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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 162, 12 April 1872, Page 3

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(From the Daily Times' Telegrams.) — s —l_ ARKIVA-L of THE ENGLISH MAIL VIA SAK ;FRANCISCO. Auckland, April 6. The Nevada, with, the English mail Via San Francisco, arrived at 6 p.m. this evening. Her detention is attributed to another snow blockade on the "Union Pacific railway. Such a fall of show had not been experienced for the past thirty years. She left Honolulu on March 12th, connecting with the fine s.s Montana. On the 30tli March she met the Nebraska, and was boarded by Mr. AVebb, who stayed three-quar-ters of an hour. She brings 408 bags mails, and 608 packages freight. GENERAL SUMMARY. The celebration in honor of the recovery of the Prince of Wales, which took place on the 27th February, was of the grandest character. It is esti- • mated that there were four million people present, from all parts of the Kingdom. The procession was seven miles long, and the streets through which it passed were most elaborately decorated by day and illuminated by night. TweLve thousand soldiers and almost the entire police force of Lou-; don guarded the lines. The day was observed as a strict holiday throughout the Kingdom. The Prince looked stronger than was expected. The procession moved amid the ringing of bells, the chorus of thirty thousand children, and immense cheering. The appearance of her Majesty created a profound sensation. The immense assemblage arose on her entrance into the Cathedral, and remained standing till she took her seat on the throne. The Te Deum was sung by an immense chorus, after which his Grace, the Archbishop of Canterbury, delivered an eloquent sermon. -After the religious services, the procession moved westward without interruption. The en- ■ tire route was strongly fenced. The Prince occupied the same carriage as the Queen. The decorations surpassed anything ever before known. Every shop and house along the route brought fabulous prices. The rental of fo-ur-storey buildings was £IOO for the day. Une vacant space brought £4OO. _ The Emperor Jvapoleon declined an invitation to witness the departure from Buckingham. Palace.. Thanksgiving services took place in all the principal cities of Ireland. A despatch from Bombay states that the Governor and officials attended in the cathedral, Parsees assembled in their fire temples, Jews in their synagogues, Hindoos in their temples. Mahomedans and other, religious bodies in their several places of" worship, and all offered up thanks for the recovery of the Prince. At night the western front of the entire dome of St. Paul's was illuminated.

The streets through which the procession passed were festooned with particolored lanterns along the entire route. A statement of the case submitted to the Geneva Arbitration Commission, has been laid before Parliament. Her Majesty's Government reserve the right under the treaty, when the claims are defined, to demand an additional statement of facts. The Governmeut regret that ships were obtained in British ports for war purposes, but state that the vessels were without armaments, and were obtained by clandestine means which baffled the Government officers, through the instrumentality of recognised American citizens. They thus cannot admit the justice of pscuniary indemnity for warlike depredations committed by those vessels. They call upon the United States Government to establish the propositions it has advanced, and to state clearly the international duties on which, they are based; then to demonstrate where a violation of them has occurred. The American Government are charged withculpable negligence, and the charge is sustained by solid reasons. Nations, it is asserted, should not be held responsible for omissions or delays which occur through simple accident, unless it can be proved that there was a failure of the usual care which should regulate international affairs. The question of responsibility , is reserved—-

should the tribunal d : cide-that Great Britain is.at all .liable. The United States Government are also charged with having evinced extraordinary tardiness in employing naval forces to capture the vessels complained of. Great Britain will yield to the decision of the tribunal. She has only one wish —that it be a just one. She wishes only one precaution—that it be founded on a faithful and equitable interpreta-. tion of the rights of man, arid on principles which she herself and otherj Powers will not repent of recognising, i either as neunrals or belligerents, in all i time to come. i Earl Granville has sent a note to the I American Government on the Alabama question. It is believed that an amicable settlement will be arrived at. Lord Northbrook, Under-Secretary of State for India, has been appointed Viceroy of that dependency. In the House of Commons, on a motion of censure on the Ministry for obnoxious appointments made by them, Ministers only escaped censure by a majority of 27 out of 509 votes. Heavy .floods have occurred in the valleys of the Biver Tay, and, much property, has . been destroyed in the town of Dundee and the surrounding country. • Small pox prevails in Edinburgh.

