NEWS BY THE MAIL.

Evening Star, Issue 3940, 11 October 1875, Page 3

NEWS BY THE MAIL.

i-DROP 'N ITEMS, The first series of onferonoes to promote th« principle# of the Working Mei.’s J eacc Assoe atiou of G'r -at dntain among the working classes fcf Frame was held in Paris, There were delegates present fn m all parts of England. Mr Joseph Arch «as one of thn speakers. 7.he Association u;ia..iranusly pro tested against the- armament of Europe as ta intolerable burden, 16 000 ani:- als arc effected with foot and mouth disease in : ordetsliirc. The hop cv op in .England promises a good yield. The Scotch expires train collided with an excursion train Pom Morecambe to Dra ; rou, near K Idwick, Fi.c p rsons were killed and forty e-juicd, s-iveraf prohdrly fatally. Iberr. Cohen and Co. merchant#, of bid Change, have failed ; liabilities L 120,000. Tbe (jueen witnessed 'he running down of the yacht Mistletoe, from the deck of the Albei tand was deeply' agitated, wringing her bands, a id evidently in * state of dread ful suspense while efforts were being made to rescue the unfortunate sufferers. At a m. eting ol the National Bank of ” ew Zsalaad, held on August I9th, the C- airman, in moving the adoption of the report, said Mr Bridges had worked advantageously for the Bank. Mr Barnes’s resignation was accepted, and the election of a general manager in under consideration. Last year it was reported the Hank would lose LIO.OOO through a bad debt at Nelson. The amount wa* greatly * xa ßß‘ ra ked at the time, and he had thought they might lose i 2,000, sut the loss had actudiy tmly been 1.800 They had other losses durilng the year, but had more care been exercised these bad debts would not have been mo large, and the directors had expressed a very strong opinion in this respect to thole in the Colony. They wished to do a safe, steady business. They had written off sard pai l L4,6-r6 preliminary expenses, and would carry forward Lb,850 after the payment of a dividend. t The Popei has invited the Herman a rchbishop Ledcichowski to Horn. 1 , at the end of his imprisonment, to attend a special Consistory. "I he. Council has resolved to suppress the Convent of the Misters of Charity. The Etp.peror Fenlina d of Austria left by will L1,'200,000 to Pope, The amount ha* been. paid. A pilgrimage of German Catholics has set out for Franco. The Pone sent his blessing, AMERICA. The suspension of the Hank of California caus Rrj great excitement, winch was heightened. by the death of thi president, Mr Hoii.'eston immediately after by drowning. Mr Hoheston had he u intimately connected wi fh all the improvements m ban Francisco, f*n d. the people turned out to honor hia fu Bier&l. At a meeting, it was' stated that tL'e assets of : he deceased would* fully cover tlae debts to the bank. The board of fn rectors had made a stand agMimt him, and klie Bulb-tin’ and ‘Call’ attiwhed hm. It is Supp'sed he c v nutted nut Tide in con Vequeuce of hia fee inys at the disgrace The baa ; - was expected to lesQme soon after the 13th --e;-ternher, and pay &11 liabilities. loft eu million dodars have been subscribed a guarantee fund tor t foe bank, four- stock ho deni mibscrib;up a mill ion each.

Arrui^em-nts for the new mail service are completed. hive ah p* h*ve been engaged. he Pacific Gai, Companyr contribute three— th-- Coleo-.a the t, uy -of New (rtrk, ami the Niiy of -ydiif-y ,f he ' olema begins the ervice f orn .San Francisco on November 10 sailing to Sydney. 'Hie City ef Sydney at d the < ’in of New York sai direct from New Y-rk to ydney t«o take thei places o- 1 the line. Messrs John Elder And Co.’s two new ships are now rapidity approaching completion, and leave Lon-d on fo Australia, the fi;at about the beginmingof Nove-nber. and the other a month la bar; so that in a few months hence tho serv.’me will be performed by five new powerful istearn ships of the highest class. 'lho pa ssenger accomuioda.ion wiil leav - nothing to be desired. Pending tbe time required to get tho new vess Is to t err station* tho company obtained permission to use the Mikado and Vasco de Gama for on-' voyage in November and lucemher, to carry mails fr nj Sydney and New Z-aland to 'an Fr tuoi.-.i o, after which the reg lar vessels will be employed. The mail from London im future will be despatched on Thursday evening and go out by a fast boat to New York, iu stead of via Boston as before. • he table is arranged with a view to the homeward mail meeting fast boats leaving New Yerk or Saturday, The Vasco de Gama leaves San Francisco on the 'Ott October. She will not take the mail. The n~xt i ward mail wiil be brought by the < Tty. of Melbourne.

Louis Kichto a teller of th® Planters* National Bank wai discovered near the Bank on tbe lat September, in an exhausted condition, and told th* police bow men had forced him from hia bed and compelled him to deliver the in keys, and had robbadtbe Bank, ear-y !00,000 dollars was stolen Hiohlo afterwards confessed that he himself had ribbed the Ban*., and showed where tbe property was bidden. It ia report'd that. < .foetal butler is retained a« coun.-e 1 for Tilto i in the second suit a.: inst Bscohcv The innurg uvs in ■ u ' , n-ry active, burning plantations and mu'a m. übemaeivts a general uu sauce Two prisoners in Florida, con ic d of an indecent assault, were ak n out of guo, aim hueg in front • f the ebu ch. The min jiuTnf ‘ng mg pr sou is accus 'd oi theft and corrupu u Jeffer v oa I.) .vies declines to accept a gift of a hom stead m Texas Ho as is .u id , invitation*, to address several Agricultural Societies Business in \ew York is reported flourishing, and merchants in Almost every branch predict an excellent Fad traue. A. good deal of caution is observed in buying Nothing extravagant, is being done, but wmail order.) are abundant, and increased ac-

tivity is noti ed both south and west. > he g Tain marktf - . is firm, and big or in Chicago, ov T i p ’B re C unn heavy rain , \umors at Br.'oklyn «re current tost DuIri* it Atuvncy Britton f-n gouating to enter a n prounqvi in the cast of Haeoheer v. Hoi litcD, tor - krider, ;r is stated that an inrlh itm* u '- ‘ « s bo n. j rocu.ed against Mouiton, who i%fue«9 to a-.ttle the eace. It is

aot known when the trial will come on Heecheer’s counsel dues not want to proceed, and says it would be better to let the scandal rest. Horrible cruelties are reported in Illinois--Stats Prieoß. Ex-convict Joliet has madr a statement that three instances came under his notice while in prison of case-* where prisoners were tortured to death. Two were Josed to death in ico water; one wsf knocked on the head by a ward- r, because he was too sick to walk f ast ; and an<v her was strung up for six Lours by hi« hands to a ring bolt. The last mentioned, recovered aft* r being given up for dead. The new railway between New York and rhdadelplia will open on th« Ist Ma>cu It is calculated there will be 5.0J0 arri> ale daily from New York during the Centennial.