ARRIVAL OF THE FRISCO MAIL

Wanganui Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 5101, 2 July 1883, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE FRISCO MAIL

(per rorrn> pbkh* association.) Auckland, July 2. The City of New York left Frisco on June 10th, having been detained, first by the non* arrival of the English Mails, due to the City of Brussels breaking her shaft, and necessitating a return to Queenstown, where the mail* were transhipped tothe-Pavonia, which arrived at New York on May 30th; and, second, by unexpected repairs required to her machinery. The City of New York arrived at Honolulu on Jdne~l7i"inT'Aiclfland at 9.30 a.m. £3-d«y. Passengers— W. J. Weaver, C. B. tfcwe, Re* and Mrs L. H. Burton, and Mies Austin. ; GREAT BRITAIN. The Vatican has bo little misgivings about the late manifesto th*t the Papal propaganda are preparing to re-print five, aett jif the present Pontificate, relative to Ireland, for circulation among the Irish by the Pope and clergy. A Dublin despatch, of Jone ?tb, ttji the Lord-Lieutenant hay., refused to reprieve Kelly, one of the Pbcenir Park murderers. .. Pole, who is already arrested,'/* 7 charged with the murder of Kennedy, in Sam!# Place, Dublin, a year ago, ; James Carey, the informer, wrote to tfcfc Irish Executive, on June 6th, proteiEEm against being kept in confinement* he iH9 writes daily. He still decline* to lea* Ireland, and says if he is compelled to go 1$ will return. ' " ; The truth of the story about the poisoning by the " Invincibles " in Dublin, of a number of persons obnoxious to them, ia doubted. Eight men were arrested in Dublin on June 6th for conspiring to marker * cpni stable. A girl testified tbat the murder of the constable was decided upon at a regular meeting, at which one of the prisoners and the actually appointed murderer, a carman, were present. , .. ; ' f A London xable, of Jane 2, says, that Qaeen Victoria is living quite retired stßalr moral, and seldom goes out. €&»;& «tfll suffering from low spirits and sn*tssre4 nervous system. * ■',-, ." - A large monument of grey granttii has been placed over the grave of John Brown, in Crathic Church yard. - There will also be a monument of brass-in, the Prince ConsorVi mausoleum at Fregmore, -and a-tablet In-a nave of St George's Chapel, Windsor. He* Majesty is tireless in devising means fttr the perpetuation of her faithful servant's oaiget The Duke of Albany's request to be ap. pointed Governor-Oeneral of Canadia, to sue* ceed the Marquis of Lome, Was supported by a personal invitation from the-Qneoa£bat her son should have the position. Mr Qtf& stone refused on, the ground tbat the appcintment would be a- special favor Jtf royalty. Besides, tending the jQneWfAoa to Canada, would be to invite some d**p*fi ate action on the part of Irish Fenians M America. The appointment of the Marquis Landsdowne to the position was bitterte^sf^ posed by nearly all the Radicals itf-lm Cabiaet. Atone time the opposition brought on a crisis, and Sir Charles Dilk« then «» posed to relieve the party by fceuding Ho* Mr Forster to fill the position. Mr Gladstone opposed this strongly, as extremely iuexpttJi* ent, on the ground that Mr Forster'avpretencd in Canada as Governor-GeneraL would act upon a large proportion ofthe citizens, of the United States as a constant irritant,, and perhaps affect the friendly relations between the American Government and Great Britain. * r. lW v Mr Parnell has at last made, an omcia! utterance, in the form of- an open letter to * Paris jonrnalist, concerning the Pope's circular. He considers the effecs will be the divorcing of Irish politics from the domination of religious bodies altogether, and he ia pleased with the situation;; - ' ': The Irish Natidnal League » preparing for the expenditure of extraordinary energy, and hope, to increase the number of the Parnellfte party in Parliament from thirty to Prince George of Wales enters the warship Canada during the present month. • Tho'Vatican ha* expressed thanks to the British Government for lid extended "to Catholic missionaries in London^ '• Lord Roseberryia'-piqufedtafciome remarks made by Sir William Harcourt inthe debate on the sth June to the .effect that Lord Roaeberry, in his capacity .fit IJnder-Secre-tary for the Home Department, was specially charged with Scotch interests; tfterel/>sa temporary plan intended to. j&opitiate Scotch interests. Lord Roseberry has : resigned the Office, and John Toralnaefr ' Halbert ' aucceedsh;m. Lord Dufferin has been decorated with toe Grand Cross of the Order ot the Bath. Edward Barrina;ton-ahd Edward Kerry, editor and printer of the Ihiblin Standard, .were, on June sth, sentenced tp six month*' 'imprisonment- for publishing a placard inviting perionsto join the a Jnrinoibles "and to attend a meeting. Two compositors for assisting in the publication got two months each. - — Despatches to June 3rd say that the labor, market in London in extremely lively. Building is going -oh in-all parts °f the metropolis, and;' ftnJfciiteß workmen are in great demand, 'At^the Wncipal shops ahip« building is active, most >w- the: yards being full of work. -. In thtfettgiheet shops, espec£ ally in jthe' North of England, there Is: a calm. $ne colliery districts are unsettled, and the Sheffield" duttlery works are languid. At Leicester, Nottingham, jnd Manchester there are plenty* of .orders in textile fabrics, jro* at , n^paying rates. *■% At Leeds, hat and c«p makers are bnsy. , . fr The Channel Tunnel scheme' 8 emerging from its long slumber. The great majority of the scientific Engineer* frho have given testimony 'befote the committee of investigation are in favor of the scheme; and opposed to the opinion of the military authorities. General Adye, Surveyor-General of Ordin; ance, and General Clarke, Inspector of Fortifications, agree with the Engineers. " '-"'< AMERICAN ITEMS, - Sak Francisco, June 9. Hanlan, the oarsman 1 , -is expected to visit San Francisco in September next with Lay* cock andTrickett. There was exceptionally hot weather in San Francisco on Jo«fr6thanißth.—Thithermometer indicated 92 in the shade and JIW in the sun. ' jtl William Stuart Gladstone nephew of fh» Premier, is visiting the Western State*; with a view to business and pleasure. . _, Sh'eafiy, one of the Coitean jorora, became insane through remorse, He believed the assassin a lunatic, but dared hot vote so in the face of public, clamor. *■ i The death rate is increasing in New for* as the mercury rises in the thermometer. On June 6 there were 15 cases of sunstroke, tho temperature being 83 in the ahadeV