NEWS BY THE ENGLISH MAIL.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2178, 11 March 1880, Page 2

NEWS BY THE ENGLISH MAIL.

[Per Zcalandia at Auckland.] AUCKLAND, March 10. The Zcalandia arrived at Auckland at ten o’clock to-night from San Francisco, which port she left on Feb. 1(3, at 3.1(3 p.m. Owing to thick weather _shc came up the harbor slowly. She brings 8 saloon and G steerage passengers for Sydney. Her cargo for New Zealand ports consist of 2430 sacks meal, and 28 packages general merchandise. hor Australia she has 5322 pieces of lumber and 3302 packages of general merchandise. The Zealandia passed and exchanged signals with the Australia on March 5. The following is a summary of the mail news:— ENGLAND. LONDON, Fkr. IG. Lord Xortlicote announced in the House of Commons that the (Jovernment would advance Ireland three quarters instead of half a million.

Fever lias appeared in Tipperary and West Cork.

An Irish Relief Committee has been formed in Paris.

English residents have presented a congratulatory address to the Czar on the anniversary of his 15 years’ accession.

Turkish troops revolted, but returned to duty on receiving their arrears of pay. It is reported that the Princess Louise has returned to Canada against her will. Civil war is impending in Abyssinia. Instructions have been sent to Candahar for the army to advance early in March. Lord Northcote, in the House of Commons admitted the cession of Herat to Persia had been considered, but no agreement had been made. The House of Commons passed a Bill authorising relieving officers to grant seed potatoes to the distressed Irish. Accounts from Ireland represent the people in some locallilies as living on meal and turnips. An explosion has occurred at Lycell colliery Newcastle -on - Tyne. Fifty bodies have been recovered. Bright proposes that Government should advance three-fourths of the purchase money for farmers in Ireland, the principal and interest to be payable in thirty-five years. The Duke of Edinburgh has ordered the Coast Guard Service, in Ireland, to take care of relief stores. G FILM ANY. Germany proposes a Treaty with the llawaian Government. An alliance is expected between England, Germany, and Austria. In opening the Reichstag the Emperor justified military armament and defensive measures. Bills are announced prolonging the law against Socialism, and for a commercial Treaty with the South Sea Islands. The “ North German Gazette” says the French army estimates for the present year exceed those of 1870 by 4,000,000 fr., and her army is numerically stronger than the German. Tire Russian army is considerably increased.

The Japanese Government is making extensive war preparations, and the Chinese arc equally active. Extensive fires have occurred in Japan. In Yeddo 10,430 houses were burned, and 35,380 persons were rendered homeless. 10,3(36 persons died of cholera last year. Germany proposes to largely increase tlie garrisons at Alsace and Lorraine, and the artillery at Metz and other fortresses. Trains collided at Clichy, France, and seven were killed and 40 injured. High military officers in Russia arc said to sympathise with the Nihilists. A railway is proposed to Candahar. The estimated length is 200 miles. The Grczars, a Russian transport vessel, was lost in the Caspian Sea. Two thousand troops perished. Montenegro is preparing for war and has ordered four million cartridges from American manufactories. Holland and Greece have recognised the independence of Roiunania. Stanley has established a Belgian trading station at Congo. There is a famine among the Adrain people and many have been starved. AMERICA. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 16. Mr Parnell addressed the United States Congress at an informal meeting on the present condition of Ireland. He said he believed that the force of American opinion would bring about the desired reforms. He attacked the veracity, and condemned the origin of the statement of Lord Alfred Churchhill. who by cable denied Mr Parnell’s assertion that Queen Victoria contributed nothing to the Irish Famine Fund in 1817, and also that she restrained the Sultan of Turkey from contributing. Mr Parnell refused to visit Montreal, on account of the strong feeling prevailing there against him. Exertions are being made to abolish the charge of 100,000 dollars, for carrying the Australian mails across the continent, and success is expected. The United States Government are now considering the matter. The Mormons seek to have Utah declared a State, which, as they hold the power, would enable them to expel their opponents by taxation. They are also making overtures to several Indian tribes for an alliance.

The New York '‘Commercial Bulletin,” in an elaborate article, showsthat the De Lesseps’ canal scheme is chimerical, and the tonnage passing through at I dols. per ton, as proposed, would fail by (5,600,000 dols. to pay the annual interest charges, to say nothing of the working expenses. The calculation is based on an estimated cost of 260,000,000 dols., and the tonnage passing through yearly at from two and a half to three millions.

The French Government officially denies any responsibility for Baron De Lesseps’ Inter-Oceanic Canal scheme. No political significance is attached to his plans. These declarations avert any pretext for international complications, which wore before considered probable. Jay Gould’s purchase of the Central Pacific Railroad stock excites attention, and bis main object is surmised to be to secure the control of all roads having California routes in their charters. He will next turn to the St. Douis and San Francisco and Iron Mountain roads, the only ones he fears as rivals. The Pacific Railroad and Pacific Mail Company are in open rupture, and a fierce competition in the Pacific Slope freights is anticipated. D. Stanton, an Englishman, has won the bicycle race for a purse and the championship of America. He made 60 miles in 3 hours 6 mins. II secs., at Springfield, Massachuscts. At Racoon Strait, in San Francisco Bay, Daniel Tcakey beat Hoytc in the single scull race on Feb. 1, he making the best time on record —five miles in 31 mins. 30 secs. A Bill, making it a misdemeanor for females to engage in walking matches, is before the New York Senate. The County Hospital of Milwaukee was burnt on Feb. 3. Two lives were lost. A heavy storm occurred along the Atlantic seaboard on March 3, but few disasters arc reported. Eleven Chinese were burnt to death in a San Francisco laundry. At Londonderry a lad named Bellingham was arrested for shooting his aunt. He confessed that he outraged her, and that afterwards his victim died. At Ottawa a small-pox victim was rescued alive from a coffin. After the gravedigger had partially covered it with earth, he heard a noise, and on en-

quiry into the cause, succeeded in saving the unfortunate. There is great* distress among the poorer fishermen, and efforts are being made for their relief. The heavy cannons in the Dominion are being converted into rifled guns. A new invention, called the Multiplex Telegraph, is said to be humbug.