ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL, VIA SAN FRANCISCO.

Westport Times, Volume VI, Issue 989, 23 July 1872, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL, VIA SAN FRANCISCO.

(PER GKEYILLE'a TELEGRAM COMPANY, reuter's AGENTS.) AUCKLAND. July 20, 2.5 p.m. The ferry steamer has just returned with the Health Officer for instructions. The captain of the mail steamer reports that during the passage he had

no disease on board, and that ou passage down the disease disappeared be- ' tween Honolulu aud San Francisco. There had been no sickness of any" description during the return trip. The authorities are now visiting the ship. The steamer will proceed up harbor this afternoon. 4 p.m. The Board of Health has just concluded meeting. Dr Philson states no disease ou board. Tho Board sent Dr Philson down again. It is now left to him to decide whether she comes up or not. It will take two hours before we know. 7.9 p.m. She brings 37 passengers. Pasi sage 15-J days from Honolulu.

LONDON. June 20. The American Senate accepted the supplemental articles to the treaty of Washington, withdrawing indirect claims, but with modifications binding Britain not to hold America responsible for indirect damages in any future negotiations between them. The BHtii-h Government was dissatisfied, and asked a further modification, America declared her own proposition to be her ultimatum. The Geneva tribual meet on June 15. According to the treaty Count Selopsis of Italy, was appointed president. Barncloft Davis presented the American case, and declared himself ready to proceed. Lord Tenterden presented a portion of the British case, and asked for an adjournment of the.Tribunal for eight months. The Tribunal considered the request for adjournment with closed doors The result unknown ; on the 19th the Tribunal adjourned to the 26th. This was considered a favorable sign of the settlement of the difficulty. The Secretary officially informed the Representatives of the press that they would be admitted as soon as certain delicate questions had been settled. The Tribunals decision in the adjournment is expected next session. The official correspondence between the British and American Governments on the Alabama claims, comprising 53 despatches was published on the 17th.

Henry won the Ascot cup. The weather in England has been favorable for the crops. The Boat race between the London and American clut's, was easily won by the London club, by twenty lengths. The Loudon builders began a lockout to-day ; twenty thousand journeymen are thrown out of employment.

GERMANY. The Reichstadt, alter seven hours debate, passed to second reading by 183 to 101 votes, the Bill depriving Jesuits of rights of citizenship. Serious troubles from labor movement are feared. A treaty has been signed giving Germany the working control of the Luxembourg railways, except for transit of munitions of war. The British embassy presented Emperor William as arbitrator under treaty, to answer the American case on the Sau Juan boundary question. The American Minister presented application. General Ilcndestien, who directed the bombardment of Strasbourg, is dead.

FRANCE. Thiers has proposed the general evacuation of France as instalments of indemnity are paid. The proposal has been accepted by Germany, provided the whole of the amount be discharged by March, 1874. The Assembly refused to reduce the army service, from five to three years. Marshal Vailland is dead. The great event of the racing season was won easily by Cremorne, the winner of the Derby, by two lengths. Reine second," Madesga third.

ITALY. Fearful floods have occurred from the rising of the river Po. Seventy people perished. The Pope has sent an important circular to the representatives of foreign powers. The contents are not yet made public. SPAIN. A new cabinet has been formed by General Cordova, Zarilla, Premier. The King has prorogued the Cortes. The insurrectionists are still arming. GENERAL SUMMARY. The Persian famine is worse than ever. Dr Livingstone has been found alive and well. He refuses to leave the country until his intended exploration is complete. The International Exhibition was opened on the thirteenth at Copenhagen by the King of Denmark. Cholera has appeared in the Black Sea ports. AMERICA. The Boston jubilee opened on the seventeenth, with a choir of sixteen thousand voices and orchestra of fifteen hundred instruments. There has been a general strike of mechanics and laborers in New York for eight hours work and increased pay. Minister Sickles has been recalled from Spain. No successor will be appointed till matters of controversy are settled. . .

