THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL

Southland Times, Issue 1698, 4 February 1873, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL

Auckland, Feb. 3. The Nebraska arrived last night at 11 o'clock. She left San Francisco on the 9th January, making the passage in 23.^ days, being unier the contract time. JShe was detained at San Francisco for eight days awaiting the British mails. Her postal dates are to the 12ib December. Londok, Jan. 8. While Sir Charles Dilke was speaking on the subject of " the Land and the People," at Derby, a mob attempted to disperse the meeting. Sir Charles Dilke'a adherents resisted, and a severe Btruggle ensued. Several persons were injured, and maoy windows were broken. The fighting lasted over an hour. Great excitement prevailed, but order was at length restored, and the meeting brought to a close. A large crowd arrived with sticks and bludgeons, and escorted the j speaker and Lady Dilke to their hotel, j The cotton trade is not so good as in former years. The rates obtained are not so remunerative to spinnera. Manufacturers, however, commence the year well under contract. j The petroleum trade is in a satisfactory condition. Business is certain to increase. The wool trade is unsatisfactory, imports, for the first time in history, having fallen off. The steamer Pladda was sunk off the coast of Northumberland, but no lives were lost. The laborers who emigrated from England to Brazil, to work upon farms, have petitioned the Brazilian Government to assist them to return home. Letters received from them give accounts of great hardships suffered, and warn friends not to come to the country. The American Union went ashore at Newhaven, on the voyage from New York to London, and has since broken up. The London Post denies that El'za Cook, the authoress, is dead. A person bearing the same name, and popularly supposed to be the authoress, died at Deptford. An international convention, to secure uniformity of coinage, has been signed by Denmark, Sweden, and Norway. The Danish Minister of War has presented an Army Biil to the Kigsdag making great reductions in the army and material of war. The armament of the Servian militia is progressing rapidly, and great excitement prevails on the railroad question.

Beune, Jan. 8. The Swiss Federal Council threaten to u«Je rigorous measures against Canton Valais because Jesuit masters are tolerated in the schools there. Vienna., Jan. 8. The Post denies the ru-nor current in London that the Austrian Government have determined to dispense with the services of Baron von B^ust. Bee et, Jan. 8. Prince Bismarck has sent to the Federal Council the draft of a convention with the Danish Government to facilitate the rendering of assistance to necessitous citizens of Germany or Denmark, in either country. The Gazette calls upon the United States to do al] in their power to bring to a satisfactory conclusion the negotiations for an emigration treaty with America. America, not Germany, has delayed the matter for years. Paris, Jan. 8. The Egalite, a Marseilles newspaper, has been suppressed for violation of the Press law. The Prefect of Pau has issued an order forbidding Spaniards to sojourn in the I department of the Lower Pyrenees with- | out permission.

I New Yobk, Jan. 9. At Harrisburg a man. named Samuel Kdoi has been killed by the explosion of a kitchen range water pipe. Several similar accidents have been recorded. A fire has occurred in Portland Oregon, by which, a large block of build-, ings waa destroyed. The loss is estimated at 350,000 dollars. A terrible accident happened on the Buffalo and Pittsburg railroad. The cars turned completely over, and fell a distance of 20 feet. A fire then burst out among the carriages. When help came, nineteen persons were so burned as to be unrecognisable. Eight were missing and nineteen seriously injured. Koasted flesh, headless bodies, and skulls were scattered around. At an exhibition game of billiards at Boston, of 100 points, between Miss Baisnier and Mr Tohin, the lady won by 51. James Mil]more, the sculptor, is dead. A Bill has passed the Washington Senate, placing colored persons who enlisted in the army on the same footing as other soldiers as to bounty and lands. It has been discovered that one Kicid, a New- York twine merchant, had laid a train of fuse connecting his premises with the adjacent property, whereby he could set them on fire. Kidd has been arrested. The office boy saw him making fuses. Three large warehouses would have been inyolred in a heavy conflagration but for the discovery. Trains of fuse were laid in all the upper storeys, from roof to roof. The Italian immigrants, swindled at Castle Garden, are now destitute and helpless. Small-pox is becoming of a milder type at Washington, and the disease is more tractable. One hundred and sixty-six deaths have taken place during the year. Turtle raising has been commenced successfully in Texas. Baru urn's menagerie has been burnt, and the contents destroyed, save two elephants and one camel. Six women were also burnt to death. The fire was caused by the escape of superheated steam. Several outrages and incendiary fires are reported. San Francisco, Jan. 9. The Nebraska arrived at San Francisco from Auckland on the 24th of December. Since beiDg in port she has undergone extensive repairs to her hull and machinery. There is a report abroad that Mr Webb is negotiating the sale of his boats to the subsidised Pacific Mail Companies for 700,0^0 dollars and three years* United States subsidy, if got this session. Delivery by Mr Webb is said to take place on the 4th of March, 1873. The above companies have subsidies of one million dollars per annum, and are running a fortnightly service to China and Japan. Hoxolttltt, Jan. 19. Karaehameha V. was interred on the 11th January. The succession bas been peaceably settled, Prince William C. Luaalilo having been elected king. Great rejoicings took place over tho event.