San Francisco Mail News

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 12, 14 July 1893, Page 2

San Francisco Mail News

The news from the Alameda GateE from Europe June 22. James Gilbert, dynamiter, was released from prison on May 30. He was sentenced in 1875 to penal servitude for life, for having caused c dynamite explosion at the Tower and the House of Parliament. The reason for his release is said to be his breaking down in health. The Pacific Mail Steamship Company has been beaten in the competition by sea with the North American Navigation Company, and will devote its entire attention to the Pacific Ocean. In England 100 days' drought wrought havoc with all the crops except wheat, which is not now largely grown. The hay crop was absolutely ruined. The- vegetable and fruit crops were the worst grown in many yeara. Over wide areas potatoes and peas will be a total failure. The crops in Ireland are said to be more favorable than in England. The Glasgow importers of Canadian cattle have cabled exporters to stop shipping, as delays, owing to the requirements of the Board of Agriculture, that cattle be slaughtered upon arrival, are ruinous to the trade. • The excavators at Delphi have unearthed a colossal marble statue of Apollo of the best antique school. It is in excellent condition except that the nose is broken. Joe Goddard, pugilist, is a passenger by the Alameda for Sydney for a four months' trip. Mrs Frank Leslie, widow of the publisher of Frauk Leslie's Magazine, New York, having laid aside her weeds and married Willie Oscar, brothor of the resthetic Oscar, now seeks a divorce from him on the ground of his general worth lessness. The Duchess of Sutherland when released from prison, notwithstanding the medical reports of the alarming condition of her health owing to her imprisonment, looked well. The Empress Eugenic returned to Flamborough on June 14th after an absence of several months. She will visit the Queen at Osborne towards the end of Jxil.y. The Queen has offerod to place Birkhall House at her disposal. The Villa which the Fmpress is building at Cape Martin, near Mentone, will be quite ready for occupation in the autumn. The first series of meetings designed by Unionists to rouse all London against Home Rule was held in the Royal Surrey Theatre on the evening of June 12th. The Marquis of Salisbury was the most notable speaker. He illustrated his opinion of Mr Gladstone's action towards Ireland with an elaborate metaphor based on the recent disaster in Washington. The Premier, he said, was digging a cellar under the ancient fabric of the empire. He was working as carelessly as did the men under the old theatre in Washington, and if he should be allowed to continue his task all three floors of the Imperial building, throne, church, and Parliament, would come crashing down around the heads of the Liberal Party. A priest aud a nurse accompanied Gilbert to London, and he was taken to the hospital where a room had been enpaged for him by the Irish Amnesty Association. Gilbert's appearance cor. roborateu the recent reports about his health. He moved in a feeble way, stoops greatly, and has aged 20 years during his confinement. He has arrived in York.