ARRIVAL OF THE RANGITOTO AT GREYMOUTH WITH THE ENGLISH MAIL.

Evening Star, Volume VII, Issue 1931, 14 July 1869, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE RANGITOTO AT GREYMOUTH WITH THE ENGLISH MAIL.

n Y ELECTRIC TEL EGRA PIL (from ouk own correspondent. ) LATEST TELEGRAMS. London, June 11th. Galle, June 16th. Parliament re-assembled on the 29th of May. The third reading of the Irish Church Bill took place on the 31st May, when it was carried by a majority of 114, the ayes being 361, and the noes 247. The same night the Bill was read a first time in the House of Lords, and the second reading fixed for June 14. A numerously-attended meeting took place on June 4th, at the residence of the Duke of Marlborough, with reference to the passage of the Irish Church Bill through the House of Lords. A large majority, including the Earl of Derby, Lord Cairns, the Earl of Harrowby, and the Duke of Marlborough, advocated its rejection. The Earl of Devon declined to present a petition to the House of Lords against the Bill, saying that he considered it would be a serious misfortune if it were rejected. Many iufiuential Conservatives are in favor of the second reading of the Bill.

Mr Cardwell intimated in the House of Commons that the Govt rument did not intend to modify the arrangement entered into for the reduction of the military force of the country, nor would he do so notwithstanding Mr Sumner’s speech. An influential deputation has waited on the Government, urging it to devise some comprehensive scheme of emigration. The Admiralty refuses to afford further facilities for this purj tosc. Consul Cameron has published a defence of his conduct in Abyssinia. Another discussion on the affairs of New Z-aland followed the publication of Earl Granville’s despatch declining to guarantee a New Zealand Loan, and stating that it was the duty of the colonists to protect themselves.

Mr Motley, the new American Ambassador, in replying to an address from the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, said that the earnest hope and wish of the President and people of the United States was to cultivate friendly relations. His mot etrnuous efforts would be devoted to the maintenance of kindly relations, founded upon the principles of reason, justice, and honor, which were necessar. for the conduct of the affairs al ke of nations and individuals. Telegrams from New York intimate that President Grant disapproved of Mr Sumner’s speech on the Alabama question. Mr Motley has been instructed, in the event of the English Government re-opening the question, to insist upon its submitting to arbitration the question of the moral responsibility of England in prolonging the war by its proclamation of neutrality. Mr Motley has not yet taken the initiative. Riots have taken place at Mold, in Flintshire. The military were called out, and four persons were shot dead, many others being wounded. A terrible explosion, by which seventy lives were lost, took place at Frandale, in South Wales, on June 1 Oth. The P and 0. Company have declared a dividend of 3 per cent. The Viceroy of Egypt contemplates visiting England. If he does so, better preparations for his reception will be made than on his last visit.

Parisian advices announce the termination of the French elections. Two hundred and ninety returns have b’en made, and fiftynine still remain to be d dared. The Opnosition gained four scats, while the Orleanista were generally beaten. Considerable disturbances occurred in various parts of the country, especially at Amiens, Marseilles, Lid, and (oulouse. Huron Lesseps was beaten at Marseilles by M- Thiers, and Juhs Favre is not returned.

Advices from Madrid state that the Spanish Cortes voted the Constitution by 214 votes against 55. The Republicans declared that though thev voted against the Constitution, they would respect it. Latest telegrams announce the formal prorogation of the Constitution.

La France states that Queen Isabella declaims that she will not abdicate in favor of the Prince of the Asturias. The Cortes will, consequently, appoint a regency, and discuss the claims of the several candidates for the throne in October next. A rebellion against the Russian rule has broken out among the Kirghjs Tartars. Several thousand Cossacks have joined the insurgents. The garrison at Orenburg is marching against them. Another cyclone occurred at Calcutta on the 9th June. It raged for 10 hours, during which many native craft were wrecked, and many houses damaged. The wool sales wore better last week. 12.000 hales were withdrawn, and 7,000 still remain.

Arrived : Essex, Ruahinc (s.s.), Sobraon, and Champion of the Seas. 27th April, Siam, from Auckland. 6th May, Beautiful Star, fro in Otago, at Gravesend ; Bth May, Sam* pan, at do ; Bth May, Hydaspes, from Canterbury, at do ; 19th May, Agate Sailed : From Liverpool, April 25th, for Otago, Robert Hit on. with four cabin passengers. From Gravesend. Ballarat, for Auckland, Ist May ; Annie Scott, for Canterbury, 10th May. From Liverpool, Danish Beauty, 10th May; Advance, for Otago, 15th May.

Ships loading at London : For Auckland, Excelsior. For Canterbury, Hydaspes. For Nelson, Abdul Medjid. For Otago, Asterope, England. Wheat is firmer ; new and old at 42s to 48s ; barley, 30s to 35s ; oats, superior, 26s to 295.

Wool received from New Zealand for second series of May sales, 22,000 bales.