ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL.

Cromwell Argus, Volume I, Issue 2, 10 November 1869, Page 4

ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL.

London, Sept. 11. 'The July mails'from Australia via Marseilles were delivered on tho 7tb Septembor, and those via Southampton on the 13th. The Queen left Windsor for Balmoral on the 19th August, where the Court is at present. The Queen, Princesses Louisa and Beatrice, visited the Trossachs and

vicinity. The Prince of Wales has returned from Germany and joined the Queen. They were present at the Braemar gathering on the 2nd September. The Princess of Wales remains at Wildbad for the benefit of the waters, which have improved her health. Prince Arthur left England for Canada on the 14th August, to join the Rifle Brigade. He arrived there on the 22nd, and was received with the greatest cordiality by all classes. The third annual wool sales will conclude on the 21st; the quantity catalogued was 137,410 bales. New Zealand wools ruled a halfpenny higher than at the June sales. Tho general tone of. the market was much firmer, and the competition was more spirited than for some time past. The Oxford and Harvard University boat race was rowed on the 27th August, and created immense excitement. The Harvard crew won the toss for places, and took the Middlesex side. At tho start they went away with the lead, which they retained until Hammersmith Bridge was reached, under which they passed half a length ahead. After leaving there, the

Oxford crew gradually drew on them, and by the time they reached Chiswick Eyot, Oxford put on a magnificent spurt, and passed them. On reaching Barnes, the Oxford boat was three clear boat’s lengths ahead, and finished the course in 22 min. The crowd lined both banks of the river, but the enormous course on the river was kept very clear, only two steamers containing umpires and other officials being allowed to follow. The other steamers were kept some distance in the rear. The defeat of the Harvard c.tew caused much disappointment in America. The American papers admit that the race was contested in a perfectly fair manner. The Emperor Napoleon has been seriously ill. The event caused the greatest excitement. The Paris Rentes fell with alarming rapidity. The exchanges of Vienna, Frankfort, and Pails were seriously disturbed for some days. The alarm is now subsiding. The Emperor is reported to be recovering, and it is hoped that he will visit the East at the opening of the Suez canal. The Viceroy of Egypt has replied to the remonstrances of the Sultan in a submissive spirit. It is hoped that nothing will interfere with the grand ceremonials to take place on the opening of the Suez canal. Cardinal Cullen lias issued a pastoral letter, in which it is threatened that the Sacraments shall be withheld from parents who send their children to the National Schools. The Cardinal also ordered a thanksgiving in all the Catholic churches, to last for three days, to commemorate the dis-establishment of the Irish Church. The Prince, of Wales is identifying himself with the English Freemasons. He has been made Past Grand Master, and has announced his intention of joining several of the highest lodges. The commissioners appointed to investigate the bribery at elections have been examining witnesses in the case of Bridgewater and Norwich-. They discovered evidence of gross corruption. It is supposed that a motion will be made to disenfranchise both boroughs. The Bishop of Winchester has resigned. He retains one-third of his income. The Bishop of Oxford has been promoted to the See of Winchester in consequence. Tne Bishop of Lichfield is seriously indisposed. llis illness was occasioned by the shock he sustained by the death of his , brother, Lord Chief Justice Selwyn. The Rev. Charles Kingsley, the wellknown novelist, has been appointed one of tho canons of Chester Cathedral.

It is reported that a mutiny has broken out among tho National Guards of Madrid. A sharp contest for tho Mayoralty of the City of London is expected between Bir James C. Lawrence and Mr Alderman Lesley. The great Ebor Handicap was won by Fortune; Laird second ; and War third. Retrenchment still proceeds in the dockyards. Shoc-rness is to bo abandoned as a naval yard. The Great Eastern sails with the East Indian cable on the 10th November. News has been received of British subjects being detained captives in the Paraquay. They are well treated, and are iu safety. Miss Glynn, tho celebrated tragedienne, is about to take a professional tour through the United States. She will proceed from California to Australia.

Two steamers, the Germania and Cleopatra, have been lost off Newfoundland in a heavy fog. The Germania lost all her specie and cargo. The island of Juan Fernandez has been ceded to the Society of German Colonists.

News from the Capo states that Dr 1 Twell, Bishop of the Orange Free State, was charged with committing an indescribable oifenoo. John Webster, merchant, has been sent to prison for fraudently obtaining quantities of valuable goods under pretence of sending them to New Zealand. William Dixon, a private soldier, has been executed for shooting Corporal Brett at Aldershot. Professor Risley, proprietor of the Japanese Troup, has been committed for trial for attempting to commit a seiious assault on a little girl whom he waylaid in the streets. Craig, late governor of the Pentonville prison, was arrested on a charge of embezzling £690 belonging to the Government. There is nothing moving in the political world. Almost all the Ministers are away

shooting on the moors. The British Association is holding its annual gathering at Exeter. Professor Stokes is president. Mr Gladstone is staying at Walmer Castle. His health has derived benefit from the change. Three highly placed officials connected with the "Woolwich Arsenal have been committed for trial on a charge of stealing, Government stores. Day and Martin’s blacking manufactory, High Holborn, has been destroyed by fire. A great demonstration was to bn held on the 20th instant at Charing Cross, with a view to induce the Government to release the political prisoners. Twelve English cricketers sail for Australia on the 20th inst. A company has been formed in London to make a railway from Dunedin to Port Chalmers and Deborah Bay.

