ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1587, 28 May 1887, Page 3

ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

AuctUiWD, May 28. The 8.M.8. Mariposa with the Ban Iraqeiieo' Qiiir arrived it Auckland this afiernodn/ Sheleft 'Friscoon May 6. She bririfce '-'in' saloon and nine steerage paiflengen ferlfiw Zetland. The following it ashmmiryofth# intelli|#nee brought by V/, fhi> . * • (Datct to. May.. 5.) Brinirns just published show that thne far thireinlts of eubsidieing German steamers, especially to the Mediterranean and Australia, area failure. Extensive pension frauds have been unearthed at London. Numbers of olSeora who tqtiiedjn 1814 and 1820, and of ladies who had peniiohs gvantad to them 60 or 80 ysara ago,'art on the liat. Bi'Morgan, an American banker, has given Huy’s Hospital, London, £IO,OOO. Belt* Deßothschild, only danghtor of the late Baron Solomon of Paris, is about to be wed to Captain Tan Swosier, a young officer in tbe Belgian army, much to the indignation of-her family, The lady has a dot of £8,000,000. Bnmors were current in Liverpool on May find of important arrests about to be made of certain dynamiters having dealings with Americans. , The Chinese Government have settled the enrreney question by making a contract with the Birmingham coinage contractors. Tha snit of St» John Brsnow, against Wm. Bidgsway, the publisher, for libel, sccnaing him with being a Fanian imd a former ally of Invincible*, was tried in L° D don on May Srd. She jury returned » verdict for plaintiff, awardjng £JSOD damages. The pharge was in a publication called f, Tfce Black Tamphlet. ' The American showman, W. F. Oody, called "Bhffslb BUI, is now in London with what he names a u Wild West Show 11 * and is receiving extraordinary attention from distinguished men, including Mr Gladetone, OoloneV Hughes Hallett, and other*, The London preacher, Mr Parker, will not. S to Brooklyn In Jane to oondnot services memory of the let# .Rev, Henry Ward BsMhsr, Ha fpan affsots of thf hm|,

> An Effort to create sympathy for the i Socialists lately sentenced in London to six ; months’ imprisonment have failed. , Hounslow gunpowc? ar mills, at Hounslow Heath, were destroyed by an explosion on May Brdi It occurred in the milling room. One man was killed and there was much damage to property in tha vicinity, Mr Gladstone's letter, written on May 3rd, exensing his non-attendance at an antivaccination meeting in London, said he was engaged in oppoiing compulsory inoculation of the whole British nation with the Coercion Bill. Georgs Perkins, the English scalier, started for Australia on April 30th. The Mark Lane Express, of April SOtb, says, that indications point to a late and poor wheat crop in England.^ News was received in London on April 17th, that the steamer Finland, from Table Bay for Mauritius, had foundered. All mail matter and everybody on board were saved. Matson, Medill and Co., cornflour and seed factors, of London have failed, with liabilities £IOO,OOO. The Duke of Portsmouth’* residence of Robatland, his seat in Ayrshire, was destroyed by fire on Apu. 28th. [Cardinal Manning, in a special article published in the Tablet, reeognisee the right of Labor Unions, and asserts it is simply ths Church's office to protect their labor, which has built up the human commonwealth. Customs officers throughout Great Britain and Ireland have received stringent orders to searoi all vessels arriving from America and China and the East, the Government having been warned that expletives have been sent from Ban Francisco to ports in the East to be transhipped to England. The British bolted cruiser, Orlando, over ths measured matins mile, made a speed at the rate of nineteen knots an hour. A new "plunger” named Benson has made hie appearance in the English racing world. He embarks in business with a fortune of £600,000. Benson laid £I4OO to £BO twice on The Hndgarian when the latter vaa beaten at Sandown.

A sharp earthquake was experienced on April 20th, in the Island of Jersey. The tremor passed from west te east, but caused no damage. On April 22nd a free fight occurred at a meeting of the Ladies’ Liberal Association, Kensington, in which the furniture of the ball was smashed and the pieces used as weapons. Many persona were injured, including two members of the House of Commons. The ladies present, among whom was Mrs Ashton Dilke, made their way to a side hall whence they witnessed the row. The Lord Major of Dublin called a meat log on April 21st, for the purpose of taking steps towards the erection of a national memoriol to Mr Gladstone. It was reported on April 23rd that Lord Lansdowne’s agent had settled matters with the tenants. The settlement was afterwards repudiated by Lord Lansdowna, and this (act hastened O’Brien’s departure for Canada. Lord Dufferin, replying to a petition on May Ist from his tenants for a reduction of rants, promised to consider the petition favorably if they experienced another bad season. Sir John McDonald, Premier of Canada, will be raised to the Peerage on Jnne 21it. He will then retire from Provincial polities and take his seat in the House of Lords. An iea gorge placed a good part of the oity of Montreal under water on April 23rd, and did considerable mischief. The agitation of the American Silver Bing for the double standard has failed in Germany which has decided to keep the gold standard nnless England accepts the double one. The Germans are training mastiffs to hunt French outposts in case of war, and also falcons and other birds of prey to ohase carrier pigeoas. The remains of the composer Bossini wers disinterred atP&re la Chaise on May Ist, in the presence of the Italian Embassy and a throng of the dead maestro’s admirers. There were several orations delivered, and a procession formed to follow the body from the cemetery, the band of the Republican Guard playing selections from tbs composer’s operas. The remains were taken to Elorenc e on May 2nd,

