THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5162, 8 October 1877, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

EUROPE. French politics are at boiling heat. Thiers died of apoplexy on September 3. The hopes of the Republicans were dashed, Gambetta being too radical. With his accustomed prudence, Gambetta nominated M. Grdvy as leader. He is sufficiently neutral for the Conservatives.

Marshal MacMahon ordered a public funeral for Thiers, but Madame Thiers requiring to arrange the cortege, the Government withdrew, only paying the ex-Prasident military honors. The members of the Legion of Honor attended. Precautions were taken against an outbreak at the funeral, which the ImperiaUsts endeavored to provoke.

The elections are fixed for 13th October. The death of Thiers strengthens the Government. The public securities rose on his demise. Franc’e keeps out of the Eastern question. Gambetta was prosecuted by the Government, and Press prosecutions are the order of the day. Germany guarantees the autonomy of Servia, and approves of the priucipaHty fighting Turkey.

Italy follows suit, and is intriguing for Dalmatia and the Albanian Coast.

The Pope lives on. The Church is without active opposition to the ItaHan Government. The judgment against Gambetta points to the culpability of ten passages in his speech, and declares that the statement that MacMahon must submit to the decision of the nation or resign, was a threat constituting an attack on the loyalty, honor, dignity, and conseqnently on the person of the President of the RepubUc.

Thiers had taken his usual walk on the afternoon of his death. When his decease was known the news spread like wildfire, and even at an early hour the streets of Paris were filled with people in great excitement, all giving vent to their feelings of grief and apprehension. SPAIN. Cuba is Ukely to be swallowed entirely by the Spanish army. Austria does not object to Servia fighting. The Pope has ordered the Hungarian Bishops not to permit public prayers for Turkish victories. The Polish leaders oppose all agitation for Polish nationality. Bohemia and Gaiaria are incensed against the Maygars, and the Archduchy of Austria dislikes their pretensions. The plague in Polish Russia is alarming. Paris, September 11. Gambetta and Murat, publisher of the Repuhlique Fi'aucaue, were arraigned before the Tenth Chamber of the Correctional Police for delivering and publishing the former’s Lisle speech and bringing the Government into contempt. In default of his appearance (owing to Gambetta’s illness), both were sentenced to three months’ imprisonment, and a fine of 2000 francs. Gambetta’s counsel asked an adjournment for a week, which was refused. The public were excluded from the trial.

One quarter of the town of Dieppe, in France, has been burned by fire, which is now raging.

A good harvest in France is expected. The fortifications of Paris are progressing towards completion.

ENGLAND. Since the proregation the Chancellor of the Exchequer declared that England would observe a strict neutrality. Earl Derby discourages the idea of any intervention between the combatants. They should fight till one is beaten or both exhausted. The harvest is a general failure, and the wheat is of an inferior quality. AustraHan and New Zealand wheat is bought to mix with English wheat for milling purposes. The imports of grain and tinned meat and fruits from America are large. The prices are not materially affected. Russia early in the season exported all the available grain in the disturbed territory, some coming by railway through Germany and by way of Marseilles, and so accumulating large stocks. Austria has an abundant harvest crop. September 6th.—The prospects in India are improved. Owing to the recent rains the prices are dearer. The famine is severe in Southern India. Two or three millions at least must perish of starvation. The spring sowing has been secured in all the important wheat growing districts in India. Forty-two Canadian shorthorns (were sold recently for 16,280 guineas. Fifth Duchess HiUhurst fetched 4300 guineas and Third Duchess 4100 guineas. There has been a convention between England and Egypt to abolish slavery. Heavy commercial failures have occurred in London.

In the strike of the cotton spinners at Bolton 10,000 are out. Importations of cattle are prohibited from Belgium, Germany, and Russia. The cattle plague is increasing in the London environs.

The Home Rule convention at Liverpool has appointed Parnell president of the Home Rulers of Great Britain ; O’Donnell and Biggar, M.Pa., as vice-presidents. Butt ridicufes the idea of England granting Home Rule so as to get rid of the obstruction of the Irish members.

The Government approves of Admiral De Horsey’s fight with the Peruvian ram Huascar. The strike of the Clyde shipbuilders is at an end. The dispute was settled by arbitration. Destitution is prevalent in England and employment scarce. On September 2, £250,000 bullion was withdrawn from the Bank of England.

