NEWS BY THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Globe, Volume XXI, Issue 1675, 3 July 1879, Page 3

NEWS BY THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

AUCKLAND, July 2. GENEBAIi BUM3IABY. Tho South Staffordshire mines drainage commissioners announced that in Upton district all pumping engines would bo stopped. The effect of this will be the flooding of hundreds of collieries for miles around. South Staffordshire would never recover from tho disaster. Three English sailors were recently killed in a fight with a Russian patrol at Ismal. Tho prospectus is published of the AngloUniversal Bank, to be established under the patronage, direction, and supervision of eminent Catholics.

England, France, Italy, and Portugal have concluded a treaty to look into tho slave trade, the development of commerce, and civilisation of Africa. A British man of war has been ordered to Mozambique. Leading merchants have memorialised Lord Beaconsfield, asking for an inquiry into the effect on tho commerce of the world of the undoubtedly large contraction of metallic currency. Kate Webster was charged with killing and afterwards boiling her mistress at Richmond.

The directors of tho West of England and S.W. Bank, Bristol, arc to be prosecuted.' Tho charge is that they were guilty of misrepresentation in tho annual reports. A seeno of confusion occurred in the House of Commons on the 12th, resulting from Mr Dilwyn’s motion—“ That in the opinion of this House, the limits of the Royal prerogative should bo more closely observed.” In his speech he pointed to such matters as annexing the Transvaal, despatching the Indian troops to Malta, and sending the fleet to the Dardanelles. The motion, which in its original form implied that the Queen acted unconstitutionally, was at the lost moment remodelled into a simple vote of censure on Ministers, and tho debate postponed for a week. Qabinnett, a Home Ruler, fills the place of Dr. Isaac Butt..

An important debate is proceeding in the Commons on the O’Connor Don’s Bill, establishing a new University in Ireland, to bo called tho University of St. Patrick. The funds required arc £150,000, to come from tho Irish Church surplus. The Bill removes the inequalities complained of by Catholics. The Ministry are thought to be facilitating the introduction of the Bill, but have not yet committed themselves to it, desiring further information on details. Mr McLaren and Sir Gao. Campbell introduced hostile amendments to the Bill, which is keenly opposed by tho dissenting section of the House. Tho Foreign Office has received confirmation of the report of the destruction of the Gormah mission station at Natal, and of tho ill-treatment of tho Missionary by the British.

Communications are still proceeding with

the British Government on the subject of pjiuro-pneumonia prevalent among Ameri a TO® landed in England. Tali., Emperor of Austria ie entreated to arbitral# between Great Britain and Nicaragua on treatjr.di|E*rences. Dr. Ne wqMfohfui been appointed a Cardinal, Ray.’MoOabeWie Catholic Bishop of Dublin and Dr, Roodlock of Ardagh and Cronmorris. The Pope said that in appointing Dr. Newman he felt that he had rendered a service to the Church, to the sacred ooUege, and to society. The Empress Augusta of Germany visited the Queen, At a conference held at Barnstaple representing 120,000 coal miners, 10 per cent, increase of pay was demanded, with the alternative of stoppage of work throughout the country. The Durham coal strike ended by arbitration in favor of a reduction of 8J per cent. Work was resumed.

Silty cotton operative! sailed from Dundee for Ontario, Canada, where a mill is being established.

The French coast guard vessel captured six English fishing vessels. The “ Times ” correspondent publishes an account of an interview with several Lincolnshire, Norfolk, and Yorkshire landowners, who say farmers are failing continually. Many landlords, after reducing rents, cannot get tenants. Several large owners are about to take their farms themselves. Several great Scotch landowners have reduced rents from 20 to 30 per cent. The Prince of Wales, in the Duchy of Cornwall, gave notice to hia tenants that in consideration of the depressed state of agriculture a remision of 20 per cent, from rents for a period of throe years would bo made. In no man’s memory has agriculture been so profitless. This is owing in part to bad harvests, and chiefly to the vast food importations from America.

The British representative in Santiago was instructed by the Foreign Office to remonstrate against the proceedings of the Chilian navy in destroying guano loading works. Lord Chelmsford remains at Natal after Sir Q. Wolseley’s arrival. The Duke of Argylo left London for Canada, on a visit to hia son. The Home Rulers in the Commons have chosen Mr William Shaw, from Cork, for their leader.

