SAN FRANCISCO MAIL NEWS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 202, 24 September 1878, Page 2

SAN FRANCISCO MAIL NEWS.

[Per City of Sydney.] In a collision on the London, Chatham, and Dover railway eight were killed and th J -ty wourded. The Mussulman population of Belgrade propose to emigrate. The Porte asks the Czar to assist in the suppression of outrage in Roumelia. In the Russian army of occupation twenty thousand are sick. Garibaldi has written endorsing the principles of the German Socialists. Samuel Wild, cotton spinner, of Rochdale, has fai'ed for £100,000. The weavers are on the strike at Oldham against the reduction of wages, and 3000 looms are idle. Eug?and contemplates a new loan of five millions. A fanatic claiming to be Christ has been shot by the police in the head. He had a numerous following in Italy. As he was onJy wounded his adherents claim that his life was saved by a miracle. Dr. NoebMing before his death appeared insane. He was watched by experts. It is believed that Cardinal FrancH was poisoned. Sir Colin Campbell, Liberal, has been elected for Argyleshire, to replace the Marquis of Lome. It is said that Italy promises Greece assistance in the present juncture. At the Internationa' Monetary Conference, Mr Goschen, the English representative, said the England reserved the right to maintain the gold standard. A Russian army of 80,000 isto be stationed in Bessarabia. One thousand delegates from Christian Associations are holding a convention in Geneva. Cattom & Morton, West India merchants, have failed for £300,000. Tunis has become a suzerainty of Italy. Judge Keogh, of Dublin, is temporarily insane. He attacked his valet with a razor and cul him severely. Five hundred Catholic journalists will participate in the press pilgrimage on i the anniversary of the Pope's exaltation. Mr Layard is pressing Asiatic reforms on the Porte. Spain is issuing a five million loan. The Fenians, who were liberated at the repeated request of the United States Ministers, are to reside out of England during the time of the sentence. A large portion of Kissengen in Germany has been burnt. Typhoid fever is raging in Bristol. It is attributed to the milk. Virtue, the London publisher, has failed for £200,000. The West of Scotland ironmasters are reducing wages ten per cent. The Home Rulers refuse to rescind the censure on Mr Butt for his conciliatory policy. The Tunis says England will never again guarantee a Turkish loan or help her to raise one. The people of Pesthare petitioning for the suspension of the Bosnian occupation because of its mining Hungary. The Prussian Budget shows [a deficit of two million marks.

The American scliooher Erchautress came in first at the Royal Yacht Squadron;Regatta buUhe Formosa won by time allowance. Port Aleppo is the point England wishes to acquire on the main land of Syria.