ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Evening Star, Issue 3540, 27 June 1874, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

[By Telegraph.]

. . Auckland, June 27. 1 City of Adelaide ar'ived here at ten o clock last night with' the San Francisco mail, ibe Mikado did not arrive at Kandavau until 10 a.m. on the 21st, having been detained foui days at San Francisco, through the non-arrival of the Atlantic steamer. She then lost fifty - one hours between -Honolulu and Kandavau repairing her tubes, and for the lasc three days out was under easy steam, iho City of Adelaide received the New Zealand portion of the mails and cargo, and left Kaudavau on the morning of the 22nd insi. Ihe Mikado was not expected to leave for Sydney till the following evening, having to repair her machinery. The Tartar, with the outward mails, left Kaudavau for San Frauciaeo on the 14th, full of passengers and cargo. The City of Adelaide brings over 4,000 packages for .Auckland, and 305 packages and thirty rams for the South.

Passengers For Auckland—Mr Thomas Russell, and fifteen others. For Wellington— Rev. Mr Elwyn and Mrs Elwyn, and Mr Foy. bor Port Chalmers—Mr Maitland, Mr Orgili (? Cargill), Dr Crawford, and one in the steerage.

ENGLISH AND' CONTINENTAL. ... London, May 26. A violent thunderstorm broke over London and the midland counties, causing loss of life and damage. '•The troop steamship Siberia, from London for Madeira, is supposed to be lost, with all the crew and.passengers. Ten persons have been arrested at Cork in connection with the mysterious disappearance of arms and ammunition from the barracks. _ it is reported that the British frigates Narcissus and Bndymion are ashore at Palermo • also the corvette Racoon at Bermuda. By a fire at Paris, near Castle (?) 200 persons have been rendered .homeless. Several were killed.

The Durham election is annulled on account of bribery, and the Galway election annulled on account of intimidation.

Messrs Oppeuheim and Schraden, merchants have failed; liabilities, L 750.000. The Czar of Russia has issued instructions granting permission to all exiled Poles to return home, except those guilty of assassiuatiou. a between coal and passenger trains at Merthyr Tydvil seriously injured forty persons , J

President MacMahoa, when receiving the German Ambassador (Prince Hohenloe) expressed the hope that the present friendly relations between France and Germany might be long continued.

It is reported that bitterness has arisen be•Princess of Wales and the Duchess ot Edinburgh regarding the question of rank. A nephew of the Emperor of Russia was arrested at bt Petersburg for stealing his mother’s diamonds. The Czar ordered legal proceedings to take their course.

A conspiracy was discovered in Kohokan Russia. Sixteen persona implicated were executed.

J-h® appropriation of Church property for btat 3 purposes in Italy continues. Ecclesiastical property, valued at over twenty millions •teiling, has been sold, and the proceeds have gone into the public treasury. . Additional miner/ strikes have caused a rise m coal

Sothern, the actor, now playing at Chicago, gpes to Australia under an engagement for eight weeks, at 1,000 dollars (L 208) a-night.

AMERICAN NEWS. mu x x. m San Francisco, May 27. The details of the partial destruction of three villages in Massachusetts, by the bursting of reservoirs, are of an appalling character. The reservoirs were in the mountains,’ and were used tor mill purposes in the villages below. They broke away from tire dams, and a torrent of water rushed down on the villages, sweeping away everything in its course. One hundred and eighty persons were drowned, and the damage to property is estimated at one million dollars. ± our hundred families are rendered Adding to the confusion and distress, as soon as'the catastrophe was known, robbers and roughs from the neighboring towns poured in eager for plunder. •• ’ The women’s crusade against the liquor traffic is being suppressed by the authorities. JJorty women were arrested in Pittsburg for obstructing the road. They still express their determination to continue their work. The steamer Sivatore, carrying scientists for observation of the transit of Venus, is ready to leave New York It will land parties at Crozet Islands and Desolation Island. They take elaborate instruments and eighteen months’ provisions aboard. A man and his wife and an old woman and wTrw li bur A n f d j U for sorcery by benoi Gastello, _ Alcade of Jaconaimo. Thev holy watS? by COmpemng them t0 swallow

The Mayor of New Orleans telegraphs for further aid towards the sufferers of the great Louisiana inundation. He says 45,000 rations are distributed daily. Contributions of a million dollars will be required to prevent the horrors of famine and great loss of life. The fall of a building at Buffalo killed eight persons.

