NEWS BY THE SUEZ MAIL.

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1432, 18 September 1878, Page 3

NEWS BY THE SUEZ MAIL.

Earl Benconsfield visited Osborne on 20th July, and was invested with the Grarter. Lord Salisbury was also invested with the Garter at Osborne on the 30th. On the same day General Sir L. Simmons was invested with the Grand Cross of the Bath, and Sir Arnold Kembell and Lord Tenterden were presented with the insignia of K.C.B. Sir Richard Wallace has presented to Lord Beaconsfield the star worn by the late Marquis of Hertford as Knight of the Garter. The diamond and rubies are valued at £12,000.

Mr Montague Carr aad Mr Philip Currie, joint secretaries to the late Embassy at Berlin, have been made C.B's. The Reserves have all been dismissed to their homes, and a general order commends them for their conduct. The only disorderly conduct manifested was amongst a number of Irishmen at Portsmouth and JCardiff on their embarkation for Ireland, and was caused by excessive drinking. All the extra hands taken on during the last few months are being dismissed from the dockyards and arsenals. On the 25th Mr Cowen, amidst much laughter, presented a petition from a number of persons in various parts of the country, asking for the impeachment of Lord Beaconsfield for his doings in connection with the Eastern Question. Mr Cowen disclaimed all sympathy with the petition. On the same day, Sir Charles Dilke moved an amendment against the proposal to grant the Duke of Connaught an additional £IO,OOO per annum on his marriage, with £(5500 to his wife in case of her surviving him. Mr Gladstone supported the motion, and the amendment was rejected by 320 to 33. During the debate, high encomiums were passed upon his Royal Highnefs from all sides, and testimony was borne to his great popularity in Ireland by several of the Home Rulers. Judge Warren refused an application for a new trial in the Bagot will case. The Do Tourville case is before the Chancery Court in'reference to the question whether the murderer can benefit by his wife's will. An insect, a quarter of an inch long, is doing great damage in the turnip fields in Ireland.

Captain Coppin has contracted to raise the Vanguard by 31st October. The G-erman Government are preparing for the raising of the Grosser Kurfurst. The Pan-Anglican Synod terminated on 27th July. One hundred and four prelates attended. Special services waß held at St. Paul's Cathedral.

Several thousand persons visit Grosvenor Gallery every Sunday afternoon and evening. A Japanese corvette, the first war ship from that country that ever reached England, was visited by a distinguished party, including peveral members of Parliament and Midhat Pasha, on the 26th ultimo. Mr Bennett, of the " New York Herald," is sending the yacht Dauntless to the Polar regions via Spitzbergen. For the first time in the annals of Westminster Abbey, a colored divine, the native Bishop of Hayti, preached in that edifice on the 4th July. A yacht was stolon by three men from Brighton. A steamer was sent in chaso and it was overtaken three miles away. The thieves were off to America.

An extraordinary 6eene occui'red at Bandon on the burial of a woman who, it was alleged, had become a Roman Catholic before her death. Two Anglican clergymen were present at the request of tho husband, who is a Protestant. There were also two priests, accompanied by a large crowd. The latter seized the coffin and carried it of!' amidst great excitement. The corpse was interred with Roman Catholic ceremonies. The Claimant has been visited by Mr Onslow, who states that he has gained two stone in weight since his removal from Dartmoor. The Queen's aspent to the Deceased Wife's Sister's Bill passed in Natal lias been refused. There has been two railway accidonts. On the 13th July one occurred at Edgehill, near Liverpool, which resulted in the death of a ludy, and injury to dozen other persons. On the loth nearly a hundred persons were hurt, more or less severely, though none were lulled, by a heavy ballast train running into an excursion train at Beccles, on the Great Eastern line. Forty-eight soldiers belonging to one of the Indian regiments at Malta have been poisoned through carbolic acid being served out instead of lime juice. No deaths resulted,

though several are seriously ill. A strict investigation is to be made. A beer-house keeper, at Greenwich, took his three young children for a walk in a wood, cut their threats, and. then killed himself. The trial of the prisoners, for Lord Leitrim's murder, is postponed. James Pryor, late managing director, Colonel Mahon, formerly M.P. for Clare, and Captain Sleeman, directors of the Lombard Deposit Bank, were committed for trial charged with forging and uttering minute book connected with the affairs of the bank, with intent to defraud.

A robbery of bank drafts, notes, and coin, valued at, £17,000, was effected on the night of the 26th ult. at the house of a money lender near Bradford.

Fifty-four convicts from Mount St. Bernard Roman Catholic Reformatory made their escape and were followed by the warders and police. A regular pitched battle ensued, and after a number were injured on both sides, forty-three were recaptured. A novel and disgraceful prize-fight between two women, married and with families, has taken place near Henley. A large crowd was present. Teeth as well as fists were freely used in the contest. The strike of miners in different parts of France is terminating. They created considerable uneasiness for some days, and the troops were called out. At tho official banquet in Paris, the health of the Prince of Wales was proposed by M. Feray, member of the Left Centre of the Senate, and was drunk with tremendous enthusiasm. It was stated that the Prince has interested himself as much in the French exhibition as if it had been held in England. An official contradiction has been given to the report that the King of Spain intended abdicating. Phylloxera is spreading both in the northern and southern provinces of Spain. The cotton crop in Egypt is expected to be deficient both in quality and quantity. At the first anniversary meeting of the Southwark Liberal Association, Mr Gladstone strongly denounced tho conduct of the Ministry. Outside the building were several thousand men, who passed resolutions in favor of the Government, and the mention of Mr Gladstone's name was met with groans and hisses.

General Todloben has made every apology for the firing on the boat near Gallipoli. The offenders were not of any rank. The return of the Bussian Guards to St. Petersburg is expected this month. The Russians are preparing to evacuate Jaesy, and have already abandoned captured places in Roumania. The proposal of the Russian Government to introduce a class-tax similar to the Prussian class-tax is causing great dissatisfaction.

Count Schouvaloff is expected soon to succeed Gortschakoff as Chancellor, and General Woronzoff is spoken of as ambassador to England. Sulieman Pasha's trial has commenced at Constantinople. It will last some time. Baker Pasha is to reorganise the Turkish gendarmerie, and to be charged with a special service in Eastern Roumelia.