ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Evening Star, Issue 4012, 5 January 1876, Page 3

ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN SUMMARY. A telegram from Alexandra says Egypt does not wish to annex Abyssinia. She merely wants security against violation of her frontier. Ten vessels have been ordered from the East Indies to the Mediterranean to compose a detached squadron under the command of RearAdmiral Lambert, which, according to previous arrangements, was to have remained in the East Indian water till March. The combined crews number over 3,000. On receipt of the new order the squadron will sail for the Red Sea, and proceed through the Suez Canal to the Mediterranean. This will be the first time that a whole squadron belonging to a foreign power has passed at once through the canal. A special from Berlin says the Prussian Government has formally summoned the Archbishop of Cologne to resign his see preliminary to legal proceedings to depose him. Another special says Count Yon Arnim has refused to obey the summons to attend his trial for’ treason on the plea of ill health. The Prussian ‘Cross Gazette’ reports that Turkey has given her assent to Count Aandrassy’a scheme of reform. It has been very cold in the south of Spain. Some soldiers have been frozen to death.