NEWS BY THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Lyell Times and Central Buller Gazette, Volume V, Issue 229, 4 July 1885, Page 2

NEWS BY THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Ilanlan arrived here on May 21st. He says he made three thousand dollars. His opinion is that Beach is the most wonderful oarsman he has ever met. On June 3rd, the Lord Mayor of London gave a banquet to Mr Phillips, the newly appointed United States' Minister to En-land. He said that the Americans were greatly pleased thai an amicable settlement of the issue between En-land and Russia had been arrived at. Mr Phillips also eulogised British judicial administration, and said English legal decisions were revered in America. I he Crown Princess of Germany having disapproved of the marriage of her sister Princess Beatrice with Prince Henry of Battenberg, will not attend the wedding. The fund now being raised in Ireland for the benefit of Jas. Stephen, ex-Fenian head centre, recently expelled from France, amounts to 17000. | Jhe despatch boat Pomerania seized a | larmouth lighter on June 4th in the North Sea, and towed the vessel into Welhelmshaven, where she is detained on the pretence that the lighter was fishing in prohibited waters. Mr Gladstone, replying to an enquiry made by Mr Maclean, the Home Rule i member for WickW, said it was not the intention of the Government to establish legular diplomatic relations with the A atican. Sii Charles Dilke, while in Dublin, on a visit to Earl Spencer, refused to attend an official breakfast given by Lord Mayor 0 Cornier, on Xfay 25, oil account of that official's insult to the Prince of Wales, and in inciting riot at Malow and at Cork during his royal visit. r llie Pope had a two hours conference with the Irish Bishops at the Vatican on I May 25, during which he lectured them strongly with regard to their animosity to England. lhe British steamer Waverly, with a cargo of saltpetre, was seized by the French in Chinese waters, on the ground that her cargo was contraband of war. A Committee of the Chamber of Commerce, London, forwarded to the Government a resolution in favor of diverting emigration to the British Colonies] -especially Australia, where the consumption of British goods exceeds £8 per head, instead of America, where the consumption is only 10s a head. Goidon s diaries have been published | and have caused an immense sensation. |He compares himself to Uriah, the | Hittite, whom King David ordered to be placed in the foremost position in battle, subsequently causing his death. It has been reasserted that Eussia will demand an explanation for Anti-Russian i speeches delivered by the Marquis of Salisbury and Lord Randolph Churchill. 1 he Marquis of Salisbury will complete Mr Gladstone's Afghan policy, with the : exception of allowing the matter to be | settled by arbitration.. 1