SAN FRANCISCO MAIL NEWS.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5494, 24 September 1879, Page 3

SAN FRANCISCO MAIL NEWS.

BRITISH. London, August 30. , A Royal Commission, rinder the presidency of , Lord Carnarvon, Colonial Secretary, has been appointed to report upon the defence of the British colonies. The cotton masters of the Ash ton district have decided to further reduce wages five per cent. A reduction of 10 per cent on salaries of officers 1 and 7^ per cent on the wages of employees has been resolved upon by the North British Railway Company in consequence of the prevailing depression in their trade. The reduction will affect 12,500 persons, and will make a yearly saving of £50,000 to the company.. Sir Rowland "Hill will be interred in Westminster Abbey. , . . All the "checks of Mr John M'lntosh, London, a large, speculator in American railways, were returned last night. Of seventy limited companies in the Oldharn district, Lancashire, hardly any are able tp ■ declare a dividend, although possessing most improved machinery. Mr JohiirH. P.ultaon, M.P., for Devonport, visits the United States to inquire into its agricultural and commercial condition. . . . There has been continuous rain at Chester, and other places. In Derbyshire the Trent andt)er.went overflowed all the low lying. l^nds, arid the flood continued so long that the wheat- gradually rotted, and any crops that were left standing ■would not pay for cutting. The rain at Sheffield was so violent as to wash away the foundation of fivehouses that were in course of construction. The Home Rule League held a demonstration* in 'the Rotunda, Dublin, on the 22nd instant. "^ Four- members of Parliament were present, Mr Parnell being the fiiost notable. The body of the hall was . crowded' with working men. The proceedings, throughout were riotous, and a most remarkable hostility was shown towards the more moderate section of the Home Rule members .of Parliament. The meeting passed a resolution in favor of an obstructive policy in the House of Commons, and expressing the necessity of purging the party from the advocates of moderation. A disturbance occurred at Lurgan, Ireland, on. August 14, betweon a Home Rule procession and the police. The latter charged the rioters with fixed bayonets. .Many of. the police were wounded by stones. ' The violence of the crowd was so great that the police fired, killing one person and wounding two. The mob subsequently wrecked Lord Lurgan's lodges, and some houses of Protestants. The riot was renewed on the Saturday following, when many houses were" wrecked. *~ One hundred police charged the mob, and eventually dispersed them. „..-. A riot occurred at Belfast during a Catholic procession. on August 13. Many persons were killed. „ The Irish University Bill passed the Imperial Parliament. ■ The House of Lords rejected the Irish Volunteers Bill. The Imperial Parliament was prorogued by. commission on August 15. The royal speech reviewed the foreign relations of England, and stated that the treaty of Berlin was being faithfully executed, and that the' Government would insist upon reforms in Asiatic Turkey. Allusion was also made in the speech to the Japan question, and to the Afghan and Zulu wars, -. and . an. early peace on a secure' "basis ' was predicted. ' England; ' it> 'was (stated, • was- fortiTangier, .: arid. .a. camp for Indian troops returning home would be formed therein. -.In relation to agricultural depression -.the following passage occurs : — "I have had much pleasure in complying with your- request to appoint a commission to inquire into the cause of the depression in agriculture. " The speech then goes. On to say, " I observe with satisfaction that you have agreed to measures relative to, education in Ireland which affords a firm. and fitting supplement to intermediate education. , England is the only Power not invited to send, , officers, to. witness the great Russian mauceveres commencing on the 25th of. August; • - Mr Longman; the last of the original {partners in that firm of eminent publishers, ' is dead-.- '- ' ■ - ■■'■■■■" '■ ■ A conference of delegates representing 20,000' miners was held in Manchester. Mr MlDonald, the President, pointed out there waa'some opening for miners in the United States, as 'during the recent depression.,,in mining indnstry in Penn^ sylvania and eleswhere hundreds of men sought- other employment. A resolution was unanimously passed in favor of emigrating to the United States. The Pennslvania miners protested, alleging truly that their mining district was over crowdedi A movement is on foot for the enrolement ,of unarmed volunteers in Ireland. \' ''''."■ An English steamer collided off South with the Spanish steamer Concord. The latter vessel sank, and 14 Spaniards were drowned. Thomas Fandy, a large landed proprietor of Alkoy, County of Meath, was shot dead on entering his own door. Sir Garnet Wolseley will be the next Commander-in. Chief in India. Certain parishes .in the counties of Derby and . Tyrone have been placed under tb.6 Peace Preservation Act. ] : . EUROPEAN. The, Mbntai/s Revii^ of Vienna, in an article -ori the Austrian Budget for ,1890, shows thsrtrthe deficit this year will be 21,000,000 florins, which will be covered

