SUEZ MAIL NEWS.

Otago Witness, Issue 1243, 25 September 1875, Page 15

SUEZ MAIL NEWS.

The Queen is at Osborne. The Emperor of Morocco is expected to visit England shortly. Miss Agues Livingstone has married Mr Alex. Bruce, of Hamilton. In Liverpool ruffianism is still rampant. A number of persons have been charged with brutal assaults with divers weapons. Kindall, a tourist, perished on Snowdou. Two ship knackers have been fined and imprisoned for sending rotten vessels to sea for the sake of the insurance. Mr Frauk Scudatnore, of the General Post Office, has accepted »n appointment under tho Turkish Government to organise a Turkish Postal Service. The Good Templars have resolved to raise a sum of £10,000 for propagandist purposes among the young. Lady Nora Hastings, emisin to the Marquis of Bute, has joined the Rotnish Church. The Rev. Gervaise Smith has been elected President of the Wesleyan Conference. From Montreal comes tidings of Fechter, the actor, dying. Bell, a Liberal, was elected for Hartlepool by a large majority over Dr w enealy's son. The Queen waß among the prize takers at the Royal Agricultural Society's meeting. The weather was cruelly unfavourable to the exhibition, diminishing the attendance At Wimbledon, the Elcho Challenge Shield was won by the IrJßh tbam, with 1506 points. Freeman won the Goodwood Stakes, and Aventuriere the Goodwood Cup. There ia a general lock-out of cotton operatives throughout Lancashire impending, owing to a further reduction in wages. Two thousand men struck in the Sfc. Gothard tunnel. At the contractor's request, the troops were sent, who, being pelted with stones, fired, killing four and wounding eight men. The town of Lefke, in Asiatic Turkey, has been nearly consumed. Twenty houses were destroyed by fire at Constantinople. Grant's six-storeyed cotton mill at Glasgow, and the Broadwood weaving factory at Belfast, have been destroyed by fire, causing large damage. Obituary. — Commander Charles Jeffries, aged 86 ; Sir Charles Locock, physician ; Bishop Thirlwall ; Hans Christian Andersen, the celebrated Danish author. The Lord Mayor's banquet cost £180,000. It was a grand idea to entertain the Mayors of the world ! A vote of £40,000 has been passed for the administration of affairs in Fiji. Some good purchases of first-class horses have been made by colonists. King Cole is also purchased for Victoria. He is brother to King Lud, who was sold for 6000 guineas. ENGLISH SHIPPING. Departures. — Adamant, July lOfch, for Bluff; British Empire, July 11th, for Auckland ; Horah, July 31st, for Wellington ; Himalaya, July 24th, for Canterbury ; Jessie Headman, July 6th, for Otago ; Mermerus, July 2lßt, for Ofcago,- White Eagle, July 14th, for Auckland ; Zealandia, July 19 th, for Otago. Vessels loading at London. — For Auckland : Star of Germany, Ocean Mail, Glen Ora, Carnatic. For Canterbury : Duke of Edinburgh, Queen Bee, Waitangi, Langstone, and Soutar. For Bluff Harbour : Waitara. For Napier : Inveraey, Algoa, Carmarthenshire, Calypso, May Queen, Maatura, Celestial Queen, Wiltshire, Waimate, and Canterbury. For Wellington: St Leonards, Pleiades, Avalanche, and Commissary. At Liverpool. — 3"or Canterbury: Heathcote and Brisbane. For Port Chalmers and Auckland: Schiehallion. For Bluff Harbour: Peter Denny.

A woodcutter named George Williams, who resides at Pine Hill, was found in London street on Sunday with his throat cut. He possessed the idea that some men were going to carry him off to America. The Police removed him to the Hospital, where he was admitted, and his wounds dressed by Dr Yates. About half-past 9 next evening Williams presented himself at the Maclaggan street Police Station nearly naked, and stated that he had escaped from tho Hospital unobserved. He was taken back to the [ Hospital,