NEWS BY THE MAIL.

Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 1, Issue 45, 4 November 1867, Page 272

NEWS BY THE MAIL.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. GENERAL NEWS. The Lancet* in speaking of the health of ihe Queen, says “It is right to be k nqwn that her Majesty, with the greatest desire to fulfil all those duties which appertain to her dignity or her hospitality, is occasionally prevented from performing them by bodily suffering of a character most difficult to be borne.” In reference to the late visit of the Empress of the French to her Majesty, the -Moniteur of July 31 has the following: —“ The Empress returned, from her excursion to the Isle of Wight, where her Majesty received from Queen Victoria the kindest and most affectionate .welcome. France and England have witnessed with pleasure this fresh proof of the friendship of these two sovereigns, whose lofty qualifications have inspired both. nations with a lively feeling of respectful sympathy.” It is said that one of the motives of the journey of the Empress to Osborne was to induce the British Sovereign to make an excursion to the Continent. It is also said that the mission of her Majesty, Eugenie, was to communicate to Queen Victoria some letters of the Emperor Napoleon 111. and the Emperor Maximilian, calculated to throw a new light upon the matter so sadly terminated at Querataro, and to dispel any prejudices that may have been entertained in .England respecting the part played by the Imperial Government throughout this incident. Berezowski is to be transported to New Caledonia.

The Glowworm says the Sultan spent no less a sum than £34,000 dining bis stay in this country. The Pasha expended during the same time upwards of £ LI,OOO. John Bull states that Lady Dudley’s house was left in a fearfully dirty state by her Eastern visitors; but it is said that the Viceroy gave her ladyship a necklace of diamonds worth £20,000, to add to her already not small stock of jewels. The London Gazette, of Aug. 23, contains the following: —“ The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right. Hon. the Earl of Belmore to be Governor and Commander-in-chief .of the Colony of New South Wales. Mr Charles Dickens is stated to he in a critical state of health, and his intended voyage to America is probably prompted more by consideration for bis physical well-being than anything else. Eminent surgeons have recommended change of air and Beene, and cessation from literary labor for some time to come.

The Prince Imperial’s education is now going to enter a new phase: The Emperor having decided that he should henceforth, as was the case with the sons of Louis Philippe, follow the lectures that are delivered at the different lyceums in Paris, the lad will have to live in common with boys appertaining to every class and rank, and if he is not obedient or attentive to his lessons, he will be punished just like any other collegian. Pittsburgh, says the New York Times, has enjoyed the spectacle of a “ balloon marriage,” like that two years ago at Central Park. The alderman who performed the ceremony took the precaution, in addition to his personal ballast, of having the balloon strongly secured by a cord 100 feet high; and after he alighted the happy couple went off on a bridal tour 2000 feet above the earth’s level. What is.the object of these aerial weddings ? Do they add to the soleranitic.- of the rite ? Do they make it more “ etherial ” by going up in the air? Is the marital knot stronger ■when tied in a balloon? We have now hachtwo balloon marriages; the next thing in order is a baloon funeral. An article published in the Nazione of Florence having been considered by Ricciotti Garibaldi as offensive to the honor of his father, has given rise to a duel with swords between M. Raimonda Brenna, editor of that paper, and the son of the leader. M. Brenna was wounded in the forehead, and his adversary received a a,sword point in the left arm. It has been affirmed in some journals, and denied in others, that the Archduchess Sophie of Austria, mother of the Emperor Maximilian, has become mad from grief at the loss of her son. The truth, it appears, is, that her reason has not given way, but she is overwhelmed with sorrow, exclaims frequently, “ O, my poor son!” and in piteouß accents cries again, and again to the people about her, “ O, tell me that he is not dead 1. / T®ll me that it is all a hideous dream!”

DrH. J. Blane, one of the captives in Abyssinia, writing • from Magdala on the 30th April, tells a story of a little excitement which enlivened the monotony of life in captivity. On the 6th two prisoners in that place, Abyssmians, one who had killed his mother by accident, and had not been tried, and Lij Baric, the son of a great Shum of Tigr6, managed to open their chains, dressed themselves in women’s clothing (in that country only a long shirt) and taking advantage of the market day when all the servants go down to the market place they succeeded in getting out. The young murderer ..having' contrived to get off both' rings walked faster than his companion, and passed the gates without suspicion. Lij ; : Bari4 was less fortunate. He could only open ene' ring, and was therefore obliged to fix theohain on the other leg by means of a piece of cloth. A young warrior,- seeing what appeared to he a good-looking young 'girl, approached 1 to toy on his powers of looking to see. if the ankleß corresponded in'elegarice tor the: brightness of (he eyes.

