THE SUEZ MAIL.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5299, 5 February 1879, Page 2

THE SUEZ MAIL.

London, December 29 >; :,j , The -winter is /unusually seyere'ia^iHi^j ' United Kingdom and on the GoniMent^ of Europe. 1 f "fC •.';-:/.-•- -M' ~ iXHSUvV;' t /The approaching Sydney and Melbourne Exhibitions are attracting much, attention .in England..' ,'The Gtlobe has :) . , \ t published a series of, 6xhaustiTO articfter'*' ; : ' J on the subject, arid *qn^tho/^ti^Main. .. c010nie5.., ... „;,.• "Vj V^. '„;.,v^;^S It has been decided to inorjaasiß^iKe*,^,^ Indian native army byjlso,ooQ,meiauv;V..l '■. ;T'iO All the important; SMi,.:Eaia,ci!Pppo, (i; r '\ I and Mahommedan chiefs have „ placed ;.££>stheir swords at the disposal »' of;- the* * 'Queen. .■■••'.' •■ • ■ ■''' :' J "-' ->:<i.l.. v .-, ! i ! XU/ ." There is great commercial dejnresssonw. .: r in Bombay owing to^ i^efa^ure 1! iof- s -M€ir-' /«n'i i I scry, Kessowagee and Co., a larg^nafeye--' firm. '■ 'v.'.'"^ 1 '!:.;,; ."".■■ ~*:\:7^'z^''£si' :im^ The Bombay, 6oyer^entiifeye stuped?.': • allpublic works'. '.'■. '"■_■ ' : ~ : ' r ..:?%.',v-Z , ":" ; / Shere Ali seems to ha^lpstaU^uth<iTv X rity before his flight. It iß{,saidj&at,.iift'. ' Jrs sent his family, and treasurer.Tttft;il2Dana.^ 3^4 Wara, Northern Afghanistan, insfcrj^^f' '^ tions are beKevedtoliave been -given t*>, //•</ the tribes not to oppose, the advab.ce of > ! the British to CandaW, But afterward*^ to attack them in^ttie rear. ; 'ji«. ; -j Butler occupied Jelalabad on Decemberv 22. ; All the notabler met him x^ it The inhabitants were ! friendly./ j^HiejF** previously invited him 'tb Vput "dqwn.^. ■ > -' i ''^ anarchy. . The health of the European 5 ; 4 . ; } troops is good, but the cold isjtryj^g ttfe^ iio 5 : : natives.: Yakoob,; Khan na^es o^ertiureß ul for peace to G-eneral Browne^ sbut {atj';the^r^| latest oable advices he; had renewed 'h.ps'^feg| tilities.:- There has been severe ]&orjfcaHty.^^^ in the army transport camels' owing tpv ;^v^| the frost. •■ '•' ;! - ; >' '■■'>' •< "-<\ : Xl ■',- J^^'i/ 7 )