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Otago Daily Times, Issue 4173, 3 July 1875, Page 2

SUEZ SUMMARY.

London, May li&. By the winding up of the Australian, Direct Navigation Company, great, distress has been inflicted on those emigrants who paid their passage money, and whose homes are now broken" up.' John Bennett, tb* agent of the Company, answered several more summonses at the Mansion Heuse. Donations are now being received for the sufferers. Bennett has paid £700 out of hia own pocket, in satisfaction of emigrants? claimis. .

The Sixth Company of the Royal Ettgineera has been oidered to embark toe Fiji. ■■• . ■ ~ ■■-~.. .; ;- : ■■

Thwie hundred agricultural labourers sailed on the sth inst. for New Zealand.

During April 13,248 passengers left Liverpool in 52 vessehi. This shows a decreaSeM 2535 compared with the corresponding motitblaatyeir. The first four months of 1875 show a decrease of 4995.

Parliament is beginning to excite national dissatisfaction. Half of the session is over, and-public business is disgracefully ia arrears., Eew civil service estimates have been p:»sed,: and the Budget discussion has been postponed c till after, the Whitsunday holiday. ;?~? Scarcely any Ministerial Legislatirff^rfomises have been fulfilled, .

The Presß laments tIH degeneracy of *^* House of: Cominonp, ri jSM l severely rebukes the Premier for indolent mdifference and bad leadership. •-•••..» v'';;P'. ■. ■

Throughout the pasf; month tße House has been-the theatre ioj scandalous scenes of personal squabbling oa questions ofg«mlege, and the sudden exclusion of strangers,( has taken placo^at of certSMM impulsive lrialimen! ?' " : ■'■■'• : r 'j/* Pameli (a Home Ruler) has beeti'elected for Meath, by, 1771 against 192 for .Napier (a Conservative). ;

Whifcworth (a Manchester manufacturer) has been returned for Kilkenny, by a large majority over Gray and Marum (Home Rulers). ' '•".■•

Killett has been unseated tor Norwicfc, after several days' trial,1 revealing cases of treating, by unauthorisedpartisans^ of which, he was previbualy unaware. It lias been decided not to defend the seat.

The Duke of Buckingham has accepted the Governorship of Madras. . Bail Pembroke retires from the. ITnderSecretaryship of War through ill health. Cardinal Manning has been suffering from over exertion since his return from1 Itonie, yet at the close of April he opened the Franciscan Church, Chester, and in the course of the ceremony he deplored the spread of rationalium and scepticism. At a luncheon subsequently, in proposing the toast of the Queen, he spoke in high praise of the purity ot the Court. , , ;;

Lord Francis Godolphin Osborne, ft son of the late Duke ox Leeds, has been received into the Komiah Church. ..:•:.-.■

The reconstructed Alexandra Palace was opened on Ist May, with great eclpi. ■ The sdnke amongst the cotton spinners -at Blackburn has been amicably settled. Thi anticipated lock-out hasthus been averted.

Tne anniversary meetiugs of the religious and benevolent societies show an unflagging interest on the part of the Christian public. Their financial statements prove them to be growing actively popular. All JKurope is profoundly agitated by the apprehension of war. ' '

The German Empire, instead of being a guarantee of peace, is the cause of constant ■disquietude and restlessness. Twofold fear of Ultraim ntane intrigues and the resuiicttation. of France, bent upon veageance, engenders suspicions of neighbouring States, and provokes irritable demands which cannot be complied with by other Governments. ■ , . • :

The Press has been let loose to bow discord, exoite suspicion, and inflame national hatred.

The Times last wesk published a Paris letter exposing German designs, which produced profound sensation throughout Europe. It has roused the ire of Berlin journalists in the anticipation of the meeting of Emperors. ,

The Times, in a leading article, while adquitting the bulk of the German people of a, design so detestable, solemnly warns the warparty that any criminal attempt to crush. France into a second-rati; Power wonlri alarm, and alienate every nation, and probably array an inteniauoual league against the

general enemy. The meeting of the Emperors, and the conference between Bismarck and Gortschakoff, was followed by calmer feelings ; and the tranquilising assurances of Bourke in the Houise of Commons, and the moderate tone of the German Press has induced the bolief that peace will not be disturbed at present.