NEWS BY THE HAIL.

Dunstan Times, Issue 209, 28 April 1866, Page 3

NEWS BY THE HAIL.

The -new Parliament commenced its session raj,thelst The Queen opened tire Louses in person, the first time she has done so for five years. Her Majesty wore her Marie Stuart 'costume. The speech was read hy Lord Cranworth. At its conclusion the Queen saluted.the assembly, and kissed the Princess of Wales.?' \ : ." The Habeas Corpus Act has been suspended in Ireland. A special meeting of both Houses was held on the 17th-Fob-ruay for the passing of the Bill, which only occupied thirteen hours in all its stageflfcThe suspension is for six months, with Preservation to extend the term, if necessary. . ... >. . Prince Alfred lias been made a seacaptain. He has been granted an J allowance of £15,000 a-year. The Prince of Wales leads a pleasant life of it. He is estimated to have killed 2*1,000 bh-h during the last seasoif. lie fr<! [twnts the Theatres, am! was present with the Duke of Sutherland at a great fire in Oxford-street. After a clay with JL the hounds, he took the opportunity of returning homej'on a railway engine in company with the engineer and stoker. The obituary list contains the names of Gibson the famous sculptor, and Lord Monreagle. The Wanata, one of the Black Ball liners from Liverpool to Melbourne, was lost in the Bay of Biscay on the Bth February. She had been run into by the Queen of Beauty from London also bound for Melbourne. No lives were lost. The official inquiry into the loss of the London has terminated. -It lasted twelve days- It was held before Mr. Traill, the Greenwich Stipendiary magistrate, and Captains Baker and Harris, nautical assessors. The evidence shows that her builders and owners were blameless. Everything used in her construction was of the best description, and no expense was spared to secure strength. The day before she snnk she was sighted by the brig Courier, laden with iron cue from Pomeran. The Courier passed close under the London's stern. There were no signals of distress flying. The Fenian movement is causing much uneasiness. The Guards have been despatohed to Ireland. In England, Scotland, and Wales Fenians have been found and arrested. The gaols arc gu aided by picked men from Scotland Yard. Ireland. Among the well-disposed the news of the suspension of (he Habeas Corpus Act has produced a feeling of much satisfaction. No less than 250 persons suspected of Fenian proclivities, in and around the neighborhood of Dublin, "have been deprived of their liberty. The Dublin correspondent of the ■"Times " says : "The words of the National Anthem have seldom had a more gratifying illustration than in the tremendous blow just struck at the Fenian Brotherhood by the Government. Their 'politics' and ' knavish tricks' have been ' confounded.' The leaders-, waiting with their weapons in their hands for the moment when her Majescy was to be deposed in Ireland, have been quietly gathered into prison, while the rank and file of their enlisted host—sworn to defend the Irish Republic —have been scattered like chaff before the wind. Already, it is said, had the lands and the mansions of the gentry and the merchants in the several counties throughout the country been surveyed and allotted among the American adventurers. Already had the houses of the loyal inhabitants been marked with a cross, in this case the symbol not of valuation but •destruction; and it was believed that the Head Centre would have cried ' Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war last Sunday night (Feb IS), had not Parliament with such wonderful celerity enabled the Government to prevent horrors such as Ireland has not known since 1641, for the leaders of the insurrection were to be men who had been familiar with burning and slaughter and plunder for the last three or four years in the Southern States of America. Tho:;e who made light of the danger with which society has been threatened, knew not the desperate character of these men, or the effect of the i training they had undergone for the sanguinary mission they had sworn to accomplish, and for which they had made such | marvellous preparations under the greatpossible difficulties. i

AMERICA. S(lt is understood that tho French iinistcr in Washington lias intimated to ..he Government the final resolution of the Emperor to withdrew his troope from Mexico", leaving Maximilian to his own resource?. A delegationof colored men have visited President Johnson, and urged upon him that as the negroes were taxed, they ehoidd be allowed the right of suffrage and representation. In reply, the President declared himself to have riwaya been the advocate of the negra, but ho believed that the negroes in the South would not be benefited by the'enfranchisement. It would breed a war of races.

The question was one for the people's decision, and it would be tyrannical for him to attempt to force it upon the people against their will. President Johnson thought the negroes would do better to emigrate' than to remain crowded together in the; South, The Fenian Senate have called their Congress to assemble at Pittsburg on Februay 19 to determine the military measures to be adopted. Twelve exFederal military officers had returned from ; Ireland, and reported the Senate that the people there are powerless without arms, -and.-werc - complaining. of O'Mahony's conduct, Theofficcrs were com pelled to return to America, fsaring aires t, FRANCE. The draft of the Address in reply to the Speech from the Throne was brought forward on February G in the Senate. With? regard to the Mexican ipicstion the Address of the Senate says : "Your majesty informs us that the memorable expedition to Mexico approaches its termination. This is announcing to satisfied France that the protection of her commercial interests is a -| ; 8 red in a vast ami wealthy marmot now restored to security. As regards the United States, if, from misconception, the presence of the French flag in America appeared to them less opportune than at a previous and most illustrious period of their history, the firm tone of the communications made by your majesty's government has demonstrated that haughty and menacing language will not decide us to withdraw. France is accustomed to move only at her own time, but she nevertheless wishes to remember the ancient friendship between herself and the United States. What your majesty asked of the United States is neutrality and observance of international law.