News by the Suez Mail.

Cromwell Argus, Volume I, Issue 32, 22 June 1870, Page 6

News by the Suez Mail.

The s.s. Claud Hamilton arrived at the Bluff from Melbourne cm the 11th inst., bringing the European mails via Suez. The mail via San Francisco was duo at Auckland on tho 4th, but had not arrived at the date of last advices. We subjoin 'the chief items of news:— GENERAL SUMMARY. London, April 23. The Post Office authorities have resolved to make 4ozsthe maximum weight of newspapers for the colonies, and to reduce the weight of parcels to 47ozs. Loud complaints are made against the new regulations. Commander Palmer's conduct in connection with the recent kidnapping in the South Seas has been rewarded by promotion. Emigration is increasing. Excellent buildings at Plymouth have been prepared for the reception of emigrants for Victoria. Provision has been made for one thousand people. The Admiralty have telegraphed to Commodore I am bert to search the Auckland Islands for the supposed castaways from the missing ship Matoaka. The Irish Peace Preservation Act has produced salutary effects, the " national" journals being more cautious in their tone, and agrarian outrages diminished. The House of Commons is working hard in committee upon the Irish Land BilL Educational controversies are raging. Meetings and newspaper discussions are ripening public opinion, which is tending towards religious instruction under certain conditions. Mr Newdegate's motion for a Select Committee of enquiry into the Conventual Institutions has passed. The Catholics loudly protested against it. A second motion by Mr Newdegate for the international inspection of convents was negatived. Mr Gladstone's attitude towards the Roman Catholics is disapproved of. The Government has consented to repeal the Irish Party Processions Act. Hardiment, the Norfolk bribery agent, has been sentenced to six months' imprisonment. ' The Bribery Act is a flagrant failure. Mr Gladstone has moved for a Select Committee to enquire hi to the corrupt • practices of membei-s of the House of Commons. -Colonel Ponsonby succeeds General Charles Grey as the Queen's Private Secretary. Both the Prince of Wales and Prince Christian have presided over conferences held for organising the forthcoming series of International Exhibitions. Prince Christian also presided at the anniversary festival of the Royal Society of Musicians. It is rumoured that a marriage has been arranged between the Prince of Orange and the Princess Louise. Lord Minto succeeds the Marquis of Ailsa as a Knight of the Thistle. Mr Francis Ronalds, the original inventor of the Electric Telegraph, has been made a knight. The personalty of the late Lord Derby Las been sworn under £250,000. The Bishop of London has resolved to enforce the legal regulations among-the Ritualistic clergy. Two agrarian murders have been committed in -Ireland. One assassin was captured, and confessed the crime. A thousand colliers in Rhonda Valley have struck for an advance of wages of 10 per cent. Six hundred pitmen near Sunderland have taken a similar step. Messrs G. and J. Noble report that the flax sales on April 20th passed off without animation, only a few lots changing hands ■at previous rates. The private sales, however are numerous, and a better demand is expected next month. Quotations are £l6 to £36. AMERICA. On the 16th, the coloured citizens of Washington celebrated the ratification of , the suffrage amendment by a torchlight procession. They serenaded the President, ■who urged them to prove themselves worthy ■of their new privileges. The Darien Canal scheme is popular. The Mormon practice of polygamy has < lieen vehemently discussed in Congress, i and! a Bill has been passed on the subject. The President has sent a special message ' to Congress, rejecting the Canadian Fish- " »;jries Bill, which bodes future trouble. A ' small war steamer has been sent to protect the American fishermen. { Trade connections are rapidly spreading. I The threatened raid on Canada by Irish c filibusters did not occur on the 15th, but * enough transpired to justify the watchful- } viess on the part of the authorities. The ■* Habeas Corpus Act has been suspended, ( and the Volunteers are under arms. A INDIA AND THE EAST. ] Bombay, May 12. Great agitation against the Property ( Tax and Income Tax continues. I .Lord Napier of Magdala has arrived, and has assumed tho command. t Tho Prussian and Italian Governments i\ve. trying to obtain sites for stations on 1 \\w- straits of Malac«tu. I p

