ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1383, 25 August 1885, Page 3

ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

The E.M.S.S. Australia arrived at Aucklnnd on Saturday morning with the San Francisco mail, one day in advance of contract time. The following is a general summary of tlie news brought by her, European dates being to July 31st : The Standard of July 31st made a savage attack on Lord Randolph Churchill, saying :—" If his pranks be encouraged much longer he will smash the Government and the Conservative party. We will not follow this overgrown schoolboy, who is without knowledge sufficient to fathom his own grouuds of statesmanship.'; Owing to the depression in trade thousands of colliers at Merthyr Tydfil, in Wales, were idle in the latter part of July. The steamer Hecla collided with the Liverpool and London steamer Cheerful in a fog. The latter foundered and 13 persons were drowned. The Liberals are alarmed by the report of thedoctorswhohaveexamined Mr Gladstone's throat, to discover the cause of the failure of his voice. He is prononuced 10 be suffering from obs'inate catiir.il) of the larynx, and entire rest is enjoined. His parti-oi'iis are afraid he will not be able to take pait in the election campaign. A movement has been started to organise a Burns Ulub throughout the world for the purpose of holding the centennial celebiation in honor of the Scotch Bard at Kilmarnock next year.

A fearful wave of heat extended over the United Kingdom from July 24th to 28th. In London the effect of the long spell of torrid weither was appahing, and every one w;is more or less affected. Children died hy hundreds ; scores of men were prostrated by sunmroke each day, and the ronds were, were often blocked by the corpses of person? who had fallen dead. A new terror was added by the presence of hydrophobia indeed the streets wore absolutely unsife owing to the number of mad dogs running at large, and many persons who never carried weapons before bought revolvers. A despatch received in London on July 21st states that the King Dahomey, with h large army, had massacred a unmber of Frenchmen. The King had also captured, according to the same despatch, 1000 French persons, and he and his followers had proposed to eat them. The Hew York Sun's London special of July 21st, says : —The scand.d involving Sir Chas. Dilke has been settled, so far as the Court and the English Press are concerned, Settlement was completed to-day by the cashing of Sir Chas. Dilke's cheque for £25,000 in favor of Crawford, the aggrieved husband. It is thus put out of the power of the papers to mention the right hon. gentleman's name in connection with the subject without incurring heavy penalties for libel ; and British moral sense is pacified because a sinner, although guilty of the awful crime of being found out, has paid handsomely for suppressing the truth, and thus shielded a sacred circle of society. A despatch from London, dated July 25th, says popular interest in politics has been again transferred from Parliament to the hustings. All indications show that the next battle at the polls will be the most severe and most closely contested one that has been waged in England since the famous campaign of 1836. Nearly every report received from the Tories by the Central Association contains confident assurances of victory in the farming districts over Radicals, as the L btr As are now called. The Conservatives have decided to contest every constituency in Great Britain where (here is a shadow of chance for success, and an enormous fund for defraying election expense* has already accumulated. A lifeboat containing 15 men that had put out from Yarmouth on the morning of July 22nd to rescue the crew of a brigantine, struck a rock and sank, eight of the occupants being drowned. News from San Francisco of August Ist states the Pacific Mail Company are declining freight after November Bth next in expectation of the abandoment of the service. The City of Sydney will be placed in another trade. The other two ships belong to English firms and will be withdrawn. Notwithstanding that the Company have declared their purpose of withdrawing from the route, an opinion prevails that the service will be maintained. Teemer having failed to get a race on with Hanlan goes to Australia in eight weeks to row Beach. The Australia's mails, which arrived at San Francisco on 12th July, reached New York on 18th July and England on the 25th— the fastest time on record. Niagara Falls Park was opened witli public rejoicings. At all points of view the Niagara Falls are now free to the public. John Roach, a leading builder of iron ships id the United States, has failed for upwards of three million dols. The assets consisting of unfinished steamers, are large. The Mormon leaders have issued an address to the people of the United States protesting against their persecutions which they declare are only worthy of the Dark Ages. News reached Cairo on 21st July that a large force of rebels attacked Kassala and after several desperate assaults were repulsed. The garrison followed up their victory by a sortie, and captured the rebels'camp, 2000 oxen and sheep and 700 rifles. The enemy lost 300 men. De Lesseps has become sponsor for the scheme of a canal across France from Havre to Marseilles. The French Minister of Marine states that more than 300,000 francs will be required to repair the damage caused by the French navy in the recent war with China. The Panama Canal Directors have asked the French Government to sanction a new issue of five hundred million francs worth of bonds. The Premier (M. Brisson) opposes the demand on the ground that there is a deficit in the budget, and that the country can't take other responsibilities. De Lesseps maintains in his report that the canal will be completed in 1888. Two new contractors have undertaken to finish the work for 19,200,000 francs. King Leopold of Belgium, has mentioned to several foreign Ministers his purpose to inform their Governments that he intends to make a title of the sovereignty of the Congo Free States. Negotatious are pending in Berlin with two great banking houses for a loan of 100,000,000 dols to China to construct railways, telegraphs, wharves and other improvements throughout the Celestial Empire. Four Arctic expeditions leave Germany next week. A row of houses in Cologne, tenanted by many families, collapsed on Ju'y 24th. Forty-five persons were killed and twentyfive others badly hurt. The Russian Government contemplate imposing a poll tax of 100 to 200 roubles on every foreigner residing longer than a fortnight in the country. Incendiary fires are becoming cunmon in Russia, attended by enormous loss. Four occurred in Moscow on July 26th and 27th,. 1 his is believed to be part of the new system of terrorism adopted by the Nihilists. Ivett (a military organ in S f Petersburg) of July 24th, reports that a firm in Texas U.S., offered General Komaroff the services of 100 "cow-boys" in the event of war between Russia and England. A despatch from Moscow, July 3rd, says 60 criminals who had been sentenced to exile in Siberia, .vliile en route, rose against the guards, and although unarmed made a desperate fight for liberty. The battle lasted a long time, and the soldiers were absolutely unable to conquer the'r manacled assailants. Twenty of them were shot dead, and 30 succeeded in escaping. General Booth made a grand parade of the Salvation Army in London on J.ilv 27th. The object was to influence Parliament in view of the revelations made by the Pall Mall Gazette to pasa

