THE SUEZ MAIL.

Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2215, 13 June 1870, Page 2

THE SUEZ MAIL.

JjoyuoN, April 23rd. Mr Newdcgate’s motion for a Select Committee of Enquiry into the Conventual In.atitutions of Great Britain has passed. The Catholics loudly protested against it. §A second motion by Mr Newdegate for the international inspection of convents, was negatived. Mr (Gladstone’s attitude towards the Roman Catholic 3 is disapproved,

The Government have consented- to repeal the Irish Party Processions Act; Hardiment, the Norfolk bribery agent, has been sentenced to six months’ imprisonment. The Bribery Act is a flagrant failure. _ Mr Gladstone has moved for a Select Committee to enquire into the corrupt practices of members of the House of Commons. Colonel Pon 'onby succeeds General Charles Grey as the Queen’s Private Secretary. It is rumored that a marriage has been arranged between the Prince of Orange and the Princess Louise. Mr Francis Ronalds, the original inventor of the Electric Telegraph, has been knighted. The personalty of the late Lord Derby has been sworn'undor L 250,000. The Bishop of London has resolved to enforce the legal regulations among the Ritualistic clergy. Two agrarian murders have been committed in Ireland. One assassin was captured, and confessed the crime. A thousand colliers in Rhonda Valley have struck for an advance of wages of i 0 per cent. Six hundred pitmen near Sunderland have taken a similar step. COMMERCIAL New Zealand Sixes, January-July, 1891, are at IU9 to 111 ; do, Fives, 97 to 98 ; do, Fives, consolidated, to 971 ; do, Sixes, March-September, 108 to 110 ; do, do, JuneDecombcr, 110 to 112. New wheat is 3Gs to 4ns. Messrs G. and J. Noble report that the flax sales on April 20th passed off without animation, only a few lots changing hands at previous rates. The private sales, however arc numerous, and a better demand is anticipated next month. Quotations are Ll6 to L3G. Wool.—Mr Hclmnth Schwartzs reports, under date April 20th, as follows: —“The sales opened lirmly. A large number of home and foreign buyers attended, and there ■was an animated competition. Some kinds arc Id and some Id dearer than during the last few days, while all prices stand, if not higher, at least on a par with the highest quotations of the last series.” THE EAST. Galle, May 15. The Galatea arrived here from Trinoomnlce on the Bbh inst., and sailed on the 10th for the Mauritius. At the Cape of Good Hope she will m et Commodore Stirling, of the Clio, Avho will command the Australian station. Japan. The Plying Squadron arrived on the 3rd April, and is still at Yokohama. The ships will soon sail for England. China. The news of a serious defeat of the Imperial army in Kausuh is confirmed. The insurgent general killed 20,00.0 men, and the Mahomcdau rebels then marched on the capital of the province. LATEST TELEGRAMS. London, May 13. The wool sales closed heavily at February prices, Two-thirds were taken by the Continent. At Liverpool, th) sales of Australian meat were satisfactory. The Tasmanian Loan was successfully negotiated at LIOO 7s (id, and upwards. Mr Torrens’s motion on our colonial relations was lost in Committee by 43 votes. Mr Gladstone defended Earl Granville’s policy. The British Australian cable from India to Singapore will be shipped in August. The emigration westward is assuming vaster proportions. An influential memorial in favor of the Brindisi mail route has been presented to the Postmaster- G c n era]. The Atlantic yacht race between the English yacht Cambria and the American yacht Sappho was won easily by the Cambria. Mace has bc'-n declared champion of America, after a light of ten rounds. The Hed River insurgents and the Canadian Government have agreed to terms, and the rebellion is at an end. Judgment has been given in the Bridgewater bribery prosecution. Fentelly was lineal ’LI ,000, and sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment; Dr Kinglake was fined L 200; Hardiment was sentenced to six months’ additional imprisonment; and Holme was fined LI 00. A. Japanese railway loan of L 1,000,000 has • be'u issued. The (Ecumenical Council has adopted a Constitution tic. fide. The Pope refused to ■ communicate the contents of the French despatch to the Council. The Bill removing the Electoral disabilities of women has been read a second time in thu House of Commons. Cardinal Cullen has published a letter, urging the clergy to support Mr Gladstone’s Cabinet. An awful catastrophe has occurred at Richmond, Virginia. The floor of the Court of appeal fell through into the House of Representatives, killing 59 persons, of whom 20 were’Deputing, ami injuring 135 more. Congress has dedeled to refer the Committee of Foreign Affairs the resolution demandthe immediate settlement of the Alabama question. Eight counties in Ireland have been placed njlder the Peace Preservation Act. Fenian attempts were apprehended in London. B,cveral rendezvous of Fenians have been discovered, and railway parcels from Birmingham and Shetlicld have beep searched for arms. An audacious case of brigandage in Greece has caused great excitement throughout Europe, The brigands captured Lord MunCftster, sop of the Duke of Manchester, and several other Englishmen iff Marathon. Lord Mnncaster was released on the payment of L' 2,000 as a ransom. A colonel, with troops, was sent to attack the robbers, whom he attempted to surround, when they killed all their prisoners, including Messrs Herbert, Lloyd, Vyner, and Bayle. The French plebiscite has commanded general attention in Europe during the month. The Legitimists apd the I,eft strenuously opposed the plebiscite, but it was nevertheless carried by 7,257,379 ayes to 1,530,909 noes. In Paris there was a majority of 200,000 against the Government. A disturbance took place in the Faub urg du Temple. Barricades were erected, but after some alight fighting the insurgents were dispersed. The remainder of Paris was quiet. • A conspiracy was discovered in Paris to assassinate the Emperor by means of nitroglycerine bombs. Mazzini, Rochefort, Flourens, and others are said to he implicated. A number of arrests have been made. The French International Society in Loudon held a banquet, at which the charge of complicity in the conspiracy was repudiated. The healths of Rochefort and (/Donovan Rossa