THE SUEZ NOVEMBER MAIL.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 2209, 20 January 1868, Page 2

THE SUEZ NOVEMBER MAIL.

NEWS TO DEO. 7. THIRTEEN SUEZ MAILS ANNUALLY. EXECUTION OF THREE FENIANS. DR. LIVINGSTONE SAFE. FRIGHTFUL COLLIERY EX. PLOSION, 170 LIVES LOST. RITUALISTIC RIOTS IN LAM. BETH CHURCHES.

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Bltof, Jan. 18,4.45 p.m. The s.B. Rangitoto, W. E Bar, R.N.R., Commander, arrived at the Bluff this afternoon at 4.40 p.m. She left Sandridge at 4 p.m. on the 13th insfc. The Bombay anchored In Hobson's Bay at 6 a.m. on the 13th inst. She brings intelligence of alterations in the mail arrangements. In future the mail will leave England every for weeks, giving thirteen mails yearly. The next mail leaves Sydney on the 2nd February. There will be no mail on the 24th January. GENERAL SUMMARY. I/OirooN, Nov. 26. t The Australasian mails were delivered in London on the 16th and 23rd. The Queen is at Windsor and in good health. The Prince and Princess of Walts are at Sandringham. The Princess is able to walk with the help of a stick. Mrs Disraeli has been seriously il] but is now recovering. ' Parliament has approved of the Abyssinian expedition. The address in reply to the Queen's speech passed unopposed. Of five Fenians condemned to death for the Manchester murder and rescue, three were hanged, one pardoned, and one reprieved. The gaol and scaffold were strongly guarded by military and police. Two thousand working men acted as special constables. There was great anxiety throughout the country, but no disturbance. The Fenians threatened to burn every town in England if the men were executed, and great efforts were made to obtain a reprieve.

A deputation of working men waited on the Home Secretary, who refused to see them. Another deputation endeavoured'to see the Queen, who referred them to her Ministers. There were disgraceful scenes at the Home Office, aud "Windsor.

News from St. Thomas states that 300 bodies have been recovered and buried.

The loss to the Hoyal Mail Company is estimated at £250,000. At Tortola, the storm caused the loss of 100 lives, and great distress was occasioned. Belief funds are being raised at Southampton and London. The Queen has subscribed £2OO. Trustworthy information has been received of the safety of Dr Livingstone. Major Wesley "Blackall, Governor of the West African settlements, has been appointed Governor of Queensland.

The apartments of the British Minister at Eome were searched, during his absence, by tho police. An explanation was demanded, and it is <; considered satisfactory. ' The New P. and 0. contract conveys 52 mails yearly to Bombay, 20 to Ohiua, aud 13 to Australia. The subsiiy is £400,000, and the duration of the contract twelve yearn. Earl Kussell will introduce education resolutions into the House of Lords. Ho proposes to extern! the aid to elementary and middle class schools, the reform of the Universities, aud the appointment of a Minister of Education.

Mr Disraeli and Lord Stauley have promised to attend a large Conservative banquet at Bristol, in January. John Bright objects to the scheme of sending workiug men to Parliament. Thomas Hughes has Beceded from the Eeform League. Lord Derby has refused the request of the Orangemen to repeal the Party Processions Act.

The Bishop of New Zealand has declined the Bishopric of Lichfield. Conservative Working Men's Associations are being successfully formed. Dauish journals contradict the accounts relative to the violent death of the Countess Danner, t Charles Dickens is in America, and has been well received.

Stephens, the Fenian, is in France in great poverty. Burke, the Fenian, has been arrested. Goldwin Smith emigrates to America boou.

The Fenian General Halpin ha« been Bentenced to 15 years' penal servitude.

' The Banquet to Mr Disraeli at JEdinburgh was attended by 1800 gentlemen: He was presented with the freedom of the city, and an honorary degree by the University. _ At a colliery explosion in Glamorganshire, 170 men and boys were ililled. ' Serious riots have occurred in Eitualigt churches at Lambeth. A petition has been.presented to the House of Lords, signed. by 3000 persons, accusing the Bishop of Salisbury of preaching uuscriptural doctrines, - Dr Russell has been appointed Times correspondent at Paris. Mr Disraeli, at the Lord Mayor's dinner, expressed confidence in" the maintenance of peace. . Julia Matthews has been well received in English opera, at Coveut Garden. ', Lord Stanley thinks the Roman conference useless, as the programme is prepared beforehand. 'Obituary.—Lord Wrottesley, the eminent astronomer, Eurl of Moray, Edwin James, M.P., Q.C., Countess de Flahault, and Marshall 6'Dounell. i FRANCE. '• At the openiug of the Chambers the Jhnperor made a pacific speech, and Accepted frankly the changes iu Germany. He would not interfere uuless piVench interests were affected. No pibstility was felt towards Italy, but jtbe September Convention must bej respected.

