ARRIVAL OF THE PANAMA JUNE MAIL AT WELLINGTON.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2058, 26 July 1867, Page 3

ARRIVAL OF THE PANAMA JUNE MAIL AT WELLINGTON.

.. Wellington, July 25; 9120 a.m. r The Mataura reached Panama at 6 p.m., on June 4, after a splendid run from Wellington, arriving to contract date. She - experienced ;heayy gales two days out, during which she lost a great part of her live stock. One casualty occurred.' : - William Bedford, ship's cook, was struck by a heavy sea, which broke his leg. The leg was set, but amputation was afterwards found necessary.' The operation was successfully, perf<jrmed r but the man ; died from exhaustion. The weather gradually moderated until the Mataura arrived at Panama.. : :■

. The Royal mail steamer Tyne arrived at Aspinwallon June 22, bringing the mails and passengers that left Southampton oh June 3 per Tasmania.

The Mataura left Panama, at 8 a.m. on June 25. She experienced fine weather, with bead winds, and arrived at Wellington at 7.30 ; this morning. Passengers—ForAuckland : ■■ Mr and Mrs Claude, Mr Coombs. For Wellington: Miss Hayes, Mr Woodville. For Canterbury: Mr and Mrs Barton,.Mr G. C. Rivers. For Bluff: Mr G. Morrison. For Sydney : Mr J. Dunlop. For Melbourne: Mr Richardson (2), Mrs Richardson;Mr Graybill.

f GENERAL SUMMARY. Lokdoit, June 3. , The Queen has given £500,000, the accumulations from her privy purse during her five years' retirement, to erect and endow a convalescent hospital in connection with the Royal Hospital of St Bartholomew. 7- ; The Princess of Wales is still on her couch. No attempt has yet been made to bend her knee. The Princeßß Teck(Mary of Cambridge) has given birth to a daughter. The Funds, Railway Stocks, Colonial Government Securities, and all substantial investments have taken an upward spring, and;.the. maximum is not yet reached. ■ Money is cheaper than it has been since October 1862. The cattle plague is virulent, and the old . organization of the Privy Council office for stamping it out has started afresh.; Meat is no dearer yet. The suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act in Ireland has been renewed. Great preparations are being made to entertain the Belgian volunteers at Wimbledon. ; y The Bishop of Salisbury (Dr-Hamil-ton) in a visitation charge delivered at Bridport,has preached transubstantion. Lord Shaftesbury will call the . attention of the House of Lords to this. 5 The Paris Exhibition is a great success. Report says the Emperor of China will visit it. ... ; .The'. Empress Oarlotta, of Mexico, has become insane. The Italian.Government is raising a loan of £17,000,000 on church property. ■ , ■ ■ Jefferson Davis was to visit London in July, and to proceed thence to Paris. i Charles Kean is '; seriously ill. On May 28 lie acted as .usual at the new Prince of Wales - Theatre, . Liverpool. Next day he was Beized with illness, and is not expected to recover. ; The Special, Commission for the trial of Fenians at Cork terminated its sittings on May 31. The following has been the result of this commission Five prisoners have been sentenced to execution, one to 15 years' penal servitude; one to 10 years ■ five to 7 years, and three to 5 years, twenty-HOvcn pleaded guilty and were discharged on bail, and nineteen have

been remanded for trial at the assizes. One of the latter is also charged with the murder of Sheedy, a policeman, on the night of the rising. Four have been acquitted, including Colonel Condon, and the alleged Hend Centre, O'Muhony. Both ..these: , prisoner* wero;,, arrested immediately after .their discharge undor the Huboiia Corpus Suspension Act. ?. Sir John Mington lias declared, after communicating .-.with tho Homo Oflico, that: the three battalions of infantry.which were last yoar added to tho Irish .-establishment-.--in consequence', of tho Fenian disturbances* shall bo at once, withdrawn;

The baptism of the son Of the Prince and Princess Christian took place in the privato chapel at AVindsor Castle. Tlio .infant Pritice wnanftinod Victor Albert Ludwig Ernest Tanton.