the proposed Criminal Amendment Act. The social ostracism of several well known noblemen has followed the Gazette expose. The Queen has personally written to Mrs Booth, wife of General Booth, the Salvationist, a letter conveying her strongest sympathy with the reform work. Mr Spurgeon addressed an audience of 4000 at Bremerton on the 27th, his subject being "Traffic in young girls, and the iniquity of it." In consequence of these revelations of vice in London, meetings have been held all over the country in favor of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, raising the age of consent to sixteen years. The provincial papers give elaborate reports of these meetings, some of which are notable for the eminence of the speakers and the high character of the audience, but the London Press completely ignores them. Several divines have protested against this silence, arguing that ignoring the facts furnishes encouragement to evildoars. The outcome of the meeting of members of Parliament, which was presided over by Mr Samuel Morley, and the attendants at which pledged themselves to remain in London to support the Criminal Amendment Bill, is approved of. The Bill was introduced by Sir R. A. Cross, Home Secretary. The Queen's letter to Mrs Booth, referring to this Bill, says she feels deeply on the subject, but, acting under advice, she must refrain from expressing an opinion on the subject, because it is a matter before Parliament. London papers, according to despatches of July 31st, continue full of aggravated cases of vice and crime, An eminent doctor was committed for trial on the date mentioned for assaulting a female patient 13 years A age, and at Leghorn a priest was arrested for carrying on the business of procuration under the guise of charity. He hired a building, and had it opened with religious ceremonies as a home for young orphan girls. He then scoured the streets for female orphan children, whom he brought to the orphanage, promising them food, clothing, and shelter, till he could provide them with permanent home 3 and situations. From time to time the prettiest girls were sent to places remote from Leghorn, ostensibly to enter the service of wealthy families as nursery-maids and seamstresses. It is now charged these girls were systematically sold in other cities on account of rich patrons. At a meeting in Glasgow on the 3lst the Lord Provost declared, speaking of the revelations made by the Pall Mall Gazette, that the inquiries which have bjen made showed there prevailed a system of corruption of minor females similar to that exposed in London. Danish Conservative journals of July 24th refer to the public scandal involving the Professor of the University, tha President of tho leading Scientific Society, a most eminent author of Denmark, several wealthy merchants, and several members of tho magistracy. They are accused cf betraying young girls. Ton culprits were arrested, two of whom committed suicide. The exposure resulted from at attempt to extort money, which was refused. IRISH AFFAIRS. The Chairman of the Committee appointed to inquire into the condition of Irish industries has presented an informal report to Parliament. It states that all the Trish industries with the single exception of linen manufactures are in a deplorable condition. The report recommends the improvement of the railway facilities in Ireland ; the introduction of the teaching of a course of sciences relating to industrial work in all national schools, and a comprehensive system of drainage, without which the report declares proper cultivation of the soil in Ireland on a sufficiently extensive plan is impossible. Mr Healy, M.P. for Monaghan,; and Mr Harrington, M.P. for Meath, have made an investigation of the Maamstrasna, Barberville and Castle Island murders, and the conclusion they have arrived at is that innocent men were hanged and imprisoned and the guilty allowed to escape by the connivance of the Government. Mr Harrington says he has obtained evidence enough to put Eorl Spencer in the dock to stand his trial for conspiracy to murder. The expiration of Michael Davitt's 15 years' term of imprisonment, the last few years of which have been passed in freedom on a ticket-of leave, was enthusiastically celebrated in the month of July by the Irish National League and by several of the Radical Clubs in London. The significance of this is that the Radicals propose to take np Davitt as an Irish leader in revenge for Parnell and his followers in the House having joined the Conservative party. His plan of reform in Ireland is entirely different from that proposed by Parnell. A Dublin despatch of July 28th says that Lord Carnarvon, the new Viceroy, rides out daily attended by a groom armed with a whip, and Lady Carnarvon is simply attended by a maid. Lord Carnarvon bids fair tofbe very'popular. Davitt has written a letter to Mr Chamberlain in which he says he would be proud to stand with him on any platform during his proposed visit to Ireland. The Marquis of Salisbury pronounced on July 21st in the House a very grattful eulogium upon the high manly courage displayed by Earl Spencer in the performance of his duties as Lord-Lieu-tenant of Ireland. A despatch from Dublin to the New York World, dated July 21st, says there has been recently formed in Ireland a political association destined to play an important part in the immediate future of the country. It is called the Irish Royal and Patriotic Union with head quarters at Dublin. The object is to unite loyalists of all creeds in an effort to mould and determine the future government of the country. The promoters will include among their ranks many noblemen with large estates in Ireland, and who are amply supplied with funds. The result of the V[-.r.mstrasna debate in the House of Commons is regarded by Nationalists as a victory over Earl Spencer. The Loyalists regard the victory as a dangerous precedent, but think the enquiry justified owing to the late Castle administration. A memorial, in favor of the men still imprisoned for the Maamstrasna murder, will be drawn up by the most skilful writers of Irish history. It is expected, it their innocence b') proved, that there will be a wholesale release of men convicted by packed juries under the Crimes Act.