■ . .. Galle, May 15. Tho Galatea arrived hero from Trinco rnalee on tho Bth, and sailed oa the 10tl for the Mauritius. Slio will, at the Cap of Good Hope, meet Commodore Stirling of the Clio, who will command on tin Australian station. Japan. The Flying Squadron arrived on the 3r< April, and is still at Yokohama. Th ships will soon sail for England. China. The news of a serious defeat of the Ira perial army in Kanah ia confirmed. Th insurgent general killed 20,000 men, an< the Mahomedan rebels then marched oi the capital of the province. LATEST TELEGRAMS. London, May 13. The wool sales' closed heavily at Feb ruary prices. Two-thirds were taken fo the Continent. The sales of Australian meat at Liver pool were satisfactory. The British-Australian cable from Indi; to Singapore will be shipped in August. The emigration. westward is assuming vaster proportions. * An influential memorial in favor of th Brindisi mail route has been presented to the Postmaster-General. The Atlantic yacht race (between th English yacht Cambria and the America! yacht Sappho) was won easily by th Cambria. Mace has been declared champion c America, after a fight of ten rounds. The Eed River insurgents and th Canadian Government have a<need t terms, and the rebellion is at an end. Judgment has been given in the Bridge water bribery prosecution. Fentelly wa fined .£IOOO, and sentenced to 12 month! imprisonment; Dr Kingslake was fine< .£2OO ; Hardiment was sentenced to si: months' additional imprisonment :. am Holme was lined £IOO. The bill removing the electoral disabilitie of women has been read a second time hj the House of Commons. Cardinal Cullen has published a letter urging the clergy to support Mr Gladstone'; cabinet. An awful catastrophe has occurred ai Richmond, Virginia. The floor of th< Court of Appeal fell through into th< House of Representatives, killing 59 persons, of whom 20 were deputies, and injuring 135 more. Eight counties in Ireland have beec placed under the Peace Preservation Act. Fenian attempts were apprehended in London. Several rendezvous of Fenians have been discovered, and railway parcels from Birmingham and Sheffield have been searched for arms. An audacious case of brigandage in Greece has caused great excitement throughout Europe. The brigands captured Lord Muncaster (son of the Duke oi Manchester) and several other gentlemen at Marathon. Lord Muncaster was released on the payment of £2OOO as a A colonel, with troops, was sent to attack the robbers, whom he attempted to surround. While doing this, they killed all their prisoners, including Messrs Herbert, Lloyd, Vyner, and Bayle. The French plebiscite has commanded general attention in Europe during the mouth. The Legitimists and the" Left strenuously opposed the plebiscite, but it was nevertheless carried by 7 257,379 ayes to 1,530,909 noes. In Paris' there was a majority of 200,000 against the Government. A disturbance took place in the Faubourg du Temple. Barricades were erected, but after some slight fighting the insurgents were dispersed. The remainder 0i Tans was quiet. A conspiracy was discovered in Paris to assassinate the Emperor by means of nitroglycerine bombs. Mazzini, Rocheforte, fclourens, and others, are said to be implicated. A number of arrests have been made. The French International Society in Lcndon held a banquet, at which the charge of complicity in the conspiracy was repudiated. The healths of Rochefort and 0 Donovan Rossa were drunk. An alleged conspiracy to assassinate the Impress Eugenie lias been discovered, several arrests have been made, and a piantity of bombs and cartiidges has been seized. Congress has decided to refer to the of Foreign Affairs the resolution demanding tho immediate settlement )t the Alabama question. At Newmarket the Two Thousand xuineas were won by Mr Merry's Mac-fi-egor; Lord Stamford's Normandy second; and Lord Falmouth's Kingcraft bird. The One Thousand Guineas were von by Mr Dawson's Hester, Mr Lyndon's 'Vivohty being second, and Baron Rothshild's Matrone third. The Chester Cup iras won by Our Mary-Anne, Formosa econd, and Sabinius third. The City of Boston has been written off >loyd's list as lost. ■ An appeal has been made to the full /ourt from the decision of the jury in the lordaunt case. The Marquis of Bute will not visit Ausralia. Obituary :—Lord Cholmondeley, Lord aickland, Mr D. Maclise (the celebrated ainter), and Sir .Tares Simpson.