ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1245, 5 May 1884, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

The Zealandia arrived at Auckland at 7.30 p. m. last night. She left San Francisco on April 14th, and passed the City of Sydney on April 17th. She was detained six hours off |H«ndlulu by bad weather. Passengers—For Auckland SaloOn : Messrs Stewart and Mrs Doyle and son, Mrs Hoipbeyger, Mi* Reeve, Robert G. Reeve. For Sydney: Nineteen saloon and twenty-two ateca're Among the passengers for ydnoy areihe Revs Slattery, Gallacher, Hutchinson, O’Byrne, Meenay and Chapman. The Zealandia left at 1 o’clock in the morning for Sydney. The gonthern ’Frisco mails were sent by special train at midnight, and the Wanaka sailed at daylight from Oner huuga.

Summary of News. [by TELEGRAPH FROM AUCKLAND ] London, April 21. Sims Reeves, the English tenor, hopes to make a tour of the United States and so triumphantly close his career. He declares the oanse of his frequent failures to fill engagements was the gout flying to his throat, and he calculates he has during his career lost LBO,OOO from this cause.

A dynamiter named Daly, alias Denman, was arrested at Birkenhead station on April 11. An accomplice named Jas. Egan was al*o arrested at the same time. Daly is an American, and was connected with Carey's gang. He once presided at a meeting of “ Invinoibles " at Dublin. Sletson and Sons, owners of the Theatre Royal, Middlesborough, failed on April 9. Their liabilities are from'Lloo,ooo to L 250.000. A London despatch of A pril 10th says that the Dutch authorities have blockaded the port of Achen,on the coast of Sumatra, with the view of exercising pressure upon the Rajah of Senogen, to force him to release the crew of the wrecked English steamer Misero. The beat foot race on record was made at the Athletic Club, Lillie Bridge, on April 7th by W. G. George, the wellknown amateur. He covered 10 miles in 50mins 20»ecs, eclipsing all records, even that of the famous Deerfoot, who did the distance in 51mins 21s >os.

An attempt was made on the night of April Bth to dynamite the magazine at Fort George, a few miles from Inverness. The marauders decamped in boats, but not before the sentry had pinned one of them with his bayonet. A detachment of cavalry arrived at Kidderminster on April 9th as a check to the riotous carpet weavers. The factories hare refused to yield to the men’s demands, and a strike is expected. An attempt has been made at Aberdeen to destroy the machinery in the Southport carpet works. Baron Staal has been appointed Prussian Ambassador at London.

A fire broke out in London on April 2nd in the printing-house of Pardon and Hanes, Lovell's Court, Paternoster Bow. Thence it spread to the famous old Dolly’s chop house, the house of Faudell, Phillinsand Sons, importers of toys and fancy goods, in Newgate street, the large book-bindery of Smith Bros, and the toy and music publishing house of Williams, Paternoster Row, all of which were completely destroyed. The damage is as great as that caused by the Wood street fire. The favorable direction of the. wind saved several losses in the Row and its vicinity. Tne loss is covered by insurance to the amount of L 1,250,000. Mr Gladstone made a powerful speech in the House of Commons on April 7, in support of the Franchise Hill. He said it was a good thing for the State that the largest number of capable citizens should possess the franchise. He defended the extension of the franchise in Ireland as ati act of right and justice. The race for the Great Northamptonshire Stakes on April 2 was won by the Duke of Hamilton’s Loch Ranza, by three lengths, Comanche second, Leziot third There were seven starters. The Academy Exhibition promises (according to a Loudon despatch of April 5), to be the beat for many years. Sir F. Leighton, Mr Millais and Mr Alma Tadema send fine specimens of their work. The Duke of Connaught is being hauled over the coals for being present at the cruel spectacle of an elephant fight given by the Rajah of Bhawtpoor. The beasts were made drunk and furious by copious draughts of rum. A verdict has been rendered in favor of La ly Colin Campbell, in her appeal against her husband for a divorce. The differences between Davitt and Parnell are growing more and more distinct every day. They are especially at variance in their ideas regarding the man-

