THE SUEZ MAIL.

Evening Star, Issue 4073, 16 March 1876, Page 4

THE SUEZ MAIL.

The ablation against the new fugitive slave circularis spreading through tb e c ju n try. :Sir William Harcqurt siys' that the • Government yill pad" it impossible to p’aoe themselveS'Cgt harmony with the English nation on' the subj-ct -ofslaveay. They have escajmd from? the Scylla of bad law only to full into the Oharybdis ef‘ a wbtse. policy, A papf-r on the legal aititude of -England towards slavery in bv Professor- ’Sheldon both the;cantaiued that,'according *6 law, the principle of absolute exteft itoriality of < a man-of war we s quite as valid fcr all purposes in harbois of foreign States as upon the high seas. 1 - ■ • • • Mr Plimsoll h r >s returned from his European tour of inquiry and inspection, and last week addressed an enthusiastic gathering -of his con- ■ stituents There have be n mee iug i of sbipowV eri in London and Liverpool to d s? cuss the tees chant ship: ing que- tion, and thei e seems a disposition to cooperate loyally with the Board of Tiade; in framing effective measures.—

On the 16th iast. Sir William Vernon Harcourt delivered the last of three speech's at Oxford, in which he-surveyed the position of the Liberal party and its' policy, ;Be deprecated a todl eaily break up of Mr Disraeli’s Administration.

Mf Leonard Edmunds’s suit against the , Treasury has'been lost.. His bill was met by a demurrer, on the ground that pecuniary redtess‘can on’y be obtained from the Crown by, a pettton-of-right In uhlive ing judgment, Vice-Chancellor Malins he d that on every ground of law'and equity the hill was entirely unsustainable.,.' r - . . Sir John IT. Glover, of Ashahtee fame, has been appointed Governor of Newfoundland. He is at present in Paris, attempting to sett e the differences between Fiance and England relative to the fisheries. .

Air G* B. Read, M. P,, in speaking at Norfolk, expressed his acknowledgment of the almost unanimous "verdict Jof approval which, folIpwei his retirement from tie Government. testimonial fuud* to iV I r Head is being raised, which it is expected, will reach 1.20,000 News frorp the Cape to 25th December states that a despatch has heed* received from Lord Carnarvon, pointing out that it would be more convenient for' the propr sei conference to.be held in London, and that the Colony should choose, two representatives, no Colony or State to bo l»m<o>y.,ihe. conclusions of a, majority, or even by the vote of its own repre entatives. In Natal a message bad been s' nt to the Assemhyby the Governor, Sir Henry Bulwcr expressing regret that the sums voted for the expenses of Sir Garnet Wolseley and staff had ben disallowed. The ’ House accordingly agreed to vote the amount, but .dec)aied that its consent should be obtained b. fore its ext en diture was authorised.

s A. movement is om i oot in C t etc for- annexation .of the island to Great Britain. It is opposed by the Greek party, and much agitation prevails, ■' ;;- . ■ ’-f : A committeehas been formed in London to oppose the -cession of the Gambia settlements to France. -Sir-Charles Wingfield (the chairman) and; A Idernfen Macarth'ur intend to bring the matter-before Parliament.