ARRIVAL OF THE 'FRISCO MAIL.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2515, 1 May 1882, Page 3

ARRIVAL OF THE 'FRISCO MAIL.

[By Telegraph.] [Per s.s. Zealand is, at Auckland.] AUCKLAND, May 1. The steamer Zealandia waa detained from Saturday, Bth, till the 11th, on account of the non-arrival of the English mailj. Heavy storms and floods had occurred along tbe railway route, with wash outs of road bed, and interruption of telegraphic communication. GENERAL SUMMARY.. Fred. Drake, German sculptor, is dead, A large body of police attended Mr Gladstone during hia sojourn for the Easter holi-d-ya at Hawarden. English papers were displeased with the American interference re Dr. Limson’s ease. The attack upon the Jews in Russia has recommenced. In one city the Jewish shops were set fire to with petroleum. The Crystal Palace Theatre, Marseilles, was burned down on the 18th. The loss is estimated at 1,0CD,000 francs. The actors escaped with difficulty. When Dr, Lamson heard the juiy’s verdict he clasped hands together, seemed for a moment in despair, but quickly recovered bis self-possession. Folding his arms, ho said, with a clear voice, slowly and de liberately, and with eyes uplifted—“ I protest my innocence before God.” The “ Times ” editorially pooh-poohs the idea of war between Austria and Russia. Bradlaugh has been urgently pressed by the committee of freethinkers in Borne to accept the Presidency of the International Congress, which is proposed to be hold in that place next autumn. Hansleuak, founder of the now “ Quarterly Review,” is dead. The Secretary of the War Department announced in the House of Commons on March 13th that the erst of the army fo r 1882 would be £15.000,C00 for 132,905 men. t An American lawyer named Goodhue ha been arrested at Brussels on charges involving several millions of francs belonging to the Bishopric of Tournay. Father Feekin, priest of Rathdowney, Queen’s County, Ireland, having road at a meeting a paper purporting to be by the Bishop of Nevada, to the effect that had he been imprisoned as a suspect, he would have issued a manifesto calling the people to arms, instead of n-ging them to pay no rent, was put under b:nls for £4OO, or go to prison for six months. The tradesmen are closing their shops, although it is market day. Hygenio lectures for ladies are attracting attention in London. The race for the Liverpool Spring Onp on the 25th ultimo was won by the American bred horse WaTenstein, Valour second, Dreamland bad third. The “ Levant Herald,” at Constantinople, has been suppressed. Emigration to America from the Clyde will be large this season. Bara Bernhardt is so frequently cllliclei with toemorrage of the lungs chat she has to forego acting.