THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Evening Star, Issue 4047, 15 February 1876, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN NEWS. . The London * Times * ‘says ‘England is pre‘.pared to urge that the clause of the Treaty of Paris forbidding foreign intervention between 'the Sultan and his subjects be rescinded, ft, i Reports that there was.no loss of life by thb burmog of the straining ship/Goliath are contradicted. There is reason. to believe .that ; twentyperished. ’ ‘ The Right Hon. Lotber Bucknall Eitecourt,. who; was Secref ary of Stale for the Home Department in 1860, is dead. A disastrous Bre occurred' at the 1 .bookbinding o tablishroert of T. H. Egertbn. Three-hundred Workmen are throvm but of employment. The directors of the City and Country Bank (one of them an M.P.), who have been examined at the Mansion House, for issutwc a false prospectus, report, and balance-Bheets : have, after several remands, been committed for trial. ; 1 > ’

Mrs Childers, wife of the. late first Lord of the Admiralty, died from having, .accidently inhaled chloroform to excess. -

A ‘Times* special 'from Penang ' siys General Colboume reports' that he has taVAp Kintral without loss. Maharajah Ismael add Bella fled to Penang. <; ■ i telegram frouf Pera shows that the British hold all the. most ; important positions id that neighborhood. Maharajah Sela has taken refuge in Siamese territory. Htfish power is supreme. The ‘Times’ of December 16 says the Bank of New Zealand, on behalf of fche Provfrcial Government of Otago, will pay oh the Ist January interest due on outstanding bonds; Otago six per cent loan 1862. . European affairs are troubled* and Turkey is arming. Gamb.tta has announced his ihtedtion of coming forward as a candidate for the Chamber of Deputies for Paris, Lyons, Mareillea, Lille, and Bordeaux. : His purpose is to ascertain the judgment of large cities upon the policy-of the compromise which he espoused during the last part of the session. The ‘Times’ Paris correspondent says negotiations are going on to get Victor Hugo’ tp stand as a candidate for the Senate for Paris. 1 -

The steamship Lousiana, from the" West. Indies, has sunk in the Gironde River. After' the collision sixteen persons were drowned, including the captain. Special telegrams from Rome to the ‘Daily News ’ eay that well-iofonned authorities assert that Bishop Dnpanloup hosarrived in Rome on account of an expected meeting of the (Ecumenical Council.. . ■:/

; Mount Vesuvius shows a gradual increase of fire,and smoke. Professor Gahnirvi predicts a long p riod of eruption. ; A t rrible explosion, has occurred in acoal mine near Mens, Belgium. The full force of men were at work at the time, and thedoss of life is appalling. It is reported that 110 miners were killed ; 11 were taken out injured. The accident was caused by fire damp. News has been received at Berne of a dreadful calamity in. the Canton of Nargau on Deo. 1 24. Christmas festivities were being celebrated in the achookhouse in that place, when the flooring gave way, and eighty' persona were Id It-d and fifty more or less wounded. '-> <<l .< •• : Thomassen, who caused the disaster On the Moselle at Bremerhaven, ptirdiasecl the nitroglycerine which he used Sn America. He attributed.the "premature exp’oaion to cold, dynamite being inflammable ’when frozen. A chest containing itjtras roughly handled by the carriers, who threw it from a wpggoU, causing crystal to explode. The tetri .number of tided is 128, and of wounded 56. :Mt issaid that twenty of the injured are hopelessly maimed,.and thatthre are 56widowbahd 153 otpbans: oftyiotiiufi of the idieaiter, for the of whom it is proposed to raise a;snbsoiiptipnof 7,00Q dollars^, , Bmletits respeo'ing the heakh of thiTexQueen Isabella of Spainare issued dii ; y. The latest are le?sfavorable. ..

It is stated that the Constitutional party in Spain expects to get from 116 to 120 seats in the New, Cortes. .• - ArMadrjd special says Cotmt Pr'nonoroastro is in Pa'i", officially arranging for the return of Isabel ato Spain.; King Alpnonso opposeS the 'Ministry in this matter, saying the Ministers ' may reign, but bis mother jnay Have an asylum in Spain. Valladolid will be chosen for her re* sidence, not' Madrid, as the latter is not considered safe. ,lt issaid the Spanish army, will be divided'at once if the ex-Queoa take any part in the direction or counsel of State affalrs. The Spanish Cabinet" havinglearnt the contents of a circular note from the United States, to this Europieah' Governments, instructed her representatives to explain to ‘.the various Gover .mentß that the, Cuban Question wasnot only of American but of European interest, end th t complicatioriß between the State? and Spain might havelncaloulab’e consequences for Europe, as they would encouwgpthe Carlists to make a prolonged resist wee; land bevive the hopeß of- Federalism. : The' Austr’an'Uo ? verntmnt received these dtc’arations in a friend’y manner. ( A despatch from Berl’ir sayi the Government reported in f »vor of,the propositions contained in:the American circular relating to Cuba. German commerce,4’, seriously. iniured. by Cuban dißoraer. ; \ ; l ' ’ vi.i ■ • ' a" The Sultan of Turkey is Unending all avail* able. money iqThoatility, eirintag bia foroea on; ;land.. * hhipa -And beam Oiaetfu« 'coVt taotjch .dejitvsan i ir> skit’

