ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4190, 25 August 1874, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

By the s.s. TARTAR.

WRECK OF THE SHIP WARRIOR QUEEN. ANOTHER GREAT FIRE IN CHICAGO. TERRIBLE STORMS IN NEVADA AND PENNSYLVANIA. ELEVEN PERSONS MURDERED. THE AUSTRIAN POLAR EXPEDITION. ARRIVAL OF JOHN MITCHELL IN IRELAND. GREAT LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY IN MORAVIA. RUMORED RETIREMENT OF MR. GLADSTONE. Auckland, Monday. The s.s. Tartar has arrived with the English mail She left San Francisco on July 28, and arrived at Honolulu on August 5, having made the fastest passage on record. She left Honolulu on the 6th and arrived at Kaudavau on the 18th. Finding no vessel there, she proceeded to Auckland, arriving at eleven o'clock on Sunday night. The passengers for New Zealand are— Saloon : Mr. and Mrs. Morrin, Mr. and Mrs. Webster, Mr. and Mrs. Anderson, Capt. Neave, Messrs. O'Neill, Coombes, Mills, Carratt, [J. H. Keesing. Steerage : Mrs. and Miss Knight, Messrs. R. Kershaw, Ivey, J. Rodgers, Burt, N. B. Pearse, J. Stephens, R. Williams, V. Smith, E. Griffiths, W. Murray, R. Fergusson. AMERICAN SUMMARY. San Fbancisco, July 29. The ship Warrior Queen, from Otago, went ashore at 6 p.m. on July 20, four miles north of Point Heyes. The boats were got out immediately. The captain remained on board all night, and at four on the following morning, all hands landed. Next day the wreck was sold for 760 dollars, but up to the present time nothing has been done towards saving property, in consequence of the state of the weather. The accident occurred during a dense fog. Remarkable chai'ges have been made by Mr. Theodore Filton against the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, the celebrated pastor of the Plymouth Church. Filton charges him with improper conduct with Mrs. Filton, the times and places being specified. Mrs. Filton has published a card, denying the charges in toto. Mr. Beecher is preparing a statement, defending himself. He totally denies the charges. The whole matter is before a committee of his friends, who are investigating the charges. From the time the Tartar arrived at San Francisco sheriffs' officers were on board, J. C. Meikle and Co. having sued the agents of the line for 19,554 dollars, the amount expended by them as agents. Matters were arranged as far as the steamer was concerned, to allow Williams, Blanchard and Co., agents for the owners of the Tartar, to send her with mails and passengers Another great conflagration has devastated Chicago. The fire broke out at 5 p.m. on July 14, and continued with unabated fury until 2 a.m. on the 15th, during which time it swept down some of the finest buildings in the city ; about sixteen blocks were burned. The loss is estimated at 3,000,000 dollars, covered by about 800,000 dollars of insurance. , A terrible storm broke over Eastern Nevada. The town of Eureka, Nevada, felt its full force, and, in addition, a waterspout which had been gathering for hours burst, and deluged the town. Twenty lives were lost. Fearful floods in'Pensylvania deluged several towns, and twenty-two miles of country were submerged. Two hundred lives were lost. A million dollars of property destroyed. The accounts fill several columns of the papers. In Alleghany City the sewers burst, and water rushed down the streets to a depth of ten feet in torrents, sweeping away houses, and drowning many persons. Pittsburg suffered greatly. The Government intend to prosecute all Mormons at Salt Lake who have gone into polygamy since the passing of the Polygamy Bill. Eleven persons were murdered in a house in Spencer County, by persons who entered to rob it. EUROPEAN NEWS. The Scottish team won the Elcho shield at the AVimbledon meeting, England being second, and Ireland third. An English Insurance Company lost a case beforo the Court of Exchequer, in which the question whether a policy-holder had a right to travel without the company's permission was concerned. Dr. Beasly insured his life for £IOOO sterling, went to Glasgow and died. His heirs were refused the money, on the ground that the Company had not allowed Mm to go to Scotland, but the Court compelled them to pay. • Mr. Gladstone's wife has inherited property to the value of £15,000 per annum, by the death of her brother. London papers say that the Liberal party will lose their leader, in consequence of Mr. Gladstone proposing to take his ease in Italy. f If a statement contained in a recent letter from Berlin is to be credited, Prince Bismarck (is preparing to take another important step in [the war upon the Church. 