SAN FRANCISCO MAIL NEWS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 177, 27 July 1880, Page 2

SAN FRANCISCO MAIL NEWS.

Auckland, Tuesday. The City of Sydney arrived at 10.30 a.m. She left San Francisco on the 4th July, a day before her time^but was detained lour

hours off the Island of Oahu by thick weather. On the 23rd she experienced a strong south-west gale. Passengers for New Zealand :— M?ss Longmore, Mrs Moore and child and nurse, Rev. Anderson, Messrs Hunt, Kelfer, Wilds, Lovewell, and Page. GREAT BRITAIN. England is making numerous important additions to her torpedo fleet. A statue of Mx Raikes has been erected on the Thames embankment. A great uproar occurred at the Protestant Reform Society's meeting in Exeter Hall to profest against the Catholic appointments. Home grown wheat shows a shilling decline in price. The steamer Humboldt at Liverpool from New York took fire, and every bale of cotton had to be thrown overboard. A strike of the Lancashire cotton bands is threatened. During five weeks ending June 30th there were 200 small pox patients. In Dublin a bloody riot occurred between the people and the police, and several were seriously injured. Eedpath, ihe New York Herald's correspondent, condemns the Irishmen for their indifference to their distressed countrymen, aud says that while Australia and New Zealand £55,570, America £5,658, Canada £3,348, India £3,750, and England £10,046, there was no Irish subscription. Mr Parnell's Bill proposes to take £200,000 from the Irish Church fund.— Mr Forster said he must oppose it, as doing more harm than good. The Government Irish Land Bill is strongly opposed by the Conservatives and condemned by the press, which denounces it as confiscation. FRANCE. The execution of the decrees against the Jesuits and unauthorised religious bodies led to mosc exciting scenes. The Jesuits' chapels were thronged, and meetings were, held to protest against the decrees. A riotous condition prevailed in and around the building, and the mob hooted the priests and the priests locked themselves in cells which the police broke open. Ther.e were 39 establishments with 454 members broken up. The Archbishop of Avignon offered his hospitality to a member of the expelled Jesuits, but received a peremptory telegram from the Minister who caused him to request the Jesuits to leave without delay. The Spanish Government have granted numerous applications to establish Jesuit colleges in Madrid. All the judges and public prosecutors of Versailles resigned rather than gire effect to these decrees. Some of the expelled have purchased an old estate in England. Several duels have occurred, chiefly with journalists. ; French firms are filling orders for China. \ Six thousand Communists returned to Paris. • GERMANY. The German Church Bill has passed by 206 to 202. Bismarck said the Bill, was drawn by himself, aud he would not permit its mutilation. He avows his intention to leave Parliamentary fighting and devote his attention to foreign affairs. The general opinion is that the Vatican got the best of the Chancellor in this church fight. Twenty persons were killed by flre in a mine in Dormstadt. ; Sixty-three were killed by a storm and waterspout in Dresden. , heavy rain and tornado at Breslau killed 56 persons, and destroyed 105 houses. AUSTRIA. The village of Hamena in Hungary was destroyed by fire, and many persons perished. Famine has raged in the district since the beginning of the year, and the misery is indescribable. : There have been 10 11 houses burnt in Hungary since May. ; Tne leading Austrian journals express the belief that the end of Turkey is at hand, and advise Austria to take as much Turkish territory as possible. : RUSSIA. It is believed that the Czar intends a morganatic marriage with the Princess by whom he hns had thirteen children. Russia iB disgusted by Colonel Gordon's visit to China. The floating battery Kremlin when going to the Pacific collided with a Danish steamer, and was so crippled that she had to put into Hellingsford for repairs. Admiral Tesoki is appointed Chief Commander of the Pacific volunteer cruiser, Russia. ITALY. At the Municipal and Provincial elections Garibaldi was beaten by Prince Chingp, Marshal of the Conclave. TURKEY. In reply to an address from Mr Goschen, the Sultan expressed his desire for the completion of all reforms. The Sultan refused to allow the harem of the ex-Khedive of Egypt to land at Constantinople. Pirates are navigating the coasts of Asia Minor. An attempt on the life of the new Sheriff of Mecca failed. The Sultan is alarmed at the secret designs of the Powers, and proposes to render the Dardanelles impregnable by torpedoes and forts. A despatch of the 3rd May says that the Porte has proclaimed a state of siege throughout all the provinces on the Greek frontier. The new territory to be ceded to Greece ia estimated at 390 square miles, containing 400,000 inhabitants. • <'- ■