NEWS BY THE SUEZ MAIL.

Globe, Volume V, Issue 587, 6 May 1876, Page 2

NEWS BY THE SUEZ MAIL.

[Per the Bangalore.] It is rumored that the French Government intend to annex the grout) of islands asso ciated w'th the deaths <f Bishop Patterson and (joodenough. Oapt, Moresby has published two volumes of his work on New Guinea. East Suffolk has returned Lieut.-Colonel Bame, Conservative. Mr Wroughton has been returned for Berkshire, and Mrßecket Denison (Conservative) for Bedford. For Horsham, the Solicitor-General (Sir Hardinge Giff >rd) was defeated by Mr Clifton Brown, a Liberal. The question of the cession of Gambia to the French has been referred to a Select Committee, On the 2nd a discussion took place in the House of Lords on chain cables used in Royal ships, suggested by the failure of the cables used during the voyage of the Serapis. The four million for the Suez Canal shares was granted without a division. The heavy commission paid to Messrs Rothschild was severely condemned. Lowe’s trumpery criticism humiliated his own partv. Gladstone’s speech was uncivil and suggestive, but lacked breadth. Two days later he adopted the unusual course of publishing a synopsis in the shape of twenty six interrogations. The fugitive shave question, the merits and demerits of the Henri Martini rifl ■, armf reform, and the loss of t he Vanguard have occupied the attention of Parliament. Mr Osborne Morgan’s Burial Bill has also again been brought forward. It was opposed by the Government, and defeated by a majority of thirty one. The Queen has held a court at Buckingham Palace, and has attended a concert in the Royal Albert Hal l . Owing to the bereavement of the Duchess of Edinburgh, the Court has gone into mourning. The Duke has joined his ship, the Saltan, and the Duchess will pass a consid< rable portion of the year in Russia. The statue of the Prince Consort,. Albert Memorial, Hyde Park, has been unveiled with great ceremony. A scholarship has Ven formed at Cambridge University as a tribute to the late Bishop Thirlwa.ll. On the 28th, the English trading vessel Am lia, while off Gibraltar, was seized by a Spanish Guarda Costa, and a prize crew put on hoard, The crew of tjie Amelia over*

powered their captors, and carried them prisoners to Gibraltar, where they were com-' mitted to trial on a charge of piracy. The Spanish Foreign Minister has demanded satisfaction from our Government.

The proprietor of the World having apologised to Mr Horsman, the Jibel proceedings have been stayed. Three co-operative banks, started three months ago, have all collapsed.

It has been shown that the fractures to the direct United States cable have been wd fully occasioned. Several great jewel robberies have occurred in noblemens’ houses in the suburbs of London. The time selected is generally during the evening. Much excited feeling prevails about the running down of the Strahclyde, in which thirty lives were lost. Six bodies only have been recovered. Two separate inquests have been held at Deal and Poplar, at which the verdict was “ Manslaughter against the captain and officers of the Franconia.” The excuse given was that they thought they were sinking, and required all the boats for themselves.

The Queen has opened a wing of the London Hospital at the Bast end. The Queen’s reception was most gratifying. The cheering throughout the course of four miles was most, hearty, and no disloyal cry was heard. The decorations extending from the City eastward were unusually effective, and some touching incidents are told in connection with the Royal inspection of the hospital wards. Besides the gift of the Grocers’ Company, there are several thousands in donations.

The Queen is expected to return from the Continent about the 20th of April next, to meet the Prince of Wales. A succession of courtly festivities is expected to follow that event.

Prince Leopold is travelling on the Continent incog, as Baron Balmoral. Several distinguished visitors are at present in London. Don Carlos arrived at Folkestone on the 4th. The same steamer brought over delegates from the municipality of Boulogne, and the cheers with which they were greeted were taken as a demonstration in honor of Don Carlos. During the time he waited at the station, and also in London he was both cheered and hissed. He is at present in London, and intends visiting Scotland, Lord Chief Justice Cockburn has been presented with the freedom of the City. Mr Douglas has been appointed Colonial Secretary of the Straits Settlement. Cape advices report a destructive fire at Little Popo. Owing to the presence of large quantities of gunpowder numbers of explosions occurred In one house 2000 kegs exploded, pausing a shock like an earthquake. Fifty persons were killed. A fire in a shipyard at Hull did an immense amount of damage to the building, and destroyed a steamer. At the Festiniog slate quarries, seven men were lately crushed to death beneath a mass of rock several tons in weight.

There have been fourteen victims of milk poisoning at Eagly, near Bolton, and several continue ill.

Most harrowing floods have occurred in Hungary and some parts of Moravia, Several districts in Pesth have been under water for a fortnight. Hundreds of houses have collapsed. The Danube rose twentyfour feet above its normal level. Fifty-five villages were submerged in the Magdeburg district, and 600 houses were flooded. Many people look to the roofs and escaped through the attics. Very great distress prevails. A lock out of farm laborers has taken place in Essex. With reference to the rifle contest at Philadelphia, the Irish team offer to withdraw the challenge in favor of a team representing general national interests, if the Scotch team also consent to withdraw their challenge, but this is not likely to be done. Weston, an American pedestrian, has successfully achieved the feat of walking 275 miles in seventy-five hours, against C. Rowell, who was allowed to run or walk, and had fifty miles start. Weston finished within four minutes of the stipulated time, w ile his competitor had covered only one hundred and seventy-five miles. About six thousand were present, and great excitement prevailed. Official advices have been received confirming the news of the defeat of the Abye sinians by the Egyptian troops Obituary—Grand Duchess Maria, sister of the Cz ir and aunt of the Duchess of Edinburgh ; Dr Gauutlett, an eminent musician ; Rev Dr Spence. Congregational minister : Samuel Biddulph, cricketer, of Nottingham; Dr Milman, Bishop of Calcutta ; Mr Seymour Clark, formerly manager of the Great Northern Railway ; Thomas Livingstone, son of the explorer, at Alexandria. INDIA AND THE EAST. Ceylon, April 8. Lord Lytton, the new Viceroy, ar.ived at Bombay last evening. Lord Northbrook visited Madras and Ceylon en route home. Speculation is rife about Sir Wm. Gregory’s successor. Sir Aithur Kennedy of Hong Kong is expected to be the successor of Sir Henry Barkley, or Sir Arthur Phayre may go to Bombay, and Sir Hercules Robinson may probably be offered the Governorship of the Cape. A fire on a coffee estate at Ceylon burnt £7OOO worth of property. Some of the Strathmore survivors proceed to England, but the remainder have been furnished with passages to Australia.