ARRIVAL OF THE CYPHRENES.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 270, 9 May 1874, Page 3

ARRIVAL OF THE CYPHRENES.

Auckland, May 2.—The Cyphrenea lias arI'ivcd. ENGLISH STJMMAR7. London, March' 13.—Dr. Featherston lias proceeded to Plymouth to inquire into, the cause of the.return of the Atrato, -which left London on February 10 with the New Zealand immigrants, and returned to Plymouth on March 6. It appears that the low pressure piston broke. The cylinder tracked will have to be removed and repaired. The Eurl of Pembroke lias been appointed Under-Secretary at War. r lhe appointment causes great surprise owing to Pembroke's youth anrl inexperience. The Duke of .Edinburgh and his bride's journey from Sfc Petersburg toLondon wasone of triumph. There hare been demonstrations of rejoicing in Germany and Belgium. At Gravcsend a band of ladies dropped flowers iu their path. Despatches from Ashantee show that Sir Garnet Wolseley was unable to get an interview with the King lo negotiate a treaty of peace. He was compelled therefore, to burn Coomassie, and make a return march as speedily as possible, as the rainy season was advancing. When returning, the King sent a, messenger for the expedition to halt., that he mglit send in his submission. A strong party, under Captain Glover, was left, but no. intelligence has yet been received irom hiin. General Wolseley states that the Ashantee policy is so wholly treacherous that it is impossible to rely upon any negotiation, but their defeat, and the burning of Coomassie, it is thought, will give them the desired lesson. Since his imprisonment in Newgate, the' claimant refuses to answer any name but that of Tichborne. His hair has been cropped, and he: is dressed in the prison clothes. He seems- to take kindly to picking oakum. . , •

A gigantic exhibition is to be held in Paris in 1875. It is supported by private means, '■with the patronage of the 'Government Plimsoll has been- presented with an illuminated address by a large number of seamen. Captain Blake, of H. M. S. Druid, who took part and was wounded in the Maori war died while on service in the Ashantee expedition. After death the wound was probed, and the Maori bullet was found near his heart. ■ In the House of Commons, a motion tabled by an Irish member, that Parliament should take some measure to remove the mistrust in Ireland in the present system of government was rejected. A remarkably high tide caused flooding at London, Hull, arid Falmouth. The Thames overflowed its banks, and flooded the Putney district. Warehouses were tilled with water, and many sewers burst' A large number of children and horses were drowned. Houses filled wiih water, and families had to abandon them. The return of the Ashantee troops was attended with many affecting scenes in the streets. They were enthusiastically received. Ten thousand people witnessed the landing of the Highlanders. The pressure of the crowd caused several accidents. Emerson, the American author, is a favorite candidate for the Lord Rectorship.'*of. : Glasgow University. AMEUICAN B"EWS. There is great excitement regarding the strike among the machinists on Erie Railway. A detachment of troops, and the Wyoming Artillery, with four field-pieces, accompanied the pickets at once, and stationed about the town and depot, and the depot property was taken possession of. Trains were despatched guarded by 400 soldiers. Tyrrel, the correspondent of the ' Cincinnati Commercial', shot at and killed the Hon. Harry Meyers in Covington. He was a law partner with the United States Senator Stevenson. Meyers was counsel for Tyrrel's wife, who had applied for a divorce. The shooting occurred at Meyers's office while he was taking the deposition. The Louisiana House of Representatives voted lOOjOOOdols. to capture the outlaws in the western portions of the State. The Mormons are protesting against Brigham Young's Order of Enoch, intended to prevent apostacy, and many threaten to leave the Church. - There are severe earthquakes at Bald Mount, North Carolina,' accompanied with constant loud noise. The citizens in the vicinity are fleeing. Religious meetings are held nightly, and large numbers have made preparations for the end of the world.-" The temperance agitation continues, and there is great religious excitement. Near New York prayer meetings were Jield for 16 days consecutively. People are leaving their cattle and crops to take care of themselves. ■ ADTOTIONAT- ENGLISH. General Wolseley will be rewarded with, the rank of Major-General, and a pension of £7,500 per annum for two lives. The Albion Shipping Company launched the ship Dunedin at Glasgow on March 3rd. She will be the first of new line to Otago by Henderson and Co. COMMEBrIAIj. Helmuth Schwartze and Co., on 10th March, report the wool market as follows : '"Not much spirit prevails; buyers are bidding with reluctance, which reflects a dull state of trade—still the wool is evidently wanted. Prices are subsequently not only maintained firmly at present level, but in not a few cases show a tendency to advance."