ADDITIONAL MAIL NEWS.

Press, Volume XXIII, Issue 2928, 8 January 1875, Page 2

ADDITIONAL MAIL NEWS.

Front the correspondent of the Globe.

Auckland, Jan. 6. Adviqes from Stanley, the Neva York Herald commissioner in Africa, sent from Zanzibar, and dated October 19th, state that he had surveyed the delta of the Rufigi river, and found two navigable mouths, distinct channels, into the interior of Africa. The route of the slave trade crossed this river. The result of the exploration suggests a means of effectually crushing the slave traffic. A steam launch, with a steel gun, and a few marines stationed along the river, would easily accomplish the work. Stanley, while ascending the river, gathered valuable information, and established a trading station for the exchange of goods for native produce, such as oils, gums, and drugs. The correspondent of the Daily News telegraps from Rome that the Pope, during an interview with the English Catholics, made strong remarks relative to Mr Gladstone's recent works. He characterised his attack as viper-like, and added that "puzzled at beholding the vast progress made by that great nation in the path of the true faith, the fallen Minister hopes to arrest the luminous triumph of the Church by interpreting, after his own fashion, the will of this poor Vicar of Christ."

The libel case of Miss Pettendreigh versus Dr Kenealy broke down ; the evidence failed to produce evidence of the identity of Dr Kenealey as editor of the Englishman. The grasshoppers in Kansas have caused fearful devastation ; out of 158,000 acres of corn planted not a bushel has been gathered; twenty thousand persons are destitute in consequence.

Auckland, January 7. Sailed—The Mary King, schooner, for Lyttelton, -with timber. The ship Waitangi sails for Lyttelton on Monday, to load there for London.