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Otago Witness, Issue 1582, 18 March 1882, Page 11

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THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

(Per Unitkd Press Association.)

Auckland, March 9th.

The Australia arrived at 5 p.m., and went into quarantine, flying the health officer's flag 1 . Dr Philson, health officer, boarded her, and found that she sailed on the 16th February from San Francisco, and that measles broke out 10 days after leaving. There were five cases in all, of a mild type, and no deaths. There are 5G passengers, of whom 21 are for Auckland, three being children suffering from measles. The mails were brought np from Motuihi unfumigated, as they had been kept in a separate part of the vessel. Passengers for New Zealand : Saloon — Messrs Turner. Steerage— Mr Morahan and three children, Messrs J. Smith, J. Cennett, R. Chelan, Mr Hicks, F. J. Read.

SUMMARY OF NEWS.

San Francisco, February 16tftv The steamer was detained from the llih till date. The report of the American Consul at Manchester snows the decrease in the exports for the year ending September 30th, 1881, between his consular district and the United States to be over 3,000,000 dollars — or 20 per cent, as compared with the previous year. John M'Donogh, American actor and manager, known in the Colonies; whither he went 'some years ago us manager of the Marionettes, died in Philadelphia of cancer. Thore is a grain panic in Chicago owing to the failure of extensive commission firms — first Kenyon and Co., and then E. W. Fisher, It is said that the Union and Central Pacific (Overland) Railways are about to consolidate* on a basis of 215 to 100.

Sh Henry Parkes, accompanied by C. W. Field and P. D. Babcock, delivered an address before a special session of the New York Chamber of Commerce on the 15th inst., relar tive to the commercial relations existing between the United States and Australia. After thanking the Chairman for the welcome accorded he proceeded to giyo a description of the six Australasian Colonies, claiming that in a few years the group would become a vast empire and great power. The Philadelphians are making provision for the Jewish refugees from Russia. In the House of Commons on the 15th inst., Sir Charles Dilke denied that any French troops had been prepared for embarkation. In Egypt the Government was still adverse to the European concert as a means of adjusting difficulties. lie denied also the existence of a revolt at Herat, and in regard to English interference in Russia said it would do more harm than good. The Commercial Trade Association of London has despatched a new form of grain con--tract to the United States. The details avenot published, but tho alterations are considerable.

Joseph Martell, ex-President of the French. Senate ; and Henri Augusta Barbier, the poet, are dead ; also Joseph Decaisne, a distinguished, botanist.

The Marquis of Huntly, the fugative Englishnobleman, proposes to take up his residence in the Western States.

It is reported that the Queen has been recommended to visit Mentdne on account oil failing health. Louis Schard. an East India merchant in* Minoing Lane, has .failed for £190,000, -

Disturbances among the students have closed

the university at Oharkoff, Russia. The Marquis Do -Tolas, a large losor by the bankrupt Paris bank, Union Gonorale, has committed suicide. The Herzegovinians have established a provincial Government. Tho revolt is increasThe Minister of Justice in France has determined to revise the Companies Act of 1869, when the advisability will be considered of abrogating the clause placing Bourse transactions, other than for cash, on the same footing as gambling debts, which are legally unrecoverAtremendous explosion occurred on the 11th inst. in the colliery in Rohonda Valley, Wales. It being Saturday night there were few persons in the pit. The loss of life is reported as four that General Skobeleff intends to join the Herzogovinians. A new Polar expedition is formed to discover Leigh Smith. It will be commanded by Captain Markham, who served under Sir George Nares. The Government will advance £5000 towards meeting the expenses. Prince Suvaroff is dead. Sir Henry Parkes, Premier of Now South Wales, with his wife and daughter, left for the East on a special car on February Ist. He Avas accompanied by W. H. Deamond, of the firm of William Deamond and Cozens : Mr Robert Withers, of the Sydney Press, who had been detailed to travel with him ; and Mr Lord, a London journalist, who, according to orders, met the party in San Francisco. With the exception of an excursion round the bay, tendered by General M'Dowell, no public attentions Were paid Sir Henry during his visit. He was subjected to repeated * interviews by paper A gentleman named Hayward, an intending passenger to tho Colonies by the steamer Australia, was found dead in bed at San Francisco. Mrs Jennie and Mr F. Burnett, Mr Vivian, and young Sayers, son of the English pugilist, are passengers on the Australia. They are professionals. . A letter from Aspinall, dated the 4th mat., BaYs that of 30 Belgians who arrived there some ago to work on the canal, eight died of Isthmus fever. Those who have escaped are leaving as rapidly as possible. Thus far since the commencement of work 1000 persons have died. The Papal nuncio at Madrid has advised the Spanish Government to prohibit the proposed pilgrimage to Rome on account of the difficulties connected therewith. The Qatholic Bishop of Montreal has served a notice to quit on all tenants of church property selling liquor. . The dealers in wheat in St. Louis and Chicago have recently been " broken 1 ' by large purchases in California. It is a new idea, and has quite unsettled the wheat market, and defeated the operators' calculations. The Chinese professor, Ko Rum Kur, brought from the Emphv at a salary of 2000dol per month to teach the Harvard students the Chinese literature and language, died of pneumonia on the 14th. His remains are to be sent to China. , „ Sit Henry Parkes with other -notables was entertained at dinner at Washington on the 14th by Justice Stephen J. Field, of the United States Supreme Court.

