SAN FRANCISCO MAIL ITEMS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1367, 1 May 1883, Page 2

SAN FRANCISCO MAIL ITEMS.

Victor Gully, notorious as hiving been charged with poisoning Mr Bravo, a barrister, ia April, 1876, died on A.pril:3.v;-: ; Lord Randolph ifcphill's.-letter .'.'■■ advocating the ; claims .#' Lord Salia- : bury to thei 'solo; leadershipiof 'tho'■: i Tories, hascreated. thejatopngestiadigr f nation among;members''of pariy,; ': , Mr Herbert Spencer's, health caused his friends some anxiety, vlt has been ; impaired apparently:,by his American journey. Since his return to England he has been unable to perform •; bis usual quantity of work, and hedeolines all invitations. Alma Tadema,, the artist, has been compelled to; London for; Mentone on account of ill health J: J Richard Musgrove, a merchant and bill broker'of : ;filed' April . 7, with liabilities Two of., the English Judges will accompany Lord Chief Justice Coleridge on. the latter's forthcoming visit to America. . .vi ; :: -. ;;/■''•; r The United States' Lowell, attended the banquet of the Corporation of Civil Engineers at Ken-' singtononthe Bth of April; and, in the course of bis after-dinner remarks, be said:" And though ;■ I may hot venture to allude to. .certain topics, I can say that no American, any more than an Englishman,;; believes that assassination is v war,.ori that dynamite is the raw material of policy." (Cheers.) _Mr Alfred Giles,/Q.C.,!, a Conservative, was elected to-Parliament from ■ Southampton, on April. 6 without, opposition, in the place of, Mr Charles Parker Butt,, who hasieen raised to the. Bench. : -.' :.' The Northampton Stakes, run April 4th, was won by Mr J. Hanbury's: Glen Luce, Mr P. H. Cover's Son of York second, and Mr Lefevre's The Gilder, third. Six started. : ' ; Michael Davitt has written a vigorous letter on " Dynamite Policy." Hisays it can only have the effect jof 'exasperating the English democracy.'"' 'lt would be.iar better to wait another 20 years than to play into the hands of Ireland's enemies by giving rein todispair and revenge." . A despatch from Rome, of April 4, says the story of a triple defensive alliance between Germany, Austria, and Italy against Prance, is made the occasion by the Italian Press of many offensive anti-Gallic articles. The Liberta.and Le Journal do Rome are • particularly bitter. The latter says that from the Baltic to Sicily'the French Republic has none but enemies, who are ready to attack her if she moves a finger. There is a military disagreement in France betweeu. Generals Thibaudin and Galliffet. The latter is deemed unfit to direct cavalry manoeuvres, though Government wish him to do so. M. Rochefort in the Intranseigeant says the nation relies on the firmness an i i.iyalty of Thibaudin to t save the Republic from the. misfortune of falling into the hands of the Royalists.. ■ General Milne arrived in Paris on April 4th for.thp purpose, it is said, of directing frem that point, the Irish revolutionary movement in the name of a Committee. '

Simon Phillipart, a famous speculator, was arrested in Paris, on 4th April, upon representations made by the Belgian Public Prosecutor. The charge made against him is that he falsified accounts at his bank. Madame Charlenton was murdered by her husband in Paris on April 5. The family" had become .notoiioiis through the recent sensation at a seduction trial. The husband gave, as a reason for the act, that he was tired of seeing his wife's name in print. : ' The powder depot ac Passo Carose, in Italy, exploded on April sth, killing 40 persons and injuring many more. The explosion was caused, by a workman carelessly throwing a match near some 2cwt of gunpowder. Baron Wertheim, the wealthiest manufacturer in Austria, died in Vienna. On the afternoon of April 4th the National Theatre, in Berlin, was burned to the ground. No loss of life occurred. The destruction of the theatre is oom> plete, and includes the wardrobes, properties, and scenery. Edwin Booth, the American actor, met with a great success in Vienna, especially as "Othello," although he was not satisfactory to the critics. Germany and Spain have come to a final agreement in regard to the conclusion of the.Treaty of Commerce, Each has made concessions. The Bishop of Bohemia is alarmed at the spread of Spiritualism, and has declared anyone professing a belief in it guilty of heresy. The , persistence of the Danes in Schleswig, in opposition of the demands of Prussia, that they are to serve in the army, is as strong as evoiv,. Thirty of them have just been the country for refusing their names to such service.