EUROPEAN.

Bruce Herald, Volume IX, Issue 810, 9 June 1876, Page 6

EUROPEAN.

The Suez mail, which has arrived at Adelaide, brings the following later English nowa : — London (no date). Great political excitement is reported at the Cape of Good Hope. Violent language has baen used by some of the papers against Lord Carnarvon's advice. The Queen's title has been proclaimed. Reviewing the proclamation the Liberal papers severely criticised the absence of words limiting her Majesty's title to Empress of India — only one amendment was proposed by Mr Disraeli. The Empress Augusta, o f Germany, has arrived at Windsor Castle on a visit to her Majeßty. The Prince of Wales has returned to England. He was heartily received. The Two Thousand Guinea Stakes was won by Petrarch ; Julius Caasar, 2nd ; Kaleidoscope, 3rd. The nation has been horrified by a detestable crime, committed at Blackburn three weeks ago. Emily Holland, seven years of age, was outraged, murdered, and mutilated. The limbs were found secreted in different spots, miles apart 200 policemen are engaged in search for the miscreant. Tramps having been suspected, several were arrested, examined and discharged. One in custody was believed to be the murderer till Sunday last, when the house of a barber named Fish, was searched with bloodhounds. This led to the discovery of the child's head up the chimney. Fish was arrested and confessed the crime. Some sensation has been created in London by the sudden death of a lady residing at Chelsea. It appears that she was poisoned and suffocated by two lodgers, who plundered her of a quantity of jewellery and other valuables. At Manchester, Weston walked HI miles in 24 hours, audat Birmingham Jl9 miles in 28 hours. The wool sales closed on May 6th. 23,000 bales were catalogued. The foreign biddings were animated throughout. There is an average fall, compared with February sales, of ten per Ctjnt. Since the Easter holidays, good washed fleece is somewhat dearer. Other sorts have receded o£d to 2d. The next series ia fixed to commence on June 30th, when the arrivals will exceed 300.000 bales. Wheat is dull. New Zealand, 48s to 50a. Arrived. — Wairnea and St. Leonards % The memorial presented to the Queen by the Royal Colonial Institute praying for the distinct recognition of the Colonists in the title, does not meet with the general concurrence of the colonists now in England. Shortly after the Goliah and Warspite were destroyed another training ship, the Havannali, mysteriously took fire, but the flames were subdued. One of the boys is suspected, and has been committed for trial. There has been severe rioting at Salonika, between the Turks and Christians. The affray originated in the apostacy of a Greek girl. The French and German consvls were murdered in a mosque. The opening of the American Centennial Exhibition was carried out with great oere« MPoy.

.Telegrams from Berlin are unanimous in affirming apacific character £b the corif ereuce now going on there, and identity of views between Austria, Germany, and .Russia. . The Queen has returned to England. The month has been darkened by several marine disasters. On the night of March 18th, during a furious gale, the steamer Isabel, from Rochelle to Bristol, was wrecked on the rocka near Lands End, and the crew of nine perished. The survivors of the Eumenide3, lost two hundred miles off Cape Clear, have arrived at Liverpool, with a harrowing story. Thirteen lives were lost. The Grecian steamer Agroyentic, with thirty passengers, and crew of thirty-four men, came into a collision with the English steamer Lytton Castle, bound for Constantinople. She sank in ten minutea. Twentynine persons perished.