NEWS BY THE MAIL.

Globe, Volume I, Issue 77, 29 August 1874, Page 3

NEWS BY THE MAIL.

' We take the following items from the Argus , INDIA AND THE EAST. Ceylon. July 31. i

The revenue of Ceylon for the half-year shows an increase of £50,000 over that for the same period of last year. The public of Bombay and the Chamber of Commerce of Colombo have petitioned the House‘of Cotnmona not to sanction the revised mail contract with the P. and Q. Company, and asking for a greater acceleration of the mails by three days, Much strong feeling is entertained in India in favor of greater speed on the P. and 0. lines, and uilfavorable comparisons are made between their services in this respect and that of all other great ocean steam lines. The Bombay petition has been entrusted to Mr Fawcett, M.P., while the Colombo merchants telegraphed to Sir James Elph instone. The steamer Tenassnrim, homeward bound from Rangoon, and the ship Royal Family have both been wrecked off Cape Guardafui. The Viceroy of India is to hold a durbar at Dacca in October. The famine, or rather scarcity, may be said to have ceased. The crop prospects are generally all that could be desired, anxiety only being felt about Western .Bengal. Sir R. Temple is still travelling through his districts. The weather is most favorable to agricultural. occupations. Nearly all the people have left the relief works. Mr Forsyth and the Yarkund Embassy have returned to Calcutta', after successfully accomplishing their mission. .< Mr Bhaw is to be Resident Minister at Yarkund. • A'-. The. Chinese have already invaded Eastern Turkestan, and if, as is rumored, Russia is to a.d the Yarkund ruler Great Britain may be drawn in. The Panthay rebellion has not yet been crushed by the Chinese. Sir Hope Grant is spoken of as the probable successor of Lord Napier of Magdala, as Commauder-in-chief in India. Lord Salisbury, in reply to the Parsec Memorial about the Bombay riots, gave but faint praise to Sir Philip Wodehouse and the authorities. He declared that the troops ought to have been called out earlier, and the atrocities of which the Parsees complain should have been promptly suppressed, He praises the Parsees for their loyalty. The Parsees are to hold a ceremony of prayer for the Queen. Great excitement has been caused amongst them by the news of the despatch. The troops of the Ameer of Cabul are stated to be verging on rebellion. ;: The Dutch continue to be resisted by the Achinese. The Japauese propose colonising Formosa, but complications are likely to arise between China and Japan. LATE SPECIAL TELEGRAMS. London, July 16. In the House of Commons, Mr Gladstone withdrew the resolution against the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Bill. Mr Albert Grant, the member for Kidderminster, has been unseated. The freedom of the city of London has been presented to Sir Bartle Frere. The Atlantic cable of 1866 has been repaired. It is reported that Austria and Russia are negotiating with Turkey for the recognition of the independence of Roumania. At Wimbledon the English team won the Rajah of Kolahore’s Cup, having scored 532 points. India scored 493 points, and Canada 450 points. July 21. In the House of Commons last night, Mr Gathorne Hardy announced the settlement of the question of the pay of the majors of artillery serving in India. Majors of horse artillery are to receive the same as majors of cavalry, majors of foot and field batteries the same as majors of infantry. Mr Bourke, replying to Sir W. Anstruther, testified to the honest desire of the Sultan of Zanzibar to fulfil the obligations of the treaty for the suppression of the slave trade, but the only effectual method of prevention was to blockade the coast, for which purpose three ships have been commissioned and a supplementary vote of £105,000 asked, July 23.

At a banquet to Ministers yesterday, at the Mansion House, Mr Disraeli in his speech said, referring to foreign relations, that the friendship of England was never more sought than at the present time, and that while using our influence in the interests of peace, we should not content ourselves with merely offering empty words to those who courted our friendship. He did not advocate the principle that we were not responsible to the countries of Europe upon questions affecting the fortunes of the

world, but he believed that the influence of England might be exercised with good effect towards reconciling the interests of those st.afcß,a,nd countries now;, distracted and distressed, and towards assisting them to resume a position worthier of their former fame. During the recess, he added, the Government would have leisure to prepare what measures they consider necessary. Atrocities by the Carlists are exciting profound indignation. July 24. Russia has abandoned Baron de Lesseps’ project of a railway to India. In the House of Commons, Mr Gathornc Hardy, replying to Colonel Barttolot, said the report of the array purchase commission would be carefully considered during the, recess,. July 25, In the House of Commons last night, Lord John Manners, replying to Mr Holmes, confirmed the new mail, arrangements as already telegraphed from London on the Ist instant. The heavy portions of the mails only, he said, would passthrough the canal, but both light and heavy mails would bo accelerated by twenty-four hours. His Lordship said that. the.subsidy, paid to the ?• and 0. Company had been reduced by £20,000, and that premiums had been abolished, thus showing a total saving of £24,000. Mr Disraeli has abandoned the Supreme Court Judicature Bill, the Land Transfer Hill, and the obnoxious clauses iu the Eudowed Schools Bill. '

General Garibaldi has recovered from his late illness.