ARRIVAL OF THE ALEXANDRA AT ADELAIDE, WITH THE ENGLISH MAIL PER BOMBAY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume III, Issue 686, 25 January 1866, Page 6

ARRIVAL OF THE ALEXANDRA AT ADELAIDE, WITH THE ENGLISH MAIL PER BOMBAY.

I NEWS TO DECEMBER 4th. t s [The following appeared as a " Sccond Edition" yesterday.] c \ [I'ltOM THE SYDNEY lIEBAIiTj's PI'F.CIAXi T£L"EOIi II'IIIC COEItESI'ONriENT.] 1 Adelaido, Tuesday, 2 p.m. f The Alexandra, steamer, Captain Brown, arrived at ( Glenelg, lit 1 p.m. having made the paamgo to King George's Sound in ninety hours, and the return in one hundred with favourable* weather. The P. and O. Company's steamer Bombay, Captain Burn, arrived at .King George's Sound at 1.30 a.m. "'i l'2th instant, having left Galle at 7 p.m., on 27th December. She experienced south- j easterly gales, with a heavy sea, approaching Gape Leon win. Captain Goss, 11. N., Naval Agent. Mr. Bayley, purser. The Bombay was to leave the | Sound for Melbourne at noon on the 12th instant. _ PASSENGERS. For Sydney.—Dr. and Mrs. Hestor, Mr. and 1 Mrs. Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. Gibson, Mrs. Pearse, 1 Mr. and .Mrs. Cowan, Mr. and Miss Tooth, Captain Stirling, Lieutenants Marshall and Costobundie, , R. A., Commander Downs, R.N., Messrs. W. F. Clarke, G. Thornton, Sinclair, Montcfiore, and ' Clarke. , For Mk i.nor i; nk. —Captain and Mrs. Reid, Mr. ' and Mrs. Brown, Messrs. George ('op]>in. D. Camphell, Macmillan, Younghusband, M'Ewan, Peters, ' Scott, Paterson, M'Lean, Churnside, Steward, llaighe, Clough, Hentcroekcr, Ebenhardt, Marks, A. and C. Fiulay, It. G. Owen. For Adulatd]-:.—Mr. Merchant. The detention of the mail was eansed by tlie un- , usually heavy gales encountered by the P. and O. Company's steamer Tanjorc, whilst crossing the Bay of Biscay, and towing a Spanish steamer in distress from Cape Trafalgar to Gibraltar, causing a delay of five days. GENERAL SUMMARY. London, 27tli November. The Australian September mails were delivered in London on the I Ith and I7th November. The Queen's health has much improved. She held a Cabinet Council, formally presenting the keys of the Treasury to Earl Russell. Parliament is prorogued to the 28th Docembor, and will meet for business on 2och January. Sir Robert Peel has resigned the Irish Secretaryship, and Chichester Fortcseue is appointed. Mr. Hull has resigned the Vice-presidency of the Board of Trade. Mr. Goschen is appointed his successo England and France addressed energetic remonstrances to the Spanish Government against tlie proceedings of the ileet oil' Valparaiso. The matter is to be settled by arbitration. (Jre.tt reform movements are going on in Birmingham and Brad foil I ; resolutions of conlidencc in the Government arc expressed. A severe hnrrieane swept over London and coast line, by which great damage and loss of life was caused. The warehouses on Beal's Wharf, London Bridge, have been burnt down. The loss is estimated at .CI SO,0(10. Murders, suicides, and railway collisions have been unusually numerous during the past month, also frightful deaths by lire owing to crinoline. Outrages on ladies in railway carriages increasing, and strong measures for their suppression are being ado] itcd. The population of London is announced to be 3,000,000. A national monument to Lord Palnierston by the people and Government is proposed, and an English peerage on Lady I'almerston's family. Thomas Carlyle is elected Rector of the University of Edinburgh, beating Disraeli by a large majority. The Times, Morning Star, and