ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1604, 10 April 1879, Page 3

ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

GREAT BPJTAIN.

The Stad Haarlem took 93 married couples, 219 single men, 101 single women, 87 boys, 79 girls, and 21 infants, 696 souls, equal to 592 adults.

The cotton masters of Lancashire recommend that the Blackburn " standard list" be generally adopted for the regulation of weavers' wages. The change implies a reduction. Two thousand weavers already refused to submit. On March 17th, ?at Belfast, the police were ttoned. Several injured police finally fired on the procession. The Duke of Connaught and Princess Louisa Margaret, daughter of the Prince and Princess Frederick Charles of Prussia, were married at Windsor on March 13th. The view of St. George's Chapel, when all the guests were assembled, was so striking that the Queen commanded a sketch of the scene to be taken. The presents made the bride were of a costly nature, and included many rare old works of art. They were all displayed in the White Drawing Room of the Castle, and the numerous gifts nearly filled the room.

The Steeplechase at Croydon was won by Verity. The International Hurdle race was won by Bear, Boniface second, and Blue Ruin third. Ross beat Emnistt easily in tho last boat race on the Thames.

The champion Elliott and unknown party have made a match, the name to be declared on the day of tho Hanlon-Hawdon match. The backers of Elliott have written to the Mayor of Philadelphia, Liddle, authorising a match with Courtenay on account of their man. The course to be on tho Alloa hany River. Elliott demands a minimum of £370 for expenses. The steamer Siberia ran down a pilot boat off Dungcness, drowning ten pilots and five of the crew.

The British Government are about to lay a cable to Zanzibar, Mauritius, and Natal from Aden, where it will join the Eastern Telegraphic Company's system. The Plague Commissioners left London for Astrachan on March 10th. The Home Secretary recommends the full pardon of Havron, a youth sentenced to death for the murder of a policeman at Whally Range in 1876, now under commutation. The small theatre and some electrical apparatus of the Polytechnic in Regent street was totally destroyed by fire on the night of the 6th instant.

The House of Commons repealed the motion in favor of female suffrage by a vote of 217 o 103.

By a collision of cages in the Victoria coal pit one was precipitated to the bottom of the shaft, and eight persona killed. The corvette Thetis, preparing to sail for the Cape, has been badly damaged by fire. The Local Option Bill, in regard to the issue of liquor licenses, was rejected in the House of Commons by 252 to 161. Plenro-pneumonia has appeared among the Manchester cattle. The widow of Chas. Dickens is dangerously ill. Chas. Peace, the notorious burglar and murderer, recently convicted of the murder of Arthur Dyson at Banner Cross, was executed at Leeds.

Nineteen persons were killed by an explosion at the Deep Drop Colliery. Trade difficulties continue in Britain. The Coventry Miners' Association reject the wages offered by masters, and the Clyde shipwrights are looking to united action against employers. The Mayor of Sheffield states that in the district of that town 4000 persons are destitute, and 500 families actually starving. The relief fund, except ,£BOO, had been exhausted. Henly and Co., of Preston, announce that thoy must stop their looms, numbering CBO, unless trade improves. The millowners of Blackburn, Darwin, Preston, and Barnsley reduce wages 10 per cent. The military were called out to suppress an operatives' difficulty at Preston. The following failures are reported for the month: —Wvans, Dais and Co.; Lillydale Colliery, Henley; George Campbell and Co., tobacco merchants, London, £117,000; London Chemical and General Printing Works, ■£110,000; George Francis Dickenson, merchants, London, ,£60,000 ; Southern, Guilty and Co., London, .£65,000 ; H. L. Faren, tanner, Canterbury, £76 000 ; Peter Simpleton and Co., merchants, Glasgow, Liverpool, and Brazil; Jonathan Gill, merchant, Chester, .£160,000; Robert Blague, Paris, .£600,000; Francis Milliafin Peliser ; Powell and Co., London and South America. FOREIGN. In Austria an avalanche near Marburg killed twenty-one persons and destroyed nine horses. The Austrian Government wants .£4,500,000 from *the Hungarian delegation on account of the Bosnian occupation. In Spain twenty-three sailors on the way to Ferrol to spend the carnival were drowned by the upsetting of a boat. Work has commenced at the International Buildings at Madrid for the Exposition of 1880.

The British steamer Memphis went ashore on the 25th at the harbor of Corunna. No lives were lost.

The Spanish steamer Guilleringo and the British steamer Istrian collided near Skerries. The former afterwards took fire and sank. The captain and several of the crew were injured and a number are missing.

In Belgium, the Royal Castle of Fcroneven, the residence of the ex- Kmpress Carlotta, who is insane, was destroyed by fire. Carlotta was removed to the Royal Palace. In Switzerland Judge Schaffa, of Lucerne, has been sentenced to four years' imprisonment for embezzling public money. The Court of -w; ich he was formerly a member passed sentence.

