NEWS BY THE SUEZ MAIL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6564, 30 November 1882, Page 6

NEWS BY THE SUEZ MAIL.

♦ ARABIA EXECUTION NECESSARY. •' Owino to the additional information I have received on the subject," says the correspondent of the Daily News •■ 1 lee. justified in giving a report which I heard before, hut hesitated to repeat then, tnat the Khe.iive has decisively said tiie execution of Arab: is necessary lor tne peace o: the country. Chenf Pasha is also understood to share his Holiness s v:..-.vs on tins matter. With regard to the execution it is onlv too like:;." Th.it Arabi and hi-- ehiei associates «ill l.e convenient scapegoats ;or high personages in Turkey and Egypt in danger of being compromised on aec.-unt of their secret conduct in the late comp'.i.atior.s. M. DE LESSEPS AND ARABI. A letter which has coir.e to light written by a railway oincial under Arabi to M. tie Lesseps, fully compromises tie latter with the rebels, whom he supplied, it appears, with tools to construct a strategic railway. M de Lesseps has addressed the foil.-wing telegram to the president of the court-martial which is to try Arabi :—" Paris, Oct. ...— Learning that Arabi is to appear bciere Eyvptiau justice, it is my duty to offer spontaneous testimony on my relations with him during my stay on the Canal, from the bombardment to the landing of Hie English at Ism.vilia. I hold at the Court's disposal sixteen postal and telegraphic messages, showing that our relations were foreign to all politics, and bore on the maintenance o! the Canal's neutrality, and the protection o: the lives and interests of the Europeans who had remained in Egvpt, and who, to the number of 15.000, were able, thanks to Arabi's orders, to come and receive hospitality at litnailia, and reach in safety l'ort Said. Alexandria, or their own couutrv." ARABISCOOSEL. The Solicitors' Journal states that Arabi's counsel, Mr. A. Meynck Bircadiey. is a member of the English bar of several years stau.ing. He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Irn in Trinity Term. l>t>9. and is _ now an advocate at the Consular Court at Tunis. A SOLDIER'S COMPLAINT. A soldier in the Household Cavalry, now in writing from Abbassayieh Barracks. Cairo* on the -ijtn Septeinb r, says :—I would sooner be in the desert than he'e, as it is something fearful the amount of vermin. 1 had to throw away one shirt \isterday. and as luck would have it, my valise from the tran-port ship came it: Soon after. The transport and cvmiaissur.it have failed miserably : »'c "nave got shot; r..ti lis ail along, and very seldom had sugar in i iir tea or coffee : one pound of bread or bisc.::: for the day. which ncoiiy everyone ate :oi breakfast :'.i:.d Then a p-.-it of tea at lie, o'clock, no Lr-.a.: the:!. SiiiiL-iin-.es a c pperful of rice Wo-iid be ':■ :':'.'-Cl :.•!' supper. j-.it there was no .-agar to it or anyth.ng else, and as they Lever forgot to salt it well, wt were far Letter without it. although ! n.usl say I had sever..! goes :.t the rice myself. 1 cannot see the id-, a lor keeping light::'g men short of foci. Give them plenty to eat ami they will both v, uik and right, but njt otherwise—at not so well. LOPD SHEKEriOvKE ON THE WAR. Lord Sheri'icoke known as Mr. Robert Lowe, writes: —"I think theGovirnaier.t were juite right iu putting down the miiitarv rrvol: in E_\pt. Egypt is. really mere European t.'.an African, being united to the one by tiie sea, and separated from the other by burning dcseits. We ought to keep a sulikient British force there to keep the peace. The government should be Ostensibly in the Khedive, but it should l.e made understood that nothing should be done contrary to the h ill c: the English g-.n. ral on whese support the cxistei.ee ol t!:e State depends. We ought to be able to manage thibetter than anyone, for we have been practising in India for a 'rc.ii'i.cd years. Everyth:og w:Il turn on his prudence and discretion. We n-.-ver can allow our trumps to be made the means o! enforcing injustice or oppression. Above all tilings I would avoid a joint occupation with a European Power. It hampers us in time of peace, and is very likely, as in a re:ent instance, to desert us in time of war. In the present state of Europe I think our policy should be —friends with all, alliance or joint enterprise %vith none. Our object is not to conquor or but to foster and control." A GREAT STORM PREDICTED. Dr. E. Stone Wiggins, oi the Canadian Finance Department, who some time ago published that the recent gale would sweep from east to west over the continent, says a great storm will strike this planet in March next. He gives this, warning :—" It will first be felt in the Northern Pacific, ami will cro=3 the meridian of Ottawa at nooa (five 0 clock, p.m., London timei, on Sunday. March 11, l> s :{. No vessel .