other leading jou - mils, reviewing the political crisis in Victoria, corn demn the conduct of the Ministry as arbitrary and illegal. Largo shipments of Angora goats, ostriches, pheasants, water-fowl, hares, &c., have been dispatched per Martha Birnie to the Acclimatisation Society of Victoria. The cattle disease continues great. Tho mortality by the cholera is decreasing rapidly. It is reported that the British Government have made a formal demand on America respecting the Fenians. Stephens, tho head and centre .of the Fenian movement in Ireland, escaped from Dublin piison by tho connivance of the warders. £1300 reward has been offered for his recapture. John Mitchell ia head ecntro at Paris, and George Francis Train, combined with George Bennett, of the New Tori Herald, at New York, both with tho view to gain political capital. Tho Fenian Government is I'stnblished at New York in name, with houses of assembly, &c. It threatens to uttack Canada. Preparations are being mado there to resist aggression. Dublin ii being fortified ; strange vessels appearing jn the Channel. Reports are spiead that Fenian c ruisei'3 will soon bo afloat in numbers. A serious insurrection has occurred .it Morant Day, Jamaica. The blacks burnt down the Courthouse, brutally mutilating and murdering all the whites within. The rising is fortunately premature. The intended one was lixed for Christmas Day, when all whites, men women and children were to have been massacred throughout the entire island. The women and lands were to have been divided amongst the blacks. Tho latter committed revolting atrocities. Gordon, a member of the Legislature, and a principal ringleader, has einec been hanged with 200 others. The rebellion was suppressed by the energy of Governor Eyre and subordinates. A sanguinary collision has taken place at Martinique between the French forces and garrison. Many were killed and wounded. OBITUARY. Hon. Francis Grimston, Dr. Barker, Justice Compton, Commissioner Fonblanqc Professor Lindley, Captain Alee, Lady Lewis, Lady Calthorpe, Mr. Rail M.P., Mrs. Gaskell, Sir Richard Brooke, W. Catherall, M. Dupine, Colonel Burnes, Viscount O'Brien, Baron Dimsdale, T. J. Pettigrew. SPORTING. At tho Liverpool Meeting, the Cup was won by Dan Ellard ; Windham, 2 ; Sidewind, 3. Roberts playi .1 several billiard matches with great success. G. V. Brooke sailed for Melbourne per London. Tom Sayers the pugilist is dead. At his funeral disgraceful scenes were enacted in tho cemetery. AMERICA. Kw York, 18th November. The Shenandoah, on her arrival at Liverpool, on November oth, surrendered to H. M. ship Donegall. Captain Waddell and her crew were liberated unconditionally, on the Stli November, by order of the British Government. The Shenandoah destroyed during her cruise forty whalers, in consequence of which oil advanced to £120 per tuu. The vessel was handed over to the American Vice-Consul, and sailed for New York on the 21st November. Tho reconstruction of the American Union is making rapid strides, upon the basis of abolition, and repudiation of the Confederate debt. Captain Wirz, .after a long trial, was hanged for the ill-treatment of Federal prisoners during tho war. Arrangements are concluded for Jeff. Davis's trial by civil law. The disputes between England and America in re Confederate cruisers is likely to be settled by conference. Tho work of the reconstructing of the South is steadily progressing. | The troops were being rapidly withdrawn from the i Southern States. There is barely one hundred thousand men in the service.

