ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Manawatu Times, Volume VIII, Issue 156, 9 January 1883, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Auckland, This day. Arrived. City., oi Sydney, from 'Frisco, Her naaii summary is as follows ; LoifooN, Dec. 18. The los.s by the Hampton cppnt fire is roughly estimated at £3QO,GOQ One woman was suffocated: — Forster gave his opinion recently thrt home rule m Ireland means absolute separation froni England, and a great probability of civil war m Ireland. Two important arrests made m Dublin on the 14th December. In connection with them the Despatch says the detectives believe they have at length unravelled the Phoe.nix Park mystery, and have now . got what they believe to be the direct chain of- information. They believe they have sufficient evidence to sustain a oharge of 'conspiracy against persons now m custody on suspicion. -The Malagassy envoy had an interview Avith the Queen at Windsor, on the 12th. Following Lord Salisburym Scofc land,, Mr. Forster delivered a speech on the 16th, strikingly m contrast to Lord Derby's views, on the subject of • Egypt, forster argus that the process of extension is part <rf th. c law of existence as an empire, and con r Eiders England's presence m Egypt the only guarantee of order, and that it is. impossible to say how long she. will remain. The barque* Langrig Hall, which left Liverpool for a - port not stated was wrecked on Tuscar rock. Twenty four, os the crew, were drowned.

Saunders, who threatened the.. life of Gladstone, wais acquitted, on tho. ground of inea.nity. Lord jperby, m his Manchester '. speech, said:—^"His personal opinion , was that some millions spent m promoting emmigration from Ireland. : would be a profitable expenditureHe believed that in' a few years despite the Land Act, the small tenants m Ireland Would be just as dependent is ever on the forbearance of the landlords.. This old difficulty would, recur, but he thought the. Government should abstain from encouraging further proposals fpr legislation m regard to Irish land. Government shquld refuse to listen for an hour to a. claim for Irish nationality, ih whatever .disguise it was presented. An Irish Parliament ivould; lead to separation."* Lord Derby m a speech made at Manchester on thp 13th, rejectee! the idea of a protectorate for Egypt. England, be said, ought not to remaiu m that country loEger.tha'n absolutely nec.ssary tn restore' order. TgJ'nglish influence m Egypt must preponderate, bat it is no* nec.essaiy' tb exercise it iv an offensivespirit, not exclude" free friendly consuls tation with FrAnce.' "Referring tp the attitude of France toward*- Madagascar, the speaker said: — " It amicable mediation would prevent an invasion o.f Mada-ga-car, we ought to offbr our servicer, hut if, as appears probable, the dispute' is only a pretext for annexation for part of the island* we must abstain from mediation. '• ■ • 'The British ship G/ad Tidings, from Calcutta, went, ashore at Prowle point. She caught and fire, and was buried, i Two of the crew were drowned. "' Sir Thomas W at son, one of the. Quern's physicians ia dead. Parnell. C\' Connor, and* Sexton were banquetted at Cork. A fire destroying a match factory occurred at Belfast. Four employers perished. A Warrant was issued for the arrest of W. Rally, M.P ; , charged with obtaining £65 by false pretences from a Peterborough Publican. The Duke of Edinb.oro is appointed Colonel-in-Chief of the JRo}ai Marines. A train for North Scotland from McDuff fell through a bridge at Fyrie, Aberdeenshire,. Fourteen **yere killed, and many injured. Cleveden Hall, near Bristol, was, burned. The library, one of the most valuable m England, is practically destroyed.