ITEMS BY THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Kumara Times, Issue 509, 15 May 1878, Page 2

ITEMS BY THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

T 1 ic revenue of Great Britain for the fLea; yeer muling March 21. shows a surplus of £615,1100. It was expected U> show a considerable deficit. The Pope bus instructed Cardinal ■ Bronchi, S-crefavy of State, to enter upon diplomatic relations with Eng- : iand. > The Communist, Capb du Garcia, has ; boon sentenced tu 'death in Pari-. He was a ringleader in the shooting of I General Le Compte A. Thomas. ! Tim Greeks demotl Iheir Patviavek ■ to summon the Russian Government to declare itself on the question of the Gtteco Bulgarian schism. Should | Russia recognise the Bulgarian Church j the Patriarch would declare Russia ; schiimatic. | The people in Albania, which has ! been ravaged by the Montenegrins, asks Austria for assistance. Eight thousand Tlicssalouiaus are utterly destitute from their villages being burnt, and have taken refuge with the Greeks. JBismark has an inspired article in : the Berlin Provincial Correspondence j iu favor of protection for German : native industries.

There is a prospect of an extensive ; strike among the cotton operatives of I England, on account of the masters dej manding a reduction of ton per cunt in i the wages. Noisy meetings are being I held in everv direction.

In the House of Lords, Earl Beacon.slield said he could not see why England should be unarmed when all countries wen l arm in a'.

H in-canes and waterspouts have done immense damage to the city of Loudon. A riot occurred at St. Petersburg on account of the woman who had a! tempted the chk-r of C' C pohu?.' Student-; fallow, d her from the ‘Court and cheered !i v. PdLok were li.od. and nun oi. a ••Hat kill al. Lor i L’er ,-y denied that ctiling out the was the sole or pniK-ioa] cause of Ills resign it ion. Ho admit ted that circumstances might force England

into war, but at present be could see uo ground therefor. The situation at Constantinople is still regarded as dangerous. Notwithstanding the protestations of the Porte, intrigues are going on among the Pashas.

Tho Porte is considering the advisability of transferring the seat of Government to Scutari.

Bisnnrk, it is said behaves the Congress possible if the Powers consent to the r. tioccs ion of Bos-nrab>’a, the extension of Ens'da in Asia as far as Eiivjioum, and pecuinery indemnity to Russia.

The French Budget estimates a surplus of 12,000,000 francs. The Vatican appointments made by Pope Leo XITI. are :—.Master Camera, Mgr. Macohi; Audito>’, Mgr. Lntonr j Almoner, Mgr. San Mioiavelii; Secretary of the Latin Letters, Mgr. Nocolla; Physician, Dr Ruggero VaLnti ; Surgeon, Dr Alessandro Ceccarclli; Secretary of State and Master of the Sacred Palaces, Cardinal Fran chi; Prefeat of the Propaganda, Cardinal Simooni ; Pro Datavio, Cardinal Saccom ; Camerleugo, Cardinal Morichini.

Baroness l Burdett-Coutts is negotia- 1 ting for land in Osnabnvgh street, Lon- | don, on which she intends to erect ■ lodgings for the poor, capable of accommodating 10,000 persons, at a rental of j 4s 6d weekly.

Lord Derby's resignation- caused a prof',Mud sensation among official circles at St. Petorsbmg. Ho is sep oached ■: for having misled llussia and England ’ by going ns far as ho did in a direction f which he disapproved. 1 Mr Thomas Henderson,- of G'asgow, founder of the Anchor line of steamers, ’ is on h visit to California. The cotton masters in Xo-th and : North-east Lancashire have combined . against strikers. Prices for board and residence in : Paris are advancing onormov.sly in view of the'approaching Exposition. Marshal Daz r ue is reported to be at Madrid, in good health.

The responsible editor of the Parisian journal Commune has been sentenced to a- tine of AOO-uuin.es, and a year’s imprisonment, by a jaryl

The Grand Bank of Prague has suspended payment.

The head of the Jesuits wishes to return to Home, but the Pope decl'i nos to comply. The Jesuits therefore oppose the Pope’s general policy. The .Popewill issue no encyclical, not wishing to commit himself to any definite policy in the. present state of European affairs.

A tornado. of Simla hV blew t‘ >rtviivt; cars ofr’ the track and killed a MRSldlttl’ f>f people. .Mias Eleanor Cary is loading hid" at the Theatre, Ban Fra-a; ism. The Canadian Pa> liamonfc refused to put a duty on flour and wheat. The Kansas v.’ool-yvowcrs have ‘hold a convention, and requested their represchbif ives in Congiess to oppose the ) eduction of tin; duties on foreign nmols. Fifteen idiots wee - burned to death in a poor house in New York.

Thu United States' senators propose to offer a resolution xlepveca.( ing tho interruption of peaceful relations between England and Russia, and asking ill') President-, to offer to aid as far as ho constitutionally can in tee tor mg harmony.

instructions have been issued by the koc'-ota-y of the Navy to men of-war to .some uU American vessels engaged in o O, iho coolie trade.

Pioiemor ikigqie, of Marseilles, baa discovered a new plaunefc of the tenth magnitude. Patrick and John Reilly were precipitated over Niagara Falls on March 1. The hebsapparont to the Hawaiun throne is visiting California. Madame Ressell, infamous in the United States, cut hoi- throat in a bathing tub. She had been a promoter of abortion all her life, and was under arrest at the time of her death. Oliphaot and Co. have established a line of steamers between China aud Peru.