NEWS BY THE MAIL.

Clutha Leader, Volume II, Issue 95, 4 May 1876, Page 6

NEWS BY THE MAIL.

7 The eruptipjAof . ; Vesuvius, .continues unabated.' <„ '" " ""*" Storms aro reported in Illinois and Wisconsin. ' - , ; •■." Turkey has postponed the' payment of her April coupons. A destructive fire , has occurred in Boston, demolishing several blocks. Extensive frauds in the Custom-house Department, New York, are reported. The Spanish Government have sent reinforcements to the Philippine Islands. Levy, treasurer of New Jersey, has been committed for embezzling" State funds. Indian troubles continue at Dakotah. General Ferral reports several engagements. „;,. The Prince of Wales arrived at Alexandria on April 1, en route for .England. The Spanish Steamer Elvira exploded and sank. Many persons tyere killed or wounded. MacMahon has announced that a Universal Exhibition will shortly be held at Paris. Robert M'Donald, silk importer, Broadway, failed for 100,000 dols. Assets unknown. Aland-slide at Caub, in Germany, caused the death of six persons, and injured 2i others. All the large streams between Paris and the Eastern frontiers have overflowed their banks. The ' Washington News' says the Legislature is cutting do'*vn expenditure by abolishing* offices. Fifty thousand . dollars have been recovered from the wreck of the German steamer Schiller. The failure of Stocking and Banchoff, wholesale Asilk merchants, for £185,000, is anounced. v The French Government oppose a general amnesty to Communists, but will grant many pardons. A mass meeting is being held to protest against increasing immigration of Chinese to San Francisco. The Methodists claim that they have , in thpir Sunday schools in Salt Lake , City 800 Mormon caildren. 20,000 marks have been subscribed ! for Cardinal Ledocaouski by the aristocracy and clergy of Posen. In Normandy, Belgium, and Holland the gales were terrible. On .the l?th March the weather moderated. 7 The plague has reached Bagdad.: The Egyptian sanitary aathdrities have quarantined arrivals from the Persian Gulf, .:.', ; *:/...; '/ ; • The French .expedition?- engaged ,in exploring the Desert of Sahara has returned to Fqngguont after £fteen days' march. .-..., ••"£-.*■'-;■■. .. ; . A Count Maltke will;probably resign as Chief Qf tbe Staf of the Army) and

will be succeeded by General Wartensletern.

An extensive fire has occurred at Charleston ; loss estimated at halfmillion dollars. Several streets were destroyed.

. A Bill has. been introduced into the Ohio - Legislature, making habitual drunkenness for one year sufficient cause for divorce.

The steamship Great Western, from Mediterranean ports, went ashore near Antyeville, Long- Island, and is a total wreck, 4*. a****-^ ' ~'~~"~ •43'gg On the 16th of March a large block of buildings in Manchester, valued, at several hundred thousand pounds, were burnt down, Washing-ton despatches say there is no proof that Schenck was required to resign in obedience to a request from Great Britain. A great- storm raged on the 25th March, over the whole of England, doing great damage. Railroads were stopped with snow. One hundred manufactories and sixty othei*; buildings have been undermined and washed away by inundations at Pesth, in Hungary. The report bt the Council, in substance, exculpates Beecher, and upholds the action of the Plymouth Church in Mrs Moulton's case. A destructive hurricane swept over Germany, and did great damage at Cologne. The observatory at Marsburgh was destroyed.

It is expected the revenue of Prance this year will exceed £100,000,000 sterling, and be nearly £4,000,000 in excess of the estimates.

The ' Mark Lane Express,' in a review of the grain market, says the floods and storms on the Continent cause great anxiety to farmers. The Russian journals state if the Sclavonians feel strong enough to rise against the Turks, Russia will guarantee the neutrality of other parts, The dykes protecting Hezogenbue, in Holland, have been swept away by floods. The town is completely isolated and 6000 people rendered homeless.

