ARRIVAL OF THE 'FRISCO MAIL.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2588, 24 July 1882, Page 3

ARRIVAL OF THE 'FRISCO MAIL.

I . THE OITY OF NEW YORK AT AUCKLAND. [Br Tklbobaph.3 GENEBAL BUMMABY. SAN FBANOISOO, July 1. The CMian Minister, Martinez, at Wash, injrton wrote an insolent letter to the Secretary of Btate just before presenting his papers of ?eoalJ. In it he spoke of " the manner in which he had disciplined the Secretary." Mr Frelinghuysen, did not reply. The Duke of Edinburgh narrowly escaped drowning at Bayotne, France, on the 29th, while with a fishing party. He was oarried under at first, and after hal2 an hour's struggling reached the shore. Lord Ohisholm is dead. Mrs Lanptry will play an engagement iff America nezt season. A man supposed to have driven the oar containing the Cavendish-Burke assassins waß arrested at Cork.

A care-taker named Oavill was shot dead at Tralee.

The prohibition of intoxioation was successful in the State of lowa by 60,000 of a majority. " Tug" Wilson, the English pugilistic ohampion, challenges Sullivan, of Boston, to fight him under London prize ring rules for 2500 dollars a side.

Catholic Knights of Convention atsembled at Cleveland, Ohio, and passed a resolution of fealty to the Pope. An express train leaving Long Branch on the morning of the 29 th ran over the bridge crossing a branoh of the Shrewsbury River, and six cars dropped on their sides in about four feet of water. The cars were full of passengers, and about 100 were more or less injured. Wa Garrison, son of O. Garrison, is not expected to live. Arthur Sewell, ex-President Grant, Boberts, George Blanohard, John T. Baymond (the comedian); and Wm. Woodruff are among the injured. J as. M. Bradley and Geo. W. Bemorest, of New York, were killed. The oause of the disaster was a moving track for Monmouth races, and whioh was not properly spiked. Australian tin is selling in New York for 211 oents. Postmaster General Howe takes strong and decided grounds against the reduction of the letter postage in the United States from three to two oents.

At Atlanta, Georgia, on the 2Sih, O. L. Olarke, editor of the *' Republican," was oowhided publicly by editor MoOauliss. Clarke had reflected on the evidenoa given by MoOauliss in a reoent trial.

Commenting on the execution of Guiteau, the London " Times" says the Amerioan people should insist upon the immediate reform of their judioial procedure, whioh would prevent another such degrading soene as that of Guiteau's trial. A land like the United States is not secured ajraint producing other Guiteaus, as happily it may reckon upon producing other Garfields. A mock execution of Guiteau took place in Auburn, California, oh the 30th. An effigy of the murderer was hanged in the presenoe of a large crowd of peope. Parnell was banqueted by the Irish M.P.'s in London on the 29th. Justin MoOarthy presided. The Sultan is about to issue a firman granting the Jewish refugees from Russia fertile traots of land in Syria and Mesopotamia.

A heavy fine of 11,150 dollars has been imposed ou Captain Fenwick, of the British barque Strothairly, by the Unitod States District Oourt at San Franoisco, for bringing an excesß of Coolie passengers. Annie Louise Carey, famous as a. prima donna contralto, was married to 0. M. Raymond, of New York. Captain Thomas MoNash, formerly New York "Herald" correspondent at Panama, died at sea of heart disease while en. route to Central Araerioa. His body was returned to San Franoisco.

The race between Harvard and the College orowa on the 30th was won by the former.

The London "Standard " correspondent at Paris says Da Lesseps' report to the shareholders announoes that the obstacles to the construction of the Panama Canal will not be so serious as at first anticipated. Shareholders will be asked to issue obligations to the amount of £250,000 for the purchase of the Panama railroad.

The journal "Das Debafcs" says, " Great Britain is right in desiring to aot alone in Egypt. We firmly believe Franoe will afford her no assistance. Tho control of the Bu?z Canal belongs by right to England, and belonging to her de facto, it is for her a question of life and death."

The steamship City of New York, sailing for Bydney to-day, takes down eighteen trotting horses for Mr Jno. Kerr, who accompanies them. Seven are destined for Sydney, and Mr Kerr has it in contemplation to ship a lot of valuable merinos from New Zealand to California.

