The Evening Post. THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1868.

Evening Post, Issue 107, 18 June 1868, Page 2

The Evening Post. THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1868.

ARRIVAL or the ENGLISH MAIL AT THE BLUFF. * KING THEODORE DEAD. ABYSSINIAN WAR OVER. GREAT BATTLE FOUGHT. RESIGNATION OF DISRAELI. DISSOLUTION of PARLIAMENT.

The h.h. Otago arrived at the Bluff at 4.15 p.m. yesterday, with the English mails via Suez. She received the English mails on board at Melbourne, at 11 a.m. on the 9th. GENERAL SUMMARY, The Queen held a drawing room levee at Buckingham Palace on the 30th March. The visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Ireland was most successful. The Princess, on landing, was presented with a white dove. Nothing could

have exceeded the enthusiasm of the people. The debate on Mr. Gladstone's resolutions occupied four nights. On two divisions, majorities were respectively 69 and 56 against the Government; 47 speakers took part in the debate. A memorial from ths bankers, mer- ; chants, and others connected with Australia, was presented to the Post-master-General, for a fortn.ightly mail via Galle. The Duke of Montrose expressed himself favorable to the scheme submitted to the colonies in October last. If the colonies agreed among themselves, the Imperial Government would afford every facility. Bishop Selwyn has raised great trouble at Lichfield, where Popish doctrines and practices are condemned. Two men have been apprehended near Buckingham Palace, carrying Greek fire with the supposed intention of setting fire to the Palace. Julia Mathews is playing burlesque with great success at Liverpool.