ARRIVAL OF THE ‘ RANGATIRA,’ FROM AUCKLAND.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 6, Issue 336, 28 December 1865, Page 1

ARRIVAL OF THE ‘ RANGATIRA,’ FROM AUCKLAND.

ENGLISH TELEGRAPHS TO NOVEMBER 2. The arrival, on Monday night last, of the N. N. Co.’s s.s. Rangatira, Captain Seymour, from Auckland, has once more placed us. in possession of our usual monthly quota of English intelligence via Auckland, which was received at that port on the morning of Saturday, 23rd December. (From the Sydney Morning Herald’s King George’s Sound Telegraphic Correspondent.) Adelaide, Dec. 17, 7 p.m. The City of Adelaide arrived at Glenelg at 4 p.m., having made the passage to the Sound in 96 hours, and the return passage in 90 hours. The P. and 0. Company’s steamer Madras, Captain Farquahar, arrived at the Sound at 7 p.m. on the 11th instant; she left Galle on the 24th November, at noon. Captain King, naval agent. The detention of the mails this month arose from the incompetency of the P. and O. Company’s steamer to fulfil the contract time, the rate of speed from Suez to Guile and King George’s Sound only averaging seven and a-half knots per hour throughout; while the average speed of the A.S.N. Co.’s mail steamer is ten and a-half knots against unfavorable weather. " -"-^KNERAj^UMMARYi London, October 29, The Australian August m;iils arrived in London on 15th and 23rd October. The leading items of intelligence are the death of Lord Palmerston and the reconstruction of the Cabinet There is an alleged misunderstanding between Prussia and Austria about the Duchies; the smaller German States are opposed to the pretensions of the former Power The reconstruction of the Union in America progresses; the Confederate officials have been released. Petitions in favor of pardon to Jeff Davis have met with a favorable reception from President Johnson. .Negro suffrage progressing, A new bishopric has been established in New Zealand. Her Majesty and family enjoy good health. Lord Palmerston died at a quarter to 11 on the morning of October 18th, calmly, and without suffering j he was sensible to the last. His ■wish was to have been buried quietly at Romsey, but the Queen expressly desired a public funeral, and the lute Premier was interred in Westminster Abbey. His age was eighty-one, and he had been sixty years a public servant. All classes ami creeds throughout Europe, of all shades and opinions, sincerely regret not only his death, but the loss that England sustains by thus losing one of her greatest, most intelligent, and far-seeing statesman in all matters connected with the policy of Great Britain. “it will be remembered,” says a public journal, “ that the present entente cordials between England and France, when Napoleon became ruler in France, was principally owing to Lord Palmerston’s correct judgment. ‘We ne’er shall look upon his like again.’ ” , Earl Russell is Prime Minister, Lord Clarendon Foreign Secretary, and Mr Gladstone is leader of the House of Commons. The Rev. Lascelles Jenner has been appointed to the new See of Dunedin. An international investigation as to the cause and cure of cholera is agreed on. In Paris cholera has appeared, and produced a great panic. The Emperor and Empress visited the hospitals, and so allayed the excitement. The United States Government have addressed the French Minister on the subject of further intervention by France in Mexican affairs, which is apparently a threat. The correspondence between England and America relative to the depredations of the Alabama, Shenandoah, Ac., are far from pacific, and the American Minister still persists in accusing the Government of Great Britain of directly assisting the late Confederate States. Justiee Crompton has resigned his seat on the Bench. The trial of the Fenian prisoners, appointed under a special commission, has commenced ; the evidence shows that American assistance has been offered freely to uproot the nationality of Ireland. - 'The Bank returns this week show an increased clock of bullion of £429,655 j and great uncertainty prevails at to the future course of the money market.

