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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3402, 6 January 1890, Page 2

San Francisco Mail.

(Per R.M.S, Zealaudia.)

-..■■' Mr.Gladstone, was given a nonparhsaii reception iu the Manchester Town Hall 'on December 4th, He made an address in which Lo dealt upon the value of municipal institutions as among the- guarantees of Bocialjecurity. Thiß, he said, was demonstrated by the improvement they had effected in the life and condition of the great masses of the people. .. 0 '. Secretary Blaine received a long letter from the Chinese" Minister at Washington on the /2nd December, protesting, on behalf of his country, against tho latv which restricts cortain of his countrymen from ooming to the United States. He says it is not a right treatmont to accord to a friendly nation, espeoir ally, when'citizens'' of the United States are,freely allowed to enter China, and engage in any business; therefore he wants the law repealed, There was much stone throwing at the procession whioh escorted Archbishop .Walsh on his return to Toronto on November 80th. At St Michael's Cathedral i stone went through the Bishop's carriage and struck him on the arm, causing a severe bruise. .'

Heartrending tales of destitution and suffering among the fishermen' of Labrador hid reached Ottawa on November 29. Near Point Esquimoax entire families ore on the vergo of starvation, and are subsisting on the flesh of dogs. At, a number of fishing stations, anticipating a scarcity of food, the lislienneii saved the ! refuse from the fish and salted it. iThis will be used to.sustain lite. : The fishermen have been left without means to buy food. :. Tho St. James' Gazette of December 3, prints;a sensational article on the disappearance of Mr Parnoll, aud says his followers are inuoh concerned at his prolonged absence. For several weeks not a, word has been heard from him, and he has failed to-keep several engagement, the most important being for a meeting with Mr Gladstone. A despatch of December !)tb' says Mr Parnell is sick, and unable to take part .in political affairs at present. A Conservative Conference was held at Nottingham on.Novembei'26, The principal address was by Loid Salisbury, who said the viowß of Mr Gladstone, looking to the separation of Ireland from Great Britain, are making no headway. The elections of members of Parliament were mere skirmishes, aud not fought nn the main issue/ He was in favor of forming a national party, which must grow gradually; such party ooukl not be sreated by ono man. Mr Gladstone, in nn article in the Nineteenth Century for November, on election statistics, says hb believes, if the eleotions were Held now, the country would return a Home Eule majority in Parliament'of 100. , Sir Balfour and Lord Ashbourne' presented to a committee of the Cabinet presided over by Lord Salisbury the draft of a laud scheme,which was submitted to the whole Cabinet on November 30. It is reported that thefirst demand is forfrom £7,000,000 to £10,000,000 with which to deal with the disaffectedportions of Ireland. Barnum's largest olephant fatally gored his keeper on the morning- of December 8, Ho repeatedly drove his tusks into the unfortunate mail's neck and head. ■'

Professor Leydeiv of Berlin, was summoned on December 8 to attend the Czar, eiok with information of the lungs.' Tho'Young Ireland Parliameutuy Club at San Franoisco, hold a meeting on 'December 9, when it to resolved to make preparations for the reception of John- Dillon on his landing in America, and the members decided to cable to Dublin, asking information as to the probable date of his arrival m San Francisco.

A despatch from Paris says that an English Company has applied for concessions to build a bridge across the English Channel. The action brought by Mrs-John W. Mackay, wife of the Californian mining magnate, against the" Manchester Exdminor for libel in publishing an article to tho effect that she was a washerwoman in Nevada prior to her marriage, was settlod on December 5, by defendants apologising for the publication, payiug costs and a certain sum of money to a charitable institution, to be selected by Mrs Mackay. The judge remarked to the defendants that they ought to feel grateful to the plaintiff for her lenienoy. THECLUBvSOANDAL. The editor of the North London Press (Mr Parke), who has been proceeded against by tho Karl of Euston for alleged libel in regard to the London scondel, is an insignifioant individual, hut tho Hadical element, headed by Mr Labouchere, together with many Conservatives who are determined to push this investigation have secured for him the best legal advice in London. 'The New : York World's London correspondent cables as follows:—December 1. Concerning this scandal I have seen a deposition made by persons who frequented tho house for the purpbso oforimo, and who give the names of the aristocratic clientele whom they regularly met there. Those persons selected the photographs of Lord Arthur Somerset and the Earl of Euston from others submitted to them, and most fearful revelations concerning these noblemen were made. Charles Hammond, who is supposed to bo in possession of most - infamous secrets ■■ regarding the British nobility respecting the scandal, and ivho fled from England, has been recognised on Christopher-Bti'eet,New. York. He came on tho steamer Pennlula.on October 19th, and haß been living in New York under the names, of Bolton and Stuik, H. M.'STANLEY. :.

Stanley, Emin Pasha, and Cassiti were met by Major iVissman at Stoui, on the Kinghani river, on Tuesday, December 3. Major Wissman provided horses, and Stanley: and Emin made their triumphal entry into Bagamoyo on the 4th, The town was decorated with bunting aud verdant arches, palms waving from every window.. The German ship of war Sperber and Wiseman's foroe fired.salutes,;. All the vessels in.the roadstead.;were handsomely bedecked. There, was feasting on the man-of war-anil on shore to welcome the travellers. Stanley-and Emin arrived' at 1 Zanzibar 'oh Friday; 'the 6th,. oil board the German,warship Sperber. Emin brought;willi him two hundred and eighty three officers, soldiers, seryants, and three : pnieii and' children, but neither lie.nor Stanley had a single tusk of ivory, all the latter being burnt or deposited with native ohiefs, : The NewYori Herald,, relief party Emin; Paslja, Jephsori Pra Parjjsiii Nto ( 'aii4

500 men, women,' and children,'. On November 29th Stanley looked hearty but'bis : hair :was" quite white. The Herald Commissioner presented him with anAmerioan. flag,, which he displayed from his tent, Brain Pasha said, in conversation, that he did not want any honours. Cassati was fairly well, but the hardships he lias undergone have quite undermined his constitution, All: the Europeans were well. Stanley, Emin, • .and Cassati were entertained at dinner at the Camp' by Baron' Gravenoretle. Speeches were made bytho Baron and Stanley, The' Baron complirhonted the latter and bis companions on the march from Central Africa, Stanley responded,; and praised German enterprise and its civilising abilities. The King of the Belgians sent a telegram of congratulation to Stanley on November 29th, inviting him to attend a banquet iu his honor.' A gala, opera, and other festivities have been arranged for at Brussells. The Emin Bey Committee and the Geographical Society of Lon. don, have also arrangod for a grand reception of the explorer. Stanley rescued Emm-Bey for £775 lest than the sum subscribed, which w»9 £20,000, Emin Bey has sent to the Belgian Anti-Slavery Society a communication in which he expresses his regret at tlio loss of the Equatorial provinces, but says he'still hopes to do effective work against the slave trade. .The British Plenipotentiary on November 28th, submitted to the International Anti-Slavery Conference proposals for the suppression of the slave trade on tho seas. They wore referred to a Committee. Mr Craoknell, the head of the Consular Court, sailed from London on December 8 in the cruiser Torquoise fo' Zanzibar to meet Stanley and bring him to England, Stanley has sold his ooming bookoutrightto Messrs Sampson, Low and Co,, London, publishers^for £40,000, The title will be "flow I Relieved Emin." It will contain a remarkable letter seat by the Mahdi's Lieutenant Omar Saleh to Emin Pasha, stating that bis colleagues—Statin and Lupton, and also the Christian Governors of the provincies-had become Moslems and urging Einin to follow their oxaniple.