ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL VIA SUEZ.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 172, 21 June 1872, Page 6

ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL VIA SUEZ.

(From the ' Daily Times' telegrams.). n . LONDON. •;* : '■ April 24th. The. Prince and Princess of Wales have arrived at Venice. Advices from Washington, dated 20th April, state that the Administration and Senate adhere to the indirect claims. On the 22nd the American contra case was presented to the Senate. It maintains that both parties have invested the arbitrators with all the necessary fanctions to determine the issue. The Cabinet has no power to change the American case; but all the influential papers advocate the withdrawal of the claims. April 25th. The report of the cruise of the Rosario has been presented to Parliament. April 28th. The Tichborne claimant was bailed out on the 26th. ' The trial for perjury commences in November, and'the Australian witnesses will be required. . On the 27th April, a long debate took place in the House of Commons on the Scotch Education Bill, when Lord Gordon's amendment, declaring instruction in the Bible essential, was adopted, against the Government by 216 to 209.

The Cailists, under Don Carlos, were completely defeated on the 4th at Pampeluna, losing 40 killed and 730 wounded. Don Carlos escaped to France. April 30th. Lord Kivies(?), Mr. Atlwood, and Messrs. Guildford, Cuslow, and James Lamonfc stood bail for the Tiehborne claimant.. . The reply of Mr. Secretary Fish to Earl Granville is a lengthy one, but the tone is amicable. President Grant is favorable to the withdrawal of the indirect claims, if England will agree that neutrals shall not hereafter be held liable for consequential damages. Despatches from Spain state that Marshal Serrano is advancing on Navarre, the principal seat of the insurgents. Several' bands of insurgents have been dispersed. A telegram from Aden reports that Dr. Livingstone is safe, with the 'Kew York Herald's * special commissioner, who re- j ports a great hurricane at Zanzibar on! 15th April—lso vessels and two million ' pounds' worth of property lost, and the town nearly destroyed. The Ballot Bill, has passed through Committee. ; The eruption at Mount Vesuvius has terminated. f Count Arnim has assured M. Thiers of the good intentions of Germany towards France. May 4th. Mr. Horace Greeley has been nominated for the Presidency of the United States. England has guaranteed the Canadian [Railway Loan of £2,500,000. The Carlist rising in Spain is assuming formidable proportions. 15,000 insurgents are in the field. The eruptions at Mount Vesuvius lasted ten days, spreading devastation and death around. - Several villages have been destroyed. The London International Exhibition has been opened. The Marquis of Lansdowne is the new Under-Secretary for War. The Ballot Bill has passed. i; The formation of 'an Australian Steam Navigation Company i 3 projected; the capital is to be one million, and the Cape the line of route.

The avool salesl are proceeding very heavily, excepting for scoured. Priced are 2d. to 3d. (3 iower).

Prince Charlie won the Newmarket 2000 guinea stakes; Cremorne second, and Queen's Messenger third. Ruish won the 1000 guineas.. May Bth. The defeat of the Carlists was not decisive. Don Carlos has not been captured. For the Chester Cup, Innocence was first; Soucar, second, and Neapolitan, third. Canada will abolish fclie duties on tea and coffee on the 31st of July. May 9th. The- Pacific Islanders Protection Bill has been passed. Prince Bismarck is unwell. Prince Hohenlohe, of Germany, American representative at the Vatican, has been rejected by the Pope. Brigham Youug lias been released. The New Zealand ICapanga Gold Mining Company is announced, with a capital of £IOO,OOO. May 10th. Obituary.—Sir Algernon Peyton, Gen. Wingfield, Major-General Gambier, Col. Biddulph, Professor lloberts, Dr. Hood (Dean of Argyll), Air. Palmer (Recorder of Yarmouth), Mr. Alfred Shoolbred (senior partner in the great drapery firm of that name), Admiral Slaughter, Major Hamilton, General Order, Sir Henry Wilmot, Dr. Short, and Mr. Edward, Mitchell (sculptor), who committed suicide. PARIS. May 2nd. The Government have resolved to arraign Marshall Baizuine before a. Courtmartial. An analogous decision is. imminent with reference to General Wimpffen.

ADDITIONAL SUMMARY. FRANCE. In the course of a discussion in the Assembly, M. Thiers delivered a menacing speech, in which he spoke of the reconstruction of the army, and of revenge. France, lie said, had eight millions a year for a sinking fund to pay off the national debt, and she would soon resume her old attitude. Her army numbered nearly a million men at tlie present time. These indications of a determination on the part of France to renew the struggle, produced dissatisfaction in Berlin, and the ' Daily Telegraph' published a letter and an article, avowedly an answer by the German Government, intimating that an explanation had been demanded from the French. Government. If this unsatisfactory war was to be recommenced, the negotiations for the earlier evacuation of French territory would certainly cease. The English Press believes that M. Thiers meditates attempting the recovery of the ceded provinces of Alsace and Lorraine. Grave complications are feared.

The Trocliu libel case lias been the great sensation of the month. It was an action brought by General Trochu against the conductor of the ' Figaro ' for asserting that he (the General) had insinuated himself into the favor of the Emperor, ' and got himself appointed Governor of Paris in order, to betray the country. The leading Bonapartists were cited as witnesses, and exciting disclosures were made. After a trial extending over six; days, a verdict was given acquitting the accused of the charge of being guilty of defamation of character, but convicting him •of insulting a public functionary. He was sentenced to a month's imprisonment, and ordered to pay a fine of 4000 francs. *

The ' Gonstitutionnel' lias been suppressed by the military commander of Paris [General Ladmiraulfc]. The report of the Commission appointed to enquire into the circumstances attending the surrender of Metz, blames Marshal Baizaine.;.

