ARRIVAL OF THE SUEZ MAIL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IV, Issue 92, 21 April 1869, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE SUEZ MAIL.

London, February 20. The Queen's return to Windsor is postponed in consequence of the illness of Prince Leopold. The Princess of Wales will visit Constantinople and other places. Colonel Henderson, formerly of Western Australia, has been appointed Chief Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police. Two Admiralty officials have been committed for trial on a charge of conspiring to extort money from gentlemen tendering for supplies. Maxwell paid them -^20. Hartwell, a ■\v\>;-idnginen's candidate, has passed through the Bankruptcy Court. The Central Asia question is exciting serious attention, as the rapid advances of Russia towards the Indian frontier occasion alarm. At Glasgow eight persons have beei killed by the fall of a chimney. At the Eastern Volunteer Eeview at Dover, a £250 testimonial was presented to Corporal Pe.ike, of Wimbledon. Another goldfielcl Jhas been discovered in Sutherlandshire. 400 wrecks since the opening of the present year. Great destruction has been caused by floods. The American Minister, Eeverdy Johnson, has been lionised at Glasgow and Edinburgh. The Maori outbreak and their violence as repertod by last mail, has drawn from her Majesty's Ministers an expression of sympathy with New Zealand ; re-asserting, however, the principle of associating obligatory self-defence, with. the right of self-government. Bills have been introduced into Parliament for preventing crime ; and for the uniform assessment of ratable property in London and the country ; and the abolition of religions tests in Universities. Theatre Eoyal, Hull, burned down. Mayors of several municipalities in Ireland have presented petitions at the first levee for release of Fenian prisoners. ' The Kitualists are conforming to the late decision under strong protests. Continual divisions are taking place in the House of Commons, respecting the position of the Commandcr-in-Chief. Tlie naval command of Portsmouth has been given to Admiral Grant. Admiral Milne receives the Mediterranean command. The Times notices with surprise that some Australian Banks have become shippers and importers of wool. Singular disclosures have occurred in the Court of Queen's Bench on the subject of convent discipline. The case occupied the jury three weeks. It was a case of assault brought by one of the sisters against the superioress of the convent. Verdict for plaintiff with £500 damages. Gordon, of Ovcrend, Gurney and Co., has resigned the office of director of Union Bank and" chairman of the Oriental Bank Co-operation and also his seat in the directory of the Ceylon Company. The Chancellor has called on Mr Edwards in the Court of Bankruptcy to explain the proceedings in the Overend and Gurney business. Ten days has been granted for a reply. An opinion has been expressed in the Manchester Chamber of Commerce adverse to free ti ade, principally on account [of. the operations of the French treaty. Sir Charles Siingsby and six others, with their horses, have been drowned Avhile attempting to cross a river when fox hunting. General Codrington has written a letter strongly opposing the ceding of Gibraltar. The obituary contains notice of the death of Joseph Hodgson, the Marquis of Anglesea, Eobert Keiley, Dr Epps, Sir J. R. James, Sir John Stone, Lady Murchison, Lord Russell, Lady Pirie and Sir Hugh Johnstone while hunting. COMMERCIAL. The Money Market is active. The demand for discount is increasing. Consols 93. Foreign stocks dealt largely in. Australian steady. NewZealand 5 per cent, consolidated £94 ; sixes, £107. WOOL SALES. The first series of Colonial Wool sales commenced on February 27. The attendance was good, but the bidding was not animated Port Philip and Adelaide prices ruled in favor of buyers one halfpenny to one penny per lb, Sydney and New Zealand offered too limited quantities to give a criterion oj value. N FRANCE. The native tribes at Algiers have been at once put down ; some maintain there will jbe war in spring. Marriages have been prohibited in the army before July. Applications have been made for general commands, which are talked of being created. In Belgium a feeling of temporary irritation exists towards France arising out of the Eastern railway question. SPAIN. Serrano's programme is freedom of -worship, liberty of the press, public education right of meeting, and abolition of slavery in the Colonies* The Government is unsettled as to what form the authority should take. There is talk of a directory, and some of a triumvirate. PRUSSIA. The Prussian Parliament has affirmed a law for the confiscation of the private property of the King of Hanover, and the Elector of Hesse Cassel. AUSTRIA. In the Lower House, a Germano-Austrian telegram says a convention has been adopted. HUNGARY. '"-' ' The Courts are engaged in proceeding against the abettors of the murder of Prince Michael of Servia. The case is not yet over. [Remainder of English News will be given to-morrow.]