ARRIVAL OF ENGLISH NEWS VIA SUEZ. [FROM GREVILLE'S TELEGRAM CO., REUTERS' AGENTS.]

North Otago Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 722, 19 April 1872, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF ENGLISH NEWS VIA SUEZ. [FROM GREVILLE'S TELEGRAM CO., REUTERS' AGENTS.]

Tlie following telegrams reached us on Wednesday, and was published as an Extra : —

Ltttemon, April 17. The John Knox has arrived. She brings tho English telegraphic news. The Alexandra armed at Glenelg at 2 p.m. on the 6th April. The passage to King George's Sound occupied 100 hours and 98 hours back. The Bangalore, Captain Bunn, sailed from Gralle on the evening of the 16th March, and arrived at King George's Sound on the morning of the 1st April. She was to sail for Melbourne on the evening of the 1st.

London, Feb. 23, The Australian January mail via Brindisi was delivered in London on the 19th. A complimentary dinner wai given by the leading colonists in London to the Hon. G. F, Verdon, as an expression of respect and admiration. It was one of the greatest successes of the kind ever achieved. Edward Wilson, Sedgwick Cowper, and John Cume organised it. The Duke of Edinburgh referred pleasantly to hi* experiences in visiting the British dependencies of which he had the lions share. Lord Kimberley spoke on the growing difficulties of maintaining so vast an empire, but deprecated any policy calculated to produce an unfriendly severance. A few days later the Queen distributed a hower of honors on representative colonists, already announced. Knatchbull Hugessen's bill to constitute the kidnapping of the Pacific Islanders a felony has parsed. Australian Courts are empowered to try the cases, and the Australian squadron is to be strengthened. The monstrous claims for inferential damages in the Alabama case have aroused the strong indignation of all classes in England ; everybody, including the Minittry and Commissioners, believing that the American negotiators had distinctly waived the indirect claims. Their revival was at firifc regarded as sharp attorney i praties. A further scrutiny of the Treaty and protocol shows that they were nowhere •xpressly excluded. The Americans profited by the ambiguity and refuse to withdraw these claims from their case for arbitration. England is taunted with cowardice before an I impartial tribunal leit she should find herself mulcted in « few hundred million pounds damages. England maintain* no Treaty can be ratified under a wrong understanding, and the natural resolve is absolutely to refuse to recognise the indirect claims. The indignation at Yankee euuning is qualified by mortification at th« obtmeness of English lawyers and officials.' The Government i* reproached with dilatoriness. A large balance of European opinion is on the British side — the German press particularly pronounce the claims outrageous, and declare their right to claim similar reparation from America for assistance to France} a legislator, indeed, has moved for enquiry into this breach of neutrality. Four of the sharpest American lawyers have arrived in Paris ready for general pleadings | owing to a false report circulated that the separation of Canada from Great Britain had been decided upon to be declared immediately should any disturbance take place with the United States. A letter has been published from Sir S. Baker, who i« forcing his way through almost insurpassable difficulties into the African interior. Diamonds continue to arrive from the Cape. Lynch law prevails at the diggings, and canteen keeper* have been burned out for buying stolen diamond* from natives. There is great disorder. A dreadful murder took place at Lambeth by an American surgeon at two o'clook in the morning. The cause of the crime is incomprehensible. A memorial fund devoted to mission purposes is proposed by the Society for the Pro* pagation of the Gospel. The British Government has not yet formally recognised the Fiji Government. On the 20th February Mr Macfie called attention to the last report of the Emigration Commissioner. The Court of Error confirmed the judgment of the Court of Exchequer in the case of M'Coll versus the Australian Meat Company. The Duke of Edinburgh** art collection is visited by increasing crowds at South Kensington. The Brazilian Government i* making great efforts to attract European emigration to that oountry. Upwards of a month wu occupied by the Attorney General in presenting an historical resume of the fraud of the Tichbome claimant. All his Australian career ha* been clearly traced, except six months of 1859, when he disappeared as Arthur Orton and reappeared *• Castro. General »urprise is expressed that Sergeant Ballantvne did not follow Boas and Son, and throw up the case. An extraordinary case of disappearance of » Russian traveller ha* occurred in London. Colonel Tomlins' pertinacity has been rewarded by Mr Lowe ordering the bank to exchange old silver for new, and the mint to coin night and day to relieve the scarcity. Robert Kelly, acquitted on the charge of the murder of Talbot, has been sentenced to 15 year* penal aervitude for (hooting another policeman. There is great activity in Woolwich arsenal in the manufacturing of heavy cannon for naval and coast service. The Colonies are also being supplied with the newest deaigns. Torpedo experiments art carried on nightly. London, February 29th. The national thanksgiving was an unqualified success, and the weather favorable. There was a general holiday throughout ths King-

dom The crowds war© unprecedented. Numerous casualties occurred. The Prince of Wales was present with the Queen, and bore the fatigue well. The manifestations of loyalty were indescribable. St. Paul's Cathedral was I occupied by thirteen thousand persons, and presented a magnificent spectacle. The illuminations were very effective, and the festival decorations covered miles. The French Imperial family breakfasted with the Queen, witnessing the departure of the cortege from Buckingham Palace. The Queen presented L1000, and the Prince of Wales L50O towards the Cathedral Restoration Fund. The London Corporation's address wa9 presented at Marlborough House yesterday. The Prince of Wales, with emotion, returned his sincere thanks for the national sympathy expressed, and his gratitutde to God for hit recovery. He suitably acknowledged the public reception accorded to the Queen and Royal Family. The American Government asserts its determination to have the indirect claims submitted to the Geneva Commission. A deputation proposed that New Caledonia should be sold, instead of becoming a convict settlement. The " Standard" interprets Earl Kimberley's invitation to New South Wales, to annex Fiji and encourage its becoming independent, as an evasion of his national duty. Two thousand cans of condemned Australian meats were seized. Arrived. — Darra, Chaa Zee, Glen Osmond, City of Paris, Norfolk, Indus, Clodion, Corinth, Sailed. — Goodway, Lincolnshire, Whittington, Ascalou, Woodbine. London, March 8th. The Queen has written a touching letter, expressing her deep sense of the reception accorded on Thanksgiving Day to herself and family. The Queen returned from a diplomatic court on the 29th February, and is living at Buckingham Palace. She was attacked by George Arthur O'Connor, who presented an unloaded pistol and a petition for the release of the Fenian prisoners. He was overpowered by the attendants. The Queen was unmoved. The prisoner is without an accomplice, and was committed for trial. Public excitement ] wai promptly allayed. The Queen's health is goud. She visits Germany shortly. The Prince of Wales will spend the spring in the louth of Europe. A baronetcy ia conferred on the mayor, and eherriffs Fi uscott and Bennett are knighted. Sir Charles Cowper was presented at Court by Earl Kimberley. In (he Tichborne trial the claimant was 1 nonsuited, and next day arrested for perjury. i Ho was taken to Newgate. ! Dixon's attack on the Education Act has failed. Mr Cardwell's Army Reorganisation schema is adopted, and the estimate voted. The Megmra report fixes the chief responsibility upon Sir Spencer Robinson, and blames Mr Reid, Mr Carberry, Lord Morgan, and others. Wool closed flatter, and most descriptions are a penny lower from highest point. 5000 bales were luken for export. The next sales »will take place on April 15 — probable stock, 220,000 bales. The French indemnity— fourth half milliard — was paid under discount. Arrived.— Anna Maria, Milades, Delaware, La Hogu*. Sniled. — Furness Abbey, Incholme, Coldingham, Aun Duthie.