NEWS BY THE SEPTEMBER MAIL.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 2, Issue 64, 11 December 1858, Page 5

NEWS BY THE SEPTEMBER MAIL.

A report when the mail left was current in Suez, that a telegram had been received announcing the death, of Lord ' Palmerston, but the" Simla," which had left that port three days subsequently, brought no confirmation of it.

The following are the principal conditions of the mail service for wnieh tenders have been called : — Monthly, via Gib - raltar, Malta, and Suez calling at King George's Sound, Kangaroo Island, and Melbourne, out and home. Contractors to, supply no less than six vessels between Suez and Sydney, to commence by dispatching the first packet from Sydney with the mails of February, and from England with the mails of March next. The mails must be conveyed to and from Sydney and Great Britain via the Straits of Gibraltar, within a period of 55 days, an interval of not less than six days at Sydney to be allowed between the arrival of the outward and departure of the homeward mail. Penalties, £100 per day after time, except arising from causes over which the contractors have no control, of which the Admiralty are to be the judges.

The commerciarand monetary news is satisfactory. Money is remarkably cheap, and trade generally good. To the buoyancy of the money market must be attributed the circumstance that shipments to Australia have been heavy. Consols were higher than they had reached for some months, the last quotations being 97f , and there was an idea that the Bank rate of discount would be reduced to 2\ per cent.

The ." Prince Alfred" steamer, Captain Jarvis, taken up for the conveyance of the regular mails from Australia to New Zealand, sailed from the Thames on August 29. She is ordered to coal at Milford Haven, and it is expected she will be able to stow in sufficient for the voyage without the necessity of further stoppage, before she called at Melbourne.

The Atlantic telegraph had unfortunately, since the 6th September, ceased to convey intelligible signals. The cause of this mishap was unknown, but an impression prevailed that it was attributable to the imperfect insulation of some portion of the cable, inasmuch as a very faint electric communication still . continued ; sufficient to indicate that the cable had not parted. It was believed that a flaw in the cable would be found about 300 miles from Valentia. The inauguration of telegraphic communication with America had been celebrated by banquets both in Ireland and the United States, prior to which the open - ing of the line was inaugurated by the following messages from the Queen, and President Buchanan's reply : -- „ THE QUEEN TO THE PRESIDENT. The Queen desires to congratulate the President upon the successful completion of this great international work, in which the Queen has taken the deepest interest. The Queen is convinced that the President.will join with her in fervently hoping that the electric cable, which now connects Great Britain with the United States, will prove an additional link between the two nations, -whose friendship is founded upon their own common interests and reciprocal esteem. The Queen has much pleasure in thus directly communicating with the President and in renewing to him her best wishes for the prosperity of the United States. s THE PREsiDJENT TO THE QUEEN. Washington City. To Her Majesty Victoria, Queen of Great , Britain.. The President cordially reciprocates the congratulations of her Majesty the Queen on the success of a great international enterprise accomplished . by the skill, science, and indomitable energy of the two countries. -•■ "• ■•■ -" ■'" "'" -■"• "'■*■ It is a triumph more glorious because far more useful to manicind than was ever was won by. conqueror on the field of battle. May the Atlantic telegraph, under the bles- : singVof. heaven, "prove to be a bond of perpetual friendship between the kindred nations, and- an ur&tru.raeTit designed by Divine Providence to "diffuse religion, civilization,; liberty, and law -throughout the world. V"^ ' '• ■". '•''■ ' . ' " _ ■.■

lathis view ■will not all the 'nations of

Christendom spontaneously unite in the declaration that it shall be for ever neutral r and that its communications shall be held sacred in passing to the places of their destination, even in the midst of hostilities./ (Signed) James Buchanan.

In addition to these messages between the Queen and President Buchanan, the Lord Mayor of London and the Mayor of New York have been exchanging congratulations on the completion of the Atlantic telegraph, the. rate being about 100 words an hour.

Her Majesty was at Balmoral. The royal visit to Germany was attended with most satisfactory results — her Majesty having been everywhere received with the acclamations of all classes of Germans. The Queen on her way to the Highlands, stopped at Leeds to inaugurate the magnificent town- hall, and her reception by her loyal Yorkshire subjects is reported to have been most enthusiastic. Two or three hundred thousand spectators witnessed the ceremony, and the royal cortege, on its departure, passed through a lane of people three or four miles in extent.