Ohas. W. Guiteau, Garfield's assassin, paid the penalty of his crime in the gaol yard at Washington on Friday, the 30th ult. The drop fell preoisely at 12 40. His death was apparently painlesp, and he dropped shouting, •' Glory, glory, glory." The California Democratic Stato Convention nominated General Sloneman Briallian, Federal cavalry leader during tho oivil war, for Governor against George Heart. Stoneman's nomination iB oonsidered a victory against the railroad corporation and the monopoly. Heart is the nominee of the capitalists. The Chinese Government purpose to return thirty students to tho American College. The authorities confess their removal was a mistake.

In a poker case before the New York Courts the plaintiff swore that he lost 450,000 lols. in one hour at faro, the defendant Scott and another named Hedges being

the dealers. 'The Jewish immigrants from Europe are pouring into New York faster than they can be disposed of. They are mostly totally destitute. Through a fire in Olondinning's block, Montreal, a loss of one miiiion dollars wai sustained.

A contraot has been made by the combination cigar merchants of the Eastern States with six oompanies of Sin Francisco for 1000 Ohineßa to be employed in New York and throughout the cast in the manufacture of oijjars. British Columbia and Oregon are suffering from floods, the heaviest hitherto experienced. Chas. Gimmor, the receiving teller of the Bank of California, has oornmittod suicide. Aotive arrangements ore now being made te ship this season's crop from California via New Orleans to Europe. Dr. Jules Ceiveaux and a party of seventeen men exoloring tho tributary of the Bio Da La Plata wore massacred by Otah Indians in Bolivia. King Kalaka, of Honolulu, has ordered two throneß to bo conßtruoted at Boston. They show great splendour so far as gold leaf and satin brocade can go. M, M. Baylies end Jas. E. Pickersgill (the former manager of the Gaiety Theatre, Sydney) arrived in San Francisco by the last a'.eatner seeking to form a minstrel company for the colonies. Tory good offers were made to Emerson, but, as ho is now lessee and I manager of the Standard, he declined the trip. Mr Biylise, who is Mr PiekergilFs rival in the enterprise, has gone to New York to organise a company there. Miohael Davitt has arrived in Now York. Ho said tho objeot of his visit was twofold—first, to contradict rumours of a split in the Land League movement, and, nooond, to explain tho work dono in Ireland by tha Ladies' Land League. He denied there was any dis agreement between Mr Parnell and himeelf on the policy to be pursued. 'Kansas, Missouri, was again visited by a tornado. Tho loss of life was heavy. Washington journals publish a letter from Boston threatening President Arthur and Charles A. Bead with assassination.

Mrs Dunmore, Gnitoau'a divorced wife, indignantly denies the statement that she had endeavored to get his reprieve. No fewer than seventy five people were poisoned, but not fatally, by cheese manufactured by a man in Michigan. The microscope showed the oheese was full of unreoognised parasites. The British steamer Bscombia, Captain Purkiss, with wheat for St. Vincent, Portugal, ' oapsiaed on the 13th ult. fivo mile* outside ! the San Francisco He»d». Twenty of the orew were lost The cause, was imoerfeet

stowage. She was loaded with 2382 ton* of wheat and 80 tons of coal. When struck by a sea the capsized. The pilot warned the captain that the veiael was not secure, bat the latter persisted and dismissed him, and ten minutes after the steamer capsized. She was owned by a company in Liverpool. At the Consular Court enquiry, the veidiot returned was that the disaster was due to the perils of the seas. Great dissatisfaction prevailed with the verdict as being retnrned to whitewash Captain Parvus, who escaped. John Barry, M.P. for Wexford, intends to canvass the United States shortly in order to reconcile contending faotiose of Fenians and Land Leaguers, and at the came time f ecure inereaied financial support to the Parcel! policy. The Chief Secretary of Ireland offered to enlarge the American suspeot John Sinnion, if he would leave Ireland. The offer was refused, and, consequently, he cannot be released.

