ABEIVAL OF THE RANGITOTO AT WELLINGTON, WITH THE SUEZ MAIL FOR JUNE.

Evening Star, Volume VII, Issue 1955, 11 August 1869, Page 2

ABEIVAL OF THE RANGITOTO AT WELLINGTON, WITH THE SUEZ MAIL FOR JUNE.

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. (FROM OUIt OWN CORRESPONDENT.) [The following is the conclusion of thp telegram received last night.] Obituary.— Peter Cunningham, Sir E. J. Clifton, M.P., Kev. J. J. Taylor, Lord Broughton, Admiral Sir George Lambert, £fir Charles Harfleet. The American cruisers have arrested a party of Cuban filibusters, consisting of 800 men, who had elgded the New York authorities, and had sailed for Cuba. The Spanish Minister at Washington, at an interview with the Minister for Foreign Affairs, threatened to demand his passport if an official interview were granted to the envoy from theUubanliusurrectionists. London, July 9. The Life Peerage Bill was rejected by the House of Lords on the third reading. Capt. Vivian, replying to Mr \V. Stackpole in the Commons, said it was impossible to relievejmore than five regiments in India annually. On an appeal from Mr Gladstone, Sir Henry Bulwer relinquished his motion rela’f tive to the Alabama claims. Two-thousand miles of the French Atlantic cable have been laid by the Great Eastern. London, July 10. The Committee in the House of Lords have fixed a date for the disestablishment of the Irish Church for May, 1871. The House offers the sum of half a million sterling in lieu of private endowments. Notwithstanding the declaration of Earl Granville that it was not necessary to offer that sum since in the Prmdnce of Ulster glebes were to be retained. The steamship, Somersetshire, sailed from Plymouth on Ist July, 200 passengers on board. Arrivals : Wave of Life, Handsome, Great Britain, Agamemnou, Dunbar Castle, White Eagle, Anglesea. A Levee at St Tames’ has been held by the Prince of Wales on behalf qf her Majesty. Tlie Queen, in consideration of additional official duties being thrown upon the Prince of Wales, makes him large allowance from her private purse. Emigration to America and Canada continues active. Fight thousand left the river Mersey in one week. The Government promises to consider the question of giving the movement some assistance. Mr Verddn has relieved the Imperial Emigration Commissioners as regards Victoria. Seventy tons of preserved meat, ex Lausdowne, were sold at once. ' The Duke of Newcastle has fled to the Continent to escape the bailiffs, who are in possession of Clumber Castle. Mr Pad wick obtained judgment against him for L 95,000 ; and various Hebrew money ' lenders judgments for L 123,000. The furniture of the Duke’s town residence is to be sold to cover soipe losses by racing. ’ ' Lord Charles Hamilton, from the game cause, assigned his estate to escape the Bankruptcy Court, Mr Seeley has been elected for Nottingham, beating Mr Digby Seymour. A handsome testimonial lias been presented by the women of Bradford to Mr Edward Miall Professor Goldwin Smith has answered Mr Sumner’s speech effectively. The principal shops of Paris are now closed on Sunda}'. Mr Richards, the Inspector of Detectives oi) thp Loudon apd Brighton Railway, ha* been taken into custody, charged with (?on)» plioity in numerous robberies. A Dublin printer named Johnson has been arrested at Cork, for circulating treasonable documents among the military and police.