It is stated that England will claim indemnity from the Uni'red States Government on behalf of the Englishmen who suffered in the Emma Mine scheme. The Committee of Bosnian Refugees has sent telegraphic despatches to the three Emperors, entreating them not to send the Refugees back under the Turkish } r oke. Oakley, the manager of the Co-ope-rative Credit Bank, has been committed to Newgate awaiting trial for obtaining* money and valuable securities on false pretences. Jas. E. Grey, of New York, who absconded four years ago with a large amount of money obtained from members of Stock Exchange and banks, was arrested in London.

The Bishop of Paderborn suddenly and secretly quitted Holland. It is believed the cause is that Prussia demands his extradition or expulsion, It is reported he has gone to England. -, The steamer Isabella, from Rochelle for Bristol, was wrecked on Pendever Rocks,betweon St. Ives and Land's End. Six corpses washed ashore. The crew, 30 in number, all undoubtedly perished. A: team of the best Scottish marksmen, including six of last year's competitors for the Elcho shield, go to America to contest the Centennial matches. An English and Irish team also go.

The ship TJninides, irom Port Royal, South Carolina, capsized on the 12th March. The second mate and seven of the crew escaped, and arrived at Queenstown. The captain and 13 others were drowned. The - Times' in its financial article says :— The best private information we can obtain says ■ that financial - circles on the continent have no belief in or apprehensions of immediate troubles in Eastern Europe. The « Times' Berlin despatch says the project of a Regency in Russia excites much speculation there concerning probable relations of Russia and Germanyj because of the Anti-German tendencies of the Czarewitch. Intelligence from Sclavonian sources announces that the insurgents repulsed an attack of Turkish troops on the 28 th instant, near Ljuburge, capturing 300 head of cattle and 40 horses. The Turks lost several men. . It is rumored that the forthcominginterview with Queen Victoria and the Emperor William is for the purposs of ceding to Germany the right of the. Duke of Edinburgh as heir-presumptive to the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, The Government troops at Gallapaj Mexico, revolted, retaining the Governor as prisoner. The judge, deputies, and State officers fled, taking refuge at Vera Cruz. It is believed that the' Government will succeed in restoring order.

The ship Grata, which arrived -'at Liverpool on the 16th March, brought a portion* of the crew of the Grea J t Britain, bound from Daboy to Liverpool, which had been abandoned. /Eleven had died from drowning or exposure. - . , ; Heavy floods are reported throughout France, and the suburbs of Paris are all more or less under .water.: Marshal and Madame MacMahon have distributee! relief personally, and have sent 500 francs to the Prefect of the Seine for! the sufferer*;. ••'•->•'< --..;. A A movement for the closing of public houses on Sunday has bee.n started in-

England. It follows closely the plan of the movement in Ireland; - The Dean of Canterbury and the JBishop of Exeter have taken up the tenptperance cause with great vigor. The King of Abyssinia has sent envoys to Egypt seeking peace, but he mt\de unreasonable demands. War is expected, and Egypt is * now fortifying her strong positions. Many persons favor placing' Theodore's son on the throne^Under guarantee.

A Naples telegram, describing the eruption of Vesuvius, says the lava is flowing- towards Pompeii. Large columns of vapour rise from the summit and reflect the fire beneath, while vast quantities of ashes are thrown upwards, acd the sight ia inagnificen,t. The wile of Lord Aylesford, a com? panion of the Prince of Wales in his Indian tour, eloped with. Lord Blandford during her husband's absence. Lord Blandfdrd is himself married to the Duke 1 of Abercrombie's daughter. Great scandal is created thereby. The -New York Times,' in reference to the Bank of New* York failure, says it seems that the Vice-president ran the institution in his own interest and that of his friends. Bankers say that it will not affect banking business generally. One of the .most disastrous freshes known in Connecticut swept through \ the valleys of Shatacket, Guinnehanga, and Yantic, doing* fearful damage. Bridges and houses were devastated^ and in the surrounding country an immense amount pf property was destroyed. At Worcester, on 30th March, the wall of the reservoir gave way, letting off 760 millions gallons of water, which went out in a solid mass 20 feet high and swept down the' country, with fearful havoc, demolishing houses and. property to an enormous extent-. The | stream poured down for nine* miles. The London ' Telegraph's ' Detroit special says that negotiations for pacir ficatinn of Herzegovina are now regarded as having, failed. The powers seriously contemplate an armed intervention. If this should prove unavoid- | able, they will give notice of their intention to maintain the peace of Europe. The American papers give an account of the "Order of American Union," the object of which is the disfranchisement of Roman Catholics through the United States,, and their exclusion from office. An assertion has been made in the American Press that President Grant has joined the Order, i There are various rumours as to the instability of the Pacific Mail Company. At a meeting of directors, a resolution passed, authorising the directors to issue two million dollars on ten years' seven per cent currency bonds. The Company issued a circular showing the ( a nings of the past year "amounted to 11,000,050 dollars.

