NEWS BY THE SUEZ MAIL.

Southland Times, Issue 2115, 12 May 1875, Page 3

NEWS BY THE SUEZ MAIL.

The Prince Imperial has been enter tamed at meaa by the officers of the Royal Artillery at Woolwich. He i« likely to attach himself to the sth Royal Irish Lancers, to undergo a course of practical military instruction. MrHuddleston has accepted tie vacant iudeeship in the Common Pleas. ' Mr Staveley Hill has been appointed counsel to the Admiralty and judge advocate of the Fleet, vice MrHuddleston. Mr Justice Den man has been appointed election judge, in place of Sir George Honyman. Dr Edward Bickersteth succeeds the late Weldon Champneys as Dean of Lichfield. Mr Pope Hennesey has been appointed , Governor-in-Chief of the Windward I Islands. The Earl of Limerick succeeds Earl Percy as grand master of the mark degree of English Freemasons. Sir John Karslake is blind, in spite of a recent operation. Parliamentary legislation has a decidedly retrograde tendency ; many enact inents of past sessions are being stealthily I undermined, and the liberal policy reversed. The Eegimental Exchanges Bill, for example, is regarded as a covert step towards the restoration of army purchase. The second reading was carried by a majority of 97, and a subsequent amendment, moved by Mr Gosehen, was defeated by 96. Mr Gladstone made a speech in committee. Tbe Judicature Act Amendment Bill is lost. An opposition having been organised against the principle of transferring appellate jurisdiction in Scotch and Irish cases from the Lords to the new tribunal, I ord Cairns succumbed, and withdrew tbe bill. There is great indignation amongst the LiberoU mingled with contempt for the weakness of tbe Government. The Bishop of Peterborough's Church Patronage Bill was referreii to a select committee. The Queen has granted a pension of £200 a year to Mr Woods, now in failing health, in recognition of his valuable labore in discoveries at Epbesus, and the archaeological treasures secured to the British Museum A reward of £500 is offered for the recovery of tbe will of the late Lord St Leonards. It is suspected to have been buried with him in the pocket of his j dressing-gown, which was worn at the time of his death. Mr and Mrs George Cruickshank have celebrated their silver wedding. Mr Gladstone has replied to his critics in another pamphlet entitled "Vaticanism." One hundred and fifty thousand copies of his former pamphlet have been sold. The City of London Liberal Registration Association has passed a resolution expressive of gratitude to Mr Gladstone for his eminent public services. The Union University of America has offered the honorary chancellorship to Mr Gladstone, which has been declined from his inability to cross the Atlantic to deliver the address. Mr Fawcett's motion, providing for the education of children in agricultural districts equally with others, was opposed by the Government, and defeated by 229 Totes to 149. The Women's Degrees Bill, applicable to Scotch Universities, was rejected by 194 votes to 151. The House has approved the continuance, with certain modifications, of the Peace Preservation Acts of Ireland. The Irish members were disappointed that all coercive legislation was not swept away. Sir Henry James has obtained a select committee to inquire into the contracts for certain foreign leans in England. Mr Lowe is a member of the committee. Mr Goßcben's bill on Scotch banking haring heen rejected, a select committee ■was appointed to inquire into the restrictions on and privileges of the banks authorised to issue Dotes. The subject has been warmly discussed in the press. Mr Stephens, owner of the Cyphrenee, has sued Messrs Lawrence, Clark, and Co, agents of the Australasian and American Mail Company, for £6000 due on the charter of t'nat steamer. The defendants contested their liability on the plea that they acted simply as agents of Hall, Forbes, and De Bussche, trading us the company. A verdict was given for the defendants by arrangement, they paying Stephens £1500. A detachment of the Royal Engineers under Major Pratt will shortly proceed to Fiji. On the 10th a meeting was held at the Bank of South Australia, Sir R. Torrens in the chair, to discuss the best means of securing fortnightly communication with Australia in 40 days. Intercolonial jealousies were referred to as the chief obstacle. A resolution waß passed affirming the superiority of the Suez route, such opinion to be communicated to the respective colonies for their consideration. A deputation from the Aborigiues Protection Society presented an address to Sir Arthur Gordon previous to his departure. He expressed the hope of being able to Buppress kidnapping in the Pacific. An amended Pacific Islanders' Protection Bill has passed its second reading in the House of Lords. Bishop Colenso's advocacy of Langalibalele has rendered him very unpopular in Natal. His return to the colony was celebrated by signs of mourning and disapproval. The Canadian Budget, just presented to the Dominion Parliament, shows an expenditure on capital account of over 14 million dollars, bufc no alteration of the tariff is proposed. Our Government has accepted tbe American President's invitation to take part in the International Exhibition at Philadelphia next year. The committee