RUSSIA. -.- An Imperial decree has been issued, dated May 29, whereby all political prosecutions still.ponding in reference to latest rmuga are oxhauated, and all persous im [jlicntbd, excepting always; criiniual offenders, are amnestied. No : fresh prosecutions will be iustituted in reference/ to .the last foolish insurrection. All Poles detained in Russia will be allowed to return to their homes, if the officials bf the locality in which they have been detained give a good report -of their behaviour. Polish priests will receive permission to return to their homes from the Governor of Poland; and the natives of the western provinces, who may have been banished'from -their homes by order of the Administration, will receive permission to move to .Poland upon obtaining, testimonials of their good conduct. All Polish priests are to be subject to the Governor of Poland, as well as to their bishops.

.FRANCE. The Etendard of this evening : says, that the guaranteeing powers have agreed.upon the terms of a note to be addressed to Constantinople . with' reference to Crete.- This note, it is said, will insist upon the absolute necessity of the adoption iby the Porte of radical and efficacious measures, calculated to put an end to the present crisis in Crete. It will also point out the danger of the disturbances in that island ..extending to the other provinces of the Turkish Empire, should the present state of things be prolonged; and it will advise a solution which shall satisfy the desires of the Cretan Christians. The Grand Prize of Paris was run to-day; with the following results :—A dead, 'heat Between Fervacques and Patricien; D'Estournel third, and Debut fourth. The deciding heat was won by Fervacques.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE. ; [BY ATI/ANTIC: CABLE.] New Yoek, June 11, ■ . The Italian .Parliament lias rejected .the plan of the Minister of Fiuance for raising a loan based on the proceeds of a Church property tax. Two Fenians from the United States have been arrested in Ireland. An English expedition has sailed for Africa, in search of Dr Livingstone. Lord Monck has been appointed Viceroy of the newly created dominion of Canada. Prussia refuses to comply with Napoleon's desire that it would not agree to arm the' fortress of Radstadt. The trial of John H. Surratt has commenced. Twenty-nine buildings were ,<U-. stroyedby fire in Petroleum Centre, Pennsylvania, on July 4. : ' took place at the Champ de Mars on July 6; 80,000 men were under arms. The Czar and hia two sons, the King of Prussia, Crown, Prince of Riiseiia, Grand Duchess Maria, Princess Royal of Prussia, Princess Victoria, granddaughter of the: Queen, the Prince Imperial of France, and the brother of the Tycoon of Japan were present, besides five hundred thousand spectators. , At Ascot races,., on June, 4, the Prince of Wales stakes were won by Vauban, eight horses Btarted. On June 5 -■ thirty horses started for the Royal Cup, which was won by Jasper. On June 6 ten ran for the Ascot Gold Cup, which was won by Lecturer. St. Petersburg advices of June 10 state that the Imperial Government has issued a proclamation extending a general pardon to all Poles engaged in the last insurrection in Russian Poland. Vienna advices of June 10 state that the Austrian . Government has ordered, the fortification of the capital, and that the work has been commenced. . The Emperor. Francis Joseph was crowned King of Hungary at Pesth on June 8. All powers having diplomatic relations with Austria were represented, with the exception of the. United States and Prussia, Advices from Berlin,, of June 10, state that Count. Bismarck. has . re-, quested that he may be relieved from the cares of office, immediately after the adoption of the Federal Constitu-, tion by the North German States. The King has complied with the request. A plan of a Zollverein for all Germany, including the Btates of South Germany, as well as those comprised in the North German confederation has been formed. The Chamber of Deputies of the Grand Duchy of Hesse have voted in favour of entering .the North : German confederation. Advices from Athens, of Juno 10, state that the information received from the scene of {he. recent military operations in the Island of Crete, confirms previous reports to the effect that the Turks had been everywhere badly defeated, and that the Cretan insurgents .have been uniformly successful in every encounter with the : forces, which, under the command of Omar Pasha, were intended and expected.to speedily cruoh out and destroy the revolutionists. p:'. By way ■ of;/. Constantinople,sunder: date of June-10,. it is stated that the Bulgarians and Servians are in a state of revolt. Military forces have been.

despatched to reduce ;; them, to a state of subjection. The Sultan has at last consented to submit tho affairs of Crete to a commission of the European powers. The latpst 'dato froin Now York, is June 11, noon. A great fire occurred at TarifToillc, Connecticut, on Juno 10. ITflrford carpet mills .were entiroly destroyed, and 700 persons thrown out of employment. Tlio loss is over 1,000,000 dols. President Johnson has returned to .Washington, and is reported quite indisposed. Gold is at 137j.