MAIL NEWS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 341, 22 December 1875, Page 2

MAIL NEWS.

[Per Sumatra.] Londox, October 29. Flooding the Afu an desert continues to secure public support. The cost is roughly stated at three million*. The Koy»l Aquarium and winter gorlens at Westminster are to be opened ia December. The reservoir will require seventy-five th >usind barrels of sea water to bu brought lrora Brighton in sealed barrels. Another workmen's town simi'ar to the Shaftesbury Park estate at Batiersea, is projected. Lord Dorby, afc Liverpool, spoke on the question of the poor law, and thiiwht now ttiat the working classes were getting such .-good wages they should provide for their destitute * elations. The bishop i and clergy of the establishment are c?nulering what concessions to make in vier of early legislation on the burial law. Various church meetings have been held during the month. The social service congress met at Brighton, lonl Aberdare's inaugural ad Jrees w*s 00 crime and pauperism Liverpool his beea selected for the next yeir's meet ng. A eham fight has ttken place at Wimb!o. rton, and Borne otber manoeuvres at Portsmonth The Boaiicea, an ironclad of the new type, has been launched at PorUm ;uth A late te egram fays that the Eaiperor of Germany, 'when reviving the President and Vi e-Pr sident of theJGerman Parliament, freely discussed the poiiiical situation, and exposed perfect cocfl.Jence of a peaceful settlement. It is rumored that Sir Barile Frere is to have a rcr^ge confined upon him. Tho Vavraccy Act ia bting evaded in Bombay, by the captvins of ship* from Australia shipping the grooms as 'eamen to avoid the responsibility of taking them back after landing the hones. The Prince of Wats has returned the visit of the Indian Priccess. au<i held a numerously attended levee, and then proceeded to a fe k e given to the n tive children, numbering seven thousand. 'Jhe Prince, was greaty p'eased with the novel spectacle and the' enthusiasm exhibited by the chi dren, who -ang the hymn 'God bess the Prince of Waits " in the native tongue The whole Bcene was most Btr.king The Prince visited a large marquee where two thousand soldiers and marines banquette^, and quite won the hearts of the men by walking among them, drinking their healths, and making thort speeches. He laid the foundation atone of the wet docks in Bombay with a masonic ceremonial, and expressed pleasure at seeing the great pr<grtS3 of masonry in I 'cia. He waa taken to a dinner tarty, given by the Governor of Bombay, in the elephant caves, which were brilliantly illuminated, and preetnted a fairy-like scene. On the return vov»ge, as the royal barge steamed up the harbor, the whole squadron and fleet of mei chant vessels were brilliantly illuminated from the water's e<ige, and bouquets of j rockets were fired from each frigate. The Prince afterwards proceeded to fooni, and metjwith a magnificent reception. A large concourse of spectators l-ntd the streets After leaving U4*. the Prince's movements »V 9 WSUerJaja ai tlie account! at dialer* ja j

the southern Mahratta district* and Madras are alarming. Tha inhabitants of Pooir presened an address, the Prince of Wales replied, and afti-rwarda reviewed the troop* in garrison at Karoda. He \r*s received by the Governor with great aplea.iour, and conducted 4o ihe Residence, mounted on a gorgeously capiriwna.l elephant. >» A telegram from Madrid, dated Noremr-er 17, state* th»t Don Carlos h<*s addrowed a letter to King Alphoata offering to conciada a trure. An In roan steamer has made the swiftest P n s ngo on recorl between New York *nd Queimtown, doing it in aeven days fifteen hours. Tbe Pandora his returned from Baffin's Bay, bringing favorab c news, and there is every prospect of the Arctic Exp dition r< aching a high latitude before being frozen up. The Trades Union Congress held $ sitting at Glasgow, and assumes more and more the functions of a rival parliament. AH kinds of national subjects were introduced and discussed. Great excitement has bren caused by the race between Galopin and Lovrlander being won by the former, and large sums have changed hands