ARRIVAL OF ENGLISH TELEGRAMS VIA SUEZ.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume XIV, Issue 612, 14 September 1868, Page 3

ARRIVAL OF ENGLISH TELEGRAMS VIA SUEZ.

rtV'plllno-t.nn Tnrlpnpmlpnt S»n«o«,W im L U r ’“ .-J Tttt T> Vr rz --1 < mr. n . xixtj x ~ ixiiU ii-.iii.iii, 5 uO. a 5.5, ivlaxaura, U. jx. rdra, commander, arrived in this (Wellington) harbor at 1 o’clock yesterday morning, after a very rough passage of six days and a half. She sailed from Sydney at five p.m. on the 2nd, experiencing fine weather for the first day, after which a breeze sprang up from the S.S.E., increasing to a hard gale with a tremendous sea, with frequent and violent squalls of hail and rain ; on the afternoon of the sth inst. the wind veered to the E.S.E., still blowing a heavy gale, with high sea running, which lasted till entering Cook’s Straits on the Bth, when the weather slightly moderated. During the bad weather she carried away her head rail, &c., from the violent plunging and constant shipping of water. The branch steamer Kangatira arrived at Gleuelg Pier at noon, after a run of 100 hours from the Sound; the upward trip occupied 108 hours. The P. and 0. steamer Avoca, Captain Earqubar, arrived at King George’s Sound at half-past three a.m. on the 28th August; she left Galle at G a.m. on the 12th ; during the passage she experienced severe trades to the Leewin.

GENERAL SUMMARY. London, July 17. The Australian May mails that were due in London on the July I3tb, did not arrive until the evening of July 15th, and the letters were not delivered until the morning of the IGth; the Loudon bankers and merchants were very hard pushed to prepare replies, while it “was quite impossible that those in the country could send their answers by the present mail. Much vexation was expressed in consequence, and created a demand for an improved and more frequent service. The Southampton portion is not expected till the 21st. The Queen is at Osborne in good health, and proceeds to Germany early next month, where she remains three weeks, travelling incognita. The State concert and public breakfast at Buckingham Palace Gardens was a great success. The Duke of Edinburgh, on his arrival, proceeded to V» indsor, accompanied by the bon. Eliot Yorke, and was met by the Queen and Royal Family at the entrance to the Castle. A fete to the Duke at the Crystal Palace was attended by 30,000 people. The Queen visited the Galatea and was received by the Duke, who presented all the officers to her Majesty, and conducted her through the ship and inspected the ship’s company. In the evening the Duke entertained a brilliant party, including the Prince of Wales, at dinner on board, the Galatea being illuminated. The Duke of Edinburgh was in the House of Lords, when the Bishop of Oxford alluded to the Australian attempt. on the Duke’s life, which the prelate introduced in vindication of his speech about the destroying the Irish Church for the sake of disarming assassins. Sir R. Napier has been raised to the peerage, under the title of Baron Napier of Magdala, and a pension of £2OOO a year was voted him; and it is expected he will get the Com-raandership-in-chief of the Indian forces, worth £30,000 a year. Great preparations are making for ; the forthcoming general In response to a requisition, the Lord Mayor had called a meeting of citizens at Guildhall to express their views on the Gladstone Suspensory Bill. Nine speakers were heard. A general melee took place, fisticuffs were resorted to, chairs thrown about, and the Lord Mayor was struck twice or thrice, when he left the hall without putting the motion; the meeting separated in great confusion. The conservatives of Edinburgh have resolved to invite Lord Stanley to become a candidate for the rep re-. sentation of that city. J/j The graduates of the ; London passed a resolution in suppSH I of Mr Lowe.

Mr Bright was in Ireland, and enthusiastically received. Parliament is rapidly disposing of the remainder of tire business preparatory to a dissolution. The Corrupt Practices Bill has passed ; its provisions are to be enforced at the nest election. A bill has passed the Commons to make provision for the appointment ni members of the Legislative Council of New Zealand, and remove doubts respecting past appointments. A bill has also been passed defining the powers of the General Assembly of New Zealand, and empowering it t abolish any province in that c-lony, or alter the boundaries of any such province in New Zealand. Government intend to grant a medal to the troops employed in the late war in New Zealand. Lord Shaftesbury has introduced a bill into the House of Lords for regulating clerical vestments. The Lords’ amendment on the Scotch Beform Bill has been accepted

