ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1755, 26 June 1888, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

The Alameda arrived at Auckland on .Saturday from San Francisco. The following is a summary of the intelligence broughr by.her, the European dates being to June 2nd : GENERAL SUMMARY. '

The first credit of, £2,600,000 for national defences will ,be followed by others.

Lor<i James Douglas, brother of the Mirquis of Queensbury, was sent to prison on May Slsfc by the Hon. Sir J.. Ohitty, for sending indecent cards and notes to Mabel Scott, a ward in Chancery. The agitation io Wales against tithes is increasing. The military were compelled lo disperse a ,orowd at Denbigh on June Ist.

An official, report to Parliament on June Ist 6hows that nine "of the largest ironclads are still without orduance, and some have retrained so for three years. A secret investigation will be held into the circunistances. Mr Morgan, owner of the, recently dis-covered-Welsh gold mines, states that the auriferous area is 40 miles in length by two miles in breadth. Some of ths output of his irnmediata property is said to have containod from 500 to 1000 o2s of gold to the ton. ■ The metal nsjays are almost chemically pure. There have also been rich gold discoveries on Ibn estates of Lord Newborough and Sir Watkin Williams. Wynn, in North Wales. On May. 23rd the Liberals elected Mr Evans,' their candidates Parliament;, oyer Mr Guest for Southampton, and'gained a strong Conservative borough. Dr O'Callaghan, Roman Catholic Bishop of Newca6tlfl, has resigned. Canon Wilkinson succeeds him. Rows won the mile bicycle championship at Birmingham, oh May 23rd, in 2mins. 45secs. Temple won the mile handicap in 2mins 44sec«. Matthew Arnold's will, dated July, 1883, consists of a single clause leaving everything to his wife. The estate is valued at about £IO,OOO. : The provisions of Lord Salisbury's Bill for the reform of the House of Lords would practically make that body a permanent senate for life. The peers ultimately to be nominated are to be life Pefirn. riiey shill not exceed hereditary Peers in their number, and their qualifications must be judged by the sovereign. The entire nation rvould also take hand in criticising candidates for the Peerage.

Paul Zenhler, son of the great actor, was killed in Paris on May 31st, while fencing with his brother-in-law. The foil entered th« brain through the eye, killing him instantly. Six women employees were buifrjerj to death in a fire amongst the draper^s'tores of Edgeware Road, London, on'Mjiy 31st. The new trains of the Gieat Northern Railway will cover the distance between London and Edinburgh in hours,, and between London and Glasgow in ;nihe.; The first edition of Ignatius Donnelly'** " Great Orytogram," a book on th« Baconian theory regarding the authorship of Shakespeare, is not selling in London. The bcok is much criticised, but nobudy buys it. Mr Donnelly lectured before the Oxford students on May 31si.

A committee of Frenchmen has been formed under the title of :i Le Union Mediterranean to prevent tho conversion of the Mediterranean sea into an Engliah lake. It in sjxpected to organise a league of Prance, Spain and Italy to use their combined strength to combat Eng'and and Germany acquiring control. The war scare in Great Britain continues.

News reached London from. Berlin on the night of June 2nd of an extraordinary and unexpected event—a Ministerinl crisis). —which would hare been impossible at the time of the Emperor William. The Emperor Frederick finally refused to sign or alloytf'to be published a Bill prolonging the duration of the Prussian Diet. Prince Bismarck, on behalf of the Ministers for the Kingdom of Prussia, thereupon' rendered their resignations. The Emperor wns excited to such a degree as to alarm Dr Mackenzie. He declined to accept the resignation at once. The excitement in Berlin over the Ministerial crisis,was tremendous.

In the case of Hugh M. Brooke, alias Maxwell, convicted of the murder of Prel.ler at St. Louis, the Suprems Court of Missouri received en May 21st the m*nrlnte of the United States Supreme Court. The Missouri court adjourned without fixing a date for the execution, aud will not convene again till July 14th. Maxwell was very much affected, when informed' ..that in a few days the State Court would dispose of his case for ever, and that there is no hope for hirr. Tne' Government of Congo State has, received advices that Dr Mongold, of Kiel, is about to start in search of Stanley, the explore r . ■■•'••

The issue of the Panama Canal loan was ordered by the Senile on May 25th in the form passed by the Chamber of Deputies. The Military 811 was also paetßad fixing the duration of service, in the army at thrue years, six and a-half in the reserve, six in thi territorial force, and- nine an.l a-half in the territorial reserve.;

A number of anarchists invaded Rochefort's editorial room on May 30th, and threatened him wi'h violence unless he retracted an article published in L'lntransigeaut. He defended himself with a revolver until the poiice arrived and drove out the assailan's.

