ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 60, 8 May 1878, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

WELLINQrTOiN', Eriday. i The s.s. Zealandia with the English Mails has arrived at Auckland. Subscriptions are on foot at St. Peters* burgh, for a new issue of 50,000,000 of roubles Treasury bonds (P) . • * It is generally believed there that the expected war with England caused the National bankruptcy, and the entire suspension of the. payment of the Russian National debt. , , The Earl of Leitrim was shot opposite a cottage from which he had evicted a widow. Ninety tenants have been notified of intended eviction. There were hostile demonstrations at the funeral. The Eurydice, when in full sail, capsized off the Islandof Wight in a sudden squall and sank immediately, drawing' nearly all hands under. Only five were rescued. Five hundred liberal representatives from all parts of England waited upon the Ministry to protest against the galling out the Heserves, Lord Hartington, the Lord Chamberlain^'representing the views i of Lord Granville, replied that the Government required no stimulus to preserve peace, and the Opposition conld not prevent war if the Govern* ment had determined on a warlike policy, / /■ - King Humbert remains neutral, but , favors tho extension of the Hellenic Kingdom. Other Christian Nationalities oppose the Eussian trade. In South Yorkshire trade is stagnant, and there ftris 30,000 unemployed. ; : Fou? Grerman war vessels have been sent to Nicaragua, to enforce reparation for the Consular Qutrage. ; ; ; Yigcount London sucoeeds as President of the rßoard of Tirade 5 the Marquis of Salisbury Las been appointed to the Foreign - Department ; Mr G*thorae Hardy, as Indian Secretary* Lord Stanley, to the M^&ti and Ibbetson to the Treasury. . Typhpid fev«r is ra,ging throughout Turkey. Mr. Isaac Butt» M.P.» has resigned the leadership of the Home Rule party. Troops and war material have been sentlx> from Jamaica (P). ' The Paris bankers have refused a further Russian loan of 800»000>000 francsv .^ ' - ' : Swith Ljondon has been flooded two feet' by the bursting of a sewer, and much damage h*w been done. . The weather- has been intensely cold in England^ and there have been four inches of snow iu the Midland counties. Sir Bartle Frere announces the termination of the Kaffir war, but a subsequent telegram reports that the. Natives are again in insurrection in the Transvaal. In one a.oti,on the British troops were compelled to retreat before overwhelming force. Assistance has been asked, and it requires the greatest prudence on. the part of the to p%ent a^^ general. Jsq&yq W t

Eight thousand destitute Mussulmen refugees have arrived in Greece. • The horrors of the famine in Chin* have increased. Relations between Austria and Bus* sia are more conciliatory. The Czar sent the. Emperor Francis Joseph autograph letters. Austria is not to participate in further hostilities, and is now disbanding.