THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1071, 27 August 1884, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

LATEST SUMMARY.

O'Brien, of the " Dublin United Ireland, ' flatly refused to pay the £3050 awarded as damages to Bolfcon, Grown Solicitor, in his suit for libel against the paper. O'Brien's reply to the demand for payment was : " I will not pay fc farthing. The award is pre> posterous. It violates all common sense." ' It was reported from Cardiff on August Ist that a man had died of cholera on the steamer Graville, from Marseilles, at anchor in Penarth roads. The body was thrown overboard. There was another case on board the vessel at the date. The son of the British vice-consul at Rodisto was captured by , brigands, who demand £1000 ransom. King Oscar, of Sweden, visited London incognito. It is positively asserted in Catholic circles in London that there is great likelihood pf Mary Anderson, the fatuous Americau actress, joining the Catholic nuns.

Ireland won the Elcho Shield rifle match at Wimbledon. The scores were: Ireland, I 1583 ; Scotland, 1476 ; England, 1474. A great fire took place at Wappmg Crane Wharf, resulting in a loss of £500,000. A recent fete for the London Hospital was participated in by the leading members Of London society. Princesses and countesses appeared as saleswomen. The Prince and Princess of Wales were almost trampled down in the enthusiasm of their welcome. Great precautions were taken at Warwick on July 29th to ensure order in the trial of Daly, Egan, and M'Donnell, suspected dynamitards. Strong barriers were erected to protect the approaches to and from the Court, and constables, armed with revolvers, were placed on guard at all the public buildings, M'Donnell pleaded guilty. to the ciiavge of treason ' and felony. Thereupon the other charges against him were withdrawn. Daly and Egan also pleaded guilty. Lord Bosebery unveiled a statue of Robert Burns on the Thames embankment on July 21st. A heavy rainstorm prevailed at the time, and delayed Lord Rosebery's address. Some Sootch songs were sung by those present; but the proceedings were tame.Thfl cho^ra in France has reduced travel to Europe very much. Only 350 passengers ii all the first-class steamers sailed from New \ York on July 24ih. The run of salmon during July in the Columbia River was enormously great, but the canneries, not being prepared with stock to handle the fish, nearly all shut down. • A party of capitalists is negotiating for the purchase of large tract of land in Utah, between 100,000 and 200,000] acres. It is to be applied to the purpose of founding a selfsupporting Irish Catholic colony. By this means it is thought the Mormonists will be gradua'ly demotalised. Despatches from Toulon to August Ist say there had only been two deaths from cholera at that date. Thirty-two cases were in the Bona Eeconira Hospital, and 93 in the St. Mandria. The Legion of Honor gave a festival in honor of the Mayor, and the people felt indignant over the matter, as they considered it an- unbecoming display at this time of misery. Another death from cholera has occurred .at," Mountfort. .Eleven deaths between, noon • and 7 p.m. were reported / ftom 'Marseilles' on August Ist. 'The' fugitives were returning to the city in increased numbers. The cities were becoming animatedjand the shops were re-opening. The present condition of the epidemic is that it is decreasing at certain points, but extending in area. The municipal authorities at Toulon have excited i I indignation by refusing to allow a procession of women on the streets; they desired to offer prayers for the cessation of the scourge. Despite the attempts of the French scientists to minimise as much as possible the panic on the Continent, it is now admitted that the German expert, Dr Koch, was justified in the horrible predictions which alarmed all Europe. Cases are reported in Brignolee, Arlee, and the environs of Paris. On July 20th the Marseilles Chamber of Commerce voted 10,000 francs for the relief of the sufferers. Throughout Italy and France nearly all the summer resorts are closed because of the entire lack of patronage. At Lake K^ningala, in Northern Italy, at last accounts, there were 2000 travellers imprisoned under quarantine, rich and poor herding together. The sanitary condition of the hospital there is reported as dreadful in the extreme. Henry M. Stanley, the African explorer, and lately dire-tor of the African Interna« tional Association's work in the Congo countiy, has arrived in England. Dispatnh.es from London of July 23 rd say that Johnstone and Little, implicated in the Cornhill scandal, were arrested at Magherai felt, and brought to the former place. An inquiry into the case of jJames Allis French, of the .Royal Constabulary, who -was arrested the preceding week, charged with felonious practices in this matter, was privately con. ducted. The evidence was so revolting that the reporters were requested to withdraw. A dispatch (July 251h) cays the excitement regarding this investigation had spread from Dublin to London, and. bade fair to become cs intense there as it was in the Irish capital. The arrest of D. Ferenday of the Coldstream Guards, on a charge of being an accomplice of Cornwall in his crime, has caused great sensation in Dublin. On July 29th, two more persons were arrested in connection with this savory matter. Many others, being frightened at the prospect of arrest, have left the country. The condition of the Thames, in view of the cholera in France, excites alarm in London ; for the sewage, though discharged far below the city, washes past the Houses of Parliament. It was reported on August Ist that the G-rand Duke Louts of Hesse will abdicate in favor of his son Ernest, under the advice of the Emperor of Germany. His morganatic marriage with Madame Coldermin, and his subsequent divorce, have compromised his position. Two robberies at Windsor Castle have oreated some talk, but particulars are not given. Clark (John Brown's successor) was the victim of one of them. The proposed memorial window to the Duke of Albany in Salisbury Cathedral has been abandoned. Of the £550 required, only £90 was subscribed. 1 The health authorities in San Francisco have taken ample precaution against the probable visit of cholera, and their example i a followed by all the seaports in the United I States. The Secretary of the Treasury has issued a warning circular to all collectors of customs in the United States, recommending extra vigilance in regard tc incoming vessels. Opium-smoking has increased to such an extent in New York that the authorities confess their inability to prevent it by law. Mr Parnell deeming it not prudent to leave Ireland at the present lime, the Irish National party will be represented at the conference of the Irish National League of America, to be held in Boston on August 13th, by Messrs T. S. Sexton and John E. Redmond. The latter goes on to Australia to lecture. At Aries many persons became insane through fear of cholera. A patient in the Hospital al Toulon committed suicide on July 29fch by plunging a knife intohis heart. Many butchers of Marseilles had shut up shop, and the city was suffering a meat famine. One of the greatest difficulties in meeting the p'aguo grows out of the insensate fears and extraoidinary ignorance and superstition of the poorer people. In Marseilles poor families are convinced that the physicians a^e detern-ined to keep up the' epidemic, and they force them to take their own medicines first .before touchiug them. Sometimes they shut the doors in their faces, and in one case threatened them with knives. The Italian Colonies in France carry off the palm as usual for [obstinate folly. In one village, where there are a number of fishermen the doctors are afraid to enter houses on account of the hostility of the inmates. Though there were several cases of cholera, neither prayers nor threats would avail anything. The Italian consuls had to be asked to intervene.

The brigantine Augusta, 138 tons, Murdoch, master, from Newcastle, with coal, was wrecked on Sunday forenoon outside New River Heads. The vessel was bound for Invercargill, and ran in to receive a pilot. The wind was uncertain, veering from N. W. to 21., and falling light at times... Pilot Clare put off, but by the time he reached the Augusta it was impossible to do anything to save the vessel, < which had missed, stays, with Long Island close aboard. She went on the rooks and beceme a ' total wreck, l The hull and oargo will be offered for sale.