AMERICA SUMMARY. I

There is excitement in Newark, New Jersey, on account of an attack by Father Croker, Roman Catholic priest, (m the Sisters of Charity and the closing of their schools. Steps are being taken to clo«9 the church. Oscar Wild had a boisterous reception at Manchester, New York, chiefly instigated by » party of «stijfltic students. The New York Board of Trade favour the abolition of the reciprocal treaty between the States and tho Sandwich Islands. Anti- polygamy meetings are being held over the States. In some States Mormon missionaries were threatened with lynching. The wheat crop of California is a partial Half thfl population of Port-au-Prince, Hayli, as down with yellow fever. The financial affairs of the country are desperate. The prospects of the North-western States for crops are encouraging. A. M. Cotildo, shot by his brother accidentally, was the Washington correspondent for the San Francisco Press. The affair grew out of a squabble in .«. newspaper office. It is rumoured that Mrs Garfield has asked the President to commute Guiteau's sentence. Daniel Stoto, the "Dan"pf Mark Twain's " Innocents Abroad," died in New York. Sullivan, the winner of the recent prize-fight, is challenged by Thos. H. Regan, ,of Troy, to fight for the championship. „..,,. A treaty of peace has been concluded betjveen Chile and Bolivia. By its terms Bolivia is left without a seaboard. The Chileans occupy all [ports north of Callao. The explosion on H.M.S. Triumph, and that which caused the loss of H.M.S.^Doterell.are proved to hawe arisen from incidental (?) causes. . ,_ , T A great ,fire oecuxred m New York on January 31st in Piintwg-fcouse square, doing 2 000 000 dollars' worth of damage, The Scientific American lost 100,000 dolW in models and patents-generaL Other journals suffered severely. _ , , .. Nearly 100 naval officer have made application to the Secretary of the Navy for orders to bo in search for the missing boats # of the Jeannstte. The latest news regarding the Jeanuette survivors is that Lieut. Aiann, Danner, Trower, and nine of the crew await j orders at Irkutsk. They are ordered Home, and Lieut. Melville and party are directed to i continue the search after Captain de Long and the others missing as long as the slightest hope | of success remains. The Hon. Chas. M'Loan, a Greenback member of the Massachusetts Legislature, who was formerly gardener on the estate of the Duke of -Argyll, was convicted as a common drunkard Aa. the Municipal Court of Boston, and seniten&ed to imprisonment for three months. Ridttard Sykes, of Cheshire County, Engiland,,hae purchased 45,000 acres of land in the mortheun .part of Dakota territory, U.S., and will settle jipon it with a colony of English tfarmers. , Many ai/rests/or violation of the bunday law are taking .place in San Francisco. These include people in .pearly all branches of business, although the Hw was really intended to foe operative against (liquor-saloons. An English company .propose to build the .largest ironworks in the jntrjd on the line of d;he Chesapeake and Ohio ra%qad. Mr .•Sevillo, Guiteau's counsel, .has sued tho Chicago Herald Company for alluding fco his (.bankruptcy proceedings some years agOi A movemc^i is on foot to consolidate UiQ -different Jewish ordors now in the United' States, the aims and objects of which are , identical. . Count de T. Dolafaresi, an Austrian noblo,man, disd in abject poverty in New York. The New York Herald sent & special correspondent to Panama, who repoijte that the •actual condition of.-,affairs connected fl/ipn i)e Lesseps* canal acheine is altogether unsatisfactory. The terms offered by the French i confactors. Are a mew bait for jtaveitor*, being

