ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL VIA SUEZ.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 175, 12 July 1872, Page 6

ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL VIA SUEZ.

'- Th&'Queen is at Balmoral. • / The Prince and Princess, of Wales are still.onJhe. Continent, but intend return-; -. inghome. : ~ • - The second series of wool sales commenced on the 11th May. "The catalogues ." comprised—Port "Phillip, .68,344 hales ; • Sydney, 27,590; Adelaide, 22,183; New :-: Zealand,-21,588;. Tasmania,. 3931;-Swan lliver,239S; Cape, 1664: sundries, 663. Total, ;l60;361. Prices-declined, the average fall being 2d. for Australian, and Id. ; toJ.scL.for Cape. ..The market was. gene'i rally flat. . The next series commence onthe 20th.of June." 100,061 hales have arrived/and'there are 118,820 hales afloat. /. . Great.surprise was expressed when the ../Daily !N"ews.' positively announced that •ithe:Goverhment would fail on Mr. .Eaw- • ce'tfc's motion oh th 6 Dublin University "'Bill: Mr. Gladstone, however, escaped , the "difficulty.. The general opinion is that the, Government will not last, through the /session, as the Ministry is being/constantly > ft beaten in Parliament. While the Alabama 'difficulty remains unsettled, the Cohser- , vafives are unwilling to accept office. .... A supplementary article has .been added -to jthe Washington- Treaty, • declaring ,tbat '/in. future 'neither' party shall claini indirect" "damages in any failure war. .„., The first electric message from Australia - : is .expected to reach. England 'in June or -rJuly:.: -:.-•• ' "The Tichborne claimant has ' been re- : "leased oh bail. He intends stumping the ...provinces in.order, to raise, funds for his ~-defence. He. lately visited Alresford, - where he.-was warmly received "by many persons ' ' . : ' " . ' The Australian, March mails, via Brin- . disi, and, the iSTew Zealand, via San Fran T scisco, have been delivered.- ». -., : * *-"The prospectus of the London and Aus:?traliah * Steam' Navigation " Company has . been issued. The capital is to be .one the- shares £25 eaclr £20,000 worth, of shares have been reserved for -the Colonies.; The Company proposes to . .1 establish direct postal and passenger com?' - miinication with Melbourne, via the Gape - "of .Gibbet Hope, and expects to accomplish ''* the passage* in forty-five days. The Chairs -.man;is Admiral Sic.Spencer Robinson. ; /An application for a,subsidy is to be-made •• to the Government of . : '•■" Since Don Carlos was' beaten at Oro(/guieta,.the rising in Spain has been gra" ~. dually dying out.. A Ministerial crisis is -shortly expected. : .;,-., " •" ..'..>' '■ ■,-' The 'University- of Strasburg-was re•OpenedinMay withgreat ceremony. r : ,:, "Prince indisposed. /, -,;/ The, German ambassador at Versailles, -Count Arnheim, has had several inter- - views with M. Thiers; and the" most _ 'friendly relations are being established.. i - - : • ■ • j. LATEST,vii. CABLE, '-"" The anti-Administration journals very " stroiigly oppose the passing of thesupple- " mehtary article in the Alabama case; but the generai.j desire to settle the .question .will overcome this. . . : ■■■••■' i> -LATEST SPECIAL-TELEGRAMS. " ' .' .'/ June 7th. " / The American Senate ratified. th.e' supplemental \ article, of ./the ... Washington -, Treaty by fotfy-two against nine votes. Twenty-one members 1 were" kbseht; The claims for * indirect damages were to be . .witlic^wn,^an'ct 'tilie formal., ratification .made on receipt of Eif gland's-reply; '. On May ,30th,. England, objected to the .amendments 8 introduced, by. the Senate. Secretary Fish rejiied that further mpdi- .- .would not be acceptable. Satisfactory:.explanations are,said to. have been exchanged, bub the latest news from Washington correspondents to New York

