SAN FRANCISCO MAIL NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1118, 18 November 1879, Page 2

SAN FRANCISCO MAIL NEWS.

Aucki.an'd, November 18. The mail steamer Zealandia has arrived. She left San Francisco on the 27th of October, stopped 5 hours off the Great Barrier through thick weather. She brings 35 passengers for New Zealand, and 97 for Australia. Her cargo consists of 3252 sacks of bone meal, 1715 do maize, ir>7G do barley, 790 boxes fruit, 320 do salmon, and general cargo of 7903 packages. For Australia she lias 7700 packages.

GENERAL SUMMARY.

The following are the arrivals from New Zealand at San Francisco :—Sept. 30, Routenbeck, from Otago ; Oct. 9, Victoria, from Otago ; Oct. 2, Gakhurst, from Lvttelton.

The treaty of Berlin has been accepted by Greece and Turkey on the basis of negotiating the boundary of the respective states. Spain has negotiated temporarily a loan in Paris for the purpose of freeing the Cuba customs from the liability for war charges, and thereby enabling the administration of the island to carry out the reforms. One English railroad company sold on American account, thirty thousand tons of old iron rails, at L 4 per ton, about the price of new rails, two months a "°- In consequence of the outrage of roving bands of Ribbonmen in Ireland, the Government have ordered two squadrons of cavalry and one company of infantry to be stationed at Ballinrobe and Castlebarr. The Duke of Beaufort advises the English farmers to raise cattle as they cannot compete with America in growing grain. Count Schouvaloff, the Russian Ambassador, waited on Earl Salisbury, by the instructions of his Government, to broach the question of the settlement of the Afghanistan question. Russia proposed that she should have jurisdiction over the western part. England declined to accede to this. China is preparing for war with Japan. The British Resident at Manrlallay and an escort of Madras Guards v.-.ilked unmolested to a steamer through the main street of the city on October Sch, and embarked. A Burmese official sent all their luggage on board. Air. Mapleson is reported to have engaged for the season of Italian opera in Australia a portion of his company. They will leave at the close of the winter terms. It is stated tl.at 30,000 dollars are already paid as forfeit money in case of non-fuliil-ment of the contract by Australian managers. The Sepoys' barracks at the British Residency in Mandallay have been destroyed. They were unoccupied. The head constable .of Liverpool has issued a notice warning proselytes to Mormonism emigration to America that they' would subject thenjselves to fine and imprisonment through the practise of polygamy. Large numbers of converts are leaving England for Salt Lake City. De "Paris has written to Count De Chambord to the effect that he adheres to the fact of recognising the latter as the hc-ad of the house of Orleans. Earthquakes have been of frequent occurrence in the southern portion of Hungary and Austria. Russia has demanded satisfaction for the insult offered to the Consul-General at Salonica. Lord Salisbury, in the course of a speech at Manchester, favored the appointment of a Minister of Commerce. He expressed a belief that the United States would yet adopt a free trado policy. He condemned the protective tariff of Canada. The attention of the Italian Government has been, called to the fact that an association of foreigners is acquiring the control of the Italian newspapers by purchase, and seeks to obtain control of the telegraphic agency. A dangerous monopoly is contemplated, but it will probably be prevented. The Pope contributed 6000 francs to the Spanish llood relief fund. General Caraldine, the Italian ambassador in France, lias resigned. The Prussian Minister of Ecclesiastical Afiliirs, has been forced to resign owing to an attempt to introduce religion into the school. The emigration to the United States threatens to depopulate the maritime pro-, vinces of the Dominion of Canada. The Russian journals have taken great umbrage at Lord Salisbury's speech. They fix the capture of Merv to take place in 1880. The Standard Insurance Company of New Zealand loses LIOOO on the missing ship Naturalist, bound from Calcutta to San Francisco. England has refused to discuss the Afghan question with Russia. In order to retain only a small portion of Kuedja, Russia has undertaken to protect the Chinese merchantmen against Japanese men-of-war in any war that may break out between those countries. Kossuth says that an alliance between France and Russia is inevitable. Germany would then have her hands full

on the Rhine, as the whole of Prussia would be left to bear the brunt of a Sclav onslaught. A number of Nihib'sts were captured after a sharp resistance near Kief. Smallpox prevails in' Hull, Canada, to sucii an extent that the public schools have been closed. ■ Two hundred deaths have been reported. A naval review of eight ships was held in Hampton Roads and a celebration of the centennial of the surrender of'Cornwallis formed the principal national displays in the United States. , During October 500 tenants of the Marquis of Sligo and Earl Lucan, near Westport, County Mayo, solemnly pledged themselves not to pay rent until a reduction was made proportionate to the great fall in prices for agricultural produce. A notice has been posted at Warren Point, County Down, that any man coming to the county and agreeing to pay more than LI per acre for rent should bring his coffin with him. The Mercantile and Mutual, one of the oldest marine offices in New York, has voluntarily withdrawn from business. The Ashley Belt was won in New York by s,owe'll, who was attacked, by Weston's creditors. A combination of coal proprietors arbitrarily raised the price of coal 25 cents per cwt. during the autumn and winter months. The Finance Minister announces that the Pacific railroad will bo pushed on rapidly. The line in Vancouver's Island is to be commenced immediately. The expedition to explore the old channel of Oxus has been abandoned, owing to insurmountable natural difficulties. The son of the Khan of Merv has re--inforced the Turkomans at Qeoktippe with several thousand troops, The tramps of New York State had a battle with the millitary, and several lives were lost. They wrecked a passenger train recently.