MAIL NEWS VIA SAN FRANCISCO.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 4182, 16 December 1884, Page 4

MAIL NEWS VIA SAN FRANCISCO.

Tho Prince of Wales entertained MiMr Edward Stanley and Mr Jesse Collings, members of Parliament, aud other advanced Radicals, at his palace at Sandringham on November 21st. The distress among tlie English shipbuilding workmen is increasing. At the shipyards on the Tyne, on the Clyde, and on the Mersey scarcely ouo-fourth of the ordinary working force is now employed. MissFortescue, the actress who obtained a verdict for £10,000 damages against Lord Garrnoylo, the son of J_ord Cairns, has temporarily retired from the stage. A sovcre shock of earthquake, accompanied by a tcrriffic explosive report, occurred ou the night of November 14, at Clithcoe, Choster.hirD, twenty-five miles from Manchester. Tho shock threw clown horses in the streets, and caused great consternation and excitement among tho inhabitants. A troop-ship with 2000 marines was ordered to proceed on November 10th from Portsmith to tho Isle of Skye, te assist tlie polico in restoring order among tho crofters. There is no abatement of the excited feelingin the Island of Skye. Crofters from tho neighboring Mauds are flocking there to assist their brethren iD maintaining their claims. Fully 2500 crofters met a detachment of police on their arrival on November 11 and demanded tho object of their coming. No satisfactory answer being given the islanders conducted the polico back to the landing place and requested them to leave. Since then, however, the crofters havo resolved to submit unconditionally. One of the events of the week ending the 22nd of November was a debate in the House of Commons on this subject, and so general was the feeling in the crofters' favor that the Tories spoke with moderation. Several Conservative landlords have agreed to stay their demands, anp a resolution, asking for prompt legislation for tho crofters was carried unanimously. The United Ireland of November 21st, stated that it ia the intention of the Nationalists to impeach Earl Spencer, LordLieutenant of Ireland, for conspiring to murder. It was officially announced on the 12th of November that an international exhibition wiil be held in London in 188.) under tho patronage of the Queen, the presidency of the Prince of Wales, and the management of an executive council of eminent Englishmen. The lato Postmaster-General, Professor Fawcett, was buried on November Dtli at Cambridge. Fully 15,000 persons were present. On tho 12th of November tho Government issued estimates with reference to the cost of the Nile expedition. The army will require £1,000,000 more than previously estimated, and for the navy J.32-l,o§o. For the Bechuana expedition tho Government estimates that £005,000 will be required for the army and £50,000 for the navy. At the Shrewsbury November meeting on qhe 11th the raco for tho Shrewsbury Cup Handicap was won. by Springbok, Postcript second, and Umpire third. Miss Ada Cavendish, the actress, has died at Brighton from brain disease. Henry George, land agitator, a rrived in London on November Bth. He left New York at the invitation of the Scottish Land Restoration League. In his public lectures he will deal particularly with the crofters' question. It is rumored that the Earl of Durham is about to bring a suit for judicial separation from his wife. The cause assigned is the discovery that tho unhappy lady is mentally unsound. Opinions differ as to tho rights and wrongs of the business. Some persons blame the husband, while others declare that he was wilfully deceived by his wife's relatives. The election of a Democratic President in the United States necessitates the retirement of Mr. James Russell Lowell as Minister at the Court of St. James. It is said that ho will take up his permanent residence at Oxford. According to political gossip Mr. H. W. Halbairt, formerly of the New York World, will bo Mr. Lowell's successor. Matthew Arnold is about to make an extended tour of America. In a rowing match on the Mth November on tho Thames, from Putney to Mortlakc, between Bubear and Perkins, for £200 aside, Perkins had five seconds' start, and Avon the race. Twenty-four bombs were found iv a shed at Stoke Ncwington on the 14th November by some boys. The bombs do not bear the Government mark. The police are investigating the matter. Fred Archer, the jockey, who has recently lost his life, has left England for the United States. In the House of Commons on November 19th Mr Gladstone stated that the Government wero submitting their financial plans regarding Egypt to the Powers ; and therefore they ware unable to disclose them. On tho 21st of November tho Marquis of Salisbury pressed Mr Gladstone for a reduction in the number of Irish members in the House of Commons under the proposed Redistribution Bill, and it is reported that Mr Gladstone consented to reduce the number by live. A coalition of extreme Radicals and Parnellitcs in tho House of Commons threatens the Liberals with a large defection. Michael Davitt made a speech at Coatbridge, Glasgow, on November 11th, in the course of which he predicted great danger for England when the passage of the Franchise Bill having augmented the Irish party iv Parliament the Government should refuse to allow home rule iv Ireland. Mr Davitt denied the statement that he had urged the Skye crofters to armed resistance. He said, however, that they had right ou their side and they would ultimately succeed. The Corporation of tho City of Limerick, on November 12th, by au overwhelming majority, refused to pay any attention to the second writ for extra police tax. They also passed a resolution denouncing the Government for the re-appointment of MiGeorge Bolton as Crown solicitor. Frederick J. Allen, vice-president of the Young Ireland Society, was charged with treason felony ou November 13th, and committed for trial. A serious riot occurred at the mining yillnge of Coal Island, in the suburbs of Dungannon, County Tyrone, on November 16th. While being far from good Catholics '

the colliers are bitter haters of tho Protestants, and to show their feeling they attacked the Church and drove tho Protestant worshippers out. They assaulted with clubs and stones every Protestant they- could find, and held possession of the village for two hours. They wero ultimately- dispersed by a police force from Dungannon. Michaell Davitt, Henry George, Miss Helen Taylor, and several members of Parliament attended a large Land Restoration League meeting at St. James' Hall, London, on November 18th. There was a good deal of enthusiasm during the discussion of tho proposition that the laud inalienably belonged to the people.