ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1382, 17 November 1884, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

The City of dyctuoy arrived at Auckland from San Francisco, at 4 p. m. on Saturday. The passage was uneventful. Passengers—Cabin—Auckland : Sir John Hall, Messrs J. A. and I}. Campbell, Mrs and Mr Balwod, Mr McDonald, wife and daughter, Mr and Mrs Ferguson, Mr W. Dawson, wife and daughter, Messrs Harven, Blair, Barrett, Hood, Chater, Michaelie. thirteen in the steerage ; forty cabin and thirty-four in the steerage for Sydney.

Summary of News. A National line of steamers from New York to Liverpool has suco eded in making the trip to Queenstown in 6 days 10 hours and 14 minutes. „ The iron and steel works of Crawahaw Bros., Mu rt byr Tydvil, South \yales, have closed. Stagnation in the Welsh iron and steel trade is the cause. A joint-stock Company is being formed in London under the auspices .of the Stock .Exchange, with a Committee for the protection of holders of American railroad shares. The object is to supply subscribers with information in regard to American investments. The London Standard of the 20th October in its financial column says there are renewed reports of serious difficulties impending in the Liverpool produce and shipping trades. One company of America!) liqes recently called a formal meoting of its creditors, and repealed its inability to fully meet its engagements, but nb formal bankruptcy was apprehended. Delegates to the Farmers’ Alliance will hold a Conference in London in November on the agricultural crisis. The programme of the meeting includes the proposal tu refer the question of reduction of cents to the Courts of arbitration,

The Scotch Farmers' Alliance-lias ref calved favorably a report of theVdeputa:' tion sent to Ireland, advising a judication in Scotland of the Irish Landlords Act, with fixity of tenure, fair refits, %ije sales, and remission of arrears. ‘

Prince Albert Victor, the eldest son of the Prince of stairtjnext spring on a long tour on the Continent, and will afterwards visit the United States and Canada. . . . . ,

Mr Gladstone sent a long letter to the St Asaph Diocesan Conference on October the 23rd on the, subject of the,.disestablishment of the Church of England. In’ it he counsels churchmen to be tolerant of each others’ views, and oonductjtheir controversies with charity, moderation, mildness, and reserve.

The Tich borne claimant was secretly brought to Pentonville prison on the night of October 20th. He was discharged next morning quite unexpectedly to himself, as bis time bad still three days to run. At Scotland Yard the claimant received a ticket-of-leave, requiring him to report monthly by letter to the authorities. He appeared to be in good health, and will remain quiet for the present, keeping his residence secret. Wheat reached the lowest price in. the London market on October 19th since the American civil war.

Mining railway shares are falling on account of the competition in the iron trade.

The Government has decided to expend one million on fortifications in Aden, Singapore, and Hong Kong. Orders have been sent from the War Office to hasten the work.

The Tory election agents throughout the country, in reporting to head quarters

in London on October 19 th .as to the effect of the Government redistribution scheme, declare that it will be destructive to the fortunes of the party. A London despatch of October 19tb says, on the opening of 1 Parliament a Commission will be appointed to enquire into the condition of the navy and Admiralty. It will ask for an increased grant for ship-building, to enable.it to give orders to private firms for the construction of swift armored and light armored vessels. The distress at ths shipbuilding centres of the North is increasing. ■ It is said that forty ocean steamers are lying idle in the docks at Sunderland, and most of the ship yards are closed. Public subscriptions are being made for the laborers out of employment. It is reported that the War Office is about to send a expedition of 8,000 men } to South Africa, a portion of which will 1 be drawn from the East Indian army. British emigration statistic* for the nine months ending September 30th showed a decline of 70,000, over 30,000 of the number being Irish. The total number of British born persons! who left the islands since January Ist is 20,000. Several members of the Irish Association- who have returned to England from their visit to Canada and the United States complain of the niggardly conduct I of Philadelphians, into whose hands they I fell a hile visiting America. I A home for female inebriates has been established in London. A despatch of October 12th says it is now known that the English hop crop will amonnt to 415,000 c wt., which is considerably below the average yield, but the quality is better than for years. The continental crop is an average one, but the I quality is not so fine. The whole world’s I crop is said to be above the annual oonI sumption. The Queen, on the 14th, requested Mr Gladstone to submit to the Cabinet, for their consideration, the question whether I special powers cannot be conferred upon the Prince of Wales to enable him to par*, ticipate in conferences of .Sovereigns of Europe. * The Memorial Diplomatique (Paris) is I responsible for the item that a fund is I being raised in England to enable Henry G°orge to continue his agitation in favor of land nationalisation, but the subscriptions come in slowly. According to the London Dispatch of October 12th, English land owners are menaced with impecuniosity for no less than 30,000 acres, vainly demanding tenacy. In Essex, within (thirty miles of I London, lately 170 acres were sold for L 2,400, for which L 5,000 was refused years ago. I The low price of wheat and cattle, with high rents, have impoverished Irish farmers.

