ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL IN AUCKLAND. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

Waikato Times, Volume XV, Issue 1308, 16 November 1880, Page 3

ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL IN AUCKLAND. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

General Summary. () Auckland, Yesterday. The City of Sydney arrived this morning with 63 cabin ami 32 steerage passengers. Amongst the passengers are His Excellency G. W. DesVoeux (the new Governor of Fiji) and son, Mr Ede, and Cole's Circus Troupe. Pleuro-pneumoniais spreading amongst swine in Lancashire. A fearful gale has taken place in Cornwall, and harbor works and Vessels were destroyed. Madame Eachel, thg female beautifyer, has died in prison.

TRISH AFFAIRS. Arms are freely bought in many places in Ireland. One Antrim tradesman boasts that l.c sold 1,400 in a short period. At Belfast breechloaders are advertised for sale at 15s. There is a brisk demand for rifles in all the small country towns. A meeting of Orangem©r(, held at,G.uildiord, Cotmty Down, cajleft on Government to suspend trial by Jury, and" charged the Americans with promoting sedition. On the &th September Parnell addressed a crowded meeting at Kilkenny. Nine M.P.'s and 50 priests were present. He' announcetHhwfc-when; sufficient information was collected the Land League would organise a great sfrike against paying rent on estates owned by renting landlords. The Landlords' Association have appealed to the Lord Lieutenant to take immediate steps to protect their lives and property - ( , The barracks in the west of Ireland are all bejing prepared for the fullest complement of tiftops. they are capable of accommodating 1 . 1 •" '* ' '' Commander Cheyne, R.N., writes to the Standard declaring that Franklin and the' members of his expedition were murdered by the contractor who filled tins labelled beef with bone and offal. Ross's ' expedition' was supplied by the same contractor and narrowly escaped Franklin's fate from that cause. He denounced I>he contractor as 1 a murderer, aiid challenged him to bring an action for libel. The ship Cambrian Monarch, from .Sydney to kan Francisco, was boai'ded by a boat's crew from Pitcairu Island, which reported all well. ! The Vatican threatens to recall the Papal Nuncio from Paris if the Jesuit J decrees are enforced. The Carmelites have been expelled from France and the priests are ordered to follow. Thirteen thousand monks and nuns have also been expelled from Germany. Workmen's strikes are spreading furiously.

RUSSIA. Reports of death and misery fill the Russian Press from various departments in the interior. The granaries are empty, and there is famine in several districts. The marriage of the Czar with the Princess Dalgoronai lias been celebrated, the Czar's family disapproving. The Czavowitch went to Hafsac, the Grand Duke Vladimir went abroad, and the marriage took place in private. The Czar has purchased for his consort the palace of the Grand Duchess Catherine, paying 2,000,000 roubles. Hartmann says that the last attempt to bjlow up the Czar failed because + he carri- ! age came along an hour betore he cut the wire connecting the battery. He asserts that there are 13,000,000 Radicals in Russia.

Italy; j Owing to the influx of French Jesuits the Government intend to revive the I hostile laws allowed to become obsolete. dircek volunteers lor the army at Constantinople are arriving from Alexandria 1 and ttyumia. Thirty feet of masonry and an immense mass of rock fell in in the .St. Gothard tunnel.

NOKWAY AM) SWEDEN. The Press is discu&sing the repeal of tho Act of union with Norway. The Imperial veto liiis given rise to angry ieelings amongst the Norwegians.

AMERICA. .Stevens' floating battery lias been sold to the Columbian Government. A frightful accident occurred on the Pennsylvanian Central Railway, caused by mistaking the signals. There were 24 persons killed and 40 wounded. A special train -with the September Australian mail chased the regular train and caught it at Omaha, gaining 24 hours, and enabling a connection with the steamer at New York. The mail will reach England in 40 days from Sydney. Captain Forman, of the ship Airlie, at San Francisco, reports sighting the wreck of a vessel on Christinas Island. He said he saw an uninhabited hut near, but owing to the rough weather he was unable to land. The American surplus wheat for export is estimated at 184,000,000 bushels. The British fleet in the Pacific has been ordered to Callao to protect British interests. The horse distemper is raging in NeAV York. Eych defeated Rosa and Riley in sculling matches. James Thomas Evans, a Sydney Government official, was arrested for forgery on the arrival of the ship Cambrian at New York.

Rosa Bonheuris building a villa on the route de Fabreu close by the grand villa dcs Palmiers, at Nice. At a recent procession of bicyclists iv London, no less than 1900 riders took part. AccoKDiXfi to MjUs Mr Wilson of Scott's Hotel Melbourne, has in a few years turned £6000 into £(10,000. New Orleans hotels according to the PkayuiicjMxvQ special tables for guests who prefer to eat with their knives, anc}, who are known aa professional sword swal-< lowers,