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MELBOURNE.

.— -•-.- <■-■■■. -■ - .November 23. The steamer Alexandra reached Glenelg on Tuesday morning, 23rd, bringing news to Bth October, and telegrams, via Galle, to 22nd October. Colonel Warre,~late commander of the Diehards, visited the Continental camps. Bishop Selwyn's illness was serious but he is slowly recovering. The Bishop of Wellington held Michaelmas ordination at Lichfield Cathedral. , Rev. W. G. Cowie,Bishop of Auckland, was presented with a testimonial of the value of £603 The ship Motaoka, from New Zealand, has not arrived. She has £50,000 specie on board. The under-writers ask 80 guineas premium. Despatch from Lord Granville to the New -Zealand Government, "published on the 7th October, declares that the Imperial Government adheres to the policy that the Queen's troops are not to be employed in hostilities between the colonists and the natives. The removal of the 1 8th Regiment from New Zealand is insisted upon, and it is ordered to embark without delay. A pamphlet published on New Zealand, written by Mr. Sewell, late Prime Minister,, dedicated to Edward Wilson, contends that the present ..crisis., was precipitated by the Colonial Office, and that Imperial aid is indispensable. The Nelson, Cobden, and Westport Railway, is in a fair way- of becoming an established fact within a short time. The third series wool sales closed on the 21st September. Total sold, 193,982 bales ; 8000 bales withdrawn for advance. New Zealand and Port Phillip fleeces advanced from lid. to 1 1 Jd. ; greasy, £d. to Id. A quantity of wreck washed ashore at Exmouth is believed to indicate the destruction of the Red Jacket, which left Cardiff for Bombay with coals in September. N.Z. sixes, .1891, £1,03 to ,£105;. N.Z. fives, 1891, £90 to £92;' N.Z. fives, consolidated, £92 to £93 ; March-September sixes, £103 to £105; June-December sixes, £104 to £106. London, October 22. Public opinion approves of the Government's refusal to release Fenian prisoners. Amnesty demonstration is to take place at at Hyde Park next Sunday. Petitions for winding up European Assurance Company dismissed. Directors affirm the Company sound. > : Prospectus issued, of British India Company, to connect Ceylon with Singapore by telegraph, and ultimately with Australia. Dr. Goodwin created Bishop of Carlisle. ■ Wool sales commenced on the 26th. Stock, 120,000 bales. • Dr. Livingstone safe at TJgirui He has discovered the true sources of the Nile ! Case against Albert Insurance Company dismissed.' It is proposed to amalgamate with the Alliance. '" . . Serious disturbances have occurred. Persian Gulf Arabs fired "upon British gunboat Clyde, . near Muscat. Daphne, proceeded thither -to punish the offenders. ',-. ; The Chambers of Commerce of England, 1 'France; Austria'; Italy, and Prussia anil be represented at the opening of the Suez Canal. [ The Prince and Princess of Wale's have returned from Wildbad. Accouchement of Princess expected at end ofJNovember. ; Agitation for'the release of Fenian prisoners ■ spreading in ! Ireland. „ . ~. ! - '■? : Spain indignantly repudiates American raedi- ■ ation regarding Cuba; Sent~out fresh troops tft'ndTO'wart ships,. . [■■ 'i \ , ) ,''' /'Sir l j Bishop of Exeter dead. Successor, Bishop of r Oxford, „ ....._. ...,.,„-,-,- ! . „,. , -Bishop of Carlisle is dead, [-' i - ' The, Bishop, of Bath and, Wells has resigned. " Rev. : Lord A. Hervey successor to Bishop/ of Bath and Wells. iX " ■'•'? ' , . I ,' yi r. :l . Rev.s Mackerness succeeds Bishop of Oxford. .Lord;, Justice Clerk Patton*. Scotland., ! comJmitted. suicide by. drowning at his . estate, Perthshire.-.; Lord Moncrieff, successor. | / / Lord Napier obtains the chief command of the Indian army next "year., „,,/..._. , r ,. . j , 's- ... -,-. ' i Royal ' Canadian Rifles- and : Cape 'Mounted Riflestd be disbanded.-; ,'!-'/' '> .'-- ■"- i r' - !.' A whole: family of 8 persbns ■' murderisd. in. /P r aris r i:-.^;j..i;i!U^i-'':-"Y:.,'C^ .5 .'j'- (1 ,-'/ i '! |' Pere Hyacinthe, celebrated French preacher, denounced Pope's "attempt ; to. divorce . modern . ' / fhpug_Kt^from p^e,GhWci4; t -Hfe has resigned his" pulpit at : Notre >Dame.'- *', .■"'"-.■-> ; :i" i -Obituafy.r^Earl-:'^ngBii6n//Sir'?,Wi^C.rAnT: ■ struther,- .Dr.«'Peter; Mark ! R6ge#M.D'.',' Master. ■;.;]^nt/15r.-'Emer"s6iii'liord i j ']llac,'kefizie; (SpptlariS), ■'Lord Cranston. ',:' ' ■■^''^''■^^^■■■- -••■■' v>'-:c-_ \ ■','„,'. , r " — :Messrs: •MeaTPfeservm^-; } . -Merchapts, ;are. insolTent ; liabilities, £50,000.' " J "' •.;.■■-,•' .^•/^.'■.•■■■ : V" ; - > J.^" .;-, J . -0/. -'.X - ;"';-' ; Ii03ai>bisri • October' ■ 8.. j ■■» \ ¥ Early Granville rebukes Queensland re^ • :;^3ffi^he^sla^e.^ade;;!'.';/;. -.-, cf>s!;?;i '; '■ .- '.■-. ... I! 1 .;''; ■ ;'' ; '; i At '^rafalgarrßfiuare ,•'■;' a . demonstration ox Re- ■ ■; -;r>uhli^n^fe|kjptace'l;:;; ;Mro;Mbore^M.P.V'utteredV : ,?a^i.nM^m^tory i tspeecli- against 'the-' throne;: j;'.,u:v ( ; '.'

