ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Evening Star, Issue 4225, 11 September 1876, Page 3

ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

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. Auckland, September 11. Tue uuy of Sydney arrived at eleven this morning with the 'Frisco mail. Passengers: Saloon— Messrs Henry Watson, Hamilton, Holmes, Gregg, Kirk and wife, Goodstone. She connected with tne City of San Francisco at Kaudavan on the 7th, that vessel leavirg for Sydney the same day. GENERAL SUMMARY. o- , „ , London, July 18. Sir Stafford Northcote, Chancellor of the Exchequer, becomes leader in the House of Commons. Disraeli a acceptance of the Privy Seal is believed to he only temporary. He retains the Premiership, but it is believed only till the end of next session of Parliament, when Lord Derby succeeds him. The Cabinet is (o re-constructed. • Theljady Day procession at Belfast resulted in a not. Many who were injured were sent to the hospital. A crisis in Spain, owing to the return of ex-Qneen Isabella, is considered to bode no good. The t üban insurgents gained two victories over a small body of the Spanish troops. Serna has an army of sixty thousand men, who nave taken np a strong position, commanding the mountain passes, to resist the advance or the inrkish army, numbering a hundred thousand. At 18 , underatood.that Prince Milan informed the consuls that Servia was willing to obandon the war it England and Austria would aid him in negotiating tor peace. There was a prospect of the peace party in Servia prevailing, when the arrival of a large oorty of Russian volunteers created a warlike reaction. The Ottoman embassy in London officially denies that the Imperial troops burned Servian villages or carried petroleum for that purpose, but alleges that sixty villages in the Turkish territory were burned by the Servians. The Crcwn jewels of Servia have been pledged in Vienna for 60,000 florin's, ine Porks were repulsed in several minor engagemeats.

A ; evolution has occurred in the Columbian Republic, and slaughter taken place in the streets of Carthage. The clerical party defeated the Con. servatives in two engagements. ■ OaWfiJi for the Co-operative Bank frauds, was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment. . rhe small-pox is still prevalent in San Francisco.

The Sioux war still continues. General Terry is reported to have met the Indians on August 14 t?n • Leiß * losing 300 of his own men and siumg.zoo o( the enemy. Reinforcements are still bomv poured in from all sides to the front. Sitting Bull, 1 he rebel leader, is said to have been hart in the last encounter. The scouts report that themain body ot the Inmans arc encamped on the Sinking River, that large bands of Indians have been seen moving northward into British territory, and it is not behovcd they will make a further stand this year, a.annng disclosures have been made respecting the arms and ammunition supplied to the Indians. It is calculated that 148,000 rounds have been sold from two or three agencies. General Gibbons lias written to T. C. Powers, of Fort Benton, to whom the weapons were shipped, holding him responsible !f m-itena' reaches the Indians. The Ute warriors under Chief Douglas, have joined the U.S. army against the Sionx. i