NEWS BY THE SUEZ MAIL.

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 485, 19 November 1877, Page 2

NEWS BY THE SUEZ MAIL.

(per press agency.) Melbourne, November 13. In connection with the Avalanche disaster, had it not been for the kindness of the landlady of the Cove Inn, the six ladies whose bodies were washed nshore wonld have been buried without a winding sheet, or a particle of dotting. She purchased some clothing to wrap them in. A four-wheeled waggon removed them in tiie pauper shell provided, to the graveyard, but there was no one there to follow the remains, or even anyone to carry the cofiins to their last resting place. At the request of the clergyman, some quarrymen, in their working dresses, came for-

ward and prevented tlie public scandal that would otherwise, as a newspaper correspondent tells us, have occurred, of the waggon being drawn to the grave, and the coffins shot into it wholesale. Sir J. Vogel, with the approval of the Board of Trade, has presented, on the part of the New Zealand Government, each of the Portland fishermen who went to the resue wir.h a L5-notc. Tiie c mdition of the Pope's health has assumed a new aspect. He is siiliering from very great prostration. He easily and frequently falls asleep, and has hardy strength enough to give attention to any business. Camarilla commands at the Vatican, and acts in tho name of the Pope, and that period of confusion and intrigue was commenced which is preparatory to a crisis. Some of the cardinals are holding meetings to provide for any emergency. It is stated in a telegram, dated Cracow,

September 21, that a general panic lias been produced in Russia by the lattst war news, and th-tt. the pnas.'iitsare fhing into the forests for fear of a fresh onlis'ment. There is a general feeling of open hostility to the Government. Admiral De Horsey lias been ordered home to explain his attack on the Husacar. One of the largest fires in the East End of London that has tak"n place for some years occurred on the 24th September, fit some oil and color manufacturers, Millwall. T;ie hiss was very great. Fourteen land, besides three water engines were brought info requisition, and over 1000 firemen were present. A colliery strike has occurred in the Province of Hainaulf, Belgium. Riois took place at Wasmes, and troops and gens d'aruvs had to restore order. The marriage of Don Alfonso, King of Spain, with the daughter of the D.ike de Monfcpensier is deun tely arranged. Hostilities have again broken out between the Dufc'i an I Achten. A new exp dition to the North Polo, to be conducted by private entepriso, with a steamer provisioned for thrve years, is proposed. Commander Cheync,H.N., has initiated the affair. ; The Russian armies are said to havo lost 62,000 mi n by disease since entering Turkey. Their sanitary arrangements are d. scribed by all correspondents to be as bad a» possible. Mr. Layard, military attach with Suleiman Pasha's army, 1 as died at Kasanhk, and been buried with military j honors. | The crews of the British fleet in Bi sika Bay havo been undergoing a course of ,

military drill for defending ships against torpedoes. The Admiralty has ordered 30 torpedo boats from Meßsrs. Thorneycroft's yards at Cliiswick. Several of the Turkish commander* nro taking stringent measures to repress outrage by the Circassians and BashiBazotiks. Tlio commander at Silistria has COO of them working in chains.