FRISCO MAIL NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 256, 6 May 1880, Page 2

FRISCO MAIL NEWS.

London, April 10. It is stated that the Queen will create an Imperial Order of Merit for civilians only.. Adelaide wheat per 4981b5, ex warehouse. 52s ; mnrktt quiet. " Tot a 1 stock of ta'low in LondoD on Ist inst., 17,200 ca^t. After this year the Derby is to be rnn at Gravesend, not Epsom. Scobeloff's departure for Turkestan is still uncertain. It is stated that his movements are depen lent on a change of Ministry in. England.' ; :■■ Tiie Chinese who "crossed tli« Amoy. into Russian territory wre irregular ■Tartar hordes, and not troops ; theless it is reported that a large Chinese | fWree is ready to invade the Cashgar and Rullja frontier,:?,should the. .Russians send reinforcements. The manif< sto o; prince Napoleon approves of tho decrees against the Jesuits, and affirms the State's supremacy over theocracy; It rejects any alliance of Bonapartists, and Legimists. Are.ibishop Tours and tho Suffragan Bishop have addressed, a joint letter, protesting against the expulsion .of Jesuits. The Journal des Ddbates, advocates Austrian and French colonial enterprise, and urges the Government to establish colonies, in the vacant fertile territories of Europe, Abia, and Oceania. A universal "ongress,of Freethinkers will-be held at Brussels in*.A'ugust 4 .':. ..A Democratic manifesto, signed by 27.0 '~former state .deputies and, 21 jouriiajlsts, at'Madrid, is: demand ing religious liberty-, a libera) Press, freedom of debate, State education, and universal suffrage. The German Press regards Bismarck's late resignation as a ruse, whereby, the Chancellor'-'intends toeuforco a reform of the federal Council, so as to give' a preponderance of voting power to the larger German States. -, -\] ;•.-; The Sultan and Porte are. much alarmed, at the result of the English elections, and thera'isgreat,dissatisfaction through-" out Asia Minor.. " j The Liberal gain, wifHout' the Irishparfeyji ift estimated,-.at >\pp. t . .and i the Liberal majority over'Tories'anci-*-Home ■Rulers-'combined, at.- about 40.. NeYu.r. ■since 1745 have the sojweak numerically, or so discouraged mordly. The. English journ< Is ,'eyQte themse'ves •i > inventing- jngeti lo'ajj" tViOonoa to. ..4-...unt for this, such as depressing tin i ride, the bad harvest, democratic caprice ihe ~. Liberals misrepresentations, and otner « f ..us<'S. The Conservative sheets have circulated the 'wiliest stores, ■alleging that constituencies have been' I.n.ught with Russian gold. Utter confusion reigns in the Tory camp, and members who are calm in manner and careful in speech, wildly declare that the country has ruined its prestige, and l>6t it's influence in European Councils. The Queen's continued abt# ce on tie' Continent occasions- t>h..rp connuyat.' A Berlin letter says Her Majesty is exasperate i against Lord Beaconsfield, alleging that he deceived her as to the real'feeling of the (knurr*, and has alienated the most loyal portion of her dominions. The Liberals in London were preparing a monster demonstration when Mr Gladstone returned from tho North, but he formally declined ii. The Duchess of Marlborough, in a • Utter to the Lord Mayor of Lond.,n, Says that alj f< ar of famine is now at an end, but there is much distress in the mountainous p:,rts, and great need of clothing and seed. Mr R.dpath, the correspondent sent to Ireland by tho New York ribu continues to report on the sad s aeofne affairs, especially in the county Mayo. The centres of population, he says, in 'ffiany loc-lities, hav? no food excepting an allowance of Indian meal from c the Relief Committee, and no work..'' The potatoes intended for seed have everywhere b-'cn eaten. The Funds collected will enable the Committee to avert starvation until May, and then tho gravest resubs may he expected. San Francisco, April 12 . Arica has been bombarded bythe Chilian navy, but tho attacking ships, Huascar and Magellan, received unexpectedly severe treatment from- the old monitor,. Moreica C'o;iie, which was 'hastily put in service and handled by Capairt Morris. .Tho blockade was .forced by the Peruvian corvette Union, after fighting seven hours with Chilian ironclads and transports. Callao is to bci blockaded or bombarded. Tl.--Peruvian army has been defeated. There is a counter revolution in Bolivia.' Copera has been restored. Mo6queque was occupied without resistance by, 14,000 Chilians. It is reported, however, that they have fallen into a Peruvian ambush and been defeated. The speech of the Governor of British ? Columbia urges tho necessity of Levis-; lative restriction upon Chinese immigra- ; tion. - ■ . f •-;■• President Grant seeks nomination for the third Presidental term. His opponents are Senators Btaine, Sherman, and Edwards.

