ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF SYDNEY WITH THE EUROPEAN & AMERICAN MAILS VIA SAN FRANCISCO.

Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3661, 20 September 1880, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF SYDNEY WITH THE EUROPEAN & AMERICAN MAILS VIA SAN FRANCISCO.

(Peb Pbbss Association.)

AUCKLAND.

This day.

Arrived: City of Sydney. She left San Francisco on August 28th. Pas* senger list:—Mr and Mrs Hutchinson, Mr and Mrs Hindle, Mr and Mrs Aioken, Mr and Mrs Smith and two children, Mrs Owen Jones, Messrs EM. Stewart, Casey, Carpenter, Beaumont, H. Stuart, and four sisters of the Sacred Heart Convent. Steerage—Mr and Mrs King, Messrs Smith, Rogers and daughter, Box, Johnston, J. Smith, and M. Phillips. . GENERAL SUMMARY. Heavy importations of gold are taking place to New York from England and France. , . The hurricane at Jamacia committed great destruction, leaving thousands of persons homeless, and famine is im"minent. In the House of Commons the debate on the Supply Bill took place on (he 26th and 27 th. Lord Harrington insured the Irish members they were mistaken if they supposed they could wring pledges from the Government by obstructing the Supply; finally the proposal of Mr Parnell was adopted, to vote Irish Estimates after the recess and the Constabulary Estimates on Monday. An Indian Kami Cbundar, long a resi* dent of St. Petersburg, and a relation to Nana Sahib, is en route to Afghanistan to meet Abdul Rahman. It is suspected he is concerned in Russian intrigues. Precautions are being taken against the expected resistance to certain evictions in the West of Ireland.