THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1081, 10 March 1883, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

The steamer City of New York with the San Francisco mail arrived at Auckland last Wednesday night. She brings the following intelligence : San Fhancisco, Feb. 4. The London Times in an editorial on February 13th bewails the farming prospects, and says a crisis in field work

exists. It is water everywhere. A good sowing time is wanted, and it is surmised fe much of the autumD grown grain is rotten K AH Europe ia in a similar condition. A desperate street fight took place on Scutari ou 13th, in which 200 Turks were killed or wounded. Davitt, Healey, and Quinn, were lodged in Kilmainham gaol on February Bth, for six months, They wili be'.treated as first

class pri:oners. Mr.O'Donnell M.P. for Dungarvon, told the Lord Mayor of London in a letter that the Mansion House in its relation to Ireland is a leech-sucker, not a helper, and that funds intended for the relief of Ireland found their way into the pockets of city swindlers or into the fair round bodies of city gluttons.

The divorce case, Noel v. Noel, a mer-1 chant being co-respondent, has attracted a good deal of attention in London. Captain Wra. F. Noel, of the Eoyal Artillery, is plaintiff, and sues for a divorce from Mrs Noel on the gound of her infidelity with the merchant and with a groom. Mrs Noel is rery pretty, a most accomplished horsewoman, and one of the most dashing and popular ladies in the hunting field. She was married to Captain Noel in 1879, and she bore him / two children. Her indiscretions were fully proved at the trial and a decree n nisi was given. *< The Queeu will probably open the Fisheries Exposition. Russia has asked for 10,000 feet of space, and every foot of the building will be occupied.

Messrs Booth and Chas. Worth and three others were expelled from the Salvation Army in Geneva, in Switzerland, on the the 13th, being unable to account for the proceeds of the collection made at a meeting of the Army. The Kenmuir Castle, from London to Shanghai, via Suez Canal, foundered in the Bay of Biscay on the 2nd February. Captain Firth, the mate, and thirty of the crew (Asiatics) were drowned. The crew were only able to launch one boat, containing all the passengers, numbering eight, and eight of the crew. The survivors wheu rescued wore only night dresses, and were all very weak. Archbishop Croke of Cashel, writes confirming the widespread fearful distress prevailing in the Counties of Donegal, Chre and Sligo. The country, he says, can never expect peace and plenty until released from the red yoke of a bloated and ruthless obligarchy. Russian Nihilists now in New York, with Herr Most (the Socialist) among them, declare the Czar will not be crowned on May 27th as he proposed. Leo Hartman is very busy. There are two distinct sections of societies in Dublio. One belongs to the old ' Head Centre' Stephens' Fenian party, which advocates open warfare, and the other is known as ' The senator council body,' which advocates murder. Farrell, the informer, says * the inner circle' is so composed that its members are unknown to eajh other, and therefore not easy to be identified. Over one hundred persons suspected of connection with the secret organisations of Dublin have fled the country, but it is believed not the Kingdom. On the 4th the police had ten more warrants to execute, and search was being made in London, Birmingham and Manchester for the parties, Over fifty persons connected with the conspiracy to murder Government officials have gone to America.

Mr Parnell will resign his seat for Cork, if a safo candidate to replace him can be found to contest Dublin County. Mr Edward Cecil Guinness will oppose him as the Conservative candidate.

Tho Chief of the Police stopped the Mnce and Slade fight, set for January 29th. When the bruisers arrived in New York a few days before, they were fol lowed through the principal streets by two thousand mew and boys, completely obstructing the thoroughfares. Mace is indignant because the authorities stopped 1 sparring match. ' Why,' he argued, 'i., ,i .; IVaiicisco I was allowed to spar in aCliurch.'

Mr Charles Bright, the well-kncwn lecturer on freethought and kindred subjects, returns to Australia by the steamer City of New York. He has been successful H his American tour, regaining his health as well as improving his financial condition.

The Board of Trade of San Francisco, at its annual meeting held on February 6th, having referred the matter of an Australian Steam Service to the Directors of the Board, the said Directors appointed a Committse at *heir meeting on the 9th to take up the question and take such action thereon as might be deemed best for the purpose of securing a continuance of the said Mail Service connecting the United States with New Zealand and. New South Wales.

On the 9th insU Jem Mace, while id New York was advised of the drowning of his son.. Albert Ed ward, m the Thames. He was 30 years of age, a graduate of the Liverpool Institute, and engaged in mercantile life. Mace sailed for Home on the 10th.

The landlords and crofters of the Isle of Syke have decided to settle their differences by arbitration.

A terrible accident occurred at Cincinnatti on the 14th insr. Owing to the inundation of the river, the southern railway depot gave way, throwing 100 people into thirty feet of water, carß falling upon and covering them. The Keeper of the Armory in Clerkenwell was assaulted by a party of Irishmen in London on the 11th instant, and knocked insensible.

A despatch from London dated February 11th says* the outlook for the crops generally throughout Europe is gloomy in the extreme. No part of the Continent east or west, escaped inundation, and the immediate destruction of property has been widespread, but is insignificant as compared with the damaged prospects of the year. The largest gasometer in Glasgow exploded on January 22nd, causing almost a panic, as the greater portion of the south of the city was left in darkness, Subsequently a shed belonging to the Caledonian Railroad Company was blown up. The explosions are believed to be the work of Fenians.