San Francisco Mail News.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2291, 10 May 1886, Page 2

San Francisco Mail News.

Auckland, This day, The Mararoa arrived at 4,39 this morning. She left' Frisco at 2 p.m. on 17th April, reached Honolulu at I p,m, on 24th, left at 1,20 a.m. on 25th, called at Tutuila on 2nd May, and arrived as abovo. The actual steaming' time was 18 days 22 hours 25 minutes, On the passage the engines broke down, and delayed her for 22 hours iii repairing. She reports the murder of Bishop Harrington by the African kinir, Mouabaga, has been confirmed by official despatch.

Franz Liesyt, an eminent pianist, narrowly escaped bein? murdered by the Social mob at Liege, Dr. Reichfeldt, ut German explorer in Africa, claims to have acquired a portion of territory equal in size to the half of Germany, surrounding Lake Tanganyika. It is doubtful, however, whether Prince Bismarck will confirm the annexation, M. Kochfort has been arrested and taken in fetters to prison. George Augustus Sala, on his return journey to Ireland from Australia, was attacked with fever. An Indii despatch of April. 4th says he was quite seriously broken in health and spirits. The last words of W. E. Forstcr, lato Chief Secretary for Ireland uttered beforo his doath were "No home rule." Reports from all quarters of Ireland on March 30th sent to Mr Gladstone, indicate the country to be in a state of feverish oxcitcmpnt, and that tho failure of tho Home Rule policy will load to outbursts of violence. Eight thousand ladies* of County County Cork liavo sent a petition to the Queon against Home Rule, three thousand signers are Catholics. Socialist riots in Belguim, particularly in Charloroi, Mamur, Hige, Chatelet, Lalourlio, Cilly, and Courllet have been obstinate and disastrous, At Charleroi several perrons were killed and wounded, At Jumet upon the approach of the troops sent to diaperao the rioters, 200 women wore placed in tho front ranks, and when the soldiers opened fire many of the females were" wounded. It ii asserted that Germans incited the outbreak. The fighting was very severe at Charleroi on March 29th. Three rioters were shot at and killed at Bonderer near Mons. Two were killed ai.d many wounded In the fight with the troops near Garnieero. Fourteen were killed and wounded by soldiers in resisting an attack on Mariemont Colliery. Seventeen killed and wounded at Resai Collieries. The Government authorised peaceable inhabitants of the citios to arm themselves for the protection of lives and property, and in some instances citizens drove away by main force bodiers of rioters who were approaching their town to loot it. Later investigations show tliat politics had not so much to do with the disturbances as at first supposed, Of 90 persons arrested in Brussels for connection with the outbreak half were old convicts of the worst kind. Peace waß restored at Charleroi on 30th, and tho Civic Guard disbanded. Mr G. Goulli, of the Paris Ori Du Peuple, was arrested at Charleroi and conducted back to tho frontier. A number of Belgian women had also been arrested for smuggling Anarchist prints into the country. Despatches from Charloroi, April Ist, say that tho so-called "labor emeutes" wore really brigandish social thieves, and anarchist saturnalia with pillage, fire, and industrial ruin "vindicating rights of labor" Was a raohstrous pretence.