SAN FRANCISCO MAIL NEWS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 203, 26 August 1880, Page 2

SAN FRANCISCO MAIL NEWS.

Auckland, Thursday. The Australia arrived at 9.30., having left San Francisco on the 2nd August and Hono- | lulu on the Ilth. She experienced light winds till the 18th, then heavy weather for two days, and afterwards moderate weather. Passengers for New Zealand: Mr. Forester and wife, Messrs Nielson, Wm. Smith, Davis, 1 S. and W. Firth, Boyes, Pickles, McLean and wife, Thurston, Nesbit, and five in the steerage. Mr Bandmann, the actor, is a passenger for Sydney.) ENGLISH SUMMARY. The Government gained.^, signal victory in the passage of the game laws. The British steamer Hester, from Hong Kong, sank by coming into collision with a barque. The crew were saved. Reports from Quettah show that Aynb Khan suffered so much in. the engagement ] with General Burrows that he had to remain on the field where the battle was fought and could not pursue. The defeat was caused by General Burrows' incompetence and the demoralisation of the troops. The Khelat-i-Ghilzai garrison is threatened i hy the assembled tribes. Heavy rains have seriously damaged tbe crops in Worcestershire and Shropshire. A serious gas explosion in the main, in Tottenham Court Road caused great fissures in the streets, and wrecked the fronts of tihe houses. Four hundred bouses were injured and two persons were killed and thirty ■ wounded. The weather throughout the West of England is unusually adverse to business and ! agriculture, and in some parts of the country is even disastrous. Parts of Leicestershire, i Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire, Gloucestershire, and Berkshire have been submerged by the overflow of the rivers ; railway traffic was i impeded ; the crops, especially of hay, were ruined, and some lives were lost. The steamer Zanzibar, from New York for Glasgow, has foundered. A bottle announcing tho fact was picked up at Ballyhannion. Several officers and directors of tbe Northern Counties of England Insurance Company have been found guilty at the ' Manchester Assizeß of fraud and conspiracy 1 in falsifying the Company's accounts. The general manager was sentenced to 18 months' bard labor, the chairman of the Board of Directors to twelve months and four others to ' six months. A terrible explosion occurred in the London and South Wales Colliery Company's New Block Vein at the pit at Risca, six miles from Newport. There were 120 men in the pit for the night shift, but few of whom escaped. It is believed that the explosion ' was caused by lightning striking the winding gear at the top of the shaft. 1 The Select Committee of the House of Commons on the law of libel recommends that in future no criminal proceedings for libel shall be allowed to commence without tbe fiat of tbe Attorney-General being first obtained. [ Mr Gladstone has remitted fifteen per cent, of the rents awarded to his tenants owing to the exceptionally bad season. He had pre . i- ' ously reducod the rents by a similar amount ' in 1879. The Elementary Education Bill, making school attendance compulsory throughout the country, has passed. The Canadian riflemen were beaten by the Cbesshire Volunters, who scored 1314 against 1306. A second writ has been issued on Mr Bradlaugh for voting on the Irish Distress Bill. He has instructed his solicitor to defend him. The Mosely cotton strike has ended. Baron De Lesseps says that there is plenty of capital for the Panama Canal which will be finished iv seven years. Committees have been formed throughout England to agitate for the repeal of the hereditary rights of the House of Lords. The weather all over Ireland is most favorable, and ifc is expected that the potato crop will be enormous. It promises to exoeed any thing seen in Ireland since the period anterior to the famine of 1847. The other root and cereal crops are luxuriant. There are encouraging reports of the improved condition of the West of Ireland, and the annual report of the local government Board says tbat no deaths from starvation have occurred. Mr Parnell bas summoned a Home Rule Convention in Englaud at Newcastle-on-Tyue for the 9th August. FRANCE. Disturbances in consequence of the enforcement of the anti- Jesuit decree are still reported iv the provinces. The most serious was at Havre, where the soldiers charged tbe mob. Immediate action against the Dominicans has been abandoned. In a duel between the editor of the Union and the editor of La Justice the latter was wounded in the thigh. A Merchant Shippiug Act has passed the Senate. M. Rochfort in bis new paper declares war on Gambetta and his supporters. Rochfort was welcomed back to Paris by 6000 people, who escorted him to the hotel, the crowd singiug the " Marseillaise." The French Jesuits will found a colony at Fernando Po. Tbe National Fete was a grand success. Tho people, though full of patriotic excitepient, were orderly, and the streets were

