THE AMERICAN MAIL.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4265, 20 November 1874, Page 2

THE AMERICAN MAIL.

[Press Agency.] The Tararua has brought the following items of English, American, and foreign news, carried by the steamer City of Melbourne to Sydney : AMERICA. The mail news from America is to the 12th ult. The American Government have paid to British officials the full amount of the indemnity awarded by the mixed commission. Brigham Young is dangerously ill. Surdham and Co., extensive sugar merchants of New York, have failed. A terrible riot- occurred between the north and south of Ireland laborers on the Delaware Railway, in which many were injured. The Government have arranged for a trimonthly mail between California and China. Win. M. Ewart is spoken of as the most likely candidate for the Presidency. The American riflemen beat Rigby's Irish team. Masked burglars have robbed the Pennsylvania Bank of Philadelphia, and gagged the president and cashier. The Custom-house and eight dwellings at Brazos were swept away by a tornado. Negro disturbances are prevalent in the South Western States. Yellow fever is raging at Penascola. A man named Salmon threw himself over Niagara falls. The Grand Trunk Railway of Canada has altered the guage from broad to narrow. Towsend and Co., bankers, New Haven, have failed for nearly three million dollars. The second match to decide the superiority for long-distance of breech and muzzle loaders, has resulted in favor of the latter. Both Tilton and Moulton have been indicted for malicious libel on the Rev. Ward Beecher. Gordon Bennett, of the New York Jlerald, offers to pay one-fourth of the entire cost of a new Artie expedition. Thirty-nine medical students have been arrested at Buffalo as resurrectionists. Commercial credit at New York has been disturbed by recent failures. Hepworth Dixon has arrived at New York. ENGLAND. London, October 2, The men on strike at Bolton mills have resumed work. The Newcastle Chamber of Commerce condemns the reciprocity treaty with the United States. Mr. Holland, a Conservative, has been elected for Midhurst, , The poets Barry Cornwall and Charles Swan are dead. Mr. Disraeli has intimated his intention during the Royal visit to Ireland to recommend an amnesty to political prisoners. The Times and Daily Telegraph deny the truth of reports of the Prince of Wales' debts. Alderman Stock has been elected Lord Mayor of London. John Mitchell has returned to America. A Spanish armed steamer, supposed to be intended for the Carlists, has been detained by the authorities of Sligo. Rumors of the Duke of Northumberland's intention to embrace the Roman Catholic faith are declared false. The Princess Thyra of Denmark is to marry a son of the King of Hanover. Experts have been despatched from London to investigate the Erie Railway affairs. Six thousand Yorkshire miners are locked out, and refuse to accept a reduction of wages. FRANCE. Election disturbances have taken place in Corsica between the followers of Prince Napoleon and M. Pierre. M. Gambetta has been delivering political speeches in South France. M. Thiers has announced his opinion that Republican Government is meant in France. Don Carlos' wife has been ordered to leave the French frontier immediately. The Pope wrote a friendly letter to Marshal McMahon respecting the withdrawal of the war-vessel from Civita VeecHa. M. Thiers visits Italy in the interests of the French Republic. The Government have asked an appropriation for the rebuilding of St. Cloud. GERMANY. The Empress has mooted a proposition that delegates of women associations should meet at Berlin in October. The Queen of Wurtemburg, Queen of Saxony, Princess Alice, and the Grand Duchess of Baden have promised to attend. The Emperor has postponed his proposed visit to Rome. The Government have paid the Alsatian* nearly two millions sterling for war injuries.