THE SUEZ MARCH MAIL.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 3512, 18 April 1872, Page 2

THE SUEZ MARCH MAIL.

The following telegraphic summary is from a second edition of the Sydney Morning''Herald dated April 6. We are indebted to Captain Jenkins of theJohn Knox, which has made one of her rapid passages from Sydney, for a copy of the paper. • ’ Adelaide, April 6,4.30 p.m. The Alexandra, s., arrived at Glenelg at 2 p.m. The passage to King George’s Sound occupied 100 hours, and 98 hours back. The Bangalore, s., Captain Burn, sailed from Galle on the evening of the 16tb March, and arrived at King George’s Sonnd on the morning of the Ist April. She was to. sail for Melbourne on tbe evening of tbe Ist. Passengers. For Sydney The Bishop of Sydney and Mrs Barker, Hon. ,J. Devex, E. S, Tinsdon, W. Wilson, Lieutenant-Colonel Stephen, T. Warren, Lieutenant A. Wilkinson, and Mr J., Steisnett. For Melbourne —Mrs Cldgstouu and three children, Mr Wilkinson, Mrs Hart, Mrs M'Farlane, Mr and Mrs Cadell, Mr and ; MrsMundie and infant, Mrs Learmontb, J. W. Cross, Mr Eutherford, Mr Perrins, T. A. Talletman, A. Priche, and fourteen in the second cabin.

: GENERAL SUMMARY. Londok, Feb. 23. . V Knatchbull Hugessen’s bill to constitute kidnapping of the Pacific Islanders a felony has passed. Australian courts are empowered to try .the cases, and the Australian squadron is to be strengthened. A memorial fund, devoted to mission purposes, is proposed by the Propag-. - tion Society. The British Government has not yet; formally; recognised the Fiji Government. On the 29 bh February Mr Macfie called'attention to the last repbrt of the Emigration Commissioners. . The Court of Error confirmed th& judgment of the Courts of Exchequer in the case of M‘Coll versus the Australian Meat Company. ‘ The Duke of Edinburgh’s Art Collection is visited by increasing crowds ait South Kensington. The Brazilian Government is making great efforts to attract European emigrants to that country. Upwards of a month was occupied by the Attorney-General in presenting an historical resume of the fraud, of the Ticbborne claimant. All his Australian career has been clearly traced except six months of 1859, when he disappeared as Arthur Orton and reappeared as Castro. General surprise is expressed that Sergeant Ballantyne did not follow Rose and Son and throw up the case. The monstrous claim for inferential damages in the Alabama case has aroused the strong indignation of all • classes in England. Everybody, including the Ministers and Commissioners, believing that the American negotiators had distinctly waived the indirect claims, their revival was at first regarded as sharp attorney practice. ,A further scrutiny of the treaty and protocol shows that they are nowhere expressly excluded; the Americana profited” by the ambiguity, and refuse to; withdraw these claims from, their case for arbitration. England is taunted with cowardice before an impartial tribunal, lest she should find herself mulcted in a few hundred million pounds damages. England maintain that no treaty can be ratified under a wrong understanding, and the natural resolve is absolutely to refuse to recognise the indirect claims. The indignation at Yankee cunning is qualified by mortification at the obtnseness of English lawyers and officials. The Government is reproached with dilatoriness. A large balance of European, opinion is on the British side; the German Press particularly pronounces the claims outrageous, and declares their right to claim similar reparation from America for assistance to France. A legislator, indeed, has moved for inquiry into this breach of neutrality. Four of the sharpest American lawyers have arrived in Paris, ready for general pleadings, owing to a false report circulated that the separation of Canada from Great Britain had been' decided upon, to be declared immediately should any disturbance take place with the United States.

