ARRIVAL OF THE ‘LORD ASHLEY,' WITH ENGLISH TELEGRAMS VIA SUEZ.

Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 2, Issue 93, 12 October 1868, Page 247

ARRIVAL OF THE ‘LORD ASHLEY,' WITH ENGLISH TELEGRAMS VIA SUEZ.

The P., N.Z., and A.8..M. Company’s steamship ‘Lord Ashley/ H. Worsp, commander, dropped anchor in Ahuriri roadstead at 12.80 p.m. on Saturday last, from Southern Ports.’ Her arrival has placed us in possession of the news by the English Mail via Suez, a summary of which will be found below. GENERAL SUMMARY. London, 14th August. The Princess of Wales has recoverd, and the infant princess was baptised Victoria Alexandra Olga Mary. The Duke of Edinburgh sails in October from Plymouth. He visits Maderia, Fayal, Ascension, Cape of Good Hope, Mauritius, Bombay, Trincomalee, Madras, Calcutta, Penang, Singapore, Hongkong, Manila, Yokohama, Sydney, New Zealand, Honolulu, South Sea Islands, Valparaiso, Lima, San Bias, Mazatlan, Vancouver’s Island, and thence home. ' He will be absent twenty-two months.. The Duke of Edinburgh is at Potsdam on a visit to the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia.

Prince Arthur travels for a year on the Continent, and then joins the JEtoyal Artillery. The Princess Teck has been delivered of a son. Lord Napier is in Wales, and took the opportunity to make a vigorous speech, denying that Theodore was deceived as to the demands made on him. The new Governor of Tasmania, Mr DuCane, is highly spoken of, and the Colchester. Conservatives have invited him to a public dinner. The Empress of the French entertained the Duke of Edinburgh, Lord Stanley and M. Meustier had a long interview with the Emperor;the latter made a few pacific remarks at Troyes, which nevertheless, have occasioned disquietude. .V „ Jeff, Davis and family have arrived at Liverpool. The old Atlantic cable has been broken eighty-eight miles from Heart’s Content. The Great Eastern is engaged to lay the electric cable between France and America. Sir B. Guinness leaves over a million sterling. The long drought has been succeed* ed by rains. Mr E. Stanley succeeds Mr DuCane as Junior Amiralty Lord. The Colonial Society has commenced operations. . Sir Stafford Northcote is one of the Vice-Presidents. ; Dr Bussell, of the‘Times, is a Con* servative candidate for Chelsea. -

- The Irish Church question is ah* f#ost the sole-topic'- of the election ad4'resse.s, 1 ': ;■ . By a firkin. Southwark- hops valued g,t The Dike; of Buckingham permits the consecration af the New Bishop of Natal, in - opposition to Dr Colenso ; the Bishop of Cape Town selects the Rev Mr Maerorie, to whom lie guarantees .£6OO per annum. Government intends compensating the Abyssinian prisoners. Mr Reardon made a motion in the House of Commons on the “28th of (July, for-the release of, G. F. Train. Sergeant Caselee. called the Speaker’s attention, to Mr Reardon reading bis cpeech, and the Speaker stopped him. The motion was lost for want of a Seconder.' The overseers of Salford placed 1200 wofriAn on the new electoral roll, and .others are following. 5000 women Claim a?’vote at Manchester. The Rev.'N. Yille, Masonic P.G.C. of- Staffordshire, suggests that the Freemasons should turn their theory jnto practice, and form a disciplined encampment, and proceed to Australia and New Zealand and build churches ja desolate localities. The French Courts have decided, against the United States in the action against Armand, for building ships for the Confederate Gov rnrnent; and in a cross action gave Armand damages and interest. ' Murphy, the anti-Papal lecturer, was arrested at Bolton, and held to bail to keep the peace. Lockwood, a lucky Australian digger, was defendant in a breach of promise case at - Leeds ; damages £SOO.

Piggot was released on the expiry pf his sentence.

Mr Carlyle has been elected President of the Edinburgh Philosophical Institution, in the room of the late Lord Brougham. Seven boys had stowed themselves on board the ship Arrow, of Greenock ; six of them were put on a held of ice on the coasjt of Newfoundland, barefooted and thinly clad, with one bis cuit each, and told to walk to land Two died, and four: were saved by a passing boat. The master and mate aye- in custody. A Cork jury have given a schoolmaster £7O. damages for being called

& Fenian. I ' Six young la lie®, two young gentlemen, and a boatman were drowned jh Pons, near Po.niypool. Six ladies, bathing together near Rbye, were drowned. The Siamese' twins go to Paris to risk the operation of being severed. Goss and Allen fight for the championship and £2OO, on the Ist Simiember. -

