SUEZ MAIL NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 574, 5 March 1878, Page 2

SUEZ MAIL NEWS.

The convocation meeting of the University of London, held on the 15th, decided by 242, to 132 to grant degrees to women. John Freeland, who died lateby at Nice, bequeathed L4OOO to the Glasgow Western Infirmary. In the event of Mr. H. M. Stanley accepting the invitation to the Royal Geographical Society the reception will be held in the Albert Hall. The Pan-Anglican Synod will open at Lambeth on July 2nd, and will last four weeks. Terrible distress exists in South Wales. Lord Aberdare lias taken the initiative in organising a relief fund. The Lord Mayor, in view of the many recent public appeals, declined to inaugurate a special Mansion House fund. Many of the younger men in the principality are stated to prefer emigrating to Australia. Chief inspector Clarke having been reinstated on full pay, at once retired on a pension of LlB5 per annum. It is understood that the Detective Commission will recommend the employment of a superior class at greatly increased pay. General Grant lias had a. magnificent reception at Malta. An International Telegraph Congress will meet in London on July Ist. Tiie principal task will be to agree upon a uniform international tariff. Lord Shaftesbury, Canon Miller, and a couple of other leading men have retired from the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, on the ground that two of its publications—Bonney's "Geology," and the Rev. Bro widow Maitland's "Arguments from Prophecy"—are heterodox. Temple Bar is totally removed ; all the outside stones were previously numbered. The Bethnel Green Vestry has asked that it may be re-erectod in Victoria Park. A woman named Martha, White has died at Market Scarborough who is said to have taken no food for four years. Verv riotous proceedings took place at Birkenhead on the night of the 31st tilt., in consequence of a Protestant band playing anti-Papal airs in the early part of the evening. Two thousand persons assembled, who lr.areiied through the streets, smashing windows and doing other damage. St. James' Church was attacked, and every pane of glass broken. Tire police were taken by surprise, and were powerless. Lord Yarmouth, speaking at Stratford-on-Avon. strongly advocated the introduction of a Bill Tendering compulsory the slaughtering of all foreign cattle at the pore of debarkation. He thought j the farnic-rs ought to he protected, as they were beginning to feel the American competition in file meat trade. A marriage lias been arranged between Eavi Ros-.ib.-rry and Miss Hannah' De Rothschild, daughter of Baron Meyer De Rothschild.

At ;t mooting of the Home Rule Conference, held at Dublin this week, it was resolved that the Home "Rule partyshould take council together and decide on their line of action as a party respecting the I-iiistern Question. Mr. Butt emphatically declared ho would engage in no war upon the House of Commons, and risked, if the House imprisoned the members would the Conference come over and silence them ? Mr. Biggav advocated war with Russia, in the interest of Irish farmers. The projected establishment of a Roman Catholic hierarchy in Scotland is attracting attention there, and a meeting has been held in favour of talcing legal action to jj'revent it. i't is expected that Dr. Eyre, of Glasgow, and Dr. Strain, of St. Andrews, will be created arch-bishops. A report that Cardinal Manning had been authorised to come to an arrangement with the English Government on the subject has been denied. The four liberated Fenian prisoners arrived at Dublin on the evening of the 13th. The streets were crowded, and ten bands, with. a. large procession escorted them to the European Hotel. Several Irish M.P.'s took part in the proceedings. Their release was in consequence of the Queen directing the discharge, on account of his youth, of Lawrence Walsh, the gunner lately sentenced by court-martial at Aldcrshot to 10 years' penal servitude for ivrtiing letters of a seditions character. "Walsh was only seventeen years of age, and Mr. Cross pointed out to Her Majesty that if he were released the other military Fenian prisoners ought also to be discharged. They are on ticket-of-leave.

The Masons' strike still continues. About 270 Germans and 50 Englishmen are employed at tlie Law Courts. Many other German masons are at work elsewhere in London. In a few cases fights have taken'place between Germans and Unionists. The London Society of Amalgamated Carpenters and Joiners have given" their employers six months' notice of their intention to demand an increase of Id. per hour. The masters have resolved to obtain a supply of foreign workmen. Great depression exists in the iron trade. The Oansette Company are blowing out their furnaces. There have been several railway accidents during the month, but none attended with serious consequences. Through a collision between the steamer Lema. plying between Bristol aiid Cork, and the Italian barque Plensicrs, on the night of tin; Bth inst., the latter foundered with 10 of her crew out of 31. Tho Friesland, steamer, from Java to Holland, with a valuable cargo, worth L 200,000, lias been lost off Cape Finisterre with all on board. 144 in number. A large fire broke out on the morning of the 12th at Messrs. Crocker and Son's

Manchester - warehouse, Watling-street. The premises were being rebuilt, and the fire was caused by the overturning of a liaptha lamp amidst some shavings. Altogether 18 warehouses, lying between Watling, Break, and Friday streets, and Cheapside, were more or less injured. The damage is estimated at L 200,000. The hydrants were found very efficient in quenching the fire. Messrs. Woods' cotton mills, Manchester, were burnt on the 10th instant. The loss is L 20,000. A block of five warehouses containing •jute, flax, &c., was burnt at Wapping on the 31st December. .

A large cotton mill at Stockport was destroyed by fire on the 4th,'through the falling of a lighted lamp amidst a .quantity, of flax./ .:/,... There has been another large jewel robbery in Surrey. The residence of the Earl of Cottenham, at Sandridge Court, Goldstbne, having been broken into,'and a quantity of valuable jewellery carried 'off. ;' '.. '."'.•._'.;' >- Much 'excitement-...was' caused by the making of an 'affiliation order against the Sacristan of St. Mary's' Roman Catholic Church, Rugby.' A number of priests were examined, and the proceedings extended over several days. A daring attempt at murder was made on a Mr. Hamburger, diamond merchant, in Stone Chambers, at the Holborn viaduct, on Tuesday. He had a bag containing. EI,OOO worth of diamonds with him, and the would-be-murderer tried to kill him with 1 ' a revolver. Mr. Hamburger was seriously wounded, but. the ■man, alarmed, made off without the diamonds. Frederick Drinsdale Potentor, for the forgery 'of deeds, by which he obtained L 300.000, has. been sentenced to penal servitude for life.