The Irish land (question will be' dealt with nextParliainent.;, ' ,/'./'■- ,-. „•>■.-■.. Preliminary steps towards the reconstruction of the Irish Church have been taken. The Earl Clarendon had a confidential conference with- the French Emperor, amd since returning to England said that at no time since the war between' •. Prussia and Austria have we had fairer prospects of maintaining peace. ..Nothing came of Gaptahr Saxby's high tide predictions for the 6th .Oct. A succession of equinoctial gales, lasting from . 7th to the , 14th Sept. , destroyed . 120 vessels ; a •heavy loss' of life., .'--<-->■-' "•"; „ The Byron controversy has exhausted itself. . Mrs. Sto we promises a reply in " Macmillan.' ' ' ' c A telegram frbiri the Sun, at Sari Francisco, reports the discovery of a mutilated document on the beach at San Buenoventura,, relating to 1 Sir John Franklyn and party. Captain, Hall, the arctic explorer, has returned after five years' ■ absence, having dis- , covered several skeletons of Franklyn's party at King William's Land. He brings numerous relics. A carpenter; named Winson, residing at Wood Green, nearcHornsey, murdered his paramour, Maria Death, and afterwards a neighbor named Boyd. He then attempted suicide. The; motive ■was jealousy. The Thermopylae arrived from China in 88 days, the shortest passage on- record. The wreck of the Carnatic steamer caused a fall of £2 in the P. & 0 Company's shares.. . Lady Palmerston buried at Westminster Abbey, beside her husband. The Pope has granted Dr. Cumming's application for permission to attend the Roman Council, but says the church cannot re-open discussion on points already determined. The revenue returns for the year ending 30th September, are £73,262,737, showing an increase of £3,000,000 on the previous year. The Bank of England have declared a halfyearly dividend of 4J per cent. Money on the Continent is in demand. I'he rate of discount is rising. The Bank of Australasia have declared a dividend of 10 per cent. The Chartered Bank of Australia, India, and China have declared a dividend of 6 per cent. The war in Paraguay has terminated. Lopez has been completely vanquished. 1 The American Republicans have carried the elections in Maine. Chamberlain has been elected Governor. . _ New York State Convention has adopted platform— the payment ofthe national debt in coin, suffrage for all, and the recognition of the Cuban belligerents. Sumner has moderated his tone regarding the Alabama claims on England. . The Emperor Napoleon's health is established.' His abdication is seriously discussed. The Prince is 15 years old. The name of Prince Napoleon mentioned as regent, or if the Emperor . • were succeeded by his son at once, the former would be President of the Council. A tremendous exphmoh of petroleum in a lighter has occurred at Bordeaux, destroying 20 vessels besides other property. - The Catholic powers decline to send representatives to the CEcuinenical .Council. The German Bishops warned the Pope of the '-. perils of proclaiming his infallibility and repudiating modern civilisation. The friendly relations between Prussia and ' Austria are improving. Mutual visits; have taken place. ; c Some mail steamers of the Messagerie Irrijeriale have passed through the Suez Canal. ' The Cracrow convent case will shortly; come before a tribunal. j - The suppression of monasteries in Hungary is demanded. ... ., . . , Shanghai, October 12. The Duke of Edinburgh arrived at Tientsin, . and proceeded to Pekin, accompanied by Admiral Keppel. ' .-.- --' The Galatea expected at Shanghai on the 20th." Shanghai is much excited by absurd rumours that Chinamen had been killed by foreigners, and and buriedunder the new church. An immense! ; crowd assembled, and ac riot was imminent, but the authorities succeeded in maintaining peace. .The D,uke of Edinburgh is expected at Hong Koqg about. the 29th. yy ,--.- .y, '.-, „ ■/ . ' The treatment .of ..Admiral Keppel by the Home Governmerit .produced > much feeling among the residents of China and Japan. ; „

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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IV, Issue 287, 8 December 1869, Page 2

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MELBOURNE. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IV, Issue 287, 8 December 1869, Page 2

MELBOURNE. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IV, Issue 287, 8 December 1869, Page 2

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