THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4399, 26 April 1875, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

ARRIVAL OF THE MACGREGOR. AMERICAN KEVIVALISTS Ef ENGLAND. DISTURBANCES ON INDIA-CHINA FRONTIER. TROUBLE IN ROUMANIA. THE TICHBORNE CLAIMANT—GREAT MEETING IN HYDE PARK. THE SPANISH DIFFICULTY NOT SOLVED. ICE STORMS IN AMERICA. GREAT TRUST-DEED REVOKED IN SAN FRANCISCO. [Per,Pres9 Agency.] Auckland, Sunday. The s.s. Macgregor, Capt. Horace Grainger, arrived here to-day from San Francisco, with the London mail of the 9th o£ March. She sailed on the 30th of March—one day after hei- proper date—and has gained one day on the voyage ncro33 _ the Pacific, as she has reached Auckland punctually to time. The Macgregor arrived at Honolulu on the Bth of April, and sailed again at midnight 'of the same day. Passed the s.s. Mikado on the sth of April, between Honolulu and San Francisco. On the second night out a saloon passenger, a native of New York, died of cancer. Fine weather was experienced throughout. The following passengers come by the Macgregor:—For Wellington, Mr. Nancarrow ; for Lyttelton, Mr. Coates; for Nelson, Miss Griffin. Mr. Macbeth, postmaster, Greymonth, is the mail agent. . ' The Macgregor brings the following news: — GENERAL SUMMARY. Messrs. Moody and Sanky, revivalists, have held a conference with ministers of all denominations in London, to consider the question of a successful revival movement. It was arA. ranged that Mr. Moody shall, by telegraph, invite to England some of the most popular preachers of America and Australia. A statue of Marin, the hero of Venice, has been unveiled amid great enthusiasm. A conflict has occurred in Dublin, between the parties of Bishop Moran and Father O'Keefe. Much violence was used, and Father O'Keefe's church wa3 completely wrecked. Disturbances have occurred among the coolies at Morant Bay, Jamaica. A man-of-war, carrying a large -number of marines, has left Port Royal to quell the disturbances. A Calcutta despatch states that the expedition sent out by the Indian Government to survey Western China—a member of which was recently murdered—has arrived at Rangoon. The attack was made by Chinese officials, and in the fight forty Chinese were killed and many wounded. Communication with the Chinese frontier has been stopped by bands of armed men. A meeting, attended by a hundred thousand persons, has been held in Hyde Park, under the auspices of the Tichborne .Release Committee. There were bands of music, flags, and banners, bearing mottoeß, demanding that justice should be displayed. Dr. Keneally, Mr. Onslow, Mr. Whalley, and other friends of the " Claimant" addressed themeeting. The enthusiasm was tremendous. The people unhitched the horses from the carriage and drew the speakers to and from the park. 'A resolution wa3 passed denouncing the partiality of the Judges, and declaring that they would know no rest until an enormous judicial crime had been rectified. In the German Parliament a resolution has been carried by a large uaajority, withdrawing the State grants from the Roman Catholic bishops. Bismarck insisted that it was the imperative duty of the State not to pay the fomenters of insurrection. The Roumanian suzerain has issued orders for a levy of troop 3. This warlike order excites comment. Over ten thousand persons attended the funeral of John Mitchell. An explosion has taken place in a coal-mine in Brussels, killing and wounding a number of people. Despatches from St. Petersburg say that the state of affairs in. Turkestan has caused General Kauffman to lose the favor of the Czar, who has rejected the general's plans for reorganisation in Central Asia. A mass meeting "of Irishmen—at which thirty thousand attended —has been "held in Hyde Park; to demand the release of the Fenian prisoners. ' ' ' Messrs. Moody and Sankey's revival services in the Agricultural Hall have been crowded. France has determined to take a large part in the United States Centennial Exhibition. A destructive fire has occurred at Foo-chow-foo, in which four hundred houses were stroyed.-fimali-pox continues to rage in Japan. The Czar of Russia has sanctioned a new Ministerial plan for the. construqtion of five thousand miles of railway in that country. Don Carlos has requested more contributions. The representatives of. four provinces met to consider the request, and replied that the country was exhausted, and that funds should be procured abroad. There has been farther fraternising between the Carlists and the Government troops. General Cabrera has issued a manifesto, in which he declares his adhesion to' King Alphonso, on the ground that grave responsibility was incurred in opposing a Prince bearing the title " Most Catholic." Don Carlos has ordered that all persons found reading the manifesto shall be shot. All hope of settling the war by convention is considered ended. Don Carlos is marching sixteen battalions and artillery on a town twenty-five miles from Santander. Spain has paid to Germany eleven thousand thalere as compensation for the Gustave outrage. AMERICAN SUMMARY. Great ice floods are reported. At Fort Detroit, on the 9th of March, in the Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph office the water was over five feet deep ; the ico floated past at the rate of three miles an hour, crushing everything'before it. The people were fearfully excited. The water was four feet higher than was ever before known. The railroad for five days was covered with ice. The bridges were all crushed. The damage was estimated at h»lf-a-million of dollars. The flood subsided next day. Immense floods are reported at

