ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1627, 8 May 1879, Page 3

ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

[By Telegraph..! RUSSIA. Twenty thousand Russians crossod the Caspian Sea bound for Merv. Russia is negotiating for the purchase of The Russian Admiralty has under consideration a scheme for the formation of a naval reserve on the English system, land in one of the islands in the North Pacific from Spain. Eight officers of the Imperial Guards have been arrested as Nihilists. An attempt was made to assassinate General Von Dreulden, Chief Genadarme at St. Petersbur S- -, , A Upwards of a thousand arrests were made at Moscow in consequence of the assassination of a Government spy. General Todlcbon expresses tehe opinion that war is tho only solution of the Eastern Roumelian difficulty. One thousand and forty Nihilists were arrested for the Oharkoif conspiracy. The foreign doctors have quitted Astrachan, the plague having disappeared. The corpse of a student was found recently near Kasan Cathedral, St. Petersburg, labelled "sentenced as a traitor by the Socialists' revolutionary committee." Russia has decided to surrender Kulaya to China, and conclude a new convention with the Chinese Government. Nine persons were killed and twenty-five injured by an accident to the Moscow mail train. ITALY. The Pope sent fiOOO lire to the Szegedin sufferers. Passanate's final appeal has been rejected. The King however commuted his sentence to imprisonment for life. Garibaldi will visit Rome, some say to die, as he is in very poor health. The Pope sent a welcoming letter to Queen Victoria. Thomas Pecci, the Pope's brother, has been made Cardinal. The litigation in the case of Cardinal Antonolli's will is to be discontinued on account of the poverty of the plaintiff. Several ecclesiastics, who separated rom the Church because of the proclamation of the Pope's infallibility, have secretly submitted to the Pope. An understanding between'the Vatican and Germany has been arrived at. The hostility manifested by the Catholic authorities to Protestant schools in Rome is maintained by foreign money. The Pope appealed to the nobility and clergy to subscribe for the support of Catholic schools in the city, and appointed committees to improve the system of education. Garibaldi publishes a letter, in which he says : —" Italy owes gratitude to the Royal house for having contributed to its unity, but it did not accomplish it alone. The oountry was more flourishing ander tyrants than now." He condemns M. Depretis, and concludes by saying—" The Monarchy is not eternal. Its duration will be in proportion as it merits the affection of the people, and if it calls to its council not flatterers but capable and truthful men." SWITZERLAND. Capital punishment is to be restored. Work was partially stopped on the St. Gothard tunnel on account of short pay. TURKEY. Adrianople is free from Russians. The Sultan melted a portion of his plate and and jewellery for the use of the treasury. Leading Albanians have been arrested for conspiracy, and ten battalions of troops ordered to Albania. Russia and Italy oppose the appointment of a commission to administer the Turkish customs upon which France and England would be alone represented. THE ZULU TROUBLE. Some sharp correspondence has passed between Sir Bartle Frere and Sir Michael Hicks-Beach. The latter writes :—" The Government is unable to find any evidence of urgent necessity, which alone could justify your taking action without their free knowledge and sanction. The course taken was was almost certain to result in war, which I had previously impressed upon you that every effort should have been made to avoid. The Government with great regret adopts the above views. I do not doubt your future action will prevent the recurrence of the complaint. They have no desire to withdraw their confidence in the present crisis." HicksBeach also says:—" Though their views are subject to modification by future events, the Government, when it becomes possible to decide upon peace conditions, are indisposed to sanction annexation or any further interference with the internal affairs of the Zulus than is necessary for securing the safety of the colonies." Lieutenant-General Besset, now in South Africa, will be Lord Chelmsford's successor. AFRICA. Sgyptian officers have been sent to break up the slave depots. There was a report of an engagement with Sulieman, the chief trader, and the owner of twenty-five depots, in which women to the number of 1000 are waiting for importation. The Egyptian forces numbered 3000. The party, armed with improved rifles, were entrenched. Sulieman, with 11,000 Arabs, made several assaults, but was completely defeated, and his forces fell into disorder, leaving 1887 dead. The Egyptians lost twenty men. An insurrection has broken out in the Transvaal. The Natal-Zanzibar section of the submarine cable will be open for business in July. This will place South Africa within a week's communication of London. The Khedive is apprehensive of fresh disturbances unless the Cabinet is remodelled. The Rothschilds have suspended advances, and the Khedive threatens legal proceedings. A terrible famine prevails in Upper Egypt. Some of the village people are naked, and like wild beasts dig for roots. In one town woman and children fought over scraps of bread. The inland villagers are said to be starving like dogs. INDIA AND THE EAST. The trouble in Burmah arises from the refusal of the British Resident to deliver up to slaughter two Royal Princes and their families, who have taken refuge at the residency. The King, who has become mad with drink, threatens to force the place. A great fire occurred at Rangoon. Complete anarchy prevails at Mandalay, and British troops are waited for with anxiety. Generals Brown and Roberts are concentrating the advanced posts. On March 25th G-eneral Tyler defeated 3000 of the enemy. The British loss was trilling. A recent fire at Akyan, in Further India, destroyed the native portion of the town. The loss is estimated at 500,000 rupees. Thousands of people are homeless. The London " Times" has a despatch from Peshawar, saying that many officers, intimate with Afghan politics, consider that peace is desirable, even if the British do not obtain the cession of Kuram. It was believed that all the frontier tribes are only waiting for the signal from Yakoob Khan to make an attack the moment negotiations were broken off. It was rumored in Bombay on the 10th that negotiations had failed because the British insisted on tho annexotion of Cabul. AUSTEO- HUNGARY. The damage to the submerged city Szegedin is estimated at 150,000,000 florins. Two thousand farm houses in the adjacent country were destroyed. About 23,000 inhabitants removed, and 19,000 persons were drowned. Forty persons have been overwhelmed by avalanches in the Tyrol recently. The Government want 100 million florins to meet the deficit of the current year, and asks tho Reichstag to issue gold rentes to that amount. Renewed floods in Hungary covored 12,000 acres of land. The rinderpest has appeared in Bohemia, spreading over 100 villages. A Colonel of an Austrian regiment has been murdered by brigands in Bosnia. Seventeen thousand are still subsisting on charity in Szegedin and neighborhood. It

wa* ruining for ten days up to April 10th and iho bread supply was nearly exhausted. Austria made a demand on Eussia for satisfaction for the insult offered to her Consul &t Widin. SPATN. An earthquake occurred at Cadiz. A very valuable painting of Christ has been stolen from the Oauipo de Criptania Church, in Andalusia. MISCELLANEOUS. Pinto, a Portugese explorer, who has crossed Africa, telegraphs to Lisbon—"l have struggled with hunger, thirst, Natives, and floods. Havo saved all my papers, comprising twenty geographical chartß, many topographs cal maps, three volumes of notes, meteorological studies, drawings, and diary of the complete exploration of the Upper Zambesi, with its seventy-two affluents." A terrible sporadic fever is raging at Cassa Blanka, in Morocco, among both Europeans and Natives. Business is at a standstill.