AMERICAN SUMMARY The ’Frisco merchants ars aroused by Canada’s efforts to control the mail routes and trade of the Pacific ocean. John D. Sprsokles, principal owner in the Oeeanic Steamship line, leaves for New Zealand on matters connected with the oon> tinuanoe of the mail contract. The Queen of Hawaii has been well entertained at Washington. Soma officials, however, refused to meet her on aooonut of her color. The coal mine of Vancouver 00., at Nanaino, 8.0., caught fire after an exploeion on May 3rd, with 150 men in the deeps. The damage to property is estimated at 600,000 dollars. All lives are supposed to be lost. Volcanic eruptions and earthquakes took place in New Mexico and Arizona on May , 4tb. Lava and smoke can be seen from the streets of Benson, 20 miles distant, pouring from the Whitestone Mountain, part of which had fallen in. Tbe effects of the disturbance were felt in Benson, Tuokson, Arisons, Albuquerque (N.M.), and Paso, Texas. A main* disaster at Banee, near andfree Creek, Southern California, on April 15, has strewn the beach for miles with all kinds of dead fish, including whales, sharks, sea turtles, etc. A whale forty-fire feet in length was oast np. Bk. Olariville, Ohio, was visited by a tremendous cyclone on April 16tb, wrecking nearly every building in the city. Many person* were severely injured, but no deaths are reported* MEETING OF UNIONISTS. A mass misting of Unionists was held at Ft. James’* Hall, London, on May Srd. Admission was by ticket only, and Home Rnlsre were excluded, Mr Ashmead-Bart-lolt, who presided, announced the determination of Conservatives to maintain the Union et any cost, and denounced Parnellitea ae the recipient* of blood-marked subsidise. Major Sanderson, speaking on a resolution affirming tbe necessity of a definite public denial by the farnellitei of the charge that they associated with murderers, said he hoped Meesrs Laboucherc and Oonybeare, when the Crimes Bill was passed, would carry out their threat to go to Ireland and preach sedition. They wquld then bqye to perform th* only useful work' of their lives - breaking etonee and picking oaknm. Mr bexton, he added, had threatened to thraeh him. Mr Sexton knew his address. He (the epeaker) would be happy to receive him, and would give him a warm reception, The resolution was carried qotbqeiastipl^y. JND|A AND EGVPI. A dispatch from Bombay, April 25th, says the Ghilasi* hare d*fiated tbe Ameer’s troops at Baboo Castle, near Ehelat, and killed IQO of them. A despatch from Souakim, May- 2nd, reports that Hadendowa Arabs, assisted by other friendly Arabs, have driven tbe Soudanese rebels from Kassala, and have captured Osman Digna and Abu Oirou. Trades i arriving at Lahore (British India) from Herat (Afghanistan) report that the Russian) have reached the pillars erected by the Boundary Commission, and are advanmgji their posta

GAMBLING SYNDICATE. A colossal system of robbery by means of prepared packs of cards has been discovered at the Oasuo, Monte Carlo, on April 20th, The proprietors of the tables havs lost largely ; some accounts say to the tune of £40,000 in two months. Other speak of the affair as a serious commercial syndicate formed to fight the tables on a system, Olerks and markers were employed to mechanically play all day long at the three roulette tables, exactly as described, and they astonished the " administration" by their iucchi. Reports from Monte Carlo say some visitors have been in excellent luck lately, and Urge winnings are reported. An English couple, the husband being a lord, left on April 28th with a profit of £IO,OOO They had played for amusement. The croupiers implicated in the awindle mentioned above were arrested on May 6th and tried. One, who deals the cards, was sentenced to eighteen mouths, and ths other severely reprimanded. O’BRIEN'S MISSION. Before sailing from Queenstown in the Umbria on May let for Amerioi, Mr Wm. O’Brien, editor of the Dublin Irishman, said '• I will apeak in tha four principal Canadian cities—Montreal, Quebec, Ottawa, and Toronto. 1 have no informa ion as to the intention of the Canadian Government. The Canadians would not tolerate an attempt to refuse ms fair play in pleading our people’s cause. A warrant of arrest from Lord Lansdowne will be a more crushing condemnation than any I could pass upon him. Lord Lansdowne was selected as one of the landlords for carrying out the first eviction under the plan of campaign because he was supposed to be beyond the range of Irish public opinion, I propose to show that even at so great a distance no man is now exempt from responsibility for the cruel suffering inflicted upon his poor tenants.” Wilbride, who was evicted at Luggaourue, accompanies O’Brien as a " frightful example.”