SAN FRANCISCO MAIL NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 790, 23 October 1878, Page 1 (Supplement)

SAN FRANCISCO MAIL NEWS.

The International Congress on Weights, M«asure», and Coins, on the 4th inst., unanimously adopted a resolution deploring the fact 'that England Russia, and the United Statss have not yet adopted the metric system. The American and English delegates afterwards passed a resolution petitioning the English and American Go-1 vernments to appoint a mixed Committee to consider the adoption of the meric system ' by botli countries ; rates between gold and silver to be regulated solely by their commercial value, and silver not to be a legal tender for debts over L2O. Alfred Hose, of Rochdale, Lancashire, lias failed for L 750.000. Lord Loftus, the British ambassador at bt. Petersburgh, demands the withdrawal of the Russian agent from Cabul. A Calcutta despatch states that orders have been issued to concentrate troops towards the frontier, with a view to early operations if necessary. It is semi-ofiieially announced that the Ameer of Cabul lias allowed three letters from the Viceroy of India to remain unan-

(PER 3.3. AS3TRAXIA, AT AtTCKXAND.) Ruaaia intends to issue a loan to recover the deficiency in the budget. ,_,,.- The strike of cotton factories at Radchtte (Pilkington) and Misworth ended in a compromise. .. Sir Charles Whetham, Alderman of Bridge Ward, has been chosen Lord Mayor of LonThc Anti-Socialistic Bill passed the first reading in the Reichstag. The Liberals have introduced many amendments. The fimueror has written a letter pointing out the importance of the Bill. The Albania insurgents are moving on to the frontier of Bosnia. . The last stronghold of the insurgents in Herzegovina and Khibuck, has been captured by General Phillipovich. The Austrian troops are to be recalled from Bosnia at the end of October. Three hundred Russians entered Batoum on the 15th instant. . The Sultan has definitely decided to cede nothing to Greece. Lord Salisbury refuses his influence to induce the Porte to conclude a convention with < Austria, as he considers Turkey not alone in being behind in fulfilling the treaty of Berlin. The British fleet retired to Arlaki, and Halutod the Sultan previous to leaving. The Russians ask from Turkey 310,500,000 l'niues indemnity. ,~, , , The Queen and tho Prince of A\ ales have written a letter to the Government of Greece migge.sting a pacific course in dispute with the Porte. Russia promises to support Greece on tne frontier question. The Sooloo Islands have been ceded to Spain. ~ .. At a colliery explosion at Abercadie, near Newport, Monmoutshiro, out of 371 miners only 01 were rescued. The pit is on fire. Tho Egyptian obelisk was put in its place on the 12th. ■ A fierce fight took place at a Home Rule meeting in Dublin, because O'Donnell, who had supported the Government on the Eastern question, was present. Paris is sending money to the V ellow b ever sufferers in the Southern States of America. Seventy-eight more French Communists have been pardoned. . , om The editor of Le Pays has been fined 300 francs, and is to be imprisoned for three months for insulting Marshal MacMahon. Cholera is increasing at Cassabianca, in Spain. . A new plot has been discovered against tho life of the Emperor William. The second son of Prince Bismarck—Count Wilhelm—has been elected a deputy to the Reichstag. Midhat Pasha is allowed to reside at Crete. At the Doncaster September meeting the Champion Stakes for two-year-olds was won by Lord Falmouth's chestnut colt, Charibut. The St. Leon Stakes were won by Lord Falmouth's bay filly Jennette, the bay colt Childeric, also belonging to Lord Falmouth, being second, with Mr. P. Kinney's chestnut colt Master Kildare third. The Cup was won by Mr. F. Greeting's Pageant; Hampden second ; King Clec, third. Condon and Melady, the released but expatriated Fenians, sailed for Now York on the 17th hist. The embarkation was secretly conducted. They had a national reception in New York. A flood destroyed upwards of 1000 houses in the Jullinder district. The Punjab Christians in Croatia have revolted. M. Jacobin has been sent as Papal Nuncio to Russia concerning the Church in Poland. Mehemet Ali Pasha was not assassinated, as at first reported, but was killed in a fight between the rebel Bosnians and his own troops. . Tho Sultan has remitted the gram tax in Constantinople, because the bakers refused to bake bread, owing to the high price of wheat. The Newfoundland fishery difficulties between France, England, and the United States have been adjusted. France will abandon the exclusive protectorate over Catholics in the East, The Pope will send a Nuncio to Constantinople. Bosnia is virtually pacified, but the Hungarians in a mass meeting protested against its occupation by Austria as inimical to the interests of Hungary. No trace of the conspiracy or the accomplices have been discovered in the Hoedel ,'ind Nobeling cases. Yon Beust goes as Ambassador to Paris. Von Moltke is suffering seriously from a cold contracted during the manoeuvring of the troops. Belgrade is being fortified by redoubts overlooking the rivers Save and Danube. Parliament has been further prorogued till £h<s 20th November. The German Socialists have collected 150,000 marks to meet the expenses of the jrecent elections. Of this sum 3860 came iiom the Untied States. In the first heat for the Sportmen's Challenge Cup, rowed on the Thames on the loth, William Elliot, of Blythe, beat John Higgins, of Shadwell, by four lengths. An American boy, Braden, from Indianopol'is, has distinguished himself aboard the English training ship Worcester. Simon Hardy and Son, of London, West India merchants, have failed. The Tyne crew beat the Thames and Putney crews by two lengths in the International Regatta for champion fours. Ir. the final heat for the champion sculls, Higgins caught a " crab " at the start, and Elliott won easily. Reports from France state that the harvest is good. Mattelio, chief clerk of tho Minister of Marine under the Parisian Commune, has surrendered, and is on his trial. The anniversary of the battle of Sedan was obsorved as a general holiday in Germany. The basis for future agreements between Germany and the Vatican has been settled, which does not involve even partial repeal of folk laws.