60,000,000 francs less than the minimum fixed by tho technical Commission, and consideral ly less than half the original estimate. _ Freetrade ClubH, composed ijuli-criminateJy of Republicans and Democrats, .ire being focmed in Western cities. The Pope is about to create the. office of Papal Delegate to America, and ruu.iw Bishop Fitzgerald, of Little Rock, to fill it. The Canada Co-operative Supply Company has failed. The liabilities are 200,000d01, principally due in England. The Rev. Dr Billows, a famous Congregational divine, died in New York. Superintendent of Police Walling, of Now York, has received a circular from tho Scotland Yard police, advertising a reward of £3000 for the recovery of the body of the late Earl of Crawford, which was stolen from the family tomb at Aberdeen. The English Government will pay £500, and the family £250. A rifle match has boen made to take place in July, 1882, between the National Guards of tho United States and the Volunteers of Great ' Britain. It will be contested at Wimbledon. Miss Anna Dickenson, somewhat notorious as a lecturer, playwriter, and actress, made her appearance at Rochester, New York, on the 20th, in "Hamlet." The Russian Government is about to publish a statement, which it hopes will put an end to foreign agitation concerning the Jews._ The Lord Mayor of London's Jewish relief fund amounts to £35,000. A semi-Fenian and Ribbon conspiracy was discovered in Ireland, extending over a number of counties. The head organisation was in Dublin, and the Nationalists and Ribbonmen, for the first time in the history of the country, work in unity. The object is to deter persons from the payment of rent, and to punisn those who disobey the orders of the conspirators. There is a great rise in Suez Canal shares. The wreck of the balloon which escaped from England in December, having on board Mr Powell, M.P., was found in France. Mr Powell's dead body was in the car. Sir William Palliser, kiventor of the Palliser projectile, is dead. Sara Bernhardt fainted in the " Dame aux Camellias," at Genoa. She spat blood, and the audience cried "Enough," and quitted the theatre. Secretary Forster failed to receive an explosive letter, which reached Dublin Castle .after he had left for London. The letter contained a scruple and a-half of sodide_ of nitrogen, said to possess great explosive force. The Irish organisationhave expressed great horror at the attempt. A hideously indecent expression was interpolated in The Times' report of a speech by Sir William Harcourt on the 23rd. The matter was made worse by an apology. Some six days after an announcement was made that the manager hoped to bring the guilty parties to justice. The paper containing the indecency was sold as high as £1 per copy, and low weeklies printed the report verbatim, and were sold on the atroots by thousands. In connection with the affair 20 compositors and two proof-readers were discharged from The Times in consequence. The reoent money panio in Europe was general. The Bank of Paris went into liquidation, A banker at Frankfort committed suicide. The Banking-house of Cologne failed. Warburg, of Hamburg, failed for £100,000. Bull and Wilson, cloth merchants, of London, failed; liabilities, £124,000. Tobin, the Fenian, on trial at Leeds, was sentenced to seven years' penal servitude. The Porte has informed the Ambassadors that Turkey rejects the arrangements of the Greek frontier as settled by Commission. # De Lesseps is reported to be seriously ill at Cairo, . The Golos reoeived a warning from the Russian Government on account of its recent editorial articles, and its retail sale has been forbidden. . There is a general strike of printers in Madrid, and many have been arrested for attempting to coerce others to strike, The Goverment placed employes of the Royal printingoffice at the disposal of journals. # Many compositors are coming from the provinces. Leobanoff, the Russian ambassador in i London, declined to send the Russo-Jewish memorial to the Czar protesting against ihe outrages. It was signed by N. Rothschild, as secretary of the committee. Fleming, one of the directors of the City of Glasgow Bank, who evaded arrest at the time of the trial of his colleagues, and who recently returned to England from America, was arrested in London on January 24th. The returning pilgrims from the Allahabad Fair, in India, are scattering tho cholera in every direction. Diphtheria and scarlet fever o a very malignant type arc ravaging the fashionable parts of London. . Belgravia and South Kensington have suffered very severely. The mansions of the rich appear to be more subject to attack than the dwellings of the poor. widow of Sothern, the actor, is dead. The German police have seized a number of copies of Punch for a cartoon bearing on the recent Imperial rescript of Germany, General Garibaldi is lying. hopelessly ill at Naples. The Russian Government contemplates the annexation of the Corea on the ground of the insecurity of the Russian possessions in the Pacific, .and the warlike disposition of China. Japan favours the plan. An important unpublished work by Carlyle was discovered, lately, called "A Tour in Ireland in 1859." It comprises notes on the moral and politcal condition of that country of a most stringent character and the greatest interest. The manuscript was unknown to Froude. Iroquois will not be accepted in London for the Lincoln Handicap, and Foxhall an( Sachemare have not accepted for the City and Suburban Handicaps. • Among those whose house and fortune have been broken by the recent financial crisis in France is Christine Nilsson, the prima donna. Groat sympathy is expressed. Beaumuex Chasseur, of the French Treasury, committed suicide owing to speculations ° n The SOS O t Ur !George'B Society of Toronto refused to elect G-oldwm Smith an honorary member. Three organised efforts were made recently to break up Liberal meetings in London. They aroused English exasperation, and strengthened the Government in the renewed demand for the suppression of Irish ruffianism. There are now two rival Channel Tunnel Companies, which, taken in connection with Admiral Dunsaly's article in the Nineteenth Century, have aroused a keen interest in the project. Sceptics have been converted to the possibility of the -work. There ia good authanty for saying that every member of the Cabinet'erjceiik Bright, and perhaps Chamberlain, is opposiiJ to tho project. Sir Garnet Wolseley is opp'^qd to the scheme on the ground 'that it wouW^w.aaken England's sea defence, and render' the Nayynseies/ii. While the Government ia opposed to the"tjui^l tf would not prevent one being made from the French side. The English and French pro. jeeton may therefore join fovcw,