The Cambridgeshire Stakes were won by Garderisaure ; Gladiateur, who was heavily weighted, was nowhere. The Government decided not to pay for cattle slaughtered under the orders in Council. Accidents and offences for the month are above the usual average. Jefferson, the comedian actor, draws crowded houses at the Adelphi. Obituaet. —Lord Palmerston, Dr. Wollaston, Archdeacon Bartholomew, Rev, R. Walder, Countess of Clare, Lady Raglan, Dudley Costello, Dr. Charles Richardson, Vincent Wallace, Hero Ernest, Cannon Stowell, Benjamin Oliveira, and Mr. Rae, C. E. AMERICA. 14th October.—President Johnson has released on parole Mr Stephens, Mr Trenholt, and other Confederate notabilities. He also received a deputation, appointed by the South Carolina Convention, to ask pardon for Mr Davis. From his reply it is expected Davis will shortly be liberated. Martial law has been abolished in Kentucky. The Republicans have carried the State elections in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and lowla. President Johnson’s policy towards the South is most conciliatory and humane. Numerous meetings have been held by negroes, advancing their claims to social and political equality. The Washington Government at the earnest request of the Southern Convention have removed the military from the South, and the Southern garrisons are nearly all disbanded. The American Fenian are much disconcerted at the seizure of their arms and treasure by England. Three Federal steamers have been ordered to Havanah to receive the ram Stonewall from the Spanish autorities, and take her to the United States. The Attorney-General of Canada confidently predicts the ultimate success'of the Canadian Confederation scheme. The American claim for compensation against the British Government for damages sustained by vessels of British origin, Las been refused by Earl Russell. The American Envoy proposed an appeal to arbitration, and this Earl Russell refuses, declaring that the British Government are the guardians of their own honor. The Press is on the side of Earl Russell. The work of reconstruction between North and South progresses harmoniously. It is stated that the States recently in rebellion are prepared to resume full relations with the Federal Government in the approaching Congressional Session. The official debt was announced ou the 30th September to be £549,000,000. News from the Arctic regions state that three of Franklin’s party still survive. Great and unusual emigration from Canada to the Northern States is taking place, causing much speculation. The colored regiments are to be shortly paid off in full. The ship Emma, from New Orleans, was abandoned at at sea, with a cargo of cotton worth a quarter million dollars. A great lire occurred at the petroleum wells of Pennsylvania. The money market in New York was easy; but great dissatisfaction is expressed with the enormous tariff' on cotton goods and other manufactured produce by the republican majority in Congress. The Rev. Henry Beecher has published a discourse disavowing his belief in a material hell or endless punishment, and stating his belief in purgatory, FRANCE. Cholera continues at Marseilles. There hove been 1,500 fatal cases. An eminent physician in Paris asserts that out of the above only teu notable persons died; all the remainder were of the lower classes, used to excesses of food and drink. An able report sent to the Emperor states that cholera has been imported into Egypt by Mussulman pilgrims. The Government demand' the strictest sanitary rules to be enforced at the Holy City among the pilgrims. Great Britain, Austria, Prussia, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Turkey join with Franco in holding a commission on the subject of cholera, but Russia declined. The evacuation of the Pontifical States by the French troops has commenced by the surrender of Vaterbo to Papal forces. The report of the Suez Canal Company is most satisfactory. ITALY. The elections have commenced, and the results of sixty-five show fifty favorable to the uovernment. A new bill lias been drawn for the suppression of Religious Corporations. Two Englishmen are candidates for seats in the new Parliament. HOME. The Pope has published an allocution, exhorting Catholic princes and sovereigns to suppress freemasonry, characterising these associations as impious and criminal. Recruiting for the Papal army was unsuccessful in the Roman provinces j not more than a thousand men are expected to be raised. 3,700 French troops were to leave Rome on November 4tb.

RUSSIA AND PRUSSIA. The news is unimportant. The idea of France occupying the left bank of the Rhine is repudiated aud objected to by^Germany. The annexation of Frankfort-on-the-Maine to Russia is anticipated; and also Schleswig-Hol-stein ; a justification of the above policy is circulated among the European Cabinets. SPAIN. Diplomatic relations between Peru and Spain have been renewed. Cholera is raging at Madrid. 60,000 people fled from the city. The latest accounts state that that the epidemic is decreasing, but business is almost suspended. TURKEY. _ Between the cholera and a great fire, Constantinople is almost deserted. WEST INDIES. A severe hurricane occurred at Guadalope, 300 persons were drowned; the adjacent island of Galatia was completely submerged, plantations and crops suffered severely. INDIA. _ A subscription has been raised in Bombay to aid Dr Livingstone’s African explorations, which lie resumes. . An outbreak of prisoners occurred at Arrah Gaol. Tliree were shot and fifteen surrendered before order was restored. Much sensation is caused by an English girl of 14 being sold by her parents for £3OO, to a native chief for his harem. Small pox has committed frightful ravages in the hill districts of Orissa, province of Bengal; many districts have been depopulated. Famine prevails in the lower province of Bengal, owing to the failure of the crops. Hie cattle disease has, to a great extent, spread through the Madras Presidency. A terrifflc collision took place between two goods trains on the railway twenty-three .miles from Bombay ; one ignited, and the entire freight was burnt; several passengers were killed and wounded. It is proposed to carry the'great Indian Railway through the native town of Bombay. The native chiefs of Katterwar were detected importing Enfield riffes into that territory, and the British authorities laid an embargo on a large consignment pending a reference to the political agent. A Court-martial has been assembled for the trial of Captain Ingram, of the Public Works, for embezzlmcnt, but the captain has absconded. CHINA. Piracy continues on the coast of China. A strong feeling exists among the merchant portion of the community that the Government ought to take decisive steps necessary to arm every ship aud lorcha engaged in the coasting trade. Reports that Pekin is in the hands of the rebels have been contradicted. Nothing politically important from the Chinese ports. All is tranquil. CEYLON. During the month there has been a fall of rain. In many parts of the island it has been excessive. A military commission and legislative council continues its sittings. Large sums are voted for public works and road improvements. A large influx of shipping. Coffee expected from the hill districts early in the season. ’’Shipments will be heavy. The estimated revenue of 1866 is £910,000. MANILA. A destructive hurricane passed over Manila on the 26th and 27th September, causing great damage on shore and to the shipping in port. JAVA. A destructive fire occurred at Sumbawa ; 2,500 houses were burnt, and the palace of the Sultan, with all the property of the inhabitants. The fire fortunately took place in the daytime.