ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2063, 24 June 1890, Page 3

ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

[Per Z al mdia at Auckland]. GENERAL SUMMARY. A stone was thrown into the courtyard of Marlborough House on Saturday, May 24, wrapped in a paper bearing the words " Give us bread if you would reign,” and signed “ r l houeands of Strong Englishmen.” The Government proclamation forbidding the Tipperary meeting was again defied on May 27. Mr Dillon and Mr O’Brien held a meeting just outvde the town of Cashel and spoke to immense crowds. The gatherings were several times interrupted, but were resumed with determined persistence. Bodies of police charged with their batons, but finally, the policemen’s efforts proving unavailing, troops of hussars were called on to charge. The affair then assumed the proportions of a riot. Many were injured by the police and soldiers and some of the latter were also hurt. Mr Gladstone predicts an early general election. In the course of a speech made at Hawarden on May 27th he denounced the Bill providing for compensation to the publicans who were deprived of their licenses. The whole control of the license system, he said, ought to be vested in the local bodies. It would add £300,000 to the National Debt to purchase the publicans’ licenses.

In reply to a delegation concerning the eight hours jueallon which waited on him on May 21st, the Marquis of Salisbury declared the limitation of a day’s work to eight hours as impossible. The system meant ruin to small concerns. Time and wages should be regulated in accordance with the capacity of capital. He was opposed to anything like compulsory measures.

It is rumored th >t tho Queen wanted to make her daughter Beatrice Duchess of Sussex, but the Marquis of Salisbury declared that he would resign if such a step were taken. The Erg ish people, hr said, regirded the peerage »s no longer a mere appendage of the Crown but a rank created by the British Constitution only to bo conferred as a mark of Royal f ivor io the most exceptional cases.

A successful experiment with electriciiy for tunning hides was made at Bermondsey, London, on May 14th. The time required for the process is five days. There are many coi fl'ctiug stoiies as to Mr Purnell's defence ia the divorce case. One prevalent report is that he will not defend the case, and that (he upshot of the affair will be that he will marry Mrs O’Shea,

It was bruited in political circles on May 10th that Mr Gladstone would probably sacrifice his own hopes of retnroii g to power by joining the Marquis r.f Salisbury in an effort to make a Land Puichase Rill that will be acceptable to Ireland and secure tor it the support of the Liberal party.

A Urge aerolite of itregular shape fall in Dr. Gough Guppies' front yard. Antonio, Tex»s, on the night of May 26th. The ball, which was seeo by several peop'e, was like a sphere of fire and made a terrifio noise. In color it was white «ith a b'uish tinge. The entire composition ia streaked with veins and spots if verm Ihon rod, and is hard, round, and of an unknown sub* stance. Ihe curiosity was visited by bundieis of peop'e, the address of Newfoundlanders to the Queen, protesting against British grants to tne French of the Island fisheries, was nceived in London on. May 26th. In language the document is the strongest sent to a British sovereign since that of the original Arner can colonies. It declares that the modus vivendi means ruin and starvation to 200,000 British subjects, ai.d that the Home Government lias no legal tight to make such grants. It calls 'on the Quem te revoke the &c‘s of her unpatriotic advisers, and says this colony will be satisfied with nothing short of the final removal of every French lob*ter factory from the shores of Newfoundland ■ “ and all the means in our power will be ' used to that end. In our opinion the time has arrived wheu Bubtfliss'Qn lo auch glaring injustice is no longer possible. Ibis colony must use all the menus in its power to frustrate the designs of its despoilers. We believe we haye right and justice on our side, and such steps is we may have lo take have been forced on us by foreign aggression and jjy the supine acquiescence therein of your Majesty’s Jmpetiui

H. M. STANLEY. Mr (Stanjisy is engaged to be purried to Miss Dorothy Tennent in luly next. The engagement was made previous to his last departure for Africa, &he is the lady who posed for Sir John Millais when he painted his famous picture “ Yes or No.” After his marriage, according to report, Mr Stanley will be appointed GovernorGeneral of the Congo Frpe State joy King Leopold, |o rqle over ap arpa of 1,056)000 square miles. The bit of romance in connection with Mr Stanley's marriage ia that years ago Miss Tennent refused him beQaqge he dyed his hair. When the Baropess surdett Cputts welcomed Mr Sian|ey at hep (dpop op hig return from Africa she told him that Miss Tennent was willing 4 .0 mairy him if ths old affection existed. Mr Stanley acted promptly on the information. Just now, according lo a London despatch of May 21st, Mr .Stanley is full of the idea of transporting the negroes from Soul!) America to Central Africa. T|ie prepige site flxed upon is the Upper pongo forest country, 25,0Q0 square miles in extent, which Mr Stanley estimate!} wou|d proy|cje fqp eapji of the negroes of the popjth something like a quarter of a mile of land for his inheiuance. The Marquis of Salisbury has administered i rebuke to Mr Stanley for meddling in matters of British State policy which do

not cone rn him. A despatch of May 23 r d says that the explorer’s overbearing manner and assumption of superiority have provoked enmity towards him in English quarters where it was most desirable that he should be regarded with favor. His attempt to introduce African manners into English society, while endeavoring to direct English enterprise into Africa, has proved a most lamentable failure.

FIRE IN A LUNATIC ASYLUM,

The Longue Point Insane Asy ! um, near Montreal, caught fire at about 10.40 o’clock on the morning of May 6ih, and at 2 o’clock the same afternoon was reduced to ruioH. A detachment of the fire brigades from Montreal did good service, but all to no purpose. The fire originated in the middle wing of the structure, and terrible scenes followed its discovery. It is said that fully 220 patients perished in the farms, with seven of the nuns who were in attendance on the insane. No power on earth could have ohecked the fire. At the windows were the maniacs peering through the bars, grinning and jabbering, until, enveloped by the flames, they were compelled to release their hold, and dropped back to meet an awful death. The grounds presented a scene never to be forgotten. Upon the wet grass, huddled together under the cover of blankets or wandering through the grounds with faces untouched by the horror of the time, were those of the unfortunates who had been taken from the burning building. Some lay down with old qui'ts for pillows, or hummed airs which breathed a spirit of happiness. More than a thousand helpless creatures were gathered together within the enclosures, guarded by only one man. A young girl in the midst of the drizz'ing raiu sat at a piano in the grounds and ployed sweet music while Ihe flames roared above her. The buildings cost one million dollars, and ware insured for 300,000d015.