ARRIVAL OF ENGLISH NEWS TO JUNE 9TH.

Marlborough Express, Volume III, Issue 126, 18 July 1868, Page 4

ARRIVAL OF ENGLISH NEWS TO JUNE 9TH.

Wji publish elsewhere a telegram of English news sent from the Bluff, but which was of such an unsatisfactory character, that, it is presumed at the instance of the Postmaster-General, a second despatch was forwarded, containing more important news. W e extract the following from the Examiner of Thursday last: — We received bn Thursday last, July 16th, at 1 a. m, the following telegram of English news from the Bluff. The Otago had not then arrived. The Rangatira arrived at Glenelg at 5 p.m. on the 6th, from King George’s Sound, .with Australian mails. The outward passage occupied 150 hours, down passage 93 hours ; a hurricane of three days’ duration was experienced on the up passage. The Northumberland, 1,200 tons, coal laden, foundered on the 20th ultimo, off Bald Head, King George’s Sound ; all the crew saved The steamer Surat met with an accident on her voyage to the Red Sea. She broke the blade of her screw which was driven through the stern. The saloon was in consequence filled with water. The accident occurred four hundred miles from Galle. She put back to that port. All the passengers were kept at the pumps night and day, GENERAL SUMMARY. London, May 22. The Queen is well, and in Scotland. She held a drawing-room at Buckingham Palace on the 13th May. The Prince and Princess of Wales occupy Windsor Castle. Charles Dickens has returned from America; he made £35,000 during his trip. Lord Brougham died at Cannes on the 7th of May ; his brother William succeeds to the title. Mr. Eyre has been again prosecuted. The trial of the prisoners for the Clerkenwell explosion has terminated. Barrett was convicted and the others acquitted. Barreit was sentenced to death. Bishop Selwyn, by the death of Bishop Hampden, becomes a Spiritual Peer. An order for the appointment of a receiver to to take charge of the 'i'ich borne estates has been made. Emigration from Ireland goes on at an immense rate ; 1000 people embarked from Queenstown in one day. The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland has decided to release Sullivan and Pigott. Serious religious riots have occurred at Arklow ; one woman was trodden to death by the crowd. A notice of motion has been given in the House of Commons by Mr Reardon, requesting Government to advise her Majesty to abdicate, in order that tiie Prince of Wales, as Regent, may perform the duties of Sovereign. No reply has yet been received to the memorial for for. nightly mail service with Australia. The subject is to be brought before Parliament Mr. Purdy writes to the Times , that England has daily communication with America, weekly with India, and fortnightly with China, and it is unjust to continue only a monthly service with Australia At Oxford, Mr. Gathorne Hardy, while laying the foundation stone of Kebble College, announced the receipt of a telegram as to the attack on Prince Alfred in Sydney, when something between a shriek and a groan burst from the assemblage. The Bishop of Oxford, who was present, said the revenues of the Irish Church were being confiscated to meet the wishes of assassins. Her Majesty, in reply to the addresses from , Parliament, said : —“I thank you. The attempt on the life of my sou has, I am sure, only further aroused the loyalty of my Australian subjects, so heartily displayed in his reception.” Addresses have been presented to the Queen by all the large towns in the Kingdom. Sir RoundeU’s Palmer’s motion about the Victorian crisis is postponed in consequenoe of recent information, and the probable receipt of further intelligence on the subject. In the House of Lords, on 7th May, Lord Lyveden drew attention to the conduct of Sir C. Darling in accpting a grant of money for his wife and infant, and asked what course the Duke of Buckingham intended to take. The Duke replied that a large mass of the people in Victoria were favorable to the grant, and he thought his predecessor had adopted the wisest course. Letters from Algeria give horrible accounts of the condition of the people there from famine. The Arabs continue to eat their compatriots, and children of Europeans. Three Arab women drowned a boy twelve years of age, and then ate the body. AMERICA. The House of Representatives has passed a bill admitting North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Louisiana, for representation in Congress on certain conditions. The Senate refused to convict President Johnson on the 11th article of impeachment. CANADA. Twenty thousand people joined in procession at Mr. Darcy M ‘Gee’s funeral. Mr. Ryan succeeds Mr. M‘Gee in the House of Commons. One million sterling has been voted for fortifications. ABYSSINIA. The re-embarkment of the British army would be completed on the 15th June. The drepredations of the Gallas have given great trouble. They hurl down rocks on passing columns, and plunder when evening sets in. Theodorus’ Queen died of comsumption in the British camp. His real Queen will probably suceed to the sovereignty. WOOL SALES. Messrs. Schwartz report the the second series of Colonial wool sales, commencing in May, 62,000 bales have passed the hammer. There was a large attendance of home and foreign buyers. The biddings were animated, and prices, especially with faultless wools, rule above the March rates/ superior Australian washed Was a penny higher, superior greasy advanced a halfpenny, inferior and faulty brought the same price as at March, or lower. Total arrivals : 96,857 bales from Port Phillip, 57,566 bales from Sydney. The sales will last till the 4th July.

LATEST TELEGRAMS. London, June 9. The Ministry wera defeated on Air. Gladstone’s Suspensory Bill, the seeoud reading having been carried by 258 against 213. Mr. Gladstone’s resolution, that the Established Church of Ireland should cease to exist, due regard being had to personal interests and individual rights, was passed at 2 a.m. oh the Ist June, by 330 to 265. The result was received with tremendous cheers. Government have abandoned the Roman Catholic University scheme. Advices from Paris state that the French contingent far 1868 is to be 100,000 men. The reserve for the mouth in the Bank of England was JE1 1,500,000. The Grand Jury have thrown out a bill in the case of Ex-Governor Eyre. Mj. Mill has presented to parliament a petition of inquiry into the cause of the Abyssinian war. Latest advices state that the Abyssinian captives Lad arrived at Suez. Chief Justice Cockburn has expressed the dissent of himself and the majority of the Judges from the ruiing of Mr. Justice Blackburn, upon which Governor Eyre was acquitted. Russia has proposed a convention abolishing explosive projectiles in war. France has assented. Mr. Reardon’s motion in the House of Commons respecting the Queen’s health, and the desirability of her abdication, was indignantly rejected. Barrett, the Clerkonwell Fenian, has been executed. The Alfred Memorial Hospital Committee (Sydney) has met in Louden, Sir John Young in the chair. The object was to evoke the sympathy ot colonists in London. Seven thousand pounds were subscribed. The prices of wool advanced through foreign competition. Good wool is a penny butter, other qualities one half-penny. Many sales have been made. The Derby was won by Blue Gown, King Alfred second, and Speculation third. Formosa was the winner of the Oaks. The Loudon Chartered Bunk pay a dividend ot eight per cent. Consols 94. Obituary.—Commander Pollard, Rev. Dr. Slater, Lord Calthorpe, Lord Forbes, J. E. Chilly, M. de Cormau, and Sir B. L. Guinness, M.P. SHIPPING. Arrived. — Steamer Great Britain, Norfolk, Lottie, Maria, Christina Thompson, Dover Castle, Cospatr (?), and William Duthie. Vessels Loading.—For Melbourne, 12; for Sydney, 16; for South Australia, 9 ; for Tasmania. 4; for Queensland, 7 ; for New Zealand, 7.