MAIL NEWS.

Otago Witness, Issue 1324, 14 April 1877, Page 15

MAIL NEWS.

Melbourne, April 3r<?. 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 creacw coloured horses. The weather was magnificent, and there was an immense throng-. Earl Beaconsfield was received with repeated cheers. He was introduced to the Houseiof Lords by Earls Derby and Shrewsbury. The address in the Lords was moved by Lord Grey de Wilton, and seconded by the Earl of Had- [ dington. In the Commons Lord Galway and Mr Torr performed the same office. In reply to Earl Granville, Earl Derby explained the reason why the blue books do not contain the Marquis of Salisbury's account of the interviews with Marshal MacMahon and M. Decazes and Prince Bismarck, whilst that relative to his conversations with the Austrian and Italian Ministers was given. The" reason was that the former was of a far moro confidential character, and its republication wou'd produce an unpleasant feeling abroad. The second reading of the Public-bouse Closing Bill was carried by a large majority. A± Newcastle Mr Joseph Cowan addressed his constituents on the Eastern Question, condemning Earl Beaconsfield's speech at the outset of the agitation. He commended Lord Derby's subsequent action. He had faith in Mid hat Pacha, and thought the Turkish constitution should have a fair trial. The Queen is 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.P. 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 Fitzgibbon, Q.C. The Rev. E. Bickersteth is likely to be the new Bishop of Rochester, consequent upon Dr Claughton'a transfer to the Sac of St. Albans. Renewed 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 1 London, the deaths from the disease are not now so numerous. The Prince and Princess of Wales, with their household, in town and at Sandringham, ! have been re-vaccinated. Cleopatra's Needle is to be brought to London, and placed on the Thames embankment, at the sole expense of Df Erasmus Wilson. Mr Froude has accepted candidature for the Rectorship of Glasgow University. General Tcnneraieff has taken up hi* quarters, 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 hours. He was to have ridden 600 miles, but the horses couldnot keep it up. A poor woman in Liverpool, without exoectations, came into L 70,000, through the ieath of a relative, whom she never knew. A man named Dance, who deserted his wife and three children, and joined the Shakers in the New Forest, has bean sentenced to three months' imprisonment for deserti6n. Disclosures of gross immorality among the Shakers were made. In consequence of the appearance of the cattle plague in the metropolis, an Order in Council has been issued prohibiting the, movemeat, from London of cattle, sheep, or goats. Similar orders have been issued in Germany. In' Belgium fresh outbreaks of rinderpest have appeared. 'J'he miners in the 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 piclcs 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. Brien, in Brittany. A^ journalist named Le Foil sent for a captain in the 71st Regiment, ! whom he suspected of being intimate with his wife, and stabbed him on arrival. He then went and stabbed his wife to the heart, and finally, in company with a young v/oman, committed suicide. A woman named Elizabeth Kirkbridge has been committed for trial at Penrith, charged with murdering and concealing the bodies 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 had 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 Regent's Park. An investigation showed thatl theyjwere of stillborn children, for the buria of which the man said he had the fees, but had never removed them to the cemetery. Commodore Hoskins has been appointed aide-dc camp to the Queen. Fearful gales have occurred at sea and land during January. Between 30 and 40 North Sea fishing smacks are missing, with about 200 men aboard. The steamer George Washington was wrecked off- Cape' Race, and all aboard (24 in number) perished". Thiers has had a severe attack of illness. Count de Chambord is said to be staying at Versailles. Many hundred papers in France have been fined in various sums 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, will be the first Bishop of Derby. A special service has been held for the sick fund of the Cathedral in connection with the consecration of the Rev. J. R. Selwyn in New Zealand as Bishop of Melanesia. The public for once did not heed the Times's ' solemn dissuasions in connection with the | Christchurch loan. _ The terms — 6 per cent, j debentures at a minimum of 98 — wers too ■ attractive to be resisted while there is such a I surplus of money in the morKet earning next to nothing. ApplicationhaH been made'to the Stock Exchange Committee for a special settling

day in respect of this loan, and an official quotation in the daily list. The position of New Zealand'securities in our market has been strengthened by the public aunonncement recently made by the AgentGeneral that the Government will not bring forward any further loan in London during the present year. SHIPPING. Sailed. — Ben Ledi, for Wellington, January 27th ; Hooghly, for Otago, January 13th ; Lombardian, ior -. Auckland, January 16th; Otago, for Port Chalmers^ February Ist; Piako, for Canterbury, February sth ; Alastor, Auckland, February lsfc; Hermione, for Otago, February 12fch. Loading at London : For Auckland — Spirit of the Dawn, Dilpusund, Yosemite, Hudson. For Canterbury — Prim ere, Merope, Wanganui, William Davie, Waikato. For Otago—Rokewood, Isle of Anglesea, Zealandia, Waitangi, Forfarshire. For Wellington — Wennington, Queen of the West, Wenlock, G, Broughton, Halcione. At Glasgow — For Lyttelfcon, Lurline; and for Port Chalmers, Dumclog,