ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL VIA SAN FRANCISCO.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3262, 15 December 1881, Page 4

ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL VIA SAN FRANCISCO.

LATEST NEWS,

San Francisco, November 21

The sailing of the mail steamer was postponed till this date on account of the snow-bound trains on the Central Pacific railroad. The Jews who are fleeing from the Russian and German persecution are fiuding their way in numbers to America ; 160 arrived on the 15th, mostly agriculturalists, and strong hardy men. A new form Of distemper, prerailing among horses in New York is puzzling the veterinarians, many dying despite the utmost care. The constitution of the German Reichstag by the recent election is nine Conservatives, two of the Centre party, sixteen National Liberals, fourteen Secessionist Liberals, twenty-three Progressists, four of the Party ot the People, thirteen Socialists, and four Particularists. The Empress of Russia is enciente, and will probably be confined in May. The ceremony of coronation will therefore be hastened. The Pope and Cardinals have had the Irish question under consideration. Alexander Mitchell Moir, of London, merchant, has failed for £61.000. The Marquis of Lome, replying to an address in London, said there was hardly one person in ten thousand in Canada who did not attach the utmost value to its Imperial connection. The Princess Louise accompanies the Marquis to Canada five weeks hence, and the Marquis resigns the Governor Generalship early in 1882. The Paris Figaro, referring to the papers offered to tbe United States Government for 20,000 dollars by M. Rochambeau, says it is doubtful if the gentleman is Rochambeau at all. Morris defeated Bossier, by 200 to 182 in the cushion cannon billiard championship tournament held in New York. The complete annihilation of tbe village of Eden, in the Canton ot Glaros, appears to be a question of time and bad weather. Tho summit of the peak nearest the village is moving. The Ministries of Agriculture and Commerce have been separated in the new French Cabinet. The prize fighters Holden and White have been arrested by the Sheriff of Ashmorl County, Ohio. They volunteered to go without requisition. In four rounds fought, White, the American, was knocked down several times, and had one eye partly closed. Both men were much chagrined by their arrest. The English barque Bend dOr is reported sunk at sea. The crew were taken off by the barque Law Wood, and brought to New York. Mr John Walter, of the Times, speaking in Berkshire advised Englishmen to emigrate to America. They would be as likely to succeed there as the men of any other nationality. A despatch from Constantinople, dated November 16, says 5000 people are dying daily in Mecca from cholera. The steamers at Djeddah refuse to embark the returning pilgrims. The Patti concert in New York realized 4000 dollars for the Michigan fire sufferers. The cost of the Tunisian expedition so far to France is 4,500,000 francs. The Berlin press covers M. Gambetta's new Ministry with ridicule and scorn. A Paris correspondent says Paul Bert's appointment as Minister of Worship as well as Minister of Instruction hascreated a very bad impression. The permanent officials who have hitherto managed the Department of Worship have already resigned, and others are expected to follow. The secretary of the American Legation in London has by letter thanked the Common Council of that city for saluting the United States flag on the Lord Mayor's day. Bismarck is determined to re-open negotiations with the Vatican, and Baron Yon Koss, now in Washington, has been entrusted with tbat duty. The Emperor did not open the German Reichstag in person, and Bismarck, after conveying the excuses of His Majesty, read the speech from the throne. A faint comet in the constellation of Cassispea has been discovered by Professor Swift, of the Warner Observatory, Washington. A barrel of naptba oil burst on board of the steamer Severn in Kingstown harbor and caught fire in a store in the steerage. The result was that five sailors and one passenger were burnt to ashes, and tbe steamer herself nearly destroyed before the flames were quenched. The ship Kelmarden, coal laden from Glasgow to San Francisco, has been burnt at sea off the coast of Chili. Advices from Panama report a violent storm at Manzanillo. which completely destroyed the town. In port at the time were the ships Alnwick Castle, of London, barque James D. Bell of San Francisco, the American schooner Theresa of San Francisco, the schooner Acapnlco of Manzanillo, and the American baique Antioch of San Francisco. Of these all were destroyed except the Antioch, which, after being driven ashore, was got off, although in a leaking condition. The Alnwick Castle, the most valuable of these vessels, was a total loss. The town was levelled to the ground. The loss is estimated at half a million dollars, independent of the shipping destroyed. j Henry Abbey has secured the management of Patti's concert seasonin America, her French managers being a failure. The population of the United Statps has been finally determined by last year's census to be 50,155,783. Lawson, proprietor, of the London Daily Telegraph, has bought the Duke of Westminister's CJeveden estate for £20,000. The British ship Edith Lome has been totally wrecked on the Columbia bar. The vessel had been loaded in Portland with 23,090 centals of wheat valued at 44,000 dollars, and was bound to Liverpool. Tbe cargo was insured in the Commercial Union, London. The vessel was owned by Taylor and Co., of Dtirdee, and was valued at 70,000 dollars. The captain and crew were saved. The barque Lara, from Hull for San Francisco, is reported abandoned at sea on the 22nd October. The captain and part of the crew landed at Acapulco, Mexico, but the remainder are not found. The flatton Garden branch post office in London was robbed on the 18tb, and and £100,000 ia value carried off. The brilliant execution of the robbery shows that it must have been planned by men of great skill and audacity. Shortly after four o'clock in the afternoon, when the post office clerks had just finished Eealing the bags of registered letters that were to go out by the night mail from the general post office, the thieves entered the branch office, suddenly blew out the gas, seized the registered letter bags, and escaped. No clue has teen found up to date. Later despatches from Berlin say that the Emperor's speech or message was

