ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL VIA SAN FRANCISCO.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 173, 28 June 1872, Page 6

ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL VIA SAN FRANCISCO.

Auckland, June 21st. The p.s. Nevada arrived here at 11.30 p.m. She left Honolulu on June 3rd, and stopped for half an hour off Pango-Pango, in the Navigator group. She brings 3 passengers fot Auckland, 2 for the South, and 26 for Australia. 'Her latest date from San Francisco is to May 24th, and the, latest English telegrams are, dated May 23rd.

GENERAL SUMMARY. : • .' ' LOKJJOir. \ .. ' .""'...'* . May23ra. In the House of Commons, to-night, in presence of a full House and crowded galleries, Mr. Gladstone made an explanation regarding the American indirect claims, and the position of the Government therein. After praising the forbearance of Parliament during the controversy, he "said he would commence the narrative of its progress with the 18th January, when it was first learned that claims for indirect damages would be presented at Geneva in the American case. The English Government protested on the 3r<l February against the indirect claims, which were not within the scope of the Treaty, nor within the intention of either party thereto. Secretary Fish replied in a most courteous note, that he thought the Geneva Board might decide the entire question. Meantime, Minister Schenck suggested a course which would be acceptable both to England and America, viz., the interchange of notesj setting forth the views, terms, and conditions whereon both could agree to proceed to arbitration. We accepted the suggestion, and carried on the correspondence altogether by telegraph. On Wednesday, the Bth, President Grant submitted a proposition to the United States Senate, and on Thursday we ascertained that that proposition was not precisely as we understood it should be, because of the brevity of the cable despatches on which it was based. On Friday, a draft covering a letter of our -view was forwarded to General Schenck, and immediately telegraphed by him to Washington. On Saturday, General Schenck informed Earl Granville that the President had accepted, and the Senate entertained, that draft. Mr. Gladstone thought this fact was almost equivalent to a ratificationi and begged the fui-ther forbearance of the House now that the question was approaching a conclusion satisfactory and honorable to both nations. Mr. Gladstone was loudly cheered upon taking his scat.

Mr. Disraeli thanked the Premier for his statement, and said he should not seek "to embarrass the Government. Whatever difference existed on other subjects, all.* parties were united in desiring a peaceful and honorable settlement of this matter.

la the House of Lords, Earl Granville made a statement similar to Mr. Gladstone's. Earl Russell again postponed Lis motion for an address to the Crown to "withdraw from arbitration. Lord Derby and the Duke of Richmond hoped the new proposition by the Government was not ambiguous, and said they had had enough of misunderstandings. Long editorials have appeared in all the journals upon the Ministerial explanations regarding the indirect claims and the position of the English Government. The journals approve of the pending negotiations, but doubt whether the United States Senate's concurrence will be obtained. The message to President Grant and the United States Senate, submitting a proposed additional article to the Washington Treaty, relative to the indirect claims, serves to reassure the public that the difference between the two nations will be

honorably settled. The publication of this message has ' had effect upon the American securities in the market, "which are now firmer than at the opening. The ' Pall Mall Gazette ' says the whole drift of the feeling of England justifies it in saying that the worst thing to do with the Treaty is to save it. Saving the Treaty means, offence and humiliation to America or England or to both nations. It means a renewal, not an abatement of the ill-feeling it was intended to allay. How to save the Treaty means who shall I eat the leek, or whether means cannot be invented whereby both parties should agree to eat it in each other's presence. The American papers appear to exclaim against the adoption of a supplementary article. Here there is only one opinion viz., that its acceptance would be discreditable and dangerous to both nations. The people would be pacified and content at once if the Treaty and articles connected therewith were dropped as an irremediable blunder for which the' Governments alone were to blame. That is the proper fate of the Treaty, and the only safe and peaceful way of disposing of it. The Agent of the Cunard Line has received information of the loss of the steamer Tripoli, bound from Liverpool to Boston. The Tripoli went ashore on the South Tuskar Eock, off Carnsore Point, on the coast of Wexford. The crew and passengers were saved, but the vessel is a total loss.

London telegrams mention the death of another veteran companion of Sir Charles Napier in the person of General John Lysought.

The accouchement of the Princess of Wales is expected to take place in- the latter part of June, or early in July. ■ The revolving turret (British) ironclad Hotspur is going to attack the fixed turret (British) ironclad Glatton, to test the revolving turret. The ' London Telegraph'* says it is expensive work, this blazing away at our own navy.

Letters from Aleppo give distressing pictures of the state of affairs at Antioeh. The town is a heap of ruins, and the soil is quivering with volcanic movements, frightening the people, so that they dare not approach the site to remove the large number of unburied dead. . FEAIfCE. The Commission on Capitulations blame General Uhrich for surrender of Strasburg, and especially censure him for screening himsejf and his officers from the conditions imposed enlisted men. In-the National Assembly on May 21st, M. Eoiiher spoke for nearly three hours on a motion to interrogate, the Government as to its intentions regarding the frauds in war contracts. M. Eouher disclaimed any intention of provoking controversies, and defended General Palikao from charges against his administration of affairs. He urged that the members of the Government collectively should be held responsible for their acts.

M. Audiffrefc Pasquire (?) replied to M. Rouher. He vindicated his own exposures of corruption under the Empire, denounced Napoleon, and called on the Empire, in the language of Augustus, to restore to France her legions, her provinces, and her

The members of the Assembly and the spectators in the adjacent rooms and the galleries were greatly excited, and repeatedly interrupted the. speaker with passionate outbursts of applause. M. Rouher replied in a speech of two hours' duration, which was listened to with impatience. The Prince and Princess of Wales are to arrive in Paris on May 24th. The Paris journals consider that the debates in the Assembly on May 21st and 22nd inflicted a crushing blow on the hopes of the friends of the Empire.

