The second annua SUEZ MAIL.

Cromwell Argus, Volume III, Issue 125, 2 April 1872, Page 7

The second annua SUEZ MAIL.

.. A p, . - t At Manchester, a church was destroyed by ! 1 /ntning. |* 7 '>opublican Clubs continue to be formed , k * oc ny of tlie large towns of Britain. 'iVe s ' ke place on March 20. J t J\um\y-oigiit ladies are studying at Edin- i t nrdi University,—ten for the medical pro>ssion. J The -King and the Pope held opposition re- ( options in Rome on New Years Day. ± The Dr Livingstone Search Fund has ] Cached £SOOO. The expedition sailed on ] february 6. . A severe snows >rm prevailed all over \ jcotland on Januar, ,5, greatly impeding rail- \ ray traffic. j The King of Spain has offered the ex- . Empress Eugenie a lieutenant's commission - br her son. _ . Sir Francis Crossley, M.P., of Halifax, is ! cad. He began life as a weaver, and died millionaire. , Architects of all nations are invited to com- ' ete for the erection of a new Parliamentuuse at Berlin. The Prince of Wales is to be entertained at magnificent banquet by the civic authorities fLondon. The Liverpool Magistrates are going to , üblish the names and addresses of drunkards, esides fining them. The Standard reports that Russia has pro- j seel an alliance to Turkey, threatening! ritish interests in the East. A new fish-torpedo has been devised, to be I •ed from guns below the water-line. The j vento'r has received £15,000. A trial on the same scale as the Tichborno ! ,se is about to be entered on in connection ith the Derwentwater estates. A Derbyshire man, just returned from ulia, was lately claimed by six different omen as their husband. He satisfactorily oved them to be mistaken. A gold casket is to be presented to Lady urdett Coutts by the Corporation of Lonm, as a memorial of the transfer by her ilvslup of Columbia Market to the City. Sir Francis Burdett's scheme to tunnel lider the English Channel is progressing, il a company is forming to execute the exvations. The Government has granted ncession. The Channel ferry project is so progressing. Sir John Coleridge read a letter in the ichborne case written by Orton while in imdon, but addressed from Wagga Wagga. aae impugned counsel's continuing tlie case. Irgeant Ballantine and Mr Gilford angrily iofted. Messrs Baxter, Hose, and Norton, 3 claimant's solicitors, have withdrawn. Parliament was opened on the (3th Feb;r.y. The Queen's speech expresses her aukfulncss for the recovery of the Prince of Wales, and acknowledges the profound and B'' bursal sympathy of the people, it an-1 imces the Queen's intention to attend the ■iiiksgiving services in St. Paul's. The I ipceeh further declares tlie foreign relations j of England are satisfactory. It regrets that the name of the empire has been dishonoured by the shivery practice in the South Seas, of irliich the murder of Bishop Patteson was a Aneful consequence. It announces a Bill facilitate the trial of slave traders in Austjilasia. It expresses the hope that the Alalima arbitration will proceed on a basis acSptable to the English Government and lition. Ireland was free from crime. Trade ran active in Great Britain, and the revenue ad increased. Measures of administration or the improvement of Ireland are announced, C |U also Scotch education, mining, licensing r pills, and a Bill, too, to provide superior r courts of justice. The speech concludes:— 'jr'Tiie Queen relies on the loyalty of the Mople, and the energy and wisdom of Parliament, to sustain the efforts of the Crown . hj discharge its duties, uphold the rights of country, and defend the honour of the

u SfcUVv ” re I [C | THE ALABAMA CLAIMS. ,j .The Alabama question is the absorbing ;( j ftblic topic at present. The Ministerial tone 1C jdecided. England is unanimous as to the iadmissability of the indirect claims. The ( j s Bnerican Government and Press resolve to ! laintaiii the whole case. n . The American reply concerning the Alabama case is expected on the Ist March. The English case recognises the justice of 0 fpmiary claims, and regrets the escape of \ ~y fusers from British ports, but maintains: | IC fat America must solidly establish the charge I a negligence. It demonstrates that England ! ijis Iserved a vigilant neutrality, and accepts rc . |e decision of the tribunal of Geneva, ad jpl other favourable or unfavourable, —only i re. fj n S justice. 01 fGenernl Schenck telegraphed the English * r W ishington on the sth February. ! sen i lO Washington Cabinet, after discussion, cus |liores unanimously to the position assumed, 13 ¥ Secretary Fish telegraphed that the lis- Government will not recede in any hut fpb from the claims, maintaining that the bly fffTisli Commissioners perfectly understood I'd consequential damages would be claimed, id so did all the arbitrators. .■-'lt Gladstone, in the Commons, denied hj Be alleged ambiguity of the treaty of Washi;t respecting the indirect claims for ivß. i England had observed her internaok- K? al o^'oa fi <m s, and could not offer the ’ nre Bdemnity demanded. 'oljßE'e Times sharply criticised the assertion treaty is not ambiguous, for- B Tll c majority of the American Press pre,uint Met a compromise of the Alabama case, clc-B'-rnig that war is impossible.

The House of Representatives at Washing-, ton rejected by GO votes to G2 a motion proposed by General Butler, asking for the formation of an attitude against England. The Senate temperately discussed the question. The American Government declines to accept the decision of Parliament at present on the English case us produced in the House of Commons. THE ASSASSINATION. OF EAKL MAYO. Great excitement was occasioned throughout Ceylon and India by the assassination of the Earl of Mayo, the Viceroy of India. Li »rd Mayo, accompanied by Lady Mayo, the Marquis and Marchioness of Drogheda, Lord and Lady Dononghraoro, with other guests, and a suite of 30 persons, left Calcutta on a tour to Burmah and Orissa, on January 24, in 11.M.5. Glasgow, the admiral’s flag-ship, and the steamer Dacca. They arrived at Rangoon on the 30th, and great rejoicings and ceremonials took place over the first visit of the Viceroy. They then visited Moulmen, and left there on the oth. They arrived at the Andaman Islands on the Bth of February. During the afternoon, the Viceroy inspected the convict settlement at Fort Blair, returning at five o’clock, and then went to visit Hope Town, where he was detained till dark. At seven o’clock, he was embarking in a steam-launch for the Glasgow, when an assassin broke through the line of guards, and stabbed the Viceroy twice in the back, his weapon passing through the left lung and liver. Lord Mayo fell or jumped off the pier into the water. Being taken into the launch, he said, “ I am not much hurtthen, “ Lift up my head,” and expired before I reaching the ship. Lady Mayo was waiting her husband’s return on board the Glasgow, i but received the corpse instead. The murderer was a ticket-of-leave man, a ' Mahomedan from the borders of Afghanistan, called Shore All. The only reason he gives for the deed is that “ God ordered him to kill the enemy of his country.” On being sentenced to death ho appeared to be quite triumphant. Ho had hidden himself in the unfinished part of the piier. Lines of convicts were stationed outside the guards, aud held torches, which were overturned in the confusion. The assassin had been transported for murder previously. It is supposed that the deed is the result of political and religious fanaticism. The body of the Viceroy was conveyed to j Calcutta by the Glasgow, and thence to Eu- ; rope, by Lady Mayo’s desire. Intense sympathy was felt throughout India. Lord Napier, Governor of Madras, succeeds as Governor-General temporarily. The names of Lord Northbrook and Lord j Dufferiu arc mentioned as probable succesj sors to Lord Mayo.