UNITED STATES AND SAMOA. San Francisco Dec. 1888.

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UNITED STATES AND SAMOA. San Francisco Dec. 1888.

Consul Sewell, mlio has- been in Washington for homo lime, left lov hi* pott til Apia on jSTovcmbor 2 lib, with full instructions; from the State Derailment. Scciclary Whitney stated that one or raoie United State*- war Aes.sels should bo kept at Samoa, until all the trouble was over, and thai all Amen cans Iheic would be afforded full protection. The substance of tho U. S. Secretary of , Slotc (Bayard"^) letter to Baron Zednit/, (ierman Charge at Washington, wab made public on tho '29th. He cx-prev-sed the opinion thit the present unfortunate siuiation was due not to any action on the pail of tho representatives of the United States, but to the fomentation by interested foreigners of nathe di&seusions, and to their det-ire, exhibited in a marked degree by tho«e in charge of local (icrraan interests, to i obtain personal and commercial advantages, and political supiemacy. In the opinion of the U.S. liovernmenl the course taken by Clcrmany in respect to Samoa upon the temporary adjournment of tho Conference in Washington cannot be regarded a& having been marked by that just consideration which ancient friendship between tho United States and G'cimany entitled the Government to expect. Tho case is still in diplomatic statu quo.

Captain Lake, of fT.Jd.s. Nelson, lias been appointed President of the (licenwich ISTaval College. Sic \V. Gull, the well-known physician, has been soriouslyill, but is now recovering. The Colonial Institute will entertain the Prince of Wales at a banquet on March 13th. Mr Pluskin is ill, and much anxiety is felt on his account. The mental depression of the Czarina increasing. Ueneial Bligli, u Now Zealand campaigner, is dead. Baron Bmmwell has> been crealod a bavoneb.