SAN FRANCISCO MAIL NEWS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 269, 20 November 1878, Page 2

SAN FRANCISCO MAIL NEWS.

The City of Glasgow Bank investigation shows a loss of £5,190,983, which tho shareholders have made good, besides £1,000,000 capital. There have been heavy failures in Glasgow and London on account of the Bank. The Ameer ;of Afghanistan defies the British Viceroy and puts his trust in Russia. The Russian Press advise the Czar to support the Ameer. Roumania is recognised by the United States. The Russians retain Adrianoplo until the Treaty of Berlin is fulfilled. The Servian army is reduced to a peace footing. The Colonial Trust Corporation has suspended payment owing to frauds by the Directors, one of whom, Viscount Bury, is already sued. Captain Judkins, the Commodore of the Cunard fleet, :ia dead The Rinderpest has broken out in Northumberland. James Sawters and po., of, Liverpool, have failed. . /.,..'"' It is said that Austria, France,' and England will form an anti-Russian alliance. Lord Hamilton's Lollipop won the Challenge Stakes at Newmarket. At a panic in the Colliseum Theatre at Liverpool 40 persons were crushed to death. It was owing to a false cry of fire. By a railway collision at Pontypridd in Wales twelve were killed and twenty wounded. .....•' v , i The Duke of Edinburgh sailed for Canada from Marseilles to welcome the Marquis of Lome. . The Paris Exposition closes on Nov. 10. Again there jare rumors of a marriage between tho , French Prince Imperial and the Princess Thyra. Jules-Moncasi, Internationalist, attempted the assassination, pf King Alphonso of Spain. The. American Consul has been publicly insulted at Tangiers, Morocco. The Nile burst its banks at Damietta, and 120 square miles wero overflowed and twenty villages submerged. The loss of life wa*s nearly! ,060. David D. Calatiu, Vice-President of the Central Pacific Railroad, is dead. »By a collision on the Old Colony Railway near Boston 25 were killed iand 100 injured. Rear-Admiral:Puldring/of theU,B. Navy is dead. .W. G. Tosawell haa been arrested Ja. New York for offering forged :aotes of the L nion Bauk of London. ... Admiral George Jones, E.N., who was in disguise, waa ordered out of a Russian war steamer. The barque Isaac Hall has been chartered at New York for New Zealand at £1850.

Robert M'Aulay, chaplain of the Orangeui'en of Canada has been murdered, it is supposed owing to religious hate. M The Manhattan Savings Bank at. _tew York hasbeen robbed by burglars of 2,7J>7i?oo'' dollars. King Alfohso o_ Spaiu received a public ovation on his escape from assassination. Niccoll and Fleming, connected with the Glasgow Bank, have absconded. There is abundant evidence that the Ameer-* has long been preparing for war under* Russian instigation. St. Petersburg advices slate that a Russian observation corps of 20,000 men will he stationed on the Northern frontier of Afghanistan, Russian officers just returned from Central Asia declnte that a complete utide.Btaudi_£ exists between Russia aud the Ameer. The Viceroy's native envoy Glistam is reported to have left Cabiil on September 25th. I his causes great lineasinessl aud officers ou furlough or sick ieiwc have been ordered to return to their regiments immediately. Au advance on Candahar has been ordered, but any movement agaiuat Cabul will probably be deferred till the spring. Although the suppression of the insurrection in Bosnia is officially announced, and congratulations have been exchanged, severe fighting on the Cth October was reported, in which the Austrians lost 200 men, including several officers. The Sultan refuses to sign the Bosnian convention holding Austria responsible for the alleged maltreattueut of lerajco Rey and the geneirdl eicesses of her troops. Russian diplomatists hint that if Austria occupies Bosnia in a manner at variance with the Berlin Treaty, Russia will be entitled to keep her troops for an indefinite' period in Bulgarian Roumelia. Prince Lobatoft informed Lafit Pasha that Austria is considerably ehiharassed by the double Ministerial crisis and tho unpopularity of the Bosnian invasion. Tbe Emperor is unable to form a Cabinet, and the present Ministry will remain in office till Parliament meets. • „-.. '■.'• '"' Military .preparations in Grreece" continue, and a loan of fifty million* francs' has been raised. , ' . , . "■'•* A committee has been formed in Constantinople to obtain from the Sultan a grant of an extensive district in Asia Minor for the settlement of the 70,000 refugees still remaining in the Turkish capital. A professor at the Warsaw University has been arrested on account of his connection with the Socialists. --..,,. Relations between tho Pope and the Jesuits are very much embittered, and the Pope has compelled Cardinal Nina to reside at the Vatican. Victoria, Vancouver'sJsland, has declared a poll tax of £8 on Chinese, r Blackfriars Bridge has been thrown open to the public free of tollon the payment of £46,500 by the Board of Works. The Princess Alice relief fund has reached £35,000. • A clerk in the Liverpool branch of the Bank of England has absconded with bank notes worth £15,000. Obituary : Mr Whalley M.P. ; Mr Mac Donald Q.C.; Sir Richard Sutton, the great sportsman; Lord Chelmsford, aged 84; Sir Francis Grant of the President of the Royal Academy; and Mr George Thompson, the anti-slavery advocate.