NEWS BY THE SUEZ MAIL.

Cromwell Argus, Volume I, Issue 41, 24 August 1870, Page 6

NEWS BY THE SUEZ MAIL.

The Tararua, with the English mail via Suez, arrived at Hokitikia from Melbourne on the 11th inst. The passage occupied four days, thirteen hours. Tho following telegraphic summary is condensed from the Daily Times LONDON, June 18. A change of colonial policy is anticipated. The Queen’s Birthday was officially celebrated amidst great rejoicings. The Queen gave a ball at Balmoral on 3rd June, and returned to Windsor in good health. On the 19th, she presides at the Council. Prince Leopold continues in delicate health. Tn tho House of Commons, the Premier intimated that he would not tolerate any mutilation in the Lords of the Irish Land Bill. July 7. A debate on the colonial policy took place in the House of Lords. Earls Granville and Northbrooke defended the new policy of colonial selfprotection. Emigration to Canada continues. The New Zealand Loan Guarantee Bill has been read a first time. Tho Cerberus has been floated out of the dockyard. The survivors of the ship Mercurius have been rescued from the Brazilian coast, after a long detention. Obituary.—Earl Clarendon, Sir James Clarke, Lord Arthur Clinton, Professor Syme, and Prince Jerome Bonaparte. Earl Granville has been appointed Foreign Minister, Earl Kimberly Secretary for the Colonies, and Lord Halifax Lord Privy Seal ; these changes being consequent on Earl Clarendon’s death. July 9. Prim’s nomination of Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern to the throne of Spain caused great excitement in France. The Irish Laud Bill has passed through Committee in the House of Lords. Five more brigands have been hanged in Greece. A collision took place on the Great Northern Railway, by which 1(5 persons were killed, and a great many wounded. Vice Chancellor James has been appointed Chief Justice. The Anglo-Mediterranean Company intend laying a double cable to Alexandria. Queen Isabella of Spain has signed her abdication in favour of the Prince of the Asturias. The Infallibility Dogma has been carried by the (Ecumenical Council. July 13. The Press censures Marshal Prim’s project. A war is considered imminent. There is a panic on the Stock Exchange and tho Bourse. France waits a reply from Prussia before declaring war. Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern afterwards renounced the candidature, and peace is now considered secured. The Irish Land Bill has been read a third time in the House of Lords. Few Zealand Debentures are at £IOO. Messrs Devitt and Hett report regarding New Zealand flax, as follows Best dressed sorts, in good demand, at £3O to £32 10s a ton ; inferior descriptions scarcely saleable at £ls to £ls_ a. ton. jrVji THE CONTINENT. FRANCK. ‘ y 1 The plebiscitum has practically restored the previous government, and Ollivier’s position:is precarious. Agricultural prospects are gloomy, owing to drought. There is great distress in the building trades. 200,000 workmen are idle in Paris. - "'’LJ ITALY. .'iitwsS Garibaldi’s son is implicated in the recent disturbances. , j 4 i GERMANY. The Princess of Prussia has had a daughter. > TURKEY. A great massacre has occurred at Butuschany, Roumania CANADA. Prince Arthur has received the Order of St. Michael and St. George. Tho Canadians kept many Fenians from starving after their pitiable flight. THE EAST. BOMBAY. An extensive pjot has been discovered to bum a ship at sea, which was heavily insured. Seve-' ral people have been committed for trial. Fighting continues between the Imperialist! and Mahomedans in the north of China. A telegram from Pekin reports the outbreak of a mob, who massacred the French Secretary, Consul, priests, sisters of mercy, and three Russian subjects. The cathedral was burned to the | ground. SPECIAL TELEGRAMS. The Ascot cup was won by Sabrinas. The Great Eastern has been moored at Sheer-; ness in excellent condition. The suddenness of Charles Dickens’s death' caused a profound sensation and universal grief] His remains were interred in Westminster Ab] bey. , L The Rev. Blamwell Smith, of has committed suicide , ; - The Exchequer Chamber has decided that thra Colonial Legislatures have power to grant indeiffll nity for acts committed in tho colonies. The revenue of the United Kingdom for thßj quarter ending in June was sixteen millions. * The Grand Visier of Turkey is ill. 3 Baron Lessepa, on his visit to London, was del corated with the Order of the Star of India. 1 Obituary. —Sergeant Kinglake and the Bisho]i of Kilmore. ~]|i Earl Roden has declined to sell an estate his to the Prince of Wales. _ - -.1 The Lord Chancellor of Ireland has been'raisj® to the peerage. ' :I 'r | White, who shot at Mr Buxton, been pronounced insane. ■ Amy* The massacre of Jews in Roumania on the 29th May is supposed to have been the act of Turkish zealots. Mr Bright’s health has improved. Mr Disraeli has resumed his place in the House of Commons. The Roman papers affirm the Pope’s infallibility, and say that all who deny it will be anathematised. Nine hundred dead bodies were found after the fire at Constantinople. Tho Greek brigand chiefs have escaped to Turkey. Tho explosion of the Waltham Abbey powdermills caused several deaths.