The English Mail.

Cromwell Argus, Volume I, Issue 16, 2 March 1870, Page 3

The English Mail.

—o—[From the Daily Timia feliegraiiis. } Bluev, Feb. 24. The as. Onieo, G. Calder, commander, with the New Zealand portion of the English mail, cleared Port Philip Heads at 8 p.m. on the 19 th inst. VtfN London, Dec. 31. | , si' Ottywell intends sending another BWtjfroad of emigrants to Canterbury in February. Mr A. C. Bees, late of the Fire Brigade, Bunedin, is in London. The Queen and Court spent Christmas at Osborne. News from New- York, dated December 20th, reports the loss of the Ruby, for New Zealand, in Esquimalt Harbour, during a gale in which she went ashore. The Princess of Wales has recovered from her confinement. Her infant daughter has been christened Maud Charlotte Mary Victoria. The colonial question is still under discussion. Three Wednesday Conferences have been held in Cannon-street Hotel. On the 15th, a deputation, introduced by Viscount Bury, waited on Earl Granville. Mr Sewell and Sir George Grey were present. The deputation disavowed hostile intentions towards the Colonial Office in the circular issued last August. Messrs Sewell and others spoke at some length, urging a modification in the administration of colonial affairs. Earl Granville said he could not assume any blame for misconceiving the spirit of the circular, illustrated as it was by the tone of the recent meetings . He objected to a Conference for two reasons: it was not agreeable to the colonists themselves, and was not calculated to jbtain the objects sought. He also disavowed remarks attributed to him respecting separation from New Zealand. He looked iipon the question as a matrimonial squabble likely to be aggravated by interference. The deputation withdrew intensely dissatisfied.

It has been resolved to establish a Naional and Colonial Emigration League. \.' movement has also been initiated°for malgamating the different Metropolitan emigration Societies. The aid of the Go'erument is sought. Mr Tallerman has had an interview with he Emperor Napoleon respecting the exension of the Australian meat dinners to France.

An Emigrant and Colonists* Aid Corpoation, with a capital of £250,000, is anLOunced.

Dr. Wilberforce has paid a visit to the !iieen, who invested him with the Order ' the Garter.

Parliament meets on the Bth of Febuary.

Cabinet Councils are held frequently. Tlu; Earl of Derby has visited Mr Dis[asli at Highenden.

The Conservative leadership is still unsettled.

Mr Spurgeon has experienced a relapse. The Archbishop of Canterbury is convaescent. There has been a series of destructive ales, with heavy rains, great floods, and igh tides, followed by frost, snow, andseere Christmas weather. The iron roof of King's College diningoom feli in ; but happily the hall was uncoupled at the time. The fall was caused y the vibration of a tramway which was djacent. The edgineor's report on the cracks in :ie granite columns of the Holborn viauct states that no damage has arisen to restructure. Mr Charles Mathews is taking a series f farewell benefits prior to leaving for aistralia. Judgment was given against the Rev. Ir Mackonochie for kneeling before the

msecrated elements. He was condemned i costs. Dr Shorthouse, editor and proprietor of ie Sporting Times, was fined £SO, and 3 onths' imprisonment, for a libel imputing conduct in scratching horses 1 Sir Joseph Hawley. The Times, by suit in the Vice Chancelr s Court, has compelled the Clerkemoell ews to drop the words " London Times" om its title. A Fenian attack was made upou Salford ihtia Barracks to seize 800 stand of arms, it it was promptly frustrated. The "Welsh fasting girl died on the eighth iy of a fortnight's watch, in the presence four nurses from Guy's Hospital. Her trents refused the offer to rive her food. verdict of manslaughter was returned ;amst the father. The acquittal of the late directors of jrerend, Gurney, and Co. was received ith loud acclamations in Court The •rdict was approved of by the Judge,

« tue decision gave great relief to the ty. The Judge refused costs to the procutor. ' Karl Clarendon lias sent the congratulates of the British Government to Mon3ur Lesseps, who was so pleased that he mmunicated the letter to the Emperor ipoleon. Last Monday evening 18 persons were ushed to death, at the entrance of the L'istol theatre, owing to a panic. attempted assassinations, accomfcied by barbarous mutilation are re>rted.