At Cairo a crowd gathered before the Ministry of Finance, composed of 400 disbanded officers, •who elamonred angrily for arrears of pay. A number of Pashas, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Bivers Wilson, the Minister of Finance, were insulted by the mob. The Khedive has informed the British Consul that he apprehends fresh disturbances unless the Cabinet is remodelled. The Egyptian Budget proposes that the army be reduced to 10,000 men, and the remainder, including 2GOO officers, be disbanded. Tha Government of Thessaly telegraphs that a band of five hundred Greeks crossed the frontier and destroyed the village of Kitutekietu. The damage by storm in the Canton of Vaud is estimated at 40,000 franca. A correspondent at Tirnova mentions a sensational rumor that France has been making overtures for a protectorate over Eastern Roumelia.

The Berlin " Post """concludes, from the speeches of the Pope to journalists and Cardinals, that there is but slight prospects of peace between the Vatican and European States, and especially Germany, unless the Pope considerably modifies his sentiments. The Turkish Minister of Finance, in announcing the completion of the now Turkish loan of .£8,000,000, declared that it will be devoted to buying up paper currency at 25 per cent of its nominal valne. The paper money will be immediately withdrawn. Measures are being taken to occupy the territory evacuated by tho Russians in the direction of Adrianople. The central gaol of tho Greek Archipelago has been transferred from Rhodes to Scio.

Tremendous floods have taken piece in Hungary. Hzegedin, on the river 1 heiss, was entirely submerged, the flood breaking over it frora two Bides with a terrific roar. A telegram says that whole rows of houses fell, including the Citadel, and Post and Telegraph of&CCS, Orphanage, and Synagogue. One hundred squarcmiles in the neighborhood of the city were flooded, and the inhabitants flooiiu? for safety in all directions. It is estimated that 8000 people are out of house and home. The loss of life was fearful, reaching to nearly 4000. The town of Szegedin is now the only place in danger. Extensive floods also occurred at Bayonne and Bordeaux, in France. The river Garonne burst its bank at Dobastide, and many lives were lost.

INDIA, AFGHANISTAN AND Tflk EAST. r ! h s Indian Government proposes to raise iu India a 4'. per cent, loan of =£500,000. The cotton crop this year in ttao central pro- ; inces is one half less than last year, _ The Viceroy received the following from Yakoob Khan: •-"News has been received here of the death of my father on the Ist February. As my father was an old friend of the British Government] I send the information out of friendship." . . *, ~ Yakoob Khan has made overtures for meatfly relations. A bloody conflict took place after KhsreAlis death among pretenders to his throne. The partizans of Yakoob Khan were victorious. The fighting in Afghanistan was continued. The snow favor.-d the hostile tribes and embarrassed the English. Predatory bands arc looting villages, &c., in the name of the Ameer. ■ Major Cavagnari sent proposals to Cabul to treat with Yakoob Khan. Famine prevails in Cashmere. Numbers of people are dying. The situation in Bnrmah causes uneasiness. It is stilted the recent massacre at the instance of the King, only amounted to forty, but the killing was attended by every possible atrocity, the victims being kicked, and the women shocking abused ; the Koyal Princess being reserved to the last, and made to witness the torture and death of rer family. The British garrison are reinforced at Mandalay, and the Burmese are strengthening the river forts. Latest despatches say that the Natives of India will not believe in British success unless the troops advance on Cabul. General Brown's division is ready to advance.

It is reported that the manner of Yakoob Khan's envoy, when communicating with Major Cavagnari, was almost defiant. Despatches from Calcutta state that Yakoob Khan will bo referred to the Viceroy's proclamamation that the war was waged only against the Ameer, and ho will be told that future relations will depend upon himself. A despatch from a Russian post on the Caspian reports that General Larderoff is expected there with 20.000, reinforcements for ceueral Kauff man at Khiva. The rebellion against the Chinese Government in Kashgar is completely crushed, and the remains of the defeated force are returning to Russian territory. THE ZULU WAR. Probably Sir Daniel Lysons, the QuarterMaster General's son, will take Lord Chelmsford's command. The steamers Andover and Prussian left Portsmonth on March 11th with the last reinforcement for South Africa. There was great delay at St. Vincent in coaling transports. A massacre was threatened by the Zulus, who are now said to be officered by some American soldiers of fortune.

