ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Evening Star, Issue 4010, 3 January 1876, Page 3

ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

The City of rfan Francisco arrived at A'.ckland yestsrday, having- J:ft 'Frisco on December 10. She brings forty-three cabin and twenty-three steerage passengers. The inaiis were sent ou per the Mikado, which left the day before. She sighted the Mikado at six o'clock yesterday morning astern. She will therefore arrive in the morning. 'J ho whole time occupied from Frisco was 21 days 10 hours—running time 20 days 21 hours, being the fastest time on record. Sir George is a passenger by the City of Han Francisco for Melbourne. Pasiensiers for Auckland—W. K. Gvaham, Hod. Dr Grace and wife and daughter, Messrs Burner, Brain well, Watson, and Hartley. For Wel-lington—-Mrs Lucy Stuart and daught r, Hector and wife. For Lyttelton -Messrs Andereoii (two), Miss Anderson, Mr Boag. For Port Chalaicra-Rev. A. 11. Siobo and wlfo.^ The Mikado's passengers were - - Captain Fielder and wife, Robert ifhakeparc, Mrs Harrison and five children; and seventeen iu the steerage. * t

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN SUMMARY.

33y an expk sion in a coal mine at Ashley, near Leeds, six Hv63 were lost. | The Carlist court martial sentenced General Dollar to four years imprisonment. In th« French Assembly, ballotting f«r 75 life members, gave the Left a large majority over the Right. Spain is sending further reinforcements to Cuba. It does not anticipate American intetventioa. and thinks Europe would not permit it. There was a terrible colliery explosion at the Swathe Colliery in England. The latest accounts indicate the total number of lives as one hundred and foitv. The explosion was caused by carelessness in blasting operations. Another disaster of a similar character is reported in a cod mine near Penrith in -outh Wales. Twelve persons were killed and ten injured. Another steamer has been wrecked with fearful loss of lite The. Deutohland, from Bremen, struck near Haiwich, Kngland, during a fog, and became f» total wreck. The captain roports that he left Bremen Haven on Saturday morning, and encountered a heavy norwest snow storm ; the weather being so thick that he found it* neciss.iry to throw the lai constautly, and to s'a'lsen tp-e\ At 5:30 a.m. the visjcl struck, and shcrtfy .-.ftor all hands c-.minenced pump'ng Several vessels passed quite close, bir, paid no attention to oar signals of distress. I ordered the life-boats 10 be got in readiness, a:, d soon had them swung out, but did not deem it safe to lower them in such a heavy sea. One b©it was lowered against my po:i:i\e orders, and she was almost immediately capsized and six persons in hor drowned. A tremendous sea swept the decks every f«w minutes, and washed overb-ard many of the passengers, who hnd all probably been provided with life-preservers. After this I ordered the passengers to take to tho tigging, and some sought _ safety in the wheel-house, from which position they were rescued by a tugboat. _ There were about ten in all." Tho latest estimate makes the total number of lives lost on the steamer Deutchland seventy-eight. It is now ascertained that the crew numbered ninety nine, of whom fourteen were drowned. The captahi admits that he was an hour and a qiurter out of his reckoning. At the inquest at Harwich Captain Bruck-trii testified that ho signalled passing <e ; se!', but none answered. The jurymen and others admitted that his sk'iuls of distress were scon at Kaiwich. One of tho jurymen states that the seamen did not feel bound to risk their lives to go to thejrescue, having no lifeboat. The 'Times' this morning says tho fact of plain carelessness is a disgrace on the English nann, The Deutchland has broken in half. William SpottMt and Co , linen m:nnfacturers and bleachera of Belfast, have faded with liabilities a million and a half.