ARRIVAL OF THE OMEO.

Dunstan Times, Issue 304, 21 February 1868, Page 3

ARRIVAL OF THE OMEO.

TELE EUROPEAN MAIL VIA SUEZ. NEWS TO 9th JANUARY.

'Vv e extnet the following summary of nows brought by the moil from the “ Daily Times xtra,” published on Monday afternoon : The Ora»o arrived off the Bluff at 0 p.m. last night, and came in this morning. She brings English news to the Oth of January. As to the Victorian crisis, the Home papers State that political affairs in * ictoria iiem tnd immediate attention i'i England, owing to the dead lock ■ a id the doddery of the Government in the ova ion of the law. They speak highly of the conduct of the Upper Mouse. Ihe la t expedient of Governor Manners Sutton, after the Council had Te.eet'd the Appropriation Bills, in dissolving the Legislative Assembly, is ' condemned. Tlmv aLo state (bat the Ministerial spe dies indicated revolu- j tion against the Constitution. The j Governor's end-avors to restore peace ; are not thought favorably of. The ! •genera! opinion is that he has he! 1 too | much with the Ministry. The Darling grant of .£20,000 is I considered a blunder. The latest intelligence as to the Postal ■ ervice is more favorable as regards die arrangements of (ho sailing d.a‘os for ustrahan mails than is shown by last time-table. The out wirimais for China and Australia Pave seven days later (ban the dates in the time table The homeward n steak an mails will leave one day eark'T. The first outward mail to Australia on die new plan will leave Southampton on Pm 21st March. The first homewav] nni ! from Australia will leave Svdnevon the 2’th March, thus avoiding the del iv of s l 'eanmrs to Ceylon, and shortening the intervals for replies between Australia and kondon. The Australian max s were delivered in Loudon on the 13th and 18th of Dec^mher. Her Modesty continues in good he ilt’i ; also the Prtnce and I rincess of Wales. F-mian alarms are spreading, T!ie Martollo Tower near Queenstown, and a gunsmith’s shop in Cork, have been phindered. Attempts have b en made to blow up Worcester Town Hall. Thirty thousand special constables have been enrolled in London. All overnment buildings are strictly guarded. Great agitation prevails. A proclamation against funeral prouessionsin honor to dead Fenians has been issued. Government have discovered many plots to attack armouries, dock-yards, banks, churches, gas-works, Ac. The police force has been very largely increased throughout England. The military are held in readiness io

f act at any moment. a Reinforcements of troops have been 0 despatched to Ireland, e r Oreat precautions have been taken li at Woolwich. 1 j Burke and Casey have been com--1 mitted for trial In Warwick. t Assurances in support of the GoY vernment have been sent Irom all quartei’s to crush Feuianism. In future the law will be strictly t enforced. j Leaders in Dublin funeral procesB sions have been apprehended and committed for trial. 'I he attempt to blow up the House , of Detention at Clerkenwell was made on the 17th of ecember. The object ‘ was to release prisoners. A portion j °f the court-yard wall was destroyed r a “d a number of houses on the opposite side of the street. One hundred t and forty persons were buried in the

r ruins, and a number of tnem killed. ' Seven persons have been arrested or suspicion. , The quarter’s revenue of the United Kingdom is £17,500,000. The Faversham Powder Mills have exploded, with a loss of eleven lives, i he Oriental Bank has invited ten- ■ ders for a Sydney loan of £758,' >OO The abyssiuhn Expedition has been 1 largely debated in the House of Lords. The Earl of Ellcnborough declared against the war, because the state of Europe was such, that it would be imprudent to involve England in a distant w ir, when a near one might be expected, The expedition itself is progressing favorably ; the natives are giving supplies, and the chiefs are rendering assistance- The liberation of the captives is considered probable, their chains having been removed. The Egyptians object to the Expedition, The latest telegrams state that the Italian Government has suspended payment of the Italian quota of the 1 Pontifical debt. The Italian Parliament has been | prorogued. General Meuobrea is re-construct-ing the Ministry. An amnesty has been proclaimed in | favor of Garibaldi. ! Sympathetic addresses have.been sent to the Pope from London and Lublin. The French troojvs have all ■ left Rome. An extensive. Mazzinnian conspiracy has been discovered hi Italy. The proposed Conference as to the Roman question has not yet assembled. Herr Yon Beust is framing a special Ministry for the whole of the Austrian Empire. Much political uneasiness prevails on the Continent of Europe. Paris advices state that the Emperor Napole.ou has received the Representatives of the Germanic Confederation, and has exchanged assura ces of friendship. The “ Times ” opposed i tervention respecting the affair of Afghanistan. The Ministerial crisis in Portugal is over. A new ministry has been formed Telegrams from Now York state that Congress has passed a vote, thank ing Mr Staunton, and ennsuri' g the President for removing him : and also ordering the Committee of Foreign Affairs to take immediate action as to the maltreatment of American citizens in Ireland. Obituary.-—Mr. Melvyn, Mr. Prower, Archdeacon Greenall, Colonel Low. ther, M. u . Mr. harles Gray, Mr. \Y. Edmond Molyneux, Mr. E. Charles.