1 It is said that the Government will present i'a Bill during the present session to regulate re(ligious processions, and to prevent them from usiug the public highways. Nothing has yet been heard of the Austrian expedition which started for the Polar Seas two years ago. Travellers and seamen who may have learned any news about the expedition are requested to communicate with the Foreign Office at Vienna, or to the Admiralty at St. Petersburg. Thirty victims of the disaster to the yacht Foam were found on the 31st on the American shore, nearly opposite Niagara. • In the House of Lords on the 24tb July, a member asked whether the Government made any remonstrance to France against the connivance of the authorities in violation of the

Spanish frontier by Spanish Carlists, and urged that by ordinary courtesy due from one civilised country to another, there should be no unnecessary delay in the formal recognition of the Spanish Government by Great Britain. Earl Derby, Secretary for Poreign Affairs, replied that the recognition of the Spanish Government at present would be premature, and said it would be better that such recognition should, be the collective act of the European powers. A London telegram, of July 24, reports an .alarming outbreak of smallpox at Newmarket. Upwards of sixty cases are already reported. The authorities asked the Jockey Club to permit them to convert, the Grand Stand into an. hospital, where the afflicted persons may be quartered. John Mitchell arrived at Cork on July 27. He is ill but mil come to Dublin, where the Peuian Amnesty Association are to have a procession, a torchlight demonstration, and a banquet in his honor. A Berlin journal says that war between Russia and China is inevitable, in consequenceof the designs of the latter upon Kashagar. The Committee of the Agricultural Laborers Union at Sandon have adopted resolutions, de--1 claring that, as they are not justified in appealing to the public for support to locked-out laborers in the Eastern Counties during harvest,, they. therefore offer them the alternative of emigration or depending on their own resources. The Committee is negotiating for easier terms of emigration to Canada. Jaskell Bros., cotton merchants, Liverpool,, failed ; liabilities, 450,000 dols. A special despatch to the Daily News reports destruction of property by floods in Moravia. Two hundred people died. NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING. The European Mail contains a list of pas- ! sengers by the Cathcart, for Canterbury, and by the Otago and Tweed, for Otago. Prom Otago, the Agnes Muir arrived at Gravesend on 25th June ; Bebington on 27th June. At New York, Nicoline, from Dunedin, June 9. At Gravesend, from Canterbury, Duke of Edinburgh, on 25th June; Star of India, 25th June. Entered out : For Canterbury, Duke of Edinburgh, June 26 ; E. P. Bouverie, June 27. Sailed : For Canterbury, Merope, June 21 ; left Plymouth June 28. For Napier,, Queen Bee, June 21, off Start, June 24. Entered out : For Nelson, Chile, June 27. Cleared : For Otago, Christian McAusland,. June 25. Entered outwards : Calypso, June 19 ; Jessie Headman, June 25 ; Lennox Castle, June 18 ; May Queen, June 25. Sailed : For Otago, Haddon Hall, June 13 ; Tweed, June 16. Entered out, at Glasgow : For Otago,. Invercargill, June 12. Entered out : For Wellington, Cospatrick Dunfillan, June 26..Sailed : Cartvaile, June 26. The ship Cathcart, for Canterbury, passed Deal on June 11. The Haddon Hall, for Otago, passed the Lizard on June 15. The Parsee sailed from Greenwich for Otago on June 12. COMMERCIAL. London, June 30. Wool.