LATER ENGLISH NEWS.

Bruce Herald, Volume VI, Issue 304, 23 February 1870, Page 6

LATER ENGLISH NEWS.

Wellington, February 18th. The Nereida arrived at Auckland on the 14th with dates from San Francisco to the 25th December, London, December 21st. The steamship Brazilian, which was built expressly for the Suez Canal traffic, has been found to draw too much water to pass through ifc. A telegram from Port Said announces that she attempted to make the passage, but was obliged to discharge half of her cargo before she could pass through. A report issued by the Admiralty states that for a distance of 35 miles the Suez Canal is subject to sand drifts, which materi ally reduce its depth, and to thick foga. which are very bewildering to the pilots. The ' Times,' in an article on the Alabama claims, hopes that the American Government will appoint such men as George William Curtis and William M. E wart to state the facts and the law of the case. It thinks that good results would certainly follow such selections. The ' Observer ' says that President Grant's speech has made a pleasing impression in commercial circles. The ' Spectator,' in an article on American affairs, says that President Grant's programme is one of peace, retrenchment, and reconstruction. Honesty of purpose must enhance the position of the United States as a nation. ; The American ship Crescent City, from Savannah with a cargo of cotton, sprung a leak at sea and was abandoned. It is reported that the Chancellor of the Exchequer does not find it necessary to raise a loan in the open market to provide the means for the purchase of the telegraph lines, in accordance with the recent Act of Parliament. News received from Pekin states that the treaty between Great Britain and China, negotiated by Mr Barlinghame, has been ratified by the Chinese Government. The remains of the late Mr Peabody were received on board the Monarch to-day. The ceremony was attended with many demonstrations of respect, and several distinguished persons accompanied the remains to the place of embarkation. They were received by the authorities of Portsmouth, and by the officers and marines of the Monarch and the United States steamer Plymouth. As the Monarch steamed out minute gun 3 were fired, and the ships in harbor hoisted their flags half-mast, and dipped ensigns. Mr Motley addressed Captain Commerell of the Monarch in a speech in which he referred to the honor paid Mr Peabody by the heads of two great nations, in sending their own yes sels to escort his remains to his native country. On the part of the relatives of the deceased he confided his remains to the keeping of the two captains. Captain Commerell replied, accepting the sacred trust, and assuring JVL 1 Motley that Mr Peabody's remains should be cared for with the most jealous interest. The ' Times ' says that great interest is felt in commercial circles in the possibility of another ship canal, deeper, wider, and less subject to fogs and land drifts than the Suez Canal, being cut through one of the Central' American States to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Mr Ottaway, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, and M.P. for Chatham, lias made a speech in the City, in which he expressed his great satisfaction at the settlement of the American naturalisation question, and stated that a Bill would be brought into Parliament next sestion enabling liritidh subjects to divest themselves of their nationality whenever they saw fit.