ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 3568, 8 March 1886, Page 3

ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

(By Teleobaph.) Auckland, March 7. The s.s. AlameJn, Morse, commander, from San Fnincißco, arrived at 8 o'clock this morning. Sho left San Francisco on February 14th. Sho had a detention at Honolulu o£ 19£ hour 3, and at Tutila 7 hours. Time — 19 days 19 hours 46 minutes; detention, 1 day 2 hours 25 minutes ; steaming time, IS days 17 hours 21 minutes. Passengers for Auckland — Captains Sheet and Bushell, Messrs Murso, Hitherington, WakoGeld, Elemann, Mooro, Compton, Irvino, and Mrs Barker, and 23 eteerago. For Sydnoy — 23 saloon and 44 steerage. The Alameda saiU for Sydney at midnight. Cardinal Moran and Bishop Murray are passengers. The Rotorua with tho Southern San Francisco mails sailed at four this afternoon. Sho takes a quantity of white fish eggs per the Alameda. GENERAL SUMMARY. (Dates from Europo up to Fob, 13th.) Michael Davitt delivered a speech m Flint, Wales, on February 11th, m which ho said Parnell was ready to help the Welsh farmers against the landlords, and that unless the Government granted home rule to Ireland, Parnell would retaliate by presenting m Parliament thirty Bills dealing eololy with England, Wales, and Scotland. Mr (Jladstono is preparing a Bill providing for appropriation m Ireland by means of State funds. The Bill will precede the other Irish measures which the Government intend to present to Parliament. Discussion of the Home Rule question has been postponed till next session of Parliament. At the annual meeting of shareholders m the Anglo-American Cable Company, on February 6th, m London, it was reported that the receipts fov 1885 had been reduced £93,926 by tho cutting of rates by pompefition. As tho McKay-Bennett people have declined to bo influenced by this reason m favor of higher tolls, a war of rates would be inevitable. Tho rpport of the London Trade Commission, which -vs. 3 published on February Bth, says tho weight of evidence shows that tlin failing trade of Great Britain is due chiefly to the American and other foreign tariffs.

Despatches of February 4th Bay tho principal landlords m Wales have combined to rc3ist tho demand of tho Formers' Leaguo for a reduction of 25 per cent m farm rents. They regret the FarmorB 7 League has adopted tho false assumption that there ia natural antagonism between landlords and their tenants, and while they are willing to reduce individual rents according to tho exigencies of each particular case, they are determined absolutely to decline to recognise the Leaguo. 'Jhe Prince of Wale 3 gave a dinner on February 2nd to tho leaders of botli political parties and diplomatic representatives, including United States Minister Philiphs. The appointmont of Mr Broadhurst as Under Homo Secretary has caused a eenaation m political circles, that gentleman being tho first working man who has ever risen to the Ministry. Mr Gladstone has had great difficulty m filling the Peeresses' place m tho Queen's household. The Duchesses of Bedford and Westminster have Tef used tho appointments, and others will follow their example. IRISH MATTERS. At the Leaguo . meeting at Limerick on January 31st, tho Mayor announced that tho League's Executive Committee had instructed him to discountenance boycotting. A party of Moonlighters at Traleo attacked, on January 30th, a process server named Bae, aged 60 years, cutting off one of his ears and a portion of one cheek. John Blake, a Nationalist, has been elected member of Parliament for Carlow without opposition. Lord Carnavon, the Viceroy, left Dublin Castle on January 28th, accompnnied by his -wife, for their home m England. Ho was followed to the railway station by enormous crowds, and his route all the way to Kingston, where he took tha Ferry for Holyhead, was lined with people anxious to witness his departuro. National League held m Dublin on February 2nd, predicted that next election tho Nationalists would combine with the Liberals and return eighty-nine members to Parliament. Ireland, he said, was satisfied with the temporary return to power of tho Conservatives, who had abolished coercion and introduced a land purchase measure establishing the principle that the State should provido money for the extinction o£ landlords. 110 advised Mr Gladstone to avoid violence and disorder m Ireland by assisting the distressed peasantry with Government funds ; by protecting them from eviction until the Bill was passed to buy out the landlords. He urged the Jriehinen to remain peaceful whilo there was a chancoof Mr Gladstone malting efforts m their behalf. It was supposed at one time that thoie would bo a> split m tho Nationalist party, growing out of the Galway election, whero the candidates were O'Shea and Lynch, Tho former was put forward by Parnell and tho latter by Healoy. When Parnell, O'Connor and O'Brien arrived at Galway on the 9th they were met by a mob who jostled the Irish leaders and cried ".To h with O'Shea and Parnell." Hcalcy, who arrived somo time previously, hurried to tho scene, and pushing his way through tho crowd said lie would break the head of any man who dared insult Parnell, This restored order for a timo. During a general meeting held to take action re a canvass Lynch made a speech m which he said Parnell had acted liko a traitor to Galway m importing Captain O'Shea as a candidate of tho city when it had plenty of good Nationalists. Lynch added that although Parnell was a great man Ireland had made him. These remarks stirred tho factions present into wild excitement, and Parnell then invited Lynch to bo quiet, and the conversation was not long over before Lynch announced that ho had decided at Parnell's request to withdraw his name. Redmond, a Nationalist member of Parliament, m a speech at Monaghan on tho 7th February, urged Irishmen to restrain their violent feelings and not to tamper with a Government which ho said wanted to take take immediato steps to stop eviction. Emissaries of tho London Socialists are engaged m distributing circulars iv Dublin urging the Irish peoplo not to nccopt any Homo Rule legislation involving a system of legislation (?) THE UNEMPLOYED. Tho Marquis of Salisbury received on February sth a deputation of unemployed workmen who called to urgo upon him' the necessity existing for Government help. Tho Marquis told tho mon he considered tho quostion they presented more serious than that concerning Ireland. De, however, denounced the policies m vogue among Foreign Governments of fostering industries by granting bounties from the public treasury, calling it false political economy. He expressed a hope that tho electors of Great Britain would givo Parliament power to influenco the Foreign Governments to abandon such a policy. Concerning the land question, Lord Salisbury said the proposition to holp tho poor by furnishing them land to reclaim was impracticable for tho reason that no ono would invest capital m tho work of reclaiming bad lands so long as the good lands of the country do not pay. In conclusion tho ex-Premior stated that the Stato or Parliament must confront the question of how best to solve the problem of relieving tho present general distress which was growing among tho population. He would aid to his utmost the solution of this problem. Tho London Observer of February Blli supports tho suggestion of Lord Salisbury that tho terriblo distress existing among English workmon contains a more urgent appeal to the hearts of English law-makers than the Irish question. Personal inquiry m tho districts lying at the east ond of London shows that an averago of 40 per cent of highly skilled workmon are unemployed. In one street it was found that as high as 60 per cent wore idle. The workhonses of tho metropolis aro full to overflowing with respectable artisans, who through the extreme • dullness of trade, havo been forced for tho first time to seek pariah relief. A mass meeting of tho unemployed was held on February Bth, at Trafalgar Square, which ended m rioting and the destruction of £30,000 worth of property.