Time has been extended in the Tichborne caso to the end of Easter term, 1870. Dr Norman M‘Leod has been elected moderator of the General Assembly of Scotland. Mr Gladstone and Lord Granville have been elected honorary members of the Reform Club. A grand banquet is contemplated in recognition of their services to the Liberal cause. The Agricultural Hall at Islington has been fitted up for velocipede racing. The Palmerston memorial statue has been erected at Southampt n The sons of Count Bismarck are on a visit to Scotland. Fenianism is rising in Ireland, and Orange ism is becoming troublesome. An attack has been made on the house of a country gentleman, named Graj’, at Black Rock, two miles from Cork. Although an invalid, he defended the house, and shot one, the rest fled. The wounded man proved to be a keeper in a lunatic asylum in the neighbourhood. He died without giving any information. Eleven policemen were charged with manslaughter for conduct whilst a disturbance in Derry during Prince Arthur’s visit. The Rev. Walter Chambers has been appointed to the bishopric of Labuan. Mr Finney, Manager of the English Joint Stock Bank,' has been committed for trial on a charge of perjury. The Directors have 'been acquitted. Russia is sending prisoners from Siberia to serve the Japanese in Sagaalin. The gold hitherto found in Sutherlandshire is valued at L 7,000, Two hundred diggers are at work. 'I he Flying Squadron has sailed from Plymouth. The sura the Government paid for the telegraph lines is nearly three millions. Reuter is to be awarded three-quarters of a million for his lines. Dom Ferdinand of Portugal contracted a morganatic marriage with an American actress. The Duchess de Luyueswent to the Paris races on a tricycle, followed by a groom on a bicycle. The Orangemen of Tyrone denounce Mr Gladstone as driving the country into a civil war, and spoke of the time perhaps coming when he and his co-conspirators would be hanging as high as Haman. The Viceroy of Egypt has visited Paris, Berlin, Vienna, and Florence. The Countess of Flanders has given birth to a prince, who is at present heir to the throne of Belgium. The postmen of Cheltenham now make their rounds on velocipedes. The steamer United Kingdom, from New York to Glasgow, with 30 passengers, is supposed to be lost. In America the Indian war is raging fiercely. General Sheridan has been ordered to treat all Indians outside the reserves as hostile. President Grant has appointed a commission to enquire into Indian affairs. It is supposed the Indians have been grossly cheated in the matter of subsidies by former American commissioners. The President had a narrow escape from being killed in a railway collision, in which ope passenger was killed, and 20 injured. Ifhe great peace festival at Boston was opened by the President, several foreign Ministers, the British Ambassador, and other distinguished guests being present. Six steamers have been destroyed by fire at Cincinnati. Chief Justice Chase has ruled that the (U.S.) Government cannot collect income tax from foreign bondholders. This involves numerous reimbursements. The President refuses to remove the postmaster at Macon, who is a Negro. The Irish Republican Association of Philadelphia have issued an address, strongly approving of Mr Summer’s speech, and exhorting all true Irishmen to join the Republicans in enforcing his views. In Spain a regency has been voted by 193 to 65 votes. Marshal Serrano was to take the oath on the 11th July. Castelala spoke strongly against the French Empire, declar iug that it would soon fall. On the 16 hj, General Prim reviewed 20,000 troops, who then took the constitutional oath. General Prim stated in the Cortes that the establishment of a regency would facilitate the election of a king. The choice appears to be divided between the Due de Montpcnsier and Dom Fernando. The former is at present in 1 ndalusia. The new Constitution was proclaimed on the 6th June. The American difficulty is over. Mr Motley has been instructed by his Government not to press the matter, as the American Government hope that when the present excitement subsides, the British Government will invite a renewal of negotiations. They also state that the proclamation of neutrality on the part of Great Britain does not in itself constitute a ground of complaint on which to rest a claim for compensation ; but taken in conjunction with subsequent unfriendly acts by Britain, it occasioned losses requiring reparation. Mr Motley is further hrtructed to assure the British Government tlqjvt tl|C American Government desire to effect such a settlement as shall be honorable to both nations. France is still in a disturbed state. The workmen’s s rike at St. Etienne developed itself into a revolutionary ij-iot. Two serious encounters took place between the troops and the people. In the first, twelve rioters were killed and thirty wounded, and in the second, eleven rioters were killed. A general officer was sent from Paris with reinforcements. On the evening of the 11th June the Emperor and Empress drove in an open carriage through the streets of Paris without an escort. That night Marshal Niel and other Ministers remained, with a guard of grenadiers, at the Pufferies. During the night a riot took place, in which the cavalry were surprised. On the 12th the shops, in the Boulevards were shut, and many arrests Made. JJext however, all was again quiet. At Chalons the Emperor delivered a speech to the troops, which the Journal djjlcicl praises for its pacific character. The work of the Government, he said, was to reconcile strong power with liberal institutions. The elections generally have gone in favor of the Government. Mil. Thiers and Favre were defeated. M. Ollivier, who was defeated in Paris, has been elected by the Department of Var. 1025 arrests were made in Paris during the elections, but only 20 persons were detained to await further proceedings, At the opening of the Corps Legislatif, M. Rouher said that the Government would bring forward measures to satisf the country, The Opposition gave notice of a series of interpellations involving ministerial re-

sponsibility. The Ministers thereupon resigned. The Emperor is forming a new Cabinet. It is rumored that he will consult the people by a plebiscite. The regency of Spain has been conferred upon .Marshal Serrano. Letters from Mr Richmond, Major Atkinson, and Mr William Hutt, appear in the Times and Spectator, pleading for aid against the Maoris. The New Zealand medal has been extended to the officers and men of the navy and marines employed in New Zealand during 1845 —7, and 1860—6. Arrivals : From New Zealand, May 30th, City of Dunedin, Glemnark. June 2nd, Robert Henderson, Chile, June 3rd, Ruahine. s.s. Departures: Halcyon, Asterope, Excelsior. Ships loading at London for New Zealand :—Red Rover, Glenmark, Hydaspes (Captain Babot), Hero (Captain Ferkelsen), England, Victoria, Electra (Captain Mow--Icm). At Liverpool: Pride of the Thames (Captain Tonkin). English wheat, new, is at 42s ; do old, 39s per quarter. The exports to New Zealand for the month of May show an increase of L7G1,185 (?). New Zealand 6 per cents are at LIU7 to LlO9 ; 5 per cents, L 95 to L 96 ; 5 per cents, Consolidated, 94.j to 95 i ; 6 per cents, Consolidated, 1891, LlO5 to LlO7. AUSTRALIAN. Melbourne, August 4tli. Ritson was executed yesterday, after making a full confession. The Land Bill is passing rapidly through Committee. Sir Richard Dry, of Tasmania, died on the 2nd inst. The Volunteer land order agitation has been condemned by a Brigade Order. The Irish Stale prisoners have been allowed to take refuge in New South Wales. Governor Weld has arrived in Western Australia. Business is very dull. Breadstuffs are greatly depressed. Sydney, August 4th. A grocer named Mackinlay has been arrested on a charge of defrauding his creditors.