NEWS BY THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2124, 14 December 1880, Page 3

NEWS BY THE SAN FRAN CISCO MAIL.

’ [By Tbihgbaph.] | [Per b.b. Australia, at Auckland.} J GREAT BRITAIN. J It is stated that the Reform Club raised j £270,000 for election purposes. It is reported that the Queen asked Mr Gladstone to propose to Parliament a vote of £40,000, to enable the Prince of Wales to pay his most pressing debts, and. the Premier refused. Fifty thousand delegates of all trades are to meet in Glamorganshire to take action with reference to the foreign tariff. Mr Gladstone, at the Lord Mayor’s banquet in London, said that possibly the Government might have to ask for increased powers with regard to Ireland, but would not anticipate such a contingency. Ho said that no progress had been made on tho Greek question. Cardinal Manning opposes tho French Jesuits settling in England, Mr Gladstone refuses to support the scheme for the Euphrates Valley railway. Eight thousand rifles have been received in Ireland from Italy. The Land Leaguers are tampering with the troops. Mr Gladstone denies the reported dissensions in the Cabinet on the Irish question. Mr Parnell at a meeting expressed his conviction that Ireland would obtain an organisation from America if there were any chance of breaking the British yoke. The Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland has passed a resolution to combat the agitation with all its power. Mr Forster favors an overwhelming display of power to overawe the league people. The Pope condemns the agrarian movement in Ireland. Owing to the excitement in the district where the late Lord Mountmorris was assassinated, his household effects have been removed to Tuam House, which has been guarded by the police. On October 27th a fierce south-western gale prevailed along the coast of England. Ono hundred and sixty vessels of all descriptions were wrecked, and many lives lost. Much damage has been caused inland from floods. In Sussex and Warwickshire the low lands were covered with water for miles. Mr Charles Harcourt, the actor, died in London on October 27th, from the effects of a fall from a trap on which he was standing during a performance. The British steamer Mildred, from New Tork to Marseilles, France, foundered, and everybody on board was lost. The lost Australian mails arrived at San Francisco on October sth, and were forwarded by special train overland, arriving in New York October 12th, and reached Queenstown on the 20th. They wore detained twelve hours, and did not get to London until the 22nd. Had it not been for the detention the mails via America would have been delivered twelve hours in advance of mails via Italy on September sth. Edwin Booth, the American tragedian, ap- ; leared aa Hamlet at the Princess Theatre on November 6th and was well received. The great Shropshire stakes were won by Messius 1, Speculation 2, and Lionel 3. Preston-Pans was the favourite. The London “ Sportsman ” thus explains Triokett’s defeat: —“ We believe, firstly, that Hanlan is far superior as a sculler to Trickett; i and, secondly, we do not think Trickett was at all as well as could be hoped. Weeks ago he made a trip to the Isle of Wight and , France. He was over-trained, and had , worked himself to a pitch of muscular tension which nature refused to sustain long, and relaxation ensued. Probably he was suffering from one of those relapses yesterday. It must be remembered that Trickett had always a bronchial affliction, but we do not hesitate to say that he would never beat Hanlan, even in the best of health. With regard to Hanlan, probably many years must elapse before such a perfect sculler appears again.” ' The amount of money wagered on the event was tremendous, the backers of the Canadian in Toronto alone making over 300,000 dollars. 1 A pedestrian contest for the championship of the world began in London on November 1 Ist. There were six competitors—Littlewood, 1 Perriam, Brown, Rowell, Dobler and Howard The start was made by Sir John Astley. 