ARRIVAL OF THE RANGITOTO WITH THE SUEZ MAIL.

Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume XXVIII, Issue 9, 30 January 1869, Page 1 (Supplement)

ARRIVAL OF THE RANGITOTO WITH THE SUEZ MAIL.

The Eangitoto, with the Suez mail, arrived in harbour during the night. From the Melbourne Argus of the 20th instant we are enabled to furnish our readers with a summary of the news received via Suez : — GENEKAL SUMMARY. London, December 4. The Prince and Princess of Prussia are visiting the Queen. The Prince and Princess of Wales are at Copenhagen, i The Princess Alice of Hesse has been delivered of a son. The final result of the elections gave the Liberals 382, and the Conservatives 276 members. Most of the elections were warmly contested to the last. Violence and loss of life took place at Bristol, Blackburn, and Bolton, and in some Irish towns. Birmingham and Glasgow returned three Liberals; Leeds and Manchester, two Liberals and one Conservative; Liverpool, two Conservatives and one Liberal ; Scotland only returns eight Conservatives among sixty members, and Ireland thirty-eight among 105. Sir Roundell Palmer retired from the contest for the University of Oxford. Lord Amberley, Dr. Russell, and Anthony Trollopo were rejected. Seven Jews were elected, but no Eriglish Roman Catholic. Captain Caloraft, the new member for Wareham, has died since his election. Mr. Gladstone has published a pamphlet entitled "A Chapter of Autobiography," vindicating his change of opinion as to the Irish Church. Archdeacon Wordsworth is the new Bishop of Lincoln. Mr. Macrorie, the proposed Bishop of Natal, sails next month for Cape Town, to bo consecrated by Dr. Gray, Dr. Tait, the new Archbishop of Canterbury, declining to interfere. Dr. Norman M'Leod will be the next Moderator of the General Assembly of the Established Church of Scotland. The Jamaica sufferers have sued ex-Governor Eyre for unlawful arrest and assault. The damages claimed are laid at £10,000. The question has been argued in the Queen' b Bench whether the Act of Indemnity can be pleaded in answer. Judgment was reserved. A Bill-of-Exchango manufactory has been discovered in London, and three men arrested. Complete appliances were found for engraving forms and stamping endorsements. The firm had branches in all parts of the world. Among others, engraved forms were found of tho Mercantile Bank of Sydney. The police hold twenty bills to the amount of over £5,000, bearing seventy-four forged signatures, and two bills purporting to bo drawn on Sydney and Melbourne. Lord Mayo has been created a knight of St. Patrick. Lord Augustus Loftus, Sir Joseph Napier, and Sir James Fergusson have been sworn as members of the Privy Council. The Lord Mayor of Dublin has refused to call a meeting to petition for an amnesty for the political prisoners. Mr. Goldwin Smith's first lecture to the students at Lowell University was enthusiastically received. Reports appear in the English papers. Sir Roderick Murchison reports having received a letter from Dr. Livingstone, dated December, 1867. His return is expected shortly. Arrangements for the purchase of tho telegraphs by the English Government are in active progress. The Accountant-Genoral has nearly completed an investigation into the net profits of the various companies. The P. and O. Company have declared a second yalf-yearly dividend, making six per cent, for the year. They claim a portion of the £100,000 agreed upon with Government to make up the six per cent. profit on the mail contract. Numerous meetings of merchants, manufacturers, and bankers of Belfast have been held to consider the purchase by Government of the Irish railways. The Irrigation Canal Company of India have surrendered their works at Orissa to the Government for cash equal to the whole paid-up capital and five per cent. The canal is approaching completion. Tho second son of the Viceroy of Egypt is expected in London, where he intends remaining for several years to pursue his English studies. A representative from the Sultan of Zanzibar has been accredited to her Majesty. He has arrived in London. The coffin containing the remains of the Prince Consort has been removed from its tomporury tomb to the granite sarcophagus in the permanent monument. No ceremony took place. Sir Benjamin Pine, the new Governor of Western Australia, is expected hero next month. The Shrewsbury Cup was won by Sir O. Graham's Romping Girl, and the Liverpool Cup by Sir J. Hawley's Palmer. An additional mail service to China commences on the 24th of January. Obituaby. — Field-Marshal Rosas, Sheffield Neave, Auguste Chevalier, Samuel Lucas, and William Harrison, the operatic singer.