It is proposed that King Alfonso shall marry Christina, sister of his late Queen Mercedes.

100 students, suspected of Nihilism, have been banished from the universities of St. Petersburg and Kief. The English whaling punt in the Arctic Seas has had no success this season.

In Cyprus, 307 men are in hospital out of a force of 2640.

Vesuvius is in eruption. Mount Hecla and Cotopaxi are also active. The Swiss Government has granted an amnesty to the Catholic priests who were deprived of their livings in 1573 for refusing to comply with the requirements of the State.

swered. ... A Bombay despatch says no attempt will be made to induce the Ameer to receive the British Envoy's mission, which is already broken up. Eight thousand men will start m a few days, to strengthen the force at Q.ueetah, and it is considered certain that more will be moved from thence on Candahar, which would open communication between Cabul and Herat. Simultaneously with this movement, it is said 1000 men will go to Kohat. It is believed Afghanistan will be entered by one column by the Kohat Valley, whilst a second column will traverse the Khyber Pass. It is estimated that there will be plenty of time for these operations before the snow falls. It is reported that the Kohat Valley people are peaceable and friendly. By this route a force might advance within seventy miles of Cabul. The Khyber Pass will be avoided, as it is not intended to attack Cabul. The probable effect of the demonstration will be to show the helplessness of the Ameer, and conciliate the frontier tribes by friendly treatment. Another despatcli from Simla reports tnat the British Commissioner at Peshawur is negotiating with hopes of success to attach the inhabitants of Khyber Pass from the Ameer of Cabul.

AMERICAN NEWS. San Francisco, Sept. 30. A day of national fasting and prayer will be observed on account of the ravages of vellow fever, and of commercial distress and discontent throughout the States. Bishop M'Closkey has been deposed from the Michigan Diocese by the House of Bishops, for scandalous practices and abandoning his pulpit. Hanton and Courtney are to row Lachine. of Canada, for L2OO. A strike has occurred among the street car drivers of New York for shorter hours and increased pay. Major-General John C. Freeman, has arrived at San Francisco en route to Arizona, of which territory he takes the Governorship. The deputy sheriff at Boulte, Louisiana, having killed a couple of men in a quarrel, was taken from gaol and literally riddled with bullets. Destructive floods have again occurred in Ontario, Canada. Yellow fever, after ravaging many cities in the States of Mississippi, Louisiana, and Tennessee is abating.

An Internationalist propaganda lias been discovered by the police in Paris. The receipts at the Paris Exhibition up to the 4th amount to 7,402,2291"r. The memorial anniversary of the death of Thiors was held on the 3rd inst. .The music was rendered by 24,000 persons. The Pall Mall Gazette inveighs against the Fenian Candon's release at the solicitation of the United. States as undignified, and says the pertinacity of the thrice-pre-ferred request for his release is disrespectful, and that Minister Walsh's letter borders on the offensive. In places lie oversteps the lino and approaches on the free and easy. John Eastwood and Sons, Huddorsley, near Halifax, have failed for L 150,000.