ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL VIA SAN FRANCISCO.

Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 875, 17 October 1871, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL VIA SAN FRANCISCO.

(per greville's telegram company, BEirTER'S AGENTS.) [The following telegrams were published in a second edition on Saturday evening:—] Opcnake. Oct. 14. The steamship Nevada arrived, at Auckland, on October 12th, having left San Francisco on Sept. 13th, and Honolulu on Sept. 26th. London dates via New York are received to Oct. 12th. Passengers.—lt. Lewellyn. Mrs Kempbon, James Brogden, J. Brogden, junr., and servant, J. Murray, G-. Smith, Col. Whitmore, Mr and Mrs Gilmer and sister, for Wellington ; H. Vaviveson, W. Toung, for Lyttelton ; Lieut. Jackson, Miss Mary St John. Mr and Mrs Russell, Mrs Matthews, for Dunedin. For Sydney and Melbourne, 9. and 11 in the steerage. Her cargo for south consists of 43 packages. ENGLISH SUMMARY. The Queen is recovering ; she has been out, but is still indisposed. "Walter Montgomery, the actor, was married on Aug. 20th to an American lady, and committed suicide on Sept. 2nd. No cause is assigned. It is rumoured that the Marquis of Lome has been appointed GovernoPGeneral of India. The British Consul at Zanzibar writes that Dr Lvingstone is slowly making his way homewards. Subscriptions lists have been opened in England to relieve the, Persians during the famine. Great distress still prevails.

A monster demonstration has been held in Phoenix Park, Dublin, when resolutions were presented to a meeting of ten thousand people demanding the release of the Fenians. The police attacked the crowd, using staves, and a general melee ensued. Fifty constables were injured ; many prisoners were taken. Women participated in the disturbance. The riot was premeditated. Eight thousand engineers have demanded a reduction in the hours of labour.

There is a general collier strike in Northumberland for higher wages* Strikes have also taken place among the workmen of Sheffield, Blackford, and London.

It is proposed to introduce foreign workmen.

The Marquis of Lansdowne has been appointed Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland.

A horrible explosion has taken place at Wigan, Lancashire. Fifty persons were buried alive. The neighbourhood of the disaster is thronged with the relatives of the victims ; and their grief is heartrending. Eighteen thousand people emigrated from the Mersey in August for the United States. The foot and mouth diseases are making dreadful ravages among the cattle in England, and meat is at a famine price.

The Island of Jersey bas been appointed a quarantine ground, to prevent the spread of cholera. A deputation arrived from France to thank the people of England and Ireland for their action during the war. The deputation was enthusiastically received in all parts of the kingdom. The yacht Filomica was capsized near Malta, and eleven persons drowned. FRANCE. Sept. 10. The French Assembly, by a vote of 523 against 34, passed a vote to maintain the Thiers Government. One hundred members did not vote. Thiers has been congratulated by the European powers and the Pope. Terra and two Communists have been sentenced to death, one to life imprisonment, four to transportation. The Assembly is considering a proposition to send the Communists to Magdalene Bay. A proposal has been received from Trench speculators to settle them in Mexico. The question has been referred to a committee of the Assembly. It is determined to gradually disband the National G-arde. It is reported that since the annexation of Strasbourg to Germany, 23,000 of the inhabitants of that "Province have migrated from French ports to America. The third instalment of the war indemnity amounting to half a milliard of francs has been paid. A Commission is appointed to investigate the capitulations of the late war, commencing with Sedan. Bazaine states that he was compelled to surrender, because his ammunition was finished. The latest news from Algeria reports that the insurrection is subdued. Duke d'Aumale, son of the late Louis Philippe, has been appointed by Thiers, Governor-General" of Algeria. The number of deaths in Paris during one recent week was 943. Typhoid fever is becoming epidemic. The German evacuation is to be completed by October Ist. GERMANY. A defensive and offensive treaty of

alliance has been signed between Italy and Prussia.

The cholera prevails in several German provinces. In one village in East Prussia among a population of 479, there were 89 cases, 4G of which had terminated fatally. The anniversary of the surrender of Sedan has been celebrated throughout Germany by festivities of a gigantic character. The North German Bishops have commenced a secret conference to consider the dogma of Infallibility. Count Arnia, the Catholic representative of Bavaria to Rome, is favourable to the infallibility dogma being withdrawn, and to Dr Dollinger being appointed. The Emperors of Germany and Austria have again met at Salsburg. They proceeded to Munich to see the King of Bavaria. Their meeting was of a very friendly character. SPAIN. King Amadeus is making a tour of the Spauish provinces. He has become very popular. The Carlists threaten further hostilities. Five columns of troops have been despatched against them. A loan of 150,000 pesetas (£6,500) Was called for, and tenders were at once sent in exceeding 748,000,000 pesetas (£32,725,000). The ex-Empress Eugenie is expected on a two months' visit. ITALY. Violent demonstrations have taken place in the streets of Rome. Drunken crowds rushed through the streets of Rome, shouting against the priests. Soldiers dispersed them. The Alfiero Society threatens to burn the Vatican. Precautions have been taken to prevent this. Should anarchy ensue, the residence of the Pope will be protected by the flags of the Foreign Ambassadors. AUSTRIA. A fire at Trieste, produce by the explosion of a quantity of petroleum, has caused great damage. A Conference has been held at Gastein. The agreement come to bewere Austria and Prussia embraced important principles of policy, including measures for the maintenance of peace. The Conference settled the Roumanian difference satisfactorily. Owing to the understanding be tween Austria and Prussia, Russia is making vast preparations for war. Fearful misery prevails in South Hungary in consequence of the flooding of extensive tracts of country. TURKEY. Ali Pasha, Grand Vizier of Turkey, is dead. Mahomet Pasha has been appointed his successor. At Tabreez, a city of Persia, containing 80,000 inhabitants, 210 deaths occur daily from cholera. The Christians and Mussulmans decamped to the mountains. Business is stopped, and the army has been disbanded. Dreadful storms and inundations have taken place. RUSSIA. Prince Gortschakoff has reported, to the Czar that, at an interview with delegates from',the Evangelical alliance, he complied v with some of their requests. Thiers requests that no foreign intervention may be permitted in respect to the abrogation of the French empire. Cholera is ragiug in all the principal districts. At Kiev on the Dnieper, a city containiug 47,000 inhabitants, 150 deaths occur daily. Grand demonstrations of the Sclavonic race have been held throughout Poland, in commemoration of the anniversary of the dismemberment of that kingdom. The Russian authorities regarded the celebration with suspicion as evidence of an intended outbreak. AMERICA. A revolution has broken out in Mexico, headed by Diaz. St. Thomas has been visited by a hurricane, which destroyed 6,000 houses. Six hundred persons were killed. A great fire occurred at St. Domingo, destroying nearly the entire business portion of Porto Plata. The loss is estimated at 80,000 dollars. The President and Superintendent of the Staten Island Ferry Company have been committed for manslaughter in consequence of the explosion already announced.

LATEST NEWS. Loxdox, Sept. 13. A strike of 35,000 colliers and ironworkers in Monmouthshire is threatened, unless ten per cent, advance of wages is granted. The Queon is suffering from an abscess. The tumour was opened ou the 4th. It is healing satisfactorily. It is being decided at Salsburg to suppress the International Society, and the Schleswig question, involving a plebiscitum of the people, is also suppressed. The Mont Cenis tunnel is opened. Railway trains have passed through successfully. Btxciiarest, Sept. 12. The people of this city are excited at a false report which has spread to the effect that the Jews had sacrificed a child of Christian parents. An attack has in consequence been made upon their market place.