SUEZ MAIL NEWS.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3421, 9 December 1879, Page 2

SUEZ MAIL NEWS.

{Pbb s.i. City of Nmw Yob*,) :■ (P*B PbESS AoEHCYf) 1 -.: , i Till Politic*! Cftapiifft. „ Thi CaTral lCwtort., , Bofcwts, tinAna^ftr-., _. | Xtrtiil X^>t CafaO. tfanbw 110191 of thi BritUfc ; r ' At Sh»t*T-(Hldta. y :'' Ftrilfl ia tbi Xngliib OfcttiiL Lohdon, OeUber 2«. The political nampaign,, is aatiaipatiMi of a dissolution, continues, t ■-, ••, . Mr Fawcctt vii: Better tk« Libaral Party remain e«t of. offw; till > taeir/featr wm gray, rather than Make tany^ee**promise with the Home Rulers leading to the dismemberment of the Empire. The Government Foreign Peiioy is tht chief subject of attack. . - . Lord b;ttelton at a Liberal'banqnet said if the Liberals came into power the Afghan policy woald be ravened, Cjprns given up, and the national finances placed on a sound basis. Bosenberg,: publi«her. of (Tow* rl^k; was sentenced to eighteen montbt for. libelling Mrs Lingtrey, and six months for libeiiing Mrs CorawaUis West^ 'A< ' 0 Captain Barry is organising Emign* . tion Clubs in the ' ohW ; centres; of * ( population in the United Kingdom* - H| held succesifnl nwetings at Wai worth; 14' promote emigration to New ZtalawL ■*■>'? ">n

Thesehism amongst Hone rulers over • Mr FaracU's ConveatMtt*. Bcbemsuist widening.- :V ' " i-i <' ; „.,; ■/-,•;..-> The defeat of the Russians in Central Asia Iff 000 Turkoman! aadtbaC suspension :e* hostilities for th* winter l"ia> confirmed. ,y £ r". ' ■ *■ >•" r-i-".' Information hat been received twmJ New York that if Sir Arthur Gordon had,' annexed Samoa, the oii,t«ff '. , StatM> warship* would have protested agaiatf it l taking, Pafofwffo Goaliof, SUtioa.Aoiif, neeeaaarj woild have protected it." iL " "BoicjßAT* November 7. Cabal wai < formal I j ooeapied 90 tlw 12th October. All people found bea^iii||) arms were samn>ari]r,.jhot, thoroafhlj 'aowiog ths popalaee. General Bdbmrto announced only auch buiUlmxt^aiiit^arfered with the military obaervationa from, the Cantonments and Bala^Himr wettd' be destroyed. ' Cabal was placed nnder martial lair. Everyone fooad carryioa; arma.watdl. b» shot. A reward is effered for the arrest of persons concerned in the attaok am the residency. The matiny was organised byna aost trusted officer of the Ameer, who" ft suspected, and virtually a prisoner muder a strong guard. :

One hundred guns and a large quantity of ammunition were captured. General Boberts' proclamation ■tatee that tke Ameer having voluntarily attdK eated, owing, to -the attack on J&e lesU dency, it ia necesaary for the Bnglish to occupy Cabul and administer the Govern* ment. He calls on aU Afghan anthoritiea' to assist in maintaining order. The executions of those implicited in attacking the Residency occur daily. i The Ghilsais attacked Roberts' column,, but were repulsed after a sharp action.; " The British at Shatargardea narrowly escaped being invested by Gbiliaia and sharing Cavagnari's fate. The timelj arrival of Gough's force saved them.' i'"'' LoKOov, October 31. „... A disaster, which was caustd by the breaking of the fine steamer Australia's r shaft, was attended with great danger. * She left Southampton, after a thorough refit, with 209 passengers. The following day, a sudden shock .was felt, which proved to be the breaking of the main shaft. The vessel was in the midst of. dangerous currents. Captain Jordan was new to the steamer, having been promoted from the ship Hydaspes. ;He endeavored to get the ship's head round and run, into the channel, but the . difficulty was increased by all the crew, eKeept seven, bsing Lascars. Two noun. were spent in trying to spread the sails, just when matters began'to look desperate the Cunard steamer Trentaam , Hall was observed. The itaamcr, bom i} down. A long time was spent in getting a cable attached as by this time the eea; was running high, and the cable mapped-'' several times. The German, «■ Lnjdf

steamer, passing was signalled -and bora down in such a way as endangered both steamers. She went away alleging bferi steering gear was out of order, C«ptaiu Jordan resolved to sevd the Trentham Hall for Government assistance. lord Rapier confirmed the necessity, "■ and the frigate Valorous and the steam tug Trusty were sent out, and in the meanwhile the Australia had drifted fifty, miles and was in a dangerous position, between Casket Light, and the Guernsey Coast. The Australia anchored in that position that night, and the situation was so dangerous that Lord t Napier was requested by Captain Jordan to warn them ef the peril, and advieo them not to leave their births, but aiceatble in the saloon ready to leave ia the boats at a moment's notice. 'The order was complied with and the paseen* gera waited in terrible suspense, fully dresssd. The passengers were transhipped > by the menof-warsmen to the Valaroir safely, notwithstanding the high aea. The tug then took the Australia in tow safely to Plymouth. • ■'- :-- '■ '■■.

London measures aboat 13 milM [fcoii - cut to west, M&MI from north to south,'' and ii iet down aaaontaining 30,000 uiUs of streets, courts, jpdlanat. „. > . '"{ Tramps would be «nor« namerou than •rer were it not for the Mlf.aaerifleinjr. women of the land who nurry and wipprt