ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL AT AUCKLAND.

Kumara Times, Issue 598, 28 August 1878, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL AT AUCKLAND.

[press agency.] Auckland, August 28. The steamship Zealandia arrived shortly after 11 o’clock last night. She had a fine passage. She left San Francisco on the sth August. Passengers for New Zealand : Mesdames Turner and daughter, Holmes and children, Messrs Levy, Reichelt, Alexander, Young and 12 in the steerage. EUROPEAN SUMMARY. Ceremonies in the House of Commons on the occasion of Earl Beaconsfield and Salisbury appearing at Guildhall, were interrupted by a person who denounced the pleuipotentaries as traitors to the Constitution. Kelly the Fenian, has been liberated from Mount Joy prison on account of ill health.

Captain Webb attemptedto swim in the Thames for 36 hours continuously, but owing to a high wind left the water after completing 22 miles in 19 hours.

Bismacrk has been asked by Greece to induce Turkey to come to terms.

Russia is still buying German, Lloyd, and Hamburg steam ships. Locusts are ravaging Madras. In the debate on Lord Hartington’s resolution expressing dissatisfaction with the Berlin treaty, the mover made a powerful attack on the Anglo-Turkish convention, and asked if the British Governmeu'- would have deemed a similar agreement between Russia and Turkey as justifiable. He said Cyprus was useless for the defence of Asia Minor. Mr Gladstone resumed the debate, and read a letter addressed to Earl Beaconsfield asking hijm to cite instances in support of his accusation that of “ unjust reckless attacks” on Beacon sfield, and expre :sions of Gladstone that he ! (Beacousfield) had debased the great name of England,

Proposals will be made in September to erect Servia into a kingdom.

The London Times writes severely against Gladstone Fourteen children and three teachers were drowned by the capsizing of a boat in the river Blackwater, Ireland Heavy fighting has taken place in the Transvaal, Africa, with losses to the British foices.

■Five hundred peers and commoners were present at the banquet of the Carlton Club to the plenipotentiaries of the Congress. Earl Beaconsfield spoke of Gladstone as sophistical, a rhetorician inebriated with exuberance of verbosity and egostical imagination. Earl Salisbury refused to believe other powers would display jealousy, when they saw that England's object was merely to establish yr ace and order. The Greek Minister for Foreign Affairs has gone to St. Petersburg, by request of the Czar.

Eight thousand Lazis are displaying the British flag, to concentrate and prevent the, Russians entrance to Batmim,

Mr Gladstone has declined the of the Libera] party. He called the convention with Turkey an insane act, and covenants meetings being held at Rome favoring the annexation of South Tyrol to Italy. The Ministeral journals in Vienna warn Italy that it is dangerous to play with fire, and that Austria has taken tirtiely precaution against Italian aggression.

Prince Bismarck has emphatically informed the Italian Ambassador that Trente and Trieste can never become Italian.

Garibaldi approves of the agitation, and recommends rifle practice throughout Italy. George M. Neill and Co., London, have failed for £240,000, which involved Budgecott and Co., brokers, recently suspended. e. The pigeon shooting match between Captain- Bogardisu, of the United States, and Mr Wallace, of England, resulted iu a draw, each man killing 97 birds.

Playford won the Thames single scull race for Wingfield, sculls over Payne. Time, 24mins 13 secs.

Strikes have occurred amongst the silk and lace operatives at St. Enniene, in France.

Sir Hastings Reginald YhJvprton, Lord High Admiral, died on July 31. Gambetta congratulated France on the enlarged policy adopted by England, consequent on the Berlin Conference. . 1

Great fires are devastating Thessaly, supposed to be .by incendiarism.

King H umber thas been telegraphed to by Ministers to.return to Rome from Turin a hostile attack ou the British Embassy at RoiPe is feared. Ministers are discussing the expediency of sending the fleet to the Levant.

Two parties of railway experts, under the direction of the British Government, will exaraine the Tigris and Euphrates valley,-for the best, railway route to toe Persian Gulf.

A Berlin dispatch announces that Russia proposes to appoint diplomatic agents at various points of Asiatic Turkey to watoh Russian interest; and Russia 4s also making efforts to secure the early construction of the proposed railway from Orenbuerg into Central Asia.

Earl Beaconsfield and Lord Carnarvon bad sharp work in the House of Lot ds ou the first occasion, the former intimating that the latter had flinched at the critical moment in dealing with Russia., ..

The Prince Imperial recovered £BOO from the proprietors of the Lassiate, a Parisian news paper for libel, the paper charged his father Napoleon the third, witl. appropriating crown property. The Australian cricketers play at San Francisco against a local 22, in October.

The Pacific Mail Company have served the condition •with the Central Railway and are running opposition. The English residents at San Francisco subscribed to a Beaeonsiield testimonial.

Public opinion favors Grant as n6kt President. A Sioux war is imminent.

The Kansas army tramps are committing excesses in the Western part of the State, The railroad labor troubles at Washington are ended, • The railroad freights between New York and San FraucUco are doubled.

The export of fresh meat to England has greatly declined.