listened to with icy coldness, and not one sentence was applauded. All kinds of rumours were in circulation, and even a report that the Emperor had abdicated. The North German Gazette terras the message to the Reichstag the Emperor's | programme. The Pacific National Bank of Boston has failed. It also involved the Central National Bank. Poor financial management is the cause. The idiot asylum Columbua of Columbus, Ohio, was burned on the 18th. There was no loss of life. In all probability there will be a consolidation of railroad interests, which will result in a stronger railroad combination than ever, existed in the United States. The roads interested, it is said, will form a direct trans-contin-ental line from New York to Portland, Oregon, and will comprise the following lines: — New York West Shore and Buffalo road, Buffalo to Chicago road, Chicago, Milwaukie and St. Paul road, Northern Pacific road, and Oregon Railway and Navigation company roads. These will be in running order in two years. The distance by the road now being constructed between Chisago and New York is forty miles shorter than by any other route, the line for its whole length runs through a very productive country. The landlords, magistrates, tenants, and trades, have held a large meeting at Rosorea, County Tipperary, to support the Government, and for mutual protection against Boycotting. The Turkish navy is being reduced. On the 19th' 2000 sailors were dismissed. Several iron clads will be dismantled. The English children found in the French and Arab acrobatic troupe performing in Constantinople have been reclaimed by the Consul-General and forwarded to England. They were treated with horrible professional cruelty. A man, supposed to be Irish, has been arrested in Berlin for purchasing clockwork similar to that of Thomassen's infernal machine. An attempt to put down the Conservative leader Carroras in the Spanish Cortes on the 19th led to a stormy scene, which at one time threatened a general riot. The members abused each other roundly, and shook their fists in each other's faces. Senor Sagasta, the Liberal leader, tried to restrain his partizans, but in vain. Nothing has been seen like it since the famous Federal Assembly under the Republic in 1873. The Valparaiso Custom House was burned on the 19th. The loss is £200,000. An English land company is negotating for a large tract in Dakotah territory, 5,800 miles west of Bismark, the capital. In the case of David Grant versus the Mayor of Montreal, Canada, for illegal arrest, the Court decided that Orange societies were illegal under the laws of the country. Walton, an American, recently left London for New York with £67,000 turf winnings. Some sporting journals insinuated that he tipped jockeys and trainers, which he denies. The Emperor William's health gives serious apprehension. Rumours in London circles are current that the Marquis of Lome will succeed Earl Cowper as Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, and that Mrs Langtrey will embrace the Btage, appearing first in New York. McDermon Marshall Voneville, M.D., shot and killed A. B. Thornton, the editor of the News because that paper reflected on his official acts. Boucicault's Mimi proved a failure in London, and is withdrawn. Jones has been arrested for shooting at Guiteau. He denies that he is the man. Sir Charles Dilke has gone to Paris to resume negotiations in the matter of the Anglo-French commercial treaty.