ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Evening Star, Issue 4177, 17 July 1876, Page 4

ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

AcckljAKd, July 15. ■Tie City of New York arrived last eveniag. The following is the mail agent’s repo:*t: - The Colima left Auckland on the 9th May, reached Kandavan on the 11th, and waited there for the Australia till loth. Left Honolulu on 27th May. On 4th July the Colima’s engines broke down, and were BOt repaired till the Sunday following. Beached Sydney on the following Wednesday. The City of New York left San Fran 6lwo on the 21st, arrived at Honolulu on the ■aWh. arrived at Kandavan on the 11th July, •{transhipped on board the City of Sydney for Anrtfafia. The City of New York reached A««klaod at 7.30 p.m. The time from San te Auckland was twenty-three dim seven and a-half hours. There are no passengers for Otago. GENERAL SUMMARY.

A woto for tho Duke of Connaught’s estab£ lutaneat, on his marriage with the Princess 'JVederioa, daughter of the ex-King of Han•T», will be submitted to Parliament this A torchlight procession has taken place in !9lblinin celebration of the escape of Fenian •oaviots from Australia, and Disraeli was luttaedin effigy. Winslow, tine Boston forgerer, has been gpnhaffged. An exploring expedition to North-Western Africa has left England. The main object is te ascertain the feasibility of admitting the water of the Atlantic to a portion of the desert of Sahara.

A pleasure boat capsized at Eastbourne on Saturday. Twelve people were drowned. The King of Dahomey will pay the fine imposed upon him by Commander Hewitt far maltreating British subjects. Scene dynamite stored in a joiner’s shop «u Burbank road, Glasgow, exploded, killing six workmen and wrecking several houses.

Heavy failures have occurred in the TTnited Kingdom. Liabilities of the firm of Malcolm and Co., Belfast, Portiaw, and Waterford, Ireland, linen manufacturers, flra estimated at L 1,500,000. Johnston, tfnrie, and Co., yarn merchants, Glasgow, Scotland, liabilities, LBOO.OOO. Gurbutt, eolHenr owner, Darlington, liabilities, 1*170,000.

The Under Secretary for the Foreign Department announced in the House of Comnena that a peremptory demand had been made to the Peruvian Government for the jaleaae of the crew of the Talisman ; peacelal relations between the countries to end if the demand were not complied with.

A fire broke out in the manufacturing woollen works at Ayr, belonging to James Templeton. The fire, which was caused by friction of machinery, spread to all parts of %he building. The operatives were at work at) the time. It is believed that all the men •scaped. A number of women rushed out, paying there were others inside nnablo to •saape. Soon afterwards the roof fell in. Twenty-four women were burned in the wdnn and perished. One woman, who loaned from the upper window, was so feeUy injured that she died soon after being taken to the hospital. It ;a reported that Aft Overseer named Bair locked the door of

room in which the female operatives were working. Barr himself perished in the flames, and it is impossible to learn the .truth of the report, but as the women bad time to escape it is otherwise inexplicable iCjw works were entirely destroyed. A despatch from Calcutta reports an alarming outbreak of cholera in GMwood village, on the Bombay and Baroda Railway. Of 200 inhabitants, 100 died in three days. The Spanish Senate adopted the clause of the Constitution establishing religious toleration by a vote of 43 to 40.

Great riots have occurred in Belgium through the success of jthe (t’atholics in the •lections at Antwerp. In the disturbances many thousands marched thronght tho itreets shouting “Down with ministers.” The mob attacked and wrecked the Catholic Institute. Gensdarmes charged upon rioters, and several were wounded, and arrests were made. Serious inundations have occurred in Switzerland, caused by heavy rains and melting of snow. In the mountains the railways were much damaged. The whole canton of Thnrger is submerged. Many biidges and houses have been carried away. Several persons were drowned at Fraufeldt, capital of tho Canton, and four inmates of houses were killed by falling walls. All Liberals of the Basque Province?, Spain, who supported Alfonso, are to be exempt from conscription ; the remainder of the population will be liable to military duty, the same as tho other Spaniards. Eighty Spanish senators were in favor of $n amendment for totally suppressing the privileges hitherto enjoyed by the Provinces qf Biscay and Navarre, The cereal crops in the Provinces of Badaios and Ouidadm are entirely destroyed by locusts. Over 600 tons of locusts have been burnt with petroleum in trenches, and 15,000 soldiers have been occupied in destroying them. The Spanish police have discovered two depots of cartridges at San Sebastian. A Paris letter says George Sand died in great pain. A letter from Madrid gives details of the recent prosecution against the Press. It Bays :—“ Within tho last month three leading Liberal journals have been suppressed—the last for sixty-five days. Uf the six Liberal papers published in Madrid five have been suppressed or out on trial within forty days ending June Ist, The toleration clause of the Constitution may possibly pass the Senate, but by a very small majority, if at all. Luiz Gomez, supported by Fclloa and Duke Ferrau Neumey, intends to propose a measure for establishing liberty of conscience and public worship, making native Protestants eligible to professorships and State employment. Prince llassan, son of the Khedive of Egypt, has resigned his commission in the Prussian army. He goes to Egypt, where ho will he made Minister of War.

