ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL

Temuka Leader, Issue 1637, 22 September 1887, Page 3

ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL

The 8.M.8. Zealandia arrived at Auckland on Saturday morning. Passengers for New Zealand :—Sir W. Fitzberbert, Mill Pilsnerberr, Messrs Miggs and Dewing. A German offioer alto arrived from Samoa, and it it understood that he has despatches from the German Government.' Mr David Brine, of the Melbourne Age, and Mrs and Mill 3/me are through passengers. GENERAL SUMMARY. Lohbok, August 30. Government bai decided to subsidise the Oanadian.Pacifie route for the transportation of British trans-Paoifio mails, ft. Lord Lyons proposes to resign the Paris embassay within a few weeks. Sir Edward Malet, now »t Berlin, will aucoeod him. The Queen left for Balmoral on August 22nd to be there on the 26th, the anniversary of the Prince Consort's birthday. The move is under the present circumstances a troublesome one for the Cabinet. An open-sir meeting was held at Westminster on the evening of August 24 for the purpose of denouncing the Government's aotion in proclaiming the Irish National Leagud Sir Vernon Haroourt addressed the meeting, a ,d after dealing severely with Mr Chamberlain and his colleagues as to their relation to the ooereion movoment, olosed with a referenoe to Lord Hartington. He regretted to hear, he said, that Lord Har* fcington's absorption by the Tory party bad already been arranged for, but hoped he would be warned in time by the sad fate of Mr Gasohen. John Pal grave Simpson, an eminent author and play writer, died in London on August 29 th. Thunderstorms were general throughout England on August 2fth. In London the storm was of great severity, thunder pealing and lightning fishing constantly, for two hours. The Metropolitan road was flooded and the traffic interrupted. Ihe Friaoe of Wales has made a tour of the Continent. IRISH AFFAIRS. Mrs MaoNamara, one of tho tenants evicted at Bodyke, has gone tnad from suffering from a fright she experienced at the hands of o*Oallagban's agents. Eviotions were being oontinued with vigor on Aug. 12 on Mitohellstown estate. Several shopkeepers in the town who had been put out made tiost determined efforts to barricade their places of business. At Limerick on Aug. 17th, three persons were senteaeed under the Crimes Aot, two of them to six months and one to four months' imprison* ment for resisting the sheriff. United Ireland urges landlords to aooept Home Bule as inevitable. A riot occurred at Kenmare, County Kerry, on Aug. 19. The mob attacked and stoned the barracks, where the poiioe were quartered. The poiioe charged with daswn swords upon the rioters, inuring many of them, and ar resting quite a number. A great meeting to protest against the proclamation of the Land League was held in Dublin on the 23rd Auguit, presided ovar by P/ofeisor Galbraith, a Protests. I was one of the lsrgeit demonstration*, not excepting the famous D. O'Ooanell Steele gathering at Clontarf, ever held in Ireland. A delegation of Eogliih members of tho House ef Commons consisted of Mr J»oob Bright (Manchester), Mr B. B. Haldane (Haddington), Mr J. E Ellis (Nottinjhvn), Mr Ohas. Fenwick (Northumberland), Mr Angus Sutherland (Butherhnd). This deputation is said to be only an earnest of what the Liberal English members are prepared to do if the Ooereion Aot is going to b>i worked with vigor, Members are going to Ireland later on to address meefcirgi, to be present at eviotions, and sit as lookers-on in courts where the coercion magistrates will exeroise summary jurisdiction. At a meeting on the 23rd Irish members of Parliament advised the tenants to double (heir d 'mands. The Liughrea and Arm*t,h hrtnohes of the Na'ional League met and resolved to continue the work notwithstanding tho proolama tion of the L'ague.