Congress adjourned on the 11th. The Kepublicans have nominated 3rant as President. Henry Wilson, the Vice-Secretary )f the Treasury, has notified that the Sew Loan has been deferred on ac;oimt of the delicate relations between Great Britain and Spain. Military naval movements along the 2julf coast indicate a suspicion of approaching trouble with Spain. The Government regards unfavoribly the British proposal to postpone the Geneva arbitration. Stokes's trial begins on the 19th for 3hooting Col. Fisk. San Fbancisco, June 20. , Wool nominal; 30 to 35 cents good to common; choice, 40 to 45 cents. Stocks large. Wheat G dols 70c to 6 dols 90c per cental. Liverpool wheat market 12s 6d to 12s Bd. HONOLULU. When the Nebraska left there were 3S cases of small-pox. Four persons had died. The authorities there blame the Nebraska for introducing the disease. Over 200 passengers went on in the Mohonga. Great complaints were made at there not being a large boat in readiness. LATEST. The small-pox is causing great alarm in British Columbia. The steamer Prince Alfred has been quarantined. There is a dispute in Victoria B. C. as to whether the City Provincials of Dominion Government's can regulate quarantine. The steamer Idaho from Esquemalt ran on the Chain Rocks. The steamer California bound to Litka has been wrecked. Passengers and boats crews saved. The Washington correspondent oi ' Alta California,' on the 19th says the Government will not object to the postponement of the arbitration, and thinks it will lose nothing by giving Britain a pretext to withdraw. No extra session of the Senate will be called, as there no information tc warrant that the effort to adjust differences will be ineffectual. He states also that the Eastern strikes are subsiding. At a piano makers meeting a resumption of work was stronglj urged. Singer's sewing machine workmen and the sugar refiners are still out ou strike, as also the workmen od the Central Railway. The German man of war Venietta and the Gazelle, captured two Hoyhen (?) corvettes, and hold them till certain payment has been made tc German merchants. It is expected the German indemnity influence will be largely felt al the next election of Pope.

ROME. The Pope has addressed a letter to Autonelli, deploring the approaching suppression of Italian convents. He denounces it as a violation of international law, and declares it is only a regard for the highest interest that prevents his leaving Rome. Reconciliation is impossible and a conflict between the Holy See and the Italian Government is inevitable. The Pope declares he cannot submit to such usurpations, and requests Antonelli to protest against them to all foreign powers. A telegram dated June 10th, referring to the boat race between England and America, says the Atlanta crews entered the race to-day under most unfavorable circumstances. After the storm had ceased the water was rough, with lumpy tide running very strong. It was half-past six before the race commenced. The Atlanta crew won the toss and chose the Surrey side of the river. The English crews got a length ahead in the first 200 yards, and soon increased the gap to a length and a-half; and although the Americans made desperate offorts to recover position, and partially succeeded, the soon began to fail, and although they rowed the race out pluckily, the British crews came up easily, more than twenty lengths ahead. Time, 21 minutes 16 seconds, over course 4 miles 2 furlongs.

The Spanish steamer Guadaqua's boilers exploded at Marseilles. Forty four passengers and eleven of the crew killed. The steamer conflagrated ; the fire communicated with the dock, and several hundred bales of cottou were burnt. Marguerette Dunblane has been sentenced to death. Thiers objected to a triumvirate, but favors the election of Grevy, as Vice-President. The barque Attend, from Bremen to New York, had the most disastrous voyage on record. She had 473 passengers. No doctor on board. Smallpox, measles, and scarlet fever broke out. Twenty children died before reaching Sandy Hook, also seven adults, five more children have died since arrival, the passengers were chiefly Poles. The small-pox is raging in Dublin. By a powder magazine explosion at Oswethry, in Shropshire, several persons were killed.

The ' Rockhampton Bulletin' lately wrote: —•" The winding-up, one after another, of the gold-mining and quartzcrushing companies is much to be regretted. And the more so becausesmauy of those connected with them are persuaded that with better management and a more abundant supply of capitial, there would be ample scope for all the machines that have been introduced into this district.