ARRIVAL OF THE 'FRISCO MAIL.

Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1652, 6 February 1883, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE 'FRISCO MAIL.

[by- tklegbafu. — oyra .cobbespoxpest.] 'Auckland, Last Night. The R.M.S. Australia, has again made another fast passage ffom San Francisco. Owing to the nonarrival of die European mails she did not leave 'Frisco until three days after timetable date, and arrived in Auckland harbour at 10.15 a. m. to-day, after a fine passage of 18 days, 17 hours, and ,45 minutes, including stoppage at Hon«plu. Passengers for Auckland : Mrs Dante/Mr Hay, and Mr Goffe. Summary of News. The French Government will give 'a pension of 12,000- francs to the widow of General Chancy. The 'province ,of Nurcia, Spain, was shaken by an earthquake oh January 13. The losses by floods in Germany are estimated at 80,000,000 marks. . There are indications that China U about to "nove against Corea. A battle was fought on the 9th' January between the Boers and Mapochs, which resulted in the former being driven back. Under-Secretary Sartorius, of the Biitish Emba&sy, died on_ January 6th at Constantinople. Arabi Bey and his fellow exiles arrived at Ceylon on January 11th. Undine, it is reported, captured eight slave dhows on the East Coast of Africa. A number of Isle of Skye crofters paid their rent, and the agitation is cat an end. Gaps hare appeared in the walls of Peterborough Cathedral, one of the finest in England, and the structure ' will be abolished. The I'all Mall Gazette asserts, and the German Embassy denies, 'that German residents in London received notice to hold themselves ready to i-eturn to Germany to fulfil their terms of military ser-

Playfair, member for the Edinburgh St. Andrew's University, has resigned liis place as Deputy Speaker in the House of Commons on the 7th ot January. William Mill and Sons, turkey-red dyers of Glasgow, failed, on January 7th, with liabilities amounting to £20,000. The Chamber of Deputies has adopted a bill granting substitutions to public schools. ''">>/ • M. de Lesseps announces a scheme for the erection of an inland saa in -Africa to be prosecuted by private enterprise. Tho Government demand credit of 11,000 francs for the Ton^um expedition. Prince Kraptokin was arrested at Lyons on Dec. 22st as an anarchist. He maintained the utmost reticence whilst under examination. Bonapnrtists held a banquet at Beauvais on the 17th Dec., the object of the meeting being to pi oclaim Prince Victor Napoleon president of tho Republic. A cartridge factory exploded at Mount Valorem on tho t>th Deo., seriously injuring thirty Avomen. New plans for the Channel Tunnel were issued on Dec. 24th, and said to meet with the approval of critics. Ihey bring the entrance and approach to the tunnel three miles inland, and within range of the defence of Dover garrison. Dr. Martin, a well-known writer on political economy, shot his wife and himself in London on Dec. 2Gtli. Murder and suicide were committed by mutual agreement. His wife suffered from incurable bodily ailment. Among the notable deaths during the month are the Earl of Stanford ; the Earl of Wemyes and Marde ; Cardinal Dommett, Archbishop of Bordeaux ; and Rev. Francis Close, Dean of Carlisle. Francis Carshill and Son, merchants and shipbvokers of London and Liverpool, failed, on December 30th, for £300,000. Sir Charles Dilke has been .appointed President of the Local Board on Slat December. It is said that the Queen was averse to the appointment, but Gladstone overcame her scruples. Delaney lias been found guilty of conspiracy to murder Judge Lawson, on January 31st. and sentenced to 10 years penal servitude. Biggar, M.P., was committed for trial on 2nd January. The charge against him is high treason. He has been released on bail. Mr Dillon, in deference to the wishes of his friends, has postponed his resignation till February. He resigns, he says, solely on account of ill-health. OBrien, editor, as is asserted, of the Xlmtcil Ireland, was arraigned in the Dublin Police Court on New Year's Day on a charge of seditious libel, contained in an article intitled " Accusing Spirits." printed in his paper on Dec. 23. Tho National League meeting, which assembled at Ballinhoen, King's County, on December 30th, in defiance of the Government proclamation, was dispersed by a large force of Constabulary. The Lord Lieut, whilst attending divine service in Christchurch Chapel, Dublin, on December 31st, was hissed at by a boy who was arrested. A priest accompanies the Chief Secretary for Ireland in his inspection of the parish of Glen Calumbdill. In twenty houses visited on January 4th there was not a morsel of food. The National League propose to present Patrick Egan with a service of plate for- the manner in which he, attended to his duties a3 secretary. There was a riot in Denmark-street, Limerick, on the night of December 25th, between the soldiers and civilians. The latter attacked the military and a free fight ensued. The soldiers were badly handled, owing to the numerical strength of their assailants. The police finally restored quietness. A large meeting was held in CoAon the 22nd Decamber, for the puro^kf holding an exhibition in that d. 1883. Every class of the community was represented. Puff and Bartlett, who were convicted of the murder of Thomas , Brown, a farmer, near Castle Island, are sentenced to be hanged at Cork on January 23rd. They protest their innocence. A company is in course of organising in Dublin, with a capital reaching pn developing mahufactures. ' * !'! ' When Michael Plynn, "the last of the Huddy murderers, was sentenced to be hanged^ he said to the Judge, "Thank•X OU J .$:»{!? a P?,^ w»H in S t°,,go i ,there (lobking npwaras) as to go home. I wish you all good day." His execution was fixed for. January 17: ' ' " ** '• J . > : ♦ • • ■*■ ff The Mayor of Wexford, proprietor* of a local journal, was, on' December 20th, sentenced to five weeks' imprisonment for publishing a portion of a report of a meeting ,of ,the Ladies'i League) ffcalcu« lated to cause intimidation. '] ■ }> i A despatch from.Dublin, Dec. 27th, nays Mr William Johnson, 1 AttorneyrGeneral for, lreland and M.P. for Mallow, ac.ceptedl sthe ! ; vacant 1 , ju'dgeship Kqts ,the 3neen?s .bench (division of < Her. Majesty's High Court<of ( Justice. m-iI h> •, Mr^ JtiuvQivw," M#, faj. Monagbafl,