A land agitation has broken out in P.aesis. A land owner of Leva was assassinated. A man arrested for the crime confessed he had been paid' to commit it by agitators travelling about the' country, preashing that it was only by killing the land owaers reform will be obtained.

Count d» Lssseps, the Panama and Sufz Oanal contractor, and now in his seventyseventh year, was presented on Juno the sth with his tentii child.

Banian's physicians ha?e isiued a oard stating that he hat typhoid fever, and will not be able to go into training for at l-3r.1l two months. It was thought- by the sporting fraternity that Hanlan, by hit course, was endeavoring to influence betting. The Lord Do«rnshaw, said to be the largest sailing ship ever oon> tructed, £s on her way (June 15th) from Belfast to San Francisco. She is constructed'of steel, and is 230 ft long, and has four magts.

Thirty-two Bussian priests, instrumental in checking the recent anti-Semitio outrage, were rewarded by the Holy Synod. Despatches from Copenhagen say the movement for the sereranoe of Norway from Sweden, and for the establishment of a Republic, is assuming; increased proportions. Unpleasant complications are expeoted. Contracts were signed at Paris between Baron Beirach, member of the Canadian and Paoifio Syndioate, and Charles Deoases, of Winnipeg, agent for the above company. The sooiety will select 2,000,000 acres of land in the neighborhood of the Canadian railway lins, and expect to establish thereon 150 to 200 families- a year, till the whole be colonised.

Sir Claud de Crespigny and Simocde, aeronauts, ascended from Mardon, intending to croia the Channel. In their ascext they struok a house,. and Orespigny fell out and broke hi* leg. Simond* proceeded alone;

The British steamer Pando foundered near Porto Santo, Madeira Islands, in a moderate head sea. She cracked amidships, and the dock started up, and she sank in two minutes. Four of the crew were drowned.

The sculling match on the Thames between Lorgan and Pierce, the Australian rower* took place on the 16. h ult. Lorgan beat Pierce easily. Herr Miling, one of the principal officials of Germany, has been arrested at Kiel, charged with furnishing the Russian Government with copies of place- of German defence, for which he was paid 150,000 roubles. He confessed his guilt and then committed suicide.

Persons not Christians are forbidden by a decree of the Bussian Holy Synod from publicly taking in holy piotures. crosses, or vessels used in Christian worship.. Edwin Booth, the American actor, made his appearance in London as Richelieu, and had a warm reception. The London police have renewed precautions for tho protection of Mr Gladstone. Mr Gladstone received a delegation of Scotch farmers, and spoke strongly in favor of compensation for improvements made by tenants, and the abolition of entail, though - he despaired of legislation on the subject. The steamer Hope vailed from Gravesend on the 22nd June in searoh of Leigh Smith and the orew of the E'sa Clcirford.

The handicap at Sfcockbridge was won by an American horse Golden Gate, Windsor second, Transition third.

Threats of assassination have been made against the Duke of Westminster, and his servants are alarmed by the talk cf blowing up bis house. Personally the Duke attaches no importance to the threats. Lord Danraven had his Irish estate revalued, and established the rental on a reduced basis. The Duke and Duchess of Norfolk have returned from the miracle working springs of Lourdes. The journey was mads in the hope that Our Lady of the famous shrine would relieve the dreadful ufHiotion of blindness from their infant son and heir. The International Rifle Match on June 10th resulted—Scotland, 1753; England, 1731; Ireland, 1546. The Rev. Charles Maekie, M.A., late of Ohristchuroh, died at Ottery St, Mary, Devonshire, on Jane 3rd, aged 83. At a monster meeting in Exeter Hall, prior to the debate on the Deceased Wife's Sister Bill, a resolution was seconded by Mr G. W. Wa-erhouse in favor of the Bill.

The progress made in hop-growing in New Zealand is creating great anxiety amongst the English growers. Ch B. Powell, lecturing before the Royal Colonial Institution on June 13 th on the Imperial defence, recommended the following as fortified coals depots:—Barbadoee, Gibraltar, Ascension, Natal, Mauritius, Aden, Singapore, King George's Sound, Auckland, Fiji, Hong Kong, Antiqua, the Falkland Islands, Diego, Qarica, Labuin, and some island in the Pacific en route from New Zealand to Panama.