The Collier scandal ia the exciting incident of the month. A vote of censure in the Lords was moved by Lord Stanhope, and negatived by only a majority of one. The vote of cen~ sure in the Commons was proposed by Mr Cross; the defence was led off by Sir Eoundell Palmer. The Government was saved by only 27 votes. The Licensing Bill is deferred for the present. Mr Pope Henneasy is appointed Governor of the West African settlements, and is now assisting negotiations at the Hague for the cession of the Hutch colonies on the Gold Coast to England. Lord Hobart is to be Governor of Madras. Sir Hercules Eobiusop has arrived home. Sir John Gilbert is elected as an Associate of the Eoyal Academy. Sir Edward Whymper has been decorated as a Chevalier of the Order of St. Maurice of Lazare by the King of Italy. Sheriff Bennett succeeds the Eev Mr Eogers on the London School Board. Professor Huxley has withdrawn. Lord Lawrence has withdrawn his resignation. Trouble is brewing in all the large towns on the Education question. The Duke of Newcastle and Mr Abrojd have ostentatiously withdrawn from the Liberal party. Mr Euskin’a election as rector of St. Andrew’s University has been de-

glared void, and the office falls on lord Lytton. Saturday, March 23, is fixed for the University boat race. An International Foot-ball match, played on the sth March, was won fiy. the English. A fatal explosion occurred at the Favershatn powder mills. Robert Kelly, acquitted on the charge of the murder of Talbot, has been sentenced to 15 years’ penal servitude for shooting another policeman. Hepworth Dixon has commenced an action against the Pall Mall Gazette . Mrs John Wood, the actress, was entertained at a public breakfast previous to leaving for America. Torpedo experiments are carried on nightly. An extraordinary case of disappearance of a Russian traveller has occurred in London. Colonel Tomline’s pertinacity has been rewarded by Mr Lowe ordering the Bank to exchange old silver for new, and the Mint to coin night and day, to relieve the scarcity. A letter has been published from Sir S. Baker, who is forcing his way through almost insuperable difficulties into the African interior. Diamonds continue to arrive from the Cape. Lynch law prevails at the •diggings, and canteen keepers have been burnt out for buying stolen diamonds from Natives. There is great disorder. A dreadful murder took place at Lambeth by an American surgeon at 2 o’clock in the morning. The cause of the crime is incomprehensible.

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS. London, Feb. 29. The London Corporation’s address was presented at Marlborough House yesterday. The Prince of Wales, with emotion, returned his sincere thanks for sympathy expressed, and his gratitude to God for his recovery. He suitably acknowledged the public reception accorded to the -Queen and Royal family. A deputation proposed that New Caledonia should be, sold instead of becoming a convict settlement. In the Tichborne trial, the claimant was nonsuited, and next day arrested for peijury. He was taken to Newgate. The Standard interprets Earl Kimberley’s invitation to New South Wales to anne* Fiji, and encourage its becoming independent, as an evasion of his national duty. Two thousand cans of condemned Australian meats were seized. Arrived.—Darra Chaa See, Glen Osmond, City of Paris, Norfolk, Indus, Clodion, Corinth. Sailed. Goolway, Lincolnshire, Whittington, Ascalon, Woodbine. March 8. The Queen has written a touching letter expressing her deep sense of the reception accorded on Thanksgiving Day to herself and family. The Queen returned from a diplomatic. Court on the 29th Feb., and is living at Buckingham Palace. She was attacked by George Arthur O’Connor, who presented an unloaded pistol and a petition for the release of the Fenian . prisoners. He was overpowered by the attendants. The Queen was unmoved. The prisoner is without an accomplice, and was committed for trial. Public excitement was promptly allayed. The Queen’s health is good. She visits Germany shortly; The Prince of Wales will spend the spring in the south of Europe. A baronetcy is conferred on the Mayor; and Sheriffs Truscott and Bennett are knighted. Sir Charles Cowper, Agent-General of New South Wales, was presented at Court by Earl Kimberley. The American Government asserts its determination to have the indirect claims submitted to the Geneva Commission. Mr Dixon’s attack on the Education Act has failed. Mr Cardwell’s army reorganisation scheme is adopted, and the estimate voted. All the Washington correspondence, and the American Press, concur in the opinion that the tone of the American reply is eminently pacific. The New lark World says the American interpretation of the treaty has completely broken down. The Megsera report fixes the chief responsibility upon Sir Spencer Robinson. and blames Mr Reed, Lord Carbery, Lord Morgan, and others. The French indemnity, fourth halfmilliard, was paid under discount. Wool closed flatter, and most descriptions are a penny lower from highest point. 5000 bales were taken for export. The next sale will take place on April 18. Probable stock, 200,000 bales. Arrived.—Ann Maria, Miltiades, Dilawur, La Hogue. Sailed—Furness Abbey, Incholm, Coldingham, Aon Dpthie. LATE TELEGRAMS. London, February 23 to March 1, The flew York Herald says the American members of the Joint Commission are placed m an awkward position by the indirect claims, which cannot be well withdrawn. Vice-Pre-sident Colfax says that neither America nor England dare destroy the treaty of Washington. Earl Granville s note reached Washington on the 23rd inst. The American reply was despatched on Ist March; the reply is firm and courteous, but declines to change the case. The London Observer states that should England repudiate the treaty, America will contend for her rights to fish in Canadian waters, as they are valid, and will act accordingly. ' # Mr Monckton, Conservative, is elected for North Notts, and Mr Pender, Liberal, for the Wick boroughs. The Navy Estimates amount. to £9,508,000, being a decrease of £281,807. - The City of London presented an address to the Queen, at Windsor, on the 24th February. The Prince of Wales is going to the Italian lakes. Further rioting has occurred in Ksl- -