At Dublin, several gunsmiths' ahopa have been entered and plundered by armed men. Two constables wera shot in Liniorick County. A terrible storm occurred in Limerick,' by which some old houses were blown down and many people killed. The state of Ireland is loss alarming than it was a mouth ago. A large reinforcement of troops, sent in movable columns, well organised, and the threatened .suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, paralysed the Fenians. Two priests have been suspended. The dreaded anniversary of the defence of Deny passed without disturbance. Commercial. The New Zealand flax market is quiet, but steady: quotations, jC4O 7s, shewing a fall of £5 per ton. The decline is attributed to heavy arrivals and the fall in Manilla hemp. The best flax is at £is per ton. Bankruptcies are extremely numerous. The Board of Trade returns for November are satisfactory.

Australian cotton brought from IOAd to lOfd.

Continental. * France. The resignation of the Cabinet was announced on the 28th. Nearly all the elections have been declared valid. The Parliamentary parties have fallen into hopeless confusion. Owing to loudly-expressed dissatisfaction with the abuse of her influence, the Empress ceases to. take any prominent part in politics. Count Chambord issued a manifesto on the present state of France, in which he declared the hereditary monarchy only a harbor of refuge. Traupman's trial caused great excitement. 15,000 applications were received from persons wishing to be present. He was pronounced guilty, and condemned to death. Spain. Prim obstinately adheres to the candidature of the young Duke of Genoa. A committee has been appointed to enquire, during the Christmas recess, into the disappearance of the Crown jewels. Italy. Considerable excitement has been' produced by the dissolution of the Congress at Naples, held in opposition to the Oecumenical Council. The Anti-Council meets next September. Forty lives were lost at Pisa by an inundation of the Arno.

Santa Maria has been entirely destroyed by an earthquake. The Oecumenical Council was opened on the Bth, amidst the pealing of the bells from 360 churches. The Council was inaugurated by a discourse from the Archbishop of Iconium, a Benedictine. Four sittings were held with closed'doors.

There are reports of dissention and intrigue amongst the Fathers, and strong opposition on the part of the French, German, and American bishops to the dogma of Papal infallibility. Subtle measures were taken by the Pope and his Jesuit advisers to stifle discussion by remitting obnoxious subjects to safe committees. Another Cardinal is dead, and.it is conjectured that Archbishop Manning will be the next Pope.

A Bull, communicated at the second meeting, occasioned surprise and indignation. If the infallibility project is persisted in, a great disruption is- probable. The Council is expected to sit for six months. , Special Telegrams. London, January 11. Various emigration Societies are offering to co-operate with the National Emigration League. A committee of colonists forward a temperate letter by this mail. Mr Beaumont's resolution was adopted at a subsequent meeting, and the National .and Colonial League formed. Professor Gamgee professes to have solved the question of the preservation of meat. Sample cases are forwarded by this mail. The wool sales commence on February 10t-h. The stocks are small. A man named George Dyer has surrendered himself on self-accusation of having murdered another man, named George

Wilson, twelve years ago, at the diggings in Victoria. He has been remanded for further inquiry. January 12th. The last series of wool sales was concluded on the Bth December. They comprised 133,943 bales. An animated tone characterised ihe biddings for the better kinds ; but the prices were unchanged. Sir William Mansfield remains an extra year as Commander-in-Chief of the army in India, His successor, it i 3 expected, will be Sir Hope Grant. The entire capital for the Australasian Submarine Telegraph Company, to connect Singapore with Port Darien, has been subscribed in London. The line is to be completed and ready for ork in 1871. There is an increase in the exports to New Zealand over last month of £45,283.

, January 13th. The constitution of the new Ministry has given great satisfaction in France.