SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 581, 13 March 1878, Page 2

SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

EUROPEAN SUMMARY. The Pope died on the 18th February, at 8 o'clock. On the previous Wednesday night he felt suddenly suffocated. He rallied several times, but said to his physicians "Death wins this time." He was alternately lucid and wandering. His last moments were clear. He said just before dying: ''Guard the Church I loved so well and sacredly." The immediate cause of death was the closing of the wound in his leg, which made the tumor mount into the lungs and brain. The Cardinals were assembled in Council in the next mom, but altogether with the dignitaries of the Papal Court, were at the bedside at the moment of deatli. Cardinal Panebianca administered the last sacrament. The barracks surrounding the Vatican were crowded with troops, an unnecessary precaution, as the people remained quiet almost to indifference. "When the Cardinal's Conclave had commence d. Siniconi demanded troops, and the Government acceded to the request. The will left by the late Pope authorises the cardinals to deviate from the established procedure, bur. does not prescribe any special rules. The question of permitting absent cardinals to telegraph their votes was considered. Monsiguor Fassagnal, Acting Papal Secretary of State, sent a n >te to the nuncios, protesting against any (> such) power of exercising votes. The statement that the cardinals, by a vote of thirty to ten, rejected the idea of reconcibition with Italy is denied. The crowd was so large to view the remains of the late Pontiff lying in state at St. Peter's that many women fainted. A company of soldiers had to enter the church to regulate the concourse. The body was arranged in Pontifical robes, ,md laid on a crimson bed, at each corner of which a- member of the noble guard stood with a drawn sword. The bed was surrounded with twelve large candelabra, so placed that the feet of the deceased were outside the altar rails, in order that the faithful iniijht kiss them. The face was calm and unchanged in death. Dr. Pnsey has written a work on the Confessional that attracted the attention of the House of Lords. The leaders of the English Protestant organisations rejoice at the Vatican's abandonment of the Scotch hierarchy scheme, which is said to have been abandoned because step 3 were taken to enforce the Scotch laws against Papal jurisd'ctioir The health of Dr. Isaac Hutt, the Home Kuler, continues precarious. He is not to he present in Parliament this session in consequence. In the House of Lords, on the 24th inst., Lord Beaconsfiekl, in response ti.i ft | question by the Duke c.i Argyie,_ said i distinctly that En gland was not going to I be dictated to by any other Power.

The supplementary grant of LG.000,000 will be apportioned—L3,ooo,ooo to the annv. L 2.000.000 to the navy, and L 1.000,000 for contingencies. The English army officers in Canada have received orders to join their regiments.

Cardinal Manning only c. < re. n landed i~' votes at tile Papal Conclave. The strike of the masons in London has terminated, the men recognising the hope1. ssness of the struggle, which cost LoUOOO.

The Cleopatra, obelisk will he placed on tin.! Thames Embankment, on the top of tlni Adelphi steps, between Charing Cross and Waterloo Bridge. A thonouijil operatives zi .a tan oh ester are lucked out for refusing to submit to a reduction of 15 per cent, on their wages. Tlio King o,f Siani intends to send a diplomatic representative to the Tinted States next year, for the first time in the history of the country. The Hong Kong Government refuses to allow Coolies to leave- for the Sandwich Islands and i'eru. Si'v* r coinage has been suspended for a further time in the French Mint. Leon Say, the Finance Minister, explains the measure a;; necessary on account of the silver agitation in the United States, the international commerce with India, and condition of the German money market. A Canadian laborer's wife lias given birth to twins attached by a ligaturesimilar to that of the Siamese twins. Fearful gabs have prevailed along the Atlantic coast, and the shore is strewn with wreckage. There was great loss of life.

WAR SEWS, When the British fleet first entered the Dardanelles the Turkish batteries tired a salute, believing the long-h><>ked-for aid had come at last. A telegram next day instructed their withdrawal, and reported that on the second entry, to prevent the fleet from being fired on; England had to give an assurance that it was intended to protect Turkish as well as English interests. Lord Derby's protest against the Russian occupation of Constantinople has been published. It is very decidedly worded, it demonstrates that 'the entry of Eussian troops would be a violation of the armistice, and might provoke disorders, causing every danger to Christians, wiiicii the Russian Government deprecates. It concludes by stating that Her Majesty's GoGovernment cannot acknowledge that the despatch of British ships to Cons'antinopie has any bearing on tho entry of Russian troops into the city, which latter measure they consider uncalled for by any circumstances, military or other, the necessary consequences of which may be disastrous to the whole population of the city. Lord Derby also telegraphed Lord A. Loftus, on February 13, that he had expressed to Count Schouvalofl', the Government's earnest hope that the Russian troops would not make any movement towards Gallipoli, or any movement of a nq.tn.re to threaten communication of the licet, as any such movement would be regarded in England as compromising the safety of the fleet, and in tho actual state of the public feeling he could not answer for the consequences, which might be most serious. Mamekyke Pasha went to the Russian headquarters, charged to dissuade the Grand Duke Nicholas from occupying Constantinople. The Russians occnp'ed Sonidie redoubt, which is part of Con? stantinople's lin ■ of defence. The headr quarters of the Turkish army of defence is removed to Stefans. The Turks are hurriedly erecting earthworks on Kujut: Chemoedji line. Osman Pasha has assured the editor of the Golos (St. Petergburgh) that there is

no truth in the reports of cruelties to the prisoners of war. Baron Manterfell was sent from Berlin to St. Petersburgh on an important mission. It is reported that Russia suggested to England that America, as a maritime power, should participate in the Conference. England does not object. Russia suggested to the Porte the desirability of moving the Mussulman population from Bulgaria. Berlin journals are opposed to the policy of Austria. It is stated that Admiral Hornby was ordered to seize the Turkish fleet if necessary to prevent the surrender to Russia. A Paris correspondent telegraphs that intelligence has been received to the effect that Prince Bismarck will be able to announce, that owing to the Emperor William's friendly intervention Russia has resolved to maintain an attitude which cannot imperil the peaceful solution of the existing difficulties. According to the latest information England and Russia will maintain their respective military and naval positions during the Session of Congress. No other Powers will enter the Dardanelles lest they should increase the complications.

A Pesth correspondent says : —lt is reported that some Circassians, when retreating before the Russians, were suffocated with sulphur. Eighty women and children had taken refuge in a cave.

The Cii/riic Jii'ssr, while admitting that the Europeans meeting are agreed, denies that the details are settled.

February 18. A Constant inoplo despatch says the Russian advance guard lias not transgressed the terms settled by armistice. In consequence of the withdrawal of the British lleet to the Mediterranean, the Russians will not occupy the suburbs of Constantinople. All danger of an Austro-Russian conflict is avoided, and the chance of an Anglo-Austrian alliance has been, greatly diminished by recent events.

A correspondent at Adrinnople relates an interview with Scrvier Pasha, who declared that Turkey had been misled, and encouraged to light only by the promise of English support. He particularly accused Lord P.eaconslield and Mr. Layard of encouraging this belief, and said he had documents which he would publish. He declared that lie had now become a partisan of the Russian policy alliance. Servier Pasha's colleagues at Adrianople confirmed his statements, and said the sending of the fleet to Constantinople caused great excitement in Russia, many journals urging that it be accepted as a declaration of war, A struggle with England would be popular with the Russian arrfiV and the people, although the officers speak of it gravely as a terrible conflict.