The negro troops are so detested by the Southerners lat they were being dismissed at the rate of 1000 er day. The Navy expenditure is steadily decreasing. Diplomatic) relations with England indicated peace. Tho United States Government discourage Vmianifim, considering it a cruel imposition upon lie Irish people, the object of its leaders being o obtain notoriety and plunder. The Fenian. Government, having Colonel John Maloney for iresident, has rented offices in New York ana sat wo months in Congress. Their annual income is aid to be £65,000. _ f£he official notice of the removal of restrictions .n American vessels in British porta has been eceived. The utmost courtesy is to be obse .'vod by he British nation to the Federal navy. _ Mr. Jefferson Davis is still confined in Fortress Monroe; he is in good health and is kindly ;reated. His pardon is expected. President Johnson declares if universal negro iuffrage is allowed, it will breed a war of races. _ South Carolina has adopted a constitutional Lmendment abolishing slavory. The British "Vice-Consul at Havana is accused >f giving direct assistance to rebels during the ;var. The Federal Government intend exercising strict loutrality in the Mnxican war. The mortality ameng negroos during the war is jfficiallv reported to be 30 to 50 per cent., and is still nontinuing. _ , Money is easier. Gold, 147. Exchange on London, 159 JCotton, steady. FRANCE. The appointment of an ambassador to the Mexican Republic by America causes dissatisfaction. Tho Government proposes avoiding the usual lencthv debates on the address by each member being "allowed to question Ministers about their j several departments. Great reduction is being effected in the army and navy. Tho pecuniary saving for the year is seventeen million francs. Two frigates arrived with more troops from Kome. Serious disturbances have again arisen in Algeria. The accounts are conllicting French troops are reported victorious. M. Bonda is appointed Vice-President to the Senate, nn<l Ferdinand Barm secretary. Tho French army in Mexico i 3 to be withdrawn by instalments on economical grounds, and to afford no reasonable complaint to the United States. MEXICO. Tho Emperor has published a proclamation to the effect that the Mexican Republic is to be ended by national will on tho expiration of Juarez's term cf of Presidency and departure from the country. SPAIN. It h confidently anticipated that the dispute between Chili and Spain wi I '. soon be settled by British and French arbitration. Tho British man-of-war Leander sailed for Valparaiso with instructions. The Peruvians are [uniting with the Chilians against Spain. ITALY. Victor Emmanuel, on opening Parliament, was received with groat enthusiasm. He stated lii 3 determination to occupy Rome and Valentia ; the army is to bo reduied, notwithstanding, by 1011,000 men. The Bavarian Government has recognised Italy. Gr&E lii CE • After three attempts to form a Ministry, LelJigoovgi formed a Cabinet. There is great excitement at Athens. Count Sponneck is blamed for tho disturbance. GERMANY AND DUCHIES. Negotiations are actively going forward between England, France, and Russia for the restoration of Northern Schleswig to Denmark. The Frankfort-on-ilaine difficulty is not yet settled. The National Vereiu maintains the original programme, that Germany should be constituted a Federal State. INDIA. A treaty of peace with Bhootan has been signed, but it is considered premature and impolitic. Kurrachee and neighbourhood has been visited by swarms of locusts, completely destroying vegetation. A native Hindoo barrister commenced practice in Calcutta, giviag great satisfaction to the native community. The sudden death of the Hon. A. J. Lewis, while on duty at the High Court, Bombay, caused a painful sensation. A native con&ter ha 3 bean run down by the steamer Bombay Castlo. Fifteen natives drowned. The select committee on the Indian Telegraph Company report the work in arrears since 1862, under Colonel Douglas's administration, and recommend an increased staff. BOMBAY. The Bengal Steam Company has completed arrangements between Alexandria and Liverpool. The firstclass passengers, Bombay to Liverpool, £60 ; secondclass, £35. The ship Maroni, from Bombay, bound to Aden, was burnt to tho water's edge. Her officers and crew were saved by tho Peninsular steamer Malta. A cyclone visited tho Madras coast and caused great damage to shipping, 'ihe ships Allay and Princess Royal foundered off Pondicherry ; no lives lost. Tho cattle disease lias appeared in the Madras Presidency. Three thousand have died. An examination into the cause is proceeding. Captain Grant, the African explorer, was received at a public dinner in Calcutta. The Royal Society at Bombay sont a handsome monoy present to Dr. Livingston, to aid African exploration.

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HONKONG. Sir Rutherford Akoek, the British Minister, just arrived at Pekin in time to counteract tho antiforpi'»n party in asserting itn exclusive policy. The rebellion lias almost ceased. The Imperial Government ia thoroughly re-estab-lished, and comparative quiet reigns throughout the Empire. Satisfactory reports i'rom Shangliae and other ports. The Tycoon of Jupan ia in difficulty, owing to the liberal measures of the treaty concluded with foreign representatives. " MANILA. Freights to London.—37s. 6d. Exchange, Bank bills, G mouths, 4s ° SHANGHAI. Freights to London.—Tea, 30s ; silk, £3, * Exchange, 6 mouths' bank paper, 6s 2d. Freights to London.—Tea, 3s. Exchange, 6 u. If, 43 7d. SINGAPORE. Freights to London, dead weight, 20s; li°-ht 30s. ° ' CALCUTTA. Freights to _ London.— Saltpetre, 7s 6d : seeds, 35s cotton, oOs; jute, 40s. Exchange on London, G months bauk bills, 2s Id. BOMBAY. 253 : SOeds ' 103 '-