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Evening Star, Issue 2915, 22 June 1872, Page 2

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(FROM GREVILLE’s TELEGRAM COMPANY, REUTER’S AGENTS.) THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL. Auckland, June 21st. The p.s. Nevada arrived here at 11.30 pm. She left Honolulu on June 3rd, and stopped for half an hour off Pango-Pango, in the Navigator group. She brings S pas* sengers for Auckland, 2 for the South, and 26 for Australia. Her latest date from San Francisco is to May 24th, and the latest English telegrams are dated May 23rd.

GENERAL SUMMARY. London, May 23rd. la the House of Commons to-night, in presence of a full House and crowded galleries, Mr Gladstone made an explanation regarding the American indirect claims and the position of the Government therein. After praising the forbearance of Parliament during the controversy, he said he would commence the narrative of its progress with the 18th January, when it was first learned that claims for indirect damages would be presented at Geneva in the American case. “The English Government protested on the 3rd February against the indirect claims, which were not within the scope of the Treaty, nor within the intention of either party thereto. Secretary Fish replied in a most courteous note that he thought the Geneva Board might decide the entire question. Meantime Minister Schenck suggested a course which would be acceptable both to England and America, viz., the interchange of notes, setting forth the views, terms and conditions whereon both could agree’to proceed to arbitration. We accepted the suggestion, and carried on the correspondence altogether by telegraph. On Wednesday, the Bth, President Grant submitted a proposition to the United States Senate, and on Thursday we ascertained that that proposition was not precisely as we understood' it should bo, because of the brevity of the cable despatches on which it was based. On Friday, a draft covering a letter of our view was forwarded to General Schenck. and immediately telegraphed by him to Washington. On Saturday, General Schenck informed Earl Granville that the President had accepted, and the Senate entertained that draft. ” Mr G1 adstone thought the fact was almost equivalent to a ratifiestion, and begged the further forbearance of the House now that the question was approaching a conclusion satisfactory and honorable to both nations. Mr Gladstone was loudly cheered upon taking his seat. Mr Disraeli thanked the Premier for his statement, and said he should not seek to embarrass the Government. Whatever differences existed on other subjects, all parties were united in desiring a peaceful and honorable settlement of this matter. In the House of Lords, Earl Granville made a statement similar to Mr Gladstone’s. Earl Russell again postponed his motion for an address to the Crown to withdraw from arbitration. Lord Derby and the Duke of Richmond hoped tho new proposition by the Government was not ambiguous, and they had had enough of roisunderstandings. Long editorials have appeared in all the journals upon the Ministerial explanations regarding the indirect claims and the position of the English Government. The journals approve of the pending negotiations, bat doubt whether the United States Senate’s concurrence will he obtained. The message to President Grant and the United States Senate, submitting a proposed additional article to the Washington Treaty, relative to the indirect claims, serves to mssot*