was appointed Pertnoflent Under-Secre-tary for Ireland on sth Dec. Cant. Talbot, Chief Commissioner of "Dublin, Police, resigned on same date. Mr 'David' Hamell, Resident Magistrate, succeeds him, ! Starvation is reported at Balinasloe. A husband arid wife were found dead on the sth from this cause. Large numbers of farmers at Skibbereen with holdings of from one to twenty acres, are absolutely without stock or food. Michael Davitt appeared at Oldham on 14th January, and attempted to deliver an address on the Irish question, but was howled down by an organised gang. A free' fight followed, chair legs and brass knuckles being the principal weapons. A weapon supposed to have been used by the ' Phoenix Park assassins, has been found near the premises of Carey, ot the Dublin Municipality, who was arrested with twenty others on a charge of c6nspiring to murder Government officials. A British note in regard to Egypt proposed, in order to avoid any abuse of the freedom of the Suez Canal, that it shall be enacted that in time of war limitation shall be placed on the time during which vessels of a belligerent power will be permitted to remain in the Canal, and that no troops or munitions of war shall be disembarked and no hostilities permitted iutq the canal or its approaches, or anywhere in the territory waters of Egypt, even in the event of Turkey being one of the belligerents. Recurrence of an emergency resembling the Ate rebellion is provided for by a clause <i|)ccepting measures for the defence of TEgypt from the above decision. Every power slwll be bound to hear the cost of the immediate repair of any dam£>ge its vessels may cause in the canal, and Egypt shall take all measures in her power to enforce the conditions imposed upon the ahiys of belligerent powers nsing the canal. No fortifications shall be erected on the canal, or in its vicinity, Nothing in the agreement, however, shall be construed as curtailing the territorial rights of Egypt further than expressly stipulated among other subjects. The note declares the question of suppression of flaverv, and slave trade to be one which the British Government has much at heart, and that it will miss no opportunity of advising tiio Khedive to take necessary steps calculated to attain the end in view.