THE SUEZ MAIL.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume V, Issue 238, 23 November 1877, Page 12

THE SUEZ MAIL.

With regard to the Avalanche disaster, had it not been for the kindness of the landlady of the Cove Inn, the six ladies would have been buried without a winding sheet or a particle of clothing. She purchased some calico to wrap them in, a four- wheeled wagon removed them in the pauper-shells provided to the graveyard, but there was no one there to follow the remains, nor even anyone to carry the coffins to their last resting place. At the request of the clergyman some qnanymen in their working dresses came forward and prevented the public scandal that would otherwise (as a newspaper correspondent tells us) have occurred of the Avaggon being drawn to the grave, and the coffins shot into it wholesale. *" Sir Julius Vogcl, with approval of the Board of Trade, has presented, on the part of the New Zealand Government, each of the Portland fisherman who went to the rescue with a £5 note. The condition of the Pope's health has assumed a new aspect. He is suffering from very great prostration. He easily and frequently fulls asleep, and has barely strength enough to give attention to any business. A Camarilla commands at the Vatican, and acts in the name of the Pope. Now that a period of confusion and intrigue has commenced, which is preparatory to a crisis, some of the Cardinals are holding meetings to provide for any emergency. It is stated in a telegram, dated Cracow, September 21, that a general panic has been produced in Russia by the latest war news, and that the peasants are flying into the forests for fear of fresh enlistment. There is a general feeling of open hostility to the Government. Admiral De Horsey has been ordered Home to explain Ms attack on the Huascar. One of the largest fires in the east end of London that has taken place for some years occurred on the 24th September at an oil and colour manufactory, Millwall. The loss was very great. Fourteen land, besides three water, engines were brought into requisition, and over 1000 firemen were present. A colliery strike has occurred in Belgium, and riots took place. The troops and gensd'armes had to restore order. The marriage of Don Alfonso, King of Spain, with the daughter of the Duke De Montpensicr is definitely arranged. The new expedition to the North Pole is to be conducted by private enterprise with a steamer provisioned for three years. Its pro* posed commander is Capt. Cheyue, R.N., who has initiated the affair.

Ach Hostilitieß bave a S ain oub between the Dutch and the croft^fe The Russian armies me said to have lost 62,000 men by disease since entering Turkey. Their sanitary arrangements are described by all correspondents to be as bad as possible, v .. M 'vJ*y a "V milit| wy attache with Bulicman Pasha's army, has mi Kasanllk > and teen, buried with military honours. m Ihe crews of the .British fleet in Besika Bay have been undergoing a course of military drill for defending ships against torpedoes. m™, ? ff 1"1 "* 1118 * 1 commanders are taking stringent measures to repress outrages by the Circassians and Bashi-Ba^ouks. The commander at tiihstria has fiOO of them working in chains. w,n««n? ° ri)tUlCr i)tUIC redoubt by the Itussian and RouSV'Tt 1 " 1 ? 1 ; Generals Kadivnoff and Kobiloff caused a « i ' fc t° - 1 U l klsU dof cnce beiu " Asperate. General Skobiloff 's i.Thoif W / l % CU i ,m, m t y?, b £ a bal1 ' antl his horse Mllca wider him. | lUc tima * cd loss « f tu c Russians anu ltoumanians amounts to 20,000. * Everything indicates the determination of the Bussians to prosecute the war to its bitter end. ™ at 8011 ! 6 i Ve *7 0 ? 0 c . omißent s have been made in the Paris papers on Marshal MacMahons manifesto, which is much praised by the Oileanist organs. A Eepublican manifesto was issued in reply. It is the general opinion that something evil is impending in France. 1 uc Chinese Embassy is expected at Berlin. v w ?* Gt ?™l? papers regard Marshal MacMahon as having boon ttmnim' clmcal V avt J> ami it is thoroughly distasteful to r, fi S ' r . i uli * 8 \°r scl made a most practical speech at Sheffield at the uutlers tcast. He said he was most anxious to see the Empire more closely united in a new confederation, and if the fear of the colonies requiring parliamentary representation in the House of Commons stood m the way, for a long time to come the colonies would be content with representation at a Board of Advice. ,™ Vf^'f 1 '- 0 ! 11 tb ?. r '""'* correspondent affirms the massacre of wounded Turkish soldiers by the ltiwdims.