SAN FRANCISCO MAIL NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1242, 10 April 1880, Page 2

SAN FRANCISCO MAIL NEWS.

The , ,P;aris has , .given. Warden Kyold a gold medal. : The: - warehouses of. Rationales has been -destroyed by fire. Goods .worth; 21;<300.000 francs-were corisuniedf a'nd' 600 square yards wfere' cb verfed with-diesis.; I '/Fhe.loSs pf. property'irisufed wais shlali 1 ; ih:';Pafis,' and; created "sonie alariri tlie ' ' Mr. ; 'J?iere.' Lordlard', ,' r an American : racing.noian, has, '.organised': in,the' French capital an",, iexped.ition to ; explore;.,for antiquitiesin Mexico.; ,It ; leaves-; early next month., ~;, n:, .; ■ The. Emperor of, Germany now declares that to pass -a-Bill .is absolutely necessary for Germany's defensive powers. - ; '' A scheme has been revived for the cutting of a canal navigable for vessels of, war' bet ween the. Baltic Sea and the German Qcean. .'■■■'" , " , Pririce Bismarck is again sick, and complains of over work,.,. He intends to retire from public jlife ' altogether if not, allowed a Oolle.ague. ,iXt,is said that-Cpunt Labbacli/ will be appointed assistant in; the ir&nsr action of his business. . ■

■; flie Government, vote, L 15,000 as a subsidy to German >the forthcoming Melbourne JExhibition., '.V The 1 Pope will''"reluctantly yield to Prussia on the question of :KeUer ( Kamper ■, and'direct'the clergy !to obey the, laws. Th!ere is a near prospect of peace between Berlin and the Vatican; Prince William, the eldest son of the Crown Prince of-Germ^nyy' betrothed j ~;,shprtly _to Princess Augugta, Victoria, eldest daughter of the Duke of /Sbhleswig-Holstein. „, 7 Prince,,: Bismarck has ; ; ordered;' the coiflection pf diplomatic doouments referring to jbhe hostile intention of 'Kussia towards Germany..' ' A l ' 'treaty of "Q.onimerc§,,is .in progress between Germany and the Sandwich Islands. ; there were 3327 emigrants, left Germany during 1879', iriost' of "them went to the United.States and British America,. ;; Prince Alexander; of -Hesse ; has from • the' ! Czar 'at -Be'iflin on ! a mission.'' 6? vG . Uj ::

; ''The official account of the attempt'on thej Czar's life, by blowing*up the palace, is p'ublished'. : •" • The : Czair "■ wa r s 'perfectly ;oalm, and an hour after, in-'the evening, sat! down quietly to dinner outside the great gap in the floor. . The .Empress-was, asleep In her bed-room and'he&rd nothing' "of'iihe explosion.; .According, toJua.France the| Czar escaped by happening to be in thej apartments with Princess Dalgosowky 4t' the timej who, it. assents >was .busy discussing polities''witK Alexander j' and the of dinner passed unheard simultaneously with theiexplosion',. Bombs thrgw,nrinto the streets adjoining the palace, but did no harm.

4 holidajiM-jhgnopAoflthe 25th anok thia, Caar?s..aocessipn J 'was celebrated 1 " MarbH 2nd." Decrees were to .prisonersy ,MEearsj pf by rthe tytital population, and awarding the order iofjdistinctitmr -- St.-Petersburgh was gaily decorated. 't. /33Kei Czar 'rode : an b jsen ! carriage through the'principal Sltreetsi and "nvasj loudly cheeredv along itheirc&d,- •-TMe 1 Duke of Edinburgh was present at the it' -ls 'said ' he advised the ' Czar to abdicate. The dark feature of the celebration was an attenipt'made to assassinate =MeTii»'fl^' : 'wfib Vj wto''fir6d"at whilei at his residence:'; . The bullet passed through £ the f6ldg 6f v hia' e : 6at; ' j ' The would-be assassin was immediately seized •andjig named Melordske. He was hanged on the sth.

.' ■'The I 'Mer-v - expedition has been abandoned for the-present,.i-- : '-'-'-'-'-.-/i; -• ■ Bjussia intends,, proposing, to the EuropeaA Powers an internationalagreement, securing to each'signatory Power .the. right ftp ""demand the ektraditio'n of renegades, ! ," t l > ) Mnf^d fc division of 'Bussian Empirejiis-monng forihde- 1 ■ ui , vsi -vih frontier of Switzerlandis to .-be, .fortified. It is considered indispensable fori the security of the -country.- • ■ ji-Ati entire quarter of the' -country of Copenhagen-has-been destroyed; Thtee-lbufthS of Herzegovina have been turned, including the-residence 9f .the commandant, of ' the ''Post -and Telegraph '©fficjes. ;;JToiHtos. -105t.'... >• '■ v .. s f.;-:

Sixteen persons arenreported filled by a bdiler explosion in Glasgow on Margh 6, aijd 30o3eTOr«ly , 'irijU^ed( ii ' ! Qii the-fthj

another explosio& killed 23 at .AsK'ton* -snder-Lyne. ■ '.)lt js "said that the Duko of Connanghfc win succeed the Duke of : Marlborough as Yiceroy of Ireland. 1 Dean Stanley has delivered a' speech in which ho refused to re*consider His decision to allow a monument to Prince Napoleon to bo erected in Westminster Abbey. It provoked condemation. The British Arctic expedition Bails in May. next. , ~. An explosion has taken place at Dickson Colliery, Glasgow. One life lost, and 1000 men were thrown out of employment. i St. Patrick's Day/vvas npt* generally observed, in. the United States. The money heretofore devoted to, parades, etc., was. .sent to the Irish Relief' Fund. ! The London Standard understands that the Royal Commission on' Agricultural Degression unanimously approved of the principle of the's'chemb for the -purchase ll ' by-'the Governnient from the Irish Ohnrc" * . surplua.:.fund.;of. If:ish.. waste, lands,, igbiot*!'. , should be granted , to, local fanners oil certain conditions of tenure and improvement. • ~ "

The-Budget introduced by Lord North- ' cote on March 11 showed the revenue to-, , be L 2,195,000 less than the estimated. 1 ' .saving, leaving a deficiency of L3,38Gj000., The-, [supplementary estimestes .. would' further increase the. deficit to L 5,000,000, but the savings in other branches would', make the deficit'only L 3,330,000. Thecost of the Zulu ! war was L 5,380,000,, ..which would be nearly all defrayed by .England. The estimates for next yearare L 51,488,000 ; and the revenue,, L 811,570,000. ; The Common Council of London refused a.motion for an'address of congratulation to the Czar on his escape from assassinatioh. Bitter' epithets ' were applied to him during the debate. ... .Globe makes statement to the effect that Ottawa baa'decided to negotiate with England and''the Unitdd States to , terminate 'thewar :between Chili, and Peru. •• ' '-V

- Sir James Fergusson,'formerly Governor b'f 'New. -Zealand, has' been appointed Governor of Bdnibay. '< i ' , : • The Hull District Bank has suspended paytrient. The bank had a nominal capital of L 83,000 ; , paid-up', L 23,000- ' ;