MADEID. : May 24th'.. It is reported that the Carlist leader, Yturbe, lias received a fresh supply of arms, and threatens vengeance on the surendered Carlists in Guipuzeoa.. A Carlist band in Lerdu. surrendered yesterday. : A3IEEICA.

The Liberal Republican Convention no•minated Mr. Horace Greeley for President! The nomination took the country by sur-: prise. General Grant, no doubt, will get a regular nomination from the Republicans. Davis has also been nominated. It is believed the contest will be. narrowed to one between Greeley and Grant.

A Spanish gunboat captured, under suspicious circumstances, the English schooner William Julius.

The President signed the House Amnesty Bill passed.by the Senate. The exception provided for in the Bill will, it is supposed, cover less than 200 cases, including Jefferson Davis. The Senate went into Executive Session on May 22nd, on the additional article of the Treaty of Washington, with the modification proposed. By a majority, the Committee on Foreign Relations resolved to effect the original object.by, a change of the phraseology, but to make it of equal application to both sides. A fire in Broadway, New Tork, destroyed- 500,000d015. worth of dry goods. In an attack by the Cherokee Indians, near Fort Smith, thirteen persons were killed, and twelve wounded. The whole district has been deserted in consequence. A million dollars 5 worth of property has been destroyed at Somerset, Pennsylvania, by fire.

Over 10,000 immigrants arrived at New York on May 21st.

COMMERCIAL. .. ' ' . May Ist. The public sales of wool were progressing slowly, foreign buyers operating with caution, and a similar policy being adopted by the home trade. Good wools- show ,a fall of 2d., and inferior wools of 2|d. to 3d., as compared with the last sales. . lN T .ew York, May 13th.

The receipts of the new crop of Australian -wool are beginning to stock up, and the hulk of the supply intended for the American market now to hand is rapidlypassing into consumption. The sales of Australian wool for the month include 752,0001b5., at prices ranging from 60 cents to 67 cents, and 50,0001b5. heavy at 56 cents. At- the close of the sales, it would be difficult to obtain 62 cents to 63 cents for the best descriptions on the market. San Francisco, May 23rd. The proposed American subsidy to Webb's line has been rejected by the Senate. LATEST NEWS. PEAN"CE. " The Commission upon the capitulation of Paris think that great responsibility rests on Jules Favre, the late Minister of Foreign Affairs: They exculpate Trochu and "Vincy from blame.

The specie in the Bank of France is increased 4,000,000 francs.

Gambetta, in replying to.an address from a deputation from Alsace and Lorraine, said that France must not speak of revenge. He advised the adoption of " Patience " as a watchword. By keeping true to that policy, France would obtain satisfaction without resorting to the sword. The ' Constitutionner says that the Germans will soon evacuate three more departments. Bazaine has been arrested, and his trial will begin in a few days. Negotiations for the total evacuation of

French territory now-occupied by\ Germans, are reported to be progressing Tar vorably. 7 300,000 francs have been raised "for the sufferers by the eruption of Vesuvius. spalny The Carlist force which entered Spain from Portugal has been driven back by Government troops. Castella Margaretz and Uigeras have published a manifesto, repudiating Don Carlos and King-Amadeus,' saying that the Republicans must prepare for a combat. . . - " 'News has been received that General Letorha defeated 5000 Carlists afrManaria,capturing many prisoner's. The whereabouts of Don Carlos remains a mystery. That he has escaped from Spain is certain. .

The Cortes has passed a Bill to .bring up the effective''force of the regular army of Spain to 80,000 men. .

The Government has officially announced that the insurrectionists in the Province of Biscay are breaking up, many of them deserting and surrendering to the Government. GEEMAJSTT. . The Eeichsrath has passed a resolution asking the Government to submit a draft of a law which shall regulate the license granted to religious orders, and provide punishment for all members of such or-r ganisations who are guilty of dangerous activity against the' State. The-resolu-tion is aimed more particularly at the Jesuits.

Bismarck returns to his. estates,.and will abstain from active participation in affairs for several months.

The Italian Government has sent a protest to-the Government of-Prince Charles, of Houniania against the persecution and" oppression of the-Jews in that country. Particulars of the late earthquake in Syria are coming.to hand. The fatalities were not. greatest in the city of Antioch. A letter from Antioch says: —" The American Protestant Church is severely injured. All the members of the missionaries' families are safe. The number of persons killed in the city of Antioch was; less than 300, but 1600 perished in the' surrounding towns, where the shocks were very severe. The distress of the people will only be temporary." Honolulu papers announce the occurrence of a case of smallpox. They say the .disease was brought by the Nebraska on her last trip. . Leprosy is raging fearfully. *. AU.STEALI A 1,. - ;' . SYDNEY. News from Fiji shows that political party disturbances exist there. Mr. Thurston, the new Premier, proposes to remodel the Constitution.

A photographer, named Clancy, who was a passenger by a vessel wrecked at the mouth of the Clarence Paver, lost his way after leaving the wreck, and was subsequently found dead. A letter received in Sydney states that a portion of the crew and Polynesian laborers, wrecked in the Mary Campbell,, reached Tanna safely. . . ADELAIDE. Earthquakes have taken place near Adelaide. A twenty ounce nugget has been discovered at Mount Pleasant..