■Correspondents agree that the danger of an immediate outbreak on the Servian and Montegrin frontier is removed. The Servian army consists of about 125,000 men, and miiitia of 100,000 more. The Servians are convinced that war is a moral necessity.

The Princes of Roumania and Servia have gent telegraphic despatches to the Porte announcing that they will be represented at the investiture of the Sultan, The memorandum has been withdrawn. Vng'aiul and the other powers agree upon #«rta;n points, among which ia one not to cawo'ae nmino pressure on the Porto.

Russia, Fra ce, and England have made saccessf il representations to .servia for tl e maintenance of peace. The Czar has prevailed upon Servia to adopt a peaceful ffilicy. Tttckey has spontaneously offered the in •urgeats two conditions included in the memorandum namely, three months’ assistance, and direct negotiations. A Vienna correapondent reports that one •f the last decrees signed by the late Sultan wa* • secre; order for the invasion of Sertia, and tin Austrian vmbassador at Constantinople succeeded in having orders withdrawn.

A Berlin despatch abates that the iiismgent letter's havg acdeptect an armistice,'and appointed to arrange guarantees with the Northern powers.

The Porte has courteously asked Servia to explain the meaning of her armaments. This request was not made in a thre .teuing manner, nor as an ultimatum. The Grand Vizier has notified the Imperial Commissioners in Bosnia and Herzegovina that reports already granted for those Provinces will be maintained in their integrity. The Porte ha* promulgated a full amnesty to all insurgents who lay down their arms and renew their allegiance to tho Turkish Government during the next six weeks’ armistice.

ihe Russian A mbassador has complained to the Government of Austria of unmeasured attacks upon Russia, published in certain newspapers, especially those of Hnn*aary. A despatch from Belgrade says that the Servian Government’s decision in favor of peace is opposed to the wishes of the people, The position of affairs is becoming dangerous for Prince Milan.

Tho latest Atlantic cablegrams, te June 21st, stated that the Turkish insurgents have refused the armistice. Austria has resolved to withhold relief and the money of Herzegovina is unexhausted. The Insurgent leader defeated the Sultan’s troops at Poterovo, killed 200 Tnrks, and captured 200 head of sheep and cattle. Niesik has been provisioned, and the Turkish army have received six months' arrears of pay. Reports, received from Sclavonic sources, state that Prince Karageorgewitz has destroyed the town of Allapusa, and killed 200 Tnrks.

A Berlin special reports that Austria has ordered the concentration of 158,000 of kindwehr in the eastern and south-eastern Provinces, for autumn drill.

The correspondent of tho ‘Moscow Gazette’ telegraphs to that paper from Cettingi that the Inrkish in Bosnia have unfurled the green flag for a holy war against the Christians. The Prussian * Cross Gazette ’ published a private letter from Jerusalem, which says that great excitement and anxiety prevail there, in consequence of the excesses of the Turkish authorities and the threatened rising of the populace on the 2nd of June. The Christians, fearing an attack, barricaded their houses, and the foreign residents kept armed watches throughout the night. The Germans met at the Consulate, and made organisation for mutual defence, and sent to their Government formal application for military assistance. Turkish soldiers have since permanently encamped in the public square.

A Berlin dispatch says that accounts received from all sources are full of apprehensions of further violence, and perhaps of a general uprising in Constantinople. The Turkish fleet, consisting of eight firstclass vessels, will sail for Crete within a week on an important mission. A fire at St John’s, Canada, destroyed the entire business part of the town, a mile long and 600 yards wide. Two hundred families are homeless. Many barely escaped with their lives. The foot and mouth disease amongst hogs in some parts ©f Canada is slaying hundreds. The Indians infNebraska made a descent upjan the settlers, Wiling a hundred within one week. 30,0000 people daily attend the Centennial Exhibition. r I ho Protestant Churches in Mexico have bedn. burned by fanatics. The Mexican Government has leased the mines at San Luis, Potosi, Guanagnato, and Jacatecas, to an English company, for LIOO,OOO per annum. Trade is prostrated, and the Government is unable to pay its employes.