SAN FRANCISCO MAIL TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume IV, Issue 196, 5 January 1877, Page 8

SAN FRANCISCO MAIL TELEGRAMS.

(From our Daily Contemporaries.)

„, ... . ArcKLAND, Dkci:mber 31. THE mail steamers Australia and City of Sydney arrived this morning Owing to one of the pessengers of the Australia dyiit" of small-pox on the previous day, both steamers anchored at the Qiiarantino-«n-oimd' At Kandavau, on the lGth December, the Australia wns quarantined She left San Francisco on the Bth (Auckland time) bul had to nut tack owing to a collision with a ferry-boat. After awaiting instruct ions mails and passengers wero linided, and both tteatrers proceeded to Sydney, taking on the New Zealand cargo. The presidential election resulted as follows : Hayes, 185 ;Tilden, 184 . Jhe accuracy of the return is disputed by the Democratic party, and it is not unlikely that the matter will come'before Congress for settlement, the majority of that body being Republicans. It is thought that Hayes, majority will be sustained now. The Extradition Treaty having been agreed upon, immediate steps were taken to arrest nil forgers. A revolution, beaded by Colonel Alsina, Minister of War, broke out in Buenos Ayres, and Buenos Aye is is in a state of sie^e. Telegrams in the middle of ]November related to actfve military preparations, but they were less threatening at the beginning of the present month. b s The soldiers on furlough in Ireland have been or-lered to ioin their regiments, and all furloughs are temporarily suspended. The authorities of Devonport Dockyard have recsived orders to prepare tbe ironclad turret ships Cyclops and Hydra for immediate I active service. Great activity prevails in Woolwich Arsenal An imperative order was issued that the production of rifle ball crtricW be increased to 2,000,000 per week. This was explained as bein«r consequent on the change to Martini-Henry rifle in India. ° The ' Pall Mall Standard' and other Conservative -journals express complete distrust of the Czar's pacific assurances as expressed to Jjora Lcftue. The ' Globe' states that all railroad companies in Russia have been ordered to place their lines at the absolute disposnl of the Government. • Th^ rge - h ? s P itals are bc '»g abolished, and the physicians in the south of Russia have been invited to enter the army. ' The Rothschilds are said to have promised to advance Russia money. Xhe loan will not be made public. Russia's conditions are said on Change to be so favourable that the Rothschilds can easily dispose of the loans privately. . A 'arge portion of the trains suitable for crossing the Daj.ube are arriving in Bessarabia, and are being sent on to Pruth. The ' Times' ' T ienna dispatch explains that, there are fwo centres ol military operation— in southern Russia Ivisheneff is the headquarters of operations of the army, while at Ode.-sa 120 000 men are being collected under General Todalexan, who is charged with (be defence of the Black Sea coast. It- is slated thnt part of the siege artillery, consisting of ninety-two guns, is being farmed at Chottyd on the river Dniester. J Political correspoondence report that beside 150,000 men of the tret and second class of Turkish reserves who still remain to be called out to replace the regular troops in garrison, tl.e Mukhatur Pasl.a is concentrating 20 battalions of Turkish troops at Caranova, near Derjsatta, on the Austrian frontier. The troops will embark for Constantinople. The Boumnnian Government is preparing everything requisite lor calling out territorial troops and the militia, which would increase the Roumanian forces to 100,000. The entire Polish contingent of the Russian army has been sent out ot the Polish provinces for service in the field. The Russian garrisons will .emain in Warsaw and other large towns in Russia Intelligence from Warsaw indicates an impending Polish rising A dispatch to the • Standard' fiom Berlin says that Prince Bismarck s statements aie quoted by all Germany *ith the greatest satisfaction. In hia remarks on Saturday Bismarck declared that if Russia threatened to be victorious in tbe impending wur, he believed England would occupy Egypt should the Turkish Trea'y be violated by the Russian forces. J The Italian Parliament has opened. The King in a long speech fiom the throne in reference to the threatening events transpiring, expressed confidence in the success of counsels of moderation to which his Government had given effectual support Threelarge islands, Hattiah, Sundeep, and Dakin Shahabazhare, and numerous smaller islands included in Buckergunge and Chitta?ong districts, were entirely submerged by a storm wave on 31st October, as was also the mainland for five or six miles. These islands are all in or near the estuary of the River Megna. The largest, Dakm Shahabazhare, was 500 square miles in extent, and £2 iffifSSStf 1 a ?w 2 t?'°,°9- Hatt > ah an <* Sundeep together had about 100,000. Up to 11 o'clock on the night of the 31et there were no signs of danger but before midnight the wave had swept over the country to the depth in many plaSes of 20 icofc, surprising IS V£ n S ' T uf 2 ense grove of cocoamrts and palm trees around the villages enabled many to save themselves by climbinthe branches. Some took refuge on the tops of their houses, but the water burst houses asunder and swept them to sea. Some were swept across the channel 10 miles to Chittagong, but the vast JSff&S 8 T h tf d °I- again - There is ***** a household in the islands and on the adjacent coast but has lost some of its a^ T \ f T^ ere r S . much distress among the survivors, which Government is relieving. It is believed that not a third of the population survived. The stench from the putrifying bodies is naufferable, and a general outbreak of cholera is expected. fci. ™ T " klß , h^ mma^er of the Black Sea Fleet, in addressing hie men, said: "This year you are destined to fight a-ainst the ZZ2S& Xf fe- fßememberf Remember that the sailors of * he B^k Sea gained glory at Sebaatopol.

In an inundation at Adrianople a thousand houses were washed away. . * A Roman journal says the Marquis of Salisbury's declarations exclude the idea of England and Russia going to war, but regards war, between Russia and Turkey as inevitable. Sir Julius Vogel, interviewed by a 'Frisco reporter, said if the Colonial Government had negotiated for the American subsidy it would probably have been secured, but the contractors insisted on receiving it. He thought the Colonies had not been well treated by America. Extravagant promises of subsidy made at the outset were never fulfilled If the Australian trade was worth having, America should assist in developing it. If the present contract broke down he did not think the Colonies would take any further action. Bismarck has visited London. In his speech, on 4th December, at Berlin, he said, thanks to Germany, England would probably allow the inevitable Turkish war to be localised. Austria was placed in a difficult position by recent events. The Roumanian Government have notified the Prefects of the early arrival, on the way to the Danube, of 150,000 Russian troops. A ' Times ' dispatch says Turkey has withdrawn her troops from Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the intention of not resisting Austrian occupation of those provinces. In the event of a Russian invasion Austria ordered the occupation of Transylvanian and Moldavian passes the moment Russia enters Moldavia. Twenty-one battalions of infantry, seven regiments of cavalry, and eighty guns have been told off by the British Government for service in the East if necessary for the protection of the Briti»h interest. Russia has placed torpedoes at the entrance to ports of trade. Russia is in a perfect state of collapse and bankruptcy .