Mr Stanhope, Under-Secretary for India, presented the Indian Budget on the 22nd ult., and said :—“ Independently of results of the enquiry into army administration and expenditure on unproductive public works, the Government believed they would be able to economise £1,000,000 yearly, and had no doubt they would establish financial equilibrium.” Mr Fawcett, in consequence of this statement, withdrew his amendment expressing alarm at the increase of expenditure. Mr Gladstone congratulated Mr Stanhope on the present favorable financial condition oFlndia. The Government refused to give a day for the further debate in the Commons on the second reading of the University of St. Patrick Bill. The Catholic Hierarchy and Irish newspapers maintain profound silence respecting the Bill, and Protestants in Ireland look unfavorably on the measure. Protestant Dissenters and the Church Liberation Society of England bitterly oppose it, and are organising a public agitation. Independent, Liberal, aud Radical members of Parliament will endeavor to talk out the Bill.

Advices from the South of France and Italy report the rapid destruction of silk worms by bad weather. In consequence there is excitement in the English silk market. A rowing match, between Plassy and Nicholson, for £2OO a side, is arranged. The competitors in the match for the walking championship of the world have been reduced "to Rowell, Innes, Brown, and Harding, of Black vial). They start on June 16th. Weston, the American, entered last.

On June 6th, Captain Webb won the six days’ swimming match, at Lambeth Swimming Baths. Sir Bevys, Kerry's brown colt, won the Derby on May 28th. Betting was 20 to 1 against the winner. Failures for the month are : Hopkins, Gilks and Co. and Lloyd and Co., of Middlesborough; Sterne Ironworks Company, Darlington, John and Robert Fenton, cotton spinners, Rochdale, for £50,000; Mathew Dickie, millowner at Stockport, £145,000 ; Henry Dore, grocer, Holme, £IOO,OOO ; Hawthorn and Monk, cotton manufacturers, Rawson, £270,000; Fletcher and Ryder, merchants, Liverpool, Stuart and Co., merchants, Liverpool, liabilities £IOO,OOO and £200,000. There is a violent controversy between English and French papers over Egyptian affairs, Gambetta’s paper says that a cloud hangs over the relations between France and England is only too true. Nay, it was worse than a cloud. The events of the last few months had given rise to a sentiment of mistrust. While French policy has been loyal and straightforward, English policy has been secretive ana amntguous. Although there could bo no antagonism between French and English interests, although Franco strongly supported England at the Berlin Congress, England insisted upon wounding French susceptibilities and alienating French goodwill. All this began on the Coast of Syria, was continued in Egypt, and now ends in Greece. The only inference was that England, impotent herself to do any good in the East, would not suffer others to take in hand the beneficent task.”

For the borough of Napier six per cent. £60,000 loan, the Union Bank of Australia invite subscribers.

The New Zealand Agricultural Company’s directors announce that they are prepared to issue the balance of 50,000 shares, forming the capital of the Company, More than half are already allotted. The International Congress to discuss projects for a ship canal across the Isthmus of Panama, mot on the 15th. Ferdinand Lesseps was president, and Admiral Daniel, of the American Nary, vice-president. All tho powers applied to sent delegates. The Panama-Aspinwall route was adopted, much to the dissatisfaction of the United States delegates, who preferred Nicaragua. rEANCB. Tho prosecution of Paul Oassagnao has been commenced by the Government for an attack published in his journal. M. Gravy continues to pardon communists. The term of compulsory service in the French army is to be reduced to three year*. Negotiations have been opened for a French-American treaty of commerce. GBE3IANT. Alsace and Lorraine aro to have an autonomous Government under General Manuel as Viceroy, with a civil list of 45,000 thalers. The treaty between Germany and Samoa is highly favorable to Germany. Two men-of-war have been ordered there.

Sophie Yon Horquofeld and a malo accomplice, who were to have been shot at Kieff, for belonging to an illegal society, forging passports, and attempting to kill members of the police, have had their sentences commuted.

The Liberals have been beaten on all hands by the German Conservatives and clerics, and Prince Bismarck’s star is in tho ascendant, but there are rumors of personal charges and scandal even connected with tho Prince’s name.

Tho German bankers have made largo advances to Russia on account of tho proceeds of tho International Loan..

A marriage is projected between the Crown Prince of Sweden and Princess Victoria of Baden. The golden wedding of tho Emperor William was likely to be a tame affair, owing to tho absence of the Czar, and the Duchess of Edinburgh telegraphing excuses. Tho German Government has asked European Governments to join in a protest against the South American war, on the ground of inhumanity. It is proposed to increase the army. The Government declines to accept the proposals of tho Pope to end the clerical controversy. urasiA. Tho flames at the village of Orenberg were raging five days after it broke out. A disease that proves fatal in twenty-four hours has broken out in tho Caucasus. Conflagrations in Eastern Russia are causing great distress. Amongst Nihilists undergoing trial at Kieff are three nobles, one Prussian subject, a daughter of a Privy councillor, and a titled lady. Professor Nordensjold of tho Danish Polar Expedition has been heard of from northeastern Siberia, all well. Russia demanded satisfaction from China for excluding traders from the frontier towns.

