ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Globe, Volume V, Issue 531, 1 March 1876, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Auckland, March 1

The City of Melbourne, with the English mail, arrived at 8 a.in. to day. She left San Francisco at 1 a.m, on the 7th of February (Auckland time), and Honolulu at 4 a.m. on the 16th, making the passage in twenty-two days twenty hours, including fifteen hours detention at Honolulu, She experienced a heavy westerly gale the day after leaving San Francisco, which lasted forty eight hours. The rest of the passage had fine weather. There are only two saloon passengers for Auckland, Mr Sinclair and Dr Mahaber; seven for Sydney, and thirty-two in the steerage. The Granada arrived from Kandavau twenty minutes later than the City of Melbourne, which did not call at Fiji.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN SUMMARY.

Severe engagements have occurred between Turkey and Montenegro. The municipality of Moscow voted 16,000 dollars in aid of the Herzegovinia rebels, but the Governor refused to remit the money sent. It is said that agents of the Russian Ambassador are urging the Bosciniana to join the insurrection, England in assenting to Count Andrassj’s scheme of reform, made certain reservations concerning the Agrarian laws and sale of Crown lands to villagers. Austria will take vigorous measures in the spring to disarm insurgents who cross the border.

The Catholic clergy in Germany are urging oa the Pope the acceptance of the ecclesiastical laws, in order to deprive them of their power against the church. Queen Victoria visits the Imperial Court while in Germany. Four French army officers were cashiered for attending the funeral service on the anniversary of the death of Napoleon, and Brassal, another Bonapartist, has been sentenced to a fine and imprisonment under the new Press Laws, for distributing, without authority, invitatiors to mass on the sane occasion.

Cardinal Simon has reported to the Pope that the King of Spain is compelled to accept the alliance of the so-called defenders of religious liberty in order to secure a political victory, Another attempt to blow up a steamer at Antwerp with 150 people aboard has been discovered.

A complete agreement for the English Channel tunnel has been arrived at. The Blackwall line steamer Harvest Queen collided with the steamer Adriatic in the English Channel, and sunk with all aboard.

At the trial of Richard Bonner Oakley, proprietor of the Co-operative Bank of London, on a charge of fraud, it was shewn that he had received £40,000 deposits from the public, but only eleven shillings were found in the Bank when an entrance was made, although a lady had paid in £7OO that day,

The Zambesi Mission has succeeded in placing a steamer on Lake Nyanza. Three hundred British troops were despatched from India to escort the Grosvenor Mission through Burmah to the British Territory. AMERICAN NEWS. The railway track at Yalcose points is snowed up, involving a stoppage in the traffic. Chinamen were engaged in clearing, but at some points the snow drifted as fast as it could be shovelled away, Senator Sherman, chairman of the Senate committee of finance, is pushing a Bill through; it has as its object uniform specie payments in England and America on the basis of the American dollar. The London Times endorses the proposal, but considers the sovereign should be adopted as the standard, causing less inconvenience in change, owing to the large amount of paper money in America. A conference embracing all nations, to consider the subject of a universal coinage is urged by the American press. Robbers entered the Northampton Bank, gagged the cashier, and stole the funds to the value of three-quarters of a million of dollars.

In the Ontario Legislature a bill giving women the right to vote at municipal elections was defeated.

There has been a terrible boiler explosion in Texas. A portion of a boiler, weighing ten tons, was carried 250 ft. Two men were killed, but the other workmen escaped miraculously. A postal convention is concluded between the United States and Queensland. The mail is to be transported in a direct line of colonial packets plying between San Francisco and Australia. The full letter postage each way is twelve cents, and newspapers two cents.

The winter is the most severe experienced in America for several years. Great storms in the Atlantic and Eastern cities of the United States have caused great damage. At the last engagement of the winter campaign in Cuba, between 5000 Spanish troops and 4000 insurgents, the Spanish army was compelled to retire, with a loss of 114 men.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Auckland, February 20,

Sailed—Hawea for the South, Passengers for Lyttelton—Misses Willis and Carr, Messrs Webb, Gray, Jacobs. Grahamstown, February 29.

Scarlet fever is reported in seven families at Tararu for the second time within one month.

Wanganui, February 29, The carbine men fired their 500 yards in the fifth match this morning, and are now (noon) going to fire the 300, leaving only the 20) yards together with the 200 yards for infantry till afternoon. The Staff match is just finished ; Armourer Christie for the range prizes at 200 yards, 19 ; Constable Grey, range prize at 500 yards, 19 ; Captain Bailie (Picton), 36, third ; Major Noakes (Wanganui), 33, fourth ; Sergeant Riddle (A.C,), 33. Weather very fine. The 300 yards’ carbine fifth match is finished. The present positions for the Champion Belt are— Bell (Auckland), 200; Bannister (Wellington), 187; Shirwood, A C., 185; Kingswell (Invercargill), 180; Crowther, A.C., 176 (Mason (Wellington), 175; McCredie (Wellington). 172; Cummins (Wanganui), 171; Stevens (Wellington), '69; Fox (Christchurch)- 169; Burnett (Christchurch), 169; Polnifz, A.C., 168; Henderson (R insritikei), 167, Bell is considered safe f ir the belt.

In the aggregate for the Carbine Belt, Bell was first, Bannister second, and Sherwood third,

The fifth carbine match is finished. 500 yards’ range prize, Bell (Auckland), 24; 300 yards, Sherwood, A. 0., 21 ; 200 yards; McCredie (Wellington), 22. First prize. Bell (Auckland), 62; second, Stevens (Wellington), 59 ; third, Cornet Bariball (Waiuku), 56 ; fourth, Henderson (Rangitikei), 54. Bell is the champion with 218 ; Sherwood, A. 0., second, with an aggregate of 206; Banister, third, with an aggregate of 200 ; Mason (Wellington), 197 ; Orowther, A. C., 195 ; McCredie (Wellington), 194 ; Kingswell (Invercargill). 192 ; Stevens (Wellington), 190 ; Fox (Christchurch), 190 ; Cummins (Wanganui), 187.

Fifth Infantry Match is finished. 6'o yards. Grossman, 22 ; 500 yards, Eder, 26 ; 200 yards, Thomas, 25. Ist prize, Grossman, 67 ; 2nd, Wilcocks (Otago), 66 ; 3rd, Crawford (Waiuku), 66 ; Thomas (Thames), 64 ; Blackie (Otago), 64 ; King (Otago), 63 ; Capstick, 62 ; Paynter (Nelson), 61 ; Wilcocks (Otago), is champion with 247 ; Armstrong ''Thames), 2nd, with 239 ; Blackie ( Otago), 3rd, with 239 ; Crossman (Nelson), 4th, with 237 ; Mann (Otago), sth, with 236 ; Wilson (Otago), 236. Wellington, February 29.

Mr Barnes, Inspector of Works for the City Council, has been served with a writ of one thousand pounds damages for a statement made to the Council that money left on his desk was placed there by a contractor. The members of the City Council have resolved not to make arrangements for having aldermen.