MAIL NEWS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 4724, 9 April 1877, Page 2

MAIL NEWS.

• . Melbourne,-April 3rd. ; The Bangalore remains in quarantine till April 7th. ■ ■ " ■ !

London, February 16th. * The Queen, in opening Parliament, proceeded in state, in a coach drawn.by eight cream•' coloured horses. The weather was magnificent, and. there was an immense throng. Earl Beaconsfiold was received with repeated cheers.' He was introduced to the House of Lords'by Earls Derby and Shrewsbury. 'The ■address in the Lords was moved by Lord Grey de Wiltoa, and seconded by the Earl of Hadclingtofi. In the' Commons Lord Galway and Mr Torr performed the same office. In reply to Earl Granville, Earl Derby explained the reason why theJblue books do not contain the Marquis of' Salisbury's account of the interviews with Marshul -MacMahon and; M. Decazes and Prince Bismarck, whilst that relative to his "conversations with the Austrian aud Italian Ministers was given. The reason was that the former was of a far morq confi.dential character, and its republicationi" would an unpleasant feeling, abroad. The second reading of the;Public-liouse Closing Bill: was carried by a large majority. i _At Newcastle Mr Joseph Cowan addressed his constituents on; the Eastern Question; condemning Earl Beaconsfield'3 speech at the outset of the agitation. He commended Lord Derby's subsequent action. He had faith inMidhat Pacha,; and thought the Turkish con-1 stitution should have a fair trial

The Queen ia at Osborne, and in. excellent health. ■ The Chinese • Envoys were presented to her by Sir Thomas Wade. . ' Mr-May,^Attorney-General for Ireland, has been appointed Lord Chief Justice. Mr Gibson, Q.C., M.I». for Dublin University, succeeds him, ; and .Was re-elected without opposition. -..- Mr Plunkett,M. P., has retired from the Irish Solicitor Generalship, which has been accepted by Mr Fitzgibbqn, Q.C. : ■ The Eev. E. Bickersteth is likely to be the new Bishop of llochester, consequent upon Dr Claughton's transfer to the Sac of St.; Albans.

Eenewed outbreaks of small-pox have occurred at Blackburn, and still continue. At St. Peters, in the Isle of Thanet, the disease committed great ravages. The village is tabooed—all communication with it is stopped. In London, the deaths from the disease are n6t now so numerous. The Prince and Princess of Wales, with their household, in town and at Sandrmgham,have been re-vaccinated.

Cleopatra's Needle is to be brought to London, and placed on the Thames embankment, at the sole expense of Dr Erasmus Wilson.

Mr Froude has accepted candidature for the Rectorship of Glasgow University. General Tchnoraieff has taken up his quartern, with his family, in Ventnor, Isle of Wight. No public demonstration has been made.

, Leon, a Mexican, rode 505 miles, at the Agricultural Hall, in 52 hou^ He was to have rid Jen 600 miles, but-the horses could not keep it up. - •

A poor woman in Liverpool, without exoectations, came into 1.70,000, through the feath of a relative, whom she never knew. ; A man named Dance, who deserted his wifo and three children, and joined the Shakers in the New Forest, has "bean sentenced to three

months' imprisonment for desertion. Disclosures of gross immorality among the Shakers were made.

In consequence of the appearance of the cattle plague m the metropolis, an Order in Council has been issued prohibiting the movemeat from London of cattle, sheep, or goats, taimilar orders have been, issued in Germany In Belgium fresh outbreak's of rinderpest have appeared. J?he miners mjthe Forest of Dean have all consented to accept a ten per cert, reduction, on the understanding that when coal advanced a shilling per ton the old rate should be paid. A number of convicts at the Naval works Haulbowline, near Queenstown, attacked the warders with picKs and shovels. The military were called out, and charged the prisoners with fixed bayonets. Treadaway.was found guilty of the murder of Collins at Pimlico. His plea of insanity failed. .' ■■.-,.-■■

_*A frightful-tragedy has taken place at St. ±snen,-in Brittany. A journalist named Le JToll sent for a captain in the 71st Regiment, whom he suspected, of. being intimate with his wife, and stabbed him on arrivaL. He thesi went and stabbed his wife to the heart, and finally, in company with a young woman, committed suicide. ?- ••.-.-■ ;..."".■■-,.''.' •

A woman" named" Elizabeth Kirkbridge ha,4 been committed fortrial at Penrith, charged with murdering and concealing the bodie3 of six infant children she has had during several years. There was great;sensation in Court' during the hearing of the case. She accused a man she had been living with as' the instigator of the crimes. He hild lett her and married. ; Considerable,excitement was manifested some days ago on the discovery of a number of bodies on an undertaker's premises near the Eegent'sParkJ "An investigation showed that! theyjwere of stillbora children, for the buria5 .of which the mail said: he had- the fees, but- had inever removed them to the cemetery.. ,■ •■ S _Commodore■.Hoskins-has- been appointed aide; decamp to.the Queen. " ■ •'"-..•', ' ; Fearful gales bafie occurred at-sea and land during Januaiy: . Between 3O.and 40 North Sea fishing smacks.are missing, with about-200 men aboard. The steamer George Washington was wrecked off Cape Eace, and all aboard (24 in number) perished. '::•:':' V ; '':''... \. . Thiers has had a severe, attack of illness. ,• : ' Count de - Chambord is said to bs staying at Versailles. . . . ..-.:-.; . ■■■•-.- = ■■■-■ ■■"?- i.°>;

_ Many hundred .papers' in'Francefhaveibeen fined in various ,sutos';for slanderous articles against the mother of'the Empress Eugenic.- ! Exports to New Zealand, L 184,400. .-,.-;'.:' • It is generally understood that Bishop Abram, formerly Bishop of; Wellington,l will be the first Bishop of: Derby:;; ■:r :: ->:"---- - i A special service has been" held'for tliei sick fund of the Cathedral in connection with the consecration of the Rev. J. R. SelwyninNew Zealand as Bishop*of Melanesia. - •' — ■ The public for once did not heed the Times's solemn dissuasions : in' connebtiori with the Chnstchurch loan. The terms—6 per centdebentures ab a minimum of 98—were too attractive to be resisted-while there is such a surplusof money inthe -market .earning next to nothing. Application has been made to the StocK Exchange Committee for "a special settling day in respect of this iloan; and an official quotation in the daily list. - " r '.;.- .'.,.''.,"....:;.'"' i The position of New: Zealand securities in our market has been strengthened by the public announcement: recently made by the AgentGeneral that the Government will not bring : forwardJany further loan in' London during the present year; .. _. _:r.. :; v /-;;\ •