SUEZ MAIL NEWS.

Otago Witness, Issue 1382, 25 May 1878, Page 15

SUEZ MAIL NEWS.

|BtTeleokaph.| Hoicitika, May 22nd. The following is the mail news up to April 12th, An assistant Under-Secretary of State, for Scotch business, is to be appointed. Mr Alcourt (Conservative) \ras returned for Manchester agrinst Sir Francis Lycett (Liberal). The Comua, the first of six steel corvettes for the navy, was launched at Glasgow on the 3rd April. She is a powerful vessel. Sir A. Allison has taken charge of the intelligence department of the Horse Guards. Mr Wm Thos Chalon, M.P., was chosen common sergeant for the pity of London. There were seventeen candidates, including several other, members of Parliament, among them Mr Bourke, under-Secretary for the Foreign office. Questions have been asked in Parliament), on several occasions relative to the execution of the Tanna native on board the Beagle, and the Invpriable reply is that the Admirauty is waiting for further information. About L 3,000 have already been subscribed for the relatives of those drowned in the Eurydice. A Government enquiry is to be held. The masters of several vessels which were in the Channel the same afternoon that the frigate WM lost state that the squall came on suddenly, and that it could not have been tterceived from on board a vessel so close to the high cliffs of the Me of Wight and east of Ventnor t» the Eurydicewas. A grant of public money will be-m&de to the families of the deceased, as in the case of the Captain. A serious riot occurred at the Liverpool Sailors' Home on April 2, its origin being owing to the dullness of trade, many black sailors in port cannot get employment. As a number of whites were being shipped the blacks, 200 strong, attacked them, and the riot was only ended by the arrival of a large body of police. Many seamen were severely injured. Out of. 15 elections in France, on the Ist, 14 Republicans were elected. A fresh ballot is necessary in the other instance. Ari^ article contributed by Prince Jerome Napoleon to the Revue de Deux Mondes created much sensation. It attributes the isolation of France in 1870-71 to clericism, and asserts that had it not been for the rapid advance of the Prussians and persistent refusal of the Emperor, prompted by the clerical party, to evacuate Rome, both Austria and Italy would have consented to aid France. ■The Nicaraguan .Government has accepted the conditions imposed by Germany for the insult offered to the German Consul, and a German squadron has been Bent to San Juan to enforce them. The Emperor of Germany replied to the Pope's announcement of his accession in a very courteous note, expressing his willingness to entertain friendly relations with the Vatican. The Pope is stated to have entrusted Cardinal Cullen with negotiations with the English Government respecting the establishment of a hierarchy in Scotland, Cardinal Manning having exhibited too Ultramontane tendencies. Cardinal Manning has returned to England. A telegram from Rome in the Standard of April 9th Bays the Pope stated that action of England in the present crisis will be the means of saving Europe from Russian barbarism. The Vatican will favour any alliance of Latin Europe with Englaad aa a barrier against Slavism.

A Commission of Cardinals has been appointed to investigate the Peter's Pence Fund. They- report that large sums have disappeared. leaving no trace of administration. The fund is in the utmost confusion, and there is no means of knowing how much has been received or how much spent for many years past. His Holiness has provided a remedy for all this in the future.