ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL AT AUCKLAND.

Temuka Leader, Volume I, Issue 74, 31 August 1878, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL AT AUCKLAND.

SUMMARY OF NEWS,

[Bv Telegraph.]

The ceremonies in honor of Earl Beaconsfield and Lord Salisbury at Guildhill were interrupted by a person who denounced the plenipotentiaries, us traitors to the constitution.

Kelly, a Fenian, has been liberated from the Mountjoy prizon on account of ill-health.

Captain Webb attempted to swim in tiie Thames for 30 hours, but owing to the high wind he left the water after completing 22 miles in 19 hours. Prince Bisrasrck has been asked by Greece to induce Turkey to come to terms.

Russia is still buying the German Lloyds Hamburg steamships. Proposals will be made in September to erect Servia into a Kingdom. The London ‘ Times’ writes severely against Mr Gladstone.

Fourteen children and three teachers were drowned by the capsizing of a boat in the river B ackwater, in Ireland. Heavy fighting has occurred in the Transvaal in South Africa, with losses to the British forces.

Mr Gladstone declined the leadership of the Liberal party, and calls the convention with Turkey an insane covenant. Meetings have been held in Rome favoring the annexation of South Tyrol to Italy. The Ministerial journals of Vienna warn Italy that it is dangerous to play with fire, and that Austria has taken timely precautions against Italian aggression.

Prince Bismarck emphatically informed the Itcdian Ambassador that Trente and Trieste can never become Italian.

Garibaldi approves of the Italian agitation, and recommends rifle practice throughout Italy. Abortive attempts were made to enroll Volunteers at Ravenna and Geneva, for the annexation of Tyrol and Trieste. King Humbert has been telegraphed to by his Ministers to return to Rome from Turin.

A hostile attack on the British embassy in Rome is feared.

The Italian Ministers are discussing the expediency of sending a fleet to the Le\ ant.

Two parties of railway experts under the direction of the British Government, will examine the Tigris and Euphrates Valleys for the best railway route to the Persian Gulf.

A Berlin despatch announces that Russia proposes to appoint diplomatic agents at various parts in Asiatic Turkey to watch Russian interests. Russia is also making an effort to secure the early construction i f the proposed railways from Orenberg into Central Asia. A despatch received at London on July 7th from Mandalay, in Hindostan, reports that 4700 houses had been destroyed by fire at that place Nobeling’s attack on the Emperor William’s life was connected with the intez-ests of Russian socialists. The officers of tho Grosser Kurfurst and Koeing Wilhelm have been exonerated from blame.

Great fires are devastating Thessaty. It is supposed they are caused by incendiaries.

Sir Garnet Wolseley, the new Governor of Cyprus, has already under consideration a scheme of finance for tho construction of railways. The island will be permanently garrisoned by a small number of troops, the militia doing the rest. Sir Garnet Wolseley will divide the island into five districts, and decide land titles by a mixed commission. The Anglican Conference in London has adjourned.

The Queen has issued proclamations declaring her interest in the Cyprus islanders and their progress. Earl Beaconsfield and Lord Carnarvon had sharp words in the House of Lords, on the Ist instant, on the occasion of the former intimating that the latter had flinched at a critical moment when dealing with Russia.

The emigration from Egypt to Cyprus is very large, and a line of steamers will be established between the two places. The British Commissioners at the Paris Exhibition formally notified to the other Commissioners that an International Exhibition would be held at Melbourne in 1880, and invited them to be present. The weather is very hot in England, while the temperature in the Paris Exhibition is almost unbearable.

The Vatican proposes to remove the Catholic Churches in great Britain and America from the control of the Propaganda, and place them under the immediate control of the Pope. The Australian cricketers play at San Francisco against a local team of twentytwo in October.

The Pacific Mail Company has severed its connection with the Central Railroad, and is running in opposition. The English residents at San Francisco are subscribing the Earl Beaconsfield’a testimonial.