By a fire at Toronto 200,000 dollars’ worth of property was destroyed. Four ruffians fought their way out of the Indiana State prison with revolvers and bowie knives, killing the turnkey. The American steamer Mancha was wrecked during a gale on the Japan Seas. Forty-seven persona were drowned, chiefly' Chinamen. A strike of the stage drivers in New York caused the disappearance of vehicles from the streets.

Over forty leading places of business in Independence, Ohio, have been burned down The loss is estimated at 500,000 dollars A great iceberg at Quebec damaged and wrecked a large number of steamer and other vessels. Damage, 1,500,000 dollars. The New York police are making raids on gamblers. Seventy were arrested. The police of San Juan, Porto Rico, are arresting freemasons, on the ground that they favor the separation of the Colonies from Spain. Intelligence from Japan states that the chief of the rebels and ten leaders were caught and executed. More brutal murderg have occurred in San Francisco.

A hundred Catholic pilgrims have left New York for Rome.

Havanna intelligence states that the courtmartials are condemning a large number of P e °P!e. to death and imprisonment for treason. A Bill has been introduced into Congress empowering the purchase of 10,000 acres at Pango Pango and Samoa as a naval station for the United States, without assuming the political control of the lands, which continue under native sovereignty, subject to conditions necessary to secure the right of the United States Ihe Bill was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, which is now considering Colonel Stemburgh’s report in faver of annexation. It is understood that the Annexation Committee opposes the purchase of any of the lands required. Thousands of Mormons are joining Brigham Young s Order of Enoch, which requires every member to give all his property to the Church.

GENERAL SUMMARY. [From the European Mail and Home News.) . , London, May 5. ihe Kussian squadron will shortly visit Australia and New Zealand. The Agent-General of New Zealand has completed arrangements with Messrs Shaw, Ihorason, and Moore, ironworkers, for 1,000 tons of rails for shipment during the year. The report of the Otago and Southland Investment Company shows an available total balance of L 6.156, including L4lO brought y ear ’s account; and recommends a ' IV , enc * the rate of ten per cent, per annum and an appropriation of LSOO to the reserve fund.

The March Californian mail was delivered is. London on May 4, three days overdue. ■ l A e , Wooi Importers’ Committee has decided that the third series of sales shall commence on August 18. . A l )a ? l PkJ e l'-^ n rit;led “ Handyside’s Improved Method of Overcoming Steep Gradients on Railways has been written by Mr H. Handyside, late Provincial Engineer to the Nelson Government.

A great number of people, described as the very bone and sinew of the island’s population, is preparing to leave Skye for New Zealand. The following persons in New Zealand won 1 rises in the Art Union of London :—W, Jamieson, E. J. Stevens, and Dr J. Turnbull' liristchurch; James Torrie, J. Kissling, Blenheim; E. Wicks and Charles Woolcock, xreymouth; R. Uurn, Nelson; E. Pearce, We’lington.

COMMERCIAL. . ' , San Francisco, May 4. In the market here there is a slight depres--31011 in flour ; a concession is necessary to induce business. Wheat unsettled; the prospect* of a large shipment and increased rates of ocean freights cause the irregularity. Wool transactions are restricted by short supply; the' tone of the market is improving ; sales are reported at .32 cents for Bury, 36? cents for free new spring ; 25 cents for fall; 25 cents for iambs ;75 cents for scoured at Boston. There is a fair degree of activity ; of the spring clip sales were marked at 82£ cents. Petroleum very dull. ’

.Liverpool, May 22.—Wheat, 12s 6d to 12s 9d per owt, and 12s 9d to 13s per cental, freights from San Francisco to Liverpool, L 3 10s to L 3 12s 6d on the spot; charters, L 3 15s to L 4, to arrive up to October 1. Sa.n Francisco, May 27.—Flour is in demand from 50dol 50c toOOdol for fine; 4dol 50c to 4dol 75c, men sacks, per 1961bs for superfine. The wheat market is quiet. Sales of 1,400 sacks for milling were made at Idol 80c. The barley market is steady, and sales were made of 5,000 sacks, for brewing, at Idol 800. In wool we continue to note an active market, sprint? short staple, 18c to 22c ; medium, 24c to 25c • extra choice, long staple, 26c to 27c per lb. ’