he was somewhat surprised by seeing a leg' completely bandaged. A few; yards further, a puff of wind throwing up the shirt, exposed to his horror-strucksgaze, the unmis-, takeable' rings peeping here and there through the 'folds ,of the bandage. He called some soldiers at a distance, and with their help recaptured the prisoner. It is needless to say how brutally he was treated, kicked and beaten until his life was almost despaired of. The woman who gave him her shirt was literally cut to pieces, having received more than 200 lashes on her bare back. A terrific fire broke out at Bordeaux at eight o’cloek in the evening on August 3rd, preceded by an explosion of petroleum similar to that of a powder magazihe. More than 80 persons were blown up, all of whom were more or less seriously wounded, 83 workmen were carried to the town hospital, and 12 others to the military dispensary ; 16 firemen, 12 soldiers, and 10 sergeants de ville are despaired of. Amongst the dead or wounded must be reckoned the captain and commander of gendarmie, as well as the chief commander of the fire brigade. The work of destruction appears to have gone on with unwonted rapidty. The splendid reception which the inhabitants of Bordeaux were preparing for the Xing of Portugal cannot fail to have a gloom thrown over it by this deplorable event. The Mayor of the town has organised a subscription for the sufferers, which must soon assume a national character if we may judge by the sympathy which the short telegraphic account of the disaster has excited, especially in Paris, where besides the Mires, Pereiras, and other bankers, there are so many Bordelaise in the highest classes of the commercial world. THE UTTER OP EDINBURGH AT RIO. Rio de Janeiro, July 23. Her Majesty’s ship Galatea, commanded by his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, entered this port on the 15th inst. Upon crossing the bar the frigate hoisted the royal standard, which was immediately saluted by the forts and the men-of-war with yards manned. His Highness the Count d’Eu and the Brazilian Minister for •Foreign Affairs immediately went on board to visit the Prince, and the next morning his Royal Highness went to visit the Emperor at the Palace of St. Christopher. On his return, the Prince received at the City Palace, where apartments had been prepared for him, a deputation of the British residents of Rio de Janeiro, who presented an address. His Royal Highness replied in the following terms:— “ Gentlemen, I thank you for your kind address of welcome to me on my arrival here. I feel very sensible of your attention, which, however, does not only address me, but expresses those trile feelings of loyalty to your sovereign and her throne, and of attachment to your native country entertained by all Englishmen. Thanking you once more for your good wishes, I assure you I shall not fail to inform the Queen of the sentiments you have expressed towards her Majesty and her family.” Ou the 18th, the Prince and the Count d’Eu visited the naval arsenal, and examined the five irou-clads which are now building, and the dry dock at Cobras In the afternoon, his Majesty the Emperor visited the Prince on board the frigate. On the following evening, Mr Thornton, her Britannic Majesty’s minister at the court, gave a grand ball in honor of the Prince, at which their Majesties the Emperor and Empress, and the Count and Countess d’Eu, were present, besides the Ministers of State, many officers of the army and navy, and Brazilian and foreign residents. The Imperial family and the Prince only-retired between two and three o’clock in the morning. On the 20th the Prince dined with the Emperor at the Palace of St. Christopher. The Ministers of State, Mr Thornton, and the English, French, and American admirals were also honoured with invitations.

Last night the British residents of Rio de Janeiro-offered his Royal Highness a splendid ball at the magnificent rooms of the Casino. The Imperial family honoured the ball with their presence. His Royal Highness twice danced the Scotch reel, the first time with Mrs Thornton, and the second with Mrs Gunning. The Prince retired at half-past three o’clock in the morning, and the Imperial family immediately after, amid enthusiastic cheers. The ball broke up at four o’clock. This morning the Galatea left for the Cape of Good Hope.

THE QUEEN’S SPEECH. The following are the most interesting paragraphs of the Queen’s speech : The communications which I have made to. the reigning monarch of Abyssinia, with a view to obtain the release of the British subjects .whom he detains in his dominions, have, I regret to say, thus far proved . ineffectual.l have, therefore, found it necessary to address to him a peremptory demand for their immediate liberation, and to. take measures for supporting that demand, should it ultimately be found necessary to resort to force. The treasonable conspiracy in Ireland, to which: I have before called your attention, broke out in the early part of the present year in a futile attempt at insurrection. That it was suppressed, almost without bloodshed, is due not more to the disciplined valour of my troops, and to the admirable conduct of the police, than to the. general loyalty of the population and the absence of any token of sympathy with the insurgents on the part of any considerable portion of my subjects. I rejoice that the supremacy of the law was vindicated without imposing, on .me the painful necesßify'df sacrificidg a single life.,

The Act for the-union of the British North American provinces is the final accomplishment of a scheme long contemplated, whereby those colonies combined in one dominion, may be expected not only to gain additiodal strength for the purposes of defence against external aggression, but may-be united among themselves by fresh ties of mutual interest, and attached to the mother country by the only bonds which can effectually secure such important dependencies—those of loyalty to the Crown and attachment to British connection.

I have had great satisfaction in giving my assent to a Bill for Amending the Representation of the people in Parliament. I earnestly trust that the extensive and liberal measure which you have passed may effect a durable settlement of a question which has long engaged public attention; and that the large number of my subjects who will be for the first time admitted to the elective franchise may, in the discharge of the duties thereby devolved upon them, prove themselves worthy of the confidence which Parliament has reposed in them. THE MEETING OP THE EMPERORS AT SALZBURG.

