ADDITIONAL SAN FRANCISCO MAIL NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 791, 24 October 1878, Page 2

ADDITIONAL SAN FRANCISCO MAIL NEWS.

_ <» A congress of trades unions is now holding sittings in Bristol. 137 delegates are present, representing 623,959 members. The cotton trade is in a critical state, two mills being closed at Blackburn and elsewhere, and others are about to run on short time. In Staffordshire the nailers' strike con- . tinues. Nobeling, the assassin, died in the Asylum from paralysis of the lungs. ; Negotiations between Germany and the Vatican are proceeding hopefully. The Italian agitation has assumed propor- . tions which excite disquiet. Albania is in a 1 condition of anarchy. The ferocity of the attack upon Mehemet Ali Pasha because he would not lead them against the Austrians, show that the insurgents are amenable to no control. The construction of a deep sea harbor at Boulogne has been commenced. The French Government has prevented a congress of Socialist-' iv Paris, by arresting five leading wv-.Vi* ui the committee, who are stiii in pnauu awaiting their trial for membership. The Vatican has ordered the Belgian clergy to refrain from attacks on the Constitution. General MisentofFs assassins have been arrested. The surrender of Batoum to Russia without fighting lias relieved the public mind. Russia says if hostilities ensue with Afghanistan, she will maintain the same attitude as that of England towards Turkey. The dreadful disaster to the Princ jss Alice, a steamer on the Thames, turns out to be more calamitous than was at first supposed. Including a number of children, fully 800 persons were on board, only 120 of which were saved. Six hundred and twentyeight bodies were recovered up to the 11th. There has been a week of funerals. The bodies not identified or claimed have been buried at Woolwich. The Mansion House fund, headed by the Queen and Royal Family, amounts to nealy LIO,OOO. The vessel divided into two by the collision, and has been beached. During the past week four railway | collisions took place, in every instance by i mineral and goods trains. Several lives were sacrificed. There has been a frightful colliery explosion at Abercarne Old Pit, 12 miles from Xewport. The number lost was about 2SO. Eighty-four men were brought up alive, butnearly all are more or less injured. The exploring parties failed to get beyend a few yards from the bottom of the shaft, as the pit was on fire and the air had to be shut.off. It is expected that the mine will have to be flooded. The steamer Prince Leopold, witli 500 excursionists, narrowly escaped destruction on some rocks near the Isle of Wight. The court martial upon the survivors of the Eurydice acquitted everyone of blame. Curran, valet of Judge Keogh, is fast recovering from the wound inflicted by his, master. The discovery of the unburied remains of seven children on the premises of an undertaker in Old Kent Road has caused an outburst of indignation. His windows were smashed and the shop wrecked. There is great agitation at Brighton respecting the gambling hells established in the town. Musurus Pasha has left London for Constantinople, and Midhat Pasha has been summoned home by the Sultan. The impression prevails that the delay in confirming his appointment as Minister of Egyptian Finance arises from the opposition of the French Government.