The Indian Viceroy’s latest official report, dated August 28, says: “In Madras the situation is not improved anywhere, and is distinctly worse in Madren, Coimbatoor, Neilrore, and Nalam. In Mysore the crops and prospects are worse, and showers are loss frequent. More favorable accounts continue of the condition of the crops in the Bombay Presidency, owing to the recent rains in the north-west provinces. The situation in many of the southern districts is very critical. Mr. Cavill swam the channel on August 20, starting from the French coast, and landing at the South Foreland.

General Grant made a tour through Scotland, and received the freedom of the principal cities. . . It is certain that the harvest in Great Britain will be much below the average. UNITED STATES. American territory is eonstantly being violated by Mexicans, and recently a band crossed the Rio Grande, broke the gaol of the city, and liberated two outlaws. They shot Judge Cox, and decamped. American troops crossed after the cattle thieves. The Cabinet demand the surrender by the Mexican Government of the men engaged in the outrages. There is constant trouble in Lower CaUfornia. Diaz has been recognised as the Mexican National Constitutional President. A working man’s party has been formed as a corollary to the labor insurrection in the United States which promises to he a great political power. Public opinion is strong against the railroad ring which dominate in the country, and th® restitution of the plunder is demanded ; also the control of the trunk railroads and telegraphs by the National Government. Four men control all the interior traffic of the United States. A labor war is imminent in OaHfornia unless the Chinese are sent home. Labor troubles in the Middle States continue. The regular troops are in the field in Western Pennsylvania, and Governor Harndraft is organising three militia regiments to operate with them. The troops have established a reign of terror. There have been extensive fires at Montreal, New York, and elsewhere. At the New York fire on September 3 there was considerable loss of life and 1,000,000d015. worth of preperty destroyed. Three spans of the Union Pacific Railroad Bridge at Omaha were blown down in a clyclone on August 25. A train from New London to Connecticut tumbled into the chasm and was washed out throught the culvert. Several people were wounded. A colUsion on the Hudson River Railroad wrecked a passenger train which went over a bridge near Des Moines. All except the sleeping car sank in twenty feet of water. Fifty people were .killed and several wounded. Many easualties from fires caused by lightning are reported. Two steamers were burned on Lake Ontario, and one on the Mississippi. Yellow fever is raging in New York, Savannah, and Florida. There are large shipments of gold from London, September 5. Gold 103}, being the lowest rate for fifteen years. There is an agitation going on in favor of the remonetisation of silver and a national currency, which is likely to succeed. The National Board of Trade favors free trade, free ships, and reciprocity with Canada. Heavy bank defalcations and forgeries are reported. The largest State savings institution in Chicago loses over 1,000,000 dollar*. The president and officials have decamped. Indian troubles in the north-western territory continue. The troops have been badly beaten and many settlers murdered. At the practice at the rifle shooting of the English and American teams at Creedmoor the Americans obtained the highest score. Two thousand six hundred Spanish troops have arrived in Cuba. The wheat harvest is generally favorable. The total wheat crop is estimated at 325.000. bushels. In California there is a short crop. In Oregon 35,000 tons of wheat are ready for shipment within fifteen miles of a railroad track. Growers hold for higher prices. A storm on the Atlantic coasp on September 7 did great damage. Mining developments in Arizona are wonderful. The Aztec promises to exceed the famous Bonanza at Virginia city. The; Democrats carried Oallifornia, and will elect United States senators. The Republican party is generally divided. Brigham Young died on August 30. There was an imposing public funeral, and seventeen of his wives were presenUat it. The succession is decreed in the Twelve Apostles, The women are staunch to polygamy. The business managers of the Mormtta Church are expected to plunder the Saints. Brigham Young left a fortune of 2,000,008 dollars. The Indiana Soldiers Orphan Home at Kingston was burned. The loss is estimated at 100.000 dollars. Admiral Lemares, of the Confederate navy, is dead. Fifteen hundred regular Mexican troops have been despatched to Rio Grande to supersede the local State tro»pa and suppress disorder on the frontier. The Joint Fishery Commission of Halifax ruled that it is competent to award compensation for the transhipment of cargoes in British waters, or for the purchase of ice and bait supplies. The decision takes the heart out of the Canadian claim for compensation under the Treaty of Washington given on the plea of American counsel. Frank Leslie, newspaper publisher, failed for 330,000d015. Several china and silk merchants have failed. A letter from Feru (Lafacunga, July 25) gives details of an earthquake eruption. At Cotopaxi streams of lava issued from the volcano, sweeping everything on the Callao side. Another irresistible torrent followsd the course of the Sagumal River. An immense quantity of property was destroyed, and 1000 lives were lost. The country was like a sea of roaring waters with crashing houses. The volcano poured out enormous quantities of cinders, darkening the air from 1 p.m. to 10 p.m. A sharp earthquake was felt at New Jersey on September 11. Davenport, the great Shaksperiau aotor, is dead. All New York Customs officials have been summarily dismissed. Fifty dwellings were destroyed in New York by fire. The scene was heart-rending. Scores jumped from the windows, the ladders being too short to reach to the top of most of the windows. The latest estimate places theloaaes at 350,000 dollars. The insurances are 200.000 dollars. The Indian war is badly managed, and the settlers drive a disgraceful trade with the savages, The Lick trustees are engaged in another law suit with the Academy of .Sciences, one of the residuary legatees objecting to compromise with. John H. Lick, eon of deceased. New Paris, Texas, has bean pavbly burned. Ten blocks were consumed. The loss is over a 1.000. dollars. It is reported that the fire was caused by a man deliberately pouring oil on a saloon floor and igniting it, saying he would burn the town. A case of yellow fever has occurred at New York. The divers report the City of San Francisco as too badly injured to raise. THE CHINESE QUESTION. The committee of the United States Senate have reported on the Chinese question that the only benefit derived from Chinamen is cheap labor, but which entails disgusting licentiousness, and the absolute certainty of pestilence. They would suggest as a first resource an appeal to England to co-operate with our own Government in the absolute prohibition of the tirade in men and women ; and second, a joint action of the two countries with China in the abnegation of all treaties between the three nations permitting the emigration of Chinese to the United States. It is earnestly recommended to Congress to limit the number of Chinese allowed to be landed from any vessal entering the ports of United States to not more than 10. THE GREAT LIBEL CASE against the San Francisco Chronicle, after lasting several months, finished by the jury being equally divided. The result; jia considered a victory for the Chronicle. BRIGHAM YOUNG DIED at four o’clock on the 29th of August, at Salt Lake. On Tuesday week morning previously he was in his usual health, and on Wednesday attended a meeting of bishops. Ho was taken with cholera on Thursday at half-past one o’clock. All day on Friday he was subject to severe retching ; on Saturday inflammation

