THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 128, 21 July 1870, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Kelson, July 17. The s.s. Phoebe arrived here at 11 o'clock last night, bringing a large English mail received via San Francisco. The Wonga Wonga left Honolulu on the 24th June, but owing to an insufficiency of coal had to come on under easy steam. She arrived at the Bay of Islands, out of coal, at 4.30 p.m. on the 13th, and left at 2 p.m. next day for Auckland, where she arrived at 5 a.m. on the 15th. Her latest dates are : — London, June 10th ; San Francisco, June 11th ; and Honolulu, June 24th. The corresponding steamer Ajax arrived at Honolulu from San Francisco on June 20th, after a passage of 9 days 10 hours, and left again at 10 a.m. on the 23rd, having been detained for the Wonga Wonga, which arrived on the 22nd, after a passage of seventeen days one hour. On this trip the Wonga Wonga brings 4 saloon and 31 steerage passengers, and a large mail. The Phoebe left again for Picton at 1 o'clock this morning. Messrs Gray (2), Mrs. John Williamson, and Miss Williamson, are passengers by her to Wellington. London. The Queen continues in good health. There is again a rumour current that Bhe is about to be married to a prince of the House of Schleswig-Holstein. A Bill providing for female suffrage has been rejected by Parliament. Mr. Gladstone has adopted the Ballot. The " Saturday Review " believes in the certainty of its being carried, and prophesies the adoption of universal suffrage as its result. A heavy debate on the proposed abolition of the Indian opium duties ended without result. The Married Womenjs Property Bill passed its second reading without a division. The missing mail steamer City of Boaton has been given up for lost. The reported massacre of Jews in Houmania turns out to have been a canard. The Pope has not yet been declared infallible. The American prelates in the (Ecumenical Council opposes the proclamation of the dogma. The American Cabinet is in favour of granting a subsidy of 500,000d015. to the Australian mail route. It is thought that Congress will pass the item. Professor Gamgee's meat-curing process is a failure. Street shootings, termed "little difficulties," are on the increase in iSan Fran.cisco. Walter Montgomery is playing in San JTrancisco. The sensation is not profound. The establishment of telegraphic communication between the west coast of America and China is in contemplation, and is likely to be realised. It is rumoured that Russia has promised to give active support to the Khedive of Egypt in his endeavours to free himself from the yoke of Turkey. Egypt is increasing its armament. The Flying Squadron left Honolulu for Valparaiso at 8 a.m. on the 23rd June. June 10. The Paris physicians have reported favourably of the practical value of vaccination as a preventive of small-pox. Seventy-three deaths from small-pox took place in Paris during the first week of June. The "Examiner" recommends a federal union between Spain and Portugal. 21,000 emigrants, chiefly Irish, left Liverpool for New York during the month of May. The " Shipping Gazette " calls for the interference of the English and American Governments to prevent extortion in the Cuban ports. * Considerable alarm continues to prevail with regard to the ramifications of the Fenian movement in Dublin and the large towns of England. The wheat crop in France is very short. Arrests continue to be made in Paris. The High Court of Accusation is to sit on the 30th June. The Emperor of the French is suffering fr-om rheumatism. In Spain the adherents of the Due de Montpensier are very active. The Cuban insurgents have offered to surrender if their lives are spared. The debates in the Cortes have raised the issue of republicanism or a monarchy. Njsw York, June 7. Cable despatches report that the French have defeated the native tribes in Morocco. A rising in Algeria is feared. Wacbiel, the famous tenor, lias been dismissed from the Opera for undue jf&mjjiarity with Madame PattjL