•• ; Ilie San F,rancisco Board ot - Super- | vision, the clergy, and toe-author of; "Salem Moose" (formerly of Melbourne) • are wrangling over a pa' sion play which i the latter wishes to produce. The clergy fight against it vehemently. Charles Severance, aland agent,has . been murdered and robaed by his <. hinese servants, assisted by confederates. An outrage occurred at West Point, Colorado,when a colored cadet was found in his room tightly bound, with his head bruised and his ear slit. According to his.statement four masked men did the deed at mid night. An American rifle team goto Ireland in June to eompete at the international conte's., y-, A centenary in memory of the Rev Wm Ellery, the founder of Unitarian ism, has been celebrated in America. The New York Times claims that D« LeSsepß nas gone back to France .from bis mission in this country without accomplishing anything in furtherance . t his Panama Canal Scheme. At the election'Frisco on March 3o for joint senator and commissioner of -, freeholders to frame a new chart* r, the ba(dry defeated" by; Republicans. The result har'restorrfd -.business confidence in a measure A line of steamers is projected from San Francisco to the mouth of the ■Amoor River ' Jariiess Branfell,-;. President of Michigan University, has been* confinm-d . Minister, to. Qhina>;... . I John Swift, of ""California, and W. H. Westcott, .f South Carolina, have been nan.e Commissioners to act with Angeli in a ngimg a n.-w Chinese- Am*-; rican tr<- will l.e free from- the oliject'on'al features of thp; document'. • _•..-•-., Nearly 3ooj immigrants arrived at New'York on the 22nd, from Eur>p<', and sooooii the sth. Many are wealthy Irish, farmers with families. John* Nugent, formerly publisher of the Herald, and originator of'the Vigilance Committee i<i 1852, and opposed to its organs, 1865, whereby lie was re duced ti». p.-verty, died on the 29i!i, at the ag<-' of 70. c The Americ n Press, equally wita'the English, isbusy tions, and their unexpected result. The Times speaks of :he policy of the future Government ce follows—" The Liberal Cabinet wil. maintain the Treaty of Berlin in accortfahee iwj-tht \the public opinion of Europe, and the policy of ihe,' : JGrreat Powers; ; iUvili treat the -Turkish Convention as .an engagement of continental obligation.- In ... Souths Africa it will enquire-, whether annexa- . tion of the Transvaal-,will not be ah ef ror lthough the measure, was approved by Lord Kimberley and Mr Forster, the question ought to be treated£a3 an open question* vThagovernment will. Insistthat the South"^:African colonies,whether, they to-confederate for p .litical; purposes or not;;-'shall en ef iht(> a cpmf^dn'engagement for military def-nco 'as''"filial!.rejjeve.' country/ from charges of 'native w.ars v: .'.'NVherf /this, plicy in European, Asiatic, and (South African affairs has been carri<'«l- xult," r a -point will; bV r reached.-; at whieh the • Libtt*d.' Ministryj; if it attempts or is forced to go further, must part eomoanv with moderate men. We do not br-lii«\y that the Marquis of Hartington or other leaders or the party will desire to go further, and so far wecao have n • difficulty in accompanying thejQ."

ADDITIONAL MAIL NEWS. • King of Siam purposes visiting the United Stated A New o"lean's president, named l'almer, has been sentenced to three years' for embezzlement Investigation has uncovered a conspiracy to to destroy the entire journalistic futernity of Deadwood, Colorado The first attempt was made to assassinate George Stoke, of the Evening Press. The Winchester Arms Company have an order from the .Chinese Government for 20,001,000 cartridges, the first ever given to foreigners , ~ : Chisteareo, an old Senator, who married a youn.' treasury employee at Washington, and was afterwards appointed Minister to Peru, has to send his wife horn» from.him on account of her scandalous con d i ct He no w opplies for a div«rco In the p:..-..: fight betwe ■ . .an and Magnire, near Philadelphia, on March .>th,t-he latter was nearly, beaten to death Callagnan and his seconds fl -i ' . ': Ten thousand tons of printing paper.has been ordered by.'a Chicago firm from a Canadian manufacturer • A cyclone passed over Ottawa on April 13, ants killed and wounded 40 persoi-. Without approving the measure, the Pope submits to the expulsion of the Jesuits from France. . .....' j By a fire in Mountaka, a Savoyard viila : '>, i 17 lives were; lost and 31 dwel destroy!. I j Vgence Russ» denies that Prince Gortschakoff is about to resign. The province of Kharakoff is being ravag. d by .diphtheria. Officials in the Overland Custom House have been overhauled for malfeasance. They have "been enriching themselves at the expense of the Government. A despatch from St. Petersburg, dated April 10th, says that Sortschakoff it d»i'."ig. Political convicts are being despat. h 1 to the Russian Island of Saghalien !>.< !mn-d"-^i The Emperor has presented to Alexander of Bulgaria a war steamer, 4000 rifles, and several Krupp guns, and has allowed him to enlist 500 Russians Correspondents will taot be permitted with the Turkoman expedition Two thousand Chinese troops have crossed the Amoor, and the Chinese Charge d' Affaires and his whole staff have left St Petersburg for Pekin Winawisky, the great violinisti died at Moscow on April 4th ...'.', It is reported that General Me!ikofi"s position of Dictator has already become shaky The Czar will not visit any German watering place this summer Thefts of gunpowder from Government mills at Odessa have been|discovered I Batoum is beiug fortified, contrary to Bus* j eia's declaration that it wa.s to be free J

French Canadian's are emigrating in Urge numbers to the United Btates - Snow fell at St'John's six feet deep on the levi'lj interrupting all business It is proposed to tunnel /under the St Lawrence? Hirer .-.ati'Mbhtreal • A company formed f<jr the purpose has applied for a charter' i . . ■ '.« -