Tho greater part of Lublin, a city , in Russian Poland of 20,000 inhabitants, was destroyed by fire.

Several female Nihilists will soon be exe outed in Festh.

Prince Labanoff has been appointed ambassader to London, and Soubaroff ambassador to Constantinople. Four revolutionists were hanged at Kieff. A Commission has been sent to inquire into a strange disease among the Tartars in Astrachan.

The Russian grain crops are suffering from a small insect. One-third of the entire wheat crops of Southern Russia is threatened with destruction. Female Nihilists at Kieff have been sent to labor in the mines.

A five per cent, international loan, at 92£, for the amount of several millions of roubles, to cover the expenses of the late war, has been issued. The River Amoor and tributaries overflowed. Famine was threatened. An attempt was made on the life of the Czarevitch on his way to Peteroff. The palace was found barricaded. Russian Insurance Companies have lost 2,087,000 roubles by incendiary fires. Alexander Solowieff, who attempted the murder of the Czar, was convicted and executed on the same day. SWEDEN. Several thousand men engaged in the timber trade ceased work. The strike extended over a wide area along the Gulf of Bothnia. HALT. The Government demands permission to coin within the next five years fifty million five franc pieces. Italy is one of the five Powers pledged to abstain from coinage of such pieces for six years. The Italian Premier intends to re-open negotiations for the revision of the convention of the Latin Union. A Bill, making the performance of civil marriage before religious ceremony obligatory, passed the Chamber of Deputies. The Pope deplores this in a special letter. Etna is now diminishing in eruption. Thirty new craters had appeared near the town of Randazkuart at tho north western foot of the mountain. Vesuvius is also in eruption. The lava from Etna covered portions of the bed of the 'river Alcantara. Tho village of Mejo was abandoned and Casselo was also threatened. Tho stream of lava, half-a-mile wide and 100 feet deep, interrupts the road at Fassa Peseario.

Count Tilfer, millionaire, rented from the Roman Government the Mausoleum of Augustus, which he proposes to turn into a theatre. He binds himself to expend on it 570,000 francs. The reported death of Garibaldi is denied by his son Menotti, who telegraphs his father’s complete recovery. Several thousand people have been rendered homeless by the inundation of the river Po. SPAIN. The Communal elections throughout the country resulted largely in favor of Government. Martial law will be established in the Basque provinces. The Duke of Medina was accidentally shot. King Alphonso marries in October or November. Cuba is to be placed on the same footing u one of the provinces of the mother country. There is a deficit of eighty million francs in the Budget far the year. The Cortes opened on June Ist. According to the new treaty with China, Chinamen in Spanish colonies will enjoy the same treatment as citizens of the moat favored nations. The abolishment of the oath of allegiance is demanded, as a relict of the feudal system. A Bill for the abolition of slavery will be submitted to the Cortes. A royal message urges emancipation. Spain demands satisfaction from San Domingo for shooting two Spanish generals at Pufta Plata, who sought the protection of the Spanish representative, TTTBKBV. General Gordon Pasha has resigned. The revolution in Crete is gaining headway. Skirmishes have taken place in Thessaly, particularly at Pestia, where the Turks lost heavily. Greek brigands recently ambuscaded 46 Turkish soldiers in the district of Turkaala, killed fourteen, cut up the bodies, and hung the pieces on trees. Prince Labenoff, according to a correspondent of the “Standard,” on his return from furlough, brought with him a project for an alliance between Russia and Turkey, which he will lay before the Sublime Porte at an early date ; but relations with Russia are cooling, as the Sultan begins to suspect the sincerity of the Czar. An encounter took place between Turks and Arnauts, in Albania, in which sixty of the latter were killed. The Porte considers the refusal of the Governor of Roumelia to wear a fez as a violation of the engagement between him and the .forte. The Government will wait till Roumelia is evacuated, when they will summon the Pasha to wear the fez and heist the Turkish flag. If the request be not complied with Aleka’s removal will bo demanded. A body of Turkish troops hare been sent to occupy the Balkans. BGTPT. The British Consul has been ordered to report on the condition of the country and the alleged oppression of the people. The British Consul-General at Alexandria delivered the protest of his Government to the Khedive against the arbitrary manner in which the decree of 22nd April dealt with the credit of the Egyptian Government. SWITZEELAND. The popular vote for the re-establishment of capital punishment for murder and incendiarism, stands 191,117 for, to 177,263 against. The demand of Germany that Switzerland should renounce the right of giving asylum to foreign refugees has been flatly refused. An avalanche, in the village of Fontana, Canton of Pessin, destroyed the church and several houses, and six inhabitants were killed. AtTBTEO-HUNGABT. The Lower House of the Reichstadt has been dissolved, and elections ordered. The Danube overflowed its banks near to Buda-Pesth. AFGHANISTAN, The principal points of the Anglo-Afghan treaty, ratified on May 30th, are, in addition to those already known, that the Ameer shall be supported against foreign aggression ; that British residents at Oabul shall bo provided with a proper escort; that England shall have power to send British agents to the Afghan frontier on special occasions, and that the Ameer shall be permitted to send agents to India. All British troops are ordered within the newly-established portion of the lines. Dakka and Loudi Khotal will be occupied temporarily. BBITISH INDIA. A great conflagration occurred at Poonah. All the important buildings were destroyed. The famine continues in Cashmere. All the supply arrangements broke down, and many towns and villages are depopulated. A despatch to the “ Times ” from Calcutta, says it is reported that 22,000 persons died from Cholera while returning from a religious fair. It is reported that a series of strikes are threatened in Calcutta. Gangs of malcontents at Poonah have written to the Bombay Government, threatening to raise another mutiny, and put a price upon the Governor unless the distress is relieved. The steamer Eva sank in a collision with another vessel near Calcutta. Sixty of the crew and four passengers was drowned. In the Deccan Erame is quieted, and the ringleaders of disturbance there arrested. Certain females of the Royal Family of Burmah, for whoso safety the British Government stipulated, have been placed in irons, and will probably be starved. The British Governor of Labuan, with two men of war, had visited Landakam Bay, and protested against any attempt to hoist the Spanish flag there. Riots occurred in Madras Presidency. Local papers call the disturbances rebellion. Considerable force was employed in suppressing them, SOUTH ATEIOA. Lord Chelmsford and Louis Napoleon have gone to Kambula. Cetewayo’s youngest brother had surrendered, and the death of the King’s brother was confirmed. Fever and dysentery wore prevailing in General Orealook’s division. Bir Bartle Frere telegraphed from Maritzburg for a battery of artillery to overawe the Boers. The Zulus are fighting among themselves. Cetowayo commenced attacking, and defeated with great slaughter the powerful tribe of Mateama, who wished to surrender to the British. Cetewayo, elated with his successes, 1 and apparently learning that Lord Ohelms-

