'Frisco Mail.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 194, 24 July 1883, Page 2

'Frisco Mail.

fBY TELEGRAPH.) (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) San Francisco, Jane 30. A Hamburg despatch, of 286h June, S'lya fferr Bebeil, Socialist, had defeated Herr Rabe for the first district oJ Hamburg by a majority of 104 for the Reichstag . A flatter among dealers has b^e' caused by a despatch of 18th June to the effect that the silk crop m China is short, and the Italian crop will no*, equal expectations. Th<* Central Tews' correspondent rom Berlin sa r 8 (27th June) : — " The a rest f ot Kragenoki, the Polish author, and others h&8 led to the belief that a ''on c piracy exists for ferreting our secrets relative to German military organisations. 1h re were twenty arrests at Berlin and Dresdon on the 27th of person* supposed to be uon.ec ed with the .conspiracy. Other. m lists ware made kt Halo, Hanover, tnd Colegn •••■"■■■■ •. . : : Qu-en Victoria has invited the ;p -inter njelo to England to take » ife-mzed p rtiait. which she will present to the ttmpcror William on the 25th anniversary of his assumption of l' p . r o g('nc.v pf Pru55ia. ........... \<\ ti v .1 :it thu xlerstnrm that h»(»---i^iicil on the 25th Juae, four euldiefs," -it \n reported, were killed by lightning at Chatham. „\ / >j>'. f.J Lord Uarlingford received an influential deputation on the 13th June, re* preseri ting towns m England claiming ien millions of people, the object ot which was to protest against- tti'e '' restriction of food supply." Lord Carlingford stated that; tbe decrease m 1 merican cattle was 3ue to the fact' that better prices were obtained ,m Americi, and not from the system of couapnlsary slaughter at British ports. tie said the Government would continue to act up to the spirit of its laws, and not stain them m the direction ot farther prohibition, as urged by tbe opponents of the importation of American cattle. . ••■"•' A Bill passed the second reading m the Commons on 19th June, providing for the application of £250,000 of the Church Surplus Fund to the aid of the Irish sea fisheries. ParneU starts for America m September. ':':' ' ;'-i ■*■■' ; ' '.'"■"- By-avote^of^Se to 16, the House of Commons on the 18th rejected the, J motion of Mr Taylor, M.P, tor Leicester, against compulsory vaccination. Mackay, one of the Nevada Bonanza Pri aces, now m London, recently paid half a million dollars for . Sir! Philip Miles' fine collection ; of pictures at L'?igh Court, and is m negotiation with Lord Lausaowne for a series of well accredited Italian masters m his possesion. -Mackay is also credited with being m treaty for a ducal mansion m Belgraviaj to which he will move his pictorial treasures. Apprehensions are excited that the Queen's present condition may result m insanity, like that of George. 111. A. despatch from London, dated 17th June, says Her Majesty's health continues to cause grave anxiety. Truth (London), of the 20th Juae, says :— " Queen Victoria, for two months, has been m. a state of mild melancholy, which m course of time, if not relieved, will probably become very difficult to treat. Her condition has naturally caused great anxiety, because ot the teadencies of her family, Her Majesty and Prin* cess Beatrice will, m the autumn, go to the vcinity of Florence, Italy, where they will remaia two months." The racing at Sto^kbri Ige began on the 21st June. -The Cup,, valued at 300 soys, was won by T. Lorillard s Imquoisj nominate 1 by the Prince of Wa. es. 'he Prince of Wal"S cougratu , tted Loriliard on his success m win:ing t hi- On p. Cannon, thin jockay, has i»urchas"d Lorillard's Sachem. Thereat »f the horses will no to Anitnca, where' Iroquois will go to the stud.' A r»'cent li>t.r,er f-o-»> (13r,1i / u o.-') »Lu. i ■»>&> 'tw—says ■t*ifti^a&ff t'hT Maori, had for his first English, trial a stiff-set, tidy boxer nanied ;"Blollery, but the New Zealander was worsted from beginning to the cud. Mace and SI ad c sparred m seve<al iforkshlre towns and m Sheffield, and drew a gr^at throng. Daring the Derby week they picked ome of the largest halls m London. '• I have seen the principal sparrers, adds Mace, " and I am reailv thunderstruck at such exhibitions. There is not one here that 1 could not do m a trot myself, and at my age, too." Caarles Mitchell, the English champion pugilist, will shortly arrive m California, and issuer a ohallenge m advance to any man m the States to stanl up against him for four rounds lor 500 dollars. The panic over the cholera m Egypt, was increasing, according to a despatch from AlftXandria, dated June 27 ; the flight of Europeans continued, and a Commission has been formed to protect Alexandria from the malady. The; festivities usually held on the occasion of the anniversary of the Khedive's accession to the throne were postponed, and all the Ministers recalled to Cairo.. An inquiry commenced at Muilingar on 21st June m connection wjth the murder of Mrs Smyfche on 22nd April. An informer stated 'that an assassination society had been started by Michael and John Fagan, with the object of removing bad landlords. Among those named by the society for removal were the Smythes, living m County Loug-i fotd, and two of the prisoners were de* puted to execute " the sentence. The { prisoners charged with complicity m the j murder ot Mrs Smythe were present at the meeting held m March, 1882, outside of the house: of the mother of the j Fagans. An affray occurred at the Curragh, i on the evening of the 24th June, be- J tween a party of North Mayo and Dublin militiamen. It . originated m a I gambling dispute, during which the Mayo men called the Dublin men 'Careys" and «• Invincibles/' The fiUht lasted over an hour, each side using stones and firearms freely. The conflict was oh) v' quelled ;he officers threatening to fire on the men. During the melee five men wore killed (one a sergeant, and 17 were wounded. In the Commons, on the afternoon of the 26thi Mr Porter, Attornpy-Ueneral for Ir la .d, stated thai,Car<y, the m lo mHr, wia not yet |iardoned, but the subj ct was b?ing con*ider-'d by the G- >v ; r ment . It Carey should be par.ionel, he said the Executive's clemency would b'l coupled with conditions. Tbe Lord»Lieutenaat, replying to an adiiress presented to him 8t tbe Limer- ! lck Depot on 26th June, reported that '(greater yespeot was now being paid to

law and order throutjhout IrelaSH. "'■"'"[ At tbe trial of Louise . Micliel, on 22 id June, the prisoner spoke m her owa defence. She violently Attacked the Goyemment, and declared the issuance of pamphlets to^soldiers, m« citing them to burn their 'barracks and murder their officers, was justified. She declared the soldiers of Sedan would have done well to have shot tbe officers, md thus hava saved their honor.