ARRIVAL OF THE S.S. RUAHINE WITH THE PANAMA MAIL.

Marlborough Express, Volume III, Issue 99, 1 February 1868, Page 6

ARRIVAL OF THE S.S. RUAHINE WITH THE PANAMA MAIL.

ENGLISH NEWS TO DECEMBER 15. The Ruahine arrived in port on Saturday last at 5‘30 p.rn. She left Wellington for Panama on the Bth November, had favorable N.W. winds for the greater part of the passage, and made a fine run up of 26 days 11 hours. She left Panama on the morning of the 27th December, having been detained beyond her usual time of sailing by the nonarrival to time of the mail boat on the Atlantic side. She coaled at the island of Opara, from which place she brought Captain Kerr and crew (28 in all) of the ship Esmeralda, of Greenock, 1188 tons, from Malden Island bound to Cork, which vessel foundered at sea on the 9th December. Amongst the Ruahine’s passengers were Lord Lyttelton and son, the bon. C. C. Hewitt, and Mr. Selfe Selfe, the Magistrate of the Thames Police Court, Mr. W. Fox, Mr. S. Coombe, Mr. J. Corbett, Miss Bradley, Mr. Gontinori, and Mr. Wood LATEST INTELLIGENCE. London, Dec. 15. The Fenian excitement in England and Ireland is at fever heat, and the greatest alarm prevails. On the 12th inst., the Clerkenwell Jail in London was blown up with gunpowder, and three persons killed and forty seriously injured, and it was expected that Colonel Kelly, the rescued Fenian in Manchester, had some hand in the matter. The English newspapers have joined in a regular hue and cry against all the members of the Fenian Brotherhood, which has only served to increase the general excitement and alarm. Public funerals which were to have been held yesterday in many of the principal cities in England and Ireland were prevented by the authorities in every place where the attempt was made to carry them out. Much Indignation was shown by the crowd in some instances, but no violence was committed. In London battalions of regular troops, to the number of six thousand men, are kept constantly under arms to assist the police in maintaining order and suppressing any Fenian demonstration. It has been definitely ascertained that the European Conference plan proposed by the Emperor Napoleon on the Roman question has failed. The assemblage was to have taken place in 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, Rouher, to the Legislature on the subject of the relations between Rome and Italy, jo 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 i inutility-. It has since been ascertained that the conference or congress will not assemble, as all the great Powers have positively refused to attend. A deputation from the English Bible Society re - cently presented the Emperor Napoleon with a copy r of an English Bible. The Emperor made a brief address to the gentlemen of the deputation, in which he declared it was his first rule to protect all religions. The great Powers have addressed a note to the Sublime Porte asking that the navigation of the Dardanelles he made free to the shipping of all nations. Despatches have been received in London from Massowah, which report that the British Abyssinian expedition has advanced a considerable distance into of the country; but at last accounts Ime troops were suffering from scarcity of water I It was thought and hoped that the Fenians lyould ■ cease all active attempts against law and order in ■ consequence of the universal horror and indignation ■caused by the disastrous attempt on Clerkenwell IJaiL Large rewards have been offered by the QoIvernment for the discovery and arrest of the guilty Iparties. ■ Garibaldi is still held as a prisoner at Caprera. I la the city of Liverpool precautions have been ■taken by the Government to check any demonstrations on the part of •the Orangemen. I Parliament adjourned on the 7th inst. until the B3th February. ■ A telegram received from Bombay gives a rumor that King Theodore, of Abyssinia, had ordered the English prisoners in his custody to be executed, phis, however, is not believed. W Further particulars of the recent disastrous tyclone in India have been received At Calcutta the loss of life and property was fearful. It is estimated that in that city and neighborhood alone a thousand persons perished. Thirty thousand huts Bud habitations were entirely destroyed. At BomBay many houses were demolished, and the crops Bi the surrounding country were destroyed, the ■rounds being swept bare. Great damage was ■lso done to the shipping. Many vessels were Biuk, and the loss of property is heavy. I FENIAN DEMONSTRATIONS. I - Manchester, Dec. 1, evening. I To-day the obsequies of Allen, Gould, and LarHa were observed here with much solemnity by He Irish inhabitants. A funeral procession passed Hrouglvthe streets, and a meeting was held. No Htempt was made by the authorities to interfere Hth the proceedings, and no disturbance whatever Blurred. The demonstration, though considerable Bnumbers, did not equal the one made in Cork ■•day • ■ Cork, Dec. I, evening. Ra great demonstration of sympathy for the three Hnians executed at Manchester was made here toHy. The ceremonies were similar to those which H>k place on Monday last in London. The funeral Hii ill inn was very long and imposing. It was Haded by a lofty catafalque trimmed with greou Hi black, and drawn by six horses. This was folby nearly 20,000 persons, most of whom wore Hien emblems shrouded with crape. Over fifteen women took part in the procession, and priests were observed marching in the ranks. order prevailed throughout the day.

