ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL VIA SUEZ.

Dunstan Times, Issue 526, 17 May 1872, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL VIA SUEZ.

—o — We take the following'from the Star : ■ The Rangatira was off Glenelg 4th instant. The Baroda left the for Melbourne on the 29th ult.. London, March 22 ; Telegrams, April Galle, 13th. SB Passenger :—For Australia ; Sir Yalflß tine Fleming, Sir George Verdou, and Gordon, water engineer for Victoria. 9H Wool sales terminated March 1, and V:®K characterised by almost unexampled tion, prices reaching higher than known in this generation Prospect of sales excellent. One thousand hales New Zealand hemp auctioned at full Preserved meats considerably lower. neral rise in stock markets ; undertakings very numerous. SHIPPING. H Arrivals from New Zealand.—Beth Countess of Kiutore, Halcyon, Otago. IBR . Sailed for New Zealand.— Hnhver, Ironsides and May Queen. BE! Ten vessels are loading for New Zoalan^H® The exports for February and show s moderate increase. To New ZealnaH| the increase over the previous mouth BK to Stable’s circular reporHß three more departures for New Zealand. GENERAL SUMMARY. Chaffers, an attorney, by’ statutory dßßit claiations published infamous details of '/Sbk early life of Sir Travers and Lady Tu iJWK Chaffers was prosecuted for libel, ? and SSE Court he tortured Lady Twiss by puttiiHK filthy questions. The libellous were disproved, but Lady Twiss left London, and the case collapsed. sBWw Travels lias since resigned his position Queen’s Advocate. The total contributions from the UnitflE* Kingdom in aid of the Chicago Relief FuiJSSs amounted to 162.0C0L sm! It is expected that the Lords will paHH the Ballot Bill. ISapl The French military expend'tore hflßi been reduced by twenty eight milli<Sß| francs. ■[ The proti acted visit of Prince Fredcri®* j and Count Moltke to Italy alarms andinflß tatea France. jjga Publicity has been given to the atteinSßjj of the Commissioners of Sowers to seize thousand cans of Australian meat, wiring has seriously prejudiced sales. ||H| Mr. Macarthnr will move an address 188 the Queen for the establishment of BritiEß* protectorate’over Fiji. WSj A great meeting was held at Oxford pHf3 honor the memory of Bishop Patterson. 88’ Eleven thousand hands engaged in tlfS-; flax mills at Leeds are out on strike. Foßßr thousand silk weavers are locked out. Mazzini died suddenly at Pisa, and wflH buried at Geneva. His funeral was attcn|H ; ed by 80,000 persons. 1 The Russian Government has to re-open Sebastapol as'a military and coBB mereial harbor. An influential committeehas been formcHß at Bombay to raise funds for a memorial ißjj; Lord Mayo. >®“ LATEST TELEGRAMS. In reply to Earl Derby (1), Mr. said tho Ministry would fully maintain iBB position on the Alabama case. Mr. Lowe lias made his financial moiit. Last year’s expenditure was on® million less than the money voted, whilßß the estimated expenditure for the year was seventy one millions odd. estimated revenue was nearly seventy-tump millions. Ho proposed amongst otlicßß things to reduce the income tax to Gd., :r SfD apply the abatement to incomes of 300/. ; tfla abolish the tax on warehouses, <C-oi, rentals are under 20/., retaining the surSS plus, 362,000/. as a reserve. The NalionJH debt has been reduced since 1809 Iflß Lord Duffei in succeeds Lord Lismore 'iijß the Governor- Generalship of Canada. •' Cambridge won the University Boat RacflH by one and a half lengths. The Queen is at Baden Baden, and is ijß strict privacy. , The Prince and Princess of Wales amjj family have arrived at Rome. The Prince® had a lengthy audience with the Po]>c, wlioSß congratulated him upon his recovery, and® expressed his thanks to Queen Victoria foijfl her constant evidences of her sympathy® with him, and also praised tho roligioußj feeling of tho British nation. f The Easter Monday review at Brighton® is considered a success, notwithstanding tliej|| wet weather. By a colliery explosion at Atherton twen® ty-eight persons were killed. The laborers in Warwickshire have struck, and formed an union. The Tichborne claimant remains at Newgate. He has published a letter appealing to the public for subscriptions to aid his defence, solemnly asserting that he is the real Sir Roger. Mr. Disraeli was enthusiastically received at Manchester. Numerous addresses were presented to him by the C'onserva tives throughout Lancashire. At a monster meeting, Mr. Disraeli defended the throne 1 as the scarce of all blessings which the British en oy, demonstrated its cheapness, and also spoke in defence of tho House of ■ Lords. M. Thiers,’on the occasion of closing th< , A sscmbly for the Easter recess, said,,— s 1 ‘ Order in the interior and peace abroad • assured to France that Europe was well di posed towards ns. True revenge would hj ' to reconstruct France, with regard to alii J .3 I antes •with Europe, holding itcclf in rt