ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRAN CISCO MAIL.

Tuapeka Times, Volume VII, Issue 369, 1 July 1874, Page 3

ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRAN CISCO MAIL.

[By Telegraph.] Auckland, June 27. The City of Adelaide ar-ived here at ten o'clock last night with the San Francisco mail. The Mikado did not arrive at Kandavau until 10 a.m. on the 21st, having been detained four days at San Francisco, through the non-arrival of the Atlantic steamer. She then lost fiftyone hours between Honolulu and Kandavau repairing her tubes, and for the last; three days out was under easy steam. The City of Adelaide received the New Zealand portion of the mails and cargo, and left Kandavau on the morning of the 22nd inst. The Mikado was not expected to leave for Sydney till the following evening, having to repair her machinery. The Tartar, with the outward mails, left Kandavau for San Francisco on the 14th, full of passengers and cargo. The City of Adelaide brings over 4,000 packages for Auckland, and 305 packages and thirty rams for the South. Passengers :— For Auckland— Mr Thomas Russell, and fifteen others. For "WellingtonRev. Mr Elwyn and Mrs Elwyn, and Mr Foy. For Port Chalmers— Mr Maitland, Mr Orgill (? Cargill), Dr Crawford, and one in the steerage. ENGLISH AND CONTINENTAL. London, May 26. A violent thunderstorm broke over London and the midland counties, causing loss of life and damage. The troop steamship Siberia, from London for Madeira, is supposed to be lost, with all the crew and passengers. connection with the mysterious disappearance of arms and ammunition from the barracks. It is reported that the British frigates Narcissus and Endymion are ashore at Palei-mo ; also the corvette Racoon at Bermuda. By a fire at Paris, near Castle (?) 200 persona hare been rendered homeless. Several were killed. The Durham election is annulled on account of bribery, and the Galway election annulled on account of intimidation. Messrs Oppeuheim and Schraden, merchants, have failed ; liabilities, L 750,000. The Czar of Russia has issued instructions granting permission to all exiled Poles to return home, except those guilty of assassination. A collision between coal and passenger trains at Merthyr Tydvil seriously injured forty persons. ' President Macßlahon, when receiving the German Ambassador (Prince Hohenloe) expressed the hope that the present friendly relations between France and Germany might be long continued. It is reported that bitterness has arisen between the Princess of Wales' and the Duchess of Edinburgh regarding the question of rank. A nephew of the .Emperor of Russia was arrested at St Petersburg for stealing his mother's diamonds. The Czar ordered legal proceedings to take their course. A conspiracy was discovered in Kehokan, Russia. Sixteen persona implicated were executed. The appropriation of Church property for State purposes in Italy continues. Ecclesiastical property, valued at over twenty millions sterling, has been sold, and the proceeds have gone into the public treasury. . Additional miner/ strikes have caused a, rise in coal. Sothern, the actor, now playing at Chicago, goes to Australia under an engagement for eight weeks, at 1,000 dollars (L 208) a-night.