A frightful "accident occurred to a train at Harrisonburgh on the 7th March. While going across a bridge in the Shenandoah country, 180 feet above the ravine creek, the bridge gave way, precipitating the train t and passengers into the abyss below. Fifteen persons and a large, number of sheep and cattle were killed.

In the House of Commons, Mr Cameron moved for a. committee to inquire into the detention of the English crew of the ship Talisman as prisoners in Peru. Under-Secretary Burke replied that he had written informing the authorities at Lima that the prisoners must be tried at once and liberated, or satisfaction would be demanded* The Parliamentary Commissions appointed to enquire into the' alleged electoral corruption in Norwich, England, 1 report that corrupt practices extensively prevailed during the parliamentary election of 1874 and 1875, $nd consider evidence proves that a helplessly corrupt and depraved election element of no inconsiderable proportion exists, in. Norwich. :.-:'■''■

A London telegram, under date March 20, says nearly all railways north of tho- Tay are more or less blocked by snow. The Caledonian line is covered with snow 20 feet deep near' Aberdeen^ 1 2 trains are snowed in at one point^ and more than a dozen trains are blocked on the Great North line. ' The telegraph lines are buried at several points north of. Aberdeen.

New . York despatches say that the failure of the National " Bank of State caused intense excitement. Prices of securities fell off, with feverish feel! ing. The capital of the bank was 200,'OOOdols. This will be reduced to . 100,000dols. by losses ; sustained. The troubles of the bank arose principally i from bad management and unfortunate advances made on cotton, prices of which have been gradually sinking, Thejre is a church io KobeV Japacpi 1 the standard of admission to which ,improbably quite as high as that of any' church of any Christian land; Of the! 20 male members ot-this; church, .ihiriteen go out as lay preachers ,-. to, six stations every week, and four rhpre every., month. Every man not prevented by age or other infirmity .is pledged ■■ to active lay effort at his own 'charts, and: this pledge i , is madeT .a ".condition of admision to membership. 7 . '» '. The Chicago Avenue Church; other!wise' called "Mr" Moody's: phufcti,'' is : nearly finished .-Mess^r Whittle and! Bliss are already,* holding, special meet-: ingS:in . it. , The^main" audience-room! will accommodate nearly .tiireeTtliotisanjij people.; ? ;the ; lecture-room. r seaX/.nine* hundred. .Besides these!- room^ there are a supper-Toon**, committee-ropms,-

and arrangements whereby the princi-. -pal enclosures may be temporarily changed into smaller ones. The building cost 6.5, 000 dollars, and is entirely-*, paid for. ._.; „- .? *>A*AAf.\ The Protestant Episcopal Board ofMissions at Louisville has been discussing plans for bringing the colored pe,pple within' that Church. It is urged ' Tas a reason for prompt, proceedings that (the Roman Catholic Church is moving in a. like direction. A broad and in- . viting missionary field is furnished by the freedmen of' the- Southern States. The Presbyterians, Baptists, and Metho-. dists are. active amongst them, . and nodoubt all the denominations will "find. enough of this special work to do, and will do it.

The authorities of the Order of the . Iron Cross of Prussia have just issued a f}nal notice to. the numerous ', missingpersons to whom that honor had been awarded for the campaign of 18£Q-71 r informing them that, for the ultimate establishing; of right to the decoration, it is absolutely essential that they, communicate "their -present addressee. . without further delay to the head-quar-arters of the Land'wehr district ih which,they are enrolled.. A large number of those referred to are understood to have become permanent emigrants. The correspondent of the ' Times' at - Ragusa telegraphs;' 'that a conference between Baron Raclick and the Turkish; officers is a complete failure. The Turks, refuse to g-ive any guarantee, or ofier personal security, to the refugees, and show no desire to. conciliate them, or to prqpose an acceptable condition of pacification. They are absolutely unable oi* unwilling to appreciate the danger of their position in official circles. Conciliation is considered hopeless. Qn Sunday the Turks entered a Christian - village and murdered three men and four women, and brought away their* .' heads.

