ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1210, 29 July 1884, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

The Zealand!*, with the San Francisco Mail, arrived at Auckland on Sunday last, one day behind contract time. Amongst the passengers are Mesara LeCren, F. Arenas, and Dennistoua, and Miss LeCren. The following is a summary of the intelligence brought by the Zealandia : SanFeakcisco, July 6. A tremendous riot occurred at recent eleetionrat the Cape Verde Islands, in which several persona were killed and wounded. The Government sandidates won. ' ■ Gerald Maasey, the English poet end scholar, who has been delivering alarmist political and freethought lectures id San Francisco, goes to the colonies by the Zealandia. General G, A. Sheridan, an American orator and a leading member of the Grand Army of the American Bepublic, who is making a tour of the world, ia a passenger by the eame steamer. Two daya were devoted to the celebration of the American national anniversary this year, July 4th and 6tb. The procession in ' N San Francisco, especially in its military features, was a grand affair. By way of fun, on the sth of July, some miners of Swan City, Colorado, put giant powder under the Poet-office and blew it out of sight. Lnckily no one was hurt. A new Cunsrder has been launched of 12,000 horse power. This means trips ■across the Atlantic in lesa than six- days. Monsignor Cape) is making many, converts for the Catholic Church. Among leading Americans, Colonel Bliss, of New York, a prominent man in politics, is th« latest one received into the fold.. A very stringent measure, known as the Utah Bill, designed to control if not to eradicate Mormonism in the United States, passed Congress on June 19th. Strong as it is,thought, the Gentiles at Salt Lake regard it as only a feeble step in the right direction. There it. a, clause in the Bill providing for the turning over of Mormon property to trustees appointed by the President,- which is ’regarded as particularly objectionable to non-Mor-mons, in that it gives color to the Mormon charge that the Gentiles desire to rob the Saints of their property. ‘ It is : the unanimous opinion of the , Gentiles that with the exceptien of the claures restoring the right of power, restricting territory, making adultery a crime, abdliahing female suffrage, changing the rule; of evidence in polygamy cases, and requiring marriages to he recorded, it is of no account whatever. The Mormon Press and prominent Mormons consider it a- cruel measure, harsh, unjust and tyrannical, and designed to rekindle the fires of persecution, bat the tone of the Press is that the Church is ready to meet the consequences. The great Sullivan-Mitchell boxing match, fixed to take place at Madison Square Garden, New York, on:June 30th, did not come off, for the reason that Sullivan was too drunk to fight, and Mitchell was ill with malaria. The latter, however, offered to come to the scratch if Sullivan was ready. There was great indignation felt by the 5000 spectators present, and the general about was, “ Sullivan, you've lost your reputation.” John W. Rennie, ex-amateur champion boxer of Scotland, issued a challenge in New York, on June 27th, to box any man in the United States. Labouchere, editor of London 'Truth, haebeen sued by Bishop, the mind-reader, tor libel. Truth asserted that Bi»hop waa a common swindler, and had, robbed; the Victorian Hospital ’of i‘3oo, the proceeds of one-of his entertainments, ostensibly for the benefit of the hospital. Report - says many member* of the aristocracy are assisting Biahop with money and advice.

The Princaka Louis went to Marrien bad on the 27th for her health. She" is atill ■uffering from the consequence* of her fall in Canada.

The demand for the Queen’* book ‘ha* almost ceased, and librarian* are offering it for four shillings. The whereabouts of Sheldon, an Englishman captured by outlaw* in K*n*a«j. .-and held for ransom, ha* not been discovered. The Irish Catholic Bishops have aaked the British Government to intervene for the preservation of the right* of British subjects, which they claim are threatened by the propoaed spoliation of property propaptnd*. An Irishman hailing from Brooklyn, applied to the Police atatioh at Plymouth on June 26ih, for protection from the Invincible*, by whom he ‘asserted be wa» tracked. He was held for examination.

A young man has been arrested at Em* with a dagger and knife in hi* possession. It. is believed he had design* on tha Emperor’s life. The British eloopbf war Pegasus was ordered to proceed from Singapore to Achoon with provision* and clothes for th« crow of the Dutch steamer Nisero, wrecked in December last off the Acheen coast, and still held in captivity by the Rajah. Hostile measures will soon be used by England and Holland to compel tb® release of these men. 7

The Loudon World of July lat aaya the Fortcscue-Gairmoyle breach of promise case has been withdrawn, and that Earl Cairns, Lord Qarmoyle’a father, paid the plaintiff a heavy consideration. Mica Fortracue firmly denioa this, and says ahs never will •.compromise. “ I have beau, sufficiently compromised already by Lord Cairns’ family to allow them to further embarrass me by inducing m» to atop this action for money. I hare brought a ■uit for £40,000, my reputation requires the vindication which a public trial will ttive me. I think more cf my reputation than of all the money in the world.” The New York Sun of July 3rd, referring to Lieut. Brown’s report to Secretary Obandlar cu the Panama Canal, «ay» no one was prepared to learn that the original estimate would be exceeded by 840,000,000 dole, which ia implied. He states the work now completed at a cost of 60,000,000 dols ia but one.-thirteeofb of the who'e. Hit estimate, which accords with a report received from Panama yesterday, ia that of 150,000,000 cubic metres to cut, not 5,000,000 have been taken out and 20,000,000 are under contract. The Panama Star say* 14,000,000 dols in gold have been spent in tickling the surface. At the reunion on the 4th at Belfast, a Committee was appointed to effect the union »f the Irijh and Scotch Pr«sbyf*ri»a Churches. A depatch from St. Johns, dated Jane 20th, says two Orange outrages are reported from the northward. At Twillingato 16 loaded guns were fired into the house of Captain Grey, and the windows were smashed with huge stones. The Greys are one of the only throe Catholic families in Twillingate. At the Queen 8,

Pond Harbor four southern vessels had taken refuge from the south-west gale and floating field of ice. The Orangemen attacked the crews when on shore, maimed them badly, and pursued them to their vessels with large ballast stones, smashing the cabin doors, skylights, cabin stores and furniture ; breaking the bulkheads, and forcing the vessels to push into the storm and ice. An outrage was perpetrated on Saturday, July 27th, by, the crew of the barque Lady Elibank. They broke into the Catholic Church of Sfc Mary's Bay, and demolished the furniture snd appointments of the sanctuary, destroyed the tabernacle, abstracted the chalice and other sacred vessels; smashed the candelabra, and strewed the debris about the streets, and in various ways desecrated the church. Five of the man were arrested. As soon as the knowledge of the desecration of the .church spread among the Catholic population, not lass than 500 boats wore manned for the purpose of firing and scuttling the -Vessel, i but the influence of the parish priest and supplying merchants prevented revenge.