ARRIVAL OF THE S.S. ‘LORD ASHLEY,' "WITH THE ENGLISH MAILS

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume XIII, Issue 547, 30 January 1868, Page 3

ARRIVAL OF THE S.S. ‘LORD ASHLEY,' "WITH THE ENGLISH MAILS

VIA SUEZ AND PANAMA. - "+ THREE FENIANS HUNG—BURKE n UivJLoXKI/. DR. LIVINGSTONE ALIVE. LOSS OF ROYAL MAIL CO. IN WEST INDIES, £2SO,CCD. NEW MAIL CONTRACT. BISHOP OF NEW ZEALAND RE. FUSED BISHOPRIC of LICHFIELD WOOL LOWER. £2,000,C0D VOTED FOR ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION. COLLIERY EXPLOSION IN GLAMORQANSHIRE—I7O MEN AND BOYS KILLED. GOVERNMENT HAS RESOLVED TO TAKE OVER MANAGEMENT OF TELEGRAPHS. BISHOP OF SALISBURY ACCUSED of PREACHING UNSCRIPTURA L DOCTRINES. RITUALISTIC RIOTS. DEATH OF EDWIN JAMES, Q.C. Tfl-s Panama Company’s steamship ‘Lord Ashley,’ 11. Worsp, commander, with the English Mails via Suez and Panama, dropped anchor in the roadstead at 1 o’clock yesterday afternoon. She brings intelligence of alterations in mail alrangements. In future, a mail wi'l leave England every four weeks, giving thirteen mails yearly; the next mail loaves Sydney on the 2nd Febua'y. Below wiU he found a carefully comp M ed summary of the news to hand. [VIA SUEZ.] GENERAL SUMMARY. London. November 26th. The Australian mails were delivered in London on the 16th and 23rd. The Queen is at Windsor and in good health. The Prince and Princess of Wales are at Sandringham. The Princess is able to walk with the help of a stick. Mrs Disraeli has been seriously ill hut is recovering. Parliament has approved of the Abyssinian expedition. The address in reply to the Queen’s speech passed unopposed. Of the five Fenians condemned to death for the Manchester murder and rescue, three were hung, one pardoned, and one reprieved. The gaol and scaffold were strongly guarded by military and police. 200 working men acted as special constables. There was great anxiety throughout the country, but there was no disturbance. The Fenians threatened to burn every town in England. The men were hanged, though great efforts were made to obtain a reprieve. A deputation of working men waited on the Home Secretary, who refused to see them. Another deputation endeavored to see the Queen, who referred them to her Ministers. There were disgraceful scenes at the Home Office and at Windsor. The news from St Thomas states that 300 bod'es have been recovered and buried. The loss to the 1 loyal Mail Company is estimated at 250,000. At Tortola the storm occasioned the loss of 100 lives and great distress. Relief funds are being raised at Southampton and London. The Queen has subscribed £2030 (?). Trustworthy information has been received of the safety of Dr Livingstone. Major Wesley Blackall, Governor .f TIT_ .i A r i . . , i » Oi vvo»i AtncaU ttaueuieiUS, uaS been appointed Governor of Queensland. The apartments of the British Minister at Rome were searched durjug i : l 3 absence hy police. An explanation was demanded, and is considered satisfactory. The new P. & O, contract covers fifty-two mails yearly to Bombay; twenty-sis to China; and thirteen to

