SAN FRANCISCO MAIL NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1070, 24 September 1879, Page 2

SAN FRANCISCO MAIL NEWS.

Al'i.'Klajs'd, September 2-L James Diily anil Jiary Rainbow, c;>nvicrctt t>r wardering their illegitimate child 211 London. have bec-n sentenced to den'h. Ismail i'usha h.;s had the favorite palace at Xhrel aligned to him by the Italian Government, and ho will reside there. A troaf.v of commerce is about to be concluded between Germany and Spain. The ];isiiops of Belgium declare excommunicated ail teachers in schools tarnblkked by the ticaie under the new

Education l.i'.v. A s'orm in D.mitwk destroyed "ver 1 <'•(» j'.uT.i'iiostSt?::, killed iifty persons, and did an incredible amount or damage. Keith Johnson, the leader of the expedi'i--!! io the head of Lake iCy.tssa, died from dysentery on the 28th Juno, a; I Soroburo, JSO miles inland i'roni Daresitithtiii. The expe-lirion will be continued by Thompson, the soicntilio assistant oi' Johnson. The High Chinvl; narry in Germany v/.-li:t repeal the civil inarriage law. Minister Lopere, of Jt"ronce, has sent a circular to i'teioe;instructing them to stay any resolution of Councils General in France against the Ferry Education Bill. Such resolutions would be void, as the mat:cr i.s political, and beyond their jurisdiction. The Coins states that the Russian authorities, fearing disturbances will occur when Kaldga is surrendered by China, has despatched several battalions of ino-nary and Cossacks, with a battery, in order to bo prepared for any emergency. A waterspout occurred on the loth at

i Faysidu Gcx, Swirzorland, causing the ( river Pesoin tn overflow the buildings at t Devonuo. They were damaged to a vast t extent. Several persons were kilJ -d. Tlie Morning Post's Berlin t espateh , asserts that the commander of the gmi- . boat Bismarck has been ordered to conclude with other Polynesian Islands treaties of commerce similar to ihoso with Samoa and Tonga. St. Petersburgh letters show that there : is an enormous increase in the number of : Nihilists. King Merclk, the ruler of the southern : portion of Abyssinia., has abolished the slave trado. It is proposed to hold an International Congress in May next to elaborate uniform patent laws for the adoption of the nations represented in the Congress, which is to be held at Berlin. A subscription to the Russian Volunteer Fleet Fund amounts to two million roubles. The Cloud, a Russian corvette, is expected at Bangkok wifcli the Imperial Envoy empowered to conclude a treat}' with Siam and procure the appointment of a Muscovite Consul in that capital. A Standard Paris despatch says that Edison and Co. have obtained permission from the Government to establish telephonic communication between the various quarters of Paris. Rich gold-bearing quartz reefs are reported on the Malabar Coast. The Russian and English Commissioners have seriously differed relative to the de-

termination of the Rnsso-Turkish frontier in Asia, eaeli disputing the accuracy of the other's map. Lord Duilerin lias suspended negotiations st St. Petersburgh on the subject. The Times' Berlin correspondent reports the loss of property in Russia by fires, in July alone, as 8,000,33G roubles. An enormous lire occurred at Batoum on the Gill. The Government of the canton of Ure. Switzerland, has voted to restore capital punishment for murder, and for arson involving loss of life. A despatch states that in Philippine (?) a financier has bought a grand hotel, paying over L 1,000,000. A t the Mansion House the charge against Mr. David P. Sellars, Chairman of the London Tramway Company, for

■ : alleged perjury on an affidavit, the sumill mons was dismissed. ;il Mr. Gladstone opened the Arts Treasure d Exhibition at Chester, l- Mr. W. C. Foster, M.P., opened the d High Board Schools erected by the ;o Bradford School Board. He advised l- other towns in England to follow the :o example which Bradford had set them. Sixteen million signatures have been y affixed to petitions against Jules Ferry's .s Education Bill in Franco, e Fechter. the actor. is dead. I! A Herman iiv.-ity ha;* jusr been executed n wit ii Japan. li secures ireodom of ro- - worship, and free access to tho e iii'rri'ir. n. ; >:■ 7 s!11o' > e':iv ihe e ihe 5 r«>o[>s at- Canda-iar. 'i ho plague is - travelling t. >wards ] Lerat. I e Ihe Kiii-_ of Spain J»at, t<> Bassin. X in "he Gironde. to meet the Areiuluehvss s 3[ario of Austria, hi.-; betrothed wife. e ogel. the Swiss historical painter, is y dead. Franco and England, having chosen Barring and Be Blignoy as the controllers <•? finance, lias compelled this Khedive to promulgate, a decree noniii nating them, which he did, protesting i- against the latter. 3 Two fatal cases of cholera are reported i in London. i Fifteen persons were killed and 3<> 3 wounded by a railway accident on the t Argentine and Granville line, in France. 3 Of 800,000 shares in the Panama Canal ■ scheme only 20,000 were applied for in : Liverpool. Aunio Cooke, who murdered an infant - entrusted to her to nurse, has been , hanged. > Gerald Mainwaring, condemned for the j murder of policeman 3loss at Derby, has 3 been commuted to penal servitude, t -