1 Rowell and Dobler beat the best previous record for the first 500 miles; Dobler by 45mins., and Rowell much more. Blower Brown broke down on the first day and I retired from the contest. Rowell mane 300 1 miles in 62 hours and 7mins., 24 miles ahead of any other record. Dobler went lame on the afternoon of the third day, and thenceforward was out of the race. Howard 1 also broke down and drew out of the race, j The match closed on the 6th with Rowell 566 miles, beating Hart’s time and distance at New Tork ; Littlewood, 470 ; Dobler, 450. Rowell quitted the track at 10.40 p.m. * The London Board of Trade returns Jtor j October show a decrease of £4,881,000 in the value of imports in the United Kingdom, and an increase of £978,000 in the value of exports, compared with the same month last . year. At Durham, England, many miners and 1 families wore evicted in a snowstorm because they would not submit to a reduction of one shilling a day from their wages. The ship Galatea, from Bombay to London, ' foundered off Cape Clear, and twenty-one lives were lost. The American schooner, ' Abraham, was lost off Siberia, together with thirty lives ; and the coasting steamer, Yirsa, was lost off St. Govern’a Head, England, ' with thirty-four lives. 1 The keeper of a farm at Limerick from ' which the people had been evicted, was shot dead on the night of November 18th. The indicted land leaguers will enter pleas traversing their indictments as soon as possible. The nephew of an evicted tenant has been identified as the man who shot custodian Aim near New Poplars. The custodian is not dead yet, but is likely to die. On October 24th Mr Parnell addressed a land league meeting at Galway, and in the presence of 40,000 people said the Government were responsible for the assassinations that bad been committed. He maintains that the only remedy was the autonomy of Ireland. Next day Mr Parnell, at a banquet in Galway, said that he was convinced that Ireland could obtain trained and organised assistance from America if there was a fair chance of success in breaking the British yoke. The London “Times,” commenting upon Mr Parnell's* speech in Galway, said it was impossible to mistake the meaning of such an argument or the purpose of the man who uses it. Tho condition of Ireland and the temper of the men who are criminally misleading the people, calls for immediate attention. On October 27th, at a meeting of the land league in Dublin, a resolution was adopted calling on Irishmen throughout the world, to aid to form a resolute organisation, and requesting Michael Davitt to remain in America to direct the movement there. A military system of signals by flashes is carried on at night by the league, particularly in the neighbourhood of Templemore and Thurlea. Tho magistrates of Ulster forbade a meeting of the League at Dungannon on November let, because they feared party disturbances, on account of it being near the anniversary of tho landing of William 111, and tho discovery of the gunpowder plot. Mr Parnell spoke at Limerick on October 31st. He was escorted into town by an immense procession, including the corporation officials. In bis address he said that Parliament would not reduce the rents, but he sa’d that France and other countries had got rid of great landed proprietors, and why not Ireland. McVallery, an agitator, has been indicted for conspiracy. In a speech at Tuam on November Ist he recommended the’ use of dynamite and gun cotton against landlords. Parnell, Brennan, and Sullivan were served with copies of the indictments against them on November 3rd in Dublin. Ohas. S. Dungon, of Longford, county magistrate, was fired at near that place. Subscriptions have been started to aid tho indicted agitators in their trials. An outline of their defence was published, the main point of which was to be justification for all speeches made. A Leaguers’ meeting at Shaungry was dispersed by a powerful body of farmers and landowners. At Athole, on November Btb, Parnell made a speech to a League meeting, condemning Government in unmeasured terms for sending military and constabulary to a district where the people were starving. The whole assembly, some 20,000, seemed to be moved by a feeling of defiance towards the authorities. The Greek Government have ordered the formation of fifty additional battalions of 250 men each.