Aust”alia. The subsidy is £400,000, and the duration of the contract twelve years. Earl Russell will introduce education resolutions in the House of Lords He proposes to extend aid to elementary and middle class schools; reform University ; and appointment of Minister of Education. Mr Disraeli and Lord Stanley ati.euaeu a large Conservative banquet at Bristol in January. John Bright objected to a scheme of sending working men to Parliament, Thomas Hughes has seceded from the Reform League to Lord Derby. Lord Derby has refused the request of the Otangemen to repeal the Party Proceedings Act. The Bishop of New Zealand has declined the Bishopric of Lichfield. Conservative Working Men’s Associations are being successfully formed. Danish journals contradict , the violent death of Countess Danner. Charles Dickens is in America, and has been well received, Stephens, the Fenian, is in France in great poverty. Bourke, the Fenian, has been arrested. Goldwin Smith emigrates to America soon. Fenian General Halpin has been sentenced to 15 years’ penal servitude. The banquet to Mr Disraeli at Edinburgh was attended by 1,300 gentlemen. He was presented with the freedom of the city and an honorary degree by the University. At a colliery explosion in Glamorganshiie 170 men and boys were killed. Serious riots have occurred in Ritualistic churches at Lambeth. A petition has been presented to the House of Lords signed by 3000 persons, accusing the Bishop of Salisbury of preaching unscriptural doctrines. Dr Russell has been appointed the Times correspondent at Paris. Mr Disraeli at the Lord Mayor's dinner expressed confidence in the inaiutenam e of peace. Julia Matthews has been well received m the English Opera in Covent Garden. Lord Stanley thinks the Roman Conference useless unless a programme is prepared beforehand, OBITUARY. Lord Wrottesley, the eminent astronomer, the Earl of Moray, Edwin James, M.P., Q.C., Countess Della-j vault, and Marshall O’Donell. ! I COMMERCIAL, London, November 26. lu the discount market supplies of money are still large at slightly advanced rates, the object being an assimilation to the bank rate of two per cent. The last quotations in the open market. are for best paper If to If. Half a million of bullion has been withdrawn from the Bank of England for the Abyssinian expedition ; but the reserve is still excessive. { Business on the Stock Exchange is quiet. Confidence has been restored, but transactions were limited to English funds with little fluctuation during the month. Consols now stand at 94| to 94J with dividend. For money 93f to 93f, ex dividend. For account reduced, and uew three per cents, firm at 93 to 93|. A second dividend of three shillings has been paid in the estate of the New Zealand Banking Corporation, and a dividend of Is. in Overend and Gurney's estate, making 13s. At a meeting of the shareholders of the Royal Bank of Liverpool, the call was increased from £5 to £lO per share. Great dissatisfaction is expressed with the management, and a committee of investigation has been appointed. The government has resolved to take tne management of Telegraphs, which has given great satisfaction. No failures of importance. The Australian Trust Agency Company has declared a dividend of ten per cent. LONDON WOOL MARKET. The fourth series of colonial sales opened en the 14th November. There was a fair attendance of English buyers, but foreign attendance was under the average. The bulk of wool catalogued consisted of Cape wool and Australian, wholly of scoured descrip-