Junqua and Moritz, two interdicted' defy tlie Archbishop of Paris, and publicly denounce tl?e Papal pretensions. s ITALY. Germany and Italy are united in the bonds of reciprocal friendship, but the existence of: a treaty between them is denied. GEBMANY. The German Uoman Catholic Bishops arc about to assemble to.concert measures with reference to the attitude of - the Government. AMERICA. The Committee appointed to investigate the matter reports that no sales of arms were made during the late war to known agents of France, and that no Government officials benefitted by any sales. A reward of 190,000d015. has been given to the officers and crew of the JCearsargefor destroying the Alabama. Large meetings of persons opposed to General Grant-and tlie Kepublicans have been held. INDIA AND THE EAST. A fearful cyclone occurred at Madras on the Ist Mayl' Nine European and eleven native vessels were wrecked, and thirteen Europeans and / six natives drowned. Only four ships were left in Madras roadstead. The pier and a great deal of property has been damaged. 1 A subscription has been set on foot for the relief of the sufferers. Five days afterwards a fearful inundation occurred at Jell ore in the' Madras Presidency; Forty tanks burst. One thousand lives were lost; three thousand people rendered destitute. and thirteen thousand homeless. Ivelief was sent at once by the Government.., ■

At Deesa two officers were shot by an insane soldier. The P.. and O. steamer Peshawur was saved by good seamanship in a cyclone between Madras and G alle. The Mongolia had her boats carried away. CHINA AND JAPAN. The_Emperor of China is to be married in October. A great fire, extending over two square miles, occurred at Yeddo. Forty-five' streets and five thousand buildings were destroyed. Twenty-one thousand persons were burned out, and three hundred and fifty killed. A million and a half dollars worth of property was consumed. A conspiracy which was formed to murder the Mikado failed. Two Japanese men-of-war are about to visit Europe, via- the Suez Canal. AUSTRALIA. MELBOURNE. June Btli. The Duffy Ministry hare resigned. They asked for a dissolution, which was refused. A new Ministry has been formed, with Mr. Francis as Premier. SYDNEY. " The new Governor, Sir Hercules Robihson, has arrived. He was received with the usual honors. The rumor of the murder of the He v. Mr. Gordon, at Erromanga, has been confirmed. He; was fetched to visit the sick children of a native, but found both dead, when the natives killed him. ADELAIDE.

Mr. Lewis, publisher of the ' Protestant Advocate, charged with libelling * Miss Woods, a Sister of Mercy, pleaded justification. He was sentenced to six months' imprisonment, and a fine of £SO. Wheat is at ss. lOd.

BX G : DE : B T C 0 Jokathan V. .BULL. (From the Ijondon I He view.') ' Justice Geneva): Now, Mr. Jonathan, we are all ready. Will you please, state your case ? Mr. Jonathan: Please, your honor, my case is this. My wile and I happened to ' have a quarrel some little time ! ago; and you know that .when husbands and- wives disagree, nobody has any right to interfere. Justice G-enevaOf course, Mr'. Jonathan ; nothing can be plainer than that. , Atr.- Jonathan: ' I am glad' to hear you •' say so ; for what does my'wife do ? ' Slie ' goes oyer to Mr. Bull, the .and buys a poker. Back she comes, and lets fly at me. The consequence is thatshe brings down the'cupboard, smashes' the china, and breaks my head into the bargain. Now, what Mrs. Jonathan and : I want is, that Mr. Bull should pay the damage. : Justice Geneva: Surely, Mr. Jonathan, you do not mean to say that Mr. Bull should pay the damage .done by your own wife ? Mr. Jonathan: Of course I do; if Mr. Bull had not .sold her the poker she would not have smashed the china. Justice Geneva: And what may the value of the china be ? Mr. Jonathan: Well, the of the china isn't much ; what we want is the in-

direct damages. Justice Geneva : ' What do you mean by the indirect damans ?

Mr. Jonathan: All that could be traced to the poker. There's the doctor's bill, and the loss of business, and ever so many other things. Ifc was the poker that kept the people from the shop, and it was the poker that protracted the struggle. If it hid not been for the poker.l could have doubled her up "in no time. (To Mrs. Jonathan): Couldn't I, my love ? Mrs. Jonathan.: Certainly, my dear; Mr. Bull is bouud in honor to pay all damages after he sold me the poker. Justice Genera: \Vitac do you say, to this, Mr. Bull.

Air. Ball: I am- very sorry, indeed, that thero si iou Id be auy misunder standbetween Mr. Jonathan and me; but I do think lie is sometimes a little unreasonable. The way of it was this. My - .wife happened to be. in the shop when Mrs. Jonathan called, and l knew nothing of the matter till it was too late. Of course, I am not accountable for any damage done by Mrs. Jonathan. Mr. Jonathan: But you know very well, Mr. Bull, that your wife sympathised' with Mrs. Jonathan, and called me a. big brute of a husband, because I was determined to be master in my own house. Do you call that neutrality ?

Justice Geneva : I see plainly how the matter stands. In the first place, Mr. Bull, I think you are somewhat to blame iu not keeping a eye on Mrs. Bull; and I believe you fiave already expressed yourself on that account. But allow me, at the same time, to. tell you, Mr. Jonathan, that it is simply ridiculous, under the circumstances, to ask Mr. Bull to pay for damages done by your wife.