\ Pending the decision regarding the 'conference on the Eomau question, the army is to be modified, with a view to a reduction of the force during peace, and its increase during war. • Pariß papers assert that Russia, Austria, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, Bavaria, Wurteniburg,and Baden, have unreservedly accepted the conferOnce on the Roman question. Its acceptance by England and Prussia is probable. Munich is proposed a3 the place of meeting. . ; The new English Ambassador, Lord Lyons, has been well received by the Emperor, who expressed his friendship for England. ■ The French Exhibition was closed on the 3rd Nov., without ceremony.

.TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY. ''(From Nov. 26, to Dec. 7.) • The Duke of Montrose has explained the terms of the new postal contract with the Peninsular and Oriental Company. He says the Brindisi route has not been adopted, because present railway communication is inefficient. Steamers are to call at Massan instead of Malta, thus saving twenty-four ;hours. The postage rate, is increased J3d per half ounce. American Congress has met. (The Judicial Committee has presented ■i report in favour of the impeachment joi the President. |' The House of Commons has voted |two millions sterling for the Abyssinian [expedition. The vote was passed after [•protracted discussion. f- Lord Stanley's speech in July last pas held to have induced the belief |that no expedition was immediately intended, while it was found that preliminary steps had already been taken, I Lord Stanley vindicated the course ipursued by the Government, and stated |hat the expedition was not finally leßolved upon till after the close of last I The £2,000,000 required is provided pa follows:—From the surplus of next |budget, £200,000; an additional penny son income tax, £840,000; and the Icemainder from balances of Exchequer feills. " I■• Mr Gladstone cordially approved of pie means proposed. H Sir Stafford Northcote's resolution pi-that the ordinary pay of the troops gforming the Abyssinian expedition fijiould be borne by the Indian revenues ip-was rejected by 193 to 23. I-- The Times and Daily News opposed pe motion. IfflThe House of Commons has approved the contract with the Peniniolarand Oriental Company, for the ppnveyance of mails to India and (China.

II It is considered doubtful whether iiphe proposed conference on the Eoman Question will be held. state that another Maz||!ni conspiracy has been discovered in |p The French debate on the Eoman Question is concluded. Kp : M- Eouher, the French Minister, llpated that Italy would never possess pßome. Jules Favre attacked the government vigorously. |||:lbe Italian Parliament has been |||pened, Menabrea explained the |||fcalian policy on the Eoman question, ||snd declared it not solvable by violence. |||he Pope, he said, would find in Italy ||ifl strongest support. fill The American Congress has passed spill repealing the cotton tax. Advices - report the occurrence of |||iother earthquake at St. Thomas. |||he news is considered doubtful. has been transferred to Kaprera, on account of illness. ||||EarlEußße]l's Education resolutions repro avoided by moving " the previous Suestion." SpTbe French troops are leaving IflpThe Fenian executions are generally approved. The moral effect is good. lip/Jacob Bright (John's brother) haß ||§een returned for Manchester. mfeiThe Archdeacon of Chester is dead. 111 The Panama Mail had not arrived ||| the 3rd December. ffipvVool is selling better. HBphere is no London telegram of raster date than Dec. 7th.

Ij, COMMERCIAL. [ London, Nov. 26. |ln the discount market, supplies of apney are still large at slightly ad|nced rates, the object being assimi|tion to the Bank rate of two per |nt. The latest quotations in the JMn.:;market are:—-For best paper, 14; to If. Half a million of mffioft has been withdrawn from the lib'.-of'■-England for the Abyssinian but the reserve is still ex-

Business on the Stock Exchange is quiet. Confidence has been restored, but transactions were limited to the English funds, with little fluctuation during the month. Consols now stand at 94$ to 94#, with div. For monej, 93J to 93-J, ex div. For account, reduced and new 3 per cents are firm at 93 to 93|. A second dividend of 3s has been paid in the estate of the New Zealand Banking Corporation, and a further dividend of Is, iu Overend and Gurney's estate, making 13s. At a meeting of the shareholders of the Royal Bauk of Liverpool, the call was increased from £5 to £lO per share. Great dissatisfaction was expressed with the management, and a committee of investigation has been appointed. Government has resolved to take the management of telegraphs, which has given great satisfaction. No failures of importance. The Australian Trust Agency Company have declared a dividend of 10 per cent. WOOL REPORT. The fourth series of Colonial Sales was opened on 14th November. Catalogues comprised 4,237 bales [of New Zealand ?] There was a fair attendance of English buyers, but the foreign attendance was under the average. The bulk of the wool catalogued consisted of Cape wool and Australian, wholly of j the scoured description. Prices have fallen below September rates, and the fresh decline is attributed to very bad business, and over-production of wool. SHIPPING.

Departures.—For Port Chalmers, Lochiel; for Nelson, R. T. Turnbull; for Wellington, Commodore; for Canterbury; Matoaka.