THE SUEZ MAIL.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4242, 24 October 1874, Page 3

THE SUEZ MAIL.

By the Tararua, which arrived last night via Melbourne and the West Coast with the Suez mail of the 4th September, we have English journals of that date, and fuller telegrams than those previously to hand forwarded by Keuter's Agency, We make the following extracts. ENGLISH. The Queen remains in Scotland till November. On liis return from Iceland the Danish "King visited Edinburgh, where he experienced an enthusiastic welcome. A fleet of fourteen steamers went out to escort the Royal party, and the city was' gaily decorated "in honor of the occasion. The Princess of Wales accompanied her father back to Copenhagen. The Prince of Wales, meanwhile, has figured in a series of festivities at Plymouth to celebrate the opening of the new Guildhall, costing _ £400,000. On one day there was a grand' Freemasons' demonstration, and on the closing day a military ceremony and performance of " The Creation" at the Guildhall. The Prince arrived at Marlborough House on August 22, and during the day visited the Empress of Austria, -and the Prince- and Princess of Roumania, and the;Prince of the Asturias. The five Royal children left the same day in the yacht Osborne, for Copenhagen. The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh,'after being banqueted at Brussels, reached Folkestone on the 20th of August, on their return from a continental tour. The town was decorated, and an address of welcome was presented; they have been since to Balmoral. On the 28th, the Duke pays a visit to Liverpool for several days. The Imperial Prince and Princess of Germany loft Ryde on the 24th of August for the Continent. The Prince of Wales went to Berlin a week later, to be present at the confirmation of the Imperial Prince's eldest son. On the Ist of September he will accompany the Emperor to witness the military -manoeuvres at Hanover. The Emperor of Austria has arrived in England incognito, to join the Empress in the Isle of Wight. The 'Count de Jarnac has been appointed French Ambassador in London.

Two new bishops—St. David's and Central Africa—were consecrated on. the 24th of August, in "Westminster Abbey,' by the Archbishop of Canterbuiy.

The, Bight Hon. H. C. E. Childers has been nominated chairman of the .Great Western Railway of Canada. The evidence being insufficient to prove the charges preferred against Sir George Elliot, the member for North Durham, the petition was withdrawn.

Mr. Gladstone, in a letter to the Guardian', denies the statement industriously propagated that the Queen had endeavored to influence his conduct with regai-d to the Public Worship Regulation Bill. The reversal by the Dean of Arches of the Bishop of Exeter's judgment in the Exeter Eeredos case, excites much interest in clerical circles.

The Secretary for the Colonies has agreed to act in arbitration between British Columbia and the Dominion of Canada, for the settlement of the disagreement respecting the terms of union, provided that both Governments agree to accept his decision as final. Sir H. Holland has resigned the Assistant TJnder-Secretaryship of the Colonies, and is the Conservative candidate for Midhurst. In his published address to the electors he strongly advocated a closer connection between England and her colonies, as being ad vantageous to both. Upon his return from Ireland, Sir Charles Gavan Duffy visited Lord Carnarvon at High Acre.

The break-up of the Ashantee monarchy is quickly following on the English victory. The Kings of Djuabin and Beequa having declined to renew their homage- to King Coffee, he has appealed to the British Administration at Cape Coast Castle for assistance, and the situation is further complicated by a report that the hostile kings have been promised support by the chiefs of Akim and Denkara. Captain Lees, having gone to Coomassie to mediate, has been well received. There are indications of a revival of liberal courage and unity ; three demonstrations have taken place at Erome, Brighton, and Sheffield, at which places spirited addresses were delivered by Mr. Goschen and Mr. Eawcett.

The Welsh National Eisteddfod has been held at Bangor, and attracted a numerous audience ; the Bishop of Bangor presided. A Welsh oration was delivered by Morgan Lloyd, M.P. In the choral competition for forty guineas and a gold medal, the prize was won by the Carnarvon Philarmonic Society. Other gold and silver medals were conrpeted for. The meeting will be held next year in Conway Castle. An association is being formed in London to prosecute ritualistic clergyman, under the new act.

