SAN FRANCISCO MAIL NEWS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue 31, 17 December 1880, Page 2

SAN FRANCISCO MAIL NEWS.

tifjf|k Fi4sfteco7^fcWbei^l. Prpfient e|tct^in mgr of the ex. arrcjjtut b^lielJfihe'JW^em can be di£|f|iß fco i helpless t^gvily upon ioaijltriesj lw*nas 9^9 that he :afcthe Southern .Stat^Bistly, bufc hem-iio favors. "';'. .'Jlgf United States ComipMoners have l«d a new treaty witfi{ China on tho immigration question, l insßte interests of An erica. Edison claims to have discovered a plan by which'the electric light can be divided indefinitely. The. Bugby. colouy in Tenujßßaej ex- ) Ja. :- pected to prove very successful. On the day "before the Presidential dec • tion, a forged letter' of very unpopular purport, with General Garfield's signature, appeared in a New York paper, wliich lost the votes of throfe'States'to the Republicans. Two men have been arrested, and held to bail, charged with being concerned in the matter. Jr • Anxiety ig^felt respecting the Arctic exploring sh^T^niette^jjvhtch was fitted out by Mr tSetiuelt, of the New York Herald., A s relief ship is jta.be, sent out after her, ' ' The Minnesota State Insane Asylum ha<» been burnt.' Between 20and SO llbrflaltos were burnt to death. s Leprosy is spreading among the yWtf» near Sau Francisco. Twenty, cases discovered have been traced to the Sandwich Islands. A. smaU pox epidemic W Sim FranciscT is ißging. ; ur01... The Chilian Government are Biyainioif every nerve to effect the capture. o*l, Lijty*}, hoping to. end the war. . .j A farewell dinner was tendered to Mr Thdmaß' Hughes, on Novenfoer' 5, ati New York Oity, by prominent citizens^; >Mt Hughes gave a brief .history, pf; the, .jcp: operating movement in Englaud, ' and^also of his Rtagby colony' in the Btate ' of ■• fPennnssee, which latter, he said, he expected would prove very. successful. • . j \.\ _' : Vigorous efforts by the health officers has soon stopped the spread of contngioft of smallpox, and lately one or iw.o#asera & flay only are reported, arid l»tit ! few caseSUia'vtf proved fatal. GREAT BRITAIN.

Londox, November 20. It is stated that tho (Rttform Club raisod £270,000 for election purposes. Itis reported that the 'Qnetitt' fcarafaied Mr Gladstone to prbpoio iA ParliattienSf.;^j vote of £40,000, to enable; thqPriftjfl;^ Wales to pay his most pressing deht^.amj., that fche Premier refused. " Cardinal Manning opposes the French Jesuits settling in Englahd. ' '' /H J Eight thousand rifles have been received in Ireland from Italy. . . . ...... ....--.,. The Land Leaguers are reported to he tampering with the Imperial troop 3. Mr. Gladstone denies that there are dis« aensions in the Cabinet on the Irish question. . Xv Forster favours an overwhelming display of power to overawe the Land League. The Pope condemns the agrarian movement in Ireland. The , Csar .is i \i ,.» , state of . >meDtyL apd physical prostration. He Has' lost *his popularity since his morganatic marriage, and an'otheV powerful Nihilist riiing is s Tn|»^ minent. .••.■!; The Turkish aye preparing tj close fcho Datdanelleß afc the shortest notioe. : . .• • .:2--.i;fnVs, Garibaldi declined the poet. Tennysbu'a . invitation to visit, lijiu in .England. On October 27, a fierce south-western gale prevailed aluu* the coast of England, and 160 tessels of all descriptions were wrecked ahd manj lives lost. Much damage wa* also done inland from the floods. The Sussex and Warwickshire lowlands were covered with water for miles. The London Sportsman thus explains Trioketfc's defeat : "We believe, firstly, that Hanlon iV far superior as a sculler to " Trickett ; and, secondly, we do nofc 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 overtrained. He had worfced himself to a pitch of muscular tension *vyji.«;h hafcjwe refused to sustain long, ..and; /relaxation ensued. Probably he waftiStiffering from one of those relapf 39 yesterday. ; Ifcinust berem^mberedm & that Trickett had always a bronchial ftffee-* ° tion, but we do uot hesitate to say that he would never beat/ Itan lon' even in/ the] befct' I of health. With regard to Hanlon, probably many ye«rs mnetj elaps^ Ijefore, puch a perfect' sculler appear^ again*'' The . Matquis of Lome sent a despatch Hb llm&ym lon, congratulating him on .liis victory. The amouut of money wagered on the event was tremendous; ; The backers of. t^^ftj^l adian iv Toronto alone tvager'ed over ZQO.Qutf* dollars; ' "' '"'•'• ";• ; '^ ■'* J ■'>>•« On October 24th,' Parnell: addressed. aiwiS Lnnd League meeting at Galway, ia (s}s}&'< presence ,of ; 40,0,i)Q people, aqd (Sa,id,fcbe $p t ;u vernment was responsible tor assassination* thafc had b'eeh cokrimttted, and maintained •ihafc the 'only remedy was-tli# 'bWtonomy of froland. Next day, Parnell, at a banquet in (fylwjgVrW 1 "! he Wfts „9pnyju-\ce£,; . that».j Ireland could obtain trained and drganisel assistance, from ;Ap|oi;icajYif*^M^{ was a fair chance, of success in breaking the British 'yoke:' The Loadon Times, commenting upon Patnell's speech in Galway, said '• Ifc is impossible to mistako the meaning of such an argument or the purposes' of a tiia& who nsefe it. The eonditiou of Ireland and tho temper of the men who are criminally misleading tho people call for immediate attention." At a meeting of the Land League in * Dublin, a resolution .has been caUing*oii IrisWneh ihrbughutff .the^wWW j to aid fco form a resolute organisation, and ' requesting Michael Daritfc to remain in America to d*»w>t jtft?»Wfe>e?&#^iliY A: military system of signals by flashes is carried on at night by the Leaguers, particularly in the neighborhood of Teraplemord and Thursis.