London, despntches of July 2Gth say that both political parties are talking of nothing but Irish questions. Liberal newspapers are making capital out of the discontent felt by many Tories at, the action of the Government in throwing over Earl Spencer. Everywhere the Tories are denounced as gross and shameleas turncoats, and the merest creatures of P.>rnell, who are entirely dependent upon his goodwill for their existence. THE MARRIAGE OF PRINCESS BEATRICE. The marriage of Princess Beatrice and Prince Henry of Battenberg, took place in St. Mildred's Church, Whippingham, Ish of Wight, on Jul; 23rd. The whole Island was crowded with royal personnges, foreign Ministers, and German princelings, assembled in honor of the occasion. The inns wore crowded with touris's and the suites of Nabobs. In the town of Cowes and at Osborne House there was a tremendous amount of noise, bustle and confusion. At the palace guns were fired almost continuously in honor of the arrival of more or less august personages, and church bells were rung all day to express popular joy. The Isle of Wight Volunteers made Prince Henry their Colonel, and gave him a silver sword. The weather was lovely, a gentle breeze tempering the heat. Flags of all nations were flying from the house lops, and the river and bay were full of yachts brilliant with bunting and presenting from the land an enchanting appearance. The Royal yachts stood out prominently from the rest of the fleet, and the Prince and Princess of Wales landed from their yacht and drove to Osborne. The bridal procession was received with enthusiastic shouts. All the ladies present wore dresses of gossamer silk. The Queen entered the church on the bride's left, and the Prince of Wales on her right. The Queen wore a miniature diamond crown. The marriage is regarded with disfavor at the German Court. The Crown Princess protested, and no invitation was sent to the German reigning family. The Prince of Wales and the Duke of Edinburgh also also preferred remaining on their yachts during their stay at Cowes, and only went ashore for the ceremony. A man, between sixty and seventy years of age, was arrested in London on the 24th, for making threats against the life of Princess Beatrice. Within an hour of the marriage ceremony a tumultuous crowd entered St. Mildred's Church and stripped it of its decorations, the police remaining inactive.