ford’s columns have made a forward movement, has summoned all his followers, and holds strong positions at the Forks of the White Umbellosi, at its junction with the Black Umbellosi. At his back are some of the highest known chieftains of Zululand, with densely wooded country at the back, and bare country in front. Hero the King evidently waits the British. Native scouts have declared that he will never surrender. He is believed to have collected all his available force*. No raids into Natal are now feared.

Oetowayo, on the 13th, dispatched an envoy to General Orealook, asking him to send a European to discuss terms of peace. John Z)unn accordingly went to Oetewayo’s camp, but soon returned, the Zulu refusing the British terms of unconditional surrender. Oetawayo’s good faith is doubted. It is thought he will soon throw his whole strength against the Lower Tugela column. It is rumoured, Zulu Commander Dabnrbranzi, on his way to surrender to the British, was intercepted and killed. AMEEICAN STJMMABT. SAN FRANCISCO, June 9. Congress agreed to a resolution appropriating 20,000 dollars, to enable the Government to be represented at Sydney Exhibition. Desmond, one of the parties who aided the Fenians to escape from Australia some years ago, is a prominent candidate for Sheriff for San Francisco, on the workmen’s ticket. In an investigation before Congress, most shameless confessions of bribery by negro members were made.

Statistics published show that a great increase of European immigration is now setting steadily to America. Sixty-five vessels, carrying 11,000 emigrants passengers, left the Mersey. 5346 were English, 1546 were Irish. 8031 emigrants were for the United States, 1723 for Canada. Commenting on the above the “New York Times” says —“Australia used to be the favorite field for emigrants, but lately the news received in England from that quarter has not been encouraging. Preparations for the Exhibition in Mexico are stopped. An engagement took place off Iquique recently between the Chilian wooden vessels Esmerald and Cavadonna and the Peruvian armour-plated frigates Huascar and Independence. The Independence, the most important vessel in the Peruvian navy, was wrecked on a reef while pursuing the Cavadonna and the Haascar sank the Esmerald.

Amy Sherman, the Tasmanian, made her dehut in Violetta in “II Trovatore,” supported by Strakosoh and troupe, at Baldwin’s Theatre. The Press and public wero favorably impressed.