papers is to,the effect -that the. Washington Treaty is a failure.. . " - ,- - A sealing \ fleet of forty-four vessels was wrecked : off Labrador. "The crews perished! '. The Derby was won by jDremorne, brother to Flurry, who came ,-m second; and Queen's Messenger .third. For the Oaks, Jiene came in first,' and'Loai's* second. "In'a debate regarding the Colonial relations, the Government warmly repudiated the idea of separation; saying it 5 was the cluty of the Government to defend Canada to the utmost. ■ ■ "• Mr. .Gladstone has explained in. the House of Commons that President Grant objected to-..formally withdraw, the' indirect claims, "but was willing, not to press them. The. Law 'Officers' advise, that the supplementary" convention fully.precluded those claims. The present negotiations relate to the actual extent of future obligations. Various speakers in the. Senate advocated the withdrawal' of the claims, for indirect damage's. Earl Russell's motion demanding that the ■ Government should suspend negotiations until the' indirect claims 'have been, distinctly, with.-" drawn, caused an exciting-debate. Earl Granville viewed it: as a motion of want pf) confidence, inviting the' abrogation of; the Washington Treaty. ' EarlJßussell afterwards withdrew the motion.' * • • - -.-*. ; The motion for the third reading of the' Ballot Bill passed the House of Commons by 274 to 216.. •-•--^ . The reserve of .notes in, the Bank•':of :England is ten and three-quarter millions. The new Governor-General is; very popular in India. : ' - ■:••-._.-" "- the Duke of Argyll-.is expected to re•tire soon:, owing to ill-health. 'Lord Dufferin will probably succeed to the Secretaryship of State for India. . The' Pacific Islanders' Protection "Billhas been passed. - Bishop.. Selwyn earnestly advocated it. " ; Queensland is-the only polony represented at the exhibition.' •• Mr. .Wilson of Canterbury, has taken, the first prize 'of the London Art Union. - .. Mr,.Macarthur will niove air address to' the Queen,- praying for the- establishment of a Protectorate, over Fiji. ;the Poly-'' nesian Protection-; Society denounces kid-, napping. / ' -' [ ' ; '•"- ■ ;■" . The Admiralty has decided to establisha naval store and victualling yard'at SydneJ:. ' .'.' ....'. .■.."■". ■•■ "Alioyal Commission has been appointed to arrange for the representation of the United Eingdom and the Colonies at the international exhibition at' Vienna hextyear. » .-., _ ~ . # x_. - Mr. EussellGurney has been, elevated, :to the Peerage.-. ■•' - . .. Horace Greel'y's prospects : for the Pre-, sidency are improving.' -•■ ■■'•.-''' ' ■■'• The American Senate has passed a new Tariff.. A re.duction is niade in the duties on wool and woollen goods equal to .three 'farthings per pound.. < ■ - ..-.•. The Duke - of Edinburgh- received a hearty welcome at Dublin.'" / . Extraordinary, preparations are being inade among the. London building trades for a-strike t The masters 'threaten a lock-out. ■ '. '-'■'■■■ Obituary.—Charles ' Lever (novelist)* James Gordon Bennetjfc (proprietor of the ' New York' Herald.;).. . ' ~. ;. , : " ; ; • . '.' .- • ■. * 7 . :- - ■ ; ATTSTEALIAN. TELEGRAMS. .' , '-.."-. • MELBOUKNE., ' ~..'/. ...:.-■ -.'. - •••■- -. •• ■ ;• j-June 29t1x.; : The EngHsh mail steamer anchored : -in Hobsoh's Bay at 10 o'clock'oh June : 2Bfch : . The latest telegram, via Galle/is'to June .7th. '"".' \'\ ■ \ : [ ~'..''"'':'l[~.[\ ..' The lyEinisterial elections ~-are all. in favor of 'the-' Ministry "by. a majority "of three to two." The Catholic Bishop. (Dr. Goold) issued a' : pastoral/ dictating oppo-

sition, " even to shedding-blood." ,11? is believed "that it had an' effect upon" the elections favorable to the Ministry. Father Horbett delivered a political sermon at St. Kilda, but he subsequently retracted all he had said; and sent a letter to' that 1 effect.' ' -, . ' , Telegraphic communication, except' an interval of two "hundred miles bridged? by horse express, has- been opened between England and Australia, It'is" expected that messages sent'will be -eight days in transit. "'"■'■ ■' , .A meeting, of the Tookey Company, Ballanit, confirmed the'-proceedings - of an' extraordinary meeting on the 14th, authorising the increase of the Company's capital by 10,000 shares at £1 10s. each,'allotabl'e amongst'the- present-shareholders.' Prorata shares arc wanted at £ll, f, b'ut' sellers ask £l2. * _. . . . ': • , ■ >', >"• ' SYDNEY". ]. * The Speaker of the Assembly, ordered O'Connor out of the-Speaker's Gallery, on the-ground- that he>is a "cousin'-to the,youth who lately attacked the Queen. . , It has.been discovered that the bodies of .Nichols and Lester, before burial, were made a show of in The undertaker is to be prosecuted. ■ .-. - , NEWCASTLE.-- ; V , : . The coal miners are endeavoring to get up a strike. ' '■. -' """..;/ ' '' "'ADDITIOIfAL SUMMARY.;; ; ; '• MELBOUEISrE. ■■; ; : - - •*"-'■' - ; ■• June 29th. -. ' -Mr.-Casey, Minister of Lands, - proposed to liberalise the administration - of th'c'De'partnienfc, granting, .under certain conditions, occupation licenses for.ground', re-puted-to-be auriferous; • ' ■ •.-. k .-. Judge Pohlman.is unwell. • ' Mrs'. Clars'on .was summoned for using, abusive language .towards Mrs. Blaii% and fined £5 55., together with costs. .••••" • It has been shown that Mr. Grant, the popular-land "administrator, was induced to aid squatters in 1 getting'land.in, contra? vention of the spirit of-the Act. "■- ... -'., . .". ■ : ''.SYDNEY.. .. • ,;..-,- . The Government has carried the second reading of - the Border Customs' Bill by a' majority of twenty. . A rich silver .mine has-been discovered in the Northern District. ,r. ■ .. >. -. * Wool sales are-brisk.' *•'-■ . - -"'-.' News'from New-Caledonia states.that the Chief of the • Loyalty Islands sides with the Catholic missionaries against the Protestant teachers, :and- has], murdered the native- converts.. - '>■'-'•. •* • v- • -";"-, Hargraves, the-first gold discoverer,' is petitionihg^Parliament, to be allowed to have the sweepings of the Mint as a re-" cognition of.his public services-: "- ■ The Cricket Association has resolved to have nothing to db with the proposed visit of English crickcters.-!,-,,,5 - ADELAIDE. .' ,-. -..-, - Mr.* Derrington has given-.noticeiri -the Assembly for the - insertion of-a clause in the ''Licensed' Victuallers Act, abolishing barmaids. ' , ''-'-.'" . , Mr. M'Donald,.>hohas returned from the Northern mines, -reports that there ; is avast amount of mineral wealth:' " -,< -. - A number of messages - are, being sent) telegraphically to England.- ' . , ; The Government has received.an-offer I from. Melbourne for the ■ construction of the Trans-Australian llailway fo"r : a grant of one hundred million acres.