ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2397, 10 September 1892, Page 3

ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Aucxlakp, Sept. 8

Arrived—Mariposa, mail steamer, from San Francisco, at 3 p.m. She left on August 18th, the passage being uneventful, making the voyage in 18 days 22 4 minutes. The Mariposa was medically inspected by the health officer, and the mails were fumigated. Passengers for Auckland—Saloon (from San Francisco) Messrs W. S. Budge and Broods. From Apia; Messrs Kitchener, Fassett, Ashwin Hadfield, and B in the steerage. For Sydney, in transit, 85 saloon and 23 steerage. Among the passengers are the Countess of Jersey, Lady Margaret Yilliers and suite. Mr S. S. Budge brings from California by the Mariposa a thorough trotting stallion from Haggin’s stable, California. GENERAL SUMMARY. Extremely hot weather prevailed throughout Europe on (August 17th and 18th, the thermometer in some places reaching 107 degrees. It is reported that during his stay in London Mr Andrew Carnegie, owner of the iron works at Homestead, Pa., where the recent strike occurred, applied for and received special police protection. The formal investiture of the Roman Catholic Archbishop Vaughan at Westminster took place in the cathedral on August Ist. Tho Pallium used in the ceremony was brought to London from Rome about a week before. This is the first investiture of tho kind that has taken place in London since Cardinal Pole was invested in tho reign of Queen Mary. After a lapse of five years the procession in honour of Lady Godiva was revived at Coventry on August 2nd. Godiva was represented by Miss Alice Sinclair, from the Royal Aquarium, London, in the scantiest of garbs. The route was thronged with spectators. A 24 hours’ bicycle race opened at Herne Hill grounds, London, at 8 o’clock

on July22nd. At the conclusion of 24 hours F. W. Shortliind had ridden 243 miles and 160 yards, beating the record by 1 hour 58 minutes. 1 He beat the best previous bicycling record for 24 hours by 54 miles. The Anarchists held a largo meeting in Whitechapel, London, on July 30th, at which the Homestead (Pa), troubles were discussed. One of the leaders argued that an international Anarchist strike must be brought about to begin a social revolution. A coroner’s inquest was held on August sth. in Liverpool, to determine the circumstances and cause of death of John Black a wealthy cattle dealer from Fergus, Ontario, Canada. The verdict was suicide. Black was found dead in a bath at his hotel with his throat cut. A table knife lay beside the body. He had become demented from la grippe. The petition of Louis j Bounaparte, to decare null the marriage contract entered into by him in the Isle of Man, on the ground that the respondent, Mrs Elegone, had a husband living at the time of her marriage to him, was granted. A monster amnesty meeting was held in Phoenix Park, Dublin, on the 14th. Mr Pierce Mahony (Parnellite), who presided, in his speech demanded the release of all political prisoners, even supposing them to be guilty. Mr Redmond and others who addressed the meeting declared that Mr Gladstone’s replies to questions on the subject were unsatisfactory, and reminded his hearers of Sir W. id. Haroourt’s opposition to the amnesty. The Duke of Beaufort, according to a London despatch of August 10, has startled the London social world by declaring that Connie Gilchrist, the variety actress who recently married tuo Earl of Orkney, is his natural daughter. Strange as it may appear, the Countess of Orkney’s social position has been improved by this declaration. Mrs Rose, one of the first women in the United States to speak in favour of tire abolition of slavery, was hurried in Highgate Cemetery, Loudon, on August 8. In the States she was associated with Lucretia Monks, Abbey, Kelly, John G. Whittier, and Wendell Phillips, in the anti-slavery agitation. Several times during her abolition career she narrowly escaped being tarred and feathered. She was S 3 years of ago. A severe storm followed the earthquake in Wales and all over England on the night of August 18. Torrents of rain fell amid terrific thunder and lightning.

The House of Lords has confirmed the permission given to Lord Ailcsbury to sell his ancestral seat, Savernake, to Lord Treagh, formerly of Guinness’s brewery. The estate is worth £050,000. When this is obtained Lord Ailesbury’s creditors hope that he will settle some of his debts.