lof the Council of i.ducaiiou has oem ! entrusted with the British Section. Mr Philip Cunliffo Owen will act as executive commissioner and Colonel Sandford as official delegate. I Dean Stanley lias been invited to deliver the inaugural address at th. unveiling of the statue of Richard Baxter at Kidderminster. An «flLy of tin? Kcv. J. Coley, who refused to bury a parishioner, has been paraded through Oxford and burnt. An action against the Times by Mr Francis Fowler, civil engineer, for a criticism on some American companies in 1872, has collapsed. The plaintiff, who on cross-examination was proved to have been implicated in questionable piornotion schemes, elected to be nonsLUed. Moody and fankey, the American evangelists, commenced their special servicesin London on March 9 ; 20,000 persons assemble every evening m the Agricultural Hall, while crowded midday ! meetings are held in Exeter Hall. Two !or three weekly organs excepted, the London press speaks favorably of them. The Opera House iv tbe Haymarket is engaged for the West End services. Lord Derby has consented to accept £500 for each white man, and £300 for each colored man murdered at Santiago, in the Virgiuius executions. The Navy Estimates amount to £10,784,644, being an increase of £344,539. The new Channel steamer Bessemer has made a successful trial trip, in a gale, from Hull to Gravesend. The vessel has been docked at Millwall to receive fittings and decorations. The Admiralty Arctic Committee has r.sed upon Smith's Sound as the route for the new Expedition. Captain Boyton and wo friends made another trial . his new life-saving dresses, by floating down the Thames from Westminster to Greenwich. The experiment was perfectly successful. A number of destructive fires have occurred. The Advocates' Library, Edinburgh, was partly burnt, endangering that valuable collection; 1000 volumes were destroyed. Killean House, Campbelltown, on the eve of completion after extensive additions, was partially destroyed. Part of the manufactory of Mr Schlesman, Dundee, was burnt, with a loss of £12,000 An old mill in the heart of Bradford, inhabited by several families, was destroyed, the damage being £7000. The Vulcan Lucifer Match Manufactory at Gothenburg, Sweden, has been partially consumed. Forty-nine persons perished, and nine were mortally injured, by an explosion at a fuse factory at St. Day, Cornwall. Martin's extensive timber stores and lsawmills, Dublin, have been burnt, with a loss of £50,000. The Southminster Theatre, Edinburgh, has been completely destroyed, and Messrs Ogden's cotton-mill at Oldhara, containing 2-1,000 spindles, the damage in the latter case being £15,000. An international exhibition, in which prominence will be given to matters connected with marine and river industries, will be held in Paris from July to November next. There is a dead pause in public affairs in Spain. The youug King is reported to be disheartened, and to have entertained serious thoughts of abdication. His strong-minded sister, the Countess of Girgenti, has gone to him. His Liberal and Ultramontane supporters are hope- J lessly divided, and the Ministry, which | is practically absolute, has decreed a new marriage law. _ t The German Government has prohi- | biled the export of horses, owing to an ; attempt of France to purchase 10,000 to reorganise her cavalry. Earnest efforts are being made in Prussia to arrest the exodus of the_ agricultural population. One proposals the creation 'of peasant proprietorship by divisiou of state domains into small allotments. It is rumored that a French, loan of j 48 million francs will shortly be brought j out for the conversion of tbe Morgan loan and the redemption of the debt due to the Bank of France. The English press anticipate much benefit to India from the visit of the Prince of "Waleß. General Sir Charles Torke has been appointed constable of the Tower. The Civil Service Estimates amount to £12,025,000, showing an increase of a quarter of a million over those of last year. The steamer Kosario has been towed into Gibraltar with her crank broken. Germany has proposed a mixed commission to" arrange the difficulty arising out of the Gustavo affair, conditional upon the payment of 10,000 thalers as an instalment. Spain has agreed to this. The Supreme Court has confirmed, and the Sultan has sanctioned, the death sentences passed on the criminals concerned in the Fadgoritza affair. The Times publishes a verbatim report of Colonel Phayre's cross-examination, andcousiders its result would have rendered it impossible for any tribunal to find the Guicowar guilty. The majority of the other papers also consider the case against the Guicowar not proven, and regret that the prosecution was instituted. M. de Lesseps is endeavoring to obtain from the Porte a modification of canal dues, to enable the company to effect improvements. The Bishop of Bombay is slowly dying from cancer in the throat.