The yacht Enchantress leaves for -Suez.on the 23tb, to meet the Glasgow her state cabin is fitted up as a mortuary chamber for the reception of the .body of Earl Mayo. ; The ■ Manchester Chamber of Commerce passed a resolution to present an address of condolence and sympathy to Lady Mayo. A youthful Irishman, named O’Connor, apparently deranged,—a clerk in the borough, claiming relationship with Fergus O’Connor, —climbed the rails outside Buckingham Palace, passed the gatekeeper, and presented a pistol unloaded, with a broken lock, in one hand, and a petition for the release of the Fenians in the other, as the Queen was preparing to alight from her carriage} the equerries instantly seized and gave him into custody ; the Queen showed no fear, and merely leant back in her carriage. O’Connor was examined at Bow-street on the 2nd; Prince Leopold and John Brown were witnesses. He was committed for trial; great indignation was felt at the act, and official bulletins and telegrams were issued to prevent exaggerated reports. Prussia accepts payment of the balance of a fourth half-milliard of the indemnity still due'at five percent, discount advance. L'Etoile , a Buonaparte journal, is suppressed. March 2nd to 10th. Mr Russell Gurney is expected in England on the 20tb, and returns to America in order to complete the labours of the commission. The Queen returned to Windsor on the 2nd. M. Tournier is appointed French Ambassador to Italy; the appointment is disapproved of by the Catholic party. The Queen has written a letter to Mr Gladstone, expressing her Majesty’s deep appreciation of the reception accorded to herself and her dear children by millions of her loyal subjects. Her words are too weak to express how touched and gratified her Majesty and family were.

[Per Grevilee’s Telegram Company, Reuter’s Agents.] Hokitika, April 17. COMMERCIAL. The wool sales opened on February 8, and continued at an advance of 2£d to 3|d for all]deseriptions, above last series. In special instances that rise was exceeded; 80,000 bales passed the hammer. Manufacturers’ stocks are light. Latterly, the competition was less spirited. There is a large increase in Australian wool imports. Tallow is in limited demand, in consequence of large home melting. Mutton is lower by three shillings, and beef by half-a-crown. The sales amounted to 8600 casks; stocks, 9300. Oils, Sydney, thirty-three to thirtyseven ; sperm, fifty six. Hides are in good demand at a slight advance. Leather is firm. Horns and bones are in good request at extreme rates. Hew Zealand hemp is eagerly bought. Supplies are inadequate. A panic on the Stock--Exchange, caused by the Alabama complication, passed away; still the markets are very sensitive. Little business is doing in consols, which are steady at 92£, The Bank rate is three. Discount is easier. Dividends : English and Scottish Australian Chartered bank, per cent. Two new Atlantic cables are projected. Australian securities are firm. New Zealand consolidated fives, 102 ; ditto sixes, 113. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, threequarters to one and a quarter premium. New Zealand Trust and Loan, one and a-half to one and three-quarters premium. Otago and Southland Investment, par to quarter premium. The total exports for the month show a decrease of £372,500. To New Zealand the decrease amounts to £89,600. SHIPPING. Stables and Straker’s supplement reports two clearances for Otago. Arrived: Coronilla, from Canterbury. Sailed: Sir W. "Wallace and Wild Deer, for Otago; Thames, for Wellington. Ten vessels are loading for New Zealand. Freights to New Zealand, thirty-five to forty (general).