ARRIVAL OF THE RANGITOTO AT GREYMOUTH

Evening Star, Volume VII, Issue 1930, 13 July 1869, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE RANGITOTO AT GREYMOUTH

WITH THE ENGLISH MAIL. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. (FROM OUR OWN CORRKSPONDKNT.) Grkymouth, July 13. The Alexandra reached Glenelg on Monday, at eleven o’clock. London, May 21. The Mail was delivered in London on IGth May, The Queen gave a concert at Buckingham Palace ; 700 were invited. Her Majesty has gone to Balmoral The Prince of Wales arrived in London on the 12th May. Prmce Arthur’s Irish tour is finished. Howt 11 reports that the Colonial ■ rder of >t. George has b-. cu coni erred on Earls Derby, Grey, and Russell, and Viscount Monck. The following are constituted Knigh's Commanders : Lord Lyttelton, .Sir F. Rogers, Peel, Elliott, and Henry Taylor. Applications have been granted in the Court of Chancery to transfer LGOU,OOU consolas Crown property of Hanover, in bchali of the ex King. “Our Life in the Highlands” fetched L2,. r )00, whh hj was invested in a v Diversity .Scholarship for natives of Balmoral. The Corporation of Loiftlon has resolved on er. ctiug a memorial window to the Pimce Consort. Dr W, H. Russell is preparing a narrative of his Rile trip with the Prince. Mr Summers’ speech on the Alabama treaty led to the rejection of it. The Senate made a special order that it should be printed in the Mew York papers. It cans' d considerable apprehension in England, owing to the suspicion it expressed of Grant’s poli y, and from the fact of its appearing to be well received by Americans. It ccused England of occasioning the prolongation of the war through aprematur recogni tion of, and moral support afforded to, the Confederates. He assessed the d mages sustained by America at L 500,000,000. and hinted that’Cauada might suffice as quid. The Canadian Legislature took up the challenge. Mr Salt, Premier, made an important speech, reviewing the mutual conduct of the Canadians and Federals during the war.

de declared that the Dominion would support the Mother Country with its resources should the designs of the United States necessitate an appeal to anus. Mr Godwin Smith, in a Ict'er to the Beehive, says Mr Summers’s speech pro duced a great effect in renewing the hostile feeling which jeopardised friendly relations. The promoters of English immigration cannot turn their thoughts to America.

Judging from personal knowledge of American temper (? who), does not fear actual rupture. Mr Johnson left England on the 20th of May, a week before Mr Motley arrived. The Reply to the farewell Address from :he Borough Council of Southampton said, that from the moment of his arrival in Fugland to the present time, ho had endeavored to cultivate friendly feelings, and had reason to believe he had not failed.

He should leave England with the conviction that her people and Government considered war the direst calamity which could befal the two countries.

At an anniver ;ai*y meeting of tho Peace society, the speakers commended Mr Summers speech, and accxxsed the English Press of conveying false impressions. The five hundred millions spoken of by Mr Summer were not expected, but only the proportion due through the protraction of the war.

The Rev. Newman Hall’s estimate was one hundred millions.

Mr Bright said that there would be no peace in Ireland until the land was in the hands of the people. The Marquis of Salisbury, in the House of Lords, asked whether the words had been used Ministerially ? Earl Granville replied that Mr Bright had committed an indiscretion, and had spoken only for hi use f. . The (iovermneut would introduce no Irish Land Bill this Session.

Subsequently in reply to Earl Russell's question, Lord Derby asserted Mr Bright’s language had an evil effect, and compared Mr Bright to the Mayor of Cork, saying their official character invested their words with importance. The O’Farrell papers were moved for, and the Government agreed to lay them on the table of the House, but afterwards rescinded the order, on the ground that on investigation, the papers proved it undesirable to identify the House with their publication. Mr Whalley alludod to a speech delivered by Sir G. Grey on New Zealand affairs, which stated that Catholic priests had instigated the Maories to rebellion. Ireland is excited. The Mayor of Cork presided at a suppergiven to released Fenians. Messrs Warren .and Costell said they hoped the day was not far- distant when a foreign nation would rule in Ireland. Larkin, Aden, O’Brien, would be as much thought of hereafter as any who had sacrificed their lives for Ireland.

