ENGLISH NEWS.

Dunstan Times, Issue 410, 25 February 1870, Page 2

ENGLISH NEWS.

London, December 21st. The steamship Brazillian, which was built expressly for the Suez Canal Traißc has linen foun 1 to draw too much wafer to pass through it. A telegram from Port Said annonn»oß that she attempted to j make the passage, but was obliged to discharge half of her cargo before she could pass through. A report issued by the Admiralty states j th»t for a distance of thirty five miles the Suez Canal is subject to sand drifts, which materially reduces its depth, and to thick f gs which are very bewildering to the pilots. The/Times, in an article on the Alabama claims, hopes that the American GovernI ment will appoint such men as Oi orae j William Curtis and William M Kwart to ! the facts and the law of the case. It. thinks that good results would certainly I follow such selections. The Observer says I that President Grant's speech has made a i pleasing impression in commercial circles. The Spectator in an article on American affairs says that Presi ent Grant's programme is one of peace, retrenchment. and reconstruction. Honesty of'purpose must enhance the position of the United States as a nation. The American ship Crescent City, from Savannah with a cargo of cotton, sprung a leak at sea and was abandoned. It is reported that the ( hancellor of th» Excheqer does not find it necessary to raise a loan in the open market to prov de the means for the purchase of the telegraph lines in accordance with the recent Act of Parliament. . News received from Pckin state? that the treaty between Great Britain and China negotiated by Mr. Burlinghame, has been ratified by the Chinese Government. Mr. Joshua Ganock, of Ossipee, New Hampshire, who is one hundred and six years old, has just left off the use of tobacco, because "its effects are injurious, and it tends to shorten life." The remain- of the late Itr. Peabo.'y were received on board the Monarch to day. The ceremony was attended with many demonstrations of respect, and several distinguished persons aceompauie I thi remains to the place of embarkation. Til :y ] were receive.! by the authorities of Portsmouth and by the officers and marines of , the Monarch ami the United States steamer Plymouth. A- the Monarch bttamed out, minute were iiitd, and thoehipa ' iu harbor huisted their flags naU-maat, and ' dipped ensigns. Mr. jlouuy addressed ' Captain Couiluerell of the Monarch in a 1 speech in which he referred to the honor paid Mr. i'eabedy by the heads oi two LfttiofcS 111 £U.dl!)£ their OWH \GviUS

to escort his remains to his native country. On the part of the relatives of the decease' he confide ! las remains to the keeping of the two captains* Captain Commerell of the Monarch replied, accepting the sacred trust, and assuring Mr. Motley that Mr. Peabody’s remains should be cared for with the most jealous interest. The Times says that great interest is f«lt in commercial circles in the possibility of another ship canal, deeper, wider, and less subject to fogs and land drifts than the Suez Canal, being cut through one of the Central American States to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.