ENGLISH MAIL NEWS.

Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 622, 13 January 1870, Page 4

ENGLISH MAIL NEWS.

— = — * General Sir Nevile Chamberlain leaves Suez for Bombay by the next Peninsular and- Oriental Company's steamer en route to Calcutta, to attend his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh during his sojourn in India. A proper personal allowance and also an outfit allowance of L 550 have been granted Sir Nevile by the Government of India. The departure of General Chamberlain sets at rest any doubts that may have been entertained as to the special character of the Duke of Edinj burgh's visit to India. Four Royal accouchements arc expected either next mouth or iv December, viz. — The Princess of Wales, the ex Queen Sophia of Naples, the Princess Margaret of Italy, and the Duchess of Parma. The Pope has promised to be godfather to two of the expected infants, of the ex Queen of Naples and the Duchess of Parma. Francis IT. and his Queen have been hurrying back to Rome in order that; the birth may take place on Italian soil. The new Thames Tunnel has progressed so fast that it may now be said to be virtually complete, and will, it is expected, be in a fit state for opening for public traffic about the middle or end of November. The whole length, from what may be. called the summit of Tower Hill to the end of Vine street, in Tooley street, on the south side of the river, is just 1,320 feet, and of this distance more than 1,280 feet has already been accomplished and completed. Only about 40 feet remain to make the junction with the Tooley street shaft. The artists composing the orchestra of •the Hippodrome at Paris having lost all their instruments in the recent fire, the Emperor sent an officer of bis household to ascertain the exact amount of the loss which they sustained, with a v-iew of supplying them with others. The Suit in, it is reported, hasinformed the director of the Nuremberg IGjuseum of his intention to present to that establishment a collection of antique German arms which have remained at Constantinople since the time 6? the Crusades, as well as a collection of weapons preserved in the Island of Rhodes since the days of the Knights of St. John. The Ameer of Bokharo has applied to Russia for assistance against Shere Ali. He has accompanied his request by the payment of tribute, and has sent his son to St. Petersburg to secure his succession to the throne through the .of Russia. 'Since the Suez Canal has been so successfully completed,, the long-projected Darien Canal, to unite the Atlantic aud Pacific Oceans, has again cropped up. If carried out, and made of sufficient width and depth for large and deeply-laden vessels, it would help to effect a complete revolution; inthe shipping routes, and aid considerably in increasing the prosperity of the Australian Colonies. Dr L. H. Everitt, of Louisiana, gave an experiment recently at the Fulton Ferry House, Brooklyn, on anew style of telegraph apparatus, professing to ti'ansmit sound through wire, and to dispense with electricity; The doctor discards- the old theory of souhu" being carised by the vibration of the air, and holds that it can be transmitted in particles like sparks of

i lightning. When the doctor fully estabi lishes his principle it will cause a wonderi ful revolution in telegraphic despatches. The question- of the admission of ladies . to medical study at the Edinburgh Univer- • sity came before the General Council of • the University on October 29. The Rev DrPhin, of Galashiels, moved that the meeting disapprove the resolution of the University Court to admit ladies to . medical study in the university. This i was seconded by Dr Andrew Wood. Professor Masaon, seconded by Professor •■ Bennett, moved that the resolution adi j mitting ladies be approved, and on a . ! division Professor Masson's motion was carried by a large majority. Another act of munificence on the part of Sir Titus Salt is recorded. Anxious to promote, not merely the health and comfort, but also the rational recreation, of the large number of workpeople who are employed by him, the worthy founder of Saltaire, now that the Mechanics' Institution he has erected is nearly finished, contemplates providing a park or recreation ground, which will involve him in the outlay of some thousands of pounds.