San Francisco Mail News.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2191, 11 January 1886, Page 2

San Francisco Mail News.

(Peebs Association.) Auokiahd January 9. The Mariposa arrived to-day with the SanFranoieoo Mail', The following is a summary of news by her : Spurgeon, the eminent preacher, is suffering from heart disease, and is permanently broken in health. The fund for the benefit of Jas. Stephens, the ex-head .centre of the Fenian Brotherhood, now amounts to £1,700, The Puke of Wellington represented the Queen at' the requiem-mass for the repose of the soul of the late King Alfonso on December 6th,

There is a mad dog scare in London, and policemen are provided with long iron rods having Blip nooses at the end, Fifty-six cases of rabies have been reported this year in the oity. The Irish cattkvdealers assent they have successfully boycotted the Cork Steam Packet, whicji has pasjjepj ty last dividend, and lt's'spllapse is <shsidered certain.' " "''' 'Advices received from jihe various counties qf Ireland 'state that hundreds oflrjjh landlords'.are in dfr irajj, aid some of sh» smaller hiadlordj

areontho ovo of starvation, owing to the faot that they have hot received their , rents for some time past. It is estimated that not as much as £5,000 in rents has been paid in the agricultural '. districts since the beginning of November. In an interview atDublin on December .16, Harrington said that 1,600 National League branches, averaging 300 members, haddonated £12,000 to the executive of the league during the present year. He said that some of the new Nationalist Members or Parliament would receive salaries from the League. The extinction of the Liberals, he thought, would benefit the Irish cause. Harrington also said that boycotting was outside the League's programme and practice, and was confined to a few of tho branches. The executive would stop boycotting whenever such power was misused.

Michael Davitt, speaking in Dublin on on the same day, said the League would open special industries if the-workmen would co-operate'. He announced that he would f orthwithcommence an agitation. to abolish landlordism in the towns, and to secure to the tenants the benefit farmers enjoy through the working of the Land Act. He denounced the Earl of Pembroke and the Earl of Meath for drawing large sums of money from Dublin that rightfully belonged to the people. The London Times of Dec. 13 confirms the statement of the finding of a treaty between France and Burmah at Mande-

Cholera'isreported|epidemioinßrittany, being worse at Andierne than it was at Marseilles. Bismarck was injured on the 13th by fallingoff his horse, and was' confined to his residence.-' The Pope was reported seriously ill on December 16th. The papal Propaganda showß that up to November 1, in the Vicauate of Coohin China, 9 missionaries, 7 native priests, 60 catechistß, 270 members of religious orders, and 24,000 Christians were massacred, 200 parishes, 17 orphan asylums, and 10 convents destroyed, and 225 churches burned,

A despatch from Rangoon, dated Dec. 16, sayß the Europeans who were working for the Bombay and' Burmah Trading Company, on hearing of the rupture be- '■ tween the Burmese.and Indian Governments, tried to reach Manipoor on the •20 th November, but they were overtaken a»d murdered by Burmese troops, who werefsent in pursuit iu a steamer belonging to the King, and commanded by a palace official, It is alleged that Tyn.cdeh, the Burmese Prime Minister, was implicated in the outrage, and the inhabitants of Rangoon are highly indignant that he should be allowed to retain office, The New York Tribune's London cablegram says that while Mr Gladstone denies the accuracy.of published statements, still he has not denied that he is resolved on conceding the principle of Home Rule. The conviction is universal among the people of Great Britain that Mr Gladstone means to crown his career by carrying through Parliament an Irish policy that will be satisfactory. A despatch from St Petersburg, dated December i3th, says that Russia has made overtures to Prince Alexander, offering to assent to the Union of Bulgaria and Roumelia, on condition tbatthe policy of Bulgaria shall be Bub\ ordinated to Russian policy. Russian agents are actively intriguing at Belgrade to dethrone King' Milan in favor of Prince Karageorgevitch. , Despatches from Belgrade of December I'6-say the weather was intensely cold, and the Boldiers at the front are suffering severely, many being froaen to death when asleep, ; Parnell alleged that he has acquainted the Queen with his purpose, and Salisbury was certainly informed before the majority of Gladstone's colleagues knew what was brewing; nor had they, heard" anything on the subject from their late chief, They seem inclined to make him understand.the doubtful prudence of the •undertaking to feverae the policy of the Liberals and the Empjre without consulting his associates in public life. The Tory and independant Press agree that Gladstone has raised simply the issue of union or disunion. Far more striking is the response of the Liberals to Gladstone's proposals. Two Liberal papers of high standing support it.