Public opinion in America favors General Grant as the next President. A Sioux war is imminent in Kansas. An army of tramps committed excesses in the western parts of the States. The railroad labor troubles at Washington have ended.

The railroad freights between New York and San Francisco have been doubled.

The export of fresh meat to England has greatly neclined. Lord Granville laid the foundation stone of tbe additions to the University College of London, which are estimated to cost LIOjOOO. Several London vestries have commenced an agitation for an enquiry into the property of the City Guilds, with a view of seeing if it cannot be directed towards the relief of the ratepayers. The breach of promise case in Dublin— Fitzgerald v Gibbins —resulted in the defendant paying the plaintiff L 2500. The Board of Trade returns for the first half of 1878 are unfavourable, showing a continuous decline in exports, and also a falling off in the consumption of all the more important articles contributing to the revenue. Several thousand nail-makers have struck in South Staffordshire, refusing to accept the reduction of 20 to 30 per cent. The Cape war is concluded, and General Thesiger proceeds to the Transvaal, the Zulu King’s attitude being uncertain. The Cape Parliament are granting L 15,000 as an annual subsidy to a telegraph cable from England via Natal, Zanzibar, and Aden.

The Eurydice, frigate, was raised by the united action Jof several men-of-war, which were apparently sunk, steel hawsers being fastened to the Eurydice. The Thunderer was towing, and the strain was so tremendous that the capstan was broken off, and sprung into the sea. Ten pilots were drowned off Queenstown during a gale by their vessels foun-

dering. Several Lancashire rioters have been sentenced to fifteen, seven, or five years’ penal servitude. Sir Gopel Fitzgerald, Bart., has been committed for trial for stealing £4OO worth of jewellery from a woman whom he accompanied to Paris. No belling is recovering from his wounds, and asserts he had no accomplices. A frightful murder has been discovered in Wales. A farm labourer, with his wife and three children, were killed, it is supposed by two tramps, who then unsuccessfully attempted to fin the cottage. A man and his wife have been found murdered in a boghole in County Monaghan. The bodies were tied together with ropes, and heavy stones fastened to them. The Duke of Sutherland, with influential allies, is taking the lead in a movement to construct a railway from Scutari to the Persian Gulf.

Official statements published, confirm the accounts of frightful outrages committed by the Bulgarians even now on the Turks. Consul-General Fawcett reports that in no instance have the Russians punished the offenders. Mr Greig succeeds Raouf Pasha, as Turkish Minister of Finance. It is understood that the late war will necessitate additional taxation in Russia,* of £1,200,000 annually. The Anglo-Turkish Convention was communicated to Prince Bismarck a month ago, and highly approved of. Prince Bismarck stated it was unnecessary to communicate it to the Conference till the Treaty was ratified, as it referred to a contingency which might possibly not arise.

Property in Cyprus has risen 1000 per cent, in value since the English occupation.

Numerous proposals have been started for British enterprise in Asia Minor.

The new Turkish frontier in Armenia is easily defensible, and also the ends of the principal passes in Turkey. Considerable emigration is probable from Malta to Cyprus. ' Sir Henry Elliott visited Berlin from Vienna to confer with Earl Beaconsfield, and Lord Salisbury, prior to returning to England. At the last moment the Turks raised difficulties in regard to the Austrian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, requiring specific terms to be mentioned. Count Andrassy replied that he acted under the mandate of the Congress, and declined to state any period of occupation. It is generally believed that it will be permanent.

Russia is making great military preparations in Turkestan.

Sir Sinborn Simmons, the InspectorGeneral for Fortifications, and Mr Kirby Green, have been appointed British Commissioners for re-organising Roumelia. The London ‘Echo ’ states that owing ; to the prostrate condition of the cotton ? trade, Hornby, Son, and Brookhouse, large mill owners in the Blackburn district, have given a fortnight’s notice to the operatives that they will close their mills.

The Archbishop of Canterbury has issued a circular to the clergy of the diocese, recommending that they whoduring the past few months have prayed. " for peace, should now, through a general thanksgiving, return thanks to God that, their prayer has been answered.