of the bowels set' in; on Sunday he was better ; and on Monday easier. On Tuesday acute suffering commenced at 9 p.m., and the physicians gave up the case. On Wednesday he gradually sank, and died in the afternoon. He has left seventeen wives and fifty-six children. The feeling of grief over the Prophet’s sudden taking off was not deep among the Mormons, except among hih immediate friends. COMMERCIAL. London, September 11.—Consols, 95}. Liverpool, September ll.—Produce market: Wheat quotations, Id. higher; Californian ’’ wheat, 12s. 9d. and 12s. lid.; average, 13s. and 13s, 3d. New York, September 11.—Wheat (new crop), Idol. 45c. to Idol. 550.; hides (dry), 22c.; sperm, Idol. 16c.; winter bleached, Idol. 37c.; whale, 50c. to 60c.; wool (spring), 22c. to 28-4 c, Gold, 103}. San Francisco, September 12.—Wheat maintains an upward tendency. Sales at 2dols. 36c.; barley, Idol. 60c.; oats. Idol. 71c. to Idol. 950. ; quicksilver, 50c. par pound ; Oregon salmon, Idol. 70e. Flour, superfine, sdol. and sdol. 25c.; extra shipping lots, 6dol. 73c. and 7dols. 75c. per barrel. Millers have advanced the price 250. cents per barrel. The wheat market is strong, and higher prices are obtained. Milling, 2dol. 32|c. and 2dol. 87}c. per cental ; for shipping, 2dcl.. 27}c. and 2d. 350. The barley market is stronger—old, for brewing, Idol. 77}c. and Idol. 80c.; feed, Idol. 45c. and Idol. 67i0. per cental. Hops, extreme prices, 120. to 22c. The wool market is dull. In fine southern there is a fall of from 160. to 17c. per lb ; inferior, 130. and 14c.; slightly burry, 14 c. and 15c.; burry, 10c. to 130. No Eastern, buyers are in the market. Petroleum and kerosene.—Devoe’s brilliant in screw top cans, 7c.; do fauc«t cans, 28c.; astral, 424 c. ; elmine, 42 }n. ; crystal, 35e. ; Downer’s, 42Ac. ; photolite screw top cans, 27c.; Dietz's prize medal, 45c. ; Eureka kerosene, 22}c. and 25c. The stocks are all concentrated.