A Conservative meeting, in the Town Hall, Birmingham, announced for October 13th, was broken up by Liberals in great nu nbers, who forced an entr >nce to the Town Hall by battering in the doors with heavy planks, and overwhelmed the Conservatives. A frse tight took place, in which the furniture was broken and freely used for weapons. The mob was swept from !the fplatfofm by officers. Sir Stafford Northcote and Lord - Randolph Churchill endeavored to address the meeting, hut their efforts were ineffectual, and they were obliged to retire to a side room, where they made short addresses to a small party, the mob still endeavor’ ing to prerent the speakers from being heard. An attempt by Lord Lyttou to prevent the publication of his father’s letters has raised some very interesting legal queV f iona. It appears Mias Devey cannot be stopped, in publishing the letters. The Lord Mayor gave a dinner on the 20th to the Incorporated Society of Authors. Among the notables present were Lord Houghton, Messrs Walter Besant, Geo. A. Sala, Wm. Black, Ed* mund Yates and J ustin McCarthy. Mr Besant made a speech denying that the Society was hostile to publishers. It only sought to obtain j ustica for English authors. An anti-Slavery Jubilee meeting was held in Manchester on October 23rd. Henry M. Stanley was present, and assured the English people who believed slavery had been abolished that ail socalled free laborers in Africa were captured slaves. He said the cause for the existing slavery was the action of the Portuguese Government, and that a strong expression of public opinion on the subject would do much to abolish the evil. Colonel Mapleaon concluded contracts with Patti! and Nillaon for the Drury Lane season on the 23rd, The former gets L 450 nightly, the latter L 350. Ada Ihereae Foote, daughter of Captain Foote, of the U.S.N., and Lord Montagu Paulec, son of the Marquis of Winchester, were married at St George’s Church, London, on October 14th. The Queen sent an antique diamond bracelet and a gold breakfast service, and the prince a diamond necklace and an Indian’' shawl. The canoe Neptune, 21ft long, which started from Norway some time ago for New York, 1 recently put 'into Falmouth, and’arrived at on October 22nd. Captain Johnson coiqprises |n himself the whole of the crew.

Irish -Affairs. October 12. A number ef laborers' delegates inaugurated at Cork a Labor League, which is to be devoted exclusively to the interests of laborers. It is altogether independent of the Irish National League, Mr fl. Ooldier Stuart, M. P. for Waterford, has beed elected President. Members are pledged to support only candidates favoring the Franchise Bill, which they believe will tend to remove the grievances of laborers), and also to abstain from out-' rages. The announcement on October 23rd, that the Irish Nationalists are about to import Irish-American speakers caused an unexpected sensation in Dublin. The Tories and Orangemen ate organising meetings to neutralise the effect* ia*

ported a&guence. They are also taking to be ahead of Irishmen i|| are from America. They jfc itie from certain cities in UhlfMd States authenticated reports /jSjlf violent speeches by Alex. SulliyjgfiT late President of the Irish ; Patrick Ford, editor of the Irish World, and John Finerty of the Chicago Times These oopies have been formally submitted to the Dublin Oastle " authorities' : witS'*'’ 1 ' Ea-1 Spehcer to proclaim the meeting* at which Sullivan, Ford, and Finerty 'are __ bxpe&eff'tri^ and some otter good speakers for Ireland in November-after the general * election in the United States. ’£ s . 5, 1 A despatch from Dablin on the 14w - v 'B says if the Parnellites fail 4o obtain a * v pledge from Mr Oladstone thitthe Oo* t, vernment will recall Earl Spencer and allow the Irish - Grimes Aot ito pees-te, ; ' * proposed by .Captain O’Shea, MP. for , Glare, they will not vote with thwToHei, r but will withholdtheir vote* r f romthe Government. x . A London despatgh.pt Octoterjthg^Yffi., says private negotiations between Mr Gladstone and Hr Parnelljhave been broken off. Mr Trevelyan, Ohief tecretary of Ireland, has secured Mr to the renewal of the It is rumored Ea l 'Speatfer'deairee to resign, and that he. will, be succeeded' by ■ the Duke of Connaught. ‘ . v , The Lord Mayor of Dublin and 'others 1 have subscribed Ll,6oofor the benefit *f 1 the late Alex. Sullivan’s family. . . Mr Dickson, a Liberal member of the t Commons, was injured on October ;22nd, J s in a riot at Portadown. The meeting 0 was in favor of the Franchise Bil!. ' Herwf-‘-:~ - 1 confined to his room. A number of - e rioters wore arrested. Mr Trevelyan, late Ohief Secretary of b Ireland, is now accompanied everywhere a by a detective. e The weekly national papers exult over [. Mr Trevelyan’s resignation. .. . ..... i It is proposed to raise by subscription o LIO,OOO for the family of the late Alex- . . 1- W. Sullivan. . .A

MisceUjtneoas Items.