Pittsowpen. At Wilkesville the water cut a channel forty feet deep through the cemetery. In the flooded streets of Kingston the people go about in boats. The loss by inundation at Harrisburg (Columbia), and Marrietta, is very great. A telegram from Augusta, dated the 20th of March, states that a .severe storm of hail had passed over several towns in the interior, attended with heavy loss of life and property. At Carnal, on the Georgia railway, all the houses were blown . down. A man named Thomas Gosling was killed, and several wounded. Near Thompson, a few miles from Augusta, several persons were killed, and a large amount of property destroyed. At Aitkin's, the Catholic Church was destroyed, and the telegraph wires blown or broken down. At Appling, a woman (girl?) named Martha Darcy, another named Maggie Bailey, and others, were killed, and a number wounded. At Walkite, in Kansas, on the 19th March, Catherine Germaine identified four Indians as the murderers of her father and mother. Thirteen others, known to be implicated, The Petaluma Argus relates how John Quinlan, afflicted with rheumatism, was completely and quickly cured by applying the leaves of the Eucalyptus. Prostration is very great in the ship-building yards both in England and America. Of about a hundred steamers plying between Europe and the United States a year ago, sixty have been withdrawn. The same stagnation is felt in the coastal marine. Two lines of steamships -between New York and New Orleans—the Southern Steamships Line and the Merchants' Line—have been discontinued, leaving only the Cromwell Line. The JVeM; York Mercury has a despatch from Worthington stating that the excursion being made by Senator Cameron and others to Mexico is with the object of arranging preliminaries for the annexation, by purchase, to the United States, of the Northern States of that Republic, and that the Mexican authorities have already assented to the transfer. The story is considered improbable. Secretary Firth [Fish?] has been offered a mission to England, but has declined it. A*' large meeting of L-iahmen has been held at Chicago, to arrange demonstrations in honor of the late John Mitchell. Similar meetings are reported in Memphis, St. Louis, Louisville, and other cities.The lasters in Drab's shoe factory, Pittsfield, have struck for higher wages.. Other strikes are threatened by the shoemakers in the towns on Simcox River. San Francisco, March 27.' James Lick [Lisk ?] has revoked his great trust-deed in favor of the different institutions of San Francisco. It causes considerable excitement. In the revocation, Lick (Lisk ?) refers to returning health, and the claims of kindred : says the deed of trust was made under mental depression and the apprehension of death. • It is expected that this will make great work for the lawyers. According to all accounts, however, the testator only purposes to resume the control of his estate for the 'purpose of giving it away directly, in place of through trustees. An opinion is expressed that the revocation will not be. valid inlaw, but this idea is not generally entertained. The estate is valued at 5,000,000d015. The American Bible Society during the last eighteen months granted 16,000d015. worth of bibles and testaments'to auxiliary societies. Cook, the English billiard champion, has accepted the challenge lately made by Dion for an international billiard match for 2000 dollars. - Boucicault has been retained at Wallack's Theatre for next season. Mr. Jefferson resumes acting in April, at Nashville. J. L. Toole is meeting with great favor in Chicago. , . . • Brigham Young was arrested at his residence and taken before Judge McKean, for disobeying the order of the Court to pay alimony and fees to Eliza Young, his nineteenth wife. Fined 25d015., and imprisoned twenty-four hours. The Mormons are indignant. COMMERCIAL. The San Francisco wheat market is firm. We quote shipping qualities -Idol. 60 cents to Idol. 65 cents ; choice milling, Idol. 67 cents per lOOlbs. Oats, market quiet, Idol. 50 cents to Idol. 75 cents per lOOlbs. New York, March 29. Wool is steady, spring, fine, 25 to 35 cents; burry, 20 to 25 cents; pulled, 35 to 42 cents. Liverpool wheat, 9s. 2d. to 95., 6d. ; club, 9s. 7d. to 9s. lOd. per cental. New, York hide, market dull, 22J to 23 cents; for dry whale oil, market steady, 65 to 72 cents ; winter bleached, 72 to 7.7 cents; sperm oil, steady, Idol. 88 cents to Idol. 95 cents; winter bleached, 2dol. 10 cents to 2dol. 15 cents; cotton, 15J cents; petroleum, Devoe, steady, 27£ cents; plain cans, 30 cents; patent nozzle fancy cans, 25-J cents; Downer's kerosene, 40 cents per gallon.