■ ' France. " • M. Thiers has summoned the Generals of France to give an account of the state of feeling of the artnv. . ! M: Thiers and his party have brokn ' with the Orleanists, but are iu accord with the Legitimists. The leading Paris journals assert that a conspiracy has been detected by M. Thiers' Government, in which tho leading Bonapartist generals were the chiefs. The plan -was to break up the Assembly by force, aud reinstate Na-" poleon. The Government has sent armies to guard the northern frontier against the conspirators, who have their head-quarters in Belgium.

A movement lias been started by the members of the Left Centre of the French Assembly, to make M. Thiers President for' life, and the Assembly elective yearly. It is reported that the Comte de Chambord is backed by the Pope in negotiating with the Bishops for the establishment of his rule in France. The Count had received large and influentialrdeputations. - - . The ' Patrie' asserts that the mission of- Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia, who is now in Rome, is to bring about an alliance between Germany, Austria, and Italy. In consequence of the great activity of political parties in Versailles, and a possible change of Grovernmen t ill Prance, the Germans are again arming. Two corps are ordered to be in readi-. ness. Germany reserves to herself the risjht to decide upon any new funn of Government in-Fraiiee; find should she conclude that such a Government would be disinclined to execute the Paris treaty, there will be another invasion.

Prince Bismarck is about to issue a call for an international Congress to 1 • • • O devise a uniform system of postage.

American bonds have declined in the Frank fo't'market since the Alabama claims have been discussed. A plot to:assassi ; nate Prince Bismarck hcs been dis o>ered. BELGIUM. A gathering of Legitimists at Antwerp resulted in a serious demonstration by the people.

AUSTRIA. AND. ITALY. The Pope has issued a decree calling another (Ecumenical Council, to meet either in Malta, Ireland, or the Tyrol; A fire at Florence has rendered two hundred families houseless. A Russian spy, who was. detected in sketching the fortifications of Lemberg (Austrian Poland), was captured and imprisoned. The International Society is organising strikes.

SPAIN. A new Spanish Cabinet lias been formed with. Senor Sagosta at is iiead. He is associated with five Unionist members. Admiral Topete declined the position. King Amadeus, disgusted with the

situation. consent rto;a;)dicate. '

The Carlisfcs and ii** publicans have formed a coalition fo ; r tue eleetidn'of a new Cortes.

EtTSSIA. The Government profess a desire to conciliate the Poles by flowing them a certain amount of national representation and independence. AMERICA. The epidemic of small pox is increasing at a fearful rate in the Northern cities.

Senator Sumner introduced into Congress a resolution tb investigate the sale of arms:toithe< French during the Franco-(xerman war. The motion is causing lengthy-anil bitter debates. Archbishop M s dusky hakes the American (Roman Catholic) * Primacy held by the late Archbishop- vSpandling. , The Eenians are excited' over the

prospect of a war vvifch ' G-reat Britain, and boast that they, can raise 100,000' men in .60 days. : A war steamer has gone to the iVavi-. gator Islands to establish a coaling depot for the Australian line The .steamer, will . put ;the islands under American subjection". The revolutionists have possession of all the northern states of Mexico. The-Juarist-Government are calling on : trie United Stales for aid.

The city of Toronto, Canada, has Jost half-it-liYillion dollars by fire. The !*«i.i|y > bis h- to Earl Granville's note is not yet completed, ban its main points have been agreed off The American statement of the cause is not to be altered.

The overland snow blockade was forced tnrough on the 16th' Ji'ebruarv. and the trains are now running to time:

Continued rain storm *in California have injured the crops. In Congress, the Jdouse of Representatives, in Committee ou the commerce of the country, agreed to the introduction of a Bill providing a Board of Commissioners authorised to contract for seven steamship lines, including o e from San Francisco to Australia, and paying a subsidy of ten dollars per ton per annum tor five year.*. Ii is .believed that the Bill will pass.

The Moses Taylor arrived in San Francisco cn Feb. 20.

L A.TE3 : Ti£ L iii bit A Ms.' London, .F<;b. 29. It is reported that the Queen is going to G-ermauy to visit her daughter (the Princess iioyal) and her husband the Prince Imperial. The Lord Mayor to-day presented an address to the Prince of Wales. .

A riot took place at Killarney yesterday on the arrival of the members of Parliament for Kerry. The police dispersed the' crowd.