ARRIVAL, OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VI, Issue 1866, 16 December 1884, Page 2

ARRIVAL, OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL

■fr? —.*." " ■ 'Auckland; December 15. - The s.s;. Australia brings European dates to November 22. GENERAL-SUMMARY.

' The Prince of Wales entertained Edwin J. Stanley and Jesse' Collings, members of Parliament, and other advanced Radicals, at diis palace at Sandringham'on the 21st,

The distress among the English ship; ■building workmen.is;.increasing. -At the'ship yards on the Clyde, Tyne and Mersey there, is scarcely one fourth of the possible working force and power now in effective- operation. " Miss Fortesque, the actress who obtained a verdiot of ilp.OOO'datnages against Lord Qarmoyle,'soil of Earl Cairns has temporarily retired-from the stage. '

, -A severe shock of earthquake accompanied by a terrlflc explosive report, occurred on the night of November 14, at Clittereoe, Ohesihre,twenty-five miles from Manchester. The shock threw down horses in the streets, and caused, great consternation and excitement among the inhabitants. '-■ A'.troop: ship, with 2000 'marines, bife been ordered to proceed on November 10, from Portsmouth to the Isle of Skye, to assist the police.in restoring - order among the crofters,. There is no abatement of the excited feeling in Skye. The crofters from the', neighboring islands are flocking therf to assist tlwir brethren in maintaiumf their claims. Fully 2500 crofters met; a detachment of police on their arrival' onNoveniber.il. and conducted them to their barracks, where they demanded the object of their, coming. No satisfactory answer being given, the islanders conducted them back, to the landing place, and requested them to leave their, shores.'A despatch, of the 16th says that wn had been received that the crofters have resolved, to submit unconditionally. One of the events of the week ending 22nd November was a debate in the House of Commons on this subject. Sir William Harcourt, on:behalf.of the crofters, denounced both emigration and eviction, and so general was the feeling in their favor that the Tories spoke with moderation. Several Conservative landlords have agreed to stay their demands, and a resolution asking for prompt legislation for the crofters was oarried unanimously. The leading farmers at the same time have,called for a wholesale reduction, of rents. The United Ireland of November 21 states tbat it is (he intention of the Nationalists to impeach Earl Spencer, Lord-Lieuteuant of Ireland, for conspiring to murder. Ifc says the Irish party is determined to force an inquiry into Earl Spencer's acts,

It was officially announced on November 12 that an International Inventions Exhibition will be held in London in 1885 under the patronageofthe Queen and the presidency of the Prince of Wales and management of: an executive council of eminent Englishmen, General 0. L. Nugent, who served with the 58th regiment in the N. Z. war, 1845-46, has died at South Seaj aged 68. The Hants Guardian, published at St. Ives, has been purchased by Henry Stringer, who was for nine years connected with the Daily Press iu New Zealand. -

Pearce, of John Elder & Co., who owns ; the Zealandia. and Australia, says be.will place Alaska and Arizona on the Pacific service for a consid» tion, and undertake the service between London and Auckland in 25 days.. ~ A blue book .published on November; 13 says the Govemrienl has sanctioned the expenditure...of £464,000 for the speedy manufacture of thnlatest pattern cf breech-loading ordnance and £417,000 for works and armaments for defence of.Aden, Ceylou, Singapore, Hongkong, Simon's Bay, Sierra Leone, So Helena, Mauritius, Jamaica, and St Lucia, The principal expenditure is at Aden and St Lucia, The colonies themselves contribute £233,000 towards tne works and £300,000 toward the armaments.' .