LATE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL NEWS.

Kumara Times, Issue 609, 10 September 1878, Page 2

LATE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL NEWS.

The reception of Lords Beaconsfield and Salisbury on the 16th, on their return from Berlin, was a triumph. A number of Lords and members of Parliament went to Dover to meet them. The vicinity of Charing Cross and Trafalgar square was packed with people. The passage on the west of the Strand and Whitehall even were blocked. Houses were covered with flags and decorations. There were many American flags flying. The Plenipotentiaries alighted at Charing Cross station at 4.30 p.m., and, with Lady Salisbury, entered carriages, and were drawn along the West Strand. The cheers were continuous, with showers of The crowd followed the carriages, cheering and throwing flowers all the way to Downing street. Traffic was stopped for fifteen minutes, until the Plenipotentiaries passed. Lord Henry Lennox had charge of the organised demonstration of welcome. Karl BeafeVmsfield waited ou the Queen at Windsor on the 17th, her Majesty having postponed her departure for Osborne in order to receive him.

A Parliamentary guarantee for the Euphrates Valley railroad will be asked by the Duke of Sutherland and other capitalists. The survey lines are arraged for, as the Porte has granted a concession to an English company to build a railroad from Trebizond to Erzeroum, to join the Euphrates Valley Railway, thereby destroying Batoum as a seaport terminus for the overland traffic.

Sir Garnet Wolseley, on becoming Administrator of Cyprus, surrounded himself with his old Ashantee staff. Amongst them are several old New Zealand officers. The Cypriotes telegraphed thanks to England for annexation. General Wolseley is now elaborating a scheme of railroad construction. A cable is to be laid to Alexandria.

Lord Salisbury has had the order of the Garter conferred upon him by the Queen. Mr Layard, Ambassador, at Constantinople, will received similar distinction on his return to England. The Marquis of Lome assumes office as Governor-General of Canada after the Canadian elections. The Princess Louise will hold Court at Ottawa. The Provincial Parliaments of British Columbia opened recently. Measures are to be brought in to compel the Dominion Government to comply with the terms on which British Columbia joined the federation. A tax of fifty dollars a head is to be imposed on Chinese residents, and their employment on public works prohibited by clauses in contracts. Chinese immigration to Victoria threatens to swamp the laber power of the settlers.