Dublin, Dec. 8, evening The obsequies of Allen, Gould, and Larkin were performed to-day, and were the occasion of an immense manifestation of sympathy. The proceedings were similar to those reported, at London, Manchester, and Cork ; but in numbers this demonstration far exceeded any previous one. It is estimated that 50,000 men marched in the funeral procession. Good order was maintained all along the line, and the whole affair passed off quietly. Liverpool, Dec. 10. The Fenian sympathisers are making extensive preparations for a public funeral in Liverpool on Sunday tysxt in honor of Allen, Gould, and Larkin. But the Orangemen of this city threatened to break up the procession, and it is feared that a serious riot will take place should the proposed Fenian demonstration be attempted. UNITED STATES. December 10, 1567. There appears to be no likelihood that ex-Secre-tary Stanton will be restored to his 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 Alleu, Larkin, and Gould in England, and threaten fearful things against that Government. They are passing resolutions almost daily insisting upon the United States Government demanding the release of all naturalised American citizens in England, and also reparation for the injuries already sustained by such citizens. Charles Dickens is now giving “ readings ’’ in this city, and is creating an immense amount of enthusiasm among the people. Tickets are selling all the way from 2dols. to 30dols. to hear him. General Grant is likely to bo nominated for the Presidency. WEST INDIES. News from the West India Islands give reports of continued hurricanes and shocks of earthquakes there, causing great destruction of properly and spreading terror and dismay in all directions. The people of St. Thomas have voted in favor of the annexation of that island to the United States, and the King of Denmark has prepared a proclamation to the people of the Danish Islands, taking farewell leave of them on their being ceded to the United States, and it is expected that this proclamation will be read to them on the Ist of January. It is rumored that overtures have been made to Spain by the United States for the purchase of Cuba and Porto Rico. How much truth there is in the statement time will tell. RIVER PLATE. Late advices from the River Plate state that Paraguay has taken the offensive In the war on the Parana, and in their first attack carried the Brazilianjiamp by storm, with a loss to the allies of four fhousand killed, wounded, and taken prisoneis. COMMERCIAL. London, Dec. 2. New Zealand 6 per cents, 109 to 110; 5 per cents, 96J to 97 4Business in all its departments is very much depressed, and the cry of “ hard times ” is every where heard. December 16, evening. Consols for money, 92f. LOSS OF THE ESMERALDA. Captain Kerr and the crew of the British ship Esmeralda arrived in the Ruahine. The Esmeralda, a Greenwich ship, was bound from Tahiti to Cork, and while on her voyage sprung a leak. <>n the Ist of January the pumps got choked, and although every exertion was used to free them it could not be done, and the ship sunk 17 miles N.N.E. of Opara. All hands were saved. The Esmeralda was laden with’ 1500 tons of guano, some cotton, cotton seed, and cocoa-nut oil .—lndependent.