SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 721, 1 August 1878, Page 2

SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

SUMMARY OF SEWS. The ship A'exander M'VeiU and the barque William Midget hav;' been chartered at New York for New Z aland. The American orew were successful at the Henley International Regatta. Mrs, Elizabeth Tilton, of Beeeher fame, has been expelled from the Plymouth Church. Indian hostilities are extending to Utah, Nevada, and Eastern Oregon. The Socialists of New York, in a mass meeting, repudiated the association policy. | Ohio farmers are threatened with death if they cpntinue to use labor-saving machinery. Famine prevails in Brazil. A Russian iji'icsfc has been found murdered in the streets of San i'raneisco. A resolution to restrict Chinese immigration has passed Congress. It is rumored that Princess T'hyra of Denmark will marry the Prince imperial, and j'rineess Beatrice the new Duke of Cumberland. Thu ?<>;•>> and the Gormai.i Government c:«is.ioS come ti» term®. 'j. he ihnperor of Germany is fully recovered. '

The Khedive of Egypt recently pro- i posed to abdicate in favor of . England, j but the offer was <W.ined. Mars'-: n.l Mac-Vui.li.oii has pardoned 80 Communis:.*. „ . J The Dardanelles remains closed.to ships, of war. - Batoum is to be a Russian free port; -Russia also gets'returned that -portion of. Bessarabia which she lost in'lojO. The independence! of - lloumania. aiM Montenegro is re'eor-msed. Antavari ;declared avne^iitrfil^ott.';^,Autonomy is •• ranted'to Western Roumeiia. and Tiitssaly :m«l Crete arc secured by 'European control. j Six hundred Mormons have arrived at I\ou- York from "Liverpool. Mr. H. M. Stanley, the African explorer, has received a gold medal from tii«: French Geographical Society. Tne Morning Post announces that the Duke of Cumberland, sun of t ]»:;• King George of Hanover, has not abandoned his right to the throne. Bishop Alife, an Italian senator and patriot, is dead. The Anglican Synod was convened on j the 2nd inst., at Lambeth Palace. w uisiiops were present, and the Archbishop of Canterbury presided. He urged t:iac die question of maintaining faith against in6delitv be the principal subject thoughtof by the delegates. A debate on tile best mode of obtaining union among the various Anglican churches followed. The Bishop of Pittsburgh, and several English and Colonial Bishops spoke oh the matter, and finally referred it to committees. Tlie Crown Prince of Germany thanked the President of the United States and the American people for the sympathy manifested on the attempted assassination of the Emperor, and also publicly thanks all j33'mpathisers under - same circumstances. The Freelight Library, famous for its old English' books, has been bought by an American gentleman. During an interview between (jortschakoff and Bismarck, a large jjauish dog belonging to the latter Hew at tne Rnssiau Minister's throat. G-ortsehakoh was rescued with some divnculty. It appears that Bismarck stamped his foot impatiently while talking, which the doe mistook for a signal that his master was in i ; anger. he Vatican has proposed co-operation - ith Germany, for the suppression of Socialism there, on condition that the faith laws are modified. The Parisian police made a descent on several German families at Paris, the members of which were suspected of complicity with Nobeling who attempted to assassinate the Emperor of Germany.

The Town Council of Berlin propose a grant for an historical painting, commemorative of the meeting of tlie Peace Congress. It is said that orders have been issued to reduce the force and expenditure of die Portsmouth navy yard. . An event of importance to the future of Austria is the Imperial sanction given co all laws respecting Austro-Hungarian provinces. The difficult matter which occupied both Parliaments for more than two years, is now settled. Russia recently requested the "British Cmisulat to billet some soldiers, -i:l-i in coHS.-rjuenea of his refusal. threatened to tear down tlie British tiag: Minister Layard instructed the Consul to c.inline himself i-o protesting.