The Doncaster St. Leger, which was run for on the 15th Sept., was won by Mr. J. Merry's Sunbeam by Chanticleer ;. Mr. T. Dawson's the Hadji second, and Mr. J. Merry's Blanch of Middlebie third, Mr. Howard's Eclijjse being last. Eighteen started.

Lord Derby was with the Queen at Balmoral. Much comment had been excited > by his lordship's fine racing stud having been offered for sale at Tattersall's. The inference, according tosome of the London papers, to be deduced from this circumstance, was that Lord Derby intended to devote a closer attention than he had formerly done to politics. It turned out, however, that some of the most valuable animals were bought in, and the public commentators are, consequently, at fault.

Mr. John Thomas Smith, the ex -Mayor of Melbourne, having arrived in London, had been selected by some of the journals as an object of interest. Mr. Smith had not been honoured with an interview with the Queen, in consequence of the absence from town of her Majesty, but Sir E. Bulwer Lytton, and the ex Lord Mayor of London, with other distinguished public functionaries and personages, had hospitably entertained the ci-divant civic chief. The "Morning Herald" suggests that Mr. Smith should receive "some mark of Royal favour and condescension — a testimonial from Queen Victoria to that remote province which bears her honoured and beloved name."

The new Indian Council had commenced its sittings at the India House. Lord Stanley's judicious nominations had rendered him popular. The Government have taken possession of the East India House in Leadenhall street, the Company tints becoming politically and administratively defunct.

On August 30, a deputation, representing a large number of bankers, merchants,' and other persons interested in the welfare of the coJonies of New South Wales, Moreton Bay, and New Zealand, waited by appointment upon Sir E. Bulwer at the Co-lonial-office, to present a memorial in favour of the establishment of a new postal communication- via Panama. The deputation consisted of the hon. Sir Henry Watson Parker, late colonial secretary of NewSouth Wales : the hon. R. Johnson, and the hon. R. J. Want, members of the Legislative Council of New South Wales ; Mr. G. A Lloyd, agent for the government in New South Wales, ; Messrs. John Algar Donald Larnach ; and William Walker, of New South Wales ; Mr. J. C. Fitzgerald, late member of the executive Council of New Zealand ; Messrs. W. J. Graham and Edmond Blackett, of Auckland ; Mr. Day emigration agent, late of Melbourne ; and Mr. R. Moore, of Paris.

The following satisfactory expressions were made by Sir E. L. Bulwer at the conclusion of the interview : — So far as principle is concerned, I very much agree with the memorialists ; and so far as expression of my opinion goes, I am in favour of the establishment of a double route if necessary, and I shall do all I can to promote it. That is all I can say, but perhaps you may think it desirable to see the Treasury upon the subject. The deputation then withdrew, but it will be seen that since that time, a notice has been issued that contracts will be issued for a mail service via Panama.

The French, news is utterly destitute of interest. The King of Prussia was hopelessly insane, and his beloved Berlinders were exciting themselves about the probable abdication of their monarch, In

Turkey. the public finances had become so low>. through' the personal extravagances b;f tlis' Sultan and his household, that Ab-dul-Lejid had been compelled to show ~si£ss of retrenchment, upon the strength of which he succeeded in obtaining a loan. This curtailment of expenses, however, had almost caused a revolt of the Sultan's harem.

. The most important intelligence from India is that the meditated rising of the 62nd and 59th disarmed Native Infantry Regiments had been effectively suppressed at Mooltan. The mutineers — 1,700 in number — were compelled to fly. A rapid pursuit was at once organised and the result was attended with great success. Large numbers of the mutineers were killed in the flight, and others were brought back prisoners, and summarily disposed of. Of the entire number, only 350 remained to be accounted for.

The order for the disarming of the native regiments had occasioned "wide-spread dissatisfaction, and had been in numerous instances resisted. Oude is still armed against the British power, and it is calculated that a hostile force of upwards of 50,000 men had concentrated there. This province will be the great theatre of the approaching campaign.

Preparations on a lai'ge scale were making for the celebration of the transfer of the powers of the India Company to the Cr.ow,n.

The American news is uninteresting