by the Commons. An important meeting of noblemen and gentlemen interested in colonial matters was held at Willis’ rooms, for the purpose of forming a colonial Society in London with a view to create a better knowledge of the colonies and to strengthen their connection and good j feelings with the mother country. All the colonies were strongly represented The Duke of Manchester, the Marquis of Normandy, Lord Lyttelton, Edward Wilson, Mnttlehury, Youl, Waterhouse, and Mackinnou attended. Two Loudon morning papers are authorised to state that it is not Innas announced by the Owl that Sir James Ferguson has accepted the Governorship of South Australia or Tasmania. The dinner to Sir John Y’oung was a brilliant affair, attended by nearly all Australians now in England. Mr Wentworth presided, and the Duke of Buckingham was present and spoke hopefully, notwithstanding their democratic tendencies, of Australian political institutions, and saw therein a foreboding of increased strength, in creased power, and increased attachment to England. Sir J. Young vindicated the'institutions and conduct of the colonies, saying that the present appearance of things argued a tranquil future. As to the sobriety of the people, Sir John said be had seen sixty thousand gathered together, and ail separated without difficulty, without' squabbling, without accident; he be - lieved it would grow up into a great! and powerful people.imhueJ with sound Anglo-Saxon love <-f tn-edom, ju-tice. and fair play. Mr Edward Wilson expressed his admiration of the way in which Sir John YYmng discharged "tinduties of his important office, and hi - lieved the Australian colonies were charged with a greatfuture, and trusted they would merge their local jealousies, and have cordial intercolonial feelings, bo that the great character they had established might be kept up. A lire of unprecedented extent occurred at Cleveland Hills, Yorkshir., occasioned by sparks from mil wayengines, The moors ignited ami burnt uninterruptedly for five days. The lire ran along enclosing them as in a chain. The extent of the ground covered by the fire was twenty-four square miles, sheep and animals were burnt, and thousands of birds and young grouse were destroyed. Professor Grote has been elected President of the London University College, in the room of the late Lord Brougham. The New Foreign Office was inaugurated by Lord Stanley, by a grand dinner and assembly. A material reduction is to be made in the charge of messages by the Atlantic Cable. Train is in jail, in connexion with insolvency. Madame Rachel was committed for trial, and is now in Newgate waiting trial. ° rung woie, one of the aboriginal black cricketers, t ied of inflammation of the lungs. Newmarket meeting.—July Stakes, two-year olds.—Ryshwortb, Ist; Abstinence, 2nd ; Devere, 3rd. Newcastle Summer Meeting.— N> rthumberland Plate. Fortunio. Ist; Tynedale, 2nd; Farnham, 3rd. k Arrangements for marriage of the Prrwn Prince of Denmark are comple-

An address has been presented to Mr Eyre by a large number of gentlemen having property or connected with the West Indies. The Abyssinian trophies were exhibited by her Majesty at South Kensington Museum. An important debate on the subject of telegraphic communication with the East, Ims taken place in the House of Commons. A few New Zealand colonists resilient in England presented a staff to the Bishop of Lichfield, who has sailed for New Zealand. Another outrage by Spaniards upon an English vessel has been reported. The Pope issued a Bull summoning a universal couucil for December ISv 0, to mark the completion of his 25th year of office,—the longest term a Pope lias reigned. Wilkinson, late manager of the Joint Stock Discount Company, convicted and sentenced to live years’ penel servitude for fraudulently appropriating money, has been released by order of the Home Secretary, the proceedings against him being tiie result of a mistake. The affair has assumed a strangely complicated aspect. Bisk Allah Boy’s action against the Daily Telegraph has resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff’; damages, Alt 00. Plaintiff was unsuccessful in another action. Tollemau is exhibiting beef and mutton brought from Victoria, which arrived in excellent condition. The Times of the 17th has a leader on the importation of meat from Australia and says it must seem strange to us as to Australians, that at a distance of only seventy-five days from such plenty, people should be perishing of hunger in London. The health ol this country, and prosperity of the emonies, depend in a great measure upon onr ability to avail ourselves oi such abundance.

Government has definitely arranged fir (lie imrcliase of the telegraph lines, at 20 purchase. The heat during the last few da} r s has been intense ; several death's from sunstroke and some fires occurred. In New York there have been 300 deaths by sunstroke. The French army is to he considerably reduced by six mouths' furlough being granted to as many as possible. Fresh insurrectionary movement? have occurred in Spain. Several Generals hive been arrested. Fake de kloutpmisier and Duchess ordered to leave Spain on a charge of being in league with the insurrectionary party. Some observations by Napoleon on political assassinations are attracting much notice. At Dunkirk, immense storehouses belonging to Messrs Bourbon were utterly destroyed by fire, with contents. The loss is estimated at twenty million francs. WOOL BE PORT. As was to be expected, alter the absorption of so large a quantity as that which recently passed the hummer, there is no enquiry for colonial wool in the London market. Since the close of the May and Jane series of sales, prices have beenwell maintained. Having regard to the short period that will elapse before the commencement ol the August sales it can scarcely be expected that any demand will spring up in the interval. Importations already amount to 158,035 bales; the jestimated quantity will increase some 50,000 to 00,000. SPECIAL TELEGRAMS. London, August 3. The Duke of Edinburgh sails shortly iu the Galatea for China, Japan, and Kcw Zealand. Dncatte is to be the new- Governor of Tasmania. The wheat harvest is satisfactory. The wool sales commence on the loth, and are expected to biing the last sales average. Twenty-three persons were killed and several injured owing to a false alarm of fire at the Music Hall, Manchester. The treaty between China and America has been signed ; the Chinese put the river territoiy open to America. The House of Commons has adopted the Telegraphs Bill. Both Governments of India Bills are withdrawn. ■The Telegraph Cable between Malta and Alexandria is interrupted.