SAN FRANCISCO MAIL NEWS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXV, Issue 35, 10 February 1880, Page 2

SAN FRANCISCO MAIL NEWS.

Terrific gales were experienced in all parts of Great Britain and Ireland during the •week ending December 3L. A storm of rain, accompanied by lightningand snow, burst over London and did much damage. The circuit of the gale embraced Boss, Edinburgh, Greenock, Yarmouth, Liverpool, and Plymouth. At the latter place a French barque was lost with eight of the crew. Up to December the Thames was shrouded in a fog for 18 days which detained a large fleet of inward and outward bound vessels. By a collision on the South Lancashire railway three persons were killed and 20 wounded. Gas properties have recovered much of the ground which they recently lost by the Edison's electric light scare. Mr McCarthy, M.P. for Mallow, has resigned because he is resolved to have no connection with Mr Parnell's policy and is disgusted by the bickerings of the Home Rule party. A number of unemployed laborers plundered a bread and meat shop, and scores of people in County Limerick are clamoring for bread. The process of serving is violently resisted in Galway and Mayo, and the priests in Killarney and Galway are taking the lead, and by ringing the chapel bell give notice of the approach of the officers. A serious collision has taken place, and an American, suspected of being a Fenian in disguise, has been arrested. It is now thought certain that the Government intends to proceed with the trial of Davit, Daly, Killen, and Brennan for sedition. The distress in County Kerry has reached a state of famine. In Mayo the policemen escorting a procession were severely handled by the peasantry A woman is reported as having been starved to death in Kilkenny. There ia a large influx of tramps to that towu, and excesses are frequent. The Dempsey family who were ejected at Balla has been restored and their rent paid by public subscription. There is a fresh movement regarding the Channel Tunnel Railway, and people think ifc may be completed within the next ten years. The Queen sends £50 to the Duchess of Marlborough relief fund, which has reached £10,000, and the Lord Mayor's fund for the same purpose had reached £20,000 on Christmas Day. To the former the Rothschilds, subscribed £2420, the Barings £968, the Coutts' £968, the Irish Society £726, and the Right Hon. W. Foster £242. Eleven men were wounded and nine killed by a colliery explosion near Bolton. The iron masters in North Staffordshire have refused further orders at current prices. The trade is in a flourishing condition. Spurgeon made a pressing appeal to the Christian sentiment of the English people endorsing Gladstone's position. He warns Englishmen that under such tutors as the Times they are creating a "nation of demons." General Schouvaloff has been designated Governor General of Moscow. The Nihilist agitation has produced a new effect. The peasants being covertly informed that the Czar had a ukase directed at the landed proprietors to divide their estates among the tilers of the soil, became impatient to have the supposed order carried into effect, and rose in every direction on Schouvaloff. They seized his castle and saokod — ifc,—andr expeile<r~all"~ the servants. The rioters are said to be fully armed. Russia is equipping a large army in the face of her peaceful professions, and the towns of Russia and Poland are filled with well armed troops. The Vienna press is of opinion that a. collision between England and Russia is inevitable, and further that General Skobeloif recently declared at a banquet that Russia is on the eve of a national war. The Bishop of Manchester has married Miss Duncan, of Bath. The Duchess of Marlborough Irish Relief Fund has reached £20,000. A recent article in the Times indicates the probability of the appointment of Sir Garnet Wolseley as Commander-in-Chief of India, on his return from the Cape. Lord Penzance has issued a fresh citation against the Rev. Maconochie, who disregarded the last sentence of suspense. The prospectus of the New German South Sea Trading Company is issued, and the subscription list is opened. An ordinance from the Imperial Chancellor having reference to the undertaking, is published with the prospectus, as calculated to attract shareholders. France intends to follow the example of Germany in giving attention to the consolidation and development of trade with distant countries, and is increasing the number of French Consulates. The Cologne Gazette says that the personal relations between the German and Russian Emperors is insuffcient as a guarantee against dangerous complications. The Pesth riots have subsided, and tranquility is restored, A Iftftdslij) destroy^ a Tillage palled £c

Juar in Spain, and mdhy perished and were hopelessly injured. The Pope baa declined to canonise Fins IX. immediately, but has approved of the examination of his claim. M. Freycinet delivered the programme of the new French Ministry yesterday, and announced prudent measures of policy aft home and abroad, a decisive advance in the path of necessary reform, and successive improvements and reduction in the taxation. He indicated adherence to the present Customs policy. The extreme Left are dissatisfied. AMREICAN. Shearman's 25,000 Army Bill has passed through Congress. Parcel l's reception at New York was moderate. His mission is sharply Criticised by the press. Edißon's electric light caused a great fall in gas stock, and electric light shares were held at a price giving Edison fivo million dollars. American and French leading scientists, however, declared the lamp to be a complete failure and warned the people, and gaa stock has since recovered . It is advocated to deprive the Mormona of all political rights, and they are negotiating for a home in Mexico. The Peruvian caiise is considered hopeless. ,