the public that the differences between the two nations will be honorably settled. The publication of this message has had a marked effect upon the American securities ir. the market, which are now firmer than at the opening. The Pall Mall Gazette say the whole drift of the feeling of England justifies it saying that the worst thing to do with the Treaty is to save it. Saving the Treaty means offence and humiliation to America or England or to both nations. It means a renewal, not an abatement of the ill-feeling it was intended to allay. How to save the Treaty means who shall eat the leek, or whether means cannot be invented whereby both parties should agree to eat it in each other’s presence. The American papers appear to exclaim against the adoption of a supplementary article. Here there is only one opinion, viz., that its acceptance would be discreditable and dsngerous to both nations. The people would bo pacified and content at once if the Treaty and articles connected therewith were dropped as an irremediable blunder for which the Governments alone were to blame. That is the proper fate of the Treaty, and the only safe and peaceful way of disposing of it. The Agent of the Cunard Line has received information of the loss of the stea mer Tripoli, bound from Liverpool to Boston. The Tripoli went ashore on the South Tuskar Rock, off Camsore Point, on the coast of Wexford. The crew and passengers were saved, but the vessel is a total loss, London telegrams mention the death of another veteran companion of Sir Charles Napier in the person of General John Lysaught. . , The accouchment of the Princess of Wales is expected to take place in the latter part of June, or early in July. The revolving turret (British) ironclad Hotspur is going to attack the fixed turret (British) ironclad Glatton, to test the revolving turret. The London Telegraph says it is expensive work, this blazing away at our own navy. Letters from Aleppo give distressing pictures of the state of affairs at Antioch. The town is a heap of ruins, and the soil is quivering with volcanic movements, frightening the people, so that they dare not approach the site to remove the large number of unburied dead., The bullion in the Bank of England on May 23rd had decreased L 62,000. France. The Commission of Capitulations blame General Uhrich for the surrender of Strasburg, and especially censure him for screening himself and his officers from the conditions imposed on enlisted men. In the National Assembly on May 21st, M. Eouher spoke for nearly three hours on a motion to interrogate the Government as to its intentions regarding the frauds in war contracts. M. Rouher disclaimed any intention of provoking controversies, and defended General Palikao from charges against his administration of affairs. He urged that the members of the Government collectively should be held responsible for their acts. M. Audiffret Pasquire (?) replied to M. Rouher. He vindicated his own exposures of corruption under the Empire, denounced Napoleon, and called on the Empire in the language of Augustus to restore to France her legions, her provinces, and her glory. The members of the Assembly and the spectators in the adjacent rooms and the galleries were greatly excited, and repeatedly interrupted the speaker with passionate outbursts of applause. M. Rouher replied in a speech of two hours’ duration, which was listened to with impatience. The Prince and Princess of Wales are to arrive in Paris on May 24th. The Paris journals consider that the debates in the Assembly on May 21st and 22nd inflicted a crushing blow on the hopes of the friends of the Empire. Madrid, May 24th. It is reported that the Garlist leader, Yturbe, has received a fresh supply of arms, and threatens vengeance on the surrendered Carlists in Guipuzeca. A Carlist band in Lerdu surrendered yesterday. America. The Liberal Republican Convention nominated Mr Horace Greeley for President, The nomination took the country by surprise General Grant, no (doubt, will get a regular nomination from the Republicans. Davis has also been nominated. It is believed the contest will be narrowed to one between Greeley and Grant. To-day a severe windstorm passed over Washington and New York, destroying the foliage of the trees in the parks, and houses, barns, and orchards. A Spanish gunboat captured, under suspicious circumstances, the English schooner William Julius. The President signed the House Amnesty Bill passed by the Senate. The exception provided for in the Bill will, it is supposed, cover less than 200 cases, including Jefferson Davis. The Senate went into Executive Session on May 22nd, on the additional article of the Treaty of Washington, with the modification proposed. By a majority the Committee on Foreign Regulations resolved to effect the original object by a change of the phraseology, but to make it of equal application to both sides. A fire in Broadway, New York, destroyed 600,000 dels, worth of dry goods. In an attack by the Cherokee Indians near Fort Smith, thirteen persons were killed and twelve wounded. The whole district has been deserted in consequence. A million dollais’ ■wortli of property baa been destroyed at Somerset, Pennsylvania, by fire. Over 10,000 immigrants arrived at New York on May 21st. COMMERCIAL. The latest London date is May 1, which is not so late as the dates received via Suez. May 1. The public sales of wool were progressing slowly, foreign buyers operating with caution, and a similar policy being adopted by the home trade. Good wools show a fall of 2d, and inferior wools of 2£d to 3d, as compared with the last sales. For hides the demand is limited. First quality heavy New Zealand are at Cjd; second quality at s|d; and salted horse at Bd. Butter is at 38s to 40s. Tallow is at 42s 6d for beef, and 43s 6d for sheep. New Zealand hemp was active at L3B 15s to L4O, and finished at L 42. New York, May 13. The receipts of the new crop of Australian wool are beginning to stock up, and the bulk of the supply intended for the American market now to hand is rapidly passing into

consumption. The sales of Australian wool for the month include 752,0001b5, at prices ranging from 60 cents to 67 cents, and 50,0001bs heavy at 56 cents. San Francisco, May 23. Tho proposed American subsidy to Webb’s line has been rejected by the Senate. GREyMouTH, June 21. The wreck reported to have been found between Caswell and Thompson Sounds, is all debris carried away by the great Hood at Greymouth last summer. The papers, illustrated Bible, slippers, etc., were in a desk which was swept out to sea in a house belonging to Mr Whitmoie, of this town. The ship’s planking found is supposed to ho part of the river protective works. Two ships’ spars, which were lying on the wharf, were carried away at the same time, as well as 1 several boats. News received from Reeftou states that a compositor, named Freddy Hodges, has been missing since Saturday last. A search party has been out since Wednesday, looking for him, and has not yet returned. Christchurch, June 21. The Wesleyan Musical Festival was a great success. Sixteen hundred persons were present, and the collections amounted to L 133. Petitions in favor of a Permissive Bill are being numerously signed by persons of both sexes. Auckland, June 22. A Tauranga letter states that gold has been discovered on the eastern side of the Ohinerauri Ranges. The stuff yielded three grains to the dish. The discoverer has proceeded to Auckland to claim the reward.