The Emperor and Empress of the French arrived at Salzburg at 445 p.m, on. August 19, from Chalons. They were received by the Emperor and Empress of Austria, the Archduke Victor Louis, and the civil and military authorities. Tlie sovereigns, on meeting, exchanged cordial salutations, and the Imperial party were welcomed by the crowd with enthusiastic cheers. After the reception at the railway station, their Majesties left in an open carriage for the Imperial residence. Concerning this meeting, the Moniteur du Soir of August 21 says:— “The language of the two sovereigns towards each other has been most affectionate, and their interviews have been ol a particularly intimate and cordial nature. Public opinion in Austria has been touched by the delicate and noble thought which prompted the journey, and has rightly seen in it, not only homage paid to the memory of a prince who was an object of regret to the whole world, but also a proof of the high est. ern and friendship existing between the two monarch.?, of which they have given evidence.” And the ordinary newspaper advices from Salzburg to the same date say, “ that the desire felt by both the Emperors for the preservation of peace will be manifested by an invitation to the other European powers to join in an agreement which had been entered into between the two sovereigns for the settlement of certain questions. The basis of this agreement is believed to be the maintenance of the treaty of peace signed at Prague. It is added that the question of South Germany has been maturely examined by the two sovereigns, who agreed in disapproving the entry of the Southern States into the North German Confederation. The affairs of the Danubian Principalities were also considered. The necessity for peace was recognised. The Emperor Francis Joseph, on presenting Prince Metternich, Austrian Minister at the court of the Tnileries, with the order of the Golden Fleece, eulogised in presence of the whole court the services he had rendered the State by re-estabiish-ing a good understanding with France. The Emperor Napoleon expressed aloud to the Emperor Francis Joseph his thanks for this declaration. The incident created quite a sensation among those present.

THE SHEFFIELD SAW-GRINDERS’ UNION AND BROADHEAD. —EXTRAORDINARY RESOLUTIONS. A correspondent writes from Sheffield on August 13: —Yesterday afternoon a numerously attended meeting of saw-grinders was held in the Temperance-hall, Town head-street, Sheffield, to consider the advisability of expelling Broadhead and Crookes from the union in consequence of the crimes of which they had confessed their guilt. The conduct of these men was debated at great length, and an intensely disgusting sympathy was shown towards them, Many of the speakers appeared to consider that their horrible deeds were ne cessary to protect trade interests, and that the union ought not to desert them for what they had done. Of course the meeting was a private one, and the arguments of the speakers—if they could support the villanous system of outrage and intimidation by anything deserving of the name—was lost to the world, hut the resolutions are sufficiently clear and are disgusting in the extreme. We are assured that they were adopted with only two dissentients. The first resolution was as follows: — That this meeting refuses to make victims of any of the members of the society of saw-grinders, by expelling them on account of their connection with the outrages recently inquired into at Sheffield. The Examiners’ report furnished to the Commissioners in London, makes reference to perpetrators, accomplices, accessories, and, indeed, the whole society of saw-grinders, as promoters, encouragers, and connivers at the acts named; consequently, we decline going into any justification of these things being done, beyond asserting that they are but the effect of a'cause—viz., the want of some properly regulated legislative measures, binding men in some degree to what is honorable, just, and good. We, therefore, consider.ng well our present position, decline to disgrace ourselves as cowards by deserting the men who have taken upon themselves the task of risking their lives and their liberties for what they beloved to be the good of the institution, and whose acts the Examiners have placed to the account of the whole society; as well as to their actual perpetrators and accessories. And further, this meeting begs to say that it is a.libel both upon this society and Mr Broadhead when it is asserted that the latter has been reinstated as a member, because he was never expelled.

The statement had been made that Broadhead had been re-appointed secretary.* > ■ After adopting almost unanimously this resolution, which really vindicates the conduct of Broadhead and hiabiwiiag j

and renders the other memtf||l||)f the union accessories to their murders, ftt least after the fact, the following was passed as a “serious recommendation”' to' other trade societies:—

That this meeting hopes, and earnestly, recommends to all this society's members, ancVhiembers of all other trades’ societies, thnt they donow.abstain and desist from all acts of ratteiiing, intimidation, outrage, and violence, hiving full confidence froiii what was expressed by the Examiners in Sheffield, at the inquiry, that it is the intention of the Legislature to give the labor question that consideration to which it is entitled, and trusts its deliberations will he so wisely directed as to remove the causes for these illegal acts being done, and by legislative measures afford more satisfaction to both employer and employed in their connection with each other.

The effect of these resolutions must be to compel ail other societies not to recognise in any way whatever the saw-grinders of this town, and we are assured that no sympathy has been extended to them by any local union. INDIA. Accounts from India are of a most distressing nature. It is estimated that in the Orissa district a million and a half of people have been starved to death. In Cashmere, 7,500 people have died from cholera, in two days.