SAN FRANCISCO MAIL NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 907, 13 March 1879, Page 2

SAN FRANCISCO MAIL NEWS.

Spotted typhus is prevailing in Great Britain. ■ -• ------ -

Jay Gould has sold his controlling interest in the Pacific Mail stock to a syndicate, and the shares rose in value. The Americans and Russians at Getha Alaska have been threatened by the Indians. H.M.S. Osprey has sailed for the scene of the trouble. Lord' Chelmsford has been reinforced bv one company of the 88tli Regiment from St. Helena, and 300 of the 2nd battalion 4th Regiment. The British Government declined to exclude American cattle, as requested by the fanning interest. All cattle from the United States are to be slaughtered within 10 days after landing in abbatoirs prepared at Birkenhead and Liverpool. Stanley is announced for another African expedition. Chattcrton, the lessee of the Drury Thuatre, is insolvent. His liabilities amount to L-10,000. Reinforcements for the Cape have been sent from England, consisting of 7000 inen, including Major-General Credock, the new general and marshall. They sailed in 15 steamers. At Candahar five fanatics dashed into the British camp and shot three soldiers, 'l'he assassins were killed. The Roumanians have seized a position near Silistria. The Russians objected, but the great powers support Roumania. Tndleben has ordered up four regiments, and a collision is feared. English linaniers are proposing rival financial schemes to those of the French. One has been proposed by which the Porte would receive L 12,000,000 instead ~f L 5,000,000. The black plague is raging in Russia, and cordons sanitaire have been formed against that country by all its neighbors. Tile London College of Physicians are discussing precautionary measures. Lord lieao>nsfield is confined to his residence through illness. Dr. Newman has declined a Cardinalate. In Liverpool a strike, involving 00,000 sailors, foremen, ami laborers, has practical v collapsed. The shipping trade of the port at one time was paralysed. George Pulle, the famous turfite, is dead. Parliament reassembled on the 13th. Sir Stafford Northcote spoke on the state of affairs in South Africa. Mr. Lavard has returned from Con--1 stantinople in ill health. The destitution in Glasgow is decreas- : >ng. Colonel Percy Wyndham, an English ; soldier, was unfortunately killed at Rang,> p:i, in attempting a balloon ascent. f The Mount Zion Convent, Waterford, has been burned by an incendiary. The Rev. Hugh M'Neill, Bishop of Kipoti, is dead. The London newspapers congratulate France '.'li the change in its administration. The Theatre Royal, London, has been : burnt down. England has purchased Turkey's rights t„ Cy].!-..- r. >- r. i ,nnn,nno. Baron Lcssi-ps is a candidate for the Governorship of Algeria. General Chanzey goes as Minister to Russia. Prussia refuses to give up the Guulp.i fund, or recognise the right of the Duke «.i Cumberland. Tile Socialists arc threatening the Pope ..n account of his Encyclical letter. The basis of an agreement between Bismarck and tiie Vatican has been obtained. The village of Mviangcn, Switzerland, a resort of tourists, has been destroyed i>y fire. "A u'eneral commercial collapse is imminent in Sweden. The Bills for the emancipation of Servia have been passed. In Afghanistan the troops are in good health and spirits, but are beginning to weary of the monotony of the campaign, and would gladly see it over and return home. A I'lagtie has made its appearance in Brazil. Thj Czar has proclaimed a definite trtaty with Turkey. | l'he Russian troops are ordered to evacuate. AMERICAN SUMMARY. San Fkajtci-sco, Feb. IS. The ship Clara has sailed from New York for Sydney with articles, American and Canadian, for the International Exhibition. The ship Mobile follows next month, with a similar cargo. Dr. Lindermain, Chief Director of the U.S. Mints, is dead, as is also Richard Henry Bank, poet and essayist. The Canadian Board of Trade has passed a resolution in favor of protection to Siberian wheat, which is taking the market from the English and American article in London. . . . The Irishmen in America are organising to bring their countrymen to America in large numbers. An International Exhibition is proposed to be held in.New York.