English and Foreign.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XIII, Issue 753, 25 January 1860, Page 3

English and Foreign.

nrVALOF THE NOVEMBER MAIL *881 FROM EUROPE.

jSfOLKH NE\VSTO NOV. 20m

, l Worsley, with exemplary punctuality, T«* Tfil ori« our harbour ™ the morning ot KitkaM, being her duo day. feho ft^i! F Uish November Mad being ho.third l'ri'^V M iW favourite steamer has gratified us lime til!"- her , novome , l ts. # I>Vtk !!' f„.f a telegraphic summary, as an index -J newa^and follow it with a more of the chief items of intelli»w jjcn^Ti „fin -lrrived ntNepeanßay, Adelaide, at Tlie ? d " A. Jan 8. She was dctaincdO 30 tui'-01i1<1 ( -i the 291h November, waiting for the «fc Slf nt outward mail. The Emeu arrived at arrival" lJ bei . The Benares arrived atMau- ■ SIKV' •'i V)oooinlH>r. The Malta arrived at King ritiu* b1" l i 25th December. C'eor= c i° or March, 1860, the P. and O. mail 0u aMiVh. their old route, via Ceylon. ship* «'.H Lnndollf November 18th, 1859. i ♦r-ili-in September mails were delivered W^ A?t m, 7«. and 13th instant. K*rt c • „ Charter, after reaching. Queenstown The I°;'CI%b,nftv-nine days from Melon October .via, m^w the morning of tho bl,ll'"Vn'fnher iv Red Wharf Bay, near. Bangor. Srithot Of^ ils ,U 0!1 b0.,, only 41 were rescued oftl,e. IS Sixteen passengers previouly fn)l" , Ir.stown. Intelligence of the disaster duliiotiM'-" ternat i„„ was produced in the vheu Pr,fT l.d waT aralysed oy the terrible ""^ttl "lo wallowing all the pretiJinga- a.', •j* „ enormous amount of dam- *»* trfbi The vessel was W «*? t he hurricane on , the rocky coast of dnven i« bjt onß after anothel ., Anglesea. i« « • - )S were cu t aWftV which an d the mass . . , fouled the «.e* un on ° helplessly/she tir.st TlTof-Ss -^ 3 lm" andWi" pn,rocks at f Ut "t!" short distance ftom the beach. A t t ivi* borne ashore and fastened to the rocks, Kit tS Uves were saved; but at 7 o'clock, l ldavlHt breaking.on the scene, and when Wllliers were cheered by a hope of soon being o mountainous billows broke on the f" % parted iv the.waist, then longitudinally, SLeSd^n^ith her.living frrighL. AH the i• rS ers perished. Only about 75 corpses have Divers wil|>arch the wreck when wSher permits. The bulhen room was shattered, «d the gold dispersed. Considerable quantities, t .n,. t.vp been recovered, as also copper. Ihe Subscription lists have been opened for the sufferers. Or tlie 41 rescued from the wreck-19 were pasgenders, 17 crew and 6 riggers, who with 6 others had°been taken on board at Holyhead. Home politics are stagnant. > Attention is engrossed by the continental comP TfteTthe telegram of October 25th affairs brightened somewhat, but apprehensions of war with France have revived within the past week, The Volunteer movement advances rapidly. liifle practice increases daily. The Victoria, 121 guns, has been launched, and and the enrolment of" 30,000 reserve naval volunteers commences January Ist. _„ IVging in the army is abolished. The Prince of Wales is now studying at Oxford; he attained his legal majority on 9th November. At the civic feast on the same day, in Quddhall, Sir C. Lewis announced that the. Government Reform Bill was in preparation. He declared that -up to that date no formal application had been _addressed to England to join the Congress. Since, then, however, letters of invitation have been issued by France to the.Great Powers. The two supplementary treaties providing-for the payment of indemnity to Austria, were signed at Zurich on 10th, to be ratified on 21st. ■ # . # . Great sensation is occasioned by the publication of a letter from Napoleon to Victor Emmanuel, expounding aud urging his views respecting ItalyItalian Confederation.—The Assemblies of ; Central States unanimously elected Prince Carignan regent. Owing to pressure from Paris the honour was declined, but Signor Buoncompagni was desig-, natel in his stead by the Prince Napoleon, and Ministers are angry; and Victor Emmanuel is in-. strutted to annul the project, and leave the matter to le settled by the Congress. There are rumours that Garibaldi has resigned his post of General in the Army of Central Italy, according to one version to be Lieutenant-General in tlie Sardinian Army, according to another to retire to the Island of Sardinia. .

An elaborate protest by Morocco against what is termed the unjust conduct.of Spain has appeared. Xumerous French pamphlets have appeared— «omn favourable, some inimical, to England. .

The crisis at Rome haspassed. Count Walewslri atates the Pope has promised extensive reforms. Catholics are everywhere in a state of great commotion.

Titey are rallying to defend the secular power of the Pope, menaced by Napoleon. 7. „. Montalembert has again fallen under censure, this time, for his championship of the Pope and abuse of England. . r '.... _ A. meeting at Breslau between the Czar and Prince llegent of Prussia is fraught with hope for European peace. Hostilities in Morocco have been commenced by the French, and Spain is daily expected to strike a blow. O'Donncll commands the Spanish army. The Board of Trade has reported on the loss of tne Alma, and suspended Mr. Davis, the chief officer, for twelve months. The Irish Government has announced, their determination to support the existing National system of education. ■the Roman Catholic Bishops are organising a, movement against it. . Sir John Dean Paul and Strahan have been leased from prison. .*''• Stephenson, the engineer, has been buried Wlth much solemnity in Westminster Abbey. i\. J> cor oe rev has announced' his return to the Government of'the Cape of Good hope. APrennh expedition of 6,000 men is to sail for Wiina in the middle of December. A «e Great Eastern is now at Southampton, after a ajfessful trip from Holyhead. Slt v Ganal ll!U'ing"Deen interrupted by the uitan, Napoleon has encouraged M. de Lesseps to Torki the WOl' ks ' uriintirnidated by England or Wine joint Chinese expedition will sail in Decem- « January. An alarming insurrection in the negro interests "as taken place in Virginia. It was supressed. -terror reigns.