tions. Prices Lave fallen below September rates. This fresli decline is attributed to very bad business and the over production of wool. SnfPPING. Departures.—For Port Chalmers— Lochiel. For Nelson—R. T. Turnbull. For Wellington—Commodore.' For Canterbury—Matoaka. CONIINENTAL NEWS. At the opening of Chambers the Emperor made a pacific speech, and accepted frankly the changes in Germany. He would not interfere unless French interests were affected, and no 1 Hostility was felt towards Italy, but the September Convention must be respected. Pending the decision of the 1 Conference, the army now is to be s modified with a view to the reduction 1 of the forces dining peace, and its in- 1 crease during war. Paris papers assert that Russia, 1 Austria, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, s Germany, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, ( Switzerland, Bavaria, Wurtemburg, and Baden have unresei redly accepted , the conference on the Roman question. Its acceptance by England and Prus- \ sia is considered probable. Munich is : proposed as the place of meeting. The new English ambassador, Lord 1 Lyons, has been well received by the 1 Emperor, who expressed bis friendship * for England. The French exhibition was closed on 3rd November, without ceremony. ‘ J I LKLEGEAPEIIO SUMMARY FROM , KOY. 26 TO DEC 7. The Duke of Montrose explained j the terms of the new postal contract ; with the Peninsular and Oriental Com- . pauy. He says Brundisi route has j not been adopted because the present railway communication is inefficient. , Steamers are to call at Massau instead , of Malta, thus saving twenty-four hours. e Postage is increased threepence per j half-ounce. The Ameiican Congress has met and ; the Judicial Committee has presented , a report in favour of the impeachment ( of the President. The House of Commons has voted [ two millions sterling for the Abyssi- : niau expedition. The vote was passed € after a protracted discussion. j Lord Stanley’s speech in July last j. was held to have induced the belie! j that no expedition was immediately c intended, and it was found that pre- L Hminavy steps had been taken. e Lord Stanley vindicated the course t pursued by tbe Government, and stated a that the expedition was not finally re- . solved upon till after the close of last 1 session; the £2,000,000 required is j to be provided as follows :—From the * surplus of next Budget, .£200,000 ; an t additional penny on the income tax, { ,£840,000; and the remamder Lorn the balances of Exchequer b ;1 !s. Mr. t Gladstone cordiaffy approved of the ( means proposed. t Lord Stafford Northcote’s resolutiou t that the ordinary pay of troops form- [ ing the Abyssinian expedition should . be borne by Indian revenues, was lost f by 193 to 23. The Times and Da'ly r News opposed the motion. t The House of Commons has ap- a proved of the contract with the Peuin- c sular and Oriental Company for the conveyance of mails to India and China. { It is considered doubtful whether the ( proposed Conference on the Roman question will be held. Telegrams state _ that a Mazzini conspiracy has been t discovered in Italy. t The French debate on the Roman question is concluded. The French j Minister stated that Italy never would [ possess Rome. c Jule Fane attacked tbe Government most vigorously. - The Italian Parliament has been t opened; members have explained the Italian policy on the Roman question, \ and declare it not solvable by violence. , The Pope would find Italy bis strong- t est support. t Congress has passed a biff repealing t the cotton tax. ( Advices report the occurrence of { another eaithouake a* R* ThAmoc • , the news is considered doubtful. t Garibaldi has been transferred to £ Caprera on account of illness. Earl Russell’s education resolutions j were avoided by movirg the "previous question.” French troops are leaving Rome. Fenian executions are severally ap- j proved. Would effect good. '<

Jacob Bright has been returned for Archdeacon Chester is.dead. The Panama mail had not arrived on the 3rd December. Wool is selling better. There is no London telegram via i London oflater date than December 17 th, [ViA PANAMA.] GENERAL SUMMARY". Loudon, Dec. 15. It has been definitely ascertained that the European Conference plan proposed by the Emperor Napoleon oni the Roman question has failed. The assemblage was to have taken place at Munich on the 9th inst., but some difficulty was experienced in the diplomatic correspondence before the day arrived. Paris was then spoken of as the place of meeting; the form of representation was changed, but the same day adhered to. Subsequently, after the delivery of a speech by the French Minister, Rentier, to the Legislature on the subject of the relations between Rome and Italy, in which he declared that Italy “ could never go to Rome by force,” the hesitancy of the Powers assumed the form of open objection on the ground of inutility. It has since been ascertained that the conference or congress, will not assemble, as all the great Powers have positively refused to attend. Despatches have been received in London from Massowab, which report that the British Abyssinian expedition lias advanced a considerable distance into the interior of the country ; but at last accounts the troops were suffering from scarcity of water. A telegram from Bombay gives a uimor that King Theodore, of Abyssinia, had ordered the English prisoners iu his custody to be executed. This, however, is not believed.

The bill for a tax of 1 per cent on incomes, to defray the expenses of the Abyssinian wav, passed the House of Commons on the 3rd.

Li the House of Peers on the 7th Dec., Earl Mayo made a short speech, in which he deplored tbe bad task 1 and evil effect of the public funerals fur the Fenians executed at Manchester, which bad taken place in England and Ireland. Such demonstrations he declared showed a disposition to sanction murder. He was glad to say that eveiy precaution had been taken by the authoiities to prevent or suppress any outbreak arising from the bad passions thus fomented, A second instalment of the correspondence between the British and American Governments in regard to the Alabama claims was laid before the House of Commons on the 4th inst.

Lord Stanley iu a despatch, dated the 16th of November, to Mr. Ford, Charge d’Affaires at Washington, says that England will never consent to the arbitration of a foreigapower claims involving her right to recognise belligerents. The right, he insists, is purely a question of English law. He repeats his offer to submit to arbitration the Alabama claims, and to refer all other demands for indemnity to the decision of a mixed commission.” The Times in an editorial on the correspondence with the United States Government in regard to the contro> versy about the Alabama claims, says : —“ Lord Stanley is right in refusing to permit tbe foreign policy of Englauu to be reviewed by any foreign power whatever. On all other points England wi'l gladly meet the United Slates ha’f way, as she is thoroughly tired of the discussion.”