thronged. Grevy and Gambetta were loudly cheered. The President delivered the new colors to the regiment in the presence of 100,000 people. \ A Paris correspondent describing the fete says, " Of the old faces who became notorious or celebrated in the official regiments when the Bonapartists and moral order were paramount, few showed at the review. One of the few was Marshall Caurobert. Marshall McMahon was expected, and a place was reserved for him, but he did nofc come to occupy ifc. Harassed by creditors and the -reproaches of old friends he has become oufc of sorts, and sees life in the gloomiest colors. It is said that he attempted suicide recently." Rochfort's new paper, tho* sales ot which were 198,000 copies of the first issue, now lies in unsaleable heap 3. Count De Doniville, a member of the Chamber of Deputies, has been charged with obtaining a loan under false pretences, and sentenced to tbree months hard labor. The Jesuit schools in Paris have been broken up, and ifc is said tbat when the bolice present themselves on the 13th they will find no Jesuits to disperse. [ The Republicans have been successful for the moßt part, in the recent elections. GERMANY. The Emperor's sanction to the Church Bill has given general satisfaction,, and' the Catholics are beginning to recognise the desire of the Government for peace. Wagner's Theatre afc Bayreruth has bten burned down. SPAIN- 7.. . . .The Jesuits are swarming into the country. ;• '• -■ -A violent earthquake at Manvilla destroyed the Government Buildings, 'including the Governor's residence, and tue Convent,'" and killing several nativesr .-"-■-• r The Austrian physician of the Queen of Spain's household has quarrelled with the Spanish doctors on the subject of the Queen's health. The Austrian favors the Queen remaining at La Grauga Palace till the birth of an heir to the throne and she proposes to do so. The Spanish medicos have resigned. ITALY. The Pope has given an audience to the sacred Orders who had come on a pilgrimage from all parts of the world. He advised humility in preaching. RUSSIA. The reports of the Chinese victories are described as mere gossip. The murderer of the Prince Krapothkia has disclosed tho names of all the principal Nihilists to the Russian Government, who have arrested the ringleaders. Orders have beeu issued to prepare as soon as possible four of tbe best torpedo boats belonging to the Black Sea fleet, to be sent to the Pacific coast, and several vessels have been chartered for the transport k ßervice. The carriage containing General Skobeloff 's \ mother, with money and medical supplies for / the hospital at Toupau, was waylaid by a Russian Lieutenant named Onlates, who killed the lady and her servant, and plundered the vehicle. Oulates was arrested, but shot himself shortly after. Revenge for her opposition to his marryiug Mrs SkobelofFa maid is said to have been the motive. Four torpedo boats for Russia are being built in England. The reports that General Skobeloff has been captured und beheaded are contradicted. The Artillery works at Kovisk in South Russia exploded, killing 18 persons. No urgent preparations for war are being made. TURKEY. Ifc has been attempted to place the responsibility of rejecting the decision of the Berlin Conference on the Grand Council. In conversation with M. Goschen, Obedin Pasha, referring to reform in Asia Minor, said ; — " You know whafc difficulties your Government have had in Ireland, and how long it bas takeu to overcome them. In Asia Minor we have fifteen Irelands to deal with." GREECE. King George is afc Sfc. Petersburg visiting the Czar. The Greek officers on leave are hurrying home. BELGIUM. The Belgian bishops telegraph to the Vatican tbeir satisfaction that the diplomatic relations with Belgium give them greater freedom of action. MOROCCO. The Imperial troops were completely routed by the rebels, who captured the camp and the Commander-in-Chief, and destroyed the crops. AMERICA. Hiscocks and Hayman have engaged Billy Swealman, the minstrel, and his wife, and have offered good terms to Murphy, the comedian, for an Australian tour. Busiuess is increasing throughout the country, Ou the 36th day of Dr Tanner's fast he kept to the gallery all day. He was attacked with nausea, vomiting at different periods and throwing up bile and mucus. He got up to put on his clothes but could not do so. The weather in the Eastern States has been unprecedentedly hot, and many sunstrokes have occurred, especially in New York. Edison has given up the electric light idea, and is now attempting electric locomotion. A New Mexican mob broke into the gaol, killed the sheriff, and lynched three prisoners. Three hundred Italian laborers were swept off the platforms of some railway cars while in motion by a low banging derrick rope. They were horribly mangled. Beecher has denied from the pulpit that he has abandoned the orthodox faith and its leading doctrines. The Cuban patriot prisoners captured by Spaniards iv a small house were all massacred. Two excursion steamers on the Detroit River collided and fifteen were drowned. Denis Kearney has been nearly lynched by his old followers. Tbe preliminary basis of a confederation between Peru and Bolivia bas been drawn up. The Chilians having captured Arica, the Peruvian cause is considered hopeless. The Chilian fleet has arrived off Callao. The scenes at the capture of Arica were frightful, the conquerors assailing the women, breaking open wine houses, and firing tbe city in several places. The President of Peru still urges war to the bitter end. The Chilian Admiral declares his intention to bombard Luna and threatens to give the city up to ravage. Steamers are allowed till a certain day to remove the foreign residents from Callao. The Peruvians are preparing to send their valuables and women and children and household goods away. All the male inhabitants of Peru are ordered to drill. The Archbishop of Luna has given the Church treasures for the army.