) The Chinese are making largo purchases of war material. At Dublin, on November 12tb, Parnell and his fellow-prisoners were given full particulars of the charges against them in the Court of Queen’s Bench, but no information of what evidence would be vouchsafed. Near Dova, County Limerick, a land agent 1 named Wheeler was shot dead by unknown parties. The steward of Colonel Cooper, of ' Dublin, was shot and wounded at Dunboden by an unknown boy. • Mr John Bright, in a speech at Birmingham on November 15th, strongly condemned the land laws of Ireland, which he said 1 virtually gave the landlords a monopoly of the land. Two brothers named Moore have been arrested at Cork on a charge of being concerned in the murder of Wheeler. Michael Moore accompanied Wheeler when he was killed. Wheeler was not a land agent, as at first reported, but the son of a Protestant faro; or. He hud taken a farm from which the tenants had been evicted. The New York “ World’s ” London special says that the members of the Land League, apprehending the seizure of their persons and property by the Government, have invested the amount of their funds in foreign securities and lodged them in a continental bank. All their books and papers, which might have been of immense service to the Government in securing their conviction, have been removed to a place of safety, but whether this place is in British realms or on the continent is a matter of conjecture. Accounts received in Dublin on November 20th from various parts of the country by agents for property, represent the state of the country as still more disturbed and demoralised, The combination against the payment of rents is extending into districts hitherto peaceable, and the terrorism which followed closely in the wake of the Land League is steadily breaking down the opposition of the law abiding classes. Tenants now pretend to be unable to pay their rents to landlords defiantly, and refuse to pay more than twofifths valuation, and in some cases decline to pay at all or demand arbitrary abatement. The Cabinet Council at Balmoral on November 20th further prorogued Parliament to the 2nd of December, but without summoning it to meet for the despatch of ' business. O’Connor Power, M.P., speaking at a public meeting in Galway, said that when the ; objects of the Land League shall have been 1 attained, Irish people will have a more noble course in view to wrench themselves from the ' rule of England. - I FRANCE. < The Panama Canal Company has funds to 1 make a beginning. The ejectment of the Jesuits continues. The priests for the most part quietly 1 submitted. Many of the expelled monks 1 went to Spain, where they were hospitably received, especially at Madrid, where nobles I offered them their houses. Some Councils of 1 different towns gave them old convents. The ' Xing and ministry authorised the Jesuits and others to establish themselves anywhere in the kingdom. “ 1 GERMANY. ' Every effort is being made by prominent men to strengthen the Austro-German alliance, with prospects of success. The Austrian Emperor was received with special favor, and a special ambassador, General Yon Braden- * burg, was sent by Kaiser William. 1 The Emperor opened the Reichstag at Berlin 1 on October 28fch. He eaid that the estimates of 1881 promised a surplus of 14,000,000 * marks. The clericals and Conservatives * failed to preserve their alliance, and a 1 National Liberal was elected President of the * Reichstag. * ■■ i. i RUSSIA. Prince Gortschakoff is again very ill. Previous accounts of the deficiency in the crops aro confirmed, and how to feed the poor this winter is becoming a serious problem with the Government. The Government are concentrating troops on the Chinese frontier. The Czar is in a state of mental and physical prostration. He has lost popularity i since his morganatic marriage. c Another powerful Nihilist rising is imminent. AUSTRIA. ] Count Karolyi, for killing Count Liohy in a 1 duel, has been sentenced to three months’ imprisonment. t t TURKEY. c The Secretary of the British Embassy re- t ports that all the children of Batoum refugees i at Ismid are dead, the women are dying, and that the men are certain to succumb. e At the instance of the British and Austrian i Ambassadors, it was decided not to attempt to s exercise pressure on the Porte any longer in s regard to the pending Greek frontier question. t The Government is preparing to close the s Dardenelles at the shortest notice. i The Turks are sending arms and ammuni- f tion to the Greek frontier. Weir is certain i unless the Turks retire. i t SPAIN. 1 The National Treasurer’s embarrassments f are increasing in consequence of the expenditure in Cuba, and Minister Castilla proposes cutting down the army on that island to 1500 1 men. t The arrival of the French priests at AU- ] cants and Barcelona caused hostile demon- ] stration, and they were compelled to re- c embark from the latter place. < - r PORTUGAL. j The Jesuits having attempted to re-enter [ Portugal, the Government has instituted ] various efforts to strictly enforce the decrees ) of 1837 abolishing all religious orders. ( BRAZIL. Sixty bandits, concerned in the sacking of ( towns, have been killed. ( The inundations in Santa Oatherina have been attended with great loss of life and property. i ITALY. The Court of Appeal at Romo confirmed < the judgments of the lower court declaring i church property subject to conversion by the j Council of Liquidation. Mount Vesuvius continues in active eruption. Streams of lava are pouring down the western sides. The Pope, in receiving a deputation of former pontifical functionaries, energetically < re-affirmed his