SAN FRANCISCO MAIL NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 975, 4 June 1879, Page 2

SAN FRANCISCO MAIL NEWS.

Auckland, June 4; lie Australia arrived to-day. She left San Francisco on the 12th May, and brjpgs 854 packages of cargo to order, -12 saloon, and S steerage passengers. ! The steamer Great Republic, built at ! New Tork in 1866 for the Sacifio ! Cpfnpany, costing pearly a million and a jliiif dollars, begapie a total wreck on San I island, at the .mouth of th.e Columbia River, Oregon, on April 19, Eleygij I seamen were drowned by the capsizing, of a boat in the surf. The disaster iwag, caused by the pilot's over-confidence. The night was clear, and the sea like a mill

pond. A gale set in next day, breaking the ship into pieces. The cargo is a total loss. The hull was insured for 58,000 dols. South' British loss, 2500 dols ; Standardj of New Zealand, 5000 dols.

The steamer Alasca, from San Francisco for Japan, nearly foundered in a gale on March 27th, and put into Honolulu for repairs. She has since been reported at -Yokohama":

The emigration, of colored people from ;he South to Kansas continues. Great listress prevails, and the planters talk of mporting Chinese coolies to supply the place of freedmen. The greatest feat in refunding public lebt ever accomplished in the United States has just been accomplished by Secretary Sherman. Fifteen American aariks offered to subscribe, at par, 1.90,000,000d015. at 4 per cent., to refund bonds called in at one operation. Slierman allotted 150,000,000d015. to syndi3ate, reserving 40,000,000d015. for reFunding certificates for popular subscription in sums of lOOdols. This has been subscribed within the prescribed 60 days, making the refunding of the bonds complete. ° The Treasury pays oommissiou on half, at per cent. Lieutenant Pubrovinat, who was arrested near Worgovod on suspicion of being a chief member of a revolutionary committee, was hanged on the glacis of Fort Petropanlouski. The wife of Professor Barkin has been imprisoned in St. Petersburgh on suspicion of being a Nihilist. The wife of the chief military prosecutor has also been accused of Nihilism. A Paris despatch says that it is no secret that several members of the Cabinet are at variance with M. Grevy because of the hostility to the republic raised by his Education Bill. Clemence A. Clemencian, a radical loader, at a private meeting presented a programme which includes the liberty of the Press, the right of public | meeting, an income tax, free trade, secular education, separation of the Church and State, and abolition of the exemption of cleriqal students from conscription. The strike on the Canada-Pacific railroad has ended ; the men having been paid off, and are now quiet. The New York Herald says that in May, Jin Kee, who recently established a mission in M!ott-street to convert the Chinese to the Christian religion, was arrested for robbing H. C. Parke, his former employer. A large quantity of silk goods found in his possession were identified. London, May 11. Francis Saunders and Co,, merchants, of London and Bohia, have failed. A serious riot has been going on in Cork for the last two days, arising out of a difference between rival bands. Several houses were wrecked on Saturday. Disturbances were renewed on Sunday. The rioters were dispersed by the police. Forty were treated for scalp wounds. A policeman's skull was fractured. London, April 29.

In the House of Lords, Lord Bateman moved ;i resolution in favor of reciprocity and Parliamentary enquiry to ascertain the best means of countermanding the injurious effects of excessive foreign tariffs; Earl Beaconsfield said that the utmost the Government could do in the negotiation of commercial treaties was to see that England has the benefit of being the most favored nation in its clauses. He objected to violent changes. The indefinite inquiry recommended in the motion would cause disappointment and uneasiness. It was absurd to describe the condition of the country as one of distress and distraction. IJe believed that there were evidences of trade revivirg. Earl Granville agreed that there werelsijiis of revival in the state, owing to ihe wonderfully good harvests. He hoped that trade would gradually revive until it had at least attained its old position. He congratulated Earl Beaconsfield 011 so distinctly repudiating the fallacious specific. The motion was negatived. m