nar of conducting the coining election campaign. Davitt’a plan ia to abolish landlordism root and branch by having tenants continue the process which has already made the landlords’ property nearly unsaleable. A Dublin despatch of March 28, says that the Orangemen and Liberals in Ulster are negotiating with the view to a divi ion of seats in Parliament, so as to prevent the election of Parnellites. Mr Parnell’s branch of the Irish National League passed on April 2, a resolution condemning Davitt for inviting Henry George to lecture in Dublin. A plot to destroy the Mountjoy prison was brought to light on April 4. The Invincibles in prison were engaged in a clandestine correspondence with confederates outside. Letters were found in James Millet’s cell, which disclosed the whole business. The prison warders were to be bribed with money from the O’Donovan Rossa fund to convey infernal machines to the prison. One letter contained an order for the murder of Patrick Delaney, one of the Phoenix Park c nspirators, by throwing him over the balcony as ho should leave the prison chapel after mass. Delaney (still remains at Mountjoy for safety. Many of the warders have been dismissed, and the sudden removal of the convicted Invinoibles from Irish to English prisons ia attributable to the discovery of the plot. A revolt against Mr Parnell is being organised by the more active of the ultraIrish Nationalists The originator of the new departure is James Stephans, tha ox-head centre of the Fenian Brotherhood, who has been living very quietly in Paris for the past few years. •Stephens proposes to organise an entirely new Irish party, which will be opposed equally to the doctrines of the Parnellites, and to the methods of the dynamiters, and he hopes to secure the co-operation of the best man in both of these factions. He intends to call a Council of Irish Nationalists to meet at Paris to formulate a platform, and decide upon methods of organisation and subsequent operations. Stephens has also been recently in correspondence with some of the Irish leaders in the United States, and is said to have received pledges of adhesion from several influential Irish and American societies.

The Catholic priests are giving active assistance to Mr Parnell’s Land Purchase and Settlement Company. American News. The Zealandia was detained from Friday, 11th, to Sunday, 13th April, owing to the non-arrival of the English mails. Seven persons were severely injured at Tusko by the overturning of a suspension bridge between Cliffhouse and Seal Rocks on April 6th. The Great Eastern, steamship, will be brought to New Orleans and fitted up as an hot-1 during the World's Fair in that city. A forest fire in South Carolina has done immense damage to the turpentine plantations, and several owners are ruined. The large shipments of fresh salmon from Oregon for the East have affected the markets considerably The largest mail ever despatched from New York was sent by the steamer Elder on April 2, with 399 bags of letters, 326 bags of newspapers, pf which 6? were for New Zealand and Australia. ’ A flood in (Ke'Mississipi caused much damage an hf.l: rch 31. The town of Lucas, Louhfiania, was entirely flooded, and the inhabitants removed to Rodney. The water/ commenced to recede on 6th April. In the salmon season on the Columbia rivet, next to nothing was done up to April 11th, and in April there will be very few boats out.

A party of Australian tourists who arrived at San Francisco by the Zealandia on March 23, met with a serious railway accident on April 1, their sleeper having been thrown from the track. The following are the names of the injared Archibald Sutter, of the Edinburgh Geological Society, two ribs broken, left arm crushed, face badly disfigured and one ear nearly cut off; John Walker, wrist badly sprained; Miss Mary Walker, serious injuries of the back ; Smith, severe outs about tha face ; Fenwick, bad cut over one eye; Thwaites, arm broken ; Robson Scott, internal injuries ; Batmen, severe injuries. Others of the party received alight injuries and were considerably shaken up by the accident. Sutter, who was loft at Pueblos, and Miss Mary Walker are among the moat seriously hurt, but it is thought that all will recover.

In Cincinnati! on March 28th a mob was suddenly formed to lynch a man named Berner, convicted of murder and sentenced to the Penitentiaryiffor twenty years. The people thought the punish* ment insufficient, end sought to inflict the death penalty outside the law. There were over 10,000 desperate men assembled, who attacked the gaol and Courthouse, attempting te fire both buildings by means of coal oil. The police and the military resisted them, and the fighting on both sides was desperate. On the second day the mob succeeded in destroying the gaol and Courthouse, but previously Berner had been removed by an underground passage. During ihe fight 200 persons were killed or wounded. On April 2nd, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Tirginia and Sonth Carolina wore visited by a severe cyclone, and whole villages were blown out of existence. The Bill introduced in the House of Congress by Senator Converse, of Ohio, for restoring the duty of 1867 on wool was defeated by. 129 against 119. Professor Wezzeroff, in a speech, proposed to get 1,000 Irishmen from Ireland brought over here, and sent back at intervals to destroy arsenals, prisons, public works and ships of war. At Newfoundland the steamer Neptune got 41,000 seam, ualued at 126,000 dols, in twelve days.