The Papil Nunc o visited M. Goblet on June Ist and congratulated him on his reply to Herr Tisz*. The Socialist war in Germany is beine 1 carried on with great activity by memherß of the society, and corresponding 89verity on the part of the Government, A score of Socialist's' were receitly sent to prison in Hamburg and thirty hs>ve been tried in Leipaic for distributing seditious tracts.; Heavy sentences follow conviction. A plot was discovered on May 22. id to oyeituro a.jtrain ou : ,which King M'Un returned to, Be'gra'le., It was ferretted out by the Prefect of that city. GbvemMenlaDd private guo works in EYance and Germany are running night and d : iy. Tbe first railway trait? from the Caspian Sea arrived at Samurcand on May 27th, with Geueral Annekoff and. a party of Pnrieian notables on board. , The format opening of the frans-Caapian Kailway As fixed to take place oh the anniversary cif the coronation of Alexander the Thirds Tliere is a likelihood of a branch to Herat,

A report reached London on May 28th from "Egypt that Osman'Digna’s camp had been burned by incendiaries, iu order (o compel him to retreat. Two thousand .of his followers are said to have perished. A French gunboat,, according to a despatch of May 20th, hoisted a tricolor over Maitre, hitherto recognised as one of the Channel Islands. IRISH NEWS. . ■ ■ The great libel suit of O’Donnell, against the London Times is eet down for June 18tb. Many famous names are embraced on the witness list. Thedrish Bishops have not yet given their adhesion to the Papal rescript. The investigation of frauds in the Equitable Life Insurance of New York begun in Belfast, have extended to Dublin. Prominent merchants Ikve been arrested in the former city in consequence; of the disclosures. Byroe is the manager of the agency in Dublin. The Birmingham Post, Mr Chamberlain’s personal org in, published dt May 22nd this following as his Irish programme: —Extensive public works, aided by the Irish credit, worked under Irish authority ; reform of the executive; administrative, and municipal government; and the reestablishment of provisional counci's with local legislative powers. Prom various reports received in Dublin up to May 24th it is estimated that 103 fishermen were lost in the recent gales off the cost of Ireland.

Desperate rioting occurred at DungW, County Donegal, on May 24th. The police used their c'ubs at first wi bout avail, and finally charged,upon the mob with drawn swords. A number of people were injured on both'sides. j : A meeting, 2000 strong, was held at Limerick on May 29tfy at which O'Brien attacked the Bishop of that diooase for his fffotis in making practical applications of the Pope's Rescript. His views were endorsed by those present. . It is rumoured that a number of Irish priests who became prominent'advocates of the Plan of Campaign will be drafted to the colonies as missionaries, aud kept out of the reach of politic*! events for several ye&rs. It is asserted that Mr Gladstone and Lord Randolph Churchill will itteroptthe collaboration of a ned scheme for the Government of Ireland, pnd force it upon Lord Salisbury by holding ovsr his head the Unionists vote.

Mr Pyne,M.P., was released from prison in Jam last. A crowd cheerud him as he left tho gate. The Pope is preparing a Brief for transmission to Ireland explaining the Rescript.

At the celebration of the Queen's birthday in Dublin tbe_ troops were reviewed at Limerick. The 1 military were ctieered, while counter clijserß were giren outside the barracks for'Mr O'Brien and the Plan of Campaigo. " J'iSix thousand persons assembled in j Phaenix Park on May 22nd to takeacMon on the resolutions adopted" by the Irish Catholic members of Parliament with reference ;to. the recent Papal, Rescript., No -priests were present. Lord Mayor Seaton presided, and Messrs John Dillon, William O'Brien, and -other Parnellitesmade speeches. The manifesto of the Irish members was e'ridbtsed with acclamation. The crowd then dispersed ( in an orderly manner. , Mr Dillon denied that the Rescript was only a moral doctrine. He said !the Yatican would treat no other country ?in Europe in the same manner. The Irish would neither' submit nor bow to Rome. They would show they were able to discern between a spiri-, tual and a political domain. Mr O'Brien said it was heartrending that such a rescript in the name of Rome should be j thrown in the teeth of the Irish people/ A courageous, respectful, but firm, prol test was necessary.

AMERICAN SUMMARY. The race issue has led to a split in the Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., the colored members seceding and establishing a separate branch., Frank Mills, aged eighteen, a native of San Francisco, and S. Perral, 'student of Harvard College, had an •'opium contest" in his College* rooms on the night of May 24th, in which he was joined by two young freshmen. They smoked so many pipes that when found all were unconscious, and two were with difficulty recovered. Mills died of poison and exhaustion. Mr John M,, Put man, j? U.S. ConsulGeneral at the Sandwich Island, warns the TTd'eti States Government that a large number of persons afflicted with leprosy emigrate from the islands to America yearly. It has also been determined that the disease can be spread by vacoination. The experiment was tried on a condemned criminal, whose sentence of death was commuted for the purpose. Judge Wallace, of. New York, decided on May 24th in several suitw brought for infringement that Edison's electric patent had expired, and great excitement is tbe result in electric circles.

St. Paul's Cathedral, Buffalo, was destroyed by fire at a.m. on May 10th. • The fire was caused by an explosion of natural gas. The Duke of Marlborough is making a tour of the American, continent. He arrived at New York on May 6th.