EXTRACTS FROM LAST MAIL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume III, Issue 97, 25 April 1868, Page 2

EXTRACTS FROM LAST MAIL.

The Princess of Wales, we are glad to say, has completely recovei'ed her health, and walks about without a stick. Her royal highness has returned to London with the Prince, and has visited several theatres.

It is stated by the Morning Post that the plan to be adopted by the New Government uuder Mr Disraeli in regard to Ireland is as follows ! — lst. The'- consideration of the Church question will be put ofx' until the Commission on the Irish Chusch establishment already appointed shall have made their report. 2nd. Another Commission will be appointed to inquire into the relations of landlord and tenant in Ireland. 3rd. A charter will be granted for a new Roman Catholic University. 4th. The Irish Railways are to be subsidized by" the Government.

The prosecution of the works at the Mont Cenis Tunnel has passed into the hands of a compauy, having at its head the two engineers Sommeillerand Grattonh Tbe compauy undertakes to finish the tunuel iu four years from tbe Ist of January last, and to pay a stipulated sum for every mouth beyond that time durinowhich it shall not have been completed, while, on the other.hand, should the work be finished before that time, the company is to receive the same amount for every month gained. It is stated that the chief difficulties lie on the Italian side of the mountain, where, in consequence of the greater hardness of the rocks, the cost of tunnel ling is about £72,000 per kilometre, wherea. on the French side the cost is only from £10,000 to £12,000.

Judgment was declared in the suit of Bishop Colenso against Dean Green on Jan. 13. The Supremo Court of Natal has set aside so much of the judgment of the Privy Council as declared that Natal was not a Crown colony when the plaintiff's patent was issued; and declares that Dr Colenso is therefore trustee of all the buildings, and has ecclesiastical jurisdiction. The judgment further ejects Dean Green from the deanery, and prohibits him from officiating in auy of Dr Colenso' a churches. The friends of the Dean have since held a meeting, at which it was resolved not to appeal against the judgment, but to erect or hire temporary churches, and that Dean Green should at once proceed to England.

The Prince of Wales has paid a short visit to the Duke of Beaufort at Badminton. There was a grand meet of the Beaufort foxhounds on Feb. 26. The field comprised 300 ladies and gentlemen on horseback and 200 more in carriages. In the hunt his royal highness rode his favorite chestnut. There were two runs which lasted nearly three hours. One fox was killed, but the other, after an exciting chase, was lost. The prince rode straight to the hounds — taking five-barred gates, timber, and walls as they came, and was well in at the death. The Prince returned to Marlborough House on February 27th.

A very painful feeling has been caused throughout the University of Cambridge by the sudden death, through the discharge of his own rifle, of the Hon. James Gordon, an undergraduate of Trinity College. The fatal accident occured on the evening of Feb. 12, and nothing has transpired to show how it happened, as Mr Gordon was alone in his room at the time, and when found was not in a condition to give any explanation. The bullet entered the back of his bead, so that it is difficult to explain how the rifle was fired, though it is stated that he was sometimes very careless in handling it. Mr Gordon was a fine, athletic young man, and rowed in the last match between the two universities,, and was expected to row again this year. Not long since he made a daring boating excursion on the coast of France. It appears that he had returned home with another undergraduate but a short time before the occurrence, and was going out to dinner that evening. At the inquest the jury returned a verdict of Accidental death.

The Press of Vienna publishes a long list of the objects belonging to the Emperor Maximilian which have been distributed ritice his death amongst his relatives. _. .e King of the Belgians obtained the Cross of Knight of the Order of Q.uadaloupe, which his deceased brother-in-law wore during the siege of Queretaro. The Count de Flandre received the emperor's gold watch and chain ; and the Queen of England a medallion containing a lock of the Empress Charlotte's hair, "'