A terrible railway calamity has oc ? ccurred in Prance, caused by, the breaking away of a bridge, owing- to- heavy rain-storms. The carriages fell on top of each other and immediately disappeared in the river, where they were broken up by. the strength'of the stream. Those of the travellers who were not killed by tbe fall were unable to. escape from tke waggons in which they Were imprisoned', and were carried down the river until they were dashed to pieces against the rocks and slowly drowned. Over 30 bodies have already, been re T covered, but this does not represent the, whole of the victims of the accident.

The following- items of news have been received per Torres Straits mail :— ? Lor Lytton, the new Gdverhorr,General oflndia, sailed for; Calcutta -on. March. Ist.— General Schenuk has left, for Washington, with the view of meeting; his calumniators. — The King" of Ashaa--' tee paid another instalment pf 500 ozs./ of gold on account of the indemnity of^ Dr Goldbury at Cogmassie. , The gold *- was found to ,be adulterated, and , five days were given to_:i*eplace it.— An in. quiry into the' loss of the Strathclyde is,, being conducted. A sailor stated that* if the boats of that vessel had been lowered several lives would have been saved. — The Leeds Amphitheatre has been entirely destroyed by fire. The Swedish Professors-r-Nprdehr skjold, Lundstorm, and SiuksbergT-r have been fdted by the Russian Geor graphic--} Society, at Sb. Petersburg-, as the discoverers of.. a navigable route between the North Sea and tlie moiith of the Yenisei, in Siberia. Norderislcjold. took part in Swedish Arctic expeditions in 1872 and 1873. and the Siberian exr pedition was got up by a private individual named LHkson. It . startedifrom Tromsoe, found the Sea of Kara free from ice, with an island containing aa excellent harbor, and part of the A, exr ptorers returned by land to St. Petersburg, while the rest took the vessel •back to a Swedish port. In letters addressed .to the Prench Geographical Society; A Professor Nordens.kjpldj7exr ' presses surprise at finding immense forests in a region believed to be barren.

LATE CABLEGRAMS. The foll.Qwj.ng cablegrams are-pub-lished in the Melbourne . papers i-r?Her ■ Majesty has presented., her portrait to Mr Disraeli.— Ft is rumored that owing to illness the Czar will rehire rarily, and a Regency will be established under the Czarewitch, Tl"tis latter item, explains to some extent the -following item, which came among the San Fraacisco mail telegrams.-:, A * Times.' Ber- ■».. Jin despatch, saysRegency in Russia- excites much specu--1 atio n there concerning the. probable relations of Russia . and . Germany, . because of the. anti-German tendencies of the Czarewitch. It has been rresolvedthat the income tax exemption be fixed at ;Llso^nd the .deduction at ; Ll2O onfall incomes' under- li4bo 'a-year t^The Tru.--mpre dßetirement of; the' Emperor of jEjft&ia'&'d^ Cham,bers'have voted' ari'd the/M^rshal-Presi-.djeni M^qMahon has : decf|ed, the! abolition of the state of siege in Paris,Lyoi& ; - and Marseilles.; The Ministry ,an amnesty. V JLA^vh'^^^i&i^oia, is to-b e. held* in Assembly* in verifying -> the /elections, - has annulled numerousißonapartis't and Legitimist elections;^" -but^ratified every republican. . AM.- ■: Gambetta : » Jtlas- *• been ieledteft Pi^ |^Am^ica;: :, T^ . MrTD.kh^ aB- , ' I fii*aister' r to jEnglto jpn^^cpun^ ;r c^-the *dnsroved cfcargMliterar^ W'aif'jßetween. Egypt .and il^sssinia :_as .W'-X' mi^ajted... .'A -."* "; ■'•'.""' * ' "