SAN FBANCISCO MAIL NEWS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 293, 18 December 1878, Page 2

SAN FBANCISCO MAIL NEWS.

London, November 25. The invading columns crossed the Afghan frontier, and found Fort Daply (?) abandoned and only three children left in it. General Roberts' force immediately moved forward to Fort Stains (?), five miles further up the valley. No further resistance is expected till the upper end of the unknown valley ia reached The force advancing from Quettah had arrived at Kushlak, ten miles distant. The cold was intense, and there were 100 sick iv each regiment. The column numbers 5260 nipn. The division commanded by Lieut-General Donald Stewart has left Mooltan for Quettah. .Fort Ali Muajid was invested on the 22nd by the column under General Brown, and was captured after heavy bombardment. The garrison bolted precipitately, leaving their arms, food, 21 caunon, and 40 or fifty wounded. Many prisoners^ were taken. The loss of the British in the operations in the Khyber Pass so far has been 300 killed and wounded. Major Birde, who commanded the advanced detachment of the Third Brigade, and tieut Fitzgerald were killed when near the en trenehracnts of AHMusjid, and over twenty . Sepoys were wounded. The inhabitants of ; the valley are friendly, and bring iv supplies freely. The American forger, Johnson, was acreated near. Dumfries, and sent to London for extradition.

The steamship Wyoming, from New York, arrived at Queenatown with her cargo of cotton on fire. It had been burning four days. Lord Roseberry has been elected Lord Rector of Aberdeen University. He had a majority of four over Mr Cross, the Home Secretary. The New York Tribw c'>- London correspondent gives a gloomy picture of the financial distress in England since the Glasgow Bank failure, and says all the signs which commonly precede a great crash are now observed. Private brokers declare they are flooded wit h orders to sell all good stocks that can be said, and that it is impossible £o I raise money from the Banks for investment in undoubted securities. Even upon Consols loans are made as a great favor with unprecedented margius. It is denied that Margaret Rothschild has ' applied for admission to the Catholic Church as a preliminary to her marriage with the Duke of Guise. The Berlin Post in an article relative to the closing of the Paris Exposition 3ays that Germany observes without anxiety the renewel of the power of France, which would | only be dangerous if the nation surrendered its right judgment to adventurous usurpers. The present moderate and conservative Republic offers a guarantee against all excesses in there foreign policy. The German Socialists organisation is being disbanded all orer Germany and Socialist newspapers and pamphlets are suppressed. The German Government intend to propose an import duty on grain, wine and hides and other articles. A Tree Trade League to combat the spread.of Protectionist tendencies has been founded. The Tagqsbdait asserts that the object of the present Protectionist movement is the establishment of a Customs Union in Eastern Europe for the protection of Germany against Western Europe especially England. Bismarck on the occasion of his daughter's marriage was presented by the Emperor with the Grand Cross of the order of the Red Eagle which was only once before conferred by Frederick William IV on Baron Mantefell. The Spanish Government anticipates a general European war, and is preparing for it. Don Carlos congratulated the ex-Queen Isabella on the escape of her son Alfonso from assassination. The police found 18 bottles of dynamite in chambers, near Madrid. There is disaffection in the army and fears are entertained of an insurrection at Seville. Moncasi, the assassin, has been sentenced to death. By his own confession the attempt on the King's life was premeditated since 187 C. The passage of the proposed press laws for Spain is considered certain. The principal of religious toleration is accepted by the moderate party in Spain.

Silver is being bought in large quantities for transmission to India. The French Republicans lost no department in the recent elections. They will have 12 or 15 nmjority in the Senate, say 46 out of 75. Balthuzer Jacobserj,a Republican Senator, who was delected cheating at cards has resigned at the demand of the Minister of Justice. Philip Port the French and Belgian railwaycontractor has been tried for embezzlement and breach of trust, and sentenced to six months imprisonment in Belgium for incurring large liabilities knowing his inability to meet them. Panl de Cassa^nac was called to order in the Chamber of Deputies for saying there was nothing in common between the Bonapartists and President Macmahon, Bince the latter had perjured himself It is said a duel -will take place between himself and a member named Marion in consequence. The Duke of Edinburgh has been made a Rear Admiral. A Federalist plot has been discovered among (he Spanish Naval officers at Carthagena. The Rhodope insurrection has ended, and the Porte accepts the principle of rectification of the Greek frontier. The St. Petersburg papers have been advised by the Government to moderate their language against the Foreign Powers. The Kussiau army in the Asiatic provinces had been placed on a war footing. The iron and cotton trade in England is depressed. Bitt'3 sheeting mills are closing daily, and those in operation are working short time, and at reduced wages. Amy Sheridan, the actress is dead. ; The Shropshire Handicap was won by: Orontes. Storms have raged with great severity in the North of England and throughont Scotland. The subscription to relieve the City of Glasgow Bank shareholders reaches £803,000 (?) Depositors are asked to accept fifteen shillings in the pound. The Bigh'.Court of Justiciary has definitely refused to bail any more of the Directors. They are committed for trial for theft. Grey & Co, iron foanders, of Scotland,' have failed, also Robert Forester, colliery! proprietor, of Glasgow North. Cardinal Howard has declined the Archbißhopric of Dublin. Southern, the actor, has broken down, and his physicians recommend a long retirement. Norwich has been inundated by a fresh, and 400 houses were rendered uninhabitable, and there was loss of life. The England Carriage Company has suspended payment. Wright and Company's liabilities are one million, aud the assets nothing. The Glasgow Honse only fails. The Paris Exposition closed on the 9th. The receipts since the opening were 12,653, 746 francs. Bismarck's daughter Marie is married to Count Bant2an. Prussia's deficit for the fiscal year is 78,000.000 marks. The belief exists that a plot exists for the assassination of all the sovereigns in Europe. AMERICAN SUMMARY. At an explosion at the Sullivan Coal Mine, Pennsylvania, twelve were killed and many wounded. A new line of steamers has been established between New York and China to compete ■with the route via England. It is proposed to abolish the reciprocity treaty with the Sandwich Islands, as the loss of revenue is heavy. A party of women at Michigan tarred and feathered an editor. Rear Admiral Osman of the United States Navy recommenda the Nicargua route for a ship canal at a cost of fifty million dollars. The body of Mr Stewart, the New York millionaire, ha 3 been stolen from the vault. Great loss of life and property occurred in the gales in the Northern Lakes. The Steamship Georgia has been lost at Punta. It is said that the captain was intoxicated in the cabin. Yellow fever has disappeared in the South States. The results of the States elections are in favor of the Republicans. WomeD, other than Gentiies who held a mass meetiug at Salt Lake, have endorsed polygamy. The New York and Boston Banks oppose the silver currency. An earthquake destroyed several cities in Salvador, South America. The people of California have taken up the subject of unrestricted Chinese immigration.