In Parliament, Mr Gladstone intimated that a Hill would he introduced for the removal of the Mayor of Cork. After the first reading, Mr O’Sullivan came to London, and wrote a letter to the < t’JDonoghue stating that his words had been misundei s ood, and announcing that he had resigned his office. The progress of the Bill has been su# pended for the px-esent, but it will be resumed should O’Sullivan be re-elected, which is not impossible Cork is wildly agitated in O’Sullivan’s favor.

A riot occurred ixx Londonderry on the occasion of Prince Arthui-’s visit. Two persons were shot, and several wounded. Martial Law was prod aimed. A vacancy occurred for Youhall, O’Sullivan standing for the place. O’Connell’s "rtmai .a are to lie removed from Dublin, to alter tomb at GLsnevin. The Fenian Annies y Committee in Dublin sent LSOU to Australia for the thirty-four liberated Fenians at Swan River. The subject of the Polynesian slave trade has been-brought before Pai’liam-.-nt The news received by last New Zealand mail produced a gloomy impx-ession in England. The Times has an article on the subject of New Zealand and its defence, which says that the Colonists do not pretend to be too weak or too few to compete with the savages. They are too rich and too hu>y ; fi om whence it draws the conclusion that the colonists are wrong not for dispensing with the Imperial garrison, but in failing to substitute another. The gifts to the Pope on his fiftieth anni versary amounted to LBOO,OOO. An accident occurred at the Delahole slate quarries at Oamelford, by which sixteen persons were killed. Higgs’ (the London Gas Company s cashier) frauds amounted to L 72,000. Karl Dalhousie has opened an infirmary at Albury Park, Brechin. The Duke of Northuinber’aud’s seat in Sumy has been twice fired by incendiaries. All Saints Church, in the Old Kent Road, has been burned.

Earl Shaftesbury has inaugurated at Bradford a statue of Bichard Uastler, the promoter of the Factory Act. The B thnal Green Market, created by Miss Burdett Coutts, was opened with ureat ceremony by the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Government are negotiating for the purchase of Covei t Garden t heatre as a central telegraph office. The tariff charges are to be reduced.

A Sanatory Commission has been appointed. The goldfields, SutheriandshL e, are prospering moderately. No great finds, although Californian and Australian diggers are on the spot. The Harvard College in America hj s sent a challenge to Cambridge University Boat Club to row from Putney to Mortlake. in August s,next. The challenge has been accepted. The Duke of Hamilton retires from the turf. Obituary : General Sir E. R. Wetherall, Genera: John Christie, Major-General Metcalfe, Major-General Clifton, Lord Broughton, Admiral Lambert, Col. Willoughby de Broke, Mr Hugh Maeilwaiu, Sir C. W. Dilke, and Col. Gawler (formerly Governor of South Australia. CONTINENTAL. Riots and arrests have occurred at Ma • seilh s. Crowds of people paraded the stre. ts singing “la Marseillaise ” The ( hambers have been convoked for June 15th. Th Presn says that great Constitutional modifications are cont nip ated. The French Atlantic Company are ready laying a line at a price to be sett ed by a commission. 'I he details have been postponed till after the elections.