Admiral Farr a gut was entertained by the Duke of Edinburgh on board the Galatea, and afterwards visited Osborne. Prince Alfred entertained the Prince pf Wales at Tiinity House, and in liis speech complimented the people of New South Wales.. A Military. Commission, wherein .England is represented, sits at St. Petersburgh, on the use of certain explosive materials in war. Admiral Hoskins, commanding the British squadron in the Pacific, has prdered the captain of the Chanticleer to re-open the port of Mazatlan, and thence to proceed to Panama to report himself. The usual city banquet to Ministers fit the close of the session, took place on the 29th July; Mr Disraeli was pordialiy received, and expressed' his confidence that the. people would show themselves worthy of the extension of the franchise. OBITUARY. ’ Jacob Orinman Cooke, editor of the Saturday Review, General Wmey, Dr A, p. Saunders, the Dean of Peterborough, Duke, of Devonshire, Field Marshal Sir Edward Blackency, Dr John Elliotson, General Scott, Earl Shapnori, John Peaice, Right Hon. S. R. Lushington, George Cattermole, Jtbyal Academician; Earl^Bantry. .... CONTINENTAL ■ The new Frehch loan of 18 millions |§ subscribed for.,. . Rumors of an . alliance between Bel--I’ranppj aad Holjaod have been

In Spain there is a severe famine, and a revolution is imminent.. The Duke and Duchess of Montpensier are at Lisbon, and protest against their exile. The Duke is about to renounce all Spanish honors aud dignities. Violent pamphlets against the Queen are circulated.. General Piitu has left London for Lisbon, where all military exiles meet. ' Lisbon papers say that the crew ol •ET.M.S. Pandora, by order of the Governor of Sierra Leone, cut down the Portuguese flag at Colonia, took the guard a prisoner, aud hoisted the British flag. Two Portuguese war steam ers go to inquire into the matter. A meeting has taken place between the King of Prussia and the Emperor of Russia, It is expected an alliance —offensive and defensive—will be entered into. Bismarck’s health is unsatisfactory: Frankfort is to be fortified. The Crown Prince of Denmark is betrothed to. the Princess Louis ol Sweden. The-Queen of Greece has borne a son. The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland’s new title is to be the Duke of Abercrombie (late Lord Abercorn.) WOOL MARKET. On the 13th August the third series of colonial wool sabs opened with a catalogue of 182,341 bales. Australian, i 609 ; New Zealand, 972 ; Port Philip, 909 ; Tasmanian, 290 ; Adelaide, 2340 ; total, 6120 bales. Messrs South ej aud Son write : —“ There was a moderate attendance of home and foreign buyers ; a large proportion of the catalogue consisted of ill-con-ditioned and otherwise defective wool, the prices for which can hardly be quoted less than a penny per pound under the closing rates of last sales. Better descriptions, though lower, did not show so marked a decline. The quantity arrived : Sydney, 58,583 bales; Victorian, 64.033; South Australian. 11,865; Western Australian, 480 ; Tasmanian, 8555 ; New Zealand, 53,960; Cape of Good Hope, 31,382; total, 226,127 bales.

DISCOVERY OF GOLD IN CHINA. Diggers will be interested in hearing that gold has been found in the Province of Shantung, so that now the Chinese who have a turn for mining will no longer be obliged to expatriate themselves to Australia, California, or New Zealand, but can pursue their chosen avocation at home. A similar discovery was reported in the Island of Ceylon, but, on examination, the glittering particles turned out to be only mica. SPECIAL TELEGRAMS. London, August 31. Her Majesty is in Switzerland, as Countess of Kent, attended by Lord Stanley. She passed through Paris on her way to Lucerne. Her Majesty visited the Emperor, the Empress, and the Prince Imperial. The Queen urged the Empress to use her influence to prevent war. Her Majesty devotes herself to excursions, and though her health has lately improved, she is still subject to fainting fits. A man, reported to be a Fenian, was apprehended at Lucerne, charged with intending to assassinate the Queen. He was found to be insane. War is still imminent between France and North German}'. A dissolution of Parliament takes place on the 9th November. A dreadful railway accident occurred at Holyhead. The Limited Mail train ran into a train loaded with petroleum, which caught fire. Thirtythree persons were killed or burned to death, including Lord and Lady Farnhara. A bailiff and constable have been murdered at Tipperary, and a landlord and forty others were wounded. A serious fire occurred at Northumberland House. Earl Mayo leaves England in October to. assume the Governor-General-ship of India. Louis Napoleon held a grand review of troops in Paris. Lord* Napier was present, Fairwind won the York Handicap. The Prince of Wales is gazetted Colonel of the Rifle Brigade, Promotions consequent on the Abyssinian war are gazetted./ Theodore’s son is, to be educated for Ike ladiun Civil Service, '

, The new American Minister has arrived at London. Ah immense destruction of flax and hemp occurred at. St. Petersburg by fire. The heat was intense. Rochefort, editor of the newspaper La Lanterne, was fined 10,000 francs,' and also to suffer a year’s imprisonment. He.has escaped to Brussels. Only 3 days were left for London replies, by the last Australian mail. The wheat harvest is good. The price fell 10s in a fortnight. September 1, 3.30 p.m. Wools, 2d to 3d lower, the supply being excessive. 1000 bales have been withdrawn. Sir George Ferguson’s appointment as Governor of South Australia is confirmed. Mr DuCane, the new Governor of Tasmania, leaves in the Sobraon for Sydney.