the Greek following the ezamp'e of ms CatHolc colleague, has issneda pastoral letter in-which he upbraided tha clergy for inciting insurrection, and requiring them to leave evil ways and retu’n to their - duties on pain of severe pnnishuun*. t t’ , lor ,t lhß jWliifleMteß BMhe Turk 1 ah Pi evinces, has not been sejit to the gioat Powers, frr reaflOda uhknpwtf., It ia slated that the principal fraluteof the great t Powers’ proposition relative toreformsin powers at Constantinop’e shall exorcise permanent control in the execution of reforms in tbe-Pro-vinoee.;;; ..:; .r, /iLTTt' ■■■ .A Paxis despatch .to. the ‘ Times ’ eaysfrf is stated.that the, .Branch Government has«xpressed a determination -to act inaoOordanhe wish England’s feeling on the subject of AndraisyS note hefdrn^^ AMERICAN ; ! - It; Is 1 generally known now ttatPretidlnt Q* mtis proposition for mediation tan p<wcein Cuba will be carrie Unto 6ffect, <Mba is to assume about thejsune relation to-Spain , as (ho Canadian confederation does tpihe ‘ , British Government. War will .ceaqa qnJ&e ■ island, and the Insurgents will be the full rights of citia-nship,' to join Infme ■ : business of reorganisation Upon a basis oFifew > government of the peopletwithsl .veryabbliriiM ; I thiMmghQut the,island. ThTs muTSh is 'a&ww- ; k dged ! officials who best know, what is going ■on., j-,. .V. i . ” v";:* ! , “T‘ ( w i Ait a,' meeting .'of tbe- (mmtooh 06upolI 1 Philadelphia a resolution was adopted that the > j Boan of Public Education be itaquesttiUto inforl n 1 the Council by what : authority* Ihe . > ■ readis g of: the' Bible has f been dhodhtihubd > certmt schools; : ■ it : ; --t: i d .n.ont r. Axtnugemerita.by the National Bifid Aiabtittl mateur .Rifle-Clpfaafor-a-^imtfl^frl - International Rifle Match are ]htagrekßing,#&L : vitations to participate havebedht&ntto Great l ; Britain* Bustr-lia, Can&ja’y Frftnfcb; ’lhdia, J , Prirce I’dward" Island,. Sweden and NoraW< 1 - Austria, Belgium, Empire!- BWforrT ' land, Chili, Brazil, J ahd Perd. : Eight menyraH ; constitute) a team, and-the ranges 'wiU 'be m . \ 1800, 900 T iaid 1000 yards. The todrasmentWOl t ; last four davs. EaOh man will 1 have 90 r I with aposiulde score of !450 pii{iftS. ; ; It IS Qo#t I yet decided whether ths contest Will take pleth - j at.Creedmor or Phiadelphia Major Fqftsn : !is at present' visiting the . ;to report upon thd oaapUhJlity. It ls bjsljyav^d ; that Creedmnor'. will be selected. !, r , w . | Philip SteiniW, one of the leading demers-ip tea and coffee in New York, has failea He j had eighteen stores in that clty, : betides otters : in Brooklyn' Jemey Oity,' a»u : NewSrk. TCref i bilit.i, s, 199,000 doJfe.; assets, 89,'000 dolii '' ”v----1 * ; Newa has b en receive 1 the Phil ipiM k ! IslahoBV; giving detiiils of a * on the 30thj. The' * i severe: !h the V rovinces or Albeit and Cmtanqe t | On ! 3,Boo,‘dwellinm we:b ( "Mapiy >■ ; perished, ana { crppj in;, ell, directions; w«pe ■ 'ruined.' ‘ ‘’’ s ;, ’,‘ '■ ‘ l ‘ . j At Boston, on, Decttmber, 2?, shortly before * !7 p.m., a terrible explowibn occurred by which * a large num v er of petisims Were injured, and ‘ several killed. It is as yrttodjlMn the cause of the explosion, or, the extent £of c damage. A large gas main running uhdtr ‘ ‘Federal, street Bridge, to South Boston,. and along tt o water’s edge under the payment On i Federal street, exploded with a;loud report, 1 tearing up the pavement for. about 150 feet; or , more. Itds snppesed I hat serveial pereonswras f blown into the .water. , Several' dbad' bclk»3 .wrre’ taken oht. TbeTrillpd and farknownareover fifty. It fe 3 the . resent cbld weatber- causad tte pipea to | burst, and the in*r.mxd becocping impregnlited I nvith gas, tte iimitioa &bin isoipe ooipma* meat d with the gas. ‘ The causevTay ou'tte 0 right hand under whjch the gas ran fell intothe 8 river, 'carrying with it several. * parsons Who 3 were stunnftd.'injuted.br by the explb-. II sion. 1 The nnmb; rof these; has not ytot'bedei . ascertained. ‘ • 1 ' - n: "' ' t. ■ 1 IJfomouroumOorrtapMdetU,); \ ? ■ - *— i , . * » Fgyrptand Abyssinia areatwar. , . i The great poweta are m^ng.proposesYo * r * for, TnrMsh. reform i iheanwldle , are making in Austna. in base of war.. , ~ .. j ‘ : Abok^’of, a tuysfcenouscharaotbr.was found r In tbe store -room of the White Star, steams.*, v when at Now York. It had beenbromSftoS. 3 Liverpool, the owner representing it tocontidn 3 30,000 dollars. .It was fmndito contain ex- ■ plosives, with which it is believed it was intended to destroy the, steamer Celtic.; i Thbbox was traced to Thomasson, who canned, the-, 3 disaster to the simmer Moselle by the ezplo* r sion of dynamite. The reason assigned for the J. diabolical act is to profit by the heavy 4a*•s suranoo ! bffeoted. T . ' ’ 1 5 r ! : "i'•- • - • -