San Francisco Mail News.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2475, 13 December 1886, Page 2

San Francisco Mail News.

(United Pkess Association,) \ ' GENERAL SUMMARY. (Per Mariposa at Auckland.) Hampton Court Palace was set ou fire on November 19th by tbe bursting of a lamp in tho apartments abutting on the tennis court and totally destroyed. The Socialists marched ou November 21st from fifteen outlying points to Trafalgar Square, with bands playing and banners bearing such inscriptions as "By heaven our rights are worth fighting for," and''Work for all," over "Work for none." When speaking began at. the Square, there wore 5000 Socialists, 25000 unemployed workmen, and 25000 spectators present, . Hyuduian, Burns and Champion spoke. There wore fivo platforms erected, at '.each of whioh resolutions were adopted, calling on the Government to relievo.-• the distress oxisting among workmen, Deputations then prooeeeded'••■ to Lord Salisbury's house and loft a copy of the resolutions. The • meetiug then dispersed in an orderly manner, but the police had great difficulty in clearing the square, _ Tho Lord Mayor proposes a commission of onquiry into the prevailing diatresß, with a view to affording rolief during the coming wintqr. • A disastrous fire has occurred in London (Phillipine Islands), thousands of houses being burned.

Lord Randolph Churchill has created a tremendous sensation by denouncing the London Corporation. He told members that although having control of tho metropolis, they represented, in fact, but a small fraction of its population, and intimated that tho best solution of the metropolitan government difficulty would be the transfer of power to a central representative body.."Thyia considered another move by Lprd Churchill to push himself forward at the oxponso of the Prime Minister. John Dillon ,- M.P., reports that many of the largest landlords have recently shown a disposition to act far more reasonably than in 1880. Some membors of the Parnoll party aro pushing their tenants remorselessly, among these aro Sir Josoph Nealo McKenna, a member for South Monaghan, and William J. Corbott. M.P. for East Division of tho County of Wicklow. Theso Parnellites and scores of smaller landlords of the same party, are serving writs and evicting by wholesale, resistance to which is growing stronger in all parts of Ireland. Fred. Archor committed suicide at Newmarket on November 7, by shooting himself with a pistol, while deranged from the effects of typhoid fever, aggravated by weakness, due to restricted regimen which he had adopted in order to reduce his weight, He was in his sister's house at the time. The Prince of Wales sent her a telegram containing his condolence It is stated that Archer has left an estate valued at £250,000, Tho funeral was very largely attended. It is now said that tho story of the murder of Count de Reuterri by the Czar iu a moment of passion or while apprehonding danger, has not tho slightest foundation, but false from beginning to find, as no such person as Count de Reutern existed in the Czar's household.