. A despatch from Rome, dated-October - 7 21st, says for the preceding 84boon' > there were 96 fresh cases of cholera in ■ Italy and 45 deaths. ■ ’ • A despatch from Cairo, dated October - 16th, says provisionaara. extremelyscare throughout thp whole coantry from Berber to Khartoum, and from the River Nile -to' the Red Sea littoraLwho arrived at WadyHal£§nfrom El Obeld by way of Merowe, report* thatjno steamer had been wrecked, but a daha* ■ - ; bieh, the crew of which; .waa murdered' I within a day’s march of friendly’territory. The same native, reports that El troops occupy the heights along thohills north of Khartoum, and, have thrown broken telegraph wires acrom tho riyer. ;; Special despatches from Oairo of. the date say the - Canadian . boatmen arpi ’ unruly, and refuse to obey their sfiicsjca. The Imperial Cabinet has not yet mjK?- : , tioned the advance of the Kile expedition to Khartoum. ' They will not bring up the question before the return of LordKorthbrook, the British High Oomnuationer now in Egypt. General Wolseley will be ready on November Ist to advance from Wady Haifa to Samis. - . 1 : A despatch from London, dated Goto* ber 21st. says Earl Granville his obtained the consent of the German and FrenchGovernments’ to 'the proposal "to limit (be : ' work of the Congo Conference to the settlement of the Congo’qaeationV Earl Granville -stipulates - that the dso&idn shall not be binding- unless the vote' of ' - the delegates shaU be : unsnuttbus.- TheLisbou Journal of Commence says the - result of the negotiations .of tha OOdfot* 1 ' ; once will be a recognition of tho principlO' of the sovereignty of Portugal onto* Lower Congo, under the guarantee of equal trading rights ,to foreigners and Portuguese. - The Frankfort Gazette predicts the failure of the Conference unless English hostilities cease.. Ti says the American Government has given to understand it will not sustain any enterprise if directed against : England.. Portugal will side with England rather than risk her pretensions to the pones* sion of the mouth of the Congo; Holland distrusting Germany is inclined to see In all action against England a _ strategic movement, of which the final action is tha annexation of Holland. Italy’s, colonial interests are opposed to those■ of France* 1 and she also supports Eagland.H.Me Rasson, U.S. Minister in Germany, wiß >• represent tbat country at the Ooofecr - ence. •

A. riot occurred in Hong Kong, on Oct. 24th, and several persona were killed by - the polios firing on the mob. The Chinese Government has forbidden any trade-in ■ firearms between Chinese and-European*. The general opinion ia that these arbitrary regulations of the officials are _ rapidly increasing an anti-English feeling among the natives, fht French Colonel : Donniter, in an engagement on SthOctoher, carried the heights commanding' the . fortress of Chen Chitiu'' The sea ’forces were employed, and the French Artillery strewed the ground with corpses. Three thousand persons were killed, according to Donniter’s reports, including the Chinese Chief Commander. v " '■? Chinese troops continue to poor into* Canton, and great uneasiness is felt In this account. The Cabinet Is divided as to what meainres shonld be adopted to provide reinforcements. Gene* ral Oatnpenon, Minister of War, declines to mobilise a corps d’anqtie without the authority of tha Chamber.:- Fuller advices from China, received in Parla, : on ; Oct. 23rd. give particulars of the defeet of the French at Tamsi on the 16th iost. Ling Ming Schnai, the Chinese General, sent some of his soldiers disguised coolies to offer to assist the French at their work of building forts. Mean 9 while the rest of the Chinese soldiers formed an ambush near at hand. Pte« aently a signal previously agreed on was given, whereupon the supposed coolies and the soldiers in ambush made a sudden attack -upon the French, and hemmed them in on all sides. The French wen overwhelmed, and rushed into the sea (n | the wildest confusion. Ac mind Lmh ! admits that 106 of his men werelalleS. He offered a reward of 6dol for eaoh corpse restored. The loss of the Frenoh. flag was g-eatly deplored, and Leasepe endeavored to recover it from the Chinese by offering them two new flags in exchange, but they refused. DeLisle had not asked for reinforcementsfor Tonqula; if they are needed they will be drawn from the army in Aicica, without mobilising a corps d’armic. DeLisle Bays the French forces in Tonquin are sufficient to maintain a defensive attitude, but he osnnet undertake offensive operations. Figaro says the truth 'u that ‘ the troops' a<|d hemmed in on the Delta under the pro* tectum of the gunboats, and arq obliged tq “ limit their operations to repelling the attacks of the enemy. Reports are current that the Chinese are pushing their advance into Tonqula,,' V and are about to besiege Hunghow. The,: - remainder of the Chinese troops beforq Ghee Hoa have been withdrawn, and th* Chinese there have abandonedjueir jm* trenohmeut. France declines . England a overtures to mediate. The British man* of-war Rambler has been ordered to pro* oeed to Chinese waters in November. - A despatch from Berlin, dated October 23rd, says Count Goertz, of Weiaburg. - President of the Council of the Dndly of ' Brunswick, is Qotqing to Berlin to confer with Prince Bismarck. Thfc AlgctiiMtta Zeitung gives warning of the danger to the Empire from a pariisau of the. GoelpbV . eigniug in Bruns rick, who would make hja Court « cqqtfeof iotd^te« f and

iW'jray lor cMryiDj but tlw plans of tb© oartyin tb© event of the coraolicatiott© of tf/®©rß»n Smpire affording a favorable opportunity. ’