ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL, VIA SAN FRANCISCO

Westport Times, Volume VII, Issue 1044, 7 February 1873, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL, VIA SAN FRANCISCO

BY ELEGTRTG TELEGRAPH. (FllOll OUK Offi' COBRESPONDE2TT.) AUCKLAND. February 3. The Nebraska arrived at 10.30 last night, twenty-three and a half days from San Francisco, being the fastest passage on record. She brings 12 passengers. Was detained eight days waiting for the English mail. NEW YORK. December 2G. A severe snow storm has taken place here. Business has been interrupted, the streets being impassable. The thermometer below zero. Great sufferings have taken place among the poor. Other parts of America have fared worse Railway travelling has been suspended and steamers detained. The floor of the Baptist Church, Philadelphia, gave way, precipitating five hundred persons into a cellar below. Fourteen were killed and forty seriously injured. Jan. 5. Fifth Avenue Theatre burnt. The ship Jft. C. Winthorp from Antwerp, reports a meteor shower off Madeira lasting three hours, over one thousand meteors constantly in the air. Jan. 6, Rain storm turned into sleet, everything frozen. Telegraphic communication stopped by ice on the wires, poles fell with weight of ice. Whole of New York isolated. WASHINGTON. Jan. 7. A proposal has been made to Post-master-General, aud Australia and intermediate American ports at a rate that will ensure granting subsidy by both Governments. One hundred thousand dollars is asked of the United States with guarantee that splendid vesselsshall bo employed. Steamers belonging to liunan line probably intended. Strong influence, low rate of subsidy, and financial responsibility of parties offering render it certain that arrangements will bo concluded." The ship Peruvian, bound from Singapore to Boston, struck the bar off Capo Good during a storm and went to pieces, all the crew were drowned. Stokes has been sentenced to bo hanged for shooting Jame3 Fisk LONDON. December 28 The Amyhtas was lost on the voy.

age from Holyhead to Workington. AH on board perished. The ship Benares, ou the voyage from Hong Kong to San Francisco, went ashore on Loo Clioo Islands, and became a total wreck. All the crew drowned except five. The following are the details of a storm which swept over the British Islands on December 18 : Trees were uprooted, conservatories smashed, chimney stacks demolished, and dozens of houses unroofed. A largo factory at Liverpool was levelled, and forty people iujured. The Great Britain received considerable damage while at anchor in the Mersey. She pitched against the pier head, stove in stern, and water swept into cabin. The Melpomcde went ashore. A tug went to her assistance. The Critain was swallowed up by the sea. Church steeples have been destroyed at Clifton, Yeovil, Crewkerne, and Taunton. In Wiltshire ninety magnificent forest trees demolished. Stone wall, Richmond, nine feet high and hundred feet long prostrated. Several accidents to gasometers, leaving the whole district in darkness. Highest wind presure ever known in England. Dec. 81. Advices from the Cape of Good Hope to Nov. 28. Heavy gales have occurred. Several vessels have been wrecked. Thirtv persons lost in all. During a Missionary meeting at Stafford the floor gave way, many persons were injured. At a Railway accident near Glasgow forty persons were severely injured. Jan. 1. Revenue receipts of Great Britain for the past quarter, are fifteen million six hundred thousand pounds, one million increase over previous quarter. The Russian Government has frankly communicated to the English Government its plan of campaign in Central Asia and offered to allow England to witness it. PARIS. Dec. 31. Union newspapers announce that a brother of Don Carlos will assume command of the Carlists bands under Catalonia, President. Thiers received Japanese Ambassadors who wore an unusually diplomatic uniform. France will pay Germany two hundred million francs to-morrow, and seventy-five millions each month until May. Reviere has made an official report of the progress of preliminary investigation into the case of Bazaine. 270 witnesses have been examined.