by taxation, if the bill for that purpose is passed. , At Constantinople,', oii the 30th of August., the foreign Ministers made a collective representation to the Porto respecting the numerous assassinations and robberies in Constantinople, and the bad police system, to which the crimes were attributable. . The ex-Sultan Murad is still insane according to tho physician's report. A correspondent of the Standard asserts that authoritative advices have been receive^ from Eome to the effect that the negotiations between Germany aad the Vatican will not be concluded until propositions are made by the Vatican of a very difierent nature from those now pending. A despatch from Rome to the same paper says that the Pope has receceived a memorandum from a wellknown personage in Germany asserting that Prince Bismarck is not conceding anything to the needs of the Church, but is merely yielding to the momentary political necessity. The Post's correspondent at Berlin announces that the German Government, owing to the war between Chili and Peru, has reinforced its South American squadron.* A 'liynes' despatch from Odessa states that two socialists were hanged at Nickoalyff. The: Russian Government are on the point of signing a contract with an American firm for the construction of a number of cruisers, at an aggregate cost of 250,000,000 roubles. AMERICAN. The United States Government claim 100,000 dollars compensation for local interference with American fishermen last season at Fortune Bay. A charcoal burner's striko near Tureka, Nevada, resulted in a fight with the sheriff's "posse," in which five of the rioters were killed. Affairs in Mexico are very revolutionary. A dictatorship by Diaz to preserve order is suggested. The Trcmont Temple at Boston has been burned down. . Two firemen were killed in extinguishing the fire. The loss was about 1,200,000 dols. The building belonged to the American Bible, Society. The insurance was 1,000,000 dols. Several extensive . fires have, occurred during the month. One at Richmond, Virginia, occasioned a loss of 1,000,000 dols. A few cases of yellow fever are reported at New Orleans. Montreal has passed through a severo financial crisis. Tho Virrile Marie Exchange and the consolidated banks suspended. The total loss was about 600,000 dols. The Star and Herald of Panama says that the Chili loses over oue million dols. by the recent raids of the Peruvian warship Huascar. Calanda has been evacuated by Chili, and all her forces concentrated at Autofogasta, preparatory to a descent upon the Peruvian coast. The arrival in New York of 130 Sheffield cutlers, brought over by the Frasy Cutlery Company of Bridgeport, Conn. , is said to be the first importation of 600 cutlers contemplated by a Bridgeport firm who propose to establish a largo manufacture of pocket cutlery, and extending to other branches if successful in that one. The men say they were offered better wages and more comfortable homes and gladly came.

The ship Oregon arrived on August 29 at Vancouver Island from New Zealand. President Hayes has opened eight and a quarter million acres of land for homesteads. Along the north-eastern bank of the Missouri river the harvest yield is 42.000,000 bushels of wheat, worth 320,000,000 dollars, the largest crop ever raised in the State. The race between Hanlan and Riley at Barri, Ontario, on August 18, owing to Hanlan's carelessness resulted in a tie. Committees are forming in New York to collect funds for the Cubans, who propose renewing their struggle for independence. The State cf Missouri i 3 appointing omigration agents in Scotland and in England, and also in Germany. A war is threatened between the Crees, a powerful Canadian tribe, and the Sioux, the latter having been driven north by the Americans. The Sioux killed all the. Buffalo and Canadian Indians, and in some cases they resorted to cannabilisni. The situation is critical. The Dominion Government has organised a force, and the Crees promise to await the measures of the Government before attacking Sitting Bull. During a recent storm on the Atlantic coast there were numerous wrecks. The cities of Beaufort and Moorhead, North Carolina, were nearly destroyed by the hurricane. The sea destroyed every vestige of the Atlantic House, the largest hotel in that part of the country. Ocean View House and the Beaumont Hotel . were injured, and several private houses were ruined. The hotel guests lost nearly all their clothes ; hundreds of barefooted, people crowded the streets, soaking to identify their property. Hunlreds; of sailing boats, were lost at Beaufort. ; Yellow fever continues fatally prevalent at Memphis, Tennesee ; 60,000 people in camp are on the verge of starvation, as all business intercourse with the infected district is stopped. The Panama Canal scheme is a failure in New York. The noting between the French Canadians and Irish residents in Quebec is assuming large proportions, and calling for prompt military interference. A riot occurred in the middle of August, in the* course of which several men wore killed, and 20 to 3p wounded: In the first street fight in which the French made an attack on the Irish quarter with about 12,000 armed men, they were routed by the Irish with an inferior number. Subsequently tlie French attacked Champlin-street from a height, and the Irish in Mdntcalm and Champlin wards, having fortified their houses, and barricaded the streets, prepared to defend their homes if again' attacked. The French were well armed, and they assaulted all who passed by and wrecked the houses. All travel was stopped by armed men. One battalion was disarmed by the authorities and were nearly all French. The trouble aroso among the ship carpenters and laborers, the French society men wanting to accept lower wages than the old society would tolerate. As trade was dull the French thought wages should fall. Peace was ultimately restored through the friendly intervention of the Irish and French Catholic clergy. A popular rising took place in the capital of Chili, owing to the mismanagement of the war. The President fled. The troops fired upon the mob, killing two and wounding several. The Pope blessed the Eom'an Canal scheme, but subscriptions for the stock collapsed within three days. M. Le Lesseps sent to Central America several expert engineers to examine the plans of the Panama Canal, and ascertain the probable expense of constructing it. . M. De Lesseps is preparing for a journey to the United States. His wife will accompany him.