THE SUEZ MAIL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 3067, 5 December 1871, Page 3

THE SUEZ MAIL

The barque Freetrader, six days from Hobart Town, brings news that. the P. and 0. Co.'s mail steamer Rangoon was lost, when leaving Galle on the Ist November. The following is from the Extra of the Hobart Town Mercury :— Hobart Town, November. 27th. The branch mail steamer Alexandra, Captain Brown, arrived off Glenelg soon after one o'clock this morning, with the distressing intelligence of the wreck of the R. M. S. Rangoon, when leaving Galle harbour with the mails for Australia on the Ist of November. The mails have all been lost. The passengers and crew have been saved, but the former lost their luggage, and had a narrow espape. No further particulars have reached us. The P. and 0. Company's steamship Behar (formerly on the Galle and Sydney line) was despatched from Galle on the Bth November, and will jrobably reach Melbourne tomorrow morning. The following summary of the news was prepared at Galle after the wreck of the Rangoon, and has been telegraphed to us by our correspondent at Adelaide : — - The P. and O. Company's steamer Behar sailed from Galle on the Bth of November, and arrived at King George's Sound on the 23rd. She would sail again for Melbourne on the evening of the same day. The R.M.S. Rangoon was wrecked when leaving Galle harbour on the Ist of November. The passengers and crew j were saved, but the ship speedily became j a total wreck and was abandoned. ] The mails and cargo for Australia were lost. The only mail saved was that from Ceylon, which was recovered in a partly damaged state. The passengers had a narrow escape, and lost all their luggage. Late telegrams are to hand, of date London, October 3rd. In the great fire at Chicago five hundred persons were burned, and 12,000 buildings destroyed. The London Insurance Companies lose about one million sterling by the fire. A Fenian raid had taken place on Canada, but failed. General O'Neil, the leader of the infatuated rebels, was captured. The wool sales closed with prices one penny lower. One of the steamers Avith the Australian submarine cable on board reached the I Cape of Good Hope on the 17th of Sep- | teniber, on her way to Port Darwin. Another submarine cable is projected in London, for the purpose of uniting Honolulu with Melbourne. Sobrimer won the Cambridgeshire Stakes. The Government have refused to release the remainder of the Fenian prisoners. The Queen's health has improved. Mr Gladstone reviewed the work of the session in a speech at Greenwich, and promised more reforms next session. Sir Hercules Robinson is appointed to succeed the Earl of Belmore as Governor of New South Wales. Wheat is 2s lower. Tallow has improved. Sperm oil is at £81. Victorian debentures are at 110, and Tasmanian debentures at 110. Consols are at 921. It is reported that Brigham Young has lied from America. The German Parliament was opened on the lGth of October [September ?] The evacuation of the remainder of France held by the Germans is proceeding, the payment of the remainder of the indemnity having been arranged for satisfactorily to Germany. There is a strong feeling of indignation against the authorities on the subject of the wreck of the Megsora. The captain and engineers of the ship have given evidence that she was thoroughly rotten. A great fire has occurred at Windsor. The bank rate is 5 per cent. Field-Marshal Sir John Burgoyiie is dead. The trial of the Tichborne case would be resumed on the 7th of November. Arthur Orton is expected to be produced as a witness. The yacht Columbia beat the Leonora twice in the intercolonial race. Obituary.—The Earl of Dunraven, Sir Hugh Hall, Alderman Moon, Sheriff Young, Sir Roderick Murchison, Mr Charles Babbage, and General Patrick M'Mahon. Her Majestj' has subscribed £500 to the fund for the relief of the svJferers by the fire at Chicago.

A severe monetary crisis has occurred in Paris, owing to the scarcity of specie, Loxnoisr, October 3rd. The policy of the Government with reference to Fiji, ifc is rumoured, has not yet been finally settled. There is a good enquiry for wool, and a fair business has been done at full rates. November 2nd. Mr Vordon has been appointed Inspector of the English and Scottish Bank. A Royal warrant has been gazetted for the reconstruction of the army. The ship Lady Melville has been burned. She was loading a cargo of rice. The Queen has been able to take a drive. The cholera has ceased at Constantinople. The French elections show the following results :—Bonapartists, 04 ; Legitimists, 194 ; Radicals, 291 ; Moderate Republicans, 494 ; and Conservatives, 807. Obituary.—Colonel Browne, and Lady Palmer.