The elections are causing much disturbance and uneasiness at the Tuilleries. Garibaldi is seriously ill. American negotiations are pending between Washington and Madrid regarding the seizure of the American, ship Mary Lowell. . Mr .Sumnn-'s speech is losing its effect. I'he New York press expose its inconsistency The Pacific llai way was finished on May 10th. Some parts of the line are temporardv laid. The general suspicion is that it is not safe to travel on it. The through fa-o will be about 1,30. Gold closed, 148 J. Exchange on London, 100}. Five twenty bonds, 1882, 122} ; ten forty, IS9;{. Petroleum, standard white, 31.} per cent. Mauritius Sugar Transactions very limited ; Australian, about 4,000 bags sold at previous rates. Total shipments to May 7 —To Melbourne amount to 31,203, SOOlbs ; to Sydney, 7,940,3541b.?. Australian Salt Beef, 22d01s to 22 ids oOet-s. Flour of good quality is scarce, and in good demand, at 4dol. 50c. to 4dol 75c. Bran is scarce, at 2dol. Coal, fidol. 50c. to 7dol. Exchange, 2 to 2} per cent. Bank bills, 90 days, 4 pur cent. Twenty Australian hj rscs have been landed, and good prices for them are expected. The fever is increasing again. The deaths in April were 1,815. COMMERCIAL. Bmk discount raised 4i, and is causing great excitement. A further rise is expected, which has occasioned temporarily a panic among weak holders. In foreign stocks confidence is restored, despite the Alabama agitation Consols are firm at 92.',. Australian securities buoyant. No foreign loans of any magnitude in the market. Several are in Continental markets—among others one for the City of Paris. Dividends declared : Australian Mortgage Company, 10 per cent; Port Puillip Gold Mining Co., 20 per cent; Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, 6 per cent ; Scottish and Australian Mining Co., 8 per cent; Trust aid Agency Co. of Australia, 20 per cent. Numerous failures occurring in the tallow, flax and com wades. New Zealand Fives, 1891, Consols dated, 95] ; Sixes, 1891, March-September, 108] ; Fives, 95]. The wool sales for May commenced on the 6th. Prices showed no material reduction. The comp tition was weak ; the tendency being decidedly downward. Cousidable quantities were bought in, nevertheless, the decline continued in both Australian and Cape wools. Tlie present rates are from 10 to 15 per cent, in some cases, and 20 per cent under March series. Sales very inegular, but chief fall is in the middle class fleeces. Extra fine Sydney still commands attention. Foreign buyers operated very cautiously. Total sales, 65,000 bales; "Victorian, 36,000. 10,000 bales were burned in the Blue Jacket and Omar Pascha. The total arrivals were—Victorian, 112,207 ; and Sydney, 41,360 ; Port Phillip, 186, middling, brought B]d ;■ Sydney slightly better. The decline increased towards the close of the sales.

In tallow considerable transactions have taken place at a further decline. Sales of 3184 cas s mutton, 43s 6d; 42 casks beef, 42s and 41s Cd. SHIPPING. Arrived :—Beautiful Star, Hydaspes, Somersetshire, S. S. Sampan. Agate, Electra. The capta n, first officer, and seven of the crew, with all the passengers of the Blue Jacket, l.nded at Queenstown. The second and third officers and thirty-two men, are still missing- The ship, cargo, and specie were fully insured. The Omar Pacha, Captain Gray, from Brisbane, with 28U0 bales of wool, when within ten days sail of England, look fire and was abandoned. The crew and passengers were brought on to Cork by the Zealand ia from Callao.

LATEST TELEGRAMS. London, June 11 Galle, June 16.

Parliament reassembled on May 29. Third reading of the Irish Church Bill took place on the 31st ult., and was carried by a majority of 114; the ayes being 361, and the noes 247. The same night the first reading of the Bill took place in the House of Lords, and the second reading was fixed for June 14.

A numerously attended meeting was held on June 4 at the residence of the Duke of Marlborough in reference to the passage of the Irish i hurch Bill through the Lords, when a large majority, including Earl Derby, Lord Cairns, Earl Harrowby, and the Duke of Marlborough advocated rejection.

Telegrams from New York intimate that President Grant disapproved of Mr Summers’ recent speech on the Alabama question.

[ : N order that our readers might have as much English News as possible, we delayed our publication until eight o’clock ; up to which we had only received half of our message. Tlie remainder will be published to-morrow. — Ed. E. S.]