A reign of terror prevails in Russia under the lata j-epvessiye measures of the Czar. Wholesale arrests and transportation to Siberia by thousands are reported, but the Russian authorities deny the statement. Several political assassinations have been reported. The was a talk of a regency, but the nunor was denied. Sir Robert Peel asked the Government whether they would interfere in the cause of humanity. Lord Northcote, in reply, said it was not the duty of the Government to interfere with the internal affairs of Russia, Vo-d tli.it fpyincr interference by the Government at aSapieo was .in accordance with the Treaty of Paris, and the fact of the Neapolitan question be-'ng altogether different from the Russian. Major O'Gorman denounced the BritishRussian Governments with great violence, and was called to order by the Speaker. .Paj.-]nmaent will not be dissolved this yeav. It is expected that toe Qeny>aii iteiohstßjj will adopt the proposed tariff of Prince Bismark, who declares it to be essential to the making of German}' independent 01 foreign countries. Since the introduction of the tariff the country has been bleeding to death. The liberals and mercantile classes oppose it. l'iie iiejchgtajr lias voted LIO,OOO for the representation of .Gerniany at the Sydney International Inhibition. German gunboats have been ordered to South America to protect the interests of German subjects. The British Pacific squadron has been ol'd tfi Yalnaraiso and Peru. A geafighp Ijotwpiyti Pprifyian and one Chilian steamer took place oji' the River Goa. After a two-liours engagement, tlffi Chilian vessel, which was the fatest, steaded The Chilian Admiral has destroyed a valuable loading apparatus 'at Guano Islands belonging to British subjects. This, formed the subject of a question in the House of Commons.

1 Two Albanian columns invaded Servian territory, burning and plundering it. Thfi-y pcjjupigcl the Turkish redoubt on the jieightlis at £sajii>ak : pi£, pgaf Eurghymbj, but were dislodged and pursued. s}<}yoijdthe fpflptjgr jjy thp S§ryiaps p»re.e days' fighting. <J?hg BprVian losg is reported at 700 men, but thja j"s> prpbafely a}} exaggerated estimate. The Albanians lost 200, and were surrounded by Turkish regulars, who toolc their booty, restoring it to the gem&ns. • There is a versus protection agitation ia France, whose Governpient declares in favor of freedom and increased facilities for travel and freight movement. With better education, it thinks that all that is. necessary- is to stimulate agricul-. iural improvement. : - ; il.Qsdg aj?o 'again reported from Hungary, ' Spain is suffering from a scarcity 0 f | food.

-• The -American horse Parole -won: four important races in -England. Ope hundred and. seventeen men were kiHeif in e i in Belgium. " :: oenje^" ; £jx ? ' lg-te Governor pf New York, lijd friricess' Gh" sti^na / daughter of the Due De Moptpensj.er, arp dead. , A serious yq-ilyofiii; gtrike is reported near Winipeg, Canada, Troops have been despatched to repress violence, "" Seven-persons were killed by an explosion in' a- fireworks factory, at' An-., goul&me". I.' " -• : „.. The Czar has. given way : on the East Roumelian question, and sent a proclamation'to the people, advising them to respect the Treaty of Berlin. The Russian evacuation jif oce'edji. ;■> There..hais iheen a gr.eafc Jire. - ; .Tie, .Colonial Standard, and So.uth Bif-ti.sir^e.UF^pgjos^pa^ies-;,ljaye sustained :losse»: by : the being lost on the Caledonia .River bai, Both companies had risks.

A Second Adventist in Massachusetts has sacrificed his daughter. He said he had a revelation from heaven commanding the sacrifice.

By a terrific nitro-glycerine explosion on the grand trunk railroad at Stratford. Canada, two men were killed and several injured. Lord Chelmsford has telegraphed for a full brigade of reinforcements, and,, the Government are asking for 1200 volunteers from the regulars, militia, and reserve.

Mr. Ryland's vote of censure on the Government for the increase of national expenditure was defeated in the House of Commons by 303 to 230. Cholera broke out among, pilgrims at Hudwar fair, India, and spread to an alarming extent. It is now reported to be abating. A famine threatens Meccan, from drought, and refugees are already entering Bombay. Strikes continues in England, and trade is greatly depressed. American trade is reviving.