—Charles Balme and Co. report:— The short interval which has elapsed since the close of the public sales has been characterised by daily inquiry for one description or another of our staple, and though the quantity actually sold is unimportant, a feature of interest is the disposition on the part of consumers to ■ make further purchases at rates recently current, as indicating that, notwithstanding the unprecedentedly heavy series so recently closed, the trade is not over - stocked with raw material. The New Zealand Hemp Market is very inanimate, about the only business passing being in the damaged portion of late arrivals which, not being likely to improve in present, condition, holders sell to '-the best bidders. The following are some of the lots disposed of at public sales: —Ex William Davie, sound, CE, £lB 155.; FE, £l6 Is.. Douglas, FC in diamond, £l7 10s. to £l7 15s. Punjaub, sound, E, £2l. Cekeno, sound, R and Gin diamond,. A at side, £23 10s.; 6 at side, £2O 155.; A atside, sound and good, £22 55.; sound, 6at side, £2O 55.; tow, £lO 10s.; 6 at side, £2O 155.; A at side, sound and good, £22 55.; sound, 6 at side, £2O ss. ; tow, £lO 10s.'; sound, W and CT, £l7 10s. Lady Jocelyn, sound, JC over L in heart, £l4. Ben Nevis, sound,.. RW, £lB 10s. Celestial Queen, sound, JK, £2O; JA,£2O; JW, £lB. i Hides. —Little doing in hides; only transactions, 1275. (?); salted Australian horse at ss. each. Tallow.—lslo casks Australian found buyers at ship; good to fine, 435. to 435. 6d.;one lot rather superior, 445.; dark, rather greasy to good fair, 38s. to 41s. 9d.; dark, very greasy, 365. San Francisco, July 28. Flour, extra, sdol. 25c. to 6dol. 75c; superfine, 4dol. 50c, in sacks of 1961b5.; wheat, IdoL 57*c. to Idol. 70c. Liverpool quotations, lis. lOd. to 12s. 4d.;Barley, brewing, IdoL 15c. to Idol. 70c. percental. • ■ The Boston wool report shows large stocks, but good demand.- Sales, best fleeces, 50c. to 60c. ADDITIONAL MAIL NEWS. It is announced from Beyrout that a large party of Prussian explorers have begun excavations at Tyre with a corps of over a hundred workmen. It is thought that Bilboa may soon be visited for the same purpose. At a fire in the Jewish quarter at Stamboui, over 500 houses were burned. The Sultan had five Pachas thrown into prison, and their estates confiscated, because they did not seem concerned about it. The net proceeds, however, were not given to the hameless families, but to a favorite Sultana. An accident on the Lancashire and Yorkshire railway caused the death of several sons. A fire in Galata, Constantinople, was brought under control after raging six hours. About two hundred houses were destroyed. The loss is £500,000. Advices from India represent fears of cholera breaking out among 50,000 pilgrims, assembled in Pooree for the Juggernaut festival. The southern districts are still without rain. The little that has fallen in some sections has done no good. By a colliery explosion in Wigan fifteen persons were killed. Despatches from India announce that the inundations are subsiding. Thirty-five thousand gallons of creosote were destroyed in a fire at Rotherhithe, England. A Calcutta despatch says the rivers of Assam end Oude have flooded the country, causing much damage.' Mr. Albert Grant, member for Kidderminster, has been unseated for corrupt practices. Rochefort is still in London, and will probably remain there. The statement that the young Duke Nicholas was sentenced to banishment for stealing his mother's diamonds is officially denied. His case is still under the consideration of the Emperor. The American woman who induced him to commit the crime proves to be Josey Mansfield, who caused the shooting of James Fisk by Stokes. Several revolts among the peasantry of North Prussia have taken place, owing to a change in the local Government. The troops were called out and came into collision with the people. Serious trouble is expected. The Freemasons of Italy have expelled the Pope from their order, which he had joined in his youth. The ground of expulsion was his refusal to answer certain charges preferred against him in 1565. The Otago eight per cent, matured debentures will be taken up- by the Bank of New Zealand, on July Ist.