An exciting controversy inimical to the popularity of the English Church has been provoked by the refusal of a clergyman, sivpI ported by the Bishop of Lincoln, to permit the | word " reverend " to be inscribed on the tombstone of a daughter of a Wesleyan minister. The subject was brought before the conference during the recent sittings. Archbishop Tait, 5.G.0., in The Times, and other correspondents, condemn the bitter intolerance of the sacerdotal party. The frightful increase of crime of a brutal character, and especially kicking to death, is provoking an indignant outcry against the adsurd leniency of the punishments inflicted, and even magistrates declare that the savage ferocity gaining ground must be met by repressive legislation. On Saturday, 22nd August, the great hosiery factory of Messrs. Morley, at Swinton, near Nottingham, was burned down, and ,£IO,OOO worth of-property destroyed ; 500" persons were thrown out of employment. Incendiarism is suspected. Early on Sunday morning Messrs. Richardson's large paper mills, near Jarrow-on-Tyne, were'consumed. The estimated damage is £OO,OOO. On Monday an extensive conflagration occurred in Southhampton docks, resulting in the destruction of the range of buildings occupied by the Royal Mail Company, and used as workshops. A destructive fire occurred at Mr. Gresty's timber-yard, Manchester ; the loss was £40,000. Sir Arthur Guinness's extensive porter stores at Shannon Harbor have .been totally destroyed by fire. A terrible tragedy occurred at the Princess Club, Manchester, on 25th August, where, a young merchant named Barge, after shaking hands with another named Maclean, shot him dead, and then instantly slow himself. A verdict of temporary insanity was returned. • After a fortnight's search tho body of Mr. Wilton, a master of a city ladies' school, lost on Snowdon on the 11th August, was found at the foot of a precipice. . Another master has been drowned at Whitby. The Mersey Docks and Harbor Board have intimated to the gas company that they hold them responsible for the destruction of the landing stage through tho carelessness of one -of their plumbers. The Liverpool Leader has been mulcted in £2500 damages for alleged libel in exposing tho rottenness of a public supply association, and one farthing in another action, for condemning tho management of tho Liverpool Theatre Royal. Saddler has accepted the challenge of George Brown, of Nova Scotia, to row for £SOO and tho championship of the world. Tho date of the race is 19th October, at Coleraine, Ireland. The Great Northern St. Leger, at Stockton, was won by Trent by half a length over Rostrovor, and at Oxford tho Prince of Wales Plate was won by Craubourno, and Wild Myrtle won the Oxfordshire Stakes. • A ladies' cricket match has been played in Bucks between two elevens. The Nash ladies in one innings scored 115 against 80 in their opponents' two innings. One lady contributed 01 runs. A cricket match at Brighton, between Sussex and Notts, ended in a decisive victory for Sussex. At the regatta of the Royal Victoria Yacht Club, the Commodore's Cup was won by St. Ursula, and the Vice-Commodore's Cup by the cutter Cythera. The Egeria again won tho Princess of Wales Challenge Cup. A swimming race for tho amateur championship of England took place at the Welsh" Harp,

Hindon. Six men swam one mile in still water, and H. Davenport won by eighty yards in 31mm. 9sec. Chivalrous. won the Great -Ebor Handicap Stakes at York; Blantyre was second, and Lorouse third. The Bank of Australasia has paid a second dividend of 5J per cent. In the International University Boat Race on the Dee, between Aberdeen and Edinburgh, the former won by a length. FOREIGN. The Brussels conference on questions of international law in time of war terminated last Saturday ; the practical results expected are inconsiderable. The German delegates were most prominent in discussing the extensions or modifications of the Russian scheme ; the English delegates merely watched the deliberations. A railway to the summit of Mount Versuvius is projected. Etna is in eruption. The passenger rates have been raised on the American and Canadian lines. An advance in freights will follow on 25th of August. General Gushing, the American Minister at Madrid, is pressing the American claims in connection with the Virginius affair, and_ at the same time is refusing to admit Spain's counter claims on account of the filibustering expedition to Cuba. AMERICA. Telegrapiiic intelligence from New York is to the effect that a resolution of confidence had been passed in Mr. Beecher, the only dissentient being Mr. E. Moulton. A Philadelphian society, established to assist Englishmen in distress, recommends the temporary suspension of emigration to America, and is helping hundreds to return. _S INDIA AND THE EAST. An earthquake occuri-ed in Ceylon on the 19th August, but no damage was done. An expedition of. 1000 troops against the Daffias, an Assam hill tribe, comes off shortly. Lord Northbrook visited Assam, and greater encouragement is given to the cultivation of tea by the opening of the roads; A Hungarian has passed from Siberia to Bombay. Latest reports from the famine district are favorable. Relief operations are discontinued. Lady doctors are proving a great success in India. Native ladies flock to them. The steamer Mary Grant foundered near the Sandheads, Calcutta. The Chinese and Japanese quarrel about Formosa still hangs fire, and is reported to be compromised by the payment of the Japanese expenses and the withdrawal of their troops. The severest typhoon experienced for thirty years occui-red on 9th August off the Japanese coast. A piratical attack on a steamer near Hongkong has occurred, attended, with loss of life. The Dutch are not making progress in Acheen. ANGLO-NEW ZEALAND. An ex-M.P., writing to The. Times, suggests that the self-supporting colonies should bear the expeuses of vessels of the Imperial navy cruising in their waters. It is the practice of Dutch colonies. The Press generally thinks it worthy of imitation. H.M. sloop Sappho, i guns, 720 horse-power, is to be immediately commissioned for service on the Australian stations.