered probable. The New York Herald advises that the great monument fund project be abandoned Only 100,000 dollars had been raised m four months, when one million was expected. Society circles m Cork were agitated on December 14th over the elopement of Miss Marian Long, with her father's groom, a prepossessing young fellow named Hodnett. The runaways were married m Dublin, where they were captured. The young lady was sent back to her father, and Hodnett to gaol for six months. The challenge caps won by the Genesta had to pay a duty of £40 sterling. Sir Richard Sutton, the owner of the yacht, protested. He was married on December 6th to the daughter of a brother of sir Vincent Rowland-Corbett, who lives at Acton Hall, Shropshire.