Three telegraphic companies have been formed to connect Australia with the IndoEuropean system. LATEST SPECIAL TELEGRAMS. London, September 23. The American minister has withdrawn j from Cuba. The Common Council of the city of London proposes to vote 300 guineas in aid of the British and Colonial Emigration Fund. The wool sales continue firm, and prices Id to lid better than the June rates. 80,000 bales were taken for contingent demands. The Viceroy of Egypt his raised difficulties regarding the acceptance of the conditions imposed by the Grand Visier, preventing him raising loans without the leave of the Sultan. The Czar of Russia has been seriously ill. It is now officially reported that his health is completely restored. Lady Palmerston and the Bishop of Exeter are dead. Eleven horses ran for the St. Leger. Pero Gomez was the winner, Martyrdom second, and General Osbaldiston third. The Spanish Government are sending

24,000 troops to Cuba. Gallic, Oct. 5. Tho Peninsula and Oriental steamer Carnatic, from Suez to Bombay, was totally wrecked on the 13 hof September off the island of Shadwan in the Red Sea. The Ship lay thirty-six hours on the reef, then broke up and went down into deep water, carrying with her the whole cargo, with specie and mails; nothing was saved. Five passengers, the ship’s surgeon (Dr Eansford), the purser (Mr Gardner), the purser’s clerk, chief engineer and another engineer, three stewards, and fifteen natives perished. The remainder of the passengers are in the Sumatra. It is stated at Bombay that trustworthy information has been received of Dr Livingstone having reached Ugiji on Lake Tanganyika last May. He would leave for the coast of Zanzibar. Supplies were sent to Ugiji three years ago. The Duke of Edinburgh arrived at Yokohama on the 29th August, and held j a levee. The Duke was well received by | the Mikado, and afterwards proceeded to Ycddo. Prince Arthur has arrived at Halifax i where he had a public reception. 1 An accident occurred at the coal mine, Plymouth, Pennysylvania. The timbers caught fire, and 200 men and boys were suffocated.

. A heavy gale at Boston destroyed property of the value of a million dollars. From New York, latest cable news reports gold 135}. General Rawlings, the Secretary of War, is dead. General Sherman has been appointed temporary successor. The Conservative Republican Convention has confirmed the nomination of Lewis Bart as Governor. Obituary.— Charles Moore, M.P., Tipperary County ; Captain Samuel T. Dickens, Commander Thomas Podskin, Sir Roger Palmer, General J. S. Fraser, Hon. and Rev. E. Pellew, E. C. Egerton, P.M., Sir Clias. George Young, Garter King of Arms ; Admiral R. L. Bayles, K.C.B. ; John B. Payne, Colonel Terry ; E. Barrow, i Morniny Herald staff; W, M. Stevenson, | Great Western Railway ; Dr Spiers ; ! Behan, editor of the London Gazelle ; I General Perrouet, Thompson, Baron Leys (Belgium painter). I Clement Hurt-wood, son of a partner in | the linn of Allen, Knight, and Co., has | been committed for stealing bills amount- ' ing to £15,000. lie was captured in America, and brought back,

Lord Clarendon is visiting Belgium, * It j is believed that tho object of his visit is to encourage Belgium to maintain a firm front against foreign dictation. He was very enthusiastically received by the Belgians. Lord Palmerston’s private diary, edited by Sir Henry Bulwer, will be published shortly by Bentley. The Irish land question is the only subject of political discussion at present. Great excitement prevails in Ireland on the question. The Times sent a commissioner to Ireland, who has contributed a series of valuable letters to that journal. Mrs Beecher Stowe, in Macmillan, purports to give a true story of Lady Byron’s life, Mrs Stowe was instigated to write it by the recent publication of the Countess Quiccioli’s book. Mrs Stowe states on the authority of Lady Byron that the real cause of their separation was the discovery that Byron was living in incestuous inter course with his half-sister Augusta. Dr Lushington is referred to as a depository of the secret; The solicitors of Lady Byron’s family protest against the publication of the statement, but without denying its truth. A strong feeling prevails that Mrs Stowe was wrong in publishing this ghastly story, The papers are full of correspondence relating to the subject. Dr Lushington gives no sign. Mr Hepworth Dixon is making a Russian tour. Sir Charles Dilke is roaming in Northern regions.

SHIPPING. Departures.— For Otago; Philip Nelson, August 21; May Queen, August 18; Chile, August 24 ; Queen Bee, September 9; Julia, from New York, August 17; Albatross, August 20.