right to temporal power, and f stigmatised fetes to commemorate the entry ( of Italian troops into Rome as “accursed.” The Pope has appointed Cardinal Jaoobini ( Pontifical Secretary, which will make a great ] change in the foreign policy of the Vatican. j Garibaldi has written to the President of ; the Chamber of Deputies energetically renew- ] ing his request to resign. The Vatican organ, “ Aurora,” denies the ; statement that Irish Bishops are pursuing a ] policy displeasing to the Pope, and says that , neither the Pope nor the Bishops have ever , thought of preventing the people from gaining legitimate satisfaction of their needs, pro- I video that they do not deviate from justice | and rectitude in their choice of means. Rebellion, incendiarism, arson, the destruction | of property, and homicide are clearly not among the means that can be countenanced. PERU. There have been no movements of importance by the Peruvians or Chilians since the latter landed below Callao, with the view of 1 investing Lima. In a skirmish between the Peruvians and Chilians at Moguroga the former were victorious. General Lynch still continues his raid through the defenceless portion of Northern Peru, doing immense damage. The Chinese employed by the Peruvians have joined the invaders. The Chilians have landed to force San Lorinza. The attempted mediation by the United States and the British has been abandoned. Neither Peru nor Chili would compromise. In Southern Chili the Indians are plunder, ing and massacring the whites. The Chilian Government are straining every nerve to effect the capture of Lima, hoping to end the wav. AMERICA. President Hayes returned from the Pacific coast to Ohio on November Ist. His tour extended over 10,000 miles. The director of the U.S. mint says that the gold coin and bullion in the country amounts to 528,000,000 dollars. A farewell dinner was tendered to Mr Thos. Hughes on November sth, at New York city, by prominent citizens. Mr Hughes gave a brief history of the co-operative movement in England, and also of his Rugby cvolony n the State of Tennessee, which latter ho expected to prove very successful.

E Sarah Bernhardt made her dehut in New York City Theatre on November 7th before i an immense audience. Since then, however, i the houses have fallen off. A naval review before President Hayes was held at Hampton Road, Chesapeake Bay, on November 9th. The display was not very imposing. The last of this season’s whaling fleet has arrived from the Arctic. All the vessels report an unusually good season in the far north, and the majority of captains think that if the Jeannette succeeded in reaching Wrangel land, the highest land yet discovered on this side of the American continent, that she would safely winter there, and be ready to resume her explorations when the season opened. This view is sustained by Professor Nordenskjold, the Norwegian explorer. Vigorous efforts by the health officers soon stopped the spread of small pox in San Francisco, and latterly one or two cases a day only aro reported. But few cases have proved fatal. Owing to the scarcity of Sydney coal it has risen to lOdol. per ton, and there are prospects of a further advance. Wheat is advancing. Chevalier barley is higher at Idol. 150. to Idol. 250. The Republicans carried all the Southern States. In California and Nevada the Democratic party carried General Hancock, of Pennsylvania, and William J. English, of Indiana. The Republicans polled a largely increased vote in every State of the Union, gaining enough members to the lower House of Congress to give them a working majority. In the next House the Senate will be Democratic by a majority of one. The President elect is a Tariff man, but he believes the system can bo modified so as to bear less heavily upon certain industries. He has stated that he will treat the Southern States justly, but will allow them no favours. The Commissioners have concluded a new treaty with China on the immigration question in the interests of America. The sugar crops in Louisiana have been spoiled. Counterfeit United States bonds are in circulation ; only the best experts have distinguished them from the genuine. Mr Edison claims to have discovered a plan by which the electric light can bo divided indefinitely. Ten days before the Presidential election an unpopular forged letter, with General Garfield’s signature, appeared in the New York papers, which lost the votes of three states to the republican candidate. Two men have been arrested and bound over charged with the offence. Much anxiety is felt respecting the Arctic exploring ship Jeannette, which was fitted out by Mr James Bennett, of the “ New York Herald.” A relief vessel is to be sent. The Minnesota State Asylum for the insane was burnt down, and between twenty and fifty lunatics were burnt to death. Leprosy is spreading among the whites near San Francisco, Twenty cases have been discovered and traced to the Sandwich Islands. There is also a small-pox epidemic in San Francisco. An influential San Francisco journal has been advocating a reciprocating treaty between the States of America, New Zealand, and Australia. CANADA. Sir Chas. Tapper, the Dominion Minister of Railways, in a speech at Winnipeg, said that the Government was pledged to have the rails , laid on the Canada-Pacific Railway in one year from June Ist next. By an explosion in a coal mine at Steller- , ton, Nova Scotia, on November 11th, forty- , five miners were killed. But few bodies were , recovered, the mine having to be flooded to extinguish the fires that broke out. This • effort proved unavailing, and the fire was raging in the mine up to latest advices.