ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL. Auckland, Wednesday, 11 a.m.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 590, 2 March 1876, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL. Auckland, Wednesday, 11 a.m.

The City of Melbourne with English mail, arrited at 8 a m this morning ; she left San 'Francisco, 11am, 7th of February (Auckland tioje) and Honolulu 4 a m on the l'6th, making a passage of 22 days 20 hour 9, including 15 hout-s 'detention at Honolulu. She experienced a heavy westerly gale the d*y after leaving San Francisco, which (the gale not the day) lasted '48 hours. The rest of the passage was fine. There were only 1 tyro saloon passengers for Aucklaud, Mrs Sinclair arid Dr Mahaber. There* were 7 for Bydnej, and 32 ateesragfe passengers. The Oransda arrived from 'KandaVa twenty minutes later tban tke City of Melbourne, which did not call at Fiji.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN SUMMARY. A severe engagement occnrted between the Turks arid Insurgents, with 'Varying success. War between Turkey and Montenegro is threatened. The municipality of Moscow voted sixteen thousand dollars in aid of Herzgoviniau rebels, but the Governor refused to permit the money to be sent. It is Bald that the agents x>f the Russian ardbassador are urging the Bosnians to join the inaurention. England, "in aceeptitfg Coutet Andmssy's scheme of reform, made certain reservations' concerning agrarian laws and sale of croxm lands to villagers. Austria will take Vigorous measures in the spring to disarm the insurgents who cross the border. The Catholic clergy in Germany are urging the 'Pope to permit acceptance of ecclesiastical laws made in order to deprive fchfctn tjf their 'power agaiest v the Church. Qaeen Victoria visits the Imperial Court while in Germany. FouVFrench attny officers weretaashiered tor attending a funeral service on the anniversary of the death Of Napoleon j an'd Brossell, another Bonapartist, has been sentenced to afiue and imprisonmeiitunder the new Press la\ts, fG'r distributing without authority invitations to Mafia on the SADieoocasioß. Cardkial Simons has reported to the« Pope that the King of Spain is compelled to accept the'alliance 'of the so-failed defenders of religious liberty in order to secure a political -victory. Another attempt to blow up a -steamer in Antwerp with 150 people *board was di*cover#6l. A complete agreement has been entered into for constructing the Eugliuh channel tunnel. The Black Ball Lirte steamer, "'Harvest Queen" collided with the steamer " Adrota" in the English Channel, and sunk with all aboard. The Tambosi Mission succeeded in, placing a seamer ou lake Nyanga. Three hundred British troops wiste despatched from India to escort the Grosvenor niissiou through Burniah to British tertitory.