At a late hour on the night of the tih Parliament adjourned to meet on the 13th of February. The Times, iu commenting on the message of President Johnston, says : —" Tire message shows that Mr. Johnson has learned nothing. He transcends himself in imprudence. He regards his office as absolute sovereigns do their prerogatives. He has forfeited all respect. It is hard to say YYIiCIC lUC UUjiC U I iliO p6opiC j’Co oCtween Andrew Johnson on the one side, and Tbaddeus Stevens on tbe other.” The other English joutna's use simion Ho onKto/>f UNxILD STATES, i New York, Dec. 16. The resolution for the impeachment 'of the President bus been defeated in

tlie House of Representatives by 108 to 57. A resolution of censure upon the Prescient, introduced by Senator! ’rake, of Missouri, was under discussion in the House, but would in all probability be rejected. The Radicals have met in caucus, in Washington, and adopted a resolution that “ they will take no step backward.” A negro delegation from the Southern States recently cal'ed upon Thaduuus Stevens. He received them very kindly, and said he would do all he |could to protect their interests, and he I hoped ere long that all their rights would be placed on so firm a foundation that they never could be deprived of them again. He also said the day for impeaching thePresidenthad passed, but that if it had been done a year ago the country would have been the gainer by it. The delegation then called upon General Butler, who told them that they must take no step backward, but stand firm and fight for their rights if need be. General Butler now aspires to be the leader of the negro party in this country, and proposes to make a tour through the States shortly to ascertain the wishes and desires of the negroes in these States. Hannicutt (the incendiary leader of the negroes in the city of Richwond has promised to receive him with a procession of 4C 30 of our coloured brethren, and give him a grand ovation. It is said the purpose of the General is to try and divide the Radical party into two hostile camps, with the object of defeating General Grant as a candidate for the Presidency, whom it is well known ihat General Butler utterly detests for daring to “ bottle him up so unmerciciluliy.” General Grant is likely to be nominated for the Presidency. There appears to be no likelihood that ex-Secretary Stanton will be restored to bis position at the head of the war department.

The members of the Fenian Brotherhood in this country are very much stirred up about the execution of AMen, Larkin, and Gould in England, and threaten fearful things against that Government. They are passing resolutions elraost all daily insisting upon the United States Government demanding the release of all uatmahsed American citizens in England, and also reparation for the injuries already sustained by such citizens. The Danish Commissioners who haue in charge the cession of the Danish West India Islands to the United States, have arrived in Washington, and met with a handsome reception. Mr Hoffman, the Democratic candidate, has been elected mayor of tin's cityBusiness in all its departments in this city, and in fact throughout the enti'-e country, is very dull indeed. In the chy goods trade alone it is estimated that within the last two or three weeks the aggregate liabilities of the firms that have stopped payment w?'l foot up twenty mi'irons of dollars. Over fifty thousand people in this city are out of employment. Charles Dickeus is now giving readings in this city, and is creating an immense amount of enthusiasm among the people. Tickets are selling from. $2 to S3O to hear him. A fight had occurred iu Broadway bet ween the leaders of two rival negro bauds, which resulted in the death of one of the parties and wounding of the ■ ther. Mrs Boone, a very talented woman, and the widow of an actor, yesterday poisoned herself and her four children, because she couid uot obtain the necessaries of lift for them, and was too pioud to beg or allow her children to do it. They are not yet dead, but the lives of all are despaired of. The accounts from the Southern States represent that that the greatest distress is prevailing there among a I I the poor white classes, and to be added to this there is a fear that there wdl be a general rising of the negroes against the whiles on Ist January. In several of the Southern States military precautions are already being taken to prevent any such rising. CANADA. A religious crusade is now in progress in Canada, and lagje numbers of Catholics are volunteering there for the Pope’s army iu Rome.