-mailer than a Cunarderwill be able to live in this tempest. India, the south of Europe, England, and especially the North American continent, will be the theatre of its ravages. As all the lowlands on the Atlantic will be submerged, 1 advise shipbuilders to place their prospespective vessels high up on stocks, ami farmers having loose valuables, such as hnv, cattle, &c, to remove them to a place of safety. I beg. further, most respectfully to appeal to the honourable Minister of Marine that he will peremptorily order up storm drums en all the Canadian coast not later than the '20th of February, and thus permit no vessel to leave the harbour. If this is not done hundreds of lives will be lost and millions of dollars" worth of property destroyed." THE CLAIMANT AND lILS WIFE. Since her admissiou to the Southampton Workhouse, the Claimant's wife has written to her husband, asking his approval of the step she has thus taken. The Claimant has replied that inasmuch as lie placed his affairs in the hands of his friends, with a view of obtaining a divorce, he can hold no further communication with her. THE CZAR'S CORONATION. An important communication from St. Petersburg, appearing in the official Wiener Zeitung. ridicules the report of the aliened clandestine coronation of the Czar. The writer, who speaks with authority, states that this ceremony has now been definitely fixed for next May. It will, he says, be accompanied with all the pomp and .-piendour usual on such occasions. The date of the event will be formally announced to the Czar's subjects ami to all the world several months previously by Imperial Manifesto. The Czar and Czarina will not go to Moscow again before the Coronation. As soon as the bad weather begins their Majesties will remove from Peterhof to Gatchina, but they intci.d to pass most of the winter at the Anitchkiii IMi.ee, bt. Petersburg. Tlio O'.ar has ordered plans to be prepared for a new and magnificent palace which he intends to erect at Jit. Petersburg, close to the shores of the Guit of Finland. ENGLAND AND THE TRANSVAAL. There has been issued, as a Parliamentary paper, sonic further correspondence respecting the affairs of the 'Transvaal and adjacent territories, other matters dealt with, is a complaint of the Resident th.it, at a public dinner at which lie was present, the toast of Her Majesty did not take precedence, but was placed fourth on the list. Lord Kimberley thereupon instructed the Resident to excuse himself in future from attending any public functions, unless lie bad satisfied himself that due respect would be paid to the. Queen. Sir Hercules Robinson subsequently transmitted to the Home Government a correspondence with the Transvaal Government as to the ' new title of that state ; but Lord Kimberley stated that the argument in favour of the title of "South African liepublic" could not be admitted. The Colonial Secretary also conveyed his opinion that all communications between the Transvaal Government and foreign Powers should be conducted through Her Majesty's Government. PANIC IN A THEATRE. A few minutes after the doors of the Royal Opera House, Berlin, were opened on October .">, an accident occurred which produced an intense panic. Tne house was already crowded by a brilliant audience that hail been attracted to witness the performance of "Taunhausser." Since the catastrophe at the Ring Theatre, Vienna, the stage of the Opera House has been divided from the auditorium by a new : ron curtain. Suddenly the whole of the arrangement fell with a fearful crash amongst the footlights. The audience at once rushed to the doors panic stricken, and in a few minutes the house was cleared. Although a good miny people were severely crushed, there was fortunately no life lost, a fact which is due to the admirable way in which the police did their duty. The cause of the accident, it was afterwards ascer- 1 tained, was the snapping of the chain by which the iron curtain was elevated and i suspended i