FRISCO MAIL NEWS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1678, 6 May 1884, Page 2

FRISCO MAIL NEWS.

o (Reuters Telegrams—Copyright.) [By-ELECTRIC TELEGRAPn-J ' LONDON,; " April 21. A London despatch of April 10 says 'that the Dutch authorities have blockaded a portion of Acheen on the coast of Sumatra, with a view to exorcise a pressure upon the rajah of Lcnogn, to" force him to release the ciw.of the wrecked English steamer Kisero. Stetson Sons, owners of the Theatre Royal at Middlesboro, failed on April 9. The liabilities are £IOO,OOO- to '£250,000.; ; The. best footrace on record' \ns; made at the Athletic" Club, Leliie-: bridge, on April 7, by W. G, George, 'the well-known amateur,. He covered; 10 miles in 51 minutes 2Q seconds, eclipsing all records, even that-of thV famoiis;.Dberfooh, : who did 'the same distance in 51mins 21secs, ■,:,'., ; C ■■ !,•: Au attempt was madb ontho night of-Apiil Bth to'dynamito the magazine

effort George, Oifew miles from Inverness., .... TheVraaraudera escaped in boats/but -not" before a-sentry pinned one of them.witli his-bayonet. BarpajStaaivhas. been appointed Prussian Ambassador.

; A. in: London on April 2nd in house of Pardon and Hones, lovell's Court, Paternoster Row. irom thence it spread to the famous Old Dolly's-ohop house, the house of,;.Mdel, Phillips and Sons, importers of toys and fancy goods, in Newgate-street, the large book-bindery of Smith Bros, and the toy and music publishing, house of Williams, Paternoster .Row, all; of which were completely destroyed., the damage was as great as that; caused by the Wood-st, fire. The favorable direction of the wind saved Sb,PauVs Cathedral. The losses in the-Kow and vicinity are covered by jnsurance to the amount of £1,250,000. - r--

A verdict has been rendered in favor of Lady Colin Campbell in the suit against her husband for a divorce.

The differences between Davitt and Parnell are'growing moie and m.orc distinct every 'day.. they are especially at variance in their ideas regarding - tho manner tof conducting the coming election. '■<'"- A plot to .'destroy the, Mount. Joy •prison was.brought .to light on April 4- The "Invincibly" in the prison were engaged in,clandestine correspondence with .conspirators outside. Letters^efojounu 1 in James .Millet's cell ■wWchJdis'oloJed the'-whole, business, The prison warders were to be bribed witti-'.-money-'-from the O'DottovanRossa Pund to convey an infernal machino to the prison, One letter contained tin order for the murder of Patrick Dclaney, one of the Phoenix Park conspirators, by throwing him over the balcony as he should leave the prison chapel after mass, ': A revolt against Parnell is being organised by the more active of the ultra-Irish Nationalists.- The originator of the new departure is Jas, Stephens, ex head centre of the Fenian Brotherhood; who has been living very quietly in Pavis for the past few years. Stephens proposes to organise an entirely new Irish party, which will be opposed equally to the doctrines of the Parnellites and to methods of dynamiters, and hopes to secure the co-operation of the best men in both, These factions lie intends to call a Council of Irish Nationalists, to meet in Paris to formulate a platform and decide upon methods of organisation and subsequent operations, The Great Eastern steamship will bo brought to.New Orleans and fitted up as an hotel during'the World's Fair in that city. The flood in the Mississippi caused much damage on March '3lst. The town of LucaSj Louisiana, was entirely flooded, and the inhabitants nmoved to .Rodney. 'The water ceased to recede on April 6... Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinouis, Virginia, and South Carolina were visited by severe' cyclones, and whole villages were blown out of existence.

Professor Wezzeroffj in a speech, proposed to get ;: 1000 Irishmen from Ireland, bring them over here, and send 4iem back at intervals-to destroy arsenal's prisons, public works, and ships of war. At Newfoundland, the steamet Neptune got 41,000 seals, valued at 125,000d015., in twelve days.,

[per united press assooiation.J • ■'■•''•Auckland, May 5. The Zealandia arrived at 7.30 o'clock last night night. She left San Franciso on April H, and passed the city of Sydney on April 17. She left for Sydney at 1 o'clock this morning. The Southern mails were sent by special train at midnight, and the Wanaka sails at daylight for Onehunga.

GENERAL-SUMMARY Mr Gladstone's family urge him strongly to accept a peerage without delay, and retire from active duty. The Secretary of the London Corn Exchange reports or April 8j— Enormous stocks of wheat, barley, and maize in London; 454,000 quarters more wheat and 100,000 less oats than last year.

' Miss Mary Anderson, an American actress in London, has been sued for playing on Saturday evening, April sth, the day of Prince Leopolds funeral. The real author of the libel for which Yates was sentenced to gaol is Lady Stradbroke, a relative of Earl Lonsdale. There was a very stormy scene at the annual meeting of the Gurnard ..Company. No dividend was declared.

In the University boat.rn.ee, Oxford, at the last, went all to pieces. Cambridge finished nearly three lengths ahead. Time—2lmin. 29see.

. A! party; of Australians who' arrived at San Francisco by the Zcalandia on March 23,mefcvittf a serious accident on the Denver and Rio Grand'railway on April L TllS sleeping car was thrown off the track in going round a curve, Several of the injured declare their intention of;:, bringing heavy damages against, the company. Tho Wool Tariff Bill has been defeated in the Anlerica Legislature.