ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2040, 1 May 1890, Page 3

ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Auckland, April 28. 5 The s.s. Mariposa, from dan Francisco arrived shortly after three o’clock. Passengers for New Zealand—Messrs Wilfred Taylor, J .R. Burns, C. W. Sheridan and wife, G. S. Cotterill, and eleven steerage. BRITISH. London, April 8 • Mr Gladstone attended the baptism of his grandchild in Weslimnister Abbey on April Bth. On his way to London he was presented with an address at Weybridge and in acknowledgement spoke for a few minutes on political questioner He denounced the Government for perfidious practices and declared they ware raere’/y usupers and intruders, who dared not submit their c'aims to represent the majority of the electors to the teat of a general election, though they would be forced to do so soon. Le Caron, The Times’ witness before the Parnell Commission, is living in retirement in London suburbs. The Freeman’s Journal asserts he is to be given employment in Australia. During some races on March 2nd, in Cornwall, a portion of the grand stand, 30ft long, collapsed, precipitating 200 persons to the ground, and many were injured, some fatally. A curious scene occurred on the Strand on April Ist. Viscount Hinton, who made himself notorious by playing the clown in pantomines, and bus also undergone imprisonment for robbery, was grinding a hand organ, accompanied by his wife, when a gentleman endeavoured to persuade him to desist, offering him a clerkship ia the Stock Exchange. The offer was loudly declined in the presence of 500 people Lord Hintco, who is heir to the E..rl of Poulelt, swore he would never alter , the course of bis life till the earl died. During this exhibition Lady Hiinlou passed round the hot to collet coppers. J. H. Gadall, County Treasurer of Dublin was robbed and murdered on the road between Ids county seat and his home on April Ist. There is no due to the criminals. The London police made a demand on April sth for shorter hours and an increase of pay. The demand was accompanied by a threat of a general strike unless both requirements were agreed to. The fog signal at the famous 801 l Rocks Lighthouse, off the East coast of Scotland exploded on the night of April 6lb. The dome was shattered by the explosion, and the light extinguished for the first time since the house was bui tin 1811. After the explosion a passing steamer bad a narrsw escape from being wrecked, owing to the lights being out. On opening an ancient tomb, on March 15th, io the south ward of Canterbury Cathedral, the remains of Cardinal Haughon, who died 1218, were found undisturbed In a atone coffin. Not only were the features distinguishable, but a beautiful and unque collection of Episcopal vestments, with ring, staff, mitre, chalice, and paten were obtained. The articles have been placed among the treasures of the Cathedral Library.

THE ROYAL FAMILY. The Prince of Wales arrive'! at Berlin on March 21, and was met by the Emperor and Empress Frederick and a collection of notables. Tbs English National Anthem was played by the baud. The Emperor was attired in the uniform of a General of the British Dragoons; the Prince of Wales wore that ot a German General, Th® crowd along the route warmly cheered the Emperor and Prince. At a banquet at the Schloas the same evening the Emperor toasted the Prince of Wales, expressing his thanks fit being made an Admira 1 by the Qaeen, and drank to the continqance of friendly relatiops between Great Britain and Germany. The Prince replied that he had telegraphed to the Queen that a brilliant reception had been accorded him, Herr Caprivi, Von Mo'tke, Count Walderi see and the Empress were present.

4 New York paper on March 31 gives a report, “on the highest authoritythat the Queen is seriously considering the step of abdicating the throne. The recent reception of the Prince of Wales by the German Emperor has h»d a great effect on the aged monarch, who is convinced that her son ought to have a chance to play the leading role in England during the rest of hpr life, «?hich certainly will be short. The Queen’s bodily infirmities are increasing, She is becoming so bulky that her breathing must be assisted by massage. One strong objection Her Majesty has to abdicating is, the contingency of being culled ex-Queec ; she wishes to assume the title of Queen-Begent for the real of her life. A special Bill will be introduced in Parliament, it is said, when she is willing to resign the throve, and the Prince of Wales will be crowned Kicg of England' and Emperor of India, The Queen will confer with the Emperor Williatn at Darmstadt, before leaving for England. On March 24 Queen Victoria began at Aix le Bains the usual treatment for rhett-

naatics. She is taking baths regularly, and spends an hour every day swathed in flannei bandages, with a towel tied around her head. From her bedroom window the Imperial invalid looks out on one of the finest views in Europe. The rooms are in the second story of the hotel, eight hundred feel above saa level. The air and baths at Aix-le-Baina have always b.enefitted Qu sen Victoria, but she is suffering at present from the most obstinate attacks of rheumatics she his ever experienced.

FEARFUL CYCLONE. Louisville, the capital city bf Jefferson County, and the chief oily of Kentucky, with an area of thirteen square miles, aud a water front of eight miles on the Ohio, was visited by a terrific cyclone on March .27, and the entire western portion of the city was razed. The portion destroyed was devoted partly to business houses, and in part to residences. In West Louisville not a business house was left standing, and but one dwelling could be seen after the passing of the storm. The estimated properly losses are about one million, and the loss of life may be priced at one hundred. The storm was predicted by the signal Service officer, but no attention was paid to his warning ; and if there had been it would have availed nothing. The cloud that did the mischief looked like a black double funnel, the middle being the narrowest part. Its course was a peculiar one, It did not move in a direct line, mowing down a path before it, but we »t in zigzag fashion, so that it is almost impossible to measure the exact track it traversed. Its roar could be heard long before it siruck the city. The papers are full of descriptions of the horrors ,:of the scene, uud surprise is expressed that the lose of life is so small, considering the terrible force of the wind and the irrest'ble manner io which it carried everything before it. Brick buildings crumbled into heaps when the cyclone struck them, and iron roofing, rolled like I sheets of paper, flew oti like that flimsy 1 substance into the darkness of (ha night. One of the most harrowing incidents of the storm was the killing of the Rev. E, S, Barowall, of St. John’s Church, and his young son Dudley. The church edifice was shattered throughout; there was nothing but a mass of bricks and splintered baams. The rectory was next to if, and here Mr Burnwall met his death while reading with his family. His body was braised and mangled beyond recognition. A terrible storm was in progress in the Cleveland section of the State of Ohio on April 8. It broke over Norwalk, the county seat of Huron, and levelled several buildings to the ground, killing several people. A furious gale also prevailed in Wyoming. Bedloe’s Island, on which the great 1 statue of Liberty, by Bartholdi, was recently erected, is slowly sinking into the waters of New York Bay, undoubtedly caused by the immense weight of the stone pedestal on which the statue stands. An English syndicate has purchased i paper mills in America, which can turn oat 130 tons per day, Price 9,000,000 .dollars, A strong movement is being made by the Chinese of New York to obtain the priviege of American naturalisation for themselves and their fellow-countrymen all over the United Slates, The strike of the labour bodies of New England, for nine hours as a day’s labour, fixed for April 1, took place, but the success met with was not as encouraging as had been anticipated. St Joseph’s Convent, Milwaukee, was totally destroyed by fire on the evening of March 31, entailing the loss of the liven of one of the sisters and the Lieutenant of the Fire Department, the mortal injury of a novice and a fireman, and a loss' of s@,ooodols. A large sugar refinery on I lie corner of Beeche and Tayior streets, Chicago, was shattered on March 29, by the explosion of a boiler. The flames caused by this reached the starch department, where a second explosion followed. Five workmen were killed by Ibis accident and twentyfive injured.