ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL, VIA SUEZ.

Waikato Times, Volume I, Issue 41, 3 August 1872, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL, VIA SUEZ.

AUCKLAND. Thursday, 2 p.m. The Wonga Wonga arrived to-day. Sha brings the English, mail via Suez. The mail steamer arrived at Adelaide on the 25th. Latest post date June 14. Telegraphic, July 6. The Hero is still in. quarantine; LONDON. July 6. It is reported that Sir G. Bowen will probably be appointed Governor of Victoria in two months. The arbitrators on the Alabama claim met again at Geneva on the sth June. They speedily resolVed to exclude indirect claims, as contrary to international law. America concurs in the exclusion of these claims in prospect o£ speedy settlement of the question. The treaty has been concluded between Germany and France for the speedy liberation of occupied French provinces. A fierce contest is raging between the adherents of Prince Bismarck and the supporter* of Papacy. The Jesuits have been expelled from Germany, and the Pope denounces the Italian Government. A close alliance has. been formed between Germany and tha- Italiani Court.

A great Conservative banquet has been held at the Crystal Palace. The Ballot Bill was spoiled by the House of Lords arid returned to thorn by the Commons in order that the Lords might have another opportunity of passing it without mutilation. In Spain a new Ministry lias been formed under Serrano. Many reforms are promised. Calls on shares in Suez Canal Company are being raised. In the House of Commons Miall's motion for enquiring into Church revenue was lost by 2'.)4 to 0- r ). The Australian Telegraph Company pro" posed to lay to Normanton. Capital to be £^0,000. The Telegraph Construction Company guarantee G per cent, on capital authorised to bo raised. The nature of the injury to the Java Cable still unknown. It is being repaired at the Telegraph Construction Company's expense. There lias also been .some discussion in the House of Commons in reference to colonial reciprocity. The ship Abbey Holm came into collision with the ship bhollerah, which was burnt in the Pacific. All hands saved. it is proposed to hold a great Exhibition in Calcutta. Dr. Livingstone has bee® discovered and relieved by Mr. Stanley, the New York " Herald" commissioner. The Dr. has decided to remain two years more exploring in A frioa. The Government refuses to assume the protceloiate of the -Fiji. There has been great discussions on the subject. The Government, will acquiesce in union of Fiji with tho Australian Colonics, but declines to annex it to the Empire without the expressed wish of the people. Tho Government have established friendly relations with KingThukombau's Government. The Imperial Government prefer annexation to a protectorate. The " Times " says that the debnte will mark an epoch in the colonial policy of the British Empire. The questions of Fiji's annexation and Imperial unity are being warmly discussed. 1 lie advoeate3 of the disintegration of Empire are e\ cry where descried. McArthnr's motion for protectorate or annexation of Fiji was lost in House of j Commons by 51 votes. j The Directors of the Australian Telegraph j Company have been authorised to raise the necessary capital for the Normanton line. j Colonel Sykes, M.P., and General Carey j are dead. i The Park Lane murderess, Dix Blanc, has j been reprieved. ; Professor Airey has been knighted. ! The harvest, in England is likely to be late, j The Que on returned from Scotland on the j 2t>th, and is now at Windsor. The Ballot Bill passed the Mouse of Lords, j The lock-out of building trades is assuming alarming proportions. Already there are many thousands of workmen idle, who refused to work on terms offered. , There is great agitation amongst other I trades, including Liverpool tailors, Belfast i [lax-spinners, Woolwich workmen, Plymouth j police, Loudon coach-builders, Dundee female j servants, and Leamington and Teignmouth i -washerwomen. LATEST TELEGRAMS. LON DON. j July G. | The projected Australian Steam Service j by way of the Cape of Good Hope has proved j a failure. The Government has promised enquiry into the cause of failure of the European and Albert Life Assurance Companies. GENERAL SUMMARY. An attack ou a British mail steamer was made in the Persian Gulf. £4,000 worth of treasure was carried off. One fireman was killed and several wounded. The robbers are likely to be captured. The Rev. Dr. Norman McLeod is dead. Five pictures, at the Royal Academy of j Palace in India, are said to be productions | of Mrs. Butler, formerly of New Zealand, j Earl Granville, in the House of Lords, and j Mr Gladstone, in the House ot Commons, j announced that the arbitrators had decided j that the indirect claims, as grounds for com- j pensation, were incompatible with the law. j They had therefore been excluded from the further considei-ation of the tribunal. GENEVA. June 27. The Arbitration Tribunal met to-day. As | on former occasions the greatest secrecy was j observed. It is stated that, the questions to | be discussed, and the method of proceeding, j will be decided upon to-morrow, and that j regular sittings will commence immediately after. GALLE. July 26.. Full details of record respecting Dr. Livingstone are as follow : Stanley spent 4 months with him and obtained his journals for the j " New York Herald." The search expedition i has been broken up, and the members have : gone home. _ j The Secretary and Chairman of the Syrian,, Smyrna and Aden Railway have been com- j mitted on the charge of fraudulently circu- ! lating quotations on Stock Exchange. j Shoals of new companies continue to be : announced, but most of them will fall through, i

We have all heard of the extreme fastidiousness the female half of the Americana, and that they cannot bear to see the naked leg of a mahogany table ; but it was paying a little expensively tor the indulgence of that sentiment when on a yatching excursion a youn-j lady who was on board, apia ig out of her bei'.h and jumped overboard on bearing the captain, during a gale of wind, order the mate to haul down the sheets.