SUEZ MAIL NEWS. (PER TARARUA AT THE BLUFF.)

North Otago Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 1964, 15 August 1878, Page 2

SUEZ MAIL NEWS. (PER TARARUA AT THE BLUFF.)

Tho news by tlio mail is to July Gth :—: — The national fete at Paris paasufl oil' with immense eclat. Visitors from all parts of tho world were present. Tho population of tho city was estimated to havo been from two to threo millions. The houses woro ovorywhoro decorated. Processions paraded tho streets with bands, and the city was illuminatod. Dancing and merry-makiucj was kept up beyond midnight, and tho cafes Wore kopt open till daylight. King Alfonso has deciddd to erect a ohurcli near tho royal palaco, containing a splendid mausoleum in niomory of tho late Queen, ostimated to cost 0,000,000 positas. On tho ovoning of tho 4th July, a disordorly manifestation wa9 mado by somo young porsons in Venico against tho Austrian Consul of that city, in consequence of a report that ho had prevented an oxcutsiou to Venice, organised by tho young men of Trieste They assembled before tho windows of tho Consulate, and tore clown tho Austrian Anns with cries of " Trieste for Italy.'" * Tho Italian Govovnment lost no time in expressing its regrot and indignation at the occurrence, and promised to adopt sovoro measures against the instigators of tho outrage. A Romish priest, who won 2,780,000 lires in tho Stato lottery, on being be- ] trayed by a confederate, was compelled to escape to Switzerland. The Procurator-General of Naples has sequestrated ToO.OOO liros deposited in tho Bank by Domatti. In tho municipal and provincial elections of Rome, the clericals havo lost ground, but at Genoa they have gained. Tn consequence of tho factions opposition of tho Jesuits, tho Popo has threatened, through the Ohiof of tho Order, the oxpulsion of cortain Joatiita from Italy. Loo XIII. is endeavoring to turn out tho nost of pav.xsites established nt tho Vatican ; while they aro plotting to oust Father Pooci, the Pope's brother. Tho Popo has written a strong* letter to Cardinal Manacola, at Valotta, ceusuring tho suppression of religious instruction in schools, and for tho abstention of Catholics fiom the administrations and elections in Spain. Stops aro being taken through Cardinal (/ulleu towards establishing frioudly relations hptweon tho Vatican and tho English Government. The colobrated Antonelli will case is to come before court again early in July. Tho Municipal Council, Berlin, liavo voted (50,000 marka £91- a painting byHorr Yon Werner, of apictmo to cominomuinte tho Congress. The King of Dahomoy, having refused to p«y tho balance of tho (ino of 200 puncheons of palm oil, has been informed that tho bombardment of Whydah will bo renewed. It is expected, however, that tho firo will be paid by French trfldohs. Prince Fiwiorick Charles, and the Princess Louiso, loft' Windsor on July sfcli for th« Continent. In thy Houso of Commons, tho principal measure is the Contagious Diseases in Animah Bill, which has given rise to a protracted strngglo. An impression prevails that tho provisions «>f tho Bill are intended to favor tho producer at, tho expoiiHo of tho consumer. Mr Foster proposed an amendment liuiitiii!/ the slaughter of tho slock to the port of debarkation, l>ut after sovoril nighW debato ho I wan di'fvjatud by a large majority, and tho j Bill passed i:it<> Committee, where it will bo much modified. Sir Wilfrid' Lawsons Permissive Bill I hi\H again boon debated, and lost by a ma1 joi'ity of 19-i votps. (

Tlio annual conversazione of the Royal Colonial Institute was hold at South Konsington Museum on the 27th Juno. It was largoly and brilliantly attended. Thoro woro present Indian princes, colonial lawyers, merchants, and colonists now living at Home, and among tho foreigners Ttero Boveral members of tho Chinese Embassy. There wero many apodal exhibits provided for tho ovoning's entertainment, together with a performance- and choir music. Action has been taken in London to press upon the Homo Government tho necessity of at once annexing Now Guinea. In tho correspondence laid before Parlinmcnt, respecting the execution on board 11. M.5. I3englo in the South, Seas, the Admiralty approves of Lieutomint OofuVs action in currying out the orders of his Commodore, but suggests that, where possible, offences Bhould be left to be dealt with by a High Commissioner. Retired Bishops have not been invited to take part in the Pan- Anglican Conference. Dr Jonuer, the late Bishop of Dunedin, strongly protests against this in a I letwv to th« " Times." Eighty Bishops attending the Pan-An-glican Synod were entertained by the Lord Major at tie Mansion House. Twelve thou«and pounds is already paid in as the result of last Sunday's hospital fun! from the Metropolitan churches. Tho funeral of Charles Matthews, on July 4th, at Kensal Green, was a large gathering, and included many of the oldest mombers of tho theatrical profession, some of whom had travelled a long distance to be present. At the Royal Counties Agricultural Shows at Southampton, the Queen took lirst prize in the Hereford class. At (ho salo ol'Cobhnm yearlings, 61 lots offcicd realised 22,015 guineas. A colt by Cuvnival, out of Curacoa, roalised 1500 guineas. ' Tho German ironclad Kconig Wilholm, having completed her repairs, has returned to Wilhelmshavon. Very little ohano.o of tho Grosser Kurfurst over being raised. Tho bodios of her crow aro gradually being washed ashoro. Threo now war vessels, the Bolloislo, Cormorant, and Emerald Island, have been commissioned. Owing to tho changed aspect of affairs in tho liast, orders havo boon received at Portsmouth to reduce tho hands and curtail tho expenditure. Ono hundrod and soventy-throo bodios havo been recovered from tho Wood Pit Colliery. Tho subscription amounts to LU, OOO, and tho sum of Ll 2,000 ia still wanted.