The Kaffirs in other parts of the Cape are showing uneasiness and refusing work The native force is disbanded by orders from England. The Transvaal desires independence. There is some anxiety lest the Dutch Boers should make common cause with the Zulus in the present struggle. Colonel Pearson was attacked at Ekowe by a largo force of Zulu Kaffirs, and defeated them, inflicting enormous loss on the enemy. He a'so burned their kraal at Enturendio. Later dispatches contradict this. The Cape " Argus" says the Zulus desire peace on terms consistent with tribal inde. pendence. The French Prince Imperial has gone to South Africa as a volunteer in the British army. His petition for a commission was rejected Probably he will be permitted to join the staff of Royal Artillery. The House of Commons voted a credit of .£1,500,000 for the expenses of the war. Sir S. Northcote caused some excitement on the 14th by declaring that the Government did not intend to remove Lord Mr Jenkins attacked the latter, and said his advancement was due to occult influences. Latest despatches from Cape Town say that th 9 reinforcements were anxiously awaited. Symptoms of native hostility were exhibited in all directions. AMERICAN. San Francisco, March 17. The veto of the Anti-Chinese Bill by the President gives dissatisfaction on the Pacific coast, and has revived the idea of a separate Republic west of the mountains. Secession is hinted at in some small papers. A correspondent named Waymouth is urging by means of communications to the papers, Californian contributions to the Sydney Exhibition this yar, and Melbourne next. The Rev. Dr. Bleasdale, of Melbourne, is also working to the same end in ban Francisco, O'Lcary, hitherto the champion pedestrian of the world, has retired from the contest for the Astley belt and the championship, utterly broken down. He entered on a contest wbile sick, and endeavored to keep himself up with stimulants.

Negotiations for an international match between teams representing the United States and Great Britain are in progress. Female students are to be admitted to the course in Harvard College. Terrible storms at Prince Edward's Island, Canada, blew down a Catholic church, Presbyterian church, and railway sheds. The snow in the railway cutting was twenty feet deep. A tremendous explosion occurred at Stocktown on the 23rd ulc. _ The boiler of an engine, moving a new propelling pump, burst; 18 men were killed. The disaster was the result of the carelessness of the engineer. Count Vicenzo Sciafino De Bribent, said to have been an Italian nobleman, and so recognised by his Consul, died of staryation at New York on the 22nd ult.

The Aaistri m valet of Mdlle. De Murska has been arrested by Jno Hill in New York for stealing Mdlle 's diamonds. Madame La Chapelle, at Chicago, has walked 1700 miles in as many consecutive quarterhours.

Bret Harte was elected hon. member of the Eeform Club, London. A scheme for a penal colony in Alaska has been submitted to the American Government.

The Inspector of Cattle announces that pleuropneumonia does not exist in any part of the United States.

Members of the American commercial expedition at Mexico, with the hope of extending trade, are deeply disappointed at the result of the visit. There is no prospect of increased trade, as the people there are jealous tf and hostile to Amerioans. The New York "World" declares that at a night session of the Senate of the United States, several Senators were so intoxicated that no business could be transacted. Women have been admitted to practice in the Supreme Court. A project is on foot to tunnel North river between New York and New Jersey.

Recently an ex stock broker, and ten years ago millionaire, who had given 100,000dol. to New York churches, was sentenced in that city to five days' imprisonment for theft. By an explosion of nitro-glycerine three men were killed at Dutch Gap, James hiver, and two wounded.

England has refused capital to Mexico for railroad purposes, and the field is left clear for Americans, to whom application has been made. England has now but slight interest in the trade with Mexico.

An international Congress, called by M. Lesseps, is to be held in Paris on May 15th, to decide the route for a proposed Atlantic to Pacific ship canal. The United States will be represented by Admiral Anient and others. Beecher has been sued by Samuel Williamson, his publisher, for failing to comply with a contract in publishing the " Life of Christ," and also for 40,000 dollars advanced on account. Elihu Burrett, known as the learned blacksmith, is dead. Eliza Young, a widow of Brigham, has written to Mr President Hayes to use his influence in suppressing polygamy. Over one thousand guests on the 10th of March, wi 1 celebrate the silver wedding and inception of the enterprise which united Europe and America by the Atlantic cable. Talmage, the famous New York preacher, has been arraigned by the Brooklyn Presbytery for heterodoxy. Arrargements have been made to commence the Canadian Pacific railway at an early date. Colored people are leaving Louisiana in large numbers, and poverty and beggary throughout the agricultural part of the State is feared. A revival of trade in America is indicated by a new line of export, in the shipment of iron for China. Kearney, the agitator, i 3 stumping California for the working men's party, and is in favor of a new state constitution. i;o.-e Osborne, the actress, will visit the colonies as leading lady with George Chapman in April, Eytinge and Cyril Searle will leave for Sydney by the May boat. The Lingards have arrived in San Francisco from the East. The revolution lias ended in Hayti. Yellow fever is increasing in Rio Janeiro and Brazil, and there is famine throughout the country. The United States of Columbia were in